Perkins and Fairchild Formally Accused in Bond Fraud Case
New York December twenty eight two prominent financiers George W Perkins formerly vice president of New York Life and now with J P Morgan and Charles S Fairchild former secretary of the treasury and NY Life trustee were indicted for forgery in the third degree by a grand jury based on the Prussian bond transaction The indictments name six counts against each man Perkins posted 10000 bail while Fairchild is in Europe The grand jury notes while acts benefited policy holders no personal profit by defendants The jury discharged after presenting the indictments With further proceedings postponed for demurrers and continued inquiry meanwhile a train incident near Kent Missouri involved escape by three convicts in garb causing panic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Charles S. Fairchild
the Treasury
New York Life
Government of
Prussia
Fairchild
Europe
Perkins
Maken
Brand
KEEP UP MURDERS IN ST PETERSBURG SECRET POLICE ARRESTS
In St Petersburg the flying section of the secret police reports 588 arrests over the last three days for revolutionary activity and illegal election agitation, including 33 women. Leaders vow to continue their campaign of removal and intimidation. In Omsk, General Litvinoff, governor of Akmolinsk, is assassinated in the street by two unknown assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Secret Police
Omsk
Asiatic
Russia
Litvinoff
Akmolinsk
Fleeing convicts escape on blind baggage near Jefferson City
Three African American convicts, used at the penitentiary power house near Jefferson City, escaped last night and rode six miles toward St Louis on a Missouri Pacific passenger train’s blind baggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Jefferson City
St. His
Missouri Pacific
Alton Road Sued Over Railroad Freight Rates
Springfield business men join in suits against Chicago and Alton Railroad to recover penalties for alleged unjust discrimination in freight rates. State’s Attorney Frank L. Hatch filed the actions in circuit court. Claims April 1905 shipments from East St. Louis to San Zumbrook & Sons charged 30 41 cents per hundred weight, while Peoria shipments for the same class cost 20 cents. The Springfield association backs the suits to end bias in favor of Peoria. Penalties range from 1000 to 5000 dollars per offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Chicago &Alton Railroad Company
Alton Company
Frank L. Hatch
East St. Louis
San Zumbrook & Sons
Peoria
Chicago
Springfield Business Men's Association
Sedan cashier admits $22,000 shortage in bank
Otto D. Stailard, cashier of the Peoples National Bank of Sedan, confessed to officers that his shortage totals $22,000 after returning to Sedan. He claims he did not take the money and does not know who did. No charges have been filed and he remains at liberty.
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Sedan
Kan
Otto D. Stailard
Peoples National Bank of
Great Northern stock injunction sought in Minnesota case
Judge Orr in St Paul orders Great Northern to show cause why a temporary injunction should not be granted. Attorney general Young seeks to restrain a proposed 60 million dollar stock issue. Returnable for hearing January 3. stock issuance scheduled January 4.
Transports Ready to Convey Relief to Chinese Famine Sufferers
War Department reports two transports in San Francisco ready for relief mission to China. Bedford and Warren available for famine supplies. Secretary Taft to seek congressional authority to deploy one vessel upon reconvening.
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War Department
Washington
Humphrey
Taft
Bedford
Warren
San Francisco
Congress
Must Try Case at Once War Department Hands in Prosecution
The War Department has instructed the United States district attorney in Pittsburgh that the delayed murder case of Lieutenant Ralph H. Drury and Private John Dowd of the 5th United States Infantry, charged with killing William Crowley at Pittsburgh on September 13, 1904, must be tried without further delay.
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War Department
Pittsburg
United States District Attorney
Ralph H. Drury
John Dowd
5Th
United States Infantry
William Crowley
Great Falling Off In November Shipments Of Staples
Washington dispatch reports a sharp drop in November shipments of staples due to the car shortage, with overall freight movements hindered. Live stock receipts at seven interior markets totaled 3,534,117 head in November, down 300,000 from last year, while grain receipts in 15 interior markets fell by 17,500,000 bushels in November but grain totals for 11 months exceeded 1905 by over 11,500,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Chicago
New York Case Frees Doctor's Wife From Accusation
Mrs. Jeannnes Trautman, wife of Dr Alexander Trautman, was cleared in Jefferson Market court of a theft charge after being accused by clerk Peter Hogan. Magistrate Finn condemned the accusation as a grave injustice amid social prominence and misconduct by police.
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New York
Jeannes Trautman
Alexander Trautman
Jefferson Market
Ts Risner
Peter J. Hogan
Hean
Tresci
Trautman
Finn
Dan
Fifth Avenue
Stor
Silv
Roosevelt Third Term League Publishes Platform
Edward A Horner of Chicago president of the Roosevelt Third Term league says the effort is from the people and not aimed at politicians He asserts Roosevelt is the only man with the people’s absolute confidence and claims the league is non partisan Headquarters are in Chicago and literature is being sent nationwide outlining a platform for Roosevelt’s nomination and election again.
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Roosevelt
League
New York
Edward A. Horner
Chicago
Roosevelt Third Term League
Mystery body found near Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston police investigate a 24 year old woman's body found on hospital grounds after evidence she was dragged from a nearby house. Susie Brown, owner of a local lodging house, and three other women were arrested on a report of a crime but could not identify the deceased. Police examined occupants of the Brown house but gained no clear leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
West End
Massachusetts General Hospital
Susie Brown
Congress Asked to Legalize White Children in Indian Schools
Washington December 28 Commissioner Leupp of the Indian office will seek congressional approval to extend Indian school privileges to white children on the same basis as Indian children. The policy aims to break up reservations, allot lands, and place wards on self supporting footing. The Indian bureau pays per capita education costs to counties for white children, about $2 per quarter, and seeks to extend schooling access as part of a broader policy to integrate districts and reduce barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leupp
Indian Office
Congress
Department
Indian Bureau
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Raisuli Stays Governor as Forces Gather at Zinat
Morocco December 28 Raisuli refuses to resign the governorship and has sent his harem to the mountains. He is preparing to oppose War Minister Gabbas and mustering forces head toward Zinat. In Spain Corunna ships report the fishing steamer Primero foundered in a storm with nearly all hands lost.
