Shaw rejects gold import relief amid plan to expand bank currency
Secretary Shaw announces suspension of measures to ease gold imports as America already has its share. He outlines an $18,000,000 expansion of National bank circulation by accepting securities other than Government bonds, with bonds remaining in the Treasury and retirement rules set from March to August 1907. The move aims to demonstrate an elastic currency.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Shaw
América
Europe
National Bank
Treasury
Treasury Department
Dempsey
Bank head MacFadyen commits suicide after failure
P MacFadyen head of MacFadyen Co bankers whose suspension was announced, killed himself by lying in front of a train in a tunnel near his London bank. He had posted the failure notice on the bank door and then walked to the railway tunnel. Rumors link the bank's collapse to cotton market troubles affecting his firm.
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London
P. MacFadyen
MacFadyen &Co
MacFayden
City & South London Railway
MacFadyen
Cotton Market
P. MacFadyen & Co
Preacher Willard Boyd Resigns Ministry Over Convictions
Rev Willard W Boyd former Second Baptist Church of Decatur pastor who resigned in 194 December left abroad then returned and explained his quit by saying modern church aims to serve the rich. He will not take a regular pastorate but will preach when invited and allowed to speak his true convictions.
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Commercial Tribune
T. Louis
Willard W. Boyd
Second Baptist Church
Bankers Indicted In Shreveport Bank Case
In Shreveport District Court four former Merchants and Farmers Bank officials Albert H. Leonard P J Trezevant C S Bauman and R L Mayfield were indicted for receiving deposits and creating debts while the bank was solvent in a failing condition The bank with a 100000 capital suspended operations last April and held the citys largest savings deposits Officials are prominent local citizens.
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Commercial Tribune
Shreveport
Albert H. Leonard
P. J. Trezevant
C. S Bauman
R. L Mayfield
Merchants and Farmers’ Bank and Trust Company
King Institution
Citigens
Marshall Field's Daughter Honored by King Edward
Edinburgh Oct 22 The daughter of the late Marshall Field and her husband Captain Beatty received unusual attention from King Edward and Queen Alexandra during their Scottish stay. They dined at Balmoral Castle and joined the royal party at the Balmoral Ball for tenants gillies and workers.
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Marshall Field
King Edward
Captain Beatty
Edinburgh
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Scotland
Mrs. Beatty
Balmoral Castle
Balmoral
Abergeldie
Birk Hall
Sandringham
Buckingham
Windsor Palace
Offficers Outwit An Alabama Mob In Bold Escape
Montgomery Alabama October 22 Her man Thompson the negro who attacked Callie Belle Cain Friday and sparked armed patrols is now serving a twenty year sentence at Pratt Mines. He was slipped into the Montgomery City Court room at 3 pm pleaded guilty and was later taken to the depot placed on a special train to Pratt Mines by adopting a coachman disguise to reach the train safely.
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Commercial Tribune
Montgomery
Ala
Herman Thompson
Callie Belle Cain
Alabama
Pratt Mines Penitentiary
Montgomery City
Pratt Mines
Thompson
Soldiers to Go After Hereld in Puerto Principe
Havana reports 300 men of the Seventeenth Infantry under Colonel John T. Van Orsdale will be dispatched tomorrow to Puerto Principe Province where rebels hover near the capital and commit depredations. Undersecretary Gaston Mora and General Rafael Montalvo resign, saying they do not wish to impede Governor Magoon’s reorganization. resignations not yet accepted.
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Havana
Puerto Principe
Seventeenth Infantry
John T. van Orsdale
Gaston Mora
Rafael Montalvo
Magoon
Anxiety Over British Steamer Arabustan Bound for New York
London reports considerable anxiety about the British steamer Arabustan en route from Buenos Ayres to New York with £6000 in gold. She sailed September 23 and may have crossed areas affected by the recent West Indian hurricane. Five pounds per cent was paid Saturday for gold reinsurance.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
London
the Times
Buenos Ayres
Three Strikers Injured In Carnegie Steel Riot
In Newcastle Pennsylvania on October 22 three striking trestlemen were wounded, two fatally perhaps, after a riot at Carnegie Steel furnaces. Foreign workers were among the injured as strikers tried to halt operations at the Red Jacket furnace. Carnegie police fired on them, prompting fears of further trouble.
