Kelsey grilled by Gov Hughes in Insurance probe
Gov Hughes pressed Insurance Superintendent Kelsey for nearly two hours as he sought a resignation and reviewed Kelsey’s admin. Kelsey admitted running the department on hearsay since the Armstrong inquiry and keeping lax deputies Hunter and Vanderpoel, while resisting removal.
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Albany
Kelsey
Armstrong Committee
Armstrong
Capitol
Kelley
Insurance Department
Robert H. Hunter
Isaac Vanderpoel
State Civil Service Commission
Vanderpoel
Jury Convicts Towerman in 1905 Subway Disaster
Cornelius A. Jackson, towerman at Ninth Avenue and Fifty third Street, found guilty of second degree manslaughter for the 1905 Grand Central derailment that killed twelve. Sentencing set for Thursday before Judge Foster. potential fifteen years, $1000 fine, or both. Prosecution cites Paul Kelly the motorman. Kelly missing after the crash.
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Cornelius A. Jackson
Ninth Avenue
Fifty-third Street
Foster
Jackson
Sixth Avenue
Solomon Newgass
Paul Kelly
K Kelly
Train
Vaniliver
Criminal Court
Grand Central
Romance in Overalls Sparks Engagement Tale
Pittsburg February news tells of Miss Violet Brocklebank of London and Liverpool engaging George Westinghouse Jr. after a chance encounter when he worked in greasy overalls in his father's shops. She later learned he was heir to a $50,000,000 fortune and they pursued a formal meeting a year after their first sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Violet
Sir Thomas
Inds Hrocklebank
London
Liverpool
George Westinghouse, Jr
Maelish
Westinghouse
Misa Brocklebank
Solitude
George Westingnose
Yale
Ife
Wilmerding
Plitsburg
Bank in Paris Aims to Open French Market to U S Investors
Reports say New York interests plan a Paris based bank with 10 million pounds capital to attract French funds to American securities. London and New York financiers, plus French capitalists, would back it and float notes to Germany, France, and Britain. Kuhn Loeb denies involvement.
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New York Times
Chicago
New York
Paris
London
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Haven & Wartford
Germany
France
Great Britain
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Shipping News: La Gascogne Arrives Havre Feb 9
Steamship La Gascogne arrives Havre on February 9 as part of the latest shipping movements. Steamship Seminole is listed with Santo Domingo as a destination or source, indicating ongoing transatlantic traffic.
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la Gascogne
Havre
Seminole
Santo Domingo
Special Train to Atlantic City Leaves February 21
Special train to Atlantic City from New York departs Thursday February 21 at 1 25 PM via Pennsylvania Railroad with Broiler Buffet Parlor Cars and coaches. Other through trains to Atlantic City run 9 55 AM 2 55 PM on weekdays and Sundays 7 55 AM. Returning trains from Atlantic City Sunday February 24 include 4 30 PM with parlor cars and dining car and 5 30 PM coaches.
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Atlantic City
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic
Usher's the Scotch that made the Highball famous
A brief blurb referencing Usher's fame for a scotch used in the highball drink, highlighting its role in popularizing the cocktail.
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Usher
Tobacco Trust to Buy Rival United Cigar Makers
The American Tobacco Company plans to acquire its rival United Cigar Manufacturers' Company led by Jacob Wertheim in a deal that would consolidate major tobacco producers. Price terms are unsettled, with capitalization and past earnings cited. Samuel Untermyer is among the negotiators. The move would expand the Ryan-influenced empire and solidify dominance over domestic cigars.
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American Tobacco Company
The
Tobacco Trust
United Cigar Manufacturers' Company
Jacob Wertheim
United Cigar Manufacturers’ Company
Samuel Untermyer
Kerbs
Wertheim & Schiffer
Hirshhorn, Mack & Co
Strasston & Storm Company
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Wertheim
Charles Hirshhorn
Frederick Hirshhorn
Edward A. Kerbs
WW. A. Shiffer
FE. L. Haas
Charles L. B Sterm
Louis Schlessinger
M. Samuel Stern
Fifty-fourth Street
Second Avenue
Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer
Thomas F. Ryan
Consolidated Tobacco Company
American
Continental Tobacco Companies
Consolidated Tobacco
Old American Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
Havana Company
American Cigar Company
British-American Tobacco Company
P. Lorillard Company
Comnon
Consolidated
James B. Duke
Anthony N. Brady
Mr. Ryan
Thomas Dolan
Philadelphia
H. M. Hanna
Pierre Lorillard
Grant B. Schley
R. A. C. Smith
Pp. A. B. Widener
Four-year-old John Robinson Charged with Grand Larceny
Police report a 4 year old boy of 229 West Twenty fifth Street arrested near Forty seventh Street and Broadway on grand larceny charges. Detective Sergeants Boyle Dale and Mannion said the suspect had a dress suitcase with ten bands from United Car and Foundry Company stolen from Grand Central Station Heb 2 3.
