Insurance chief testifies as probe widens
New York Times reports State Superintendent Hendricks will be summoned as part of an expanded inquiry into insurance investigations. Auditors seek earlier disclosures tied to Louis F Payne and Mutual Reserve Life. The probe may span into 1906 with more agencies and witnesses to come.
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New York
the Times
Louis F. Payne
Mutual Reserve Life Association
Armstrong
State Insurance Department
Legislative Committee
Hendricks
Prudential of
Newark
Aetna
Hartford
Charles J. Smith
Mutual Life
Granniss
Smith
the Mutual
Excommunication Issued Over Kennedy Pritchett Wedding
Omaha reports Rt. Rev. Bishop Richard Scannell excommunicated ipso facto Catholics who attended or participated in the Kennedy Pritchett wedding after a prior pastoral warning. Prominent attendees included Mrs. Edward Cudahy and Mae Hamilton. The ceremony was led by E H Jenks at First Presbyterian, with Kennedy’s family mostly non Catholic. bishop warned against any cooperation in unlawful acts under church law.
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Omaha
Richard Scannell
Nebraska Dioces
Kennedy
Pritchett
Edward Cudahy
Mae Hamilton
E. H. Jenks
First Presbyterian Church
George E. Pritchett
Scannell
Pritchett-Kennedy
Telegraph Tieup in Russia Cuts Government Mail and News
The crisis in Russia deepens as a nationwide telegraph tieup blocks government communication. Emissaries of strikers outreach Finland to rally support. No mail is delivered as the government laments its powerless position.
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St. Petersburg
Sebastop
Schmidt
Count Witte
Russia
M. Durnovo
Interior
Moscow
Baron Miden
Associated Press
Sebastopol
Finland
Eddy Cables Telegraphic Link Restored With St. Petersburg
Telegraphic communication with St. Petersburg has been restored after the state department received a routine message Friday from Mr. Eddy the charge.
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St. Petersburg
Washington
State Department
Eddy
Delivery Stopped and Martial Law Abolished Abroad
New York reports cable companies were told the delivery of messages in St Petersburg has stopped and Finland communications cut. In Warsaw the emperor signed a decree abolishing martial law in Russian Poland.
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New York
St. Petersburg
Finland
Warsaw
Poland
Barge Delawanna Sinks After Heavy Sea Loss
The steel barge Delawanna sank in a heavy sea eight miles east by south of Mineola lighthouse. Four aboard were lost including Captain John B. Munsey, Mrs. Munsey, the barge engineer, and the cook. The tug Scranton reported the tragedy while towing from New York.
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Boston
John Munsey
Scranton
New York
Mineola
John B. Munsey
Munsey
Charity Ball Given in Mexico City for Hospital
American colony held a Thanksgiving night ball for the American hospital benefit. President Diaz, members of the diplomatic corps and many society people attended.
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City of Mexico
Diaz
Diplomatic Corps
Boldieu Steamer Wrecked in Bosphorus
Constantinople dispatch reports the Boldieu steamer of Marseilles wrecked in the Bosphorus. All twenty two crew members are believed drowned. The iron steamship is 2021 tons gross, 320 feet long, thirty five feet beam, and twenty four feet deep.
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Marseilles
Constantinople
Boldieu
Bosphorus
Olsen Defeats Parr For World Middleweight Axe Title
In Asheville on December 1 Charles Olsen defeated James Parr to win the world middleweight axe title. An $1,000 side bet was placed on the outcome.
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Asheville
N. C
Charles Olsen
James Parr
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