Legislative Probe Sways Over Insurance Field
Albany July 12 reports a broad move among conservative legislators to probe the entire insurance field. Many call for a legislative committee with plenary power to investigate Equitable and other insurers, arguing current departments lack scope and recent revelations demand public accountability.
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Tribune
Albany
Insurance Department
Hendricks
Higgins
Assemblyman
Stanley
New York
Stevens
Raines
Nixon
Depew on Equitable loan and land improvement plans
Paris July 1 Senator Chauncey M Depew says he never advocated the $250000 loan by the Equitable Society to the Depew Land Improvement Company He notes appraisers valued the property well above the loan and that creditors could recover value if the property were returned to a going basis The senator resigns as counsel and mentions his approaching birthday and plans for Paris health treatment before returning to New York.
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Frese
The
Tribune
Tribune Association
Paris
Chauncey M. Depew
New- York
F Equitable Society
Depew Land Improvement Company
Equitable
Depew
Depew Lind Improvement Company
New-York Central
Equitable Ioan
New York
Morton
Tom
Aix-les-Bains
New-York
Cl B
Yale Alumni Demand Depew Resignation Over Equitable Ties
New Haven set reports Yale alumni aim to force Senator Depew from the Yale Corporation advisory board next June due to his Equitable case ties. A public stand was planned at last commencement dinner but the resolution was not read. Depew’s term ends in June and no re election is expected.
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Telleweapm
Tme Tamont
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Senator Depew
Yale Corporation
Depew
Mr. Depew
Jane
Eliot Defends College Entrance Standards at Institute
Portland July 12 President Eliot responded to Clark University President Hall defending college entrance requirements. He dismissed claims that secondary courses must coddle incapables and called such models professionally demented. Mayor Baxter attacked summer tip seeking waiters as insulting to citizenship and warned tips fuel graft and bribery.
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Jer
Portland
Eliot
Hall
Clark University
American Institute of Instruction
James P. Baxter
Neighbors Strike Over Black Stenographer at Mattress Firm
Fifteen girls employed at A. J. Logan & Co. mattress factory on Liberty Avenue went on strike after the firm hired Estella Wells, a Black woman, as office stenographer. Strikers demanded her dismissal and blocked entry, intimidating workers as the dispute continued.
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Turney
Pittsburg
A. J. Logan & Co
Liberty Ave
Estella Wells
Grave of Nancy Hanks Grave Neglected in Indiana
Indianapolis July 12 Governor Hanly called attention to the neglected grave of Nancy Hanks mother of President Lincoln in Spencer County Indiana. The Nancy Hanks Monument Committee cannot agree on plans to maintain the grave has about 000 on hand and no progress since the monument was erected over a year ago. The grave is overgrown and in disrepair. Governor Hanly will convene the committee and ensure action.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln
Spencer County
Memorial services honor Toledo's Golden Mule Mayor Jones
Ramuel Milton Jones, nicknamed the Golden Mule Mayor of Toledo, died a year ago and was remembered at Walbridge Park this afternoon. Thousands gathered as Brand Whitlock, novelist and close friend, delivered the memorial address praising the late executive.
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Jones
Ny Telegeara
Towdo
Ramuel Milton Jones
Toledo
Guy
Walbridge Park
Brand Whitlock
Ig Dond
Roosevelt talks with doctors and labor leaders on policy
President Roosevelt meets Long Island physicians and labor leaders to discuss Chinese exclusion and eight hour laws. Other items note grand jury evidence in a cotton scandal and varied political actions across states.
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Roosevelt
Long Island
Grand Jury
Washington
Hooker
Higgins
Montgomery County
Portland
Ore
Chamber of Commerce
Morton
Equitable
McAdoo
Western Union
Page & Peary Arctic Expedition Fund
Normandie
Muravieff Out as Russian Peace Plenipotentiary
M Muravieff resigns as chief peace plenipotentiary in St. Petersburg. M Witte likely to replace him, with the Emperor yet to sign the commission after Foreign Minister Lamsdorff is received. Witte urged for peace, possibly favoring a Russo Japanese alliance, despite language limits. The Washington mission sail date remains unchanged.
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St. Petersburg
M. Muravieff
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Japan
Count Lamsdorff
Mr. Witte
Russia
Far East
Washington
M. Marsy
M. Muraiiett
Foreign Office
Salling
Lawson to Mickey as Fortune Division Plan Is Asked
Thomas W. Lawson at Missouri Valley Iowa questions how to equitably divide his fortune among those from whom he took it and vows to fight the system. He says Rockefeller must face a receiver and hints railroads and packers rob the public while promising cheaper rates and goods. May Sutton of Pasadena wins again in the Welsh tennis championship at Newport defeating Monckton in the first round.
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Thurararn
Sioux City
Jows
Mickey
Nebraska
Thomas W. Lawson
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Replte
Rockefeller
Lawson
Wall Street
Myrian
Miss Sutton
London
May Sutton
Pasadena
Cal
Miss Monckton
Newport
Mine Sutton
England
Unclear headline from Tennessee notice case
An abrupt, fragmentary report states L. Mroner, linked to New York and New Orleans cotton interests, died suddenly while seated in a Knoxville home, with an immediate focus on a local court or case designation in July.
