Phenix Co Inquiry Grand Jury Hears Indictment Prospects
A grand jury probe into the Phenix Company led by District Attorney Jerome and aided by Insurance Superintendent Hotchkiss seeks evidence of criminality. Four witnesses from Wall Street and Chatham Bank testified while the company faces possible extradition actions and potential indictments.
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Sheldon
Jerome
William H. Hotchkiss
Nott
Edwin H. Carter
Carter, Wilder & Co
No. 40
Wall Street
Frederick Catter
Charles F. Koster
Phenix Company
R. T. Deere
Chatham National Bank
Shelton
Chathem Bank
Greenwich
Conn
Shelon
Insurance Department
The
Maples
Dr. Klein
Samuel W. Lambert
Eaton parts again wife of rear admiral and daughter leave
Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton and his younger daughter Dorothy remain at the Assinippi home while his wife and their daughter June move to North Weymouth after separating once more. The couple had previously sparked headlines last summer over the death of their adopted infant son, with Mrs Eaton alleging poisoning.
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Tribune
Boston
Joseph Giles Eaton
Nourmahal Coxswain Sues for 10000 Damages in Port Suit
Adolph Lothe, Norwegian subject, sues Colonel John Jacob Astor's Nourmahal yacht in Jacksonville for 10000 damages claiming serious injuries while discharging duties as coxswain of a launch. Bond set at 2500. The yacht, anchored off the waterfront, delayed from sailing due to the suit.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John Jacob Astor
Nourmahal
Adolph Lothe
Norway
Astor
King Leopold’s health deteriorates amid paralysis report
Brussels reports that King Leopold’s right arm paralysis has worsened and he can only write with difficulty. He is said to be unable to walk, with reduced appetite and weight, though officials claim rheumatism and a satisfactory overall condition given his age.
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Brussels
Leopold
CHIEFS MAY TALK IN INTERPRETATION OF GAG ORDER
Secretary Dickinson loosened Taft's gag on bureau chiefs allowing direct responses to routine requests from Representatives or Senators about their offices. Policy matters or unusual questions still require consultation with the Secretary before disclosure.
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Washington
Dickinson
Taft
Dr McBurney Freed After Trespass Trial
Dr Charles McBurney a renowned surgeon travelled eight hundred miles to face a trespass charge in District Court. He testified he hunted on Bear Mountain on October 2 wandered the woods alone and found fences down claiming no knowledge of land ownership. He denied wrongdoing and was discharged.
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The
Tribune
Great Barrington
Mass
Charles McBurney
McBurney
F. S. Pearson
Watchman Rescues Laborer From Harlem River
Thomas Shea of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company rescued William Holden after Holden fell from the coal pier at 129th Street. Holden, a 40 year old laborer of East 128th Street, is in Harlem Hospital in critical condition. Shea, who jumped in after hearing cries, kept Holden afloat with a rope tossed by a passerby until patrolman James Shevlin arrived to help tow them ashore.
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Thomas Shea
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
129Th Street
Harlem River
William Holden
East 128Th Street
Shea
Harlem Hospital
Holden
Harlem
Street
Interborough
James Shevlin
Near Record Price for Hogs at Kansas City Stock Yards
Kansas City hog markets hit $80 a hundred, a twenty seven year high. Limited fat hog supply drives the surge, with cholera era prices in July peaking at $880 for several carloads. A year earlier, about 200 hogs sold for 3% in Kansas City as market conditions tightened.
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Kansas City
Court of Appeals curbs Public Service Commission power
Albany December 7 The Court of Appeals ruling on the Delaware and Hudson Company $7,000,000 appeal limits the Public Service Commissions authority over capitalization. The decision emphasizes protecting the public by ensuring safe railroad operation and preventing stock manipulation, while denying the commission the role of financial manager.
