New York Life Men Indicted for Frigery in Prussian Bond Case
George W. Perkins formerly vice president of New York Life and now with J P Morgan & Co and Charles S Fairchild ex secretary of the treasury and New York Life trustee were indicted in New York City by the grand jury for forgery in the third degree. The charges arise from the Prussian bond transaction in which a false statement by New York Life is said to have satisfied Prussian government inspectors concerning the companys holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life Men
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Charles S. Fairchild
the Treasury
New York City
Government of
Prussia
Snowstorm Tragedy Strikes Scottish Rail Line
A heavy snow storm caused a rear collision near Arbroath between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Sixteen people were killed and over thirty injured including MP Alexander William Black. Malfunctioning danger signals blamed for the crash as a express train struck a waiting train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbroath
Scotland
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Alexander William Black
House of Commons
Fearful Arctic Storm Hits Central Europe This Christmas
A London dispatch reports severe Arctic weather across Central Europe this Christmas week. France Belgium Switzerland Germany and Austria report heavy snow storms disrupting railways roads and telegraphs with loss of life and widespread hardship in towns and rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
London
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Body found at Massachusetts General Hospital grounds
A young woman about 25 was found dead on hospital grounds in Boston. Police detain four women including the lodging house proprietor Mrs Brown and three residents at 26 Blossom Street in connection with the murder investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Mass
Blossom Street
Brown
Alexander J Cassatt Dies Sudden in Philadelphia
Alexander Johnston Cassatt president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company dies at age 67 in Philadelphia from a heart attack. He was a leading railroad executive and financier, stricken at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander J. Cassatt
Alexander Johnston Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Mr. Cassatt
Stokes-Adams
Fire at Strawboard Company plant causes large losses
Fire in Philadelphia strikes Strawboard Company's plant causing an estimated 500000 dollar loss. Four buildings are practically destroyed, fifteen firms burned out, and four hundred workers left unemployed. City Council in Nashville passes Campbell Saloon bill banning saloons from business districts, likely wiping out over one hundred saloons effective July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawboard Company
Philadelphia
Nashville, Tenn
Death of Col De Geimann in Liverpool Under Inquiry
Col. De Geimann, Russian consul at Liverpool, was found dead in bed with a pistol shot. It is not yet determined whether the death was murder or self-inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. de Geimann
Liverpool
Eng
Sate Blowers Make Good Haul
Professional cracksmen blew the sate in the Great Northern depot at Wooley Washington securing 1000 dollars in cash and other valuables and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Wooley
Wash
Fire devours Wilmington district injuring three businesses
A blaze in Wilmington Delaware caused about 100000 dollars damage to the Wilmington Candy Company Jacoby's dry goods store and Scha grin's millinery shop seriously damaging their buildings. The fire result left loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Wilmington Candy Company
Jacoby's
Schagrin’s
Pri mero Fishing Steamer Foundered in Storm
Corunna dispatch reports Spanish fishing steamer Pri mero foundered in a storm with the loss of all crew except one survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corunna
Spain
Primero
Dual murder suspected in Chicago hidden treasure plot
Police investigate a double killing at 170 Elm Street Chicago where coal partners Robert Widgren 65 and Herman Oldberg 55 were found dead from gas released by a forced stop cock. Albert Oberg who found them smelled gas and triggered the explosion. No motive or self harm evident. doors were locked from inside.
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170
Elm Street
Chicago
Robert Widgran
Herman Oldberg
Widgren
Albert Oberg
Fire Claims McWithey Family in New Jersey Home
Flames possibly sparked by burglars or accidental lamp drop consumed Mrs. Alice McWithey and her two daughters Helen six and Elizabeth four in their Riverdale Pompton Lakes house. The husband Louise L. McWithey president of the International Silver Company in New York found only charred remains amid collapsed floors in the cellar. Neighbors recall the fire following the burglars’ discovery or excitement causing a lamp to topple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice McWithey
Helen
Elizabeth
Riverdale
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Louise L., McWithy
International Silver Company
New York City
McWithy
McWithey
Jersey
Year’s Record in Life Saving Report Highlights Hundreds Saved
General Superintendent Kimball reports the life saving service saved 811 people and $12,266,100 in property after 849 marine disasters in U S waters. Five thousand three hundred twenty lives were imperiled while 49 vessels and 29 lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Life Saving Service
United States
Pardon for Slayer of Four Would Free Murderer
William B. Sell, serving life at Lansing for killing his father, mother, and two siblings on an Erie County farm in 1886, is expected to receive a pardon within days despite strong opposition. He killed four by hatchet blows and throat slashes after attacking them as they slept.
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Erie
Kan
William B. Sell
Lansing
Sell
J. W. Sell
Julius Kahn
Congress
California
Tower House
Ile
Baden
San Francisco
Ehgldhood
Peru
Fort Wayne
Wabash Valley
Burt
Wells Fargo Express Company
Offce
Central Union Telephone Exchange
Decatur
L. Warring
M. Syphers
Ross Lindley
Union City
Arthur C. Metzler
David Cox
North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis
Albert Harvey
Metzler
Flobert
Thomas Moss
Noah Street
Brookville
F. Morris
Muncie
Bert Day
Cedar Grove
H. Beesley
James McEntee
Frank Morris
William H. Roney
Noblesville
Noblesville Times
Cicero
Hamilton County
Roney Bank
Farmers and Merchants” Bank
Roney
Nancy Wallace
Crawfordsville
Leora Benson
J. W. Noland
North Judson
Indiana
Knofel Line
Dr. Line
Hillham
Jasper
Charlies Ballard
Line
Ballard
Explosion Threatens $2 Million Northwestern Plant in Evanston
An explosion and fire at the Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Company plant in Evanston Illinois left one man dead and three seriously injured. The blaze damaged the facility by about $25,000 as dense smoke from a tar tank holding 12,000 gallons added a dramatic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Company
Evanston
Oil Proceedings Declared Illegal in Hancock Probate Court
In Findlay Ohio Judge Duncan ruled that all probate court proceedings concerning Standard Oil Company were illegal and must have begun in the Common Pleas Court. He said the probate court lacked jurisdiction under the Valentine law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Ohio
Duncan
Hancock County
Standard Oil Company
Common Pleas Court
Probate
Fire at Steubenville Bakery Kills Three In Night Blaze
A blaze starting from an overheated stove in the rear of Ira Hillman's bakery in Steubenville Ohio destroyed the upstairs sleeping rooms and suffocated three people Mrs Ira Hillman 25 Katherine Willman 2 and Elizabeth McCoy 18 Mrs J G Lange and Jacob Oxenrider were rescued unconscious by firefighters who battled the flames through the night Fire officials investigated the cause and reported the tragic accidental fire remains under inquiry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Hillman
Steubenville
Ohio
Katherin Willman
Elizabeth McCoy
J. G. Lange
Jacob Oxenrider
Injunction Sought Against $60 Million Stock Rise
The Minnesota Attorney General asks the court in St Paul to restrain the Great Northern Railroad Company James J Ilill and other officers from proceeding with a proposed 60 million stock increase alleging legal violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railroad Company
James J. Ilill
Road
St. Paul
Young
Stokes Withdraws Support Over Real Estate Classes
J G Phelps Stokes withdraws aid from the West Side Young Men's Christian Association of New York after the group establishes classes in real estate and stock investments calling the teachings un Christlike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stokes
J. G. Phelps Stokes
West Side Young Men's Christian Association of New York
Congress in Calcutta backs home rule demand
The National Congress of India in session at Calcutta cheered a speaker who urged the people to demand home rule, likening it to the autonomy granted to the Boers whom they aided in conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Congress of India
Calcutta
Enraged Colorado Mob Fails to Lynch Tramp in Jail
A mob in Las Animas Bent County Colorado overwhelmed the jail seeking to lynch Lawrence Leberg a tramp and former convict after he killed Trenry Lanvenmeyer a farmer. Leberg supposedly confessed and the sheriff refused surrender as doors were battered but the steel cell endured keeping him confined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Animas
Bent
Colo
Lawrence Leberg
Leberg
House Creek
Trenry Lanvenmeyer
Lanvenmeyer
Notable Early 20th Century Figures in Politics and Arts
The article profiles William Henry Moody a U S Supreme Court associate justice formerly Navy Secretary and Attorney General with prior service in the Massachusetts House. It also highlights Captain George J Grammer a railways executive, James F E Watson a Indiana congressman, Mrs Helen Wilmans Post and Julius Kahn a California congressman and actor, plus remarks on French actor Coquelin and hunter I C Selous noting tea drinking and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Benc
Newbury
Atass
Attack on Mrs Clifford Sparks Race Turmoil in Reno Oklahoma
A white mob mood erupts after a Negro soldier from the Twenty-fifth Infantry allegedly seized Mrs. T Clifford and dragged her into the street in Reno Oklahoma. The assailant fled as onlookers shouted threats of lynching and authorities move to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Okla
T. Clifford
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownville
Texas
Clifford
Clarke
famine in central china sparks international relief appeal
reports from the Tosu Maru claim china seeks 4 250 000 dollars from Europe and America for famine relief as 10 million face starvation this winter. a Shanghai bound refugee reports nearly naked victims and mass travel as famine rivals the great one thirty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Europe
America
Shanghai
Jiunan
Jewish emigration plan announced near Galveston
The Jewish World reports a scheme to colonize Jewish emigrants near Galveston Texas with Jacob Schiff reportedly committing 500000 dollars if a similar amount is raised elsewhere. The Rothschilds in London Paris and Berlin are said to back the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Jewish World
