New Jersey Life Insurance Reform Proposals Area
A New Jersey senate select committee report calls for sweeping reforms to life insurers. Key measures cap stock at two million dollars, limit dividends, require three independent directors, cap holdings in other firms, require annual policyholder accounting, and tighten examinations every three years. Prudential features prominently. other firms receive limited critique.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Senate
Committee of Fifteen
Chicago
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Prudential
Othe
Insurance Commissioners
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Tripolcyhoiers
Ise
Mutual
Colonial Life Infurance Company
North American Life Insurance Company
Newark
Times of Ats
Widows’ and Orphans’ Friendly Society
Sthen
Prudential Insurance Company of
Éstarica
Fidelity and Prudential Companies
Prudential Insurance Company
Fidelity Trust Company
Booth Seeks Tainted Money For University Of Humanity
General William Booth arrives in New York to raise 1 to 5 million dollars for a proposed University of Humanity. He says he would accept money from Rockefeller or Carnegie if offered, aiming to save men from vice crime and poverty through lifelong humanitarian work with headquarters in New York and London.
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New York
William Booth
Salvation Army
Minneapolis
Fourteenth Street
General Booth
America
Japan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Lakewood
Augusta
McCormick
University of Humanity
London
Carnegie
Gueeyanerry
Enue
Mr. Carnegie
Cerneie
Kendallville Freight Agent Linked to Planned Death
Evidence indicates Arthur Chappel, Kendallville freight agent, planned his suicide after being found short in his accounts. A glass of carbolic acid was found in a room he briefly occupied at the Kelly house Monday before he left in a rush. Dr Edward Eison, a dentist formerly of Auburn, is dead in Inanton.
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Arthur Chappel
Kendallville
Kelly House
Edward Eison
Auburn
Inanton
Double Tragedy as Husband Fires on Wife and Friend
Indianapolis, March 6. Fred Schwemeyer killed his wife and William Gill after finding them together at his Ben Davis home. He fired through a window, then walked the fields awaiting Gill, later surrendering to detectives in a calm, jocular mood and saying he would do it again.
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Indianapolis
Fred Schwemeyer
William Gill
Ben Davis
Schwemeyer
Gill
Schwomeyer
Schwameyer
Mrs. Schwameyer
Parry
Kinney
Morgan
Couple killed at grade crossing by Pennsylvania Limited
Plymouth Indiana March 6 Mr and Mrs John Baker an old couple residing a quarter mile west of Donaldson were instantly killed when their buggy was struck at a grade crossing by the westbound Pennsylvania Limited at 7 o clock They saw the train approaching but misjudged its speed The horse was killed and the buggy demolished
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Plymouth
Ind
John Baker
Donaldson
Pennsylvania Limited
Arsonist James A. Phillips Sentenced in Ohio
James A. Phillips of Williams Center pled guilty to arson after paying back insurance he collected for buildings he hired a man to burn. Judge Kiltid sentenced him to eighteen months in the penitentiary. Amount repaid with interest totaled 1559 dollars. Phillips's residence was destroyed by fire on April 30 1897. Clark J. has been reappointed county attorney at Decatur.
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Bryan
Ohio
James A. Phillips
William’s Center
Kiltid
Phillips
William
Cantor
Street Cars Crash in Louisville Injuring Ten
Ten persons were injured, two seriously, in a collision between street cars at Shelby and Chestnut streets in Louisville. Seriously hurt were John W. Pfeiffer and Henry Guckes. Others injured included C. Hohman, R. M. Beha, E. J. Myers, Conductor Ausel, Charles J. Harris, Carl W. Eberhard, Jacob Foendenberger, and W. S. Schrader. The Shelby street car struck the Chestnut street car squarely in the center, nearly splitting it in two. The Chestnut car had the right of way.
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Louisville
Shelby and
Chestnut Streets
John W. Pfeiffer
Henry Guckes
C. Hohman
R. M. Beha
E. J. Myers
Ausel
Charles J. Harris
Carl W. Eberhard
Jacob Foendenberger
Chestnut Street
Grand Army of the Republic encampment dates moved
Judge Samuel M. Hench announced the Grand Army of the Republic state encampment will be held in Fort Wayne May 21 22 and 23 changing from the June period. The move reflects Fort Wayne veterans and committee wishes following the Lawton monument unveiling.
