Seven Days News Summary of Currency and Treasury Issues
A condensed history notes demand for new paper currency, Treasury costs, and proposed limits on redemptions. It covers the Taft Securities Commission report, Admiral Murdock’s Manila to Shanghai trip, the Lexow committee Albany pay-for-law practice, and Aldrich’s revised monetary plan shifting $730 million 2 percent bonds from government to the National Reserve Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Treasury
Taft Securities Commission
Lexow
Albany
Albany County
Aldrich
Monetary Commission
National Reserve Association
Death notices and university and political notes from London and Boston
Personal news reports the death in London of Herbert G. Squiers diplomat and former US Army captain. Dr Lemuel Herbert Marlin inaugurated president of Boston University with exercises at Trinity Church Boston. Andrew Carnegie arrived home from abroad and will testify in Washington at the steel investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert G. Squiers
United States Army
Lemuel Herbert Marlin
Boston University
Trinity Church
Boston
Andrew Carnegie
Washington
Boxers Reach Deals for Two High Profile Bouts in England
Packy McFarland of Chicago meets Matt Wells England lightweight champion in a ten round bout negotiation. Owen Moran and Jem Driscoll English featherweights sign for a twenty round match at Empire Skating Palace Birmingham December 2 with a 13000 dollar purse and a gold belt. Each fighter posts 2000 dollars. Eugene Ely dies after a Curtiss biplane stunt at the Georgia State fair in Macon before 8000 spectators.
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Packy McFarland
Chicago
Matt Wells
England
Owen Moran
Jem Driscoll
Empire Skating Palace
Birmingham
Eugene Ely
Macon
Prosecutions and political shifts tower over late 19th century news
Letters from Florence Bromley spur Prosecutor Mott to accuse Allison MacFarland of poisoning his wife. Champ Clark signals quitting politics after upcoming contract ends. Coweta Oklahoma violence with killings and lynching fears stirs race tensions. Burnham blamed for Harold Bell death as inquest proceeds. Brooklyn publisher William Berri faces criminal libel probe. Robbery payroll theft in Kentucky and Philadelphia drownings add to a tense crime canvas. Liner notes on rail history and Panama controversy conclude with massive Atlantic fleet mobilization slated for New York.
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Allison MacFarland
Florence Bromley
Philadelphia
Mott
Newark
N. J
MacFarland
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Clark
J. D. Beavers
Coweta
Oklo
Rumors Denied as Wilson Holds Cabinet Post
Secretary Wilson denies resignation rumors from the Cabinet. Other notes report aviator H. W. Gill setting an endurance record in St. Louis, lynching of Jerry Lovelace in Manchester, and New York City plans to acquire Rockaway Beach and Dreamland for free beaches.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
H. W. Gill
St. Louis
Jerry Lovelace
Nézio
Manchester
Board of Estimates of
New York City
Dreamland
Rockaway Beach
Ice Trust
Appleton
Rockaway
N. J
John Moore
Consolidated Ice Company
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
New York
North
South Carolina
American Tobacco Company
George Stovall
Washington
Harry Davis
Clevelands
Portland
United States
Holy Gift
Us Society
Coronet
Sandford
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Alvis Linnell
Immanuel Baptist Church
Cambridge
Mass
Stewart Brown
Monetary Conference
Aldrich Reserve Banking Plan
Dix
New
State Prison Commission
Wingdale
Cscs
North Carolina
Virginia
Turkish Deputies Back Cabinet in Confidence Vote
The Turkish deputies passed a vote of confidence in the Cabinet. Reports from various fronts include Italian bombardment of Benghazi and a land invasion, while naval and aviation advances headline global tensions. The Neval Prize in medicine was awarded to Allvar Gullstrand of Upsala for eye research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derna
Tripoli
Liberte
von der Tann
Kiel
Allvar Gullstrand
Faculty of Medicine
Upsala University
Sweden
Ida Lewis Lighthouse Keeper Dies at 99 Years
Ida Lewis Wilson longtime Lime Rock Lighthouse keeper in Newport Harbor died of apoplexy. She served fifty one years as America's only woman in charge of a lighthouse and saved many from the sea including four youths in 1858 and two soldiers in 1869 earning national honors and the title Grace Darling of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, .R
Ida Lewis Wilson
Ida Lewis
Lime Rock
America
Rudolph Lewis
American Red Cross Honor Society
Carnegie Hero Fund
Newport
Hosea Lewis
Aaron C. Wiley
Block Island
Riot Ends Cook Lecture in Copenhagen Hall
Dr Frederick A Cook faced a riotous audience in Copenhagen as he attempted a public lecture in the same hall where he once addressed the royal family. An alleged North Pole picture was thrown on screen, prompting Cook to halt and withdraw from the hall amid hostile protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
Denmark
North Pole
Cook
Exhume Avis Linnell’s Body In Boston Case
The body of Avis Linnell, a young music student linked to poisoning arrest of Rev. C. V. T. Richeson, was dug up from Hyannis Cemetery and brought to Boston by order of District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier amid uncertainty over the death method.
