Hyde Letter Reveals Profits Tied to Equitable Syndicate
Public extracts show James H. Hyde detailing profits from underwriting tied to the Equitable Life affair. Hyde says he deposited 61,446.92 with the society to cover syndicate gains and seeks board clarity, while denying wrongdoing and denouncing press attacks as defamatory. He notes President James W. Alexander participated in the syndicate and urges Frick to publish his open letter to the investigation committee.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
James H. Hyde
Alexander
Society
Directoss
Mr. Hyde
Hyde
Henry C. Frick
The
Equitable
H.C. Frick
Equitable Assurance Society
James W. Alexander
Equitable Society
Ita
Black Divorce Settlement Reported In Chicago
Mrs. Henry S. Black, daughter of George A. Fuller, arrived in Chicago to finalize a divorce settlement with Henry S. Black. The proposed accord allegedly divides the estate with each spouse receiving 6 million dollars. The couple previously lived at 667 Madison Avenue and pursued legal action in New York and Westchester County.
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Chicago
Henry S. Black
George A. Fuller
Fuller Construction Company
New York
Auditorium Annex
Mr. Black
United Realty and Construction Company
Mr. Fuller
Mrs. Black
Florida
Women Before Beef Jury In Chicago Indictment Move
Grand Jury probes beef industry to secure testimony from two women and one man aimed at high packing firm influence. Witnesses include Mrs Irving A Want and Mrs Richard W Howes of Swift & Co as subpoenas issue amid secrecy. Indictments for interference with government witnesses tally five. hearing delay in Armour General Superintendent Connors case pushes to next Saturday.
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New York Times
Chicago
Irving A. Want
Swift & Co
Richard W. Howes
Windsor
Montreal
Howes
Vant
Canada
E. A. Allen
National Packing Company
Hammond Packing Company
James Brennan
A. R. Fay
Swift's
Frank A. Spink
Fred Wilbur
Fay
Thomas J. Connors
Armour & Co
Landis
Driver Escapes Angry Crowd After Fatal City Incident
Eleven year old Abraham Ginsberg of 80 Eldridge Street was run over and killed when a truck struck him at the Ludlow and Hester streets intersection. The driver fled on foot as a crowd shouted for lynching, pursuing him for blocks before he vanished.
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Abraham Ginsberg
Eldridge Street
Lud- Tow
Hester
Hester Street
Ginsberg
Auto Blaze Outside Ferry House Sparks Citywide Buzz
A car owned by Thomas Denny Jr of Manhattan burst into flames near the Thirty-fourth Street Ferry house in Long Island City as it traveled from the ferry. The gas line disconnected by a jolting moved the fire in minutes, four companions escaped, and nearby racegoers and engines crowded the scene before firemen extinguished the blaze in about ten minutes.
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Thirty-fourth Street
Long Island City
Thomas Denny, Jr
East
Roosevelt kills bear on Colorado hunting trip with train in peril
President Roosevelt killed a small black bear near Basalt after a half hour of riding with guides Goff Borah and Wells. The special train narrowly avoided a wreck near Basalt when the rear car hit a fallen rock. Roosevelt rode a white pony to Penny's ranch camp, then returned to Newcastle where he greeted crowds. He praised Colorado and outlined hopes for irrigation mines and schools, with plans to continue via a Pullman royal train through the Rio Grande corridor to Pueblo and Denver.
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New York Times
New Castle
Col
Roosevelt
Newcastle
Penny
P. B. Stewart
Goff, Borah
Wells
John Goff
Goff
Brain
Jack Frey
Colorado Springs
Glenwood Springs
Loeb
President Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
White House
Charles Penny
The
Union
Rio Grande
Pueblo
Denver
Bootblack offers property as security for friend's release
Guglielmo Giorgio a bootblack of 519 West Forty-eighth Street raised astonishment at the West Forty-seventh Street Police Station by offering the house at 317 East One Hundred Seventeenth Street, worth $18,000, to Sergt Hosey to secure the release of his friend Tec Grogan of 174 West Ninety-sixth Street. Hosey later refused the offer and the scene ended with no release.
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Guglielmo Giorgio
West Forty-eighth Street
Train Service Resumes Between New York and Wood
A short notice states that the trip service between New York and Wood will resume on the 18th. The announcement appears in the Ady column of the periodical.
