Insured Dead Promptly Cancels Insurance Case McGonigle
Insurer seeks cancellation following the death of the insured McGonigle. Estate representatives may be involved in settling policy matters and notifying the insurer of the death.
22 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1907
Page
1
Insurer seeks cancellation following the death of the insured McGonigle. Estate representatives may be involved in settling policy matters and notifying the insurer of the death.
Pittsburg Life and Trust sues executors of John A. McGonigle to cancel two $5,000 policies issued in 1905 and 1906 on grounds of misstatements about health. McGonigle, ill with valvular heart trouble, denied fraud. premiums to be held as trial proceeds.
William Walter, a steel worker from Wilson Avenue, sprained his shoulder while lifting a heavy weight at work on Thursday night. The injury is described as severe, keeping him at home for some time after he was treated at the hospital and released Friday morning.
J. H. Keeley of this city traveled to Butler on Thursday in an effort to secure a lease on a leading Butler hotel. He acted for his son, owner of a large hotel at Marengo, Illinois.
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt depart Washington for Massachusetts to visit Theodore Jr at Harvard and Kermit at Groton. Mrs Longworth and Miss Ethel Roosevelt join, with two Secret Service men guarding. The trip aims for quietness with no public functions, including an initiation at the Porcellian Club and luncheon at Groton.
Jack Aiken a leading motorman and F X Canning a conductor have resigned from the city street car line and will leave March 6 for Seattle Washington where they will seek positions. Aiken has over four years with the traction company and many friends wish him success. Canning has more than two years with the company and is well known among street car men.
Architect W. G. Eckles prepared plans for a three story brick block to be erected by Harry Rosenblum on Long avenue this summer. The building will be 22 feet frontage and about 75 feet deep with a storeroom on the first floor and flats on the second and third floors. Rosenblum is a well known Fifth ward merchant.
Stockholders of New Castle Savings and Trust respond rapidly to requests to waive the 60 days notice for a stockholders meeting. C H Akens says information will come later and denies any plan to assess holdings while noting some have proposed voluntary 50 percent contributions to restart the business. The meeting is set for next Tuesday to discuss all aspects of the situation.
Lieutenant of Police Desk arrested Curtis Christie Thursday evening on a Butler warrant charging a serious crime against morals. He is held in the local lockup awaiting extradition by officers from Butler.
In Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s witness stand, Evelyn Thaw endures a harsh grilling that the writer likens to a public autopsy of a woman’s soul. Nicola Greely-Smith notes Jerome’s relentless questioning, the reporters’ discomfort, and the fragile survivor delivering her testimony with unchanged core facts.
Victim DeWitt Maxwell dies after a Branchton railway derailment while Prof William F. McGee lies unconscious at Butler hospital with brain concussion and multiple injuries. Maxwell’s funeral is set for Saturday at 10 from his Plaingrove residence. His father Robert Maxwell died similarly by a horse kick, adding a tragic family coincidence.
Ellwood City ministers seek to bar a boxing contest set for Tuesday evening February 20 at the Ellwood City Athletic club. They petition the burgess, arguing the fight would disturb peace and citing Jimmie Dunn’s prize fighting reputation. Dunn faces Al Martin of Warren while Jack Young boxes Charles Vogan of Ellwood City.
Movement has been made to lease the famous Hotel Rider at Cambridge Springs to William Rider and E. C. Rigby, manager of Hotel Ahase at Franklin. The building has been renovated and will be put in best possible shape through the summer overinge.
In Ottawa the senate moved a recommendation for a divorce between Commander Ospry George Spain and Mary Beatrice Thatcher by a single vote, amid a widening domestic scandal touching high Dominion figures. The affair linked Captain Reginald Salmon to impersonation charges and alleged conspiracies surrounding Minister Prefontaine and wrecks cases.
Elmer E. Aiken, longtime cashier of First National Ellwood City, returns from Wisconsin and is reported to become cashier of the upcoming Farmers National Bank. The bank planned for the Dambach building is to open for business in June.
W T Stead says European nations will discuss disarmament at the Hague conference but cannot agree on a practical plan. He urges Great Britain and the United States to lead to avoid making the gathering a laughing stock.
Sheriff John W. Waddington and ex Judge W D Wallace visited Court y Commissioner John Pitts at Mt Jackson yesterday. They found him in a serious condition and suffering great pain but there are signs of improvement. Physicians believe the trouble is appendicitis but it is thought he can be relieved without an operation.
J S Long of the Dean block received a telegram from Dr George McGee at Butler stating Prof William F McGee, injured in yesterday's Branchton accident, is still living but very low. Long is McGee’s brother in law.
On Washington’s birthday Congress remained in session with departments closed. The House approved about 350 private pension bills while opposing amendments to the government’s criminal cases bill. The Senate opened with Burkett reading Washington’s Farewell Address and concurred on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation conference report. The Dubois resolution to draft a constitutional amendment banning polygamy advanced to judiciary committee, and the military academy appropriation bill of about 1.947 million was reported with a fire control line item for cadet training. Speaker Clark pressed a resolution for the sale of the Philippine islands to Japan after filibustering for over a day.
Foreign depositors fear loss as some sell at 75 to 65 cents on the dollar for New Castle Savings and Trust holds. Bank officials assure full payment, interpreters aid foreigners, and a temporary receiver warns against dividends while marriages are noted. Joseph Henry Jones and Sarah Evans of New Castle granted a license.
The Sheridan avenue street committee recommended brick paving after a lively meeting. Residents split over brick versus asphalt with protests of outrage and claps from asphalt supporters as ownership moves seek to tilt frontage majority.
The Rev. Jesse LeRoy Miller of Youngstown preached at St. John's Lutheran church on Thursday evening with the topic Only a Fall, exploring internal and external evil influences and the law and gospel reproof. He declared redemption in Christ Jesus offers rescue from sin and announced his next subject The Power of Faith.
William J. Craven a Baltimore and Ohio engineer died and several trainmen were injured Thursday afternoon in a wreck of the Chicago and New York coast bound near Allison Park. None of the passengers were harmed.
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