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Boston
Avis Linnell
C. V. T. Richeson
Cambridge
Charles Street
Hyannis
Joseph C. Pelletier
Robert Mather Dies at Home of Peritonitis
Robert Mather chairman of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company died at his home in New York from peritonitis.
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Robert Mather
New York
Westinghouse Electric and Matufacturing Company
Attic Stash Worth 800000 Found After 32 Years
In Mill Valley, San Francisco area, securities hidden in an old trunk for 32 years were found to be worth about 800000. The papers comprise Mexican bonds and related instruments discovered in the home of Mrs Therese L Janson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mill Valley
New Jersey W C T U Holds Annual Convention at Woodstown
Miss Rebecca C Barrett of Almonesson won the Diamond Medal contest in a large Opera House audience. Thirty delegates, including Esther Elfreth of Haddonfield, were elected for the Milwaukee National Association convention. Edith Smith Davis, health education advocate, spoke on temperance instruction amid immigrant settlement and school roles. Frances E Beau champ of Kentucky urged spirited support for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Esther Elfreth
Haddonfield
New ‘Jersey
Woodstown
Elfreth
S. H. Démarest
Gloucester
Eva M. Lake
Arlington
Ida Lillian Page
Hoboken
National Association
Milwaukee
E.A. Wasson
Liquor Dealers’ League
Atlantic City
America
Opera House
E. H. Goodwin
Ada F. Harris
Newfield
Rebecca C. Barrett
Almonesson
Leola Moore
Ocean Grove
Edward UK
Maines
Swedesboro
Barrett
Edith Smith Davis
Davis
the Hague
Frances E. Beauchamp
State Union of Kentucky
Corset Steel Saves Mrs Firth From A Bullet
Mrs. Charles Firth was struck in the side by a stray bullet while preparing supper in her dining room. A corset steel deflected the shot, leaving her unharmed. Police arrested four hunters claimed to be in the area at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Firth
Firth Steel Company
Robbery at White House Hotel Leads to Arrest
George E. Reitze reports a hotel burglary at the White House hotel with about $45 stolen. A man named Chris Miller was arrested in Somerville, charged by Justice Voorhees, and reportedly admitted guilt with $36 found on him. Separately the State Board of Education ends the three year normal school course, citing high school expansion and low enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Reitze
White House
Forc
Chris Miller
Somerville
Justice Voorhees
Miller
State Board of Education
State Normal School
South
Jersey
James Yannelli
Mays Landing
H. C. James
Atlantic City Hospital
Thomas P. Fitzgerald
Morris County
Carson City
Nev
Nevada
New York
Ar Ag
Ypur
Firstsee
Saad
Brussels
Virginia
Baltimore
Eree
Daz
L. i
Ser
Boston Hothouse
Eae
Eastern Shore
Asia
Stens Steel
Long Island No
State
Maine
Minneapolis
Middle West
Rio
Land Shares Prey on Millville Plot Investors
A Philadelphia speculator bought 43 building lots claimed on South High Street, only to find the parcels lie in woods between Millville and Dividing Creek. The plot reportedly numbers 1,600 lots and carries oddly inflated city street names. Receiver Dooling reports a total assessment of 10.95 for the whole ground amid calls from strangers seeking valuations.
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Millville
Dooling
Philadelphia
Dividing Creek
Canada
Manhattan Pavements Budget and Sailors at New York Review
Borough President McAneny calls for 7 million dollars to replace dilapidated Manhattan pavements. Fourteen battleships head to New York for an October 31 naval review. Various international and national briefs touch on strikes, politics, and immigration policy.
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McAneny
Manhattan
Hampton Roads
New York
Hankow
Peking
Sidney
United States
Wisconsin
Toulon
Commissioner General of Immigration
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Murdock
Manila
Shanghai
Frederick K. Burnham
Toms
William Berri
Brooklyn Standard Union
Supreme Court
Jackson
E. F. Crawry
Lane Bros. Lumber Co
William J. McArdle
Mullica River
Eye Harbor
James Watson
Lackawanna Road
Binghamton
N. Y
John Bull
American Museum
Colombia
Roosevelt
Panama
British Railway Commission
Berlin
Hamburg
Bremen
Indianapolis
Italy
Benghazi
Kwang-Shui
Sho-Got
Shih-To
Newport Harbor
W.c.t.ulmeeting
New Jersey
Wera As
Almonessen
George B. Hurff
E. C. Leeds
Assembly
Woodbury
Hurff
Pitman
Leeds
State Reformatory
Rahway
Middlesex County
Pennsylvania
Bruce Brummond
Woodridge
William Parsons
New Brunswick
Charles Woodward
Frank Moore
Reformatory
Strummond
Person
Woodward
Moore
Omaha
National Prison Association
Heights
West Orange
Montclair
Lackawanna
Morris & Essex
Grange
Orange
Eagle Rock
Florence Hahn
Aaron Robert Dutrie
Morrisville
Durrie
National Funeral Directors’ Association
William Coleman
Camden
Victor Talking Machine Company
Coleman
Court of Common Pleas
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