Wall Street Sees Six Failures as Stocks Plunge
New York reports two more stock exchange failures Sharp & Bryan and Hurlbut Hatch & Co bringing six failures in eleven days. Markets end near new lows with two thirds of active stocks at record lows as fears of wider insolvency grow and confidence among bankers remains fragile.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Sharp & Bryan and
Hurlbut, Hatch & Co
Sharp & Bryan
Wall Street
Sterling Exchange
Ohio
Chesapeake
Chicago & Run
Chicago
Hurlbut Hatch & Co Faces Financial Embarrassment
The firm Hurlbut Hatch & Co organized in September 190... is described as financially embarrassed. The value of its stock exchange securities depends largely on market conditions. John Henry Hurlbut E Sanford Hatch a board member and J Frailey Smith are named in association with the firm, but no official statement on their affairs was obtainable at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
Pullman Palace
Sugar
St. Paul
Colorado Southern
Consolidated Gas
Brooklyn Union Gas
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Evansville & Terre Heute
Metropolitan
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
St. Louis Southwestern
Texas and Pacific Land Trust
Wabash
Reading and
Lake Erie First
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Atchison, Baltimore & Ohio
St. Pauli
Erie
Missouri
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading Common
United States Steel Common
Sharp & Bryan
W. W. Sharp
C. 8. Bryan
General Symby
Lar
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Hurlbut, Hatch
Judge Rules Non English Speakers Denied Citizenship
Albany Aug 5 Judge Clifford D Gregory County Court rejects sixty naturalization applications vowing not to naturalize anyone unable to speak English well enough to be understood He will compel answers on age nativity arrival and other citizenship essentials and will refuse papers if responses fail Five years in U S not enough if language not spoken clear then not fit for citizenship
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Albany
N. Y
Clifford D. Gregory
United States
Drownings Of Two Cleveland Physicians In Lake Erie
Two prominent Cleveland physicians, Dr. Adolph Cadell and Dr. Ernest H. Luete, were drowned while swimming off the German American clubhouse in Lake Erie this evening.
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Cleveland, CO
Adolph Cadell
Ernest H. Luete
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Suit to oust glass trust hits nationwide firms in Ohio
Ohio Attorney General files suit in Circuit Court at the urging of the Federal Glass Company to dissolve the National Glass Company. The action targets eighteen member firms across Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and beyond, alleging price manipulation and production limits under the Valentine anti trust law. The National Company claims control of about 67 percent of output with plants in multiple states.
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Federal Glass Company—Trust
Indiana
Columbus
Glass Trust
National Glass Company
Pennsylvania
United States
Ohio
Sheets
Federal Glass Company
Cicero Glass Company
Cicero
Ind
Federal Company
Valentine
National
George Beatty
Washington, Pa
Lancaster
Martin's Ferry
Steubenville
Bridgeport
Newark
Pittsburg
Beaver Falls
Washington
Tarent
Limited Panhandle train derails on curve near Ohio
The Panhandle limited from the West to Pittsburg derailed at Lumsley Crossing between Jewett and Scio. Fireman John W. Smith of Dennison was killed and Engineer John B. Hoffman of Allegheny was probably fatally injured. Passengers James B. Calderwood and Walter Corbett were injured, along with several others. The engineer applied airbrakes after seeing a man on the track, causing a collapse of the engine and a partial derailment onto an embankment.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Panhandle
Pittsburg
Lumsley's Crossing
Jewett and
Scio
John W. Smith
Dennison, O
John B. Hoffman
Allegheny
James B. Calderwood
Denver
Walter Corbett
Butte
Mont
Pact Ends Deadlock. 10,000 Men Set For Builders Resumption
A peace treaty between the Builders' Exchange League and the Building Trades Council promises a general resumption of work on all buildings by Saturday. The wage scale for hoisting engineers will be settled within fifteen days. Final decision on resumption to be issued by 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, affecting about 10,000 workers.
