Currency Delay Move In Senate Currency Debate
Hearings before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee reveal plans for a bill delaying currency legislation until December. A resolution is expected to call extended hearings and possibly pass with presidential opposition. Wade of the Mercantile Trust of St. Louis criticizes the regional reserve plan as burdensome and argues public subscription should be allowed to ensure capital, warning of political and efficiency risks.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
Owen
Wade
Rame
Nate
Bra
Death by Own Action: Col. Sam Tate in Asheville
Col Sam Tate a noted railroad builder and promoter committed death by own action in a Asheville hotel. He arrived two years ago from New York City to serve as resident manager and chief engineer for the transcontinental railroad being built. Tate left letters directing business disposal and packed his effects before his death. He is survived by a wife and two children Miss Louise Tate of Asheville and Mrs Barton, and his body will be sent to New York for burial.
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New York Times
Asheville
N. C
Sam Tate
New York City
Col. Tate
Engineers’Club of
New York
M. W. Barton
Col
Memphis, Tenn
South
Central America
Jamaica
Transcontinental Railroad
Louise Tate
Barton
Buried Stranger as Wife in Brooklyn Case
Casper Hartman a Williamsburg liquor dealer was summoned to Manhattan Police Court after his wife resurfaced claiming to be alive two years after they separated. Hartman had believed her dead and even had a woman buried with Lutheran rites after recognizing a body as hers. The case hinges on identity and life insurance proceeds.
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Casper Hartman
Jefferson Street
Williamsburg
Manhattan
Charles Flechsenhaar
Bushwick Park
Mary Larson
Mary Hartman
Flechsenhaar
Hartman
Gates Avenue
Arrest at funeral over suffra death in Williamsburg
Detectives from Bedford Avenue arrest Jacob Bungard, stepson of Joseph Suffra, at his widow’s home 138 Ten Eyck Street during funeral preparations. Suffra’s body was found Saturday night on Montrose Avenue extension after earlier arrest of John Schmitt for boasting of the killing.
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Joseph Suffra
Ten Eyck Street
Williamsburg
Dowling
Cosgrove
Brown
Bedford Avenue
Jacob Bungard
Suffra
Montrose Avenue
John Schmitt
Walton Street
Broadway
Rodney Street
Bungard
Parcel post overhaul eyed to flood postal surplus predicts $10 million
Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland told the House that the new parcel post system will likely produce a large surplus, about $10 million this fiscal year, and could absorb 90 percent of express business once weight limits rise to 100 pounds. He defended Postmaster General Burleson’s move to raise limits for 150 mile distances and condemned parcel post rates as exorbitant.
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New York Times
Washington
House
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Lewis
Burleson
United States
Gov Fielder in Accident Near Tappan New Jersey
Gov Fielder was riding in a car that was struck by another vehicle speeding to spread news of the governor’s approach. The impact sent the governor’s auto into a ditch but did not overturn. all occupants, including Mrs Hart Col Holley and Col Taylor of Hackensack, escaped unharmed.
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Fielder
Tappan
N. J
Nee
A. C. Hart
Alfred E. Holley
Frank Frank M. Taylor
Hackensack
Mayor Gaynor Accepts Independent Nomination with Shovel Display
Mayor William J. Gaynor, frail from illness, accepted an independent nomination on City Hall steps. He criticized Tammany and named eight men, reading Charles Murphy among them, while a crowd of about 5,000 watched as he brandished a shovel and vowed to shovel out graft.
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William J. Gaynor
Gaynor
Delmonico
Robert Adamson
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Tammany
Delmonico’s
Charlies F. Murphy
McCooey
John Gal
Broadway
Park Row
Exorcising Ghosts in England Says Minister Claims
A minister recounts ridding nocturnal spirits by his method and recalls other similar cases as discussed for the next Sunday edition in The Times.
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England
TIMES
Death at Hoboken Boarding House Tied to Laudanum Case
Carl Schoete a 43 year old Hamburg banker was found dead of laudanum poisoning in a 204 River Street Hoboken boarding house. Adele Schimmell 24, posing as his wife and holding a letter of credit for 32000 dollars was questioned as a material witness. Police investigation focuses on robbery of the credit letter and Schoete’s German business ties.
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Hamburg
River Street
Hoboken
Adele Schimmell
Mr. Schoete
Schoete
Meyer’s
Pretoria
Hamburg-American Line
America
Meyer
Nolice
Leo
State Street
Manhattan
Pacific Coast
Miss Schimmel
George King
Scheete
Leo House
Gaynor's Friend Nominated for Suffolk Sheriff by Progressives
G Melville Smith of St James, living near Deepwells, was nominated for Sheriff of Suffolk County last night by the Progressive Committee. The selection follows Mayor ere ee's approval and situates Smith as a key candidate in the county race.
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Riverhead
L. L
G. Melville Smith
St. James
Deepwells
Ere Ee
Suffolk County
Progressive Committee
Smith
Missing Sing Sing inmate Kilbride sparks prison wide search
John Kilbride a life prisoner at Sing Sing is missing after being seen at 3:45 pm in the shipping room. Guards and staff conduct a rigorous internal search across yards and workshops while authorities warn Ossining police and nearby towns. Kilbride a 1900 second degree murder convict, 5 feet 7 inches, 180 pounds with blue eyes brown hair and scars on his head wore prison clothing marked 56471.
