Appraising Cook County Capital Stock Stir in Illinois
Springfield reports the state board of equalization will start valuing Cook County corporate capital stock this week. filings are incomplete but sufficient to proceed. some firms contend tangible assets exceed stock value. Including Mail and the Hub, Illinois rail groups press continued assessment at prior tax levels. Also in Springfield, the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge reports growth in subordinate lodges and relief funds.
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Springfield
State Board of Equalization
Cook County
D. J. Schuyler, Jr
Chicago
Sehuyler
Railroad Committee
I. J. Loesch
Pennsylvania Company
Clarence Knight
Northwestern Elevated
Odd Fellows
Springfeld
Grand Lodge of Athels Odd Fellows
Representatives’ Hall
Rebekah
Chester M. Turner
Cambridge
Frank J. Helrl
Jacksonville
F. D. P. Knelling
Henry
Feltman
Salem
Howard EB. Makutchen
Princeton
Stock Swindle Alleges Levy Uses Mails to Defraud
Chicago reports stock brokers across the nation were duped in a scheme by broker A Levy of Medinah Temple offices. He allegedly collected unlisted shares, had them sent to Garfield National Bank Chicago, which has long been closed, then sold the stock at cents per share and vanished.
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Chicago
United States
Tt. Levy
Medinah Temple
Levy
Garfield National Bank
DOOM OF PLURAL MARRIAGE IN MORMON CHURCH REVEALED
In El Paso Utah residents J H Conger and Pearl Gurrin tell how President Smith refused to sanction plural marriages. Conger sought a union in Mormon colonies in Mexico and was arrested on return with his wife. both were expelled from the church. Also under review, possible tax abatement for Overholt distillery fire losses due to nonfraud, and a LaCrosse contractor Carl Winter dies after choking on a piece of apple.
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President Smith
el Paso
Tex
J. H. Conger
Pearl Gurtin
Utah
Conger
Miss Gurrin
Mexico
Smith
Mormon Church
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Broadford
LaCrosse
Wis
Carl Winter
Chicago Board of Trade quotations and livestock prices
Quotations from Chicago Board of Trade show mixed grain values with wheat near 85 and 87, corn around 45, oats near 29, and pork and lard futures listed. Livestock notes include hogs, cattle, and sheep with estimated receipts and price ranges at East Buffalo and market summaries from Dewning & Stevens.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Catthe
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dewning & Stevens
Best
Republicans Split Over Railway Regulation At Senate Confrence
At a conference of six Republican members of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee tensions emerged. Aldrich, Elkins, Kean and Voraker urged harmony with limited radical reform, while Cullom and Dolliver pressed that Republicans must line up with the president. No bill was proposed, but talks pointed to majority support for a bill aligned with the president’s recommendations. Leaders also planned swift action to place Panama Canal bonds on parity with other 2 percent government bonds to fund salaries, with Congress to decide canal type later.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Clapp
Millard
City
Elkins
Aldrich
Kean
Voraker
Cullom
Dolliver
Murt
Roosevelt
Dolliyer
Hne
Wil
House of Representatives
Panama Canal
Congress
Treasury
Formation of coal mine operators group assured at Chicago convention
Chicago progress shows eighty delegates from Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Kansas West Virginia Iowa Arkansas Missouri and Indian Territory attend the coal mine operators convention. They announce no wage changes at the Indianapolis Joint conference starting January 29 and say they will not seek wage reductions. The new group aims to resist wage increases and keep the scale. Four men blown to pieces in Parlin New Jersey at the Laboratory of the International Smokeless Powder and Chemical Company. Names listed: John Vieree Frank Spratford John Applegate J W Redpath. The blast leaves only the four men in the building, cause unknown.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ilnois
Indiana
Oho
Michigan
Kansas
West Virginia
Iowa
Arkansas
Missouri
Indian Territory
South River
N. J
International Smokeless Powder and Chemical Company
Parlin
John Vieree
Frank Spratford
John Applegate
J. W. Redpath
British Firm Wins Army Gun Contract Bid
Washington November 22 General Crozier head of army ordnance says the sole bid for thirty six automatic machine guns caliber 30 from Vickers Sons de Maxim is accepted at one thousand dollars per gun.
