Yellow dog funds uncovered at Mutual Life probe
Insurance grand jury investigates old Mutual Life management as nearly $10,000 linked to a former official is returned to company coffers. Dr Walter R Gillette admitted holding remnants of a trust fund, described by President Peabody as restoration not restitution. DA Jerome pursues lead with aides. grand jury to wrap by mid June, then staff will continue inquiry after his vacation.
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Mutual Life Insurance Company
Insurance Grand Jury
Mutual
Walter R. Gillette
Truesdale
The
Tr Gillette
Dr. Gillette
Peabody
Equitable
President Peabody
Gillette
Jerome
Kresell
Frederick I. Allen
Law Department
Gallagher
Criminal Courts
Scott
Europe
Murder at Little Rock Hotel Ties Graft Case
Mrs. Charlotte Leetham proprietor of the Little Rock Hotel, a gathering place for Arkansas legislative boodling, was found dead in her room this morning in a mysterious killing. Authorities say she knew the grafting secrets and may have been silenced to keep them secret. A servant recalls a high official, implicated in grafting, leaving the room at midnight after a quarrel. An arrest of the official may follow soon.
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The
Tribune
Memphis
Charlotte Leetham
Little Rock
Legislative
Arkansas
Tortured by Mexicans in a Mexican Prison Tale
The crews of three American fishing smacks D L Taft Sallie Brearns and Lizzie B Adams recount nine days in a Mexico prison after seizure. They describe packed cells with poor ventilation brackish water offered at a price and withheld clothing. rescue came via the American Consul who secured bond and release.
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the Tribune
Galveston
D. L. Taft
Sallie Brearns
Lizzie B. Adams
Joseph Weeks
Adams
Vrorades
Eddie
Verma
Explosion Burns Couple Near Canoe Place Creek
Good Ground Long Island June 4 Mr and Mrs Webeter Gordon of Westhampton were severely burned by gasoline in an explosion on a stove in Canoe Place Creek. Mr and Mrs Chauncey Robinson escaped injury while the blast failed to recu lse from a heavy tank.
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Long Island
Webeter Gordon
Westhampton
Canoe Place Creek
Chauncey Robinson
Dewey's Claret or Lauterne Punch Serves 484Y
A brief note from Bons Co at Le Fulon St New York describes a punch called Dewey's Claret or Lauterne Punch. The item promises reliable service for guests and hints at a wine or punch product with a price or code 484Y.
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Dewey
Mde
He & Bons Co
le Fulon St
New York
Mrs Stanford Accused Suit Against Estate
Annie F. Stanford files in San Francisco a $108,000 suit against the Leland Stanford estate executors alleging conspiracy and fraud. The complaint traces to 1869 and a Central Pacific stock transfer, claiming Mrs. Stanford withheld $500,000 in stock and failed $1,000 monthly payments to Asa P. Stanford, who later released claims for $25,000. Annie seeks voiding that release.
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San Francisco
Leland Stanford
Annie F. Stanford
Senator Stanford
Jane L. Stanford
Asa P. Stanford
Asa Stanford
Annie Stanford
Humbert Injured in Madison Avenue Car Crash
Morristown New Jersey June 4 E C Humbert of Humbert Son brokerages lies seriously injured at his son J J C Humberts Laon taka Way home from a collision on Madison Avenue An automobile driving around a bend struck the carriage breaking Humberts collar bone and shoulder blades The chauffeur Fred Clark was arrested held on $500 bail The car owners Joseph Eastman of Tarrytown and six women were uninjured Humbert is a NY Stock Exchange member and affiliated with Reform Baltusrol Golf and Crescent Athletic clubs.
