Morse's Latest Stroke in Liquidation Bid
Charles W Morse presses to end the National Bank of North America receivership as ex-president Alfred H Curtis faces October indictments for false entries and misapplication of funds. Morse seeks to clear assets via stock settlements while minority holders resist a rapid payout plan and consider a July offer from the Assets Realization Company to liquidate.
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Charles W Morse
National Bank of North America
Alfred H. Curtis
United States Circuit Court
Consolidated Steamship Lines
American Ice Company
Morse
Europe
New Amsterdam Bank
Charles A. Hanna
Mr. Morse
Morse Securities Company
Bath
Hanna
Fortis
Treasury
Curtis
Assets Realization Company of
Philadelphia
Washington
Department of Justice
Mr. Curtis
Field
Treasury Department
Narrow Escape for 200 as Steamer Strikes Lake Spile
Jamestown New York August 6 The Cincinnati steamer of the Chautauqua Steamboat Line struck a submerged spile in Chautauqua Lake near the pier. Water poured into the hold but all 200 passengers were quickly landed. The boat sank within minutes but will be raised and repaired.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Cincinnati
Chautauqua Steamboat Line
Chautauqua Lake
Chautauqua Pier
The
Lightning halts New Haven line through Cos Cob outage
Stamford Conn Aug 6 lightning struck a Cos Cob power house wire cutting the Cos Cob transmission line. A main feeder failed and one generator burned out causing trains to run up to two hours late. Power was restored after 1 hour 23 minutes with several trains moved out under steam.
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The
Tribune
Stamford
Conn
New Haven
Cos Cob
W. G. Bierd
New York
Two Cents a Month for National Campaign Fund
Guthrie Oklahoma, August 6. Democratic leaders urge every voter to contribute two cents a month or 25 cents a year, totaling 150000 Democratic voters in the state to raise 150000 dollars for Bryan’s campaign over the four years since the last contest.
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Lby
The
Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Bryan
Explorer Erichsen and party perish in Greenland venture
Danish explorer Erichsen and companions die while crossing uncharted northeast Greenland south of Peary Land during a north east expedition. The grim loss highlights perilous polar exploration and the harsh Arctic environment encountered.
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Erichsen
Peary Land
Danish explorer Mylius Erichsen dies in Greenland snowstorm
Copenhagen reports the Danish explorer Mylius Erichsen and two companions perished during a Greenland expedition after their ice floe drifted to sea. The party had planned a bold crossing of Greenland’s interior ice cap using snowshoes dogsleds and an automobile.
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Copenhagen
Mylius Erichsen
Denmark- Greenland
Erichsen
Greenland
Marlius Erichsen
American Geographical Society
Melville Bay
Cape York Esquimaux
Darkness Falls Over Paris As Electricians Strike
Paris faced two hours of darkness when electricians led a general strike similar to a 1907 action. Power was cut shortly before 9 PM, affecting hotels, restaurants, theatres, and newspapers until supplies were restored after 10 PM. The night shift quit without warning, but management refused intimidation and the workers returned to duties.
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Paris
Théatre Brancais
Rain cools the city amid humid heat spell
A southerly storm lowered temperatures and humidity in the city yesterday. Morning readings showed 75 degrees at 8 am dropping to 72 then fluctuating to 71 by 4 pm while humidity ranged from 88 percent to 89 percent. A brief late thunderstorm cooled conditions. Light southerly winds with showers are forecast today.
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Mercury
S.m
Rail labor groups unite to back higher freight rates
Telegraph report notes the Nebraska State Railway Employes' Protective Association and the American Protective Association of America spearheading a nationwide move to aid railroads by raising freight rates. Chicago division conductors and other brotherhoods show interest as concerns grow over rising railroad costs and stagnant rates amid efforts to fund maintenance and expansions.
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Tribune
Chicago
United States
Nebraska State Railway
Protctive Association
American Protective Association of America
Kansas City
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Model Pure Food Law Drafted By State Agencies
At Mackinac Island on August 6 a unanimous convention of State and National Pure Food Departments agreed to draft a model food law for adoption by all states. They will also create a uniform state sanitary inspection law to regulate food factories nationwide. The move follows allegations against Secretary of Agriculture James S. Wilson and the referee board that they aided a scheme to undermine pure food laws and permit chemical preservatives.
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Tribune
Makinac Island
Mich
Convention of Associations of State
National Pure Food Departments
James S. Wilson
Emperor William's Offer to Meet President Refused
The Daily Telegraphs Copenhagen correspondent reports a high authority says the French government politely refused Emperor William's proposal to meet President Fallieres in the Baltic Sea during the President's return from Reval where he met Emperor Nicholas.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Copenhagen
William
Falliéres
Baltic Sea
Reval
Nicholas
Free pass case ends with fines for Watts and Williams
In Helena Montana on August 6 8S C Watts a Great Northern brakeman was fined eight dollars after being convicted of violating the anti pass law. He obtained a pass for his wife and gave it to Miss Williams who was fined zero dollars in federal court today.
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Helena
Mont
Watts
Gertie Williams
Great Northern
Miss Williams
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Promotes Purity
An advertisement touts Great Bear Spring Water with the slogan Its purity has made it famous, highlighting the product as a trusted choice for clean, refreshing drinking water.
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Great Bear
Rabies Claims Woman in Baldwin Long Island
Mrs Jane Grace Trumbull wife of a professional golfer of Baldwin Long Island died at home early Monday from rabies after a cat bite three months earlier. She endured eight hours of convulsions while conscious for six arranging her funeral. Doctors and a coroner investigated and the body was cremated per her wish.