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Washington
Crozier
Vickers’ Sons de Maxim
Weather Forecast for Hliness in Twenty Four Hours
Special to the trimone from Chicago reports the next twenty four hours will be fair and warmer with improving conditions. Wind light, skies mostly clear, temperatures mild for late November.
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Chicago
Labor unrest and new laws in St Petersburg
Russian press notes a shift against dictatorial labor leaders as the cabinet drafts measures to protect individual rights amid strikes. Habeas corpus law is proposed. eight hour day talks trigger the risk of a lockout at major plants. Zemstvo congress leans toward supporting the government against revolution.
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St. Petersburg
Navy
Organa
Social Democrats
National Assembly
M. Manukhin
Council of Workmen
Hubbard
Phal
Westinghouse
Graft Charges Hit Labor Souvenir Programme
At the American Federation of Labor session a grievance committee report urged abolition of union souvenir books citing graft forgery and coercion of employers to fund Labor Day and other events. Delegates including President Gompers discussed the issue as a resolution condemning souvenir issues was adopted.
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Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Iabor
William Mosses
England
David Gilmour
Scotland
W. Y. Todd
Canada
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union
Hydrophobia drive in New Jersey erupts in dog extermination
The town of Tackettstown, New Jersey, enacts harsh measures to curb hydrophobia by exterminating all dogs. Separately, the Building Tribes Employers Association of New York suspends the Structural Iron Workers union and may launch an open shop policy. A Maine woman faces a poisoning charge involving her stepdaughter. A New York dentist charged Prince Louis of Battenberg a thousand dollars for about half a day of dental work. Roosevelt cables congratulations to King Haakon VII of Norway. A fire at Cherryvale, Kansas, caused by burglars detonating a safe results in seventy five thousand dollars in losses. At St John’s Church in Washington Lieutenant Commander Alma, daughter of Beverlary Titehowk, is joined in ceremony. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt and many officials attend.
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Tackettstown
N. J
Building Tribes' Employers' Association
New York
Structural Iron Workers Union
Isaac Barnes
Presque Tale
Pearl Barnes
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Roosevelt
Haakon VII
Norway
Cherryvale
Kan
St. John's Church
Washington
W. 8
W. 8. &Lma, U. 8. N., Meerled Anos, Daughter of Beervlary Titeheowk
Rooevelte
Ute
Depew's Rambunctious Friend Identified in Insurance Probe
In Albany, Senator Depew's so called rambunctious friend was named by lawyer John A. Nichols during the state legislative insurance investigations. Nichols detailed payments to W. S. Manning of Albany as incentives to quit actuarial work, and said Nichols was paid by Equitable Mutual and New York Life to protect Manning. Manning admitted he acted as Depew's friend and said he only dealt with Nichols as representative for major insurers.
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New York
Depew
State Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
John A. Nichols
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Nichols
Manning
Equitable Life
Mutual
New York Life
Hughes
Equitable
Nichols Sild
Albany
N. Y
Wiliam S. Manutig
Ulnga
Tregarding
Sada Manning
Senator Platt details insurance campaign contributions
The testimony centers on contributions by Equitable, Mutual Life, and New York Life to state campaigns. Platt says cash sums, typically 10,000 from each regular donor, were delivered to his office and given to the state committee. Tarbell explains agency systems and recounts a clash with New York Life over agents, claiming a decisive win without costs to the Equitable.
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Platt
Nichols
United States
Equitable
the Mutual
The
New York Life
Mutual Life
State Committee
T. A. McCurdy
Guuge E. Tarbell
Equitable Site
Tarbell
Mystery over Apgar card attached to $1000 voucher
Testimony interrupted as Assemblyman James K. Apgar of Westchester described a card reading Mr. Hyde says to pay him attached to a voucher for $1000 reimbursed by the Equitable. Apgar claimed no knowledge of the money or how his card was used. He noted Fields and Figlta’s political activity and a rise in Natal imports to $76,170 in 1903, up 22 percent from 1902.
