Wellen Again Tells Of Deals In New Haven Scrutiny
Former New Haven president Charles Mellen testifies before Master Jesse R. Salmon on the Metropolitan Steamship affair. He asserts the New Haven line owned no stock in related firms and details alleged manipulations by Morgan interests to control northeastern transportation.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles Mellen
New Haven Road
J. Pierpont Morgan
New England
Morse
Mr. Mellen
Jennie R. Morse
Charles W. Morse
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Jesse R. Salmon
James T. Howell
New Jersey
Miss Morse
Metropolitan Company
New England Navicatics Company
New Haven Steamship Lines
Pitlard Comment
Peston and Maine
Metropolitan Steamship Company of
Maine
Mellen
Dolar
Metrovalsten Steamghin Comnary
Rortland
Pacific Navigation Company of
Yale
Harvard
Pacific Coast
New England Securities Company
Thea New Haven
Chilmark Company of
New York
Eastern Securities Corporation of
Eastern Steamship Company
Walter FE. Reid
Thomas 2. McGovern
John W. Mackinnon
Hines
Havemeyer Plumes Held Up After Obscure Death Inquiry
In New York on May 29 a probe into hats trimmed with prohibited wild bird plumes linked to the Havemeyer family. Mrs Theo Havemeyer’s death sparked questions as authorities assessed ownership of plumage and whether items were sold in stores.
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New York
Theonope
May Destroy the Cotton Crop
A damaged OCR note warns drought threatens cotton and corn yields with no rain. The fragment mentions Lett, Amnett, and May amid uncertain details about crop damage and weather.
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Letts
Mining Swindler Must Serve Term for Fraud Schemes
Former company president Stephen Rosen begins a prison term after a long-running fraud case. He allegedly misused funds across three firms, leading to civil and criminal actions. Local authorities and prosecutors pursued charges, with Rosen facing multiple counts and sentencing proceedings underway.
Violations Reported in Veracruz Arms Movements Seized
Reports describe shipments of ammunition near Puerto Mexico and Vera Cruz routed by the steamer Bavaria and the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. US officials discuss mediation aims and possible action while Huerta’s leadership faces departure rumors.
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Puerto
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Vera Bma
Tx Curgao
Aries
Kronprinzsep
Cecile Sel
Puerto Mesca
Steinede
Pavarla
Tadde Trac
Aps
Wemen Almerean
Mexico City
Huerta
Washington
Sesman
John Lind
C. A. Douglas
Irvec
Carranda
High Court to Adjourn June 15
The United States Supreme Court will adjourn for the term on June 15, according to an announcement made at the court. The decision comes as the term winds down with remaining cases scheduled for later sessions.
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High Court
Washington
Massiye
United States
Sapeenie Court
Tie Tern
Tie Coudtel
Bunal
Will of Charles W. Post Leaves Estate to Widow and Daughter
The will of Charles W. Post of Battle Creek Michigan leaves an estate valued around 20 million dollars to his widow and a daughter. The document, filed in Washington, is dated May 71.
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Washington
Charles WW
Battle Creek
Mich
Weis
Yuo
Militant suffragette fires on guard at Epsom Downs
Ada Rice, believed militant, discharged a pistol with blank cartridges at a policeman on the Epsom Downs. The pistol blast damaged the officer’s trousers and burned his leg. The race proceeded, won by Durbar HW owned by BH. Jo Dursea, an American, with a 2:38 time. King George and Queen Mary attended among a large crowd of visitors and hedgerows.
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Ada Rice
Epsom Downs
Durbar HW
Jo Dursea
Durvea
Durbar I
Rabelais
Armenia
Prange
King George
Queen Mary
Strikers Fire on Troops in Colorado Coal Strike Camp
United States troops faced gunfire for the first time since taking control of strike districts in the Colorado coal field. At a Se gundo camp near Trinidad, 20 shots were fired at a patrol as a trooper was attacked through a window. A man was seen fleeing from a ditch after a shot from the darkness.
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Trinidad
Colo
Colorado
United States
Segundo
Cushman
4 Dead 4 Hart in Accidents
A southbound freight train struck a car carrying six near Herrin on May 28. One person died and five injured including I. T. Hart state’s attorney. John Kline and his child were killed. Lydia Aikman and Frances Freeman were seriously hurt. Hartwell suffered arm and jaw injuries. A second accident near Streator left Mrs. C. G. Sauers and her daughter-in-law Bert Sauers dead after their car stalled on track in front of a fast mail.
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Herrin
I. T. Hartwell
Merton
John Kline
Kline
Lydia Aikman
Frances Freeman
Hartwell
Streator
Til
C. G. Sauers
Bert Sauers
Ancona
Kansas City
Fast Mail
Dunkards Gather for United States Conference at Frankfort
Laporte Ind May 24 annual national conference of the Dunkards of the United States to begin at Frankfort Ind and run to June with an expected attendance of ten to fifteen thousand. New laws are to be made this year. Point Pleasant N J May 28 body of an unidentified man covered with blood found at Arthur Brisbane's shore home a prominent New York newspaper man. a companion sought to escape across the river and was arrested. notebook found with the name John R Hafer Reading Pa.
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Laporte
Ind
Dunkards
United States
Frankfort
Point Pleasant
N. J
Five Shore
Arthur Brisbane
New York City
John R. Hafer
Rose Street
Reading
Rockefeller Tax Burden Cited for Colusa Property
The note lists a Rockefeller related personal property valued at 1,556,131 dollars in Colusa May and notes the amount assessed for taxation. It references the state tax commission's involvement and indicates the property is part of a local tax record.
