Secret profits alleged in Watson case with $700000 rebates
Chicago November investigations before Bankruptcy Referee Wean reveal large rebates paid to James S. Watson, general president of Porter Brothers, by Fruit Growers Express. George Robbins of Armour & Co reports over 70000 in six years and notes loans to Watson. railroads and Armour on stand Thursday to probe further rebates and tariff practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wean
S Watson
of Porter Brothers Company
George B. Robbins
Armour & Co
Watson
Express Company
Sumalaind
Press & Co
Porter
Company
Anti-Imperialist League Meeting in Boston Discusses Philippines
Prominent attendees gather at the Twentieth Century Club for the New England Anti-Imperialist League annual meeting. Secretary Winslow urges an immediate official use of the entire voice of the Filipinos while Prof. William James of Harvard urges looking to the future. He cites past prophecies of anti imperialist ruin and transformation, arguing for measured reforms rather than lament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Twentieth Century Club
New England
Anti-Imperialist LeAgue
Winslow
United States
Philippines
William James
Harvard University
Letter From Cleveland Regrets Missed Brooklyn Dinner
In New York a letter from Grover Cleveland dated Princeton New Jersey November 12 regrets inability to attend a Brooklyn banquet honoring Patrick Henry McCarren for leading Kings County Democrats. The event drew over nine hundred guests including Mayor-elect George B. McClellan Charles Murphy and Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Patrick McCarren
Brooklyn
Kings County
George B. McClellan
Charles Murphy
Timothy D. Sullivan
McClellan
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Luke D. Stapleton
Regular Republicans vote to retire harmony plan in Delaware
In Dover on November 30 the state committee of the Regular Republicans voted to retire the harmony proposition once used by the Union Addicks faction. They sent a formal reply to Senator J Frank Allee, saying under current conditions only one harmonious, efficient organization is possible and that electors and state officers cannot be chosen if divided. The Regulars also stated national party support will be sought as appropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
Seshere
Harmony
Union
Addicks
Republican State Committee
J. Frank Allee
National Party
Wall of Goethe's House Preserved in Weimar
In Weimar, Germany, authorities planned to cut into the garden wall of Goethe's former residence, now a national museum. Citizens protested through newspaper campaigns, a meeting, and a resolution sent to the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar demanding the wall not be altered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Saxe-Weimar
Goethe
Weitmar
Weimar
Errimany
Theison Declared Insane in New York Case
Charles Theison, arrested on Thanksgiving for rambling letters to President Roosevelt, is declared insane and moved from Bellevue Hospital to Manhattan State Hospital. White House reports Peter Elliott the mad Swede, who caused a scene at the White House, may be in Washington or en route. Elliott reportedly escaped from a Peter, Minnesota, facility a week ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Theison
Roosevelt
Bellevue Hospital
Manhattan State Hospital
Istip
L. 1
White House
Peter Elliott
Washington
City
Peter, Minn
Poller Secret-Servies “Adisena Oe
Dope Fiend’s Illusionary Stabbing Case Unveiled
Patrolman reports a North West street girl named Pearl Barnes claimed a stabbing. Doctors find no wound after removing dressings, and Pearl admits a fabricated injury tied to her dope use. Authorities determine the stabbing was an illusion while under drug influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Ae
Wright
Pearl
Landvoight Replies to Bristow Allegations
W H Landvoight, former classification division head at the Post Office, says Bristow has no facts to support his charges. He contrasts Bristow’s claims with salaries of Bristow’s son and others in tax service and notes his own son earned 700 during a Washington school vacation while reading detective stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. H. Landvoight
Post Ofice Department
Bristow
Indeterminate Law Not Repealed Says AG Opinion
The attorney general's office informs a northern Indiana warden that the indeterminate sentence law remains valid. A 1908 act defined fraud by issuing bad checks with up to five years in prison but no minimum. The opinion holds a judge may impose any sentence from a minute duration to five years, not exceeding five years, under the indeterminate statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General's Office
Attorney General's Department
Indiana
Hadley
Conditions at Butler Worse Than Reported
Burgess William Kennedy of Butler appeals to Mayors Hayes of Pittsburg and Wyman of Allegheny for aid. He says Butler’s typhoid fever epidemic exceeds 1,500 cases, possibly over 1,800 in Butler and nearby townships. Cities pledge aid, seek more funds, request trained nurses and domestic help.
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Pittsburg
William Kennedy
Butler
Hayes
Wyman
Allegheny
Columbia Freshmen Guarded by Police Fray at Dinner
New York November 20. Columbia University freshmen faced a riot as sophomores kidnapped many on the way to the Hotel Ansonia for the annual class dinner. About 100 of 120 freshmen reached the hotel while the rest, including most football players, were imprisoned in sophomores’ rooms and cellars. Some concealed themselves at Samuel A Veit's residence until police escorted them to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Ansonia
Phi Delta Kap Club
Samuel A. Veit
Standard Oil Company
Butler Relief Fund Sees New Cases And Cash Totals
Twenty new cases of fever reported by 6 pm along with two deaths. Relief committee notes $3,000 on hand and contributions near $10,000 to date. Daily expenses run from $0 to $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Relief Committee
Two Greedy Powers in Macedonian Gendarmerie Debate
London reports a curious episode over Turkish gendarmerie officers in Macedonia. Britain proposed three British officers while Austria-Hungary and Russia each demanded 180 officers, signaling a bid to exclude other powers from influence at the center of the gendarmerie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Macedonia
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Austria
Herrick At A Banquet In New York
Governor elect Myron T. Herrick of Ohio spoke at the Ohio Society of New York banquet at the Manhattan Hotel. He named President Roosevelt as the logical Republican candidate and said Senator Hanna had denied any bid, predicting Roosevelt’s re election with no opposition anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Ohio Society of New York
Manhattan Hotel
John J. McCook
Hanna
Herrick
Roosevelt
Successful Trial of the Cruiser Tacoma
The protected cruiser Tacoma completed a favorable official trial in Santa Barbara channel. Averaging 16.60 knots with a 64 knot course from Moore's landing to Point Conception, the vessel performed smoothly and met government standards, signaling readiness for commissioning after sailing to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
Tacoma
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Santa Barbara Channel
Moore's Landing
Point Conception
United States Navy
Wages of 32,000 Cotton Textile Workers Cut Again
New England mills cut wages for about 32,000 operatives as most factories in Rhode Island Massachusetts and Connecticut adopt a 10 percent reduction. