Paris Embassy Inquiry Reaches Odell and Depew Testimony
New York November 17 Ex Governor Odell and United States Senator Depew testified before the Armstrong legislative insurance investigation committee denying key parts of James Hazen Hyde testimony in which their names appeared Odell defended Hyde's statements as false and said no political pressure influenced his Mercantile Trust suit Odell also denied threatening retaliation and noted a letter he wrote for Hyde’s ambassadorial bid in France Depew said Hyde sought his influence though the president dismissed the Paris posting as impossible The committee adopted a preliminary report calling retrenchment and broader powers, with public disclosure of the results and McCurdy’s remarks guiding the trustees.
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Odell
United States
Depew
Arm Strong Legislative Insurance
James Hazen Hyde
Hyde
Huse
Mercantile Trust Company
Mercantile ‘Trust Company
Ambler
Harriman
France
William H. McIntyre
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable Society
John Gilchrist
Securit Department
Inquitable Life Assurance Society
Skulin, Loeb & Co
Equitable
T. D. Jordan
McCurdy
Special Investigating Committee
Victor L. Berger
Dlegate
Tn Iternational ‘Typographical Union
Congress
Samuel Gompers
Imbor
Repubiican
Thomas C. Platt
Roosevelt
Washington
New York State
Mutual Life Retrenches Salaries Amid Probe
At a New York special meeting Mutual Life Insurance President Richard A. McCurdy announced his salary cut from 150000 to 75000 and reductions for other executives. The move, described as the first step in trimming expenses, came as the investigative committee submitted its initial report and urged broader reforms within the company.
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New York
Bord of Trustees
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard A. McCurdy
McCurdy
Czar's Manifesto Grants Peasant Land Rights
Imperial decree grants land concessions to peasants, halves land tax from Jan. 14, 1906, and abolishes it from Jan. 14, 1907. Peasants' bank capital rises with expanded loan privileges to facilitate land purchases, with roughly 40 million dollars in tax relief cited. In St. Petersburg, industrial action lacks spread beyond the capital as rail and utility networks face walkouts and theater closures amid strikes.
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London
St. Petersburg
Reuter
Byts
Peasants’ Bank
Moscow
Regal
Died of a broken neck in remarkable case
Philadelphia reports George Handforth aged 28 died at Methodist hospital after fifteen months on air and water mattresses with paralysis all over except forearms. Once 160 pounds he weighed 34 at death from a fall on Aug 1 fracturing the fifth and sixth vertebrae. He had been employed at Atlantic Refining Company. Meanwhile Congress developments and church news fill other items with brief notes on caucuses, royal support, and a new Michigan bishop.
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Philadelphia
George Handforth
Methodist Hospital
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Handforth
Unandforth
Atlantic Refiuing Company
Union preacher promises to organize whole Presbyterian clergy
Pittsburg reports the American Federation of Labor sessions featured Rev. Charles Stelze from Chicago urging unity between organized church and labor. He pledged to teach Presbyterian ministers about union ethics as he aims to educate 8,000 preachers next year. A motion rejected H C Frick donation as tainted by Homestead, later withdrawn.
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American Federation of Labor Convention
P. TH. Scullen
Frank Duffy
Scullen
Duffy
Charles Stelze
Chicago
Department of Church and Labor
Presbyterian Church In America
Organized Church
Organized Labor
Frick
Johannsen
H. C
Federation
First Into Chapultepec Veteran Arva Grinnell Dies
Arva Grinnell a 4 Mexican war veteran said to have been the first to scale Chapultepec walls is dead at his Spencer Mississippi home. He was 70 years old.
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Chapultepec
Spencer
Miss
Arva Grinnell
Grinnell
Banquet in Honor of King Alfonso Held in Vienna
Emperor Franz Joseph hosted a banquet in the royal Schounluon Castle to honor King Alfonso. The event in Vienna featured formal toasts and noted hospitality by the Austrian court.
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Vienna
Franco Joseph
Schounluon
Louor
Alfonso
Labor Unions a A Trust Declares Investigation Urged
The Citizens' Industrial association after its national meeting in St Louis expands calls for investigations into labor unions as potential labor trusts. It condemns monopoly, coercion, and unlawful contracts and urges state and national authorities to prosecute unions deemed labor trusts, while praising judiciary interpretations and defending private contract and freedom of work.
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Citizens’ Industrial Association
St. Louis
Labor ‘Trust
Meu
National Grange backs Roosevelt on railroad tariff reform
At Atlantic City on November 17 the National Grange approved moves to unite farm groups behind President Roosevelt's tariff reform aims. W. Post of Battle Creek was reelected president. A plan to broaden Interstate Commerce Commission powers and a federation of farmers groups were debated and sent to committees for revision.
