Jenkins Acquitted in Embezzlement Case in Brooklyn Bank Panics
John G. Jenkins ex-president of Jenkins Trust Company was acquitted of embezzling 350,000 on October 23 amid Brooklyn bank panic trials. He still faces indictments for conspiracy perjury and false entry, with jurors and prosecutors weighing the case's broader implications for other bankers.
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John G. Jenkins
Jenkins Trust Company
Supreme Court
Brookyn
Tit
Clarke Great
Order
Jenkins
Brooklyn
Trust Company
M of Frank
Broadway
William A. Conklin
Mr. Conklin
Mr. Jenkins
Charles H. Reuter
Conklin
Mr. Reuter
Greene Avenue Baptist Church
Baldwin
Elder
Justice Kelly
Lafayette Trust Company
Trust Companies
John G. Jenkins, Sr
Fred
Frank
John G. Jenkins, Jr
First National Bank
Fred Jenkins
Algcieras Secret Told at Rochester Chamber Dinner
James J. Hill and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler led the Rochester Chamber of Commerce annual dinner with guests like John F. Wallace F D Underwood Arthur G Yates and Rep James Breck Perkins. Hill stressed soil cultivation and cited French bankers influencing European war outcomes citing Algeciras as a turning point.
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Rochester
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Rochester Chamber of Commerce
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
F. D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Arthur G. Yates
Rochester, Buffalo & Pittsburg Railroad
James Breck Perkins
Hill
France
Europe
Algeciras
Hil
Germany
Mystery in death of richly dressed young woman in Brooklyn hotel
Police seek identification of a young woman found dead in the Clarendon Hotel Brooklyn with a bullet wound in the forehead. She wore a lavender Directoire gown and elegant jewelry including a gold bracelet and ring. Clues include a Susquehanna Falls address and various monograms. Mrs Falconer, once Mrs Doty, recently divorced, was in Sioux Falls with a son.
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S. H. Falconer
Susquehanna Falls
S. D
Clarendon Hotel
Brooklyn
Directoire
the Clarendon
Sioux Falls, S. D
Falconer
Doty
Sioux Falls
Cancer Serum Found in Messina Scientist Claims Cure
Francesco San Felice, a university professor in Messina, reports finding a cancer origin linked to a germ named Saccharomyces neoformans. He says toxin-neutralizing serum, produced via antitoxin methods, shows preventive and curative properties in animals and is being tested in humans.
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Messina
Sicily
Francesco San Felice
San Felice
Poison Plot Alleged In Wool Tariff Hearings
Washington tariff hearing reveals alleged payoffs tied to wool manufacture. William Whitman faces questions over duties on wool tops and a $5,000 payment to S. N. D. North, with letters presented as evidence. Dr. B. F. Brayfield of Mulkeytown, Illinois is indicted for murder and forgery in separate local case.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
William Whitman
American Association of Wool Manufacturers
Champ Clark
Finance Committee
Senate
North
Clark
Whitman
Mr. Whitman
Mr. North
Mr. Clark
Frank P. Bennett
The
Wool and Cotton Reporter
Bennett
Tribune
Benton, Ill
B. F. Brayfield
Mulkeytown
Reuben F. Parrish
Creighton
Brayfield
Parrish
Illinois Central Railway
Southern Illinois
Isham Harrison
America
Benton
Sparta
W. P. Seeber
Mr. Bennett
Massachusetts
Burton for Cabinet
Cleveland delegate Theodore E. Burton has been offered the Treasury post by President-elect Taft. Burton will consider the offer but will wait for the Ohio senatorial position to clarify before replying. Taft’s move reportedly ignores the Ohio fight in which Charles P Taft is a key figure.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Theodore E. Burton
Taft
Mr. Taft
Ohio
Burton
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Peers to Reform Upper House and Reduce Numbers
The committee appointed in 1907 to reform the House of Lords will report soon in favor of reducing peers by one third. It also recommends that seating rights depend on distinguished service or peer election, with a number of life peer seats possible. Lord Rosebery leads the committee.
