Hamilton Tells Why He Was Hired
Andrew Hamilton of New York Life testified before the legislative insurance investigation committee, detailing secretive methods used to manage funds and stressing no accounting could be produced. He offered to deposit 100000 dollars as good faith while asserting no checks or books existed.
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New York
Andrew Sam Mston
New York Life Insurance Company
Legislative Insurance Investigation Committee
Hamilton
John C. McCall
Andrew Hamilton
New York Life
Paris
Tamlton
McCall
Tinghes
Work Was Done in Secret Selects Hamilton Statement
Hamilton reveals secret methods in the treasury and taxation bureau of New York Life. He says no demand was made for vouch ers or books, and checks would reveal who was under retainer, hampering secrecy. Insurance interests feared regulation if action diverged, leading three companies to bar conclusions about secret services as government agents.
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Tramilton
Ife
Tureau
New York Life
Hamilton
New York
Legislative Halls
United States
New York Life Insurance Company
H. D. Appleton
State Insurance Department
Morgan
Bankers’ Ife
Louis F. Payn
Burnham
Mutial Reserve
Confidential Service Guards New York Life Insurance Welfare
A confidential secret service was chosen as the only feasible protection plan for the large life insurance business in New York. Officials explained that public disclosure of names or amounts would risk accountability, while the protection was deemed ample. Laws hostile to insurers were discussed, including taxation bills and measures to publish reports, with several states, notably Arkansas and Indiana, proposing harmful changes that were defeated or challenged by insurers and counsel.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Indiana
Union
Arkansas
Ominous Silence Falls On Moscow War News
Reports from St Petersburg December 28 describe an armed Polish rebellion planned and a large-scale strike, with the Seminovaky guards sent to Moscow. Baltic provinces and Caucasus are cited as increasingly hostile, martial law declared in Krementchny, and divisions moving from Manchuria toward the Baltic front.
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St. Petersburg
Poland
London
Moscow
Associated Press
Seminovaky Regiment of Guards
Atarminor
St. Tetersburg
Koyno
Lithuania
Krementchny
Russia
National Assembly
Baltic
Caucasia
Manchuria
St. Louis
Eribe
Folk
Hamilton testimony reveals secret corporate influence in state capitals
In a dated deposition, Hamilton discusses discreet lobbying by corporations to influence legislation while avoiding public disclosure. He cites funds and outcomes, including savings for New York Life, and defends actions as preventing blackmail and crime, naming figures like H. D. Appleton and Louis Payn in relation to insurance oversight and investigations.
Poles to Rebel Now In Moscow Style Tactics Rise
Polish socialist revolutionaries plan a general strike as in Moscow to cast off autocracy. Three armed forces operate around Moscow area with barricades and guerrilla tactics. First army of 800 with rifles and pikes fights between Moscow and Perovo. second of 1,000 with bombs and revolvers. third between Drest railroad and the triumphal gate.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Baltic
Russia
Poland
Perovo
Sadovia
Drest
Chicago bars boxing amid citywide sport ban
Chicago imposes a comprehensive ban on all amateur boxing matches sparring contests and related fist art events. In San Francisco Bob Wil Tests announces divorce as Fitz Simons plans to move to New York next Monday and vows to contest any attempt by his wife to obtain a divorce.
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Chicago
Bob Wil
San Francisco
Dev
Fitz
Simmons
New York
Typical incident amid Kharkov fighting described by Telegraph
London dispatch reports on the Kharkov battle noting a “typical incident” where a young boy approached a detachment of Cossacks in Konin square and was allowed to come near before being turned away. The account highlights the brutal yet limited brutality toward children in the melee.
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London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Kharkov
Reutes
Whit le
Kony Square
Castro in more trouble over border incident
Washington reports a fresh flare between Colombia and Venezuela after Montilla, a Castro general, fled to Colombia amid discontent. Colombia ordered arrest and extradition, but Montilla escaped before capture. Castro recalls Venezuela’s consul and warns of further action as tensions rise.
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Washington
Dee
Colombia
Venezuela
State Department
Bogota
Castro
Montilla
Cucuta
Cueuta
Tle
Illinois convention crowds frame county recorders in Blooming ton
Circuit clerks and county recorders from nearly every county in Illinois convene at Blooming ton. Notable items include McClellan’s reelection as New York mayor and ongoing election bets. Other notes mention tea compression into tablets, Rockefeller subpoena in Missouri, search for Pratt heir to a million-dollar estate, McClintock elected NY Mutual VP, canal level lock plan, Cockrum's departure to California, a Moore Oklahoma robbery, and MLA America session in Philadelphia with Hyde sailing for Paris.
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Illinois
Bloomington
Ill
George Bb. McClellan
New York
Department of Agriculture
William G. Rockefeller
Clushfog
L. Tennory McClintock
New York Mutual Life Insurance
J. I. Stevens
Isthmia Canal Commission
W. Bourke Cockrin
California
Lnick
Moore
O. T
Modern Language Association of America
Philadelphia
James H. Hyde Tits
Rotte
High School Football Rules Discussed by Illinois Coaches
Springfield reports the Illinois High Schools Athletic Association devoted most of its session to football rule changes and school control of athletics. Hiring professional coaches drew criticism. some salaries cited as high as 1500 dollars. Additional notes covered teacher association sections, new presidents, and talks on geography, literature, and educational progress in Illinois.