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New York Times
Ossining
John Kilbride
Sing Sing
Kilbride
Hugh Lavery
Lavery
Hudson River
Harry K. Thaw
Clancy
Delays Train For A Hat
Paris dispatch reports Count Romanones the Spanish Premier caused a Madrid express to delay. Passengers demanded departure. a messenger delivered a cardboard box to the Premier's reserved saloon. The stationmaster explained the Premier forgot his silk hat and would not permit the train to start.
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Marconi
New York Times
Paris
Madrid
Count Romanones
Manuell and Augustine Victoria to Wed in Momentous Portugal Event
A grand ante nuptial banquet in Sigmaringen precedes the wedding of ex King Manuel of Portugal and Princess Augustine Victoria of Hohenzollern scheduled for tomorrow. Prominent guests include princes and princesses from Europe, with noted attendees from England Spain Genoa and France among others. The banns were publicly announced amid wide interest as royal circles gather for the ceremony.
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Amelie
England
Pee
Carlos
Spain
Genoa
Vendome
Montpensier
France
Thaw Near Vermont Border as Deportation Case Unfolds
Harry K. Thaw travels toward the Vermont border amid a heated habeas corpus dispute. Jerome and immigration authorities contest the move, while Lanyon waits with a warrant for Thaw’s arrest on conspiracy charges. The Sherbrooke hearing ends with a ruling in favor of freedom, provoking tension as Thaw awaits release.
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Hutchinson
Boureau
Thaw
Mr. Jerome
Coaticock
John Lanyon
Matteawan
Kieb
Lanyon
Vermont
Jerome
Are Lanyon
Coaticook House
W. K. McKeown
Mr. McKeown
Cresson
Penn
Nada
New York
United States
H. K. Thaw
Election Odds Shift in Mayoralty Race
Gaynor’s odds rose from 3 to 1 against to 3 to 2 against after notification ceremonies. Mitchel odds moved to 2 to 1 against from 6 to 5. McCall remains favored with even money bets and substantial public wagers reported. A $100 bet against $200 on McCall’s 50,000 plurality appeared, while Hearst faced a failed offer to bet $500 against $300 on defeat if he ran.
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Gaynor
Mitchel
McCall
William R. Hearst
Bribed Telephone Girls Face Disciplinary Council
Five Paris female telephone operators are to appear before the Disciplinary Council on charges of accepting bribes from a grain merchant. The scandal involves collusion with other exchange officials, with the grain merchant allegedly learning rival firms' telephone business for years.
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Marconi
New York Times
Paris
Miss Ruth Law Flies With Passengers for Possible World Record
Miss Ruth Law sister of Rodman Law in a biplane carries Mrs. Richard R. Sinclair and Miss Pearl McGrath of New York on a flight likely a world record for a woman aviator with passengers. The ten minute flight reached about 800 feet with Sinclair and McGrath positioned near and in the lower plane.
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New York Times
Garden City
L. 1
Ruth Law
Rodman Law
Richard R. Sinclair
Pearl McGrath
New York
Manchester Fire Destroys Large Warehouse
A bonded warehouse of the Manchester Ship Canal Company on the River Irwell bank burned tonight in Manchester. The big fire, the largest there in years, caused about 1,250,000 dollars in damage and destroyed 3,000 bales of cotton and 2,000 cases of print goods as flames rose about a thousand feet high.
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Manchester
Manchester Ship Canal Company
Irwell
Boy Scouts’ Forced Hire on Denver Chicago Journey
Twenty four Chicago Boy Scouts tramped from Denver to Chicago after Buffalo Bill's show stranded in Denver. Paid a dollar apiece, they began walking home. They faced scorching heat up to 120 degrees, little shade, and long stretches of dusty marching. Farmers fed them. company extended about five miles near Columbus. They aim to reach Chicago within a month.
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New York Times
Columbus
Neb
Chicago
Denver
Buffalo Bill
Surviving Serial Surgeries of Yuma Man
Fred Maybury, age 25 of Yuma Michigan, has endured twenty four operations in ten years starting with the loss of his right hand in a mill accident. He later lost a left leg, received artificial limbs, lost an appendix to illness, received a glass eye after a gunshot, suffered necrosis in the left arm with bone removals, and now faces a liver operation with expected recovery.
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New York Times
Yuma
Mich
Fred Maybury
Maybury
Moore Dies in Hackensack Hospital After Flight Attempt
Henry G. Moore of Philadelphia died in Hackensack Hospital after a mental and physical breakdown while jailed pending his wife's alimony suit. He had been freed on bail of 50 000 and last Sunday attempted an escape during a supervised walk with a nurse, fighting attendants as officers tried to return him. He was 63.
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Thaw
Hutchinson
Robertson
Mceen
Ted
New York Times
Hackensack
N. J
Henry G. Moore
Philadelphia
Hackensack Hospital
Moore
Ho Were
Wreck Facts Kept Secret as North Haven Crash Probed
Twenty one dead identified after the Bar Harbor express wreck at North Haven. Five remain dying in hospitals as investigations proceed amid secrecy by railroad officials and the Connecticut Public Utilities Commission. An Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry is planned with officials to attend and disclose full facts.
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New York Times
New Haven
Bar Harbor
New Haven Road
Raiilroad Company
White Mountain
Eli Mix
Star Chamber
Mix
A. A. Alling
Howard Elliott
North Haven
Public Utilities Commission
Public Utilities Engineer
Interstate Commerce
Charles C. McChord
Washington
H. W. Belnap
The
Commerce Commission
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Court House
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