Jacob YW. Schiff
London
Paris
Berlin
Fire Hits Wilmington Area Stores Causing Flooding
A blaze damaged the Wilmington Candy Company building and adjacent stores owned by the Ferris estate Louis Jacoby and FE. Schagrin in Wilmington Delaware. The surrounding area suffered flooding with over a dozen nearby sites submerged. Estimated loss reaches 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Delaware
Wilmington Candy Company
Ferris Estate
Louis Jacoby
FE. Schagrin's Mullinery
Del
Escapee Surrenders After Jail Break
Edward Ness, one of ten prisoners who escaped from the Hamilton county jail in Cincinnati, surrendered at the jail. He said he was tired of being hunted like a wild animal and preferred to serve his thirteen month sentence in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ness
Tamilton County
Cincinnati
Arica In Chile Wiped Out By Devastating Quake
Arica in Tacna province Chile lies in ruins after a powerful earthquake. Residents recall the August disaster and fear widespread damage across the quake zone as alarms resound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arica
Chile
Tacna
Three Children Cremated In West Virginia Fire
Three children of Stanley Singleton ages 19 11 and years were cremated after a fire in a theater area near Weston West Virginia caused by natural gas escaping from a defective valve. The parents escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Singleton
Weston
W. Va
Idaho Governor Blames Oregon Short Line for Coal Famine
Gov. Gootk ing of Idaho threatens drastic action, possibly seizing a railroad, in a letter to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane. He says the coal shortage in Idaho is caused by the Oregon Short Line which pursues large dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Gootking
Idaho
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Oregon
Ryan Convicted of Ballot Frauds in Cleveland Primaries
Michael F. Ryan former deputy State fire marshal was found guilty by a jury in the Criminal Court in Cleveland of election frauds during the Republican primaries. He faces a sentence of one to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael F. Ryan
Cleveland
Cuban Prospect Alarms Washington Officials
Washington officials fear a Cuban election next month could trigger a revolt and force annexation efforts, creating a major regional crisis and prompting urgent policy responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi Race War Turns Deadly in Wahalak Scooba
Thirteen men were killed and others injured in racial conflict across Wahalak and Scooba Mississippi and the surrounding country, with residents describing a violent racial clash and ongoing tensions in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Wahalak
Scooba
Miss
Chicago Markets End-Year Strength Surpasses unprecedented highs
Dun's Review notes sustained demand across apparel footwear and household goods in Chicago holiday trade. Retail stocks show profitable depletion amid higher selling costs while luxury sectors jewelry art and music benefit from increased visitors. Production remains steady with high raw materials prices. bread provisions and livestock markets remain active. Chicago district failures rise to 28 from 25 last week and 18 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Holiday buying boosts New York trade toward holiday peak
New York reports a strong holiday season with record turnover forecast as demand spikes for seasonable goods. Weather impacts retail in different regions and wholesale activity remains quiet amid inventories and holiday drumming. U.S. weekly business failures show a drop from prior weeks, with Canada also lower than last year per Bradstreet’s Commercial report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Chicago to Toledo Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Crops
Market listings show cattle and hog price ranges across major cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep and lambs with grain values for wheat corn oats rye and hay and seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Hoosier Happenings Report of Local Crises and Deaths
Hoosier Happenings lists numerous Indianapolis and Indiana incidents including the death of B. & O. station agent H. W. Forbes after a run over, a major fire at White's restaurant, a fatal shooting in a saloon, and multiple jail and court outcomes. It notes gas asphyxiation deaths at the Riverside Hotel in Fort Wayne and other fatal wrecks, assaults, and accidents across the state with names, places, and brief outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
South Meridian Street
Indianapolis
Arthur D. Lynch
George White
Lynch
Frank Harris
Jeffersonville
B. Huston
F. Kruse
Auburn
Riverside
Fort Wayne
William Froggett
Terre Haute
Winchester
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D. Izccallum
India
Steel Cell
George J. Grammer
Consolidated System of Railways
Me O
Aanesville
Evansville
Gham Mat
Tecah
Cairo
Ivansville
Perre Haute
Trafic
Lake Shore
Vanderbilt
Duffalo
Gavtar
James FE. Watson
William 8. Molman
Mr. Watson
Ind
Z. ©. Watson
de Pauw University
Krights of Pythias
Indiana State Epworth League
Rushville
Dod
Helen Wilmans Post
Fahows
Eddy
Dowie
Snd
Sea Creeze
Neksonville
Via
Post
Ifer
Gulius Wain
M. Coquelin
Conservatoire
I. C. Selous
Flo
Young Parricide
Spokane
Sidney Sloane
James F. Sloane
Inosang Asylum
Hoosier
H. W. Forbes
McCool
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