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Springfield
Athletic Association of
Mlinois High Schools
Ilinois
State Teachers’ Association
B. W. Groff
Rockford
Clld
Edwin G. Dexter
University of Illinois
Misa Grace Reed
Chicago
Alfred Bayliss
Insanity Plea Tactics in Cruelty Trial at Aledo
The trial of Mrs Archibald McKinney in Aledo Illinois centers on extreme cruelty charges from Stella Grady. Defense attorney George A Cooke says insanity will be the cornerstone of the defense and promises to present further alleged acts, if needed, to prove insanity.
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Aledo
Stella Grady
Archibald McKinney
Subscriptions for Roosevelt Wedding Gift Spark Debate
A Baker City dispatch says Oregon 10 cent subscriptions would fund a gift up to 500000 for Miss Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth. The White House released a statement from the president opposing such a wedding present. Chicago notes Judge Murray Tiley’s funeral was simple with close family. Montreal reports a wage increase totaling 125000 for Canadian Pacific track workers. St Louis reports fines for hoodlifter groups under the mayor law. Washington cables say Morales shot. another report says unionist Frank Kennedy wounded but not doomed. Chicago also notes libertion leader James Maguire has been arrested after Kennedy’s shooting and may recover.
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Washington
Baker City
Ore
Oregon
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
White House
Roosevelt
James Maguire
Libertion
Frank Kennedy
Kennedy
Markets Report from Buffalo Live Stock Prices and Trade
Cattle receipts 28,000 with bids $5.80 to 6.00 for steers and $2.80 to 4.50 for fat cows and bulls. Sheep receipts 23,000 with Western lambs $5.85 to 7.00 and ewes $5.75 to 7.00. Hogs steady. poultry prices listed. calf prices $3.50 to 4.50 for heavy calves. Reports from Dunne & Stevens, East Buffalo live stock commission merchants.
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Wethern
Bert Burnly
Thiat BuMtila
N. Y
Dunne & Stevens
Commisasion
East Buffalo
N.Y
Mithverdance
Esvew
Saaggio
Chicano
Chicago Board of Trade
Lee
Call money reaches high point on Wall Street
New York Dec 28 interest on call money in Wall Street today rose to 125 percent. Quotations marked the highest since December 1899, the London Barings panic time, when it reached 186 percent, the record high.
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New York
Wall Street
London
Pass of the Pass sinks off Vancouver Island in gale
During a gale here today the British bark Pass, commanded by Capt. Cougal, ran ashore on rocks a quarter mile east of Aaphitrite Point, stove on the rocks and sank with all on board. Twenty five persons are known to have perished. The bark sailed from Melford.
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Victoria
B. C
Pass
Cougal
Vancouver Island
Aaphitrite Point
Melford
Surgeons Gather for Western Surgical and Gynaecologists Meet
About 100 to 150 surgeons and gynecologists from states west of the Mississippi assembled in Kansas City for the Western Surgical and Gynaecologists Association convention at the Midland Hotel. Noted physicians including Dr J B Murphy of Chicago Dr C H Mayo of Rochester Minn Dr H C Crowell of Kansas City and Dr Jabez Jackson will present papers and addresses on diverse scientific topics.
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Kansas City
Mississippi River
Western Surgical and Gynaescologists Association
Midland Hotel
West
J.B. Murphy
Chicago
C. H. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
H. C. Crowell
Jabez Jackson
Lester Hall
Odd Fellows Celebrate 75th Anniversary Jubilee
Hamilton County Odd Fellows with Campbell and Kenton Counties hold a Jubilee meeting at Music Hall to mark the order’s founding west of the Alleghenies. Over 5,000 members in Hamilton County. Prominent members to speak. a fine musical program arranged for the evening.
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Cincinnati
Odd Fellows
Hamilton County
Campbell and
Kenton Counties
Order
the Alleghenies
Music Hall
Pinehurst Hosts Winter Sports Event With Prizes
The Pinehurst Country Club opens its annual winter sports program in Pinehurst North Carolina on December 28. Wealthy members from New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston participate in golf tennis trap shooting pistol shooting and other contests with valuable prizes for winners.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Pinehurst Country Club
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Faraday Sails Toward Chile and Peru Cable Route
The cable steamship Faraday of Siemens Bros. & Co. is reported sighted with 1,750 knots aboard for the Central & South American Telegraph Co. The vessel will lay a duplicate system linking Valparaiso Iquique Chile and Callao Peru to extend and reinforce the regional telegraph network.
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Valparaiso
Faraday
Siemens Bros. & Co
Haying
Central & South American Telegraph Company
Valparaiso-Iquique
Chili
Callac
Peru
Black Hawk War Veterans Reunion Held in Utah
The Black Hawk War Veterans of this district hold their reunion in Utah today and will conclude with a large banquet this evening.
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Utah
Fires damage three Niagara Falls hotels this morning
A morning blaze badly damaged the Porter Imperial and Temperance Annex hotels in Niagara Falls causing an estimated loss of 140.06 dollars. No lives were reported lost and firefighters contained the flames.
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Niagara Falls
Porter, Imperial and Temperance Annex
Praise Youthful Playwright Storms of a Schoolboy Talent
Blemund Neumann a 19 year old schoolboy and未graduated from gymmasum wrote the play Storms. It was produced in the leading Franks furpen-the-Main theater last month and critics praised the piece for its handling of a schoolboy’s trial and for the author’s talent.
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Blemund Neumann
Gymmasum
Franks furpen-the-Main
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