Higgins calls for an investigation into life insurance
Albany July 20 Gov Higgins asks legislature to appoint a joint commission to probe life insurance business in the state amid scandals at Equitable Life and a superintendent led inquiry The move aims to uncover possible abuse of policyholder funds extravagant expenses and risky investments while emphasizing the state duty to protect beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Renalt
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Senate
Armstrong
Mercantile Trust Company
Horace C. Deming
Hendricks
James W. Alexander
Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Society
Justice Hooker Upheld by Legislature Vote
Albany July 20 The legislature faced a removal query against Supreme Court Justice Warren B Hooker as the judiciary committee presented a concurrent resolution accusing him of a corrupt act. The measure failed with 46 votes against it, ensuring Hooker remains in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court
Warren B. Hooker
Committee On Judiciary
Hooker
Mrs Logan Offers Her Historical Collection to Illinois
Springfield July 20 Mrs John A Logan tendered the valuable historical collection connected with Gen John A Logan to the state. The collection is housed in memorial hall at Mrs Logans Washington home. Gov Deneen thanked her and said he would seek a permanent home for the collection in a message to the general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
German magnates meet directors in giant coal and iron trust
Berlin reports a colossal German coal and iron mines combine under way with three Essen magnates meeting Deutsche Luxemburgische directors. The firm holds six million dollars capital and four and a half million in debentures. shares jumped twenty percent today and are up fifty three percent since June. Ohio bank suspends payment after Spring Valley Farmers Bank failure. assets sixteen thousand, liabilities greater. Mrs Richmond Pearson Hobson, wife of the Merrimac hero, is at Mercy hospital as Capt Hobson stays by her bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Essen
Deutsche Luxemburgische
Ohio Bank
Dayton
Farmers’ Bank of
Spring Valley
Ohio
George W. Smyth
Yellow Springs Bank
Des Moines
Richmond Pearson Hobson
The
Merrimac
Mercy Hospital
Capt. Hobson
Something Wrong in a Cuban Town
Havana reports Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, fusion candidate for president, blamed for troubles in Santa Clara. A government commission seeking to inspect municipal affairs in Vueltas is blocked by the arcade, and rural guards are dispatched to enforce orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Jose Miguel Gomez
Santa Clara
Interior Department
Vueltas
Many Bequests in Will of John Hay
The late Secretary of State John Hay’s will was filed for probate in Washington. His brother Leopard Hay and sister Mary Hay Woolford receive all Warsaw property and $25,000 each. Brothers Charles and Edward Hay get $50,000, Harwood Otis Hay gets $20,000, and the remainder goes to the widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Hay
Leopard Hay
Mary Hay Woolford
Warsaw
Charles
Edward Hay
Harwood Otis Hay
Keokuk
Iowa
Montreal Robber Hold Up Yields $17,000 Funds
Street Railway Superintendent Lyttle was held up by highwaymen in Montreal as he carried $17,000 of the company funds. He fought back, his horse was killed, he was fired upon, yet he escaped with the money, the robbers believed to be Italian laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
Street Railway
Lyttle
Lumber drivers end strike in Chicago vote
Chicago July 20 The lumber drivers strike ends as six hundred workers vote to return to work. Other unions including teamsters and department store drivers plan refer endum votes to decide on halting their actions. railway express and truck drivers set votes for tomorrow night. The move follows lumber workers acting without strike leaders prompting the joint council to urge an end to the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Teamsters
Chicago Employers’ Association
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Railway Express
Buck Arrested in Cuba for Bank Defalcation
Alfred Buck former Mapleton State Bank cashier was arrested on Isla de Pines Cuba under the name W J McGregor on a defalcation charge. He allegedly owed about $60 000 and will be extradited to the United States. Buck is son of former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Daniel Buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Alfred Buck
Mapleton (Minn.) State Bank
Isle of Pines
W. J. McGregor
United States
Buck
Supreme Court
Daniel Buck
Minnesota
Harry Leonard captured in West after 12 years eluding agents
Los Angeles July 20 J B Gregory alias Harry Leonard expert counterfeiter and escaped convict has been captured and turned over to U S authorities to serve seven years in the federal prison at Detroit after eluding secret service men for over a decade for eight months he had been living with his wife in this city
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Los Angeles
United States
Secret Service
J. B. Gregory
Harry Leonard
Detroit
Mich
Everything Wrong With Fleet
Paris, July 20. The St. Petersburg correspondent of La Liberte reports Admiral Rojestvensky’s Tsushima fleet doomed by poor construction and faulty armor. Shells failed to explode, coal insufficient, engines dilapidated, mutinies arose, and two ships defied orders triggering a rout. Russian survivors later reported prisoners after groundings near Sakhalin and Korsakoff.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
la Liberte
Rojestvensky
Tsushima Straits
Matiny
Fourtees
Nebogatoff
Sring
Madagascar
Seniavin
Apraxine
Tokio
Dewa
Korsakoff
Black Rust Reports Boost Wheat Price
Chicago July 20 Alleged confirmation of black rust in northwest wheat fields sent the September price to 88 up 34 from yesterday. The wheat pit buzzed with excitement as shorts jockeyed for the coveted gain. Indiana Speaker Seriously Ill Hartford City Indiana July 20 Sidney Cantwell speaker of the Indiana house of representatives is seriously ill at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas PD. Jordan
Equitable Society
Englewood
N. J
Morton
Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paul Morton
Eqquitable Society
Mercantile Trust Company
Jordan
James W. Alexander
Chicago
Indiana
Hartford City
Ind
Sidney Cantwell
Indiana House of Representatives
Japanese Advance Growing in Energy Near Front