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Commercial Tribune
Newcastle
Carnegie Steel Company
Red Jacket
Carnegie
Gingin Natians Quit Involving 31 Million Fung Hartford Life
The report notes a significant financial action involving 31 million Fung underwritten by Hartford Life Insurance Company. Details remain sparse in the fragment but indicate a large endowment or policy transaction linked to the Hartford firm.
20000 Certificate Holders Seek Receiver for Safety Fund
Hartford Life Insurance Company and Security Trust Company face a $1,000,000 safety fund dispute as about 20,900 certificate holders seek a receiver and accounting. The suit, returnable November 6 in New Haven Superior Court, alleges improper collection and fund retention since 1899. Plaintiffs include L. F. Perdue and E. S. Amsden among others.
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Commercial Tribune
Hartford
Conn
Hartford Life Insurance Company
Security Trust Company
New Haven
Cincinnation
L. F. Perdue
Terre Haute
Ind
E. S. Amsden
Ormond, Fla
Charles Donnelly
Covington
J. M. Gordon
Cincinnati
H. Co. van Loon
J. M. Bugg
Chipley
Charles Ammen
New Orleans
Lawyers Handle Suit With Hartford Attorneys In Hartford
Three of the parties Charles Donnelly of Covington livery man J M Gordon and W C Van Loon of Cincinnati were asked about the suit. They said the matter was in the hands of attorneys now in Hartford in the interest of all the plaintiffs.
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Charles Donnelly
Covington
Workman Sees 73 Comrades Crown
Sperial Dispatch reports the Mallory liner Colorado arriving in Mobile with four survivors from a Long Key wreck. Joseph Melson recalls 79 men drowning when a houseboat broke apart during last week's hurricane off Florida. The survivors, all from Florida East Coast Railway crews, were rescued near Jacksonville.
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Sperial Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Mobile
Ala
Mallory
Colorado
Joseph Melson
Charles Olsen
Charles Anderson
Otto Brink
Key West
Melson
Long Key
Fla
Jacksonville
Florida East Coast Railway
Florida Swamps
Miami
Widow and son shot in Pettis County dispute
In Cole Camp Missouri Mrs Alice Winemiller a widow and her five children were at home when bullets shattered a window killing her and wounding her 14 year old son. Neighbor Felix Crawford died hours later after being shot. J A Long son in law is charged with the shooting as a posse searches Pettis County hills.
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Pettis County
Long
University Board Debates Thompson Flag Rush Complaint
Dr John A Thompson of Price Hill asks the Board of University Directors to address student flag rush rowdiness after his son Morris was injured. The board refers the letter to the Committee on Academic Affairs amid tense debate over university conduct and police responsibility.
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Board of
University Directors
John A. Thompson
Grand Avenue
Price Hill
Morris
Committee On
Hooker
Thompson
Dabney
Dr. Curtis
Moffett
Hughes High School
Dr. Dabney
Harris to work at polls in Ohio election day
Governor Andrew L. Harris will not hold open house or supervise returns. He plans to spend election day at his home and in Eaton to boost the Republican ticket, mixing with neighbors and voters to encourage turnout. The move is noted as an unusual departure from precedent.
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Commercial Tribune
Utlook
Columbus
Ohio
Andrew L. Harris
Eaton
Harris
Police Salary Measure Defeated By Democrats In Council
Ten Democrats voted against the Finance Committee recommendation to pass the police salary increase over the Mayor's veto as seventeen Republicans supported it. The Mayor then approved the levy, claiming speed in balancing the tax duplicate, while Democrats denounced the Finance Committee report as an apology.
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Finance Committee
Hilers
Allen
Mullen
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