Odell and Depew Deny Hyde Testimony in Insurance Probe
Former Governor Odell and Senator Depew testified before the Armstrong legislative insurance investigation committee. Odell denied threats against Mercantile Trust and said his settlement was just. Depew described Hyde seeking influence for a Paris ambassador post, noting the president deemed it impossible. The hearing covered Equitable Life loans, cafe ownership, and audits. four sessions are planned next week, with fewer the following week.
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New York
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Armstrong Legislative Insurance Investigation Committee
James Hazen Hyde
Odell
Hyde
Mercantile Trust Company
Ambler
E. H. Harriman
Mr. Harriman
France
William H. McIntyre
Ifiable Life Assurance Society
Thomas C. Platt
New York State
Depew
Equitable Society
Paris
John Gilchrist
Security Department
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Equitable
T. D. Jordan
The
Daniel M. Junk
Cafe Company
Equitable Life
Society
Louis M. Bailey
Squire
Troop Reinforcements Ordered to Santiago
Havana dispatch reports an extra company of troops ordered to Santiago due to ongoing disturbances. Officials cite rising mingsorders and unrest prompting the reinforcement.
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Havana
Santiago
Mutual Life President Accepts Salary Cut Amid Inquiry
New York November 17 At a special meeting of the Mutual Life Insurance board President McCurdy said his salary dropped from 150000 to 75000 a year a first step to cut expenses and reduce executive pay. The investigating committee asked broader powers and urged retrenchment while recommending ongoing scrutiny and full public disclosure of the report and earnings.
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New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
McCurdy
Fire insurance agent Uriah B. Wilson dies in Denver
Uriah B. Wilson aged 77 a well known fire insurance agent died at his Denver home. He was the oldest living member of the Old Timers' Association of Telegraphers and with his father-in-law William B. Maynard helped found Ann Arbor Michigan.
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Denver
Uriah B. Wilson
Old Timers’ Association of Telegraphers
William B. Maynard
Ann Arbor
Mich
Seven Bodies Still Lost After Coal Shaft Explosion
Mononghela City Pa Nov 17 The bodies of seven men killed in an explosion at the Brazwell Coal company shaft near Gentleyville remain unrecovered. Eleven feet of water fills the shaft making retrieval impossible, according to President Brazwell.
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Mononghela City
Brazwell Coal Company
Gentleyville
Brazwell
McKinley Hymn Called Unfit for Worship in Debate
Chicago November 17 Rev W A Patterson at the United Presbyterian psalmody convention condemned the hymn Lead Kindly Light as unfit for worship. He argued it may mean different things to different people and offered Forty third Psalm as a substitute.
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Chicago
William McKinley
W. A. Patterson
Princeton
Ind
United Presbyterian Psalmody
Patterson
Tramples Woman to Death in Farm Accident
Willmar Minn Nov 17 Mrs A E Anderson of Lake Lillian was run over and killed by a team of farm horses as her husband climbed onto a straw load. The horses started forward before he could reach the reins. She died forty minutes later. She was fifty two and survived by her husband and ten children.
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Willmar
Minn
A. E. Anderson
Lake Lillian
Senator Dryden to push federal supervision of life insurance
Senator Dryden of New Jersey, head of a major life insurance company, met the president to discuss insurance. He plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming session proposing federal supervision of life insurance, to be addressed in the president’s forthcoming message to Congress.
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Washington
Senator Dryden
New Jersey
Congress
Dryden
House caucuses called for nomination of officers
Washington November 17 Republicans and Democrats in the house have each called caucuses for the nomination of house officers. Democrats will meet Saturday afternoon December 2 and Republicans Saturday evening December 2 in the hall of the house.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Burlington Signs Scale End to Engineer Union Opposition
Chicago reports the Burlington railroad signed its first wage schedule with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers since the 1885 86 strike after a three week conference. The move ends twenty years of railroad management control and comes as about 70 percent of Burlington engineers have joined the union.
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Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Engin
Brotherhood
Burlington Road
Paul Morton
Burlington
Army Officer Named Chief Engineer of Filtration Bureau
Major Cassius E. Gillette of the U S Army engineer corps is named chief engineer of the bureau of filtration by Major Weaver pending presidential approval and congressional authorization. He replaces John W. Hill, under trial for fraud in connection with contract records. The post pays 17000 dollars yearly and was approved by the select councils.
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Philadelphia
Cassius E. Gillette
Engineer Corps
Bureau of Filtration
Major Weaver
United States
Federal Congress
Major Gillette
John W. Hill
Gillette
War Department
Weaver
Board of Port
Irana
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At.r. R. Murphy
Lot
R. R. Furphy
Austin
Ats
Minne
MINA
Sanitary Departiment Store
Ers
Peter
Odell Repu
MONY
MR. Hyde
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing
North Star
Manhattan
Reelof
Dr. Reed
Makes
George Hirsh
Mutual Life
Indiana
Federal Supervision
Organization
Philadelphia Filtration Bureau
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