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John Robinson
West Twenty-fifth Street
Forty-seventh Street
Broadway
Boyle
Dale
Mannion
Robinson
United Car
Foundry Company
Grand Central Station
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla Ends Parity With Superior Strength
Adv notes Burnett's Extract of Vanilla is in parity and superior in strength, touting its pre-eminence among vanilla flavorings.
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Burnett
Adv
Higgins Estate Heir To Large Will With Charitable Bequests
Probate in Clean shows ex Gov Frank Wayland Higgins leaving a major estate valued between 14 and 16 million dollars. Bequests include Rushford Cemetery land, Centreville cemetery improvement, Forman Library in Olean, homeless children society, Olean General Hospital, and a public square trust. The widow, sister and their husband are named, with wife as sole residuarylegatee.
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Clean
N. Y
Frank Wayland Higgins
Rushford
Centreville
Allegany County
Forman Library
Olean
Western
Olean General Hospital
Testator
President Praised Knox Sparks Utah Debate
Pittsburg February 18 Judge Jones Young returns from Washington saying President Roosevelt joined others in praising Senator Knox for his stand on Smoot seating Utah issue. He cites letters from prominent Americans praising Knox including Roosevelt. later Washington and New York dispute the claim.
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Pittsburg
Jones
Young
Washington
United States
Knox
Roosevelt
Utah
Reed Smoot
Judge Young
Pitttsburg
P. C. Knox
Smoot
New York
Initiation Pranks At Porcellian Club In Cambridge
Theodore Roosevelt Jr among the exclusive Porcellian Club initiates in Cambridge as he kneels before a roast pig in a dark closet. A messenger summons him to Dunster Hall at 6 pm, then returns him to the club stairwell where he admires the pig’s feet before retreating to his room.
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New York Times
Boston
Porcellian Club
Cambridge
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Dunster Hall
Honeymoon Swindle Suspects Arrested in Rochester Case
Detectives arrest Max Salzman and David Mittenthal in Rochester on a bank swindle case tied to the East. They allegedly targeted real estate contacts, deposited funds, then cashed checks after certification. Salzman married an 18 year old in Rochester. Mittenthal wed in New York six weeks earlier. They face Yonkers trial for a February $2,000 bank theft.
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New York Times
Rochester
N. Y
Max Salzman
David Mittenthal
East
Trenton
N. J
Salzman
Mittenthal
New York
Yonkers
Every Hour Royal Blue Trains to Washington and Baltimore
Eight splendid Royal Blue trains depart New York daily from 8 A M to 6 P M on the Even Hour with departures also at 7 P M and 1 30 midnight. The Royal Limited leaves 4 P M with full Pullman equipment including smoking parlor observation and dining cars. No extra fare via the C R R of N J and Baltimore and Ohio.
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Washington
New York
Baltimore
N. J
Ohio
Advy
Pennsylvania Railroad plans $50 million note issue for terminal and equipment
Bankers report the Pennsylvania Railroad aims to issue notes backed by equipment trust obligations to fund the New York terminal project and additional equipment. While plans point to a $50 million note issue, exact totals and form remain undecided before the March stockholders meeting. Proceeds would cover about $20 million for the terminal and roughly equal for equipment, with potential $10 million for other purposes.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
UGU
Pennsylvania Road to place 50 million in notes abroad
In financial circles the Pennsylvania Railroad is said to plan 50 million in equipment notes issued abroad with Paris as a main buyer. Henry Tatnall and William A. Patton traveled to New York to confer on the loan. The Reading Co denied issuing short-term notes for equipment costs. Pennsylvania contracts 5000 tons of fabricated steel for bridges on its New York extension, split between Pennsylvania Steel and McClintic Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Road
Paris
Ienry Tatnall
William A. Patton
McCrea
New York
Baer
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Steel Company
McCuntuic-Marshall Construction Company
Tidewater Railway borrows 10 million in public loan
Tidewater Railway financed by a 10 million dollar, six percent note issue secured by 20 million dollars of bonds and 10 million in stock collateral. Central Trust Company placed the loan with Wall Street buyers. The lines span 855 miles from Deep Water WV to Virginia seaboard, powering coal transport to markets.
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Rogers
Tidewater Railway
Deepwater Railway
West Virginia
Seaboard
Norfolk
Stock Exchange
2 Rogers
Central Trust Company
Wall Street
Norfolk & Western
H. E. Rogers
Deepwater
Tidewater
Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio
Seaboard Florida Limited Leaves Northbound
Railway list notes the Seaboard Florida Limited departing St. Augustine at 2:50 PM. The entry records 1,183 baggage or freight units and references a PRR office. Adv. line appears, with limited legible details amid the damaged OCR.
