Insurance Deals Bare Credited Profits From Bond Syndicates
New York, Sept 13. Frederick H. Shipman of New York Life testified before the legislative insurance investigation committee. He described profits credited to profit and loss after selling bonds from a syndicate at 99, though market price was 91. He said profits were not realized and bonds remained with the company. Other witnesses, including Frederick Cromwell of Mutual Life, reported personal gains from syndicate dealings, while New York Life admitted selling bonds and rebuying later to fit statements to the superintendent.
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New York
Frederick H. Shipman
New York Life Insurance Company
Legislative Insurance Investigation Committee
New York Life
Hughes
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo
C. M. Gibbs
Shipman
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Frederick Cromwell
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life
Edmund D. Randolph
New York Security & Trust Company
Trust Company
The
Wrecked vessel placed. Pearl may be identified at last
San Francisco reports a three masted wreck beached on the Alaskan coast likely the schooner Pearl, missing since December 7, 1904, with 34 sailors drowned if confirmed. In Nashville Bud Rogan, the 8 foot 9 inch Tennessee negro giant, is dead at his Gallatin home. his hands and feet measured unusually large.
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San Francisco
Nashville
Tenn
Bud Rogan
Gallatin
Rogan
No Higher Wage Strike Fears Grow In Chicago
Chicago reports mass prep for a possible freight handler strike as 1000 plus city businesses back railways. Union aims arbitration after wage demands denied. managers vow no individual talks and prep to hire replacements while police pledge protection for freight houses.
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Chicago
Employers’ Association
Flannery
Rail streetcar crash injures dozens near Glenwood bridge
In Pittsburg on September 13 an early morning street railway trailer car failure caused by brake failure led to 60 people injured, nine seriously, with 23 taken to a hospital. The accident occurred near Glenwood bridge.
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Pittsburg
Glenwood Bridge
Upper Mississippi River Improvement group to elect delegates
River men show rising interest in the next La Crosse meeting of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association. Officials say navigation difficulties and the association's growing power make it a necessity, urging city supervisors to elect three delegates to influence river affairs.
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Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
la Crosse
Loss in sinking of Mikasa grows
Washington report from Tokio via naval attaché shows 256 dead and missing on the battleship Mikasa, with 343 wounded. The tally reflects the continuing update of casualties from the sinking.
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Mikasa
Washington
Bureau of Naval Intelligence
Tokio
Barons Typhoid Illness Delays Japan Return
Baron Komura has typhoid fever after consultation with physicians. His planned return to Japan via Seattle is postponed as nurses hurry to his Waldorf Astoria suite. Temperature 102 degrees, first fever stage, funeral rites planned on return to Tokyo.
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New York
Baron Komura
Japan
Seattle
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Victoria
B. C
Tokio
India
Tolkio
America
Dutch Victors in Celebes Capture Palopo Capital
Batavia Sept 13 Dutch forces after sharp fighting capture Palopo the capital of Prince Lower ruler of Celebes who has been troubling the Dutch forces in the island region.
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Batavia
Island
Java
Palopo
Prince Lower
Celebes
Big Storm Describes Early Nebraska Rainfall In Omaha
A major rainstorm swept eastern Nebraska and western Iowa starting early today with severe thunder and lightning. In Omaha two inches of rain had fallen by eight o'clock, marking one of the heaviest downpours of the season.
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Nebraska
Western
Iowa
Omaha
Typo graphical union report of eight hour deals
President Lynch announced eight hour agreements in multiple cities after notices sent from headquarters on September 8. Cities with deals include Elmira Lafayette Lockport Ottumwa Springfield Ottawa Frankfort Clebourne Olean Jacksonville Traverse City Coshocton Mount Vernon Pontiac Marshalltown Canon City Tiffin Fostoria Oelwein Dunkirk Coffeyville Houghton Berlin Waterville Albany Syracuse Toledo Richmond Jersey City Newark Niagara Falls Saratoga Springs Ann Arbor Sioux Falls Aurora Watertown Indianapolis Chicago Detroit.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lynch
International Typographical Union
Elmira
N. Y
Lafayette
Lockport
Ottumwa
Iowa
Springfield
Ohio
Ottawa
Frankfort
Clebourne
Texas
Olean
Jacksonville
Peoria
Grand Rapids
Mika
Syracuse
Toledo
Richmond
Freights Collision on Rock Island Kills Engineer
Des Moines Iowa September 13 Two freight trains collided east of Neola at 3 am Engineer Ed Fick of Valley Junction died crushed. His fireman suffered a broken leg in three places. Hundreds of cattle and hogs were killed. Authorities cite a misunderstanding of orders.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Rock Island
Neola
Ed Fick
Valley Junction
Last survivor of first car dies in Ohio wreck
New York, Sept. 13. Rudolph C. Cordue, a traveling salesman, died at his home following injuries from the Chicago New York 18 hour train wreck at Mentor, Ohio, June 21. He was the only passenger in the first car to survive.
