Insurance Inquest Voted by New York Legislature
Governor Higgins urged reform of life insurance law and proposed a joint committee to investigate New York life insurers. The Senate and Assembly created a three senator five assemblyman panel with $50,000 funding to probe the industry following Equitable scandal fallout and fears of misused policy funds and lax oversight. The report calls for tighter investment rules, bonuses, and stronger trustee accountability, with a suggestion that dissolution and receivership be a potential penalty for greed.
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Commercial Tribune
Albany
N. Y
Higgins
New York
Senate
Armstrong
Rochester
Tully
Corning
Riordan
Nixon
Assembly
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Superintendent of Insurance
Two Watchmen In Deadly Grudge Fight
John P. Zettler a Louis Newburg Tobacco Co watchman was shot in the chest and groin by John F. Fullen a Fred J. Myers Co watchman. Fullen surrendered at police headquarters after riding a bicycle to the station. Zettler telephoned for help but is likely to die.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
John P. Zettler
Shuler Avenue
Louis Newburg Tobacco Company
John F. Fullen
Wallace Street
Fred J. Myers Company
Fullen
Zettler
Zetter
Power Behind Russian Throne Survives Assassination Attempt
Constantine P. Pobiedonostseff, Procurator General of the Holy Synod, narrowly escaped would be assassins. A veteran adviser to Tsar Alexander III, he remained undaunted after the attack and continued to preside at a Synod meeting before returning to Tsarskoe Selo.
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Constantine P. Pobiedonostseff
Holy Synod
Pobiedonostself
Moscow
Nicholas
Alexander
Vladimir
Alexander III
M. Pobie
Tsarskoe~Selo
Zemstvo Congress Reassembles in Moscow for Draft Constitution
The Zemstvo Congress met at Prince Dolgorukoff’s residence in Moscow on July 20, resuming discussions on a proposed constitution. A revised rights protests resolution passed, calling officials to protect citizens and troops from abuses. The first reading of the constitution scheme passed 220 to 7, with criticisms on representation and female suffrage.
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Moscow
Zemstvo
Dolgorukoff
Congress
Japanese Peace Commissioner Komura Works Through Night Mail Tug Traffic
In Seattle Baron Komura foreign minister of Japan and one of the two Peace Commissioners labors through the night at the residence of S Hisamidzu Japanese consul as cables and letters arrive with the Minnesota at Port Townsend. Consul Hisamidzu met the Hill liner by revenue boat. Continued on seventh page.
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Seattle
Wash
Baron Komura
Japan
S. Hisamidzu
Minnesota
Port Townsend
Hisamidzu
Cloudburst Devastates Jasper County Farmland and Inundates Towns
Reports from Galena Kansas and Carthage Missouri describe a violent cloudburst in Spring River Valley. Floodwaters raced through farmland flooding wheat and corn, drowning livestock, washing out Lowell residents, and washing a railroad station six feet deep with twelve feet river rise in twelve hours.
Torrid Weather Ends as Nation Faces Heat Death Trail
A chaotic weather led to a heat wave with multiple deaths and prostrations across the city. The report lists Daniel Joseph Shephard 45 Hackberry street George A Reuter seven months Hopkins street Adaline Turner 52 Kemper lane Mrs Kate Strader 42 widow 1121 Broadway Theodore Stottman 50 Eighth street and McLean avenue among victims and victims or suspects in the fallout.
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Daniel Joseph Shephard
Hackberry Street
George A. Reuter
Hopkins Street
Adaline Turner
Kemper Lane
Kate Strader
Broadway
Theodore Stottman
Eighth Street
McLean Avenue
Government Defeated in House of Commons
In the House of Commons the government suffers a defeat as Prime Minister Balfour faces questions and losses. The session highlights opposition gains and ongoing political tensions within the Parliament.
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House OF Commons
Balfour
Heat passes. three die as city cools in relief
A heat wave eased in Cincinnati with a wind-driven drop in temperature that returned normal business. Three deaths and two prostrations occurred as the lingering strain of the heat affected vulnerable residents, including Daniel Joseph Shephard, a 45-year-old carpenter, found dead on his porch after a hot day. In UK news, the Irish Land Commission debate moved to a vote in Parliament, with Premier Balfour facing possible resignation and questions from Redmond. The session adjourned to tomorrow after wrangling over further proceedings.
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London
House of Commons
Irish Land Commission
Redmond
Mail From Europe Or Due Tomorrow
The steamship Baltic arrived in New York with mail from England. The Commercial Tribune notes this is the first return mail since the tourist party from Cincinnati and nearby areas left for Europe. Relatives await word as the party's movements included Paris, Stratford on Avon, Chester, Dublin, and a return voyage aboard Anchor Line ships arriving August 2.
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New York
Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Paris
London
Stratford-on-Avon
Chester
Shakespeare
Dublin
Young Girl Kills Stepfather in West Virginia
In Hinton West Virginia Carrie Dooley, a teen stepdaughter, fatally shot B D Gibson a Chesapeake and Ohio fireman after being locked in a room with him He claimed he would shoot her if she left The coroner cleared the girl noting she acted in self defense Gibson had come from Howardsville Virginia five years ago
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Gibson
Howardsville
Chicago Teamsters End Long Strike After Widespread Claims
Chicago officials announce that the teamsters joint council has declared the strike off at 12:30 AM. Many workers are to seek old positions with only partial reinstatement expected, notably 60 percent of department store drivers and about 100 express drivers. The strike, tied to Ward & Co nonunion work, has spanned months and caused numerous injuries and several deaths.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Teamsters
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Railway Express
Express
Teamsters’ Union
Garment Workers’ Association
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ward & Co
Garment
Teamsters Union
Assembly Votes to Save Justice Hooker from Removal
In Albany the Assembly voted 76 to 67 to block removal of Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker over alleged corrupt acts linked to Fredonia post office appointments and the Wirtner judgment affecting property in Dunkirk. The resolution cited personal unfitness and misconduct threatening office respect.
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Commercial Tribune
Albany
N. Y
Assembly
Warren B. Hooker
Supreme Court
Fredonia Postoffice
Justice Hooker
Senate
Fish
Assembly Committee On the Judiciary
Bank Failure Shutters City National Kansas City
Special Dispatch reports City National Bank of Kansas City closes after it holds C J Devlin paper totaling over 100000 dollars and follows the Topeka First National collapse. Depositors withdraw quietly as local bankers refuse aid amid bad paper, with New York directors named and Comptroller pressure cited.
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
City National Bank
C. J. Devlin
Topeka
First National Bank of
Devlin
Washington
First National Bank
City National
First National
American National Bank
Associated Press
Edward Crebo
James G. Strean
John Moore
Charles A. Loomis
Crebo
C. J. Devlin Company
Citizens’National Bank
Eureka
Kan
Capital
Toronto
Leroy M. Baldwin
New York
Empire Trust Company
Phoenix National Bank
E. E. Ames
Comptroller
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Zemstvo Congress
Zemstvoists
M. Petrunkevitch
Moscow Agricultural Society
Zemstvos
Prince Rostkowski
Prince Dolgorukoff
Spring River
Kansas
Galena
Spring River Valley
Badger
Fall Spring
Jasper County
Calvin Ruddy
Lowell
Frisco
Carthage
Queen City
Givenz Up
Deg
Ul ‘A
Carpenter
Standard Milling Company
Henry Campbell Bannerman
John Redmond
Irish Party
Mr. Redmond
Europe
Baltic
New
York
The
England
Chicago Teamsters
BIG
Kansas City Bank
Glin Institution
U. S
Ames
City National Bank of
Citizens’ State Bank
Edna
Paola
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