NY Insurance Committee Ends Week After Nixon's Death
New York sessions of the insurance investigating committee closed for the week after Speaker S. Fred Nixon died at his Westfield home. Witnesses included Mutual Life executives President Richard A. McCurdy and Vice Presidents Granniss and Gillette. Gillette testified about campaign gifts totaling 40,409 to the Republican national committee, with 85,000 in 1900 and 15,000 in 1896. McCurdy said he knew of contributions but not amounts. Olyphant said 5 25 000 items covered legal expenses, with a confidential fund for which no vouchers or receipts were issued. Granniss defended contributions as protective against Democratic policyholder interests. The inquiry questioned expenditures and by laws, noting no reports were made to the expenditures committee.
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New York
Insurance Investigating Committee
S. Fred Nixon
Assembly
Legislature of
Westfield
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard A. McCurdy
Granniss
Gillette
Dr. Gillette
Republican National Committee
McCurdy
Robert Olyphant
Olyphant
Granniss Knery
John A. McCail
New York Life
Committee On Expenditures
Mutual Life Insurance + company
Board of Trustees
Hughes
de Granniss
Thungmel
Widows and Orphans’ Benefit Life Insurance Company
C. H. Raymond
Mutual Life
Thebaud
C. H. Raymond & Co
Shebaud
Nfe
McCurdy’s Report Reveals Secret $25,000 Expenditures
Testimony shows the general solicitor could access $25,000 anytime without accountability. Dr Gillette notes $72,000 spent on lunches for clerks last year. McCurdy describes his entry into insurance, his salary practices, and insists Mutual Life’s aim was philanthropy not dividends.
McCurdy Defends High Agent Profits at Mutual Life Hearing
McCurdy testified that profits for H. Raymond & Co. agents were earned by the agency’s volume and proper for firms capable of such business. He said he did not know agents’ conditions in New York and defended large commissions while noting Mutual Life’s assets rose from 102 million in 1883 to 457 million today under his leadership.
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McCurdy
Hughes
H. Raymond & Co
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Thebaud
Raymond & Co
New York
General Asgents
Rogers
Fimauice
Beck
Texas idea in Wisconsin sparks violent rumors
Appleton Wisconsin October 11 rumors say Wenzel BE Kabat may be lynched and burned before a Kaukauna court on murder charges as District Attorney Krugmeir warns of a mob forming north of Kaukauna aided by locals seeking vigilante justice. Bankers gather in Washington for ABA session with 2600 attendees and multiple sectional meetings on banking policy.
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Appleton
Wis
Wenzel BE
Kabat
Kaukauna
Michael McCarty
Attummey Krugmeir
Six-Foot Channel Plan Proposed for Mississippi Route
Resolutions renewing the request for an appropriation to build a six-foot channel in the Mississippi River from St. Paul to Minneapolis have been drafted by the waterway convention's resolutions committee in LaCrosse Wisconsin and will be adopted. The draft does not specify a definite sum.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Mississippi
Stows
Minneapolis
Mine Explosion Kills Two in Frazerkirk Shaft No 2
An explosion at Frazerkirk shaft No 2 near Van Voorhis Station in Monongahela City Pennsylvania takes two foreign machine operators' lives. Ten other miners were overcome by gas but saved.
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Fwo
Monongahela City
Frazerkirk
Vanvoorbis Station
Chicago Postseason Scores Reversed by Weather
In post season baseball games the Chicago affair was moved due to weather affecting other games. The American League teams recorded victories with scores noted as 3 8 3 and 0 2 2 at New York Boston and St. Louis in various order.
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Chicago
American Cubs
New York
American
Boston
St. Louis
Adams Express $100000 Missing in Pittsburg Case
A Pittsburg Adams Express money package of 100000 dollars vanished after clerk Edward Cunliffe left work. He later left home saying he was going out and has not returned. Detectives investigate the missing funds and Cunliffe’s disappearance.