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Colusa
John- de Cocnefellers
Oita
State Tax Commission
White Beats Huehle in Lightweight Title Fight
Milwaukee May 2 Willie Huehle holder of the lightweight title was defeated by Jack White of Chicago in ten rounds at Wiajcener's arena Tuesday night.
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Ritchie
White
Milwaukee
Willie Huehle
Ty Jack White
Chicago
Wiajcener
Roosevelt testimony on strike plans and White case in New York
In New York on May 21 Theodore Roosevelt testified in the suit by Alexander Wales against John P. White, UMWA president, detailing plans to use arbitration and, if needed, U S army action to end the anthracite strike. He described secrecy and pressure on General Sheridan to act as wartime receiver.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Treacy
Aeton
Roosevelt
Alexander T. Wales
Hirmpeta
Nog
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Wales
Mr. Wales
Canada’s Rise as Wheat Producer Attracts Settlers and Trade
The New York financial Journal notes Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta have made Winniteg a leading wheat region. By 1913 crop progress reached promising yields as settlers from Oregon Colorado and Kansas arrive in Calgary and nearby districts. Immigrant trains on Rock Island cars move families with stock and implements to farms among the district’s best.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
New York Financial Journal
Canada
France
Tuda
Mately
United State
Dassano
Oregon
Lenade
Calargo
Peerss
Peter Gatene
Geertz
Sim Jay Jourtoy
Mebie Reson
Kansaay
Goertz
Lang
Kansas
Jacob Riis Dies in Parre Mass at 78
Jacob Riis the author and sociologist died in Parre Massachusetts after a long illness. Born Ribe Denmark May 4, 1849, he moved to New York at 21 and became a reformer active in tenement house and school reform. He served as secretary of the New York Small Park Commission in 1887 and later allied with President Roosevelt. His first wife died in 1870, and in 1874 he married Mary Pip of St Louis.
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Parre
Mass
Jacob Riis
Jacob A. Riis
Ribe
Trenmark
Riis
New York
Small Park Commission
Titanic liability limited by salvage value says court
Washington reports the Supreme Court ruled that Oceanic Steam Navigation's liability for 13 million in Titanic claims is capped by the American limited liability law of 1915 to the salvage value recovered plus freight and passage money received on the Titanic voyage.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
Issi
Hatchtown reservoir dam breaks causing Sevier flood
In Garfield county Utah on May 28 the Hatchtown irrigation reservoir dam collapsed after a landslide. The breach released a flood down the Sevier river valley with no recorded deaths. Local authorities warned residents to stay clear of flood zones.
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Utah
Hatchtown
Garfield County
Sevier River
Leaps to Death at Fire in Cleveland Lumber Yard District
A man leaped from a bridge into a fire below and was incinerated as flames damaged the lumber yard district along the Cuya hoga river. The event occurred in Cleveland on May 2.
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Cleveland
Flower
Cuyahoga River
Oakland to extradite Cooper to face charges in court
An Oakland policeman will travel to South Africa to return prison escapee Sir Harry Westwood Cooper to respond to several charges including theft. The city council approved sending the officer with the state covering expenses for the long trip.
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Cal
Bar of
Harry Westwood Cooper
South Africa
Cooper
Flood Devastates Cattle in Hatchtown Dam Failure
A flood caused by a ruptured irrigation dam at Hatchtown wrecked thousands of acres and killed about 19,000 cattle. Ten thousand head of stock were lost and crops across the area were destroyed in the disaster near Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Hatchtown
Tve
Mexican Minister to Become American Citizen in New Orleans
Dr Anre iano Urrutia, once Mexico's interior minister, is in Galveston en route to New Orleans where he will settle and take steps to become an American citizen.
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Galveston
Tex
Anre Iano Urrutia
Miinister
The
Interior of
Mexico
New Orleans
Western Canada settlement drive attracts American settlers
Ag districts of Western Canada beckon settlers with ocular demonstrations and promises seen by many who have heard but not yet visited. The campaign highlights the vast agricultural potential drawing hundreds of thousands of Americans.
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Sire
Oae
Canada
Polite Quip Escalates At Charity Dinner
A paying guest at a charity dinner asks another if he is a police officer. The reply is no, prompting a flippant remark about a tough joint glancing at the fried chick section in the other’s fingers.
Jaglsby’s Scenic Route Cited in Water Racon Comment
The Baltimore Sun quotes a remark about Jaglsby being 62 percent water, praising his frankness and noting he does not excuse himself but prefers a scenic route. The exchange centers on his candid, evasive stance.
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Altimore Sun
The Button Doctor
Florence Louise recalls a child story about a girl named Rena who swallowed a button and would be fine with a regular button doctor. The tale underscores trust in medical specialists during a brief seven year span.
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Little Florence Louise
Rena
Florence Louise
Limited Intentions in Murky Exchange
A fragment shows a tense exchange about support and marriage involving an unnamed speaker and a woman's guardian figure. The text hints at proposals and filial expectations, set within a vague 19th or early 20th century domestic dispute. Names, dates, and places are missing or garbled.
Proving the Punch Skids Yoru story has a real punch
The passage mentions Skids and Yoru discussing a story with a strong impact and Skittles and Puck reacting to it. The text hints at how the tale's punch made someone sleepy, suggesting a humorous or odd exchange about storytelling and effect.
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Puck
Disastrous Echoes and Personal Reminiscence from Le Rire
The fragment presents a Paris periodical’s humorous line about boldness tied to a storm year and a puzzled remark on dates and marriage. It reads like a collage of captioned quotes and magazine chatter from a historical issue.
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Rire
Paris
Community gathers as church serves meals in Detroit
The Detroit Free Press notes strong church activity with a turnout described as full, likening it to a time when meals are served. The piece highlights neighborhood religious engagement and community support organizers.
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Detroit Free Press
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