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Seaboard
Florida
Iicsinahiat Aan
Vanderbilt Head Elected Captain of Company F
Lieut Cornelius Vanderbilt was unanimously elected Captain of Company F Twelfth Regiment, vice S S Steddins who resigned. Vanderbilt had led the company in temporary command for months after joining as Second Lieutenant on Sept 20 1901 and becoming First Lieutenant the next year. He later served as aide de camp to Gov Higgins.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
S. S. Steddins
Vanderbilt
Gov. Higgins
Coal Mine Disaster Leaves Dozens Dead in Mexico
A blast in a Las Esperanzas coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico, at 8 pm left 39 killed and 12 injured, with up to 70 believed to be inside when the explosion occurred. the telegraph office there is closed.
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Monterey
Mexico
Las Esperanzas
Coahuila
Jewelry Theft Strikes Houston Store for 50000 in Gems
A Houston jewelry shop was robbed of 50000 dollars in loose diamonds. A man requested an unmounted stone to match one he had, examined stones, and left promising to return with his wife. The clerk later found the safe contained only tissue paper instead of the gems.
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Houston
Tex
Six Perish In Wrecks Off Highland Light
Six men die in barges Girard Alaska wrecking off Highland Light Massachusetts during a northeast gale. Seamen Joseph Johnson and Joseph Johansen from the Girard and four from the Alaska were lost. Capt Larsen and Seaman Morton Burke were rescued by life savers. the Bethayres remains adrift as the tug Valley Forge tows the fleet toward Philadelphia and Boston.
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Highland Light
Mass
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Girard
Alaska
Joseph Johnson
Joseph Johansen
Larsen
Morton Burke
Highland Light Station
Bethayres
Philadelphia
Boston
Lynn
Salem
Valley Forge
State Rail Commission Orders Two-Cent Passenger Fares
Wisconsin February 18 The State Railroad Commission orders Northwestern St Paul and Omaha lines to cut passenger fares from 6 to 2 cents within twenty days. Burlington Wisconsin Central complaints unresolved. Legislature expected to drop two cent fare bills. Commission says Northwestern fare cut keeps earnings around 61 percent. Omaha would earn about 6 percent with a 2.5 cent rate.
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New York Times
Madison
Wis
State Railroad Commission
Northwestern
St. Paul
Omaha
Burlington and
Wisconsin Central
Yale Receives 35000 Stock Gift For Windham County Aid
At Yale Corporation meeting Edwin Milner of Plainfield Conn provides stock valued at about 35000 to fund aid for Windham County students. Joan J Abernethy bequest of 10000 to establish a graduate fellowship is announced. Several professorships and lectureships are named across economics history psychology languages philosophy.
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New York Times
New Felaven
Yale Corporation
Edwin Milner
Plainfield
Conn
Windham County
Joan J. Abernethy
Clive Day
Charles Hubbard Judd
Psychological Laboratory
Albert G. Lxeller
Henry B. Wright
Albert 19. Curdy
Rudolphi Schevill
William B. Hocking
University of California
Josiah Royce
Harvard University
Representative Sulzer Seeks Bank Loan Rate Disclosure
Washington February 18 Representative Sulzer introduced a resolution asking the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish Congress with daily loan interest rates charged by 25 or more of the largest National banks in New York City from September 1, 1904 to September 1, 1906. The measure also asks whether rates were set by an explicit or implied agreement among banks.
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New York Times
Washington
Sulzer
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
New York City
Italy Lauds Washington Birthday Instructions Issued
The Italian Government directs school directors to explain Washington's Birthday to students in the U S and to emphasize peace as a universal aim. The piece includes an Omega Oil ad promoting a trial bottle for sore throat and chest congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Washington
United States
Thaw's Mental State in Trial Questioned by Alienists
In a tense courtroom sequence the district attorney pressed that Harry K Thaw aimed to prove he acted under Providence when he killed Stanford White. Alienists debated whether Thaw was insane at the time of the 1905 will and codicil and whether his later statements reflect paranoia or progress toward fitness for trial.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Matteawang Br
Britton D. Evans
Charley Wagner
Thaw
Providence
Jerome
Byvans
Evans
Jamilton
Mr. White
Matteawan
Dr. Evans
Blackguard
Daughters of America
Anthony Comstock
Pinkerton
Pinkertons
Comstock
de Lancey Nicoll
Comstock Society
Monk Eastman Gang
Roger O'Mara
Pittsburg
New York
Madison Square Garden
White
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Hunter
Reeds
Flunter
Andy Hamilton
Andrew C. Fields
Mr. Kelsey
Field
McClelland
State Insurance Department
Cunningham
J. J. Cunningham
the Mutual Life
Towerman
Francee
Workman
American Bank For Paris
Louis A. Heinsheimer
Heinsheimer
United Cigar Manufacturers’ Co
Ryan
Higgins
Young Roosevelt
Harvard
Central Trust Co
Tidewater Road
Wilshire’s
Cents
Vanderbilt Heads CO. F
Capt
Wisconsin Board
Italy
Tim
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