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Pittsburg
Adams Express Company
Ab Puploge
Associated Press
Bank of
Wood Street
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Bank of Pittsburg
A. A
Cincinnati
Edward George Cunliffe
Canliffe
Hiner
Union Station
Lucerne Street
West End
Cunliffe
Supreme Court to Hear Wimbish vs Jamison Despite Root Absence
Washington notes that the Supreme Court refuses to pause for Secretary of State Root to join the case of E. A. Wimbish v. Henry Jamison. Attorney Akerman asked for a one month postponement citing Root duties. The chief justice allowed only a two week delay, insisting the case proceed without Root.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
E. A. Wimbish
Henry Jamison
Alexander Akerman
Root
Sculptor Demolishes Angel Figures Over Gender Debate
Gutzon Borglum destroyed two statues he had added to the St John the Divine walls at Morningside Heights after clergymen demanded female representation. In Washington Roosevelt discusses railroad rate legislation with Congress, calling it a leading topic for his upcoming message.
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New York
Gutzon Borgham
St. John the Insine
Morningside Heights
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Prince Eitel Frederick Engaged to Duchess Sophie
In Gluceksburg Schleswig Holstein on October 13 the engagement of Prince Eitel Frederick second son of Emperor William and Duchess Sophie Charlotte eldest daughter of the Grand Duke of Uidenburg is announced.
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Prince Eitelle
Gluceksburg
Schleswig - Nolstein
Eitel Frederick
William
Sophie Ghariotte
Grand Duke of
Jerry Simpson Slightly Better in Wichita Hospital
Representative Jerry Simpson in Wichita hospital shows slight improvement after a restful night, with his condition reported better as of October 11.
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Jerry Simpson
Wichita
Kan
Yellow Fever Reports Grow Across Gulf Coast
New Orleans reports 18 cases with 4 deaths while the country roundabout sees 12 new cases. Vicksburg adds 4, Natchez 6, Fort Ollson 2, Gulfport 5 new cases. Pensacola fever rising with 32 new cases and 3 deaths.
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New Orleans
Vicksburg
Natchez
Fort Ollson
Gulfport
Pensacola
Wabash stockholders vote affects Gould faction control
At the annual meeting in Toledo Ohio the Wabash directors were not chosen as proxies dominated by George J. Gould and backed by bonds from Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain were challenged. Officials expect about 22 million to Gould, 2 million to Ramsey, with six Gould men likely to be elected. Judge Dove filed a protest contesting the admissibility of the proxy votes and warned future court action.
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Toledo
Wabash Railroad
Gould
Ramsey
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Dove
Fat Crowe arraigned in Omaha police court
Pat Crowe was arraigned before Judge Berka and pleaded not guilty to shooting with intent to kill Patrolman Jackson. He was returned to jail after measurements and a photo. A preliminary hearing was set, with a waiver suggested. A related highway robbery charge tied to the Cudahy kidnapping will be pled in county court. Crowe reported a good sleep and asked for no public access.
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Omaha
Neb
Fat Crowe
Berka
Jackson
Bertilon
Shields
Crowe
Cudahy
Breathing Space in Hungary After Diet Prolonged
Budapest reports the diet prorogued to December 329 creating a ten week breathing space for crown coalition talks. Opposition displays anger but no serious incidents reported. In New York Hearst releases a letter to Judge Seabury accepting the Municipal Ownership League’s nomination offer, ensuring three mayoral tickets.
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Hungary
Budapest
Lower
Hance
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Samuel Seabury
Municipal Ownership League
Taft denounces brutality in football remarks
Secretary of War Taft warned against brutality in football saying he would stop it at his end of the affair and that he regards brutal football as pure assault. Also, Miss Alice Roosevelt travels through Tokyo en route to Yokohama with imperial escort, and will sail from Yokohama for San Francisco on October 13.
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Taft
New York
West Point-Annapolis
Miss Roosevelt
Tokio
Oct
Miss Alce Roosevelt
Yokohama
Nagaskai Seigo
Imperial Household
San Francisco
Pool of Box Board Makers Formed in National Pool
Local paper manufacturers announce the creation of a national pool uniting box board mills under the paper board association. The move aims to coordinate production and pricing across United States facilities.