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Tribune
Albany
Court of Appeals
Delaware and Hudson Company
Public Service Commissions
Friends of the Public Service Commissions
Public Service
Commission
Upstate Public Service Commission
Delaware & Hudson Company
Hudson Valley Company
Delaware & Hudson
Stevens
Upstate Commission
Hughes
Public Service Commission
Democratic League backs direct primaries and Public Service plan
At a Manhattan Club dinner the Democratic League leaders urged direct primaries and a Public Service Commission, critiquing machine politics and urging reform of primary laws and ballots to empower voters. They linked Hughes era reforms to current strategy and called for an affirmative party orientation and ethical discipline.
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Democratic League
John K. Sague
Poughkeepsie
Public Service Commission
Sague
Manhattan Club
Saratoga
Mr. Sague
Osborne
League
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Conners
New Democratic League
Edward M. Shepard
Republican Party
D. Cady Herrick
New York City
Willcox Not Disturbed by Court of Appeals Ruling
William R. Willcox chairman of the Public Service Commission for the 1st District said he was only slightly familiar with the case and not surprised by the Court of Appeals decision. He described the decision as not drastic and said it would not affect any actions by the 1st District PSC.
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Upstate
Buffalo
Carnegie Hall
Osborne
Saratoga
William R. Willcox
Public Service Commission
1St District
Court of Appeals
Commission
Senator John Raines Taken To Hospital For Ulcer Operation
Canadaigua New York December 7 State Senator John Raines was brought from his home to Thompson Memorial Hospital by car and will likely undergo surgery tomorrow to remove an abdominal ulcer. He traveled well for the trip.
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Canadaigua
N. Y
John Raines
Thompson Memorial Hospital
Gales Delay Schooner A. K. McLean Two Weeks
The schooner A. K. McLean, forty two days from San Andreas with cocoanuts, arrived after severe gales blew her off Sandy Hook. Near forceful seas on November 2 left the ship six miles offshore, but she endured two extra weeks at sea before port. All hands, including the skipper, were relieved to see New York skyline as she neared shore.
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A. K. McLean
San Andreas
Sandy Hook
Francis J. Heney Resigns as San Francisco A D A
Francis J. Heney resigned today as Assistant District Attorney of San Francisco. He had been appointed by District Attorney Langdon as special prosecutor in cases linked to the bribery graft investigation. Heney was defeated for District Attorney by Charles M. Picker in the recent election.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Langdon
Heney
Charles Ml. Picker
Election to Decide Tie in Erie Assembly Race
Buffalo voters head to a December 2 special election after Governor Hughes ordered a statewide recount in the Erie County 9th District noting a tie between Democrat Leo J. Neupert and Republican George J. Arnold.
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Buffalo
Leo J. Neupert
George J. Arnold
Assembly
Erie County
Hughes
Taft’s Message Urges Broad Reforms and Budget Plans
The president’s message calls for deferring tariff revision until data collection by a new board, postal savings banks, civil pensions, reclassifying the Civil Service, a $50,000 fund against white slavery, and a federal commission to curb tardy justice. It supports statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, broader Alaska governance, higher magazine postage, political contribution disclosures, and economy in Army and Navy administration funded by a Panama bond issue.
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Civil Service
Federal
National Health Bureau
Statehood
New Mexico
Arizona
Alaska
Army
Navy
Executive Departments
Panama
Chesapeake Bay
Pearl Island
Hawaii
Lighthouse Board
National Astronomical Observatory
Naval
Taft
Nicaragua
Secretary of the Treasury
Root releases treasury report by Senate presiding officer
Senator Root presided in the Senate and unknowingly caused a sensational leak when two copies of the Treasury Department annual report, unsigned on Secretary MacVeagh’s desk, were handed to the Senate President. Reporters on the floor sent the release to cities and Europe before the error was realized. The incident led to a recalled release, later waived by the Secretary, and the report was publicly released. It should have gone to the House Speaker by law.
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Washington
Root
New York
Senate
Sherman
Secretary of the Treasury
Europe
MacVeagh
Treasury
House
Coler Case Arrest in Brooklyn Secrecy Ledger Fraud
Henry W. Seabold 38 of 1248 Washington Ave Brooklyn, formerly assistant to the first clerk in Brooklyn Bureau of Sewers, is accused of forgery after payroll fraud. Commissioner John P mitchel charges Seabold with obtaining 352 by listing fictitious names on payrolls and cashing checks. Discharged August 1908 amid similar alleged acts.
