Letters and cables reveal underwriter tensions in Paris
New York reports detail secret correspondence between Alexander & Green and Paris financiers over a U S shipbuilding underwriting. Letters from July 1902 describe calls for payments, threats of liability beyond bonds, and efforts to steady investor confidence as Morgan Harjes and others face potential defaults and market doubts.
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New York
Paris
United States
R. D. Oliphant
Charles B. Alexander
Alexander & Green
Trust Company of the Republic
John W. Young
Alexander
Bank de Roma
Baron Calvet Rogniat
M. Schreyer
Banking House of Morgan, Harles & Co
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
Young
Harjes
Credit Lyonaise
Viscomtesse Dandignen
Scotts Union Iron Works
Scott
Roma
Rothschilds
England
Drexels
Morgan, Harjes & Co
Schreyer
Rogniat
Young Herbs
New Effort for Kuhns Freedom
New efforts to free Kuhns intensify as he maintains innocence in the Campau murder case. Evidence relied on by prosecutors is circumstantial, and Kuhns previously escaped from the penitentiary after identification linked him to the victim found in Fostoria. He had claimed he and Campau split in Delaware two weeks before Campau’s death.
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Kuhns
Delaware
Ohio
Campau
Fostoria
Noble County
Prospect
Della Bird
Ferguson
Harjes Payment Plan Mentioned for Underwriters
Beatty reports Rogniat intends to pay underwriters who may default and wants those paying Harjes encouraged. The World notes MacCook is the cable address of Alexander amp Green and Peatty is Mr. Alexander Paris cable.
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Rogniat
Harjes
Beatty
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Endorsed for Teething
A brief old fashioned ad urges mothers to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for teething children, claiming it soothes and helps infants.
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Mrs. Winslow
Kubas’s Health Failures Stemming From Bullet Wound
Kubas, blinded in one eye by a bullet that clipped the optic nerve, works in a penitentiary machine shop making iron washers. He seeks a new trial after thirteen years, citing an Ohio statute allowing reopening if reasons merit. Judge Louttit views a recent nine year old Ohio case as supportive precedent for Kuhns.
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Tudge Louttit
Kubas
Ohio
Kuhns
Louttit
Minnesota Brief Filed in Northern Securities Case
The Minnesota brief filed in the U S Supreme Court argues the merger of Northern Pacific and Great Northern into Northern Securities aimed to stifle competition. Attorney General Douglass and Munn Wilson authored the 176 page document.
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Washington
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Douglass
Messrs. M. D. Munn
Geo. B. Wilson
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Escape of suspect linked to Rock Island letters
Des Moines report states the unnamed man shot by Rock Island detectives at Eartham and brought in on suspicion of sending anonymous letters to Rock Island officials has escaped from the sheriff after three weeks in confinement. He remained silent during a rigorous sweating process.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Eartham
Woman Bound Over in Owosso Poisoning Case
In Owosso Michigan on December 22 Mrs Caroline Collins of New Lathrop was bound over to circuit court for trial on murder by poisoning her hired man George Leachman. An investigation followed his death after exhumation and University of Michigan analysis confirmed poison.
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Owosso, Mich
Caroline Collins
New Lathrop
Circuit Court
George Leachman
Leachman
University of Michigan
Two New Smallpox Cases Reported in City
Two cases were reported to Health Commissioner Macbeth this morning. John Moran, 29, of 316 West Williams Street, and Charles Harber, 18, of 2214 Hanna Street. Both were sent to the isolation hospital for immediate care.
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Macbeth
John Moran
West Williams Street
Charles Harber
Hanna Street
Moran
Harber
Milk samples pass city standard. milk supply good
Forty samples collected yesterday and today by health officers were tested by Dr. Macbeth and found to meet the standard. The city milk supply is pronounced good.
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Macbeth
Totterman Held Without Bail in Waterfront Murder
Emil Totterman was held without bail today to await the coroner’s inquest into the murder of Sarah Martin at a sailor’s resort on the east side waterfront.
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New York
Emil Totterman
Sarah Martin
East Side
Coroener
Feeble Minded Women Cared For At Fort Wayne Facility
Indianapolis report praises the Fort Wayne School for Feeble Minded Youth for housing ninety women unable to control themselves. It details their work, upkeep, and self-support while arguing economic justification for segregating feeble minded individuals to prevent future costs to the public. It warns of costful outcomes if such care is not provided.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Harper Lodge
State Charities Board
Board of State Charities
Nate
Lydia E. Pinkham
No Fee Doctors Refuse Case In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on December 22, doctors who formed a trust in Anderson refused to treat the infant child of Mr and Mrs Albert Graham due to inability to pay. The child, burned three days earlier, is not expected to survive as the Graham family is poor.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Albert Graham
Burns
Graham
City Doctors Form Demand-Only Medical Trust
A local trust allegedly formed weeks ago binds sixteen doctors to refuse care to patients who owe for prior services and to attend only those with assured funds. The agonized mother reported doctors demanding payment in advance before treating the child, with prominent city physicians among the members.
Cook admits killing captain and claims past murders
New York December 22 Frank Henry Burness a ship cook admitted guilt on trial in Brooklyn for the murder of Captain George Townsend of the lumber schooner Charlies Buckley. He submitted a written confession claiming premeditated shooting over money and said he had previously killed three men in Charlestown Havana and elsewhere. The trial was continued.
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New York
Frank Henry Burness
Brooklyn
George B. Townsend
Charlies Buckley
Charlestown
Mass
Havana
Henry Hecker
Japanese reply to Russia seeks new terms in China and Korea
Official circles report the Japanese answer rejects fundamental points and calls for mutual guarantees to protect Chinese and Korean sovereignty while preserving Japan plans. The cover tense moment may still yield a peaceful settlement if Russia reconsiders promptly.
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Tablo
Dec
Russia
Hotel Fire Claims Ten Guests In Menominee Tragedy
A hotel fire at the Travelers Home in Menominee Michigan on December 22 forced twelve guests to leap from second story windows. James Beattie was found dead among the ruins with Jos Vorachek fatally burned and Fred Jenski badly hurt from jumping as the building was practically destroyed.
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Menominee, Mich
James Beattie
Jos, Vorachek
Fred Jenski
Love by Mail Leads Purdue Romance to Christmas Wedding
Theodore Yager of South Chicago plans to marry Miss Bertha Hoff of Bourbon on Christmas Eve at the bride’s home in Bourbon. The romance began as a Purdue bet about writing letters, with Yager and Hoff exchanging notes after meeting via the wager. Several Purdue students will attend the wedding.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Theodore Yager
Chicago
Purdue
Bertha Hoff
Bourbon
Yager
Grand Crossing Tack Company
South Chicago
Bourton
Rumor of Czarina's Death in Newborn Son Denied
In St. Petersburg on February 22 reports circulated from a U.S. agency claiming the czarina bore a dead son. Officials denounce the tale as absurd and note she lives a public life, making any concealment impossible.
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St. Petersburg
United States
Czarina
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