Extraordinary Power of James Hazen Hyde in Equitable Affairs
In 1859 Henry B. Hyde founded the Equitable Life Assurance Society, later shaping it into a vast firm with assets around 50 million. His son James Hazen Hyde, rising to first vice president and then presumed president, controlled 5 percent of stock and faced accusations of lavish spending and large-scale expenses charged to the company. The article outlines Hyde’s rise, lavish expenditures at Sherry’s and elsewhere, and the board’s helplessness as proxies and stock control concentrated power in Hyde while officers allegedly failed to curb him.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Great Insurance Corporation
Catakill
N.Y
Henry B. Hyde
Hyde
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Alexander
Wok
Wm. C. Alexander
Jan. W. Alexander
Rumstock
Equitable Soade
Jas. Hazen Hyde
New York
Paris
Hut Ag
Dreas
Henry TV
Society
Earate
Equitable
Alexander People
Cer
Ambassador Camden
Harvard
Yale
Equitable Society
Sherry’s
Sherry
Able
the Equitable
Famous Singer Mary Louise Clary Visits Seattle
Mary Louise Clary a renowned New York contralto rests at the Hotel Lincoln during a Seattle visit. Her career spans twelve years since debut as Delilah, with tours to Kansas Nebraska Mobile and Nova Scotia, plus prominent Canadian festival roles in Montreal Ottawa and St John.
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Mary Louise Clary
New York
Lincoln
Madam Clary
Delilah
New York Oratorio Society
Kansas
Nebraska
Mobile
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Canada
Madame Clary Ia Ab
Montreal
Ottawa
St. John
Madame Clary
St. Patrick's Cathedral
British Columbia
Oregon
California
Bremer ton Banquet Sees Senator Pilea Pledge Navy Yard Support
Senator Pilea attended Bremer ton Board of Trade banquet as city citizens hailed the event. He promised to watch for Puget Sound navy yard work during his term, amid regret that Humphrey was unavailable. A public meeting at Hagien hall followed with speeches by Brémerton and Port Orchard residents.
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Piles
Navy Department
Puget Sound
Citisens
Brémerton
Port Orchard
Bread Shortage Sparks Riga and St Petersburg Labor Strikes
Workmen at Faith ports push for higher wages as navigation opens and threaten to block ship departures. Bakers in Riga have also struck, leaving St. Petersburg facing a breadless town.
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ST. Petersburg
Riga
Georgetown Improvement Club to Hold Friday Meeting at City Hall
Georgetown and Van Ascelt residents plan to attend as officers are elected for the coming year. A vote between W A Carle and C L Wilson is expected to be resolved. The meeting will discuss First avenue south extension and the Duwamish river improvement by United States engineers. South Park factions may clash over the issues. Also advertised is fifty feet of 4 1 2 inch cotton garden hose with couplings and nozzle priced at 4 25 from The Rubber Store on Ist avenue.
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Georgetown
United States Engineers
Duwamish
South Park
Institute notes highlight varied teaching talks and rising attendance
The second day of the Teachers institute at the high school saw improved attendance. Professors Sampson Daggy Coper Ackerman Hyatt Saunderson and others led talks on education reading literature history and voice use. The music class under Mies Shilling and Mixa Cole impressed with young talent.
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Teachers’ Institute
Sampson
Mies Shilling
Mixa Cole
Gilbert
Daggy
The
State University
Coper
Profesor Hyatt
Ackerman
Saunderson
Despondent Californian Dies by Own Action in Lodging House
A 34 year old man identified as 8 N Baker of Vallejo California died by suicide at a Japanese lodging house on Fifth Avenue South near Jackson Street. He arranged the scene by blocking the gas and left two pawn tickets and a contact card at 419 Virginia Street Vallejo. The body was found by the lodging house porter and removed to the Bonney-Watson morgue. Baker arrived Saturday. few details about him are known.
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M. Baker
California
Fifth Avenue
Jackson Street
Baker
N. Baker
Virginia Street
Vallejo
Cal
Carrol
Bonney-Watson
Miss Nannie Carnegie Marries James Hever Abroad
Pittsburg report reveals Miss Nannie Carnegie youngest daughter of Mrs Thomas Carnegie and niece of Andrew Carnegie wed James Hever last year Hever was her mother's coachman They have returned home with a baby daughter born abroad and now reside locally
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Pittsburg
Nannie Carnegie
Mra
Thomas Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
James Hever
Morgan Receives King Victor Emmanuel in Rome
J P Morgan was received in a private audience by King Victor Emmanuel who thanked him for returning the cope stolen from Ascoli Cathedral. The act is described as generous and gratefully noted by the monarch.
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Rome
J. P. Morgan
Victor Emanuel
Mr. Morgan
Ascoli
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ESTEY
Emerson
STARR
Heller
Sherman, Clay & Co
Second Ave
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Oliver
Heare
Ont Ave
Geattle
Howard Building
Penn Mutual Life
OLD Reliable Spot
Kline & Rosenberg
First Avenue
Ist Ave
Standard Furniture Co
L. Schoenfeld & Sons
First Ave
Tagoma
Institute
Dabney
Woodholse
Dabney & Woodhouse
Charter Oak
Pike Street
King Thanked “Pierp
Firath Re Hi
Firet Avenue
Th Ee Vco Avenue
Turkey
Vici Kid
Xford
Goodyear
la Force
Wee Nee Shoe
Peterson
Kingsbury
United States
W.B. Hutchinson Co
Cor
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Colby and Hewitt
Everett
Second Avenue
Pike and
Pine
Pike St
London
Isaac Lurie
Wooo Wood, Charcoal and Coka
Seattle Coal and Wood Co
Lane Street and Railroad
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