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Fangier
Morocco
Raisuli
Gabbas
Zinat
Corunna
Spain
Primero
State teachers seek control of licenses over county officials
Springfield Dec 25 The State Teachers association debated a bill to shift teacher certification from county superintendents to a governor named state board of examiners. The bill details exam methods and qualifications, aims to curb rural districts by removing local political power, and is supported as raising school quality while opponents blame it on university and normal school influence. The bill sets age and character requirements and would include a state superintendent among the examiners. Basketball for girls faces disapproval with a resolution against girls playing competitive or prize games, citing health concerns.
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Springfield
State Teachers’ Association
BUL
Little Red
College, Normal
Association
Francis G. Blair
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Normal School
James E. Armstrong
Englewood High School
Johnson backs commissioners in Minnesota rate case
St Paul December 28 Governor Johnson informed G F Hubbard president of the Minnesota Shippers Association and James Manahan its attorney that he will take no action on charges against the state board of railroad and warehouse commissioners. He says the attorney general is the commission's legal adviser and the panel acted within its rights in refusing Manahan permission to participate in the recent rate hearing examination.
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St. Paul
Johnson
G. F. Hubbard
Minnesota Shippers’ Association
James Manahan
Manahan
Hubbard
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Bryan Open to Run for President in 1900 Nomination
Topeka Kan Dec 28 William J Bryan indicated in an interview that he would be a candidate for the presidential nomination, signaling his willingness to pursue the presidency. He did not close the door on entering the race and outlined his considerations for a campaign.
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Topeka
Kan
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
William Stone
Missouri
Democratic National Committee
Snow and Wind Hit Northern Europe
Snow and wind sweep northern Europe in a severe winter spell. Reports from London and across Great Britain describe trains buried in snowdrifts and a record cold stretch unseen in three decades. The Awa Maru crew was rescued after striking rocks near Red Car. Nine people died in England as temperatures plunged and roofs collapsed, with several women narrowly escaping injury at a Convent Garden warehouse. The piece also notes political rumors about William Stone and a Bryan candidacy, while cordoning off the era’s political chatter.
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Holyhead
Rhosevlyn Point
Wales
England
Great Britain
Europe
President Alexander J. Cassatt Dies Suddenly
Philadelphia reports the death of Pennsylva nia Railroad president Alexander J. Cassatt from heart disease. He collapsed at his West Rittenhouse Square home around 1 p.m. and died instantly after Stokes-Adams syncope. Cassatt had been in his family circle, recently active and driving as late as Monday.
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Philadelphia
Alexander J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cassatt
French Law Not Like the German Law, Vatican Note Says
Rome reports an official Vatican note refutes a French senate comparison of Prussian 1875 culture law and Clemenceau cabinet law. It asserts Prussia recognizes Catholic hierarchy as church foundation, while the separation doctrine in France aims to ignore hierarchy and curb religious practice unjustly.
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Rome
Vatican
Clemenceau
M. Briand
Broken Health Note Foreshadows Suicide in Norfolk Doctor
Norfolk reports Dr. Charles L. Culpepper a prominent Portsmouth physician was found dead in his office with a bullet wound and a pistol beside him. A postal card on his desk bore the words broken health. In a second item Southern Methodist Bishop A Coke Smith of the Episcopal Church South died in Asheville from pleurisy.
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Norfolk
Charles L. Culpepper
Portsmouth
Culpepper
Southern Methodist
Nashville, Tenn
A. Coke Smith
South
Asheville
N. C
FIXES ASSESSMENTS ON CAPITAL STOCK
Springfield ML Dec 28 Special The state board of equalization has made assessments on the Rock Island corporations whose capital stock exceeds tangible property. Peoples Power company capital stock 51470 tangible property 31470 net capital stock 30000. Rock Island Davenport Ferry company capital stock 75 tangible property 6000 net 1500. Union Electric Telephone Telegraph company capital stock 27214 tangible property 26314 net 10000.
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Springfield
State Board of Equalization
Rock Island
Peoples Power Company
Rock Inland-Davenport Ferry Company
Union Electric Telephone & Telegraph Company
Wage Increase On New York Central Railroad Workers
New York Central Railroad announced that 20,000 employees have had wages raised and that statistics of a broader general increase will be issued soon. The disclosure came from the office of the general superintendent on December 28 in New York.
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New York
New York Central Railroad Company
Large railroad car contracts drive eastern spending
New York reports large contracts for cars by leading eastern roads. The Pennsylvania orders 2,009 box cars at about two million dollars. The Erie plans 7,000 cars with a nearly seven million dollar outlay. In Cleveland, firemen on the Big Four system will receive a 7.77 percent pay raise starting January 1.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
New York
Cleveland
Venezuelan General Arrested in Counterfeiting Inquiry
San Juan officials confirm General Barret de Nazarre of Venezuela was arrested on a counterfeiting conspiracy charge at the request of United States District Attorney Simpson of New York. He was released on $5,000 bail and will be sent to New York once papers arrive.
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San Juan
Barret de Nazarre
Venezuela
Post
United States
Simpson
New York
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Alton Road
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Senator Stone
London
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Middlesborough
Red Car
A. J. Gassatt
Pennsylvania Road
J. Cassatt
NEW York Central
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