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Jane Grace Trumbull
Baldwin
Long Island
Thief Chase on Roofs Ends with Capture Near Parks
Two burglars fled across apartment roofs bordering 98th Street and Central Park West after robbing units at 98th Street. Police from West 100th Street fired shots but the suspects, identified as John Harrison and John O'Brien, surrendered after a rooftop pursuit. Officers Haggerty, Hayden, and Crowley had tracked the men following sightings in the afternoon.
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98Th Street
Central Park West
West 100Th Street
West 98Th Street
John Harrison
West 35Th Street
John O’brien
West 25Th Street
Haggerty
Herlihy
Hayden
Crowley
Yaqui Indians Massacre Report Near Lampasas Mine
W M Gillette in Arizona received a letter from A D McPhee superintendent of the Promontorio mine stating Yaqui Indians killed thirteen people from three families near the Lampasas mine on July 24. Ranchers gathered at Promontorio ready to resist the Indians.
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el Paso
Tex
Lampasas
W. M. Gillette
San Carlos
Arizona
A. D. McPhee
Promontorio Mine
Montezuma
Sonora
Equitable Says No Plans For 1000 Foot Building
Equitable Life Assurance Society denies pursuing a 1000 foot tower at its No 120 Broadway home. Directors may consider selling the site and erecting a smaller priced building uptown with proceeds shared among policyholders. The president says the Broadway premises yield under 3 percent and its loss is practically decided, though details remain unsettled.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
No. 120 Broadway
Society
The
Equitable
Paul Morton
No. 120
Broadway
Nebraska for Taft in 1908 election sweep
U S Senator Norris Brown reports from Lincoln Nebraska that Taft will win Nebraska in the upcoming election He cites a statewide canvass with broad Republican support and notes farmers are prosperous and favor the Republican ticket Bryan has many friends but current conditions favor Taft leading to a strong Nebraska victory.
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the Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Bryan
Taft
United States
Norris Brown
Republican Party
F H Prince Injured In Tally-Ho Accident
Frederick H. Prince head of F H Prince & Co stock brokers Boston was badly hurt when thrown from his tally ho coach near Wenham Massachusetts He sustained a broken hip and head and shoulder injuries and possible internal damage While a Boston specialist Dr Scudder arrived Prince is a longtime horseman polo rider and Boston Stock Exchange veteran
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Wenham
Mass
Frederick H. Prince
F. H. Prince & Co
Boston
Hamilton
Scudder
Mr. Prince
Myopia Hunt Club
Boston Stock Exchange
Seven ship gamblers con their own merger scam on voyage
Seven professional gamblers met on the Adriatic at Southampton and planned a trans Atlantic merger to fleece passengers. On arrival in port they staged a self dealing roulette among themselves then turned on other passengers betting on ship pools. A passenger lost $1000 in eighteen minutes exposing the scheme.
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Adriatic
Southampton
England
London
Barkentine Emma R. Smith Believed Sunk
New Bedford Massachusetts August 6 officers of the schooner Irmais Amigos arrived from the Cape Verd Islands today and report the barkentine Emma R. Smith which left May 11 for Providence is overdue and likely wrecked perhaps in the hurricane that swept the coast last week. The Amigos carried fifty passengers and escaped sinking after storms on Friday and Saturday.
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New Bedford
Mass
Irmais Amigos
Cape Verd
Emma R. Smith
Providence
Vote Down Bryan Resolutions In Chatham County
By telegraph Savannah dispatch reports the Chatham County executive committee rejected a plan to pass resolutions endorsing William J. Bryan for president. The resolutions aimed to bind local Democratic votes and suggested talk of bolting the national ticket to support the Republican nominee.
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Tribune
Savannah
Chatham County Executive Committee
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Hughes Renomination Question Drives Republican Talks
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee meets with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and with New York leaders to gauge support for renominating Governor Hughes. State and local figures report a crisis in the Hughes issue, with opposition still strong but signs of growing pro renominaton sentiment in Tompkins and Rensselaer counties.
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Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
William L. Ward
Port Chester
Westchester County
Parsons
Republican County Committee
Hughes
Woodruff
Adirondacks
Upstate
Tompkins County
John W. Dwight
Owen Cassidy
Dwight
Representative Fassett
Cassidy
Fassett
Michigan
Rensselaer
Cornelius V. Collins
Collins
Black
Bennet
William L. Werd
Hotel
Manhattan
Roosevelt hosts Riis and political talks at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt spends Aug 6 at home with visitor Jacob Riis of New York. Tomorrow he plans a busy day with a political conference and a West Point cadet hazing case conference involving Hitchcock Wright and Scott.
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Hitchcock
Cortelyou
New York
New York State
Wright
Scott
West Point Academy
Roosevelt
West Point
Congressmen visit Sherman in Adirondacks amid governorship talks
Erie County lawmakers led by Chairman Clark M Timmerman and D S Alexander arrived in Utica to confer with Congressman Sherman at Fort Schuyler Club. After luncheon Assemblyman Merwin K Hart welcomed them. Sherman declined to comment on the governor’s race before the convention.
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Tribune
Utica
Clark M Timmerman
Erie
D. S. Alexander
Frederick Greiner
Buffalo
W. H. Daniels
John Grimm, Jr
Hill
Davis
O'Brian
Weimert
Thorn
Arnold
MacGregor
Kamp Kildare
Adirondacks
Merwin K. Hart
Fort Schuyler Club
Erie County
Congressman Sherman
Sherman
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Barkentine
Riis
Sagamore Hill
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