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Henry W. Seabold
Washington Avenue
Bronx
Bureau of Sewers
Brooklyn
John Purroy Mitchel
Commissioner of Accounts
Coler
Mitchel
Seabold
Itis
Gasometer Blast Kills Many in Hamburg Fire
Explosion from a leak in a new gasometer at Kleine's Grasbrook caused a massive fire. Twenty-seven dead reported, with ten confirmed and seventeen missing, while forty injured. the plant was the world’s largest, built at a cost of 14 million marks.
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Hamburg
Los Angeles Reform Leads as Mayor Alexander Wins
Early returns from the municipal election show George Alexander re-elected as mayor and the entire reform ticket victorious. The report notes ongoing public support for good government measures in California.
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Les Apacies
Cal
George Alexander
Ecket
Strangely Hurt Bank Clerk Dies After S. R. Smith Infirmary
Charles M. Clarke Jr. 32 a Manhattan bank clerk lay dying in the S. R. Smith Infirmary New Brighton Richmond from a fractured skull after collapsing in a New Jersey saloon. Coroner Cahill waited for his ante mortem statement as Clarke recalled nothing of the Staten Island trip and pawned ring and jewelry were missing.
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Charles M. Clarke, Jr
William Street
Manhattan
Grove Road
New Brunswick
N. J
S. R. Smith
New Brighton
Richmond
Cahill
Clarke
Staten Island
Collapse of church demolition injures Brooklyn man
Herman Winter, 20, of 18 Columb Street, Brooklyn, was seriously hurt when a structure built over a sidewalk during demolition of the old First Presbyterian Church on 34th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues collapsed. He was taken to New York Hospital with internal injuries. Police said heavy rain loosened the shoring, causing masonry to give way and bring down the structure. no arrests were made.
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First Presbyterian Church
34Th Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Herman Winter
Columb Street
Brooklyn
Winter
New York Hospital
Washington Sword Quest Finds No Frederick the Great Gift
Dr. Marion D Learned of the University of Pennsylvania after a six month search of thirty four Berlin archives reports no evidence that Frederick the Great presented a sword to General Washington. He examined one million papers in the Privy Prussian Archives and found no record of such a ceremony.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Berlin
Marion D. Learned
University of Pennsylvania
Frederick the Great
Washington
Learned
Germany
Schurz Memorial Proposed Park and Museum in Watertown
Wisconsin Society of New York leaders at a Hotel Astor dinner propose buying the former Carl Schurz home in Watertown Wisconsin to convert into a public park and museum and present it to the state as a Schurz memorial. Henry C. Davis leads the plan and notes Park Commissioners will share costs totaling about 3500.
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Wisconsin Society of New York
Hotel Astor
Watertown
Wis
Carl Schurz
Congress Hears Taft Message Read In Both Houses
President Taft’s address to Congress outlines postal savings banks peaceable tariff stance and broad reforms including Arizona New Mexico statehood a civil pension list and postal rate changes. Lawmakers praise the calm steady tone while noting divisions over foreign policy and the Monroe Doctrine.
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Phenix CO. Inquiry
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Hotchkiss
Phenix
Sar
Henry Deans
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Evans
Edward W. T. Gray
Continental
State Insurance Department
Phenix Offail
MR. Jerome
Maiden Lane
Eatons
Colonel Astor
Leopold Failing
DR. Mburney
LE Progres
Acyl
P.S. Board
P. S. Commission
Lewis
Chanler
Justice O'Brien
Morgan
O’brien
Thomas M. Osborne
League Executive Committee
Willcox
Raines
MR. Taft
Los Angeles
S. I. Hospital
Ith Street
Washington Sword
Schurz
Wisconsin
Cardinal Gibbons
John Murphy Co
Balto
Congress
Bureau of Health
Naval Observatory
State Department
Tariff Board
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Cannon
Sereno E. Payne
Tawney
Boutell
Butler
Pennsylvania
Champ Clark
Fitzgerald
United States
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