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New York
Mentor
Ohio
Rudolph C. Cordue
Requests Protection From Mob Hits Missouri Lumber Co
Acting Gov McKinley received a telegraphic appeal from Henderson Mound Missouri's Missouri Lumber Company asking for protection from rioters. Weathered by limited access, the governor ordered New Madrid County Sheriff to investigate. New cholera cases reported in Berlin with 15 new infections and four deaths.
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Missouri Lumber Company
Jefferson City
McKinley
Henderson Mound
New Madrid County
Berlin
Roosevelt denounces Paris interview as fabrication
President Roosevelt denounced a Petit Parisien interview as a complete fabrication and false pretense. He directed a telegram to Gaston Richards condemning the alleged peace talks and the method used to obtain access. Also reports Richards sailing for Europe and a nitroglycerine explosion near Clarkesburg killing David H. McKay and wife.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Petit Parisien
Paris
America
Lee
Saga More Hill
Gaston Richard
Hotel Lafayette
New York
Marshal Augerou
Mukden
Marshal Augerau
Napoleon
William Loeb, JR
William J Bryan Honored at Farewell Banquet in Chicago
William J Bryan received a warm ovation at a farewell banquet in Chicago hosted by the Jefferson club. About 300 guests, including leading Democrats, watched Bryan defend democracy, warn against centralization, and outline how trusts should be regulated. He stated he is not a candidate and urged party unity to advance free government principles.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Jefferson Club
Congressman Rainey
Illinois
Dunne
Bryan
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
J. B. Tar_¥in
Covington
Democratic Party
Clinton Killings Murderer Body Found in Saloon Fight
Elliott Clark, 75, killed in Haley's saloon on Fourteenth Avenue Clinton by Fred Comstock, 35, of Albany. Comstock fled to Illinois by boat. pursuit ongoing. Also reports a decades old rape murder confession linked to Charles Herseig found hanging in Wallace County, with notes identifying Lizzie Grombacher and Charles Sterling.
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Clinton
Iowa
Elliott Clark
Haley
Salgon
Fourteenth Avenue
Fred Comstock
Albany
Comstock
Clark
Minot
S. C
Charles Herseig
Youngstown
Ohio
Wallace County
Lizzie E. Grombacher
Charles Sterling
Catherine Herseig
Gerard, Ohio
Lizzie Grombacher
Olson
Herselg
Wisconsin Frost Is Not Unwelcome
Appleton Wisconsin records a heavy frost that eases fears of yellow fever spread in the state. A Marielle fever patient recovering after contracting in the south is noted. New Orleans reports 1 new fever case and 2 deaths, totaling 2,384 cases and 32 percent deaths, with Dr. White optimistic about control before frost. Four new cases appear in Hamburg Mississippi.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Marielle
South
New Orleans
White
United States Marine Hospital Corps
Hamburg
Miss
Guard Slumbers Of Passengers In Train Order
L B Allen division superintendent of Rock Island issues a warning to trainmen engineers and yard men to avoid disturbing sleeping passengers. The circular cites loud talking profanity loud doors slamming and inappropriate conduct and orders engines bells ringing and engines popping off near sleeping cars to stop. Following the order should reduce sleeping car disturbances.
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L. B. Allen
Rock Island
Municipalities Convene in Burlington for Ownership Drive
The eighth annual convention of the League of Iowa Municipalities opened in Burlington with about 200 members present. President Charles D. Huston of Cedar Rapids delivered the keynote advocating municipal ownership of utilities and city services. A separate item notes a jail sentence for a waiter in Baltimore who kissed a nursemaid on a bet. An earthquake震 was reported in Bisignano, Calabrian province, causing extensive damage.
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Burlington
Iowa
League of Iowa
Charles D. Huston
Cedar Rapids
Armistice Talks Start After Mukden Meeting
Gen Fukushima for Oyama and Gen Ovanoveki for Linevitch met at Shaboth Station near Chantufu at 10 this morning to arrange terms for an armistice. They expect several days to clarify details.
President Urges Haste on Canal Plans
At Oyster Bay the president welcomed members of the Isthmian canal board and urged rapid progress on choosing the canal site. He asked for swift completion of the study to allow time to review the report before sending it to Congress.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Congress
Receiver for Sage Road Petition Filed at Chattanooga
The McGhee Cotton company of Rome Georgia has filed a chancery court petition asking that the Chattanooga Southern railroad be placed in receivership. The bill cites rumors of a sale of the railroad assets and notes the line runs between Chattanooga and Gadsden Alabama. The road is owned by Russel Sage.
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Chattanooga
Chattanooga Southern
Quiet Restored in Baku as Oil Derricks Rise Again
A private telegram from Baku reports quiet has returned and oil derricks are being erected again. Delegates at Karlsbad announce Swedish and Norwegian talks resume on dissolution issues. both nations' envoys have reached the spa to continue negotiations.
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London
Baku
Bible
Karlsbad
Sweden
Norway
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Sterling
Warren
Ratliff
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Telluride
Colo
Death's Valley
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Iowa League of Municipalities
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Panama
Sage Road
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