Noted financier Alphonse Rothschilds dies in Paris
Baron Alphonse Rothschilds head of the Paris banking house and Bank of France governor died at 4 30 Friday morning from acute bronchitis worsened by gout. He left two children and brothers with a vast network of interests worldwide including railroads, oil fields, US securities, and mines. His death may affect markets briefly but won t have lasting impact.
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Paris
Baron Alphonse
Rothschilds
Bank of France
Lambert de Rothschilds
Brussels
Rothschild
Italy
Vatican
Spain
Austria
Russia
Baku
Belmonts
J. Pierpont Morgan
John W. Gates
California
The
Academy of Fine Arts
French Institute
Legion of Honor
Baron Edouard
Baronness Beatrice
Baron Gustav
Baron Edmond
Death of Mississippi Coal Co. secretary found shot in Birmingham
The body of Isaac Walters secretary of the Mississippi Coal Co. was found in front of his Wood Lawn home in Birmingham on Friday with a gunshot wound to the head. A revolver lay nearby one belonging to Walters, his watch and money were taken, and another revolver left by the killer. Walters had returned home on a midnight car Thursday night and was later found by a neighbor at daylight.
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Brmingham
Ala
Isaac Walters
Mississippi Coal Company
Wood Lawn
Walters
Motion Granted Limiting Amended Charter Filing
Franklin B. Lord's motion to restrain Equitable Life Assurance Society directors from mutualizing was granted by Justice Maddox in Brooklyn Supreme Court. The order limits the motion to the filing and effectuation of the proposed amended charter, noting the board has adopted and executed the amendment.
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New York
Franklin B. Lord
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Justice Maddox
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Maddox
Cody divorce case to appeal to supreme court
Cheyenne Wyoming May 26 Judge Scott overruled a motion for a new trial in the Cel W. F. Cody divorce case. The case will go to the state supreme court on appeal.
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Cheyenne, Wy
Scott
Cel
W. F. Cody
Supreme Court
Presbyterian Assembly Debates Atlanta University Plan
The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church discusses establishing a university at Atlanta for the denomination. A majority votes to not commit the assembly to the project, while encouraging supporters to proceed without official backing. Debates also focus on federation with other Presbyterian branches, with leaders split on cooperation.
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General Assembly of
Southern Presbyterian Church
Same
Fort Worth
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlanta, Ga
Standing Committee On
Church and Christian Education
General Assembly
Atlanta
Presbyterian Church
C. H. Hemphill
Louisville
Hemphill
J. S. Lyons
Co. H. Hemphill
Eugene Daniel
Lewisburg
W. Va
Water and light deadlock ends dark city after meeting
Austin May 2 The water and light commission threatened to withhold city power and lights after the council refused an appropriation. Within twenty minutes of adjournment the tower and street lights went dark and may stay so unless courts intervene. The city attorney was directed to seek injunctive or mandamus relief to force supply, leaving the commission and council in a deadlock.
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Austin
City Water and Light Commission
Water and Light Commission
Rock Island Depot at Stratford Burns Down
Lightning struck the Rock Island freight and passenger depot at Stratford Texas on May 26 burning it to the ground. Agent H C Parcells and his wife and child lived in the building but escaped injury.
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Stratford
Tex
Rock Island Railway
H. C. Parcells
Circus collapse injures spectators in Waco charity event
A grand stand collapsed during an amateur circus for the YMCA in Waco on Thursday night injuring a number of spectators.
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Waco
Young Men's Christian Association
Sheriff Takes His Life In Tex Town Tragedy
In Miami Texas on May 26 Sheriff Stewart shot Dave Lard of Robertson county in the thigh before returning home and fatally shooting himself in the head. The incident ends a violent domestic dispute and leaves Lard injured and the sheriff dead.
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Miami
Tex
Stewart
Dave Lard
Robertson County
Head of Jose Munoz Cut Off by Train in Beeville
Beeville Texas May 26 head of Jose Munoz a boy was cut off by a train. Savannah Illinois May 26 Bothwell Pulford reputed wealthiest man in Savannah shot himself after being questioned about the murder of attorney Daniel S Berry. He denied knowledge of the crime and grew agitated when asked about the revolver. The rumor linked Berry to a married woman.
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Beeville
Tex
Jose Munoz
Savannah
Ill
Bothwell Pulford
Pulford
Daniel S. Berry
Berry
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