Russian front reports a more energetic Japanese advance from Korea toward Monsan Nangan and Hasagewa with reinforcements from Oyama's main army in front of Linevitch. A landing near Vladivostok seems likely as operations concentrate in that direction and Japanese forces reach Vladivostok on Sakhalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Monsan
Nangan
Hasagewa
Oyama
Linevitch
Vladivostok
Sakhalin
Chinese Boycott Aimed at Labor Unions Meeting Held in Shanghai
About 1,500 people including leaders of major guilds met and agreed to start a boycott of American goods tomorrow. They stressed the action targets labor unions, not the U S government, and warned that persistence is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
California
Swedish Singers Meet in Chicago for Annual Convention
Six hundred delegates from across the United States arrived for the American Union of Swedish Singers annual convention in Chicago. Morning business sessions convened at Svithrod Singing club and Swedish Glee club, with concerts at the Auditorium slated for tonight and tomorrow. A banquet was planned for North Side Turner hall as final sessions approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Union of Swedish Singers
United States
Svithrod Singing Club
Wrightwood Avenue
Swedish Glee Club
la Salle Avenue
Turner Hall
Hand of assassin again in Russia
In St. Petersburg on July 20 an attempted assassination of Constantine Pobiedonostseff chief procurator of the holy synod was thwarted as he was alighting from a train. The would be assailant was seized by police and is being held for investigation. Reports of the incident confirmed by the Associated Press describe the action at Tsarkoe-Selo station and the quick police response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Minnesota
Baron Komura
Tatoosh Island
Port Townsend
Witte
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
M. Witte
New York
Empire
Constantine Petrovitch Pobiedonostseff
Wouldbe
Constantine Retrovitech
Pobiedonostself
Holy Synod
Tsarkoe-Selo
Heat Wave Eases Across the Nation
Chicago reports a distinct fall in temperature ending days of extreme heat that caused many deaths and suffering. New York records a drop of about 10 degrees but still reports multiple fatalities as relief spreads and humidity falls.
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Chicago
Mississippi
New York
Heat drives milk demand and price rise in New York
New York reports 1,500,000 quarts of milk consumed to cool off from a heat wave. Dealers raised prices by one quarter cent per quart, adding a half cent to farmers’ receipts over three weeks. Heat also damages New Jersey crops and prompts many to sleep outdoors. In Indiana, six deaths linked to heat and storms are noted, including a local woman’s suicide. Rome holds solemn mass for Pope Leo XIII at the Vatican.
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New York
New Jersey
Kim
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Sophia Hukriede
Hang Inc
Pope Leo
Rome
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Pope Leo XIII
Bank Failure Shocks Kansas City as City National Closes
July 20 act notes City National bank in Kansas City did not open, failing due to bad paper from Topeka. Devlin’s $100,000 plus paper, tied to First National of Topeka, precipitated the closure amid rumors of additional weaknesses and a planned capital repair. Depositors largely in middle income steadied. no run observed. In separate Milwaukee item, William Gerstach & Co. filed for bankruptcy with liabilities $167,000.
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Kansas City
City National Bank
C. J. Devlin
Topeka
First National Bank of
Devlin
Washington
First National
City National
Amnomer Bank Cought
American National Bank of
The
National Bank
Edward Crebo
James G. Streancashier
New York
Examiner Ames
Milwaukee
William Gerstach & Co
Matsters
Floating poolroom upheld by federal court
Chicago July 20 Indirectly protected by a federal court injunction the floating poolroom City of Traverse resumed operations to receive racing news from the wireless telegraph company The United States circuit court Judge Bethea ordered an injunction prohibiting Mayor Dunne and the police department from interfering with the wireless business The counsel argued the city lacked power to interfere with interstate telegraph messages and the court upheld him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Traverse
Wireless Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company
Raliwyn Exchange
Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Dunne
Wireless Company
Striking United Mine Workers Spend Over 1.5 Million
Testimony before Commissioner Keating in New York states that the United Mine Workers of America spent more than 1.5 million dollars trying to win the coal strike that began a year ago in Alabama and Tennessee. In Vermont the North Congregational church invited Rev Dr Edward Eaton to become minister. An aeronaut in Clinton Iowa fell into the Mississippi River during a balloon voyage but was rescued unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Keating
United Mine Workers of America
Alabama
Tennessee
Cinton
Iowa
Wright
Chicago
Mississi
Head of Grinnell College Honored by Cleveland Church
Cleveland July 20 Rev Dr Daniel F Bradley president of Grinnell Iowa college chosen as pastor of Pilgrim Congregational church Gen Blackmars Body in Chicago body lay in state at Memorial hall for hours Vetted by hundreds of former comrades in attendance Body moved to Boston for burial Higginson Retired Rear Admiral Francia J Higginson commander at Washington navy yard placed on retired list of the navy yesterday
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Grinnell College
Cleveland Church
Cleveland
Daniel F. Bradley
Iowa College
Grinnell
Iowa
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Blackmar
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Hall
Boston
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Higgins
New Yorn Insurance Business
Alexander-Hyde
Or ” Jordan
William A. Day
United States Treasury
Grover Cleveland
Equitable
Justice Hooker
Plan Coal and Iron Trust
Mrs. Hobson
Directorate
Montreal Street Railway
Ical
Sviet
Steppes
Golden Horde
Formosa
Rojestyensky
Enquist
Admiral Voelkersam
Russia
Silay
Constantine Pobiedonosteff
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Newark
N. Jersey
Griffiths
Julie Ford
Common Pleas Court
Garry Herrmann
Ban Johnson
Harry Pulliam
John Bruce
Howard C. Griffiths
American Baseball League
Eaton
Vermont
St. Johnsbury
North Congregational Church
Edward D. Eaton
Beloit College
Wiconsin
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