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Marion
Tad
Paper Board
United States
First Snow Falls in Northeastern Minnesota
First fall snow reported in northeastern Minnesota as of yesterday afternoon in Duluth and surrounding counties. Other items note Gebhard Wilrich's appointment as U S consul at St John New Brunswick and political shifts in Chattanooga as well as Cuba marking the Ten Years' War anniversary.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
Gebhard Wilrich
Wisconsin
United States
St. John
N. B
Simmons
North Carolina
Congress
Hohenthal
Soninen
Finland
Helsingfors
John W. Gates
Chicago
New York City
Hawaiian Islands
Mississippi Valley Medical Association
Indianapolis
Kansas City
F. W. Yarding
Waukesha
Wis
William T. Vriergon
Chattanooga
Cuba
New York
Baptists of
Free Baptists
Wisconsin Central Changes Put New Interests in Control
Milwaukee report notes new directors Newman Erb and G M Cumming join the Wisconsin Central board as eastern financiers gain influence. The Erie railroad aims to secure a short route via Manitowoc linking to the Great Northern and a broader through system from Duluth to the eastern seaboard. Former Pere Marquette officials gain stakes as a large Milwaukee area deal reshapes railroad alignments.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Central
Messrs
Newman Erb
New York
G. M. Cumming
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Wisconsin Central Railway Company
Erie Railroad
Manitowoc
Great Northern Railroad
Minneapolis
Ashland
Pere Marquette Railroad
Erie
Wisconsin
Duluth
Seaboard
Great Lakes
Pere Marquette Road
Leake Michigan
Erie Railway
Thieving Conductor Arrested in Kansas City
Kansas City October 11 a conductor was arrested with two cash registers in his possession and investigators suspect a company makes heli registers for dishonest conductors to steal fares. Memphis Tennessee October 17 a mob hanged 27 year old Dauther Billings after he allegedly attempted to assault a white woman.
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Kansas City
Secret Service Department
The
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Memphis
Tenn
Dauther Billings
Brunkswick
Taft to Panama Trip Triggers Canal Commission Tensions
Washington reports say Secretary of War Taft will visit the Isthmus to review Panama Canal operations after complaints that Canal Commission Chairman Shonts bypassed War Department procedures. Taft disapproves several contracts awarded without bidding and alleges bids not the lowest.
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Washington
Panama Canal Project
Taft
T. P Shants
Canal Commission
Faft
War Department
Shouts
Panama
Army
Philippines
Roosevelt
Shonts
Ebers
Shonis
Secretary of War
War Office Crisis Over Canal Contract Authority
Army officers press Taft to preserve War Department credit for canal work and blame shifting. Taft defends proper channels, demands strict civilian obedience, and rebukes Shonts for bypassing intermediaries. The dispute centers on contract controls, reporting lines, and accountability.
Iowa Red Men Elect Leaders in Marshalltown
Iowa Red Men from Des Moines Sioux City and Davenport elect R G Priebe as great sachem and C W Wheeler as great senior sagamore at Marshalltown meeting. Also named are Steward Tason great junior sagamore John Pinecn great prophet Frank A Day great chief of records F B Lumpkin Mort Dodge great keeper of wampum W B Keffer and W J Maines as great representatives.
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Broawkeye
Marshalltown
Iowa
R. G. Priebe
Des Moines
C. W. Wheeler
Pearson
Sagamore
Stewart Tason
John Pinecn
Sioux City
Frank A. Day
F. B. Lumpkin
Mort Dodge
Wampum
W. B. Keffer
W. JT. Maines
Davenport
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Bankers’ Association
Adams Express
Supreme Court
Pat Crowe
Will OF Mrs. E. D. Rand
Herron
Burlington
E. D. Hand
George Herron
Italy
Washington Monument
Joseph G. Oweings
Madison
Mest
Mid- Me West
Panama Waterway
Cant Board
WAR Office
Department of War
Fargo
N. J
Joseph Plante
Florida
J. N. Eaton
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