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Pittohore
Pittsburg
Builders' Exchange League
Building Trades Council
Builders’ Exchange League
Preacher Survives Runaway Cab in Fifth Avenue
The Rev. Dr. George C. Houghton, pastor of the Church of the Transfiguration in New York, escaped unharmed after a runaway cab ride from Thirty-First Street down Fifth Avenue to Twenty-Eighth Street. Lieut. G. R. Fortisque of the Fourth United States Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth, sprang from the curb and restrained the horse until the cab halted.
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New York
George C. Houghton
Church of the Transfiguration
East Twenty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-firet Street
Twenty Eighth Street
G. R. Fortisque
Fourth United States Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
True value of land returns from county auditors
County tax board releases the true value figures for land returns, suggesting the commissioners will likely add a substantial amount to the state revenue during the current legislative session.
Marion County Leads Indiana Real Estate Assessment Gains
The State Board of Tax Commissioners released 92 county returns showing Marion County with the largest increase in total real estate assessment, rising by 25,012,025 to 166,825,455 dollars. Marion also records the highest per acre value at 56.17 dollars, with Indianapolis city valuations pending.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Marion County
Marion
Allen
Elkhart
Grant
Lake
Montgomery
St. Joseph
Tippecanoe
Vanderburg
Vigo
Wayne
Blackford
Brown
Crawford
Dearborn
Dubois
Franklin
Harrison
Jasper
Jennings
Lawrence
Martin
Orange
Owen
Perry
Pike
Pulaski
Scott
Starke
Switzerland
Behton
Cass
Delaware
Madison
Warren
Clark
Clay
de Kalb
Floyd
Ohio
Bartholomew
Boone
Carroll
Clinton
Hamilton
Hancock
Tipton
Shelby
Hendricks
Iice
Indianapolis
Adams
Benton
Daviess
Decatur
Fayette
Fountain
Fulton
Gibson
Carnegie Gift to Dunfermline Worth 22.5 Million in Bonds
Andrew Carnegie plans to give 2.5 million in United States Steel bonds to his birthplace Dunfermline Scotland. The funds must preserve the Pittencrieff estate including its tower, maintain a theater, foster horticulture for workers, and advance technical education in the linen industry district.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
Dunfermline
Scotland
Pittencrieff
Malcolm Canmore
Princess Margaret
Murderer hanged by mob in Asotin after jail break
In Asotin Washington on August 5 a mob of over a thousand broke into the county jail and hanged William H Hamilton, who had confessed to killing a little girl named Mabel Richards after deputies and Sheriff Richards failed to prevent the lynching. The victim’s father sought to intervene but was unable.
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Asotin
Wash
Sheriff Richards
Asotin County
Wiliam H. Hamilton
Little Mabel Richards
Hamilton
Fillmore
Projected railroad gains support before Board of Works in Quincy
Delegations from Sheridan Russiaville Young America Kennington and other towns urge approval of the Indianapolis Logansport and Chicago Railroad franchise before the Board of Public Works. Elevation of tracks is a key issue with experts to be consulted as the board takes the matter under advisement.
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Indianapolis, Logansport & Chicago Railroad
Board of Public Works
Cerealinetown
Frederick A. Gale
Chicago
Indianapolis, Logansport & Chicago Railroad Company
Quincy A. Myers
Logansport
Charles N. Thompson
Indianapolis
I. N. Richie
Board of Works
Quincy Ayers
Theodore P. Davis
Myers
Davis
Board
Sheridan
Russiaville
Young America
Kennington
Marion
Hamilton
M. B. Lairy
B. F
Indianapolis line clash over route and track policy
Rufus Loutham and fellow officials press the Indianapolis line from this city to Indiana Harbor. Quincy Myers insists the route opens farming districts and shortens Chicago access, with a bona fide franchise funded by reliable officers. He opposes forcing immediate track elevation and seeks equal treatment with other lines already on grade.
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Indiana Harbor
Indianapolis
Chicago
Logansport
Myers
Turkish note warns of draft in Macedonia amid unrest
Constantinople Aug. 5 The Porte abandons withdrawal of troops from Macedonia and prepares to draft soldiers for disturbed districts. A circular note warns powers of the Turkish government’s plan. The document is read as a threat to the Bulgarian government though not naming Bulgaria.
