Ice pool secrets exposed at Morse Curtis trial
Prominent financiers including Charles M Schwab John W Gates and Isadore Guggenheim testified about the 1906 ice pools run by Charles W Morse. The first pool yielded about 40000 in profits per member while the second pool carried 100000 shares and ended in heavy losses as stock prices fell amid a Panic.
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Charles W. Morse
Morse-Curtis
Hough
United States
Charles M. Schwab
John W. Gates
Schwab
Gates Sa Gugeenheim
Morse
Europe
James R. Keene
Stock Exchange
Albert Loeb & Co
Charles G. Gates & Co
Gates
Charles T. Barney
Carroll
Cargil
MelCarroll
Tammany Hail
Fourteenth Street Benk
American Ice Securities Company
Mr. Johnson
Henry L. Stimson
Guggenheim
Stimson
Mr. Schwab
Mr. Gates
Mr. Morse
Sven
Ha Een
Stes Westly
William M. K. Wt
Morse Asa
Imee
National Bank of North
Snow Storm Causes Six Deaths Across Colorado Mountains
A Colorado storm lasting forty eight hours brings heavy mountain snow and wire damage. Six deaths are linked to live wires and wrecks including Joseph Henry and J J McCloskey in Denver and Longmont. Seven others injured in railroad collisions and wire contacts.
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Colorado
Denver
Joseph Henry
J. J. McCloskey
Loisville
Lizzie Winslow
Fort Collins
August C. Carson
Longmont
Leonard F. Banker
Rock Island
Carlton
Henry John
Union Pacific
Denver Yards
Canada the Only Hope in Pulpwood Crisis
Congressman J R Mann of Chicago says a tariff revision on Canadian pulpwood and print paper may be recommended. He warns Northwest pulpwood supply will not last years at current use, and asserts Canada is the country’s only salvation to prevent print paper prices from rising.
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Congress
Northwest
Canada
Edgar T. Brackett
George Whitney
Ballston
Fort Edward
Washington County
Vaccination Challenge At National Anti-Vaccination Meet
At Philadelphia opening of the National Anti-Vaccination Conference Dr. Rudolph Straube challenged Dr. Samuel Dixon to spend a night with a smallpox patient to prove vaccination’s lack of benefit. If Dixon refuses the offer, the challenge would extend to Dr. Joseph Neff of Philadelphia Health Department.
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Philadelphia
Rudolph Straube
Philadephia
Samuel Dixon
Pennsylvania Health Department
Dixon
Straube
Joseph Neff
Health Department of
First Farm Named for Tripp County Rosebud Lands Draw
May A. Melsen of Kennebec South Dakota drew first in the opening of the Tripp County Rosebud lands on October 19 in Dallas Texas. Judge James W. Witten announced the first name from among 114 769 registrants after the 33 000 attendees watched the drawing in the big tent.
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Dallas
Tex
Tripp County Rosebud
May A. Melsen
Kennebec
S. D
James W. Witten
Rescue Brings Maniac Joy as Two Fishermen Survive Drift
Boston reports two Leuceseer fishermen, John Burke and James Burbine, drifted seven days after losing their dory from the Bohemia off Cape Race. They drank sea water, Burke restrained Burbine from suicide, both were unconscious upon rescue and later recovered.
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Tribune
Boston
Michigan
Republic
John Burke
James Burbine
Dory
Bohemia
Cape Race
Burbine
Burke
Runaway Boy Heir Receives $250000 Bequest in Father’s Will
In Boston a father’s will probate grants Daniel Russell Jr. $250000 as partial atonement after his 1886 disappearance. A quarter century later the son has not been heard from, while the father’s estate settles.
Taft Tour Across New Jersey Delaware and Maryland
Taft concluded a rapid campaign trip with stops in Newark Wilmington and Baltimore. He spoke to thousands in Blaney's Theatre Elizabeth and Trenton stressing opposition to Bryan Oklahoma and Oklahoma bank practices and urging caution over trust remedies while praising party leaders and voters.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Taft
New Jersey
Delaware
Wilmington
National Committee
White House
Maryland
Washington
Newark
Franklin Murphy
Hitchcock
Fort
Colby
Blaney
New York
William Gummere
Parker
Wiley
Murphy
Oklahoma
Bryan
Democratic National Platform
State Corporation Commission
Elizabeth
Kean
Briggs
Trenton
Rahway
New Brunswick
Opera House
Upstate Forests Swept by Fierce Conflagrations
Albany and several towns report forest fires across the Adirondacks and nearby counties. Winds hinder efforts as officials seek reinforcements and resources from state prisons, companies, and regional fire wards to protect Lake Placid, Indian Lake, and Malone areas.