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New York
Ad Great Goon Dlft
Age Cove
Wood
Ady
Gun accident on the Iowa during target practice
A telegram from the Chief of Staff of the North Atlantic Squadron reports the muzzle of an eight inch gun on the Iowa blew off yesterday during target practice. No injuries. The old type gun had 103 prior firings and is being replaced with thicker tubed weapons as investigations proceed.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Navy Department
Iowa
Governors Proclaims Anti Cigarette Law Triggers Rush to Sell
Gov. Hanly proclaims the new anti cigarette law in Indiana effective immediately. Tobacco dealers rush to dispose of cigarettes and papers, burning stock in Princeton and other towns to avoid fines and imprisonment. The Tobacco Trust plans a test case to take the law to the Supreme Court.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
General Assembly
Princeton
J. S. Taylor
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court
Italy Gifts Medal to J P Morgan in Ascoli Cope Case
Rome reports artist Centonze presented a gold medal cast to J Pierpont Morgan commemorating the return of the cope stolen from the Ascoli Cathedral. The design features allegorical scenes including Ascoli Cathedral, the Roman Forum, a nude youth symbolizing art, History with a female figure, and Italy. the other side bears Mr Morgan’s head and coat of arms awaiting Tittoni’s receipt.
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Rome
Centonze
J. Pierpont Morgan
New Morgan Grandchild
J Pierpont Morgan adds a granddaughter through the birth of the second daughter of Herbert L Satterlee and his wife Louisa Morgan. Mrs Satterlee, a former society horsewoman, is noted for charity work and linguistic skill, and the family ties trace to J P Morgans.
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Mrs. Satterlee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Herbert L. Satterlee
Cook's Widow to Contest Will
The widow Barbara Cook and daughter of Frederick Cook contest a probate filing revealing a $2,000,000 estate. Barbara Cook would receive $100,000 outright plus $200,000 income, the daughter $50,000 plus $100,000 income, and dower rights amounting to $500,000. The will leaves $1,000,000 residue to relatives and the first wife’s German family, with $100,000 to charity and thirty bequests.
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The
New York Times
Rochester
Frederick Cook
Gov. Hill
Barbara +. Cook
Augustus M. MacDonnell
Germany
Runaway Bay Horses Kill on Babylon Express Route
A team of bay horses owned by Louis Beers of Brooklyn bolted near Broadway Amityville slamming through Long Island Railroad crossing gates and into a Babylon express parlor car. The horses were killed instantly. the carriage driver was thrown. Gates and steps were damaged in the collision.
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L. I
Louis Beers
Brooklyn
Broadway
Long Island
Babylon Express
War Office bans Irish Guards band from US visit
Reynolds's Weekly reports the War Office prohibits the band of the Irish Guards from entering the United States during its planned visit to the Toronto exhibition due to fear of political unrest in New York.
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London
Carnegie Letter Opposes War Relief Efforts
Sadazuchi Uchida the Japanese Consul General in New York obtained a letter from Louise W. Carnegie declining funds for families of Japanese soldiers killed in the war with Russia. The note says the Carnegies oppose war and favor arbitration, and they would not support one belligerent side. The letter was read by Japanese officials and translated for Japanese newspapers.
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Russia
Sadazuchi Uchida
New York
Louise W. Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Takahira
Baron Kaneko
Japan
Uchida
Carnegie
Washington Square
Julia Ward Howe
Maud Howe Elliott
Hugh Frazer
Shooting on Hudson Street Ends in Fatality
Henry Morris, 546 Hudson Street, was killed when Antonio Petrone fired four shots in a street brawl outside 551 Hudson Street at midnight. John Murphy, 698 Greenwich Street, was wounded in the right arm as Morris and Petrone disputed over a malfunctioning nickel-in-the-slot machine. Petrone claims self defense after Morris struck him. police found the pistol behind the stand and Petrone is in custody at Charles Street Station.
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Henry Morris
Hudson Street
Antonio Petrone
John Murphy
Greenwich Street
Boyle
Charles Street
Petrone
Morris
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Women in Coupé Narrowly Escape after Frightened Horse
Mrs C H Meyers and her daughter from 194 Riverside Drive were riding in a coupe in front of the Hotel Astor Times Square when a delivery wagon horse bolted. The wagon rammed the coupe tearing lamps breaking windows and snapping the pole but the vehicle did not overturn. Officer Goetsgu of West Forty seventh Street Station restrained the escaped horses while the women escaped unharmed though terrified.
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C. H. Meyers
Riverside Drive
Hotel Astor
Times Square
Goetsgu
West Fortyseventh Street
Italian Rail Workers Threaten General Strike
Rome April 15 rail way employees oppose the Fortis Cabinet bill for striking dismissal without an arbitration clause as Giolitti proposed. They plan a general strike next Monday with severe losses feared during the peak tourist season as thousands, including many Americans, are in Italy.
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Rome
Fortis
Signor
Giolitti
Italy
Cremation Suit Over Son's Body Alleges Improper Disposal
In Cincinnati on April 15 a suit alleges Dr John B Campbell owner of the American Health College and Vitapathic Sanitarium unlawfully cremated his son James Campbell without authority depriving his widow wife of the body. The case seeks redress and mentions a Chicago connection with a five thousand dollar claim and court actions set for this afternoon.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
John B. Campbell
American Health College
Vitapathic Sanitarium
James Campbell
Chicago
Campbell
Saloons Close Overnight In St Louis Quarters
At midnight the lights in every saloon in the town quarter were extinguished and the city of St. Louis remained tightly closed for the first time in many years.