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Tribune
Morristown
N. J
E. C. Humbert
E. C. Humbert & Son
Broadstreet
New York City
J. J. C. Humbert
Laontaka Way
Mr. Humbert
Madison Avenue
Humbert
Fred Clark
Joseph Eastman
Tarrytown
Clark
Eastman
New York Stock Exchange
Reform
Baltusrol Golf and
Crescent Athletic Clubs
New York
Young Doctor Bennett Driven to Hospital Amid Hallucinations
Dr Beauvoir Bennett of 1433 Lexington Avenue was removed to Presbyterian Hospital after his father Joseph Bennett sought care for his son’s hallucinations linked to a kidney operation. The physician, who sided with Cuban insurgents in the Spanish Cuban War, reportedly faced fever and kidney illness upon returning home. He and friend Herbert Seeley fought four months before Bennett suffered a sword wound, later recovering but with chronic kidney issues.
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Beauvoir Bennett
Lexington Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Joseph S. Bennett
Dr. Bennett
Herbert B. Seeley
Seeley Dinner Fame
Tampa
Fla
Lacret
Seeley
Bennett
British May Boycott American Meats Over Scandal
London editors debate President Roosevelt's meat scandal message and urge British consumers to shun American products until reforms. The Daily Telegraph backs imperial preference for colonies with inspections, while The Standard warns against American or Canadian meats pending safety improvements. Dr. Cooper criticizes British inspection standards.
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Lic
Race with Death Lost Bur toy Out of Senate
A seven year old girl Ruth Percival Dowling died of tetanus en route to New York on the North Adams special of the New Haven railroad after a fall at home caused a fractured arm. Doctors aboard attempted rescue as the train neared Grand Central Station. The Dowling family, prominent in New York civic life, faced the tragedy during a difficult medical journey. In Topeka Kansas Foster Dwight Coburn was appointed United States Senator to succeed resigning J Ralph Burton, who stepped down after a brief resignation process. Coburn, born in 1849, had served as Kansas State Board of Agriculture secretary and on livestock exhibiting duties. Burton's resignation was presented to Governor Hoch and immediately accepted by the governor.
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New York
North Adams
New Haven
Ruth Percival Dowling
Robert Emmet Dowling
Mott Haven
Grand Central Station
Dowling
City of New York Insurance Company
Lincoln Trust Company
State Investing Company
West 83d Street
Sharon Springs
Conn
E. B. Culby
No. 5
Park Avenue
William Jones
Ansonia Hotel
Grand Central
Topeka
Kan
Foster Dwight Coburn
Kansas City
United States
E. W. Hoch
J. Ralph Burton
Coburn
Senate
Jefferson County
Wis
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Burton
Hoch
Fairbanks
Senator Burton
Governor Hoch
B. P. Waggener
R. P. Hackney
Btate House
Messrs
Waggener
Hackney
Joseph R. Burton
Auto Light Saves Her at Idlewood Park
Miss Minnie Ashby an eighteen year old Idlewood cashier in Richmond Virginia leapt into the mini lake at midnight after a quarrel with her sweetheart and nearly drowned. James Allgood in a passing automobile stopped his car and jumped in to rescue her dragging her to shore where she was resuscitated with difficulty.
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Tribune
Richmond
Minnie Ashby
Idlewood
James Allgood
Allgood
Dead Man Returns After Thirteen Years Missing
John Mooney, long believed dead, returned to Pittsburg on June 4 with thousands of dollars. He learned his wife and one son had died after an insurance payout. Mooney suffered a mental collapse, recalling little of his travels from Knoxville to Ireland, New Orleans, and Missouri, leaving behind a rapidly grown property fortune.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
John Mooney
Mooney
Knoxville
Ireland
United States
New Orleans
Missouri
Sleeping cars for St Louis and Cincinnati service promoted
An ad states sleeping cars to St Louis and Cincinnati with perfect service leaving New York daily at 7 30 pm via New York Central Lines, noting no excess fare.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
New York Central
Both Sides Claim Oregon Conducting Statewide Race Claims
Portland leaders of both state central committees declare their candidates for Governor United States Senator and Congressmen have carried Oregon though no precincts have reported results.
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Portland
Ore
Dispute Over Lincoln Birthplace Legal Fight Over Birth County
Lexington June 4 Investigators say a Lincoln birthplace farm in Larue County is not Lincoln’s birthplace. They allege Abraham Lincoln was born in Washington County and moved to Larue County at six weeks old based on affidavits and witness statements. Lincoln Birthplace Memorial Association organizer Robert J Collier counters that records confirm Larue County as Lincoln’s birthplace.
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Tribune
Lexington
J. W. Lewis
W. D. Claybrooke
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Larue County
Lincoln Birthplace Association
Lincoln
Washington County
William Hardesty
Hardesty
John Hardesty
W.C. Methord
W. F. Booker
Thomas Lincoln
Nancy Hanks
Richard Berry
Robert J. Collier
Lincoln Birthplace
Lincoln Birthplace Memorial Association
Collier
Chinese entrant wins second prize in Sandham oratorical
Joe Tung Lee, a Chinese student from Canton, took second in the Sandham oratorical contest at New York University with The Exclusion of the Chinese. Arthur Henry Limouze of Leonia, New Jersey, won first prize of 75 dollars as a junior preparing for college, while Lee trained at Dwight School.
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Joe Tung Lee
New York University
Sandham
Lee
P. Ka Isaka Seme
Columbia
Arthur Henry Limouze
Leonia
N. J
Dwight School
Canton
Limouge
New Jersey
William B. Stevenson
First Presbyterian Church
Yonkers
Welland Herdick
F. W. Brodsky
Rochester priest denounces peek a boo waists debate
The Rev. George M. A. Schoener urged women at his Rochester Pennsylvania church to abandon revealing Peek-a-boo waists. He warned the outfit resembles a bathing costume and stressed the church is not a bathing resort. Several women blushed and lowered their heads as he spoke.
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the Tribune
Rochester
Penn
George M. A. Schoener
St Louis Limited through train from New York advertised
The St Louis Limited via Pennsylvania Railroad leaves New York at 1 55 p m daily and arrives in St Louis at 4 30 p m next day. The service features high grade Pullman equipment.
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ST. Louis Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
St Louis
Health inspector to inspect stockyards after Roosevelt message
Chicago reports that Commissioner Whalen of the Health Department announced an immediate sanitary inspection of the stockyards following President Roosevelt's address to Congress.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
Whalen
Health Department
Miners Quit After Corned Beef Poisoning in Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney reports forty Eleanor shaft workers pulled from duty after sudden illness blamed on corned beef. Advertisements note travel details for Mayflower Limited and Merchants Limited trains, offering New York departures with day returns to the city.
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Punxsutawney
Penn
Eleanor Shaft
Inspectors Report on Chicago Stockyards Conditions
Washington June 4 The report by Messrs Reynolds and Neill details their investigation of conditions in Chicago stockyards and packing houses. They spent two and a half weeks examining principal establishments slaughtering cattle hogs and preparing meat and meat food products with visits to major packing houses and several smaller ones. A Reynolds day in New York City covered additional slaughterhouses.
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Chicago
Neill and
Reynolds
Roosevelt
Congress
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
G. H. Hammond Company
Omaha Packing Company
Anglo-American Provision Company
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Schwarzschild-Sulazberger Company
Neill-Reynolds
Department of Agriculture
Germany
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Messrs
Neilla Reynolds
T. J. Burritt
University of Illinois
H. S. Grindley
Burrill
Grindley
Neil
Bureau of Animal Industry
Messrs. Neill and Reynolds
Senate
House of Representatives
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles P. Neill
Bureau
Reynolds and
Neill
Mesars
Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Messra Reynolds
China
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James B. Reynolds
Charles P. Neil
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Cooper
Bermondsey
Daily Mail
Dr. Cooper
Great Britain
England
Burtoy
Child
F. D. Coburn
Auto Light
Doughty
Oregon
Acker-Merrall, Park & Tit Charles & Co
Advt
Jge Tung Lee
Orator
Chinaman
T-bune
Gorman
Beet Trust
Chicago Health Department
Mayflower Limited
Boston
Merchants Limited
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