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Constantinople
Porte
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Revolution Proclaimed in Bulgarian Provinces Start Hostilities
Sofia Aug 5 The Macedonian committee proclaims a revolution at Monastir and surrounding districts. Revolutionary forces in Monastir Rezen Ochrida Debro Ketchero Poretchka Kronchero Perlene Serin Keylari and Demirhissar begin hostilities. Telegraphs cut. Salonica reports dynamite outrages and fears of broader upheaval before Sept 1 Sultan birthday.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonia Committee
Monastir
Rezen
Ochrida
Debro
Ketchero
Poretchka
Kronchero
Perlene
Serin
Keylari
Demirhissar
Salonica
Gasoline Fire Wrecks Miles Restaurant on West Washington
A gasoline explosion in C A Miles’s restaurant last night caused about 400 dollars in damage. D H Layman, a waiter, suffered severe burns while lighting a gasoline fire under a coffee urn, then escaped the flames and received treatment at the City Dispensary and City Hospital. Firemen prevented total loss with prompt action.
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C. A. Miles
West Washington Street
D. H. Layman
Layman
Dynamite Attempt Near Bozeman Wrecks Train
In Montana an explosion one mile west of Bozeman wrecked Engine 2 of westbound Train 53, damaging the locomotive and breaking the headlight while engineer Dean escaped injury. Authorities suspect the same assailant who earlier tried to blow a Northern Pacific bridge over the Yellowstone River at Livingston.
Brutally Lash Eluding Boys Arrested in Kokomo
Duncan of Kokomo Ind was arrested by Patrolman Bates after driving a horse and buggy in a drunken rage at the corner of New Jersey and Louisiana streets and maliciously lashing three small boys with a horsewhip. The lads bore ugly welts on their faces and Duncan was locked up on assault and battery charges.
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Duncan
Kokomo
Ind
Bates
New Jersey
Louisiana
Stage dream drives nurse to suicide amid parental opposition
Mabel May a 24 year old nursing trainee in New York reportedly took her own life due to her parents objections to her plans to appear on the stage. The gunge of her Jamaican banker father from Falmouth is noted as part of her background and talent.
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New York
Mabel May
Falmouth
Jamaica
Explosion Claims Three Lives In Ind Oil Plant
A devastating nitroglycerin blast at an oil region factory near Bluffton Indiana leaves three men dead. Searchers find no trace of one victim’s body, believed torn to pieces. The explosion also destroyed a magazine, creating a crater fifteen feet deep and fifty feet wide with trees shattered nearby.
Devastating Bluffton Nitro Glycerin Explosion Claims Three Lives
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Bluffton Ind Aug 5 Three men died when a nitroglycerin explosion at the Empire and American Nitro-Glycerin Company plant two miles east of Bluffton destroyed a warehouse and damaged nearby property. Victims were William Howard superintendent William Steffy assistant superintendent and Ed Radabaugh a teamer. About a thousand quarts of explosive detonated. Radabaugh is suspected to have dropped a can. Howard’s body was found. Steffy and Radabaugh were not recovered. The blast shattered windows, ripped trees, and created a 15 by 50 foot crater. The firm planned dismantling the Bluffton plant and moving to Hartford City. A prior fatality, William Ulmer, occurred eight years earlier near the same site. The explosion was heard up to fifty miles away and caused damage across the region. Special reports from Hartford City and Parker City note shock felt locally and local connections to the victims.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bluffton
Ind
Empire and American Nitro
Radabaugh
Montpelier
Steffy
Rada- Dbaugh
Hartford City
Howard
McBride
J. W. Egnew
Wabash
Egnew
William Ulmer
Ulmer
Wabash River
Wiliam Steffy
Corbin Steffy
S. Carroll Farm
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Jefferson
Johnson
Knox
Kosciusko
Miami
Monroe
Morgan
Newton
Noble
Parke
Porter
Posey
Putnam
Randolph
Friends OF
T. PP. Davis
Sultan
Walter
Northern Pacific
N. S. Duncan
Yen
Bluffton, Ind
William Howard
William Steffy
ED Radabaugh
Warker City
Parker City
Empire
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