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Albany
Adirondacks
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Adirondack Park
Big Fire Near Stamford Threatens Homes
A five by two mile forest blaze rages near Stamford Connecticut threatening residences if winds shift. The fire endangers Conyers Manor the summer home of E Converse and large Havemeyer estate woodland, caused by careless behavior.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
E. ©. Converse
Conyers Manor
H. O. Havemeyer
Government by Commission and the New York Traction Issue
The piece argues over reorganization of the Metropolitan Traction system under Governor Hughes balancing safeguards against stock jobbers. It compares Manhattan and Chicago valuations and capitalization, urging fair capitalization and universal transfers over abolition of government by commission and unfettered private control.
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Hughes
Chanler
Ryan
Rochester
National Democratic
Knife for Mr La Farge
Aged artist John La Farge is to undergo a second major operation within a year. He previously had intestinal surgery last spring and his condition remains serious. La Farge, 74, had a National Arts Club dinner planned for late month, now postponed due to health.
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John la Farge
la Farge
National Arts Club
Cuban funds missing arrest shocks Havana revenue office
Miguel de Latorre the Collector of Internal Revenue for Havana province was arrested at night on charges of embezzling 195000 dollars from his department funds in a dramatic Havana seizure and investigation.
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Havana
Miguel de Latorre
McCrea Predicts Rail Contract and Recovery Ahead
President James McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad arrived in Pittsburg and stated that the railway would place its 1909 rails and equipment contracts as large as usual. He said the worst business downturn may be over and a slow recovery would follow. He added he will vote the Republican ticket in the upcoming election.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
James McCrea
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
McCrea
Bryan Banner Fraud Over banners claim fake trade clubs
The banners along Broadway and 23d Street claim to support Democratic candidates though no such trade clubs exist. The Democratic National Committee ordered fifty banners at $50 each including erection, with names created at headquarters. thirty-two have been displayed so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan and Kern Club
Broadway
23D Street
the Tribune
Democratic National Committee
Must Check Smallpox In Patchogue As Epidemic Grows
Dr Eugene Porter state Health Commissioner warned drastic action to stop a Patchogue Long Island smallpox outbreak urging compulsory vaccination. Health Department found thirty cases and powerless local authorities to enforce vaccination or quarantine with potential deaths looming unless state steps in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Porter
Patchogue
Long Island
Health Department
Blauvelt
Courthouse Guard Row Ties Up Brooklyn Building
Deputy Commissioner Baker refused to send two police to guard the Brooklyn courthouse interior after the janitor and watchmen were suspended by Borough President Coler as salary funds ran short. Four hundred seventeen workers were laid off, leaving twenty seven and women dismissed. the Sheriff and Justice Maddox sought alternatives as the fund shortage pauses courthouse security.
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Baker
Brooklyn
Coler
Bureau of Public Buildings
Justice Maddox
Committee of Justices
Joseph M. Lawrence
Hobley
Lawrence
Police Department
Mr. Baker
Love Pirates in Offices
Mrs Benedetto Allegretti, separated from her husband, a candy maker, calls the downtown office girl a love pirate and bird of plumage who lures men from home in a statement defending her decree of separate maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Chicago
Benedetto Allegretti
Governor Hughes Campaigns for Personal Liberty in Plattsburg
Governor Hughes addresses large crowds in Plattsburg and Glens Falls, defending personal liberty while urging enforcement of state law. He outlines reforms in Banking, Agricultural, and Labor services and defends Public Service commissions against corporate pressure during a multi-stop tour.
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Tribune
Plattsburg
N. Y
Hughes
Albany
Hudson Valley
Lake Champlain
Glens Falls
Witherell
Chanler
Joy
Saratoga
Warren
Washington
Essex
W. A. Prendergast
Brooklyn
Mechanicsville
Saratoga County
Public Service Commissions
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Curtis
Gelshenen
Santa Fé
N. M
New Mexico
New Mexican Plains
Duluth
Minn
J. R. Mann
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Rosebud
Merchant
Son
Honolulu
Dole
Federal Court
Dewey's
H.P. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
MR. Taft
New Jer
Sey, Delaware and
Staten Island
Dannemora
Collins
Coles
Clinton Prison
Utica
Lake Kushaqua
Tupper Lake
Stonywold Sanatorium
Rome
Malone
Reynoldston
Reynolds Brothers & Co
S. G. Boyce
Ingram Lake
Mountain View
Indian Lake
Lake Titus
North Creek
Chain Lake
North Woods Club
Dunkirk
Chautauqua
Allegany
Pennsylvania Line
Converse
Havemeyer
Manhattan
Interborough Rapid Transit System
Manhattan Surface Tstigb Oh
Isso Gsneessys Porto
Old Railroad Commission
Public Service Commission
MR. LA Farge
Bryan Banner Fraud
Mack
Isaac Baker
Comstock
James A. Emerson
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