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Albbun
Knoxville, Tenn
L. Mroner
New-York
New-Orleans
Cotton Exta
Beauty Institute Doctor Arrested For Larceny Scars and Promises
Dr Andrew Linn Selden proprietor of a beauty institute at 15 East Thiet was arrested and charged with grand larceny after allegedly swindling former patient Mrs Josephine Ware of Denver. She claims she paid nearly $1000 for facial treatments and wrinkle removal that left her face scarred. Police say he offered cosmetic grafts and beauty baths to many across the country, with alleged earnings of about $59000 in recent years.
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Andrew Linn Xelden
East Sithet
Tombs
Josephine E. Ware
Denver
Philadelphia
Lillia Russell
Lowa
Saral Himer
Pittsburg
Remon
Whitney Will In Court Seeks Construction And Executor Accounts
Harry Payne Whitney as executor of William C. Whitney seeks a court construction of the will and authentication of his accounts. He asks for guidance on distributions from the residuary estate and whether his personal purchase of horses for $300 at auction was legal. Justice Gildersleeve allowed service of the summons and complaint on Olive C. and Dorothy W. Paget in England.
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Harry Payne Whitney
William C. Whitney
Supreme Court
Whitney
Gildersleeve
Olive C
Dorothy W
Almeric H. Paget
Brandon
England
Tragic murder aboard Atilla Island schooner shocks New Orleans
Captain Hans Holmes reports twelve killed on the schooner Olympia after a Black stowaway, Robert Mcatll, opened fire with a Winchester. Miss Elsie Morgan survivied, later aided by local residents. island residents fear vigilante action as Honduras authorities pursue the assailant.
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New Orleans
Hans Holmes
Bratten
New-Orleans
Honduras
Rosina
Atilla
Olympia
Muntan
Truxillo
Belize
Robert Mcatll
Elsie Morgan
Walter Rose
Mrs. Rose
Miss
Gas Plumb for Hammond as Chairman of Gas Commission
John Henry Hammond, a New York lawyer with Wall Street offices, is reported chosen as chairman of the Gas Commission and will be sent to the Senate soon. He backs the local party, has handled illegal registration and election frauds, and previously served as Deputy Attorney General under Davies. He advised Theodore Roosevelt in Gardiner removal cases and is seen as a strong Republican ally and friend to the President.
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John Henry Hammond
Gas Commission
Senate
Hammond
Wall St
Republican County Committee
Davies
Theodore Roosevelt
Asa Bird Gardiner
Death by Own Action At Fiesta In Mexico
Jorge de la C Cabrera a wealthy Mexican landowner killed himself by standing before a raging bull at a fiesta near San Luis Potosi. The bull charged and Cabrera died after remaining conscious briefly. He refused to state his reasons. Three days earlier a vaquero warned of a spirit of slaughter.
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Iby Thurgratm
el Paso
Tex
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Jorge de la C. Cabrera
Cabrera
Boy Singers Way From Beer Gardens After Rockefellers Help
Cleveland is told of a widowed mother and her twelve year old son who earned money by singing in city beer gardens. After singing a Rockefeller hymn at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, John D. Rockefeller’s superintendent offered to cover all education and living costs for the boy until his schooling ends. The pair agreed and the benefactor vowed to pay the bills. The son will no longer sing in the beer gardens.
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Cleveland
Harry Evans
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Venlet
Rockefeller
Umil Haley
Heat wave peaks with ten deaths as city endures three days of heat
Ten deaths and seventy three prostrations mark the climax of a searing heat spell in the city over three days. Humidity remained high despite a brief south wind. no cooler weather is forecast. Incidents include a violent attack at the Royalton hotel and the death of Luther Parks, a veteran Central Railroad doctor, likely from heat. Calves in trucks succumbed to heat, prompting police and residents to act.
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Prac Healy
Atlantic
New York
Jerry Lane
Royalton
West D4th St
Patrick Bray
Lane
Bray
Craig
Sweeney
Flower Hospital
66Th-St
North River
44Th-St
East River
Sith-st
Broadway
Sehave
Desentiae
Society For That Prevention of
Rutland Hotel
Phillipsburg
N. J
Luther Parks
Central Railroad
Paris
Relief Not Yet Promised Thunderstorms May Help
Heat wave continues across the United States with hot temperatures and high humidity. Weather officials report few relief prospects, but scattered thunderstorms may occur in some regions. Philadelphia records six deaths from heat and over twenty prostrations amid prolonged high temperatures and rising humidity. The daily high in Washington reached 95 degrees as heat persists in the mid Atlantic and south.
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Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
New England
Florida
Heatwave Strikes Boston and Providence Two Die
Two deaths reported in Boston as a heat wave spurs high temperatures and rising heat related dangers. Providence records another fatality from extreme heat while Mount Washington log shows record heat in the White Mountains.
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Harry Payne
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