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Sentinel
Indianapolis
Samuel M. Hench
Fort Wayne
Council
Grand Army of the Republic
Brown
Hench
Council of Administration
Harriman Predicts Dimmer Economic Outlook in Interview
Railroad magnate E H Harriman, in Washington for talks, told fifteen reporters he will return to New York and stop commenting. He warned hard times may come again unless Congress and the public favor tariff and currency reform and closer government-railroad cooperation.
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Washington
E. H. Harriman
New York
Congress
McKinley
Dingley
United States
Harriman
Roosevelt
Bluffton to Celina trolley line company organized
The Bluffton Geneva and Celina Traction company is incorporated to build a trolley road from Bluffton to Celina with a $30 000 capital stock. Incorporators include R W Cummins LC Justis Sam Bender Abe Simmons F G Dailey W A Kunkel D W Brown and other Bluffton men. A row of sheds near the dye factory at Decatur was moved Tuesday.
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Bluffton, Geneva
Celina Traction Company
Cockfighting in Cuba sparks policy debate for Taft
Washington reports that Secretary Taft may face questions on abrogating Governor Wood's decree banning cockfighting in Cuba. Cubans favor the sport, planters back it, and laborers lose incentive to work since the ban. Possible compromise mirrors Philippines approach allowing cockfighting outside Havana and major cities.
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Washington
Taft
Cuba
Wood
Magoon
Havana
Philippines
Hoosiers In New York Banquet At Waldorf Astoria
The Indiana Society of New York held its annual dinner at the Waldorf Astoria with a large Hoosier gathering. President James B. Curtis and speakers Senator Beveridge Meredith Nicholson John T. McCutcheon Finley Peter Dunne and David Graham Philips addressed the crowd.
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New York
James B. Curtis
Indiana Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Albert J. Beveridge
Meredith Nicholson
John T. McCutcheon
Finley
Peter Dunne
David Graham Philips
Col. Curtis
Gotham
Curtis
East
Tail-Hell
Indiana
Wall Street
White Light District
Ufe
Not Guilty for Strother Brothers in Bywaters Murder Trial
Culpeper Va March 7 James and Philip Strother were found not guilty of murdering their brother in law William F Bywaters after a two week trial. The verdict came after one hour thirty two minutes of deliberation as Judge Harrison praised the jury and the defendants embraced supporters in the courtroom.
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Culpepper
James
Philip Strother
William F. Bywaters
Harrison
Sheriff Bowersett
Gilkerson
Foreman Price
Virginia
Shenandoah County
Hoosier Dinner Toast Expresses State Pride and Talent
A New York venue hosts Indiana’s Hoosier Society dinner noting Indiana’s rise as an intelligent center. The program promises a galaxy of speakers and a toast to the state’s glories, with emphasis on preserving and presenting Hoosier heritage and talent.
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New York
Jackson County
Shelby County
Indiana
America
Naming Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Brings Local Scrutiny
In Kalamazoo Michigan on March 6 the christening of Evelyn Nesbit Babock, daughter of Mrs. Alexander Babcock and her husband, drew intense local interest. The ceremony, held at a Christian church, prompted cheers and police presence as the couple faced opposition to the name linked to the New York trial figure. The parents denied kinship with the Thaws and respected the crowd’s strong sentiment.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Holman
Alexander Babcock
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
New York City
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Babcock
Frank T Campbell dies in Lima at 74
Lima Ohio March 6 Frank T Campbell longtime Iowa Republican leader and former Lima Republican Gazette publisher died here aged 74. As railway commander in Iowa he helped draft revised freight tariffs used in Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota and was often consulted on the recent federal tariff bill passage.
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Lima, O
Frank T. Campbell
Republican Party of
Iowa
Lima Republican Gazette
Campbell
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Congress
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Pennsylvania
Peath
Eneing
Clark ‘J
Decatur
Hart
Grand Army
MR. Harriman
Sons OF Hoosier State
Lane
Brothers
Culpepper, Va
Evelyn Thaw
Pennsylvania -Lines
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Bowling Congress
Idaho
Montana
Mexico
Pacific Coast
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