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Apgar
Tarbell
James K. Apgar
Westchester
Hyde
Equitable
Hustedl
Figlta
Mved
Apgar Eaid
Albany
Natal
Inter-Church Conference Adopts Divorces and Gambling Warnings
New York Nov 22 After a week of exchanges among clergymen from 37 denominations the inter church federation conference adjourned Delegates were hosted at the Waldorf Astoria by city church clubs The business committee urged lawmakers to adopt uniform high standard divorce laws and noted gambling forms now common in society should lead churches to expand warnings and instruction A resolution favored strict enforcement of liquor laws.
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New York
Interchurch Conference On Federation
Waldorf-Astoria
Celal
Devlin's Partner Dying After Carbolic Swallow
W J Thomas associate of the late C J Devlin in coal mines and former principal stockholder in the defunct Topeka bank swallowed carbolic contents and is near death. He faced large liabilities after bank failure and Devlin interests collapse. Nurse attended him. plans were made for treatment.
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Leavenworth
Kan
W. J. Thomas
C. J. Devin
Thomas
C.J. Devlin
First Nationil Bank of
Topeka
Topeka Bank
Devlin
At Springs
Aly P. m. Thos
Midshipmen on Trial at Naval Academy Court Martial
Midshipmen Min Merryweather and LaPayette face a general court martial at Annapolis on charges of manslaughter and conduct prejudicial to good order arising from a fight with James R. Broch Jr. The death of Branch two days after the fight is cited as the manslaughter basis. The panel includes Capt. Adolph Marx as judge advocate and Rear Admirals Rumsey and McCormick Barker among other senior officers.
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Annapolis
Min
Merryweather
LaPayette
Naval Academy
James R. Broch Jr
Branch
Adolph Marx
Maine
Rumsey
McCormick Barker
Wainwright
Gomly
Staunton
Fiske
Barry
Lients
Jackson
McLean
Constins
Peasant Uprising Grows in Russia Amid Starvation
Special to Tribune reports rising peasant unrest across Baltic Provinces where about 1.5 million people, 80 percent of the region, are said to be starving. Half a million peasants are marching toward St. Petersburg as agitators call for arson of estates.
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Tribune
London
Baltic
St. Petersburg
Cavalryman Charged With Forgery
Nanilla dispatch reports Hugh Kirkman of the Eighth Cavalry arrested on forgery charges. Alleged to be short five hundred dollars and to have forged a check. noted as having an unblemished record by transmission from Cincinnati.
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Nanilla
Hugh Kirkman
Eighth Cavalry
Kirkman
Triune
Cincinnati
John B. Maden
Charles of Portugal Arrives in France for Three-Day Visit
Special to the Trojan reports Charles of Portugal arriving in Paris to visit President Loabet. He was greeted with imposing military honors and will remain in France for three days.
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Charles of
Portugal
France
Trojan
Paris
Charles of Portugal
Loabet
Business Men's Association Call In Galena Tonight
A meeting of the Business Men's Association is scheduled in the Council chamber this evening to discuss reorganizing. The notice stresses city welfare and urges all interested men to attend and unite beyond past spites to seize opportunities and steer Galena toward prosperity.
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Business Men’s Association
Council Chamber
Galena
Steals at Galena Liquor House Under Work Disguised Theft
A man known as Richard Melain, employed at the Illinois Central freight yard, stole liquor from a galley operation. Authorities obtained a written confession from McChiin and sent him to the grand jury with a $300 bond as part of the investigation.
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Freeport Bulletin
Richard Melain
Ilinois Central
Hoi
Atlovere
Seine
Healey
McChiin
Grand Jury
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Salmon
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Wilson
A. D. Melvin
Illinois
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Fielda
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Thomas Dy. Husted
Inter-Church Conference
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