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London
Committee of Peers
Lord Rosebery
Garden of the Gods gifted for public use in Colorado Springs
Deeds transfer 480 acre Garden of the Gods to three trustees for presentation to Colorado Springs before 1911. The park, featuring the Gateway, Cathedral Spires and Siamese Twins, becomes free to the public forever, expanding the city park system beyond 2 000 acres. The gift comes from the children of Charles E. Perkins president of the Burlington Railroad.
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Tribune
Colorado Springs
Col
Charles E. Perkins
Burlington Railroad
Perkins
Café owner fights four on crowded car. Thieves flee
Mark Aron proprietor of a cafe at 859 Third avenue was attacked by four men on a rear platform of an eastbound 59th street car. He fought back, sending them fleeing toward Central Park. Aron, bruised but uninjured, had $2000 on him though the money was not taken. He lives at 242 East 6th Street.
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Mark Aron
Third Avenue
59Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Central Park
Aron
No 242
East 6Th Street
Pennsylvania Railroad adopts third rail electric traction
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced it has adopted direct current electric traction known as the third rail for its New York and Long Island tunnel extension. The system is already in use on Long Island Rail Road suburban lines, with the tunnel extension to be directly connected.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York & Long Island Tunnel
Long Island Railroad
Robber Snatches 812000 in Gems From Frey Jewelry
In Pittsburgh on December 2 a thief trapped Theodore Frey’s jewelry shop at 400 Federal Street using an iron thumb latch to lock the door from inside. He fled with two trays of diamonds and jewelry valued at 12 thousand dollars, pursued by a boy and later captured with most gems recovered. The suspect, who called himself Edward Jones, showed a revolver but offered no resistance.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Theodore Frey
Federal Street
John A. Livingston
Edward Jones
Court Works Overtime At Special Sessions Court
Justices John B. Mayo Lorenz Zeller and William E. Wyatt sat till after midnight handling nearly six thousand bail cases and hundreds of prison cases. The court resumes at 10 a.m. with more than 170 cases on the calendar and over two dozen already disposed of yesterday.
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Court of Special Sessions
John B. Mayo
Lorenz Zeller
William E. Wyatt
Bryan May Lose Colorado Votes On Technicality
Denver December reports state five electoral votes from Colorado could be at risk after the canvass violated a state law requiring electors to meet at noon on the first Wednesday in December to fill vacancies and vote by open ballot. Secretary O Connors rushed certificates but most electors were out of town. the Attorney General will resolve the irregularity.
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The
Tribune
Bryan
Colorado
Denver
State Capitol
Explosion Tearing Arkansas Levee Sparks Panic at Pine Bluff
A large blast near Pine Bluff Arkansas at 9 30 PM shook the city as residents rushed to see confirm levee damage near the Arkansas River. Witnesses say the river level dropped slightly suggesting the blast aimed to breach the levee refused by the government.
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The
Tribune
Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
Fearful fate of steamer Neustria and crew
The Fabre Line iron steamer Neustria left New York on October 27 bound for Marseilles and has not arrived after 36 days, raising fears of wreck or serious damage. Captain Thumin commanded the vessel, which carried no passengers but a large cargo and a crew of 38. officials cite possible engine trouble or loss of rudder or propeller, with heavy weather suspected as a delaying factor. The ship is 326 feet long, 40 feet beam, 2682 tons gross.
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Neustria
Fabre Line
New York
Marseilles
Thumin
James W. Elwell & Co
Nuestria
Cattle Starving Across Colorado Amid Early Winter
Thousands of Colorado cattle are reported starving as winter hits early. Losses to cattlemen are expected to be unprecedented. Hay prices soar with hay at 25 to 39 dollars per ton in the Arkansas Valley and Park ranges. Temperatures fell below zero east of the Continental Divide.
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Denver
Colorado
Arkansas Valley
Park Range
Nord Alexis Flees to a Warship amid Haitian Riots
In Port au Prince on December 2, President Nord Alexis fled aboard the French training ship Duguay Trouin as revolutionaries led by General Antoine Simon seized the town. Amid riots, Alexis was forced to abdicate, a new president General Legitime proclaimed, and violence erupted with mobs clashing around the palace and harbor.
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Port-Au-Prince
Nord Alexis
Port au-Prince
Revolutionista
Simon
Ree
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