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ST. Louis
Haviland Factory Pillaged Amid Porcelain Strike
In Limoges on April 15, 8,000 striking workers with red and black flags surrounded major porcelain factories. The Haviland plant was looted, Mr Haviland’s car burned, a gunsmith shop was looted, street barricades rose, and several officials were wounded as troops were sent to restore order.
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Limoges
Haviland
Athletics Win Leads to Fatal Collapse at Game
James H. Benson, a spectator at Columbia Park, died from apoplexy after the Athletics defeated Boston 8 to 2 in the opening game. He collapsed in the ninth inning as Boston neared a comeback and died after regaining consciousness briefly.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Athletics
James H. Benson
Columbia Park
German Hospital
Benson
Boston
Color-Changing Carnation by Luther Burbank
San Francisco reports botanist Luther Burbank developed a carnation that changes color three times in three days from white to pink white then deep red. Gophers last year destroyed his remaining plants, but he plans further cultivation of the color-changing bloom.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Luther Burbank
Hoorticulturist
Picture Inheritance Divides Curtin Estate
W W Curtin of Philadelphia son of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew G Curtin accepts a large oil portrait as his share of the estate. The painting of Alexander II was gifted by the Czar after Curtin’s Russia appointment and is a family heirloom. Curtin proposed renouncing further claims in exchange for the portrait, and the heirs agreed.
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New York Times
Bell Nte
Penn
W. W. Curtin
Philadelphia
Andrew G. Curtin
Pensylvania
Curtin
Sheriff Slayers Barricaded After Sheriff Poag Shooting
Senatobia Mississippi April 15 The Spencer brothers and William Stayll charged with mob killing Sheriff Poag are barricaded in a canebrake twenty miles from town and refuse to be taken alive A large posse has gone to the canebrake with plans to capture them H Thomasson County Supervisor who led the mob is near collapse.
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Miss
Spencer Brothers
William S§&till
Poag
H. Thomasson
Governor pledges pardons for farmers under anti trust law
In Danville Arkansas on April 15 Gov. Jefferson Travis urged a large gathering of farmers and businessmen to reduce cotton acreage. He argued that organizing farmers for better cotton prices does not violate the new Arkansas anti trust law and said he would pardon any farmers prosecuted under the act if court action occurred.
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Danville
Ark
Jefferson Travis
Navy fleet sails to Norfolk for summer cruise
The Atlant Coast Squadron under Rear Admiral F W Dickins, including battleship Texas and monitors Arkansas Nevada and Florida, left Key West for Hampton Roads for outfitting at Norfolk Navy Yard. They are expected to serve as the enemy in a planned Chesapeake Bay war game this summer.
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Washington
Nav Department
Atlant Coast Squadron
F. W. Dickins
Texas
Arkansas
Nevada
Florida
Key West
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Navy Yard
Chesapeake Bay
Kaiser to Meet Uncle Rome Meeting Likely
A telegram to Giornate d Italia reports King Edward and Queen Alexandra to meet Emperor William at Messina around April 20, amid reports from Mesina in April.
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Edward W
Messina
Rome
Giornate d'Italia
Edward
Alexandra
William
Messinia
Joseph Jefferson Shows Improvement In Florida
In West Palm Beach on April 15 the actor Joseph Jefferson rests comfortably and is reported much better than yesterday though still in delicate condition.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph Jefferson
Baltic Ships Run North at Full Speed War Scenario Emerges
Paris dispatch from Haifong dated April 15 reports the Russian fleet about forty ships moving north in coal knots with lights out. The squadron is mid passage between Anambas and Formosa Straits, 630 miles from Formosa, with possible route tweaks toward Vladivostok via Luzon and the Japanese straits.
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Paris
Petit Journal
Haifang
Anambas Islands
China Sea
Formosa Straits
Rojestvensky
Luzon
Balington Channel
Formosa
Pacific Ocean
Vladivostok
Haifong
Saigon
Battle looming as Rojestvensky faces Togo in duel
Reports from St Petersburg as the Baltic Fleet departs Sevastopol for battle with Japan. Admiralty expects no further news until engagement occurs. rumors spread of British ships mistaken for Japanese and possible outcomes. The press may become the sole source of information.
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Orel
Seigen
Admiralty
Reresvensky
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Rojestvensky
Mosa
Togo
Vladivostok
Peace Party
Japan
Novo Vremya
Novoe Vremya
Great Britain
Ioh
Ara Rojestvensky
Saigon
China
Weihai-Wei
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