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Battle Creek
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National Grange
Atlantic City
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C. i
Westington
Ational Grangers
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Naatrouil Grange
Stequevelt
T. G. Atkeson
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Tate Agricultural College
Roosevelt
EF. Derthick
Oslo
Grange
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. WP. Hill
Pennsylvania Grange
Federation of All Farmers” Organizations
Brotherhood Wins at Last On Burlington Wage Pact
Chicago reports the Burlington railroad after twenty years of opposition signs its first wage schedule with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers since the 1885 86 strike. By contrast Vera Cruz and Pacific Railway fires nonunion staff amid a wage petition push. In New York the Church Federation conference elected officials while Russia faces an anti Jewish massacre appeal. Boston primaries nominate John H Fitzgerald Democrat and Louis A Frothingham Republican for mayor.
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Burlington Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Burlington
Brotherhood
Burlington Road
Paul Morton
Mexico
City of Mexico
Vera Cruz and Pacific Railway
Church Federation Conference
New York
W. I. Roberts
Philadelphia
Russia
Gladden
Mexico cab owners strike shocks city transit
A broad strike by cab owners in Mexico City disrupts public transport. Other items report sugar crop estimates, south quarantine tightenings, a Chicago bishop funeral, a deadly New York tenement fire, and various miscellaneous notes on disasters, deaths, and fund donations.
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Mexico
National Committee For the Relief
New York
Havana
Edward
Wolumbily
Death at Suckeye Powder Works Kills Two
At the Suckeye Powder works near Veorla Peoria two men Addison Low and William Hassler died after three explosions in the press department. Fred Bogeman and Ellis Henderson were severely injured with Henderson in danger. Dougherty pleads not guilty to embezzlement of Peoria school funds. case set for jury likely next week. 财
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iMd
Long
Hassler
Vogelman
Henderson
Fogelman
Edwards Station
Dougherty
Teorla
Newton
Peoria
Worthington
Quinn
Scholes
Reckless Hunters Roam Farms Prompt Farmers Protective League
Peoria Illinois November 17 Amateur hunters harass rural districts shooting sheep calves and poultry. Farmers form the Farmers Protective association to guard their farms and prosecute trespassers. Many losses report including 100 sheep over two years.
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Peoria
Farmers’ Protective Association
Rosefield Township
Materialization Gains In Religion Says Dr Patton
Columbus notes as Dr Francis L Tatton of Princeton Theological Seminary speaks at the Presbyterian centennial on A Century of Presbyterianism urging a return to the Sermon on the Mount and the conscience. Auto record broken by W L Clemens in Indianapolis during a 24 hour stock car race. Odell asserts GOP chairmanship aims. Lead Kindly Light deemed unfit for worship by W A Patterson at a Presbyterian psalmody convention. Abe Attell defeats Tommy Mowatt after a 15 round bout in Baltimore.
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Columbus
Francisl. Tatton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Coumbus Presbyterian
Kindly Light
Chicago
God
Tey
W. A. Patterson
Princeton
Ind
United Presbyterian Psalmody
Thorp Resigns as Clairton Plant Manager to Lead Unola Steel
Pittsburg on November 17 reports G Thorp general manager of the Clairton plant for United States Steel has resigned to become president of Unola Steel company at a salary of 100000 dollars yearly. The note cites resignation and new post as major career move in the steel industry.
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Pittsburg
G.thorp
Clairton
United States Steel Corporation
Unola Steel Company
Jata
Chicago Grain and Live Stock Prices on Nov 10
Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade show Wheat and Corn activity with various open high and low figures. Live stock notes report hogs cows and sheep receipts and price ranges, alongside market commentary from Dunnick & Stevens at East Buffalo NY.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chotee Prairie
No. Arm
ADHAD
STATA
Deast Mail
East Tuiita
Dunnikc & Stevens
Coniaission Merchants
East Bortalo
N.Y
West Mur
Legal Expenses Scrutiny Ties to Insurance Probes
New York November 17 members of the legislative insurance investigating committee discussed the Mutuals sweeping changes and questioned officers' legal expenses. Testimony named Frank B. Jordan and Samuel S. McCurdy detailing salaries, large legal payments to political figures, and arrangements involving Clune’s brother. Senator Depew recalled cryptic letters and ambiguous references amid ongoing inquiries.
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Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
The
Mutual
Frank B. Jordan
Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable
Samuel 8. McCurdy
Hill
Alexander
Richard A. McCurdy
Budd
California
McCurdy
Robert Luscom
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
U. S. Olds
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Andrew J. Clune
Clune
Pillsbury
Hughes
Mutual and
New York Life
George B. Tabell
Depew
Mhen
Town Destroyed by Fire in Stanhope Iowa Tragedy
Special to the Tribune Stanhope Iowa November 17 a disastrous fire struck the city of 1500 residents destroying twelve business houses hotel and many stables with a loss around fifty thousand dollars. Lack of water left citizens powerless to light the flames as the town burned. Special to Tribune Washington November 18 7 The resignation of Lieutenant Fortesque has been officially accepted by the War Department He reportedly resigned without being asked and plans to enter business.
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Trinune Stanhope
Tripune
Washington
Lieut
Fortesque
War Department
Illinois Weather Outlook for 24 Hours
Special to Tribune Chicago November 17 indicates fair and cooler conditions across Illinois in the next twenty four hours with light to moderate winds and no precipitation expected.
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Chicago
Illinois
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