Cotton Slump Costs Gales Six Million Dollars in Widespread Selloff
A historic one hour plunge on the Cotton Exchange sent prices down sharply with May cotton collapsing from 14.60 to 13.81 as panic selling hit after 2 PM. Texas bull Eugene P. Scales endured huge losses amid heavy short covering and bear buying, while brokers recorded totals well over one million bales traded as the market swung on rumors and large operators' moves.
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Eugene P- Sepalcs
Texas Bull
Texas
Bates
Bears
McFadden
Delmonico
Sully
Cotton Exchange
Sully Erner
Suzene P. Scales
Patten
Seales
Theodore Price
Sc Ee
Suspected Swindler Cook Under Scrutiny By University Panel
Lounsdale alleges Dr. Cook deceived him after sending notebooks and letters from Spain and Denmark. He reports failed telegraphs, missing promised documents, and a suspicious traveling route with an assumed name. A Copenhagen commission diary report is pending release.
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Loutisdate
Royal
Cook
Conk
Spain
Lounsdale
Charles Wake
Tip New York: Times
Wake
Lounsigle
University Examining Commission
Grasty Buys The Baltimore Sun From Abell Estate
Charles H. Grasty, former Baltimore News proprietor, closes negotiations to purchase The Baltimore Sun from the Abell estate. The deal ends a three week process and Grasty will assume control within a week. The Sun has passed through the Abell family for three generations and stands among the nation’s valuable papers.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Charles H. Grasty
Baltimore News
Baltimore Sun
Abell
Grasty
The
Sun
United States
Public Ledger
Philadelphia
Evening Times
Tragic accident ends fur worker's life in Williamsburg
Mrs. Sneppherer watched for husband William as he walked home from his job. A man fell on Montrose Avenue near Union Street, later identified by police as the missing fur worker who died from an arterial knife wound after slipping and injuring his leg.
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William Sneppherer
Union Avenue
Williamsburg
Fler
Montrose Avenue
Saeppherer
Rockefeller cuts West Side Neighborhood House funding
John D Rockefeller withdraws $250,000 support for the West Side Neighborhood House in Hell's Kitchen. Dr Edward Devine of the Charity Organization Society informs 14 social workers they must close or relocate within four days, as a large settlement program ends after a decade of city aid and community services.
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John D. Rockefeller
West Side
Edward Z. Devine
Charity Organization Society
Hell's Kitchen District
Dr. Devine
Herbert Brown
Yale
Mr. Brown
Penny Provident
Pauline Goldmark
Bureau of Social Research
Rockefeller
Devine
Obllrsa
Fiftieth Street
Fifty-third Street
Hartley
Forty-sixth Street
Tenth Avenue
Ant
24 Hour 8st Louis Train Leaves New York Tonight
The 24 hour 8st Louis train to the Southwest departs New York at 6 25 P M and arrives in St Louis at 6 25 P M the next day. Through sleeping cars to Cincinnati and Cleveland offered by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Phone 1032 Madison Square. Adv.
Rockefeller Gift Funds Cleveland Women Doctors Dispensary
Cleveland women physicians accept John D. Rockefeller’s offer to fund a women and children’s medical and surgical dispensary in Cleveland. The doctors, who have run a babies’ dispensary for thirty years without aid, must raise a $25,000 endowment as a starter.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
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Indictment Details Sugar Trust Weighing Fraud at Havemeyer Pier
Secretary Charles R. Helke of the American Sugar Refining Company faces six counts in a U S Circuit Court indictment charging false weighing on shipments through the Havemeyer and Elder refinery port facilities in Williamsburg. Also named are Henry W Walter Ernest W Gerbracht James F Bendernagel Jean M Voelker and James F Halligan. The case ties Helke to endorsing refunds and false cargo weights with overt acts including check indorsements and misstatements by dock workers. The grand jury action follows previous trials and comes amid statements by Sugar Trust directors denying officer knowledge of fraud.
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Charles R. Helke
American Sugar Refining Company
Havemeyer & Elder
Williamsburg
Judge Hough
United States Circuit Court
Federal Grand Jury
Henry L Stimson
Winfred Denison
Felix Frankfurter
Helke
Henry W. Walter
Ernest W. Gerbracht
James F. Bendernagel
Jean M. Voelker
James F. Halligan
Gerbracht
Stimson
Bendernagel
Voelker
Halligan
Heike
United States
O. H. O. Schmedler
Henry O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Schmedler
Havemeyer
James M. Beck
Olinda
Paloma
Nord Amerika
Manoa
Spitzer
Boyle
Walter
Fees in Sugar Case Settled After Judge Dissolves Injunction
Judge Hand of the United States Circuit Court dissolved yesterday the injunction by George Gordon Battle and H Snowden Marshall restraining the American Sugar Refining Company from honoring the spring settlement terms. The case involves lawyer fees of about 250 000 and a 750 000 cash settlement with collateral release held by Gustav Kissel, enabling the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company plant to reopen. Federal courts in Philadelphia approved the settlement and allowed lawyers Battle Marshall Black Hutchinson a total of 115 000 for their services.
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Judge Hand
United States Circuit Court
George Gordon Battle
H. Snowden Marshall
American Sugar Refining Company
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Philadelphia
Venceyivans Sugar Refining Company
Real Estate Trust Company of
Thomas Hipple
Gustav Kissel
Pennsylvania Company
Messrs. Battle and Marshall
Mayor Gaynor Helps Editor After Snowbound Walk
Hicksville news reports New York Mayor Gaynor and Huntington editor Charles Shepard trudged three miles through snow after a stalled train. Gaynor, frostbitten and exhausted, led Shepard to safety with a trainman aiding on arrival at Hicksville.
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New York
Hicksville
B. J
Gaynor
A. G. Rave
Westbury
Charles E. Shepard
Huntington
Shepard
Mr. Shepard
Brooklyn
St. James
Stallen
Miers
Boston recount sought after mayoral election
Two petitions filed with the election Commissioners request recounts of Tuesday's mayoral vote. James J. Storrow asks recount of his own tally while John F. Fitzgerald seeks a full canvass of all candidates. A long recount is expected next week.
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Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
James J. Storrow
George A. Hibbard
Nathaniel H. Taylor
Storrow
Fitzgerald
Harvard alumni officers chosen at annual meeting
The association’s faculty committee selected the Alumni Marshal and other officers at their June meeting. James Storrow, dated 1889, was noted in connection with the election, and the executive board was granted power to select officers at the recent gathering.
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E. Gomi
Csi
R Board
Richard Olney Near Death in Hospital
Richard Olney secretary of state to the late President Cleveland lay critically ill at Corey Hill Hospital in Brookline for several days. A breakthrough occurred yesterday and Mrs Olney announced he could leave within a week after an abdominal operation performed Tuesday. The operation’s nature was not disclosed.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Richard Olney
Cleveland
Corey Hill
Brooklifne
Olney
Gill Bets Morgan On Majestic Miles For Dinner
Gen John Gill and J Pierpont Morgan wagered on the Majestic’s miles in a single day during their overseas return. Gill lost and Morgan set a dinner at Gill’s Baltimore home with notable guests including James T Woodward Osman Latrobe W Watts Sherman E R Bacon W W Finley John B Thayer and Bayard Henry.
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New York Times
Baltimore
John Gill
Europe
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Majestic
Mr. Morgan
Gen. Gill
Maryland
James T. Woodward
Hanover National Bank
Col
Osman Latrobe
W. Watts Sherman
E. R. Bacon
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
W. W. Finley
Southern Railway Company
John B. Thayer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bayard Henry
Philadelphia
Denver Night Without Evening Papers Amid Press Strikes
Denver newsstands show only one small sheet as lockouts and strikes paralyze the industry. The Evening Post locked out its pressmen while The Times faced a sympathy strike. The Republican has unions’ favor and may print in the morning. Pressmen demanded a 25 percent raise and, after weeks of talks, a signed contract was repudiated by publishers.
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New York Times
Denver
Col
Evening Post
Times
Republican
Woman Defies Sheriff in Gen Miller Divorce Case
Mrs Emma A Miller wife of oilman Gen Charles Miller guards her Franklin Pennsylvania home with attorney and two detectives as Sheriff Williams and deputies attempt to serve divorce papers. Miller seeks $100000 settlement and court documents note marriage in 1905 at the Manhattan Hotel New York.
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New York Times
Franklin, Penn
Emma A. Miller
Charles Miller
Franklin
Williams
Gen. Miller
C. T. Miller
Gazzam Suit Settled for Fifty Thousand Dollars
Frank Comerford attorney for Mrs. Marshall Clark said Miss Antoinette Gazzam settled the alienation suit for 50000. The case involved Gazzam daughter of Senator Joseph Gazzam of Philadelphia and a vaudeville palmistry act with her mother. Clark alleged her husband’s affections were influenced by Gazzam’s visit and hand reading.
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Chicago
Frank Comerford
Marshall Clark
Antoinette Gazzam
Cornwall
N. Y
Gazzam
Clark
Niblo
Mispah
Miss Gazzam
Mr. Comerford
Joseph Gazzam
Philadelphia
Foot of Snow Brings Blizzard Threat and City Tragedy
A New York storm drenched the area with heavy snow driving wind up to 38 miles per hour. One worker on the Queensboro Bridge was blown to his death, and a boy aged nine survived a near-fatal drift as rail and streetcar service stalled across the city.
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Manhattan
Boston
James H. Scarr
Atlantic City
New York
Mr. Scarr
Block Island
Nantucket
Albany
St. Lawrence Valley
Eighth
153D Street
Third Avenue
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Richard Elney
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William Bodanjer
New York Edison Company
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