Grand jury ends term with indictments in Mut llife probe
The grand jury concludes its term amid indictments against Dr. Gillette and others in the Mutual Life scandal. Bail set at 10 000 for Gillette and 5 000 for Grannis. both men face trial as investigations continue. The panel cites delays in securing full legal proof and notes further action by the law department to frame suits against Fields and Mutual executives.
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Gillette
Hanforé
Jerome
Harrison K. Biré
Quell
West 534
Grannis
Charles J. Fay
Lord
Day & Lord
Howard S. Gans
John 5. Iselin
Andrew C. Fields
Criminal Courts
Ball
George H. Granniss
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Mutual Life
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Truesdale
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Herrick
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Edward L. Short
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Mutt
Nal
Ehay
Edison Confirms Cobalt Find In North Carolina
Thomas A Edison arrived in Asheville after touring Western North Carolina and confirmed a cobalt find. He said rich beds are in North Carolina and the discovery could cut the cost of city traffic by 55 percent and halve battery weight. He predicted more affordable electric vehicles and a shift away from horses as city streets clear.
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Tribune
Asheville
N. C
Thomas A. Edison
City
North Carolina
France
Australia
Motorist Who Killed Man Freed
Coroner in Yonkers held an inquest into the death of David W. Miller who was struck by an automobile driven by Abraham Velleman of West 119th Street. The coroner exonerated and discharged Velleman after witnesses said he was going slowly and sounded his horn as Miller stepped in front of the car, stopping within twelve feet. Andrew Freedman of New York was in court for Velleman as a case protector.
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Wiesendanger
Yonkers
David W. Miller
Abraham Velleman
No. 8
West 119Th Street
Velleman
Miller
Andrew Freedman
New York
Oldest Civil War surgeon Dr Blanchard dies at 80
Malrose Mass June 1. Dr Andrew D Blanchard, said to be the oldest surviving Civil War surgeon and the second oldest graduate from College, died at his home today. He was eighty years old.
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Malrose
Mass
Andrew D. Blanchard
Former Vice Presidents Indicted by Mutual Life
Indictments were handed down yesterday against former vice presidents of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. The charges allege involvement in financial misconduct and illicit dealings related to policy funds.
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THE
Mutual Life
Mutinies at Poltava Shake Garrison
Poltava reports a mutiny in the Bletz Regiment over unfulfilled promises to improve service conditions. Mutineers armed with rifles march through town, disarm police, and seek broader support from Sesky Regiment and artillery. Authorities promise some demands, while concern grows of wider revolutionary action across the garrison.
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Bletz
Ilnicky Captured Near Berne After Attempt on Russian Minister
In Berne Switzerland on June 11 Ilnicky the man who recently tried to kill the Russian Minister here has been captured in the suburbs. The prisoner appears to be insane.
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Berne
Switzerland
Ilnicky
Opposing Armies Win In Central Guatemalan Conflicts
Private advices from the republic of Salvador report General Toledo’s insurgent force in Southern Guatemala repelling six hours of artillery fire on June 7 and then clashing on June 9 to seize all government guns. Northern Guatemala sees Barillas led rebels taking Ocos and Ayutla while a separate dispatch notes a crushing defeat of insurgents who crossed from Honduras. The Mongoy engagement was cited by the foreign minister’s cable to Guatemala City.
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Mexico
Republic of Salvador
Toledo
Guatemala
Barillas
Ocos
Ayutla
Washington
Honduras
Mongoy
Wellman Motors Tested for North Pole Flight
Paris reports a successful public test of Walter Wellman’s America dirigible propulsion. The motors reached 100 horsepower versus 76 contracted. The envelope and provisions were shown to aeronauts, military, press, and scholars from Europe. The Prince of Monaco offered aid and planned to sail July to Spitzbergen. Trials will proceed at Danes Island with inflation delayed by strikes. Wellman aims to depart north soon with no stated safeguards.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
America
Prince of Monaco
Mr. Wellman
Godard
Oying
Spitzbergen
Wellman
Danes Island
Debate drags in House in St. Petersburg Centre party
In St. Petersburg June 11 an interview with M. Yermoloff, exMinister of Agriculture, announces a new Centre party between the Octobrists and Constitutional Democrats. The party aims to cooperate with Conservatives in the lower house, opposes general expropriation, and plans a commission to define principles to amend the agrarian scheme for swift action.
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Party
of the Centre
Constitutional Democrats
M. Yermoloff
Council of the Empire
M. Yermoloft
Centre Party
Manchester's Municipal Plants Highlight Public Power Efforts
The National Civic Federation public ownership commission visited Manchester's electrical works and praised municipal trading efforts to shift steam users to electricity. They noted Manchester's electrical department as among the best seen and contrasted English dwellings with American ones before continuing to Sheffield and back to study street railways and gas departments.
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Public Ownership Commission
National Civic Federation of
United States
Electrical Committee
America
Sheffield
Venezuelan Government Reshuffles Top Posts Amid Political Tensions
Caracas reports announce Dr Eduardo Blanco as Minister of Public Instruction Dr Arnoldo Morales as Minister of Development and Gustavo Sanabria as Minister of Finance. Relations between ex President Cuatro and President Gomez are described as excellent. petitions urging General Castro to resume power circulate nationwide. Meanwhile Willemstad reports Venezuelan officials pressuring Castro supporters. Japan Russia reach broad agreement on exequaturs for Corea consuls with Russia accepting exequaturs from Japan’s emperor.
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Willemstad
Eduardo Blanco
Arnoldo Morales
Gustavo Sanabria
Cuatro
Gomez
Castro
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Corea
Germany
Near East
Equitable Trust Company Promises Full Banking Attention
A historical notice promotes the Equitable Trust Company offering meticulous handling of all banking tasks and personal financial matters for customers seeking careful service and reliable guidance in their financial dealings.
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THE
Equitable Trust Company
Peace Austria's Aim and Balkan Peace Efforts
Vienna reports Count Goluchowski outlining Austria-Hungary's stable ties with Germany Italy and Russia as keystones of peace. He cited Macedonia reforms, Porte action against insurgents, and near East diplomacy while noting the Emperor's fatigue and push for suffrage reforms amid threats of a Vienna general strike. The Hungarian premier Wekerle met the Emperor amid demonstrations.
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Count Goluchowski
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Macedonia
Porte
Revolutionary Committee
Sofia
Athens
Belgrade
Algeciras
Francis Joseph
Dr. Wekerle
London byelections name Conservative candidates
Heneage Legge resigns due to ill health and Alfred Lyttelton is chosen as Conservative candidate for St George's Hanover Square. Sir Frederick Banbury also selected as Conservative candidate for Peckham. Lord Curzon declines to pledge full time until health improves. Liberals undecided on contesting City of London election.
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Heneage Legge
St. George's
Hanover Square
Alfred Lyttelton
Colonies
Association
Frederick Banbury
House of Commons
Peckham
Camberwell
Edward Clarke
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
Sir Edward Clarke
City of London
Murder plots claim Breathitt feudist Jett confesses
Curtis Jett, jailed in Cynthiana for the Jackson four years ago murder of James Cockrill and life term for James Marcum killing, confesses that ex-County Judge James Hargis and ex-Sheriff Edward Callahan, plus others, plotted both murders. He alleges plots hatched in the Hargis store, with further says Hargis clan sought nullifying opponents. Rumor says Jett admits Cox killing as well. he fears assassination as he testifies in Jackson.
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Tribune
Lexington
Curtis Jett
Breathitt
Cynthiana
James Cockril
Jackson
James Marcum
James Hargis
Edward Callahan
Tom White
John Smith
John Abner
Hargises
Jett
Cox
Marcum
Cockrill
Cockrills
Hargis
Dr. Cox
Ramsey Corespondent Dies in White Lake Remorse
Monticello June 11 Mrs Sherman Ramsey committed death by own action at her White Lake home Sunday afternoon by cutting her throat with her husband's razor. Ramsey had been named as a corespondent in the McNeeley separation suit, and it is believed that involvement in the case may have driven her to suicide.
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Monticello
N. Y
Sherman Ramsey
White Lake
Ashes Rain From Vesuvius Crater Spreads Toward Ottajano
In Naples on June 11 a thick ash shower fell as the crumbling crater of Vesuvius directed toward Ottajano. The eruption caused little harm, with authorities noting the benign impact on residents and property.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Ottajano
Too Sudden Bryan in Berlin Accepts Fourth of July Speech
William J. Bryan reacts with humor to Democratic convention nomination talk in Berlin while outlining views on democracy, socialism, and anti monopoly reform. He travels from Vienna to St Petersburg and plans European stops before returning to New York. He also accepts a London invitation to speak at the American Fourth of July celebration.
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William J. Bryan
United States
Mr. Bryan
Herman Ridder
New York
Staats- Zeitung
Bryan
St. Petersburg
Sweden
Norway
England
France
Italy
Switzerland
Gibraltar
London
Bryan Meeting Frosty in Victoria Hotel Reception Plans
A Commercial Travellers Anti Trust League gathering at the Victoria Hotel tried to set up a reception for William Jennings Bryan upon his Europe return. Debate split over how political to keep the event with Hearst and Bryan factions, a plan for a general Democratic welcome favored, while some urged removing politics altogether. Attendees included Judge Edward I. O Dwyer Colonel Gilles S. Allison Richard Croker Jr Thomas L Fettner and Edward Fields Goitre.
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Anti- Trust League
Victoria Hotel
William Jennings Bryan
Europe
Bryan
Alexander Troup
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Lafpollette
Troup
William Hoge
League
A. H. Eastmond
O. H. P. Belmont
Mr. Troup
Ryan-Belmont
Eastmond
Belmont
Nicoll
Bryan Democracy
H. B. Maurer
Edward I. O'Dwyer
Gilles S. Allison
Richard Croker, Jr
Thomas L. Fettner
Edward Fields Goitre
St. Louis
Mr. Bryan
Alderman Smith Fined in Conspiracy Case
Alderman James J. Smith, a Jackson street saloonkeeper, was fined $150 by Justice Scott in the Supreme Court yesterday after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge. Indicted with six others, Smith was alleged to have conspired to forge names on the Municipal Ownership League ticket at the last election. Assemblyman Eckmann was fined $500, with other notaries fined $100 each.
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James J. Smith
Jackson Street
Scott
Supreme Court
Smith
Grand
Municipal Ownership League
Max Eckmann
Four Fishermen Lost In Dory Off East Chatham
Four men are reported lost after the Fish Hawk schooner arrived from East Chatham fishing grounds. Joseph Marshall and Joseph Silva, with two others, went out Wednesday to haul trawl lines. A fog delayed the search, and despite efforts, the men have not been found.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Fish Hawk
East Chatham
Joseph Marshall
Joseph Silva
Broker Hurt At Cedarhurst Railway Station
Barthold Hollander a Manhattan broker residing at 22 Westith Street injured at Cedarhurst railway station yesterday morning. He attempted to board a moving train was swept from the car and carried to a nearby cottage with severe bruises and injuries.
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Barthold Hollander
Manhattan
Westith Street
Cedarhurst
Longsand
Mob kills Black man near Hattiesburg jail in public safety incident
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on June 10 a mob struck and killed a Black person traveling east of town after withdrawal from the jail where a white man was confined on a public safety charge. The injured individual was part of a tense event tied to racial violence.
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Hattiesburg Miss
Fort Adams Target Practice Shakes Newport
Heavy gun drills at Fort Adams cause strong vibrations shaking Newport and breaking many windows. Floating targets towed seaward by a government launch used shells weighing about half a ton containing large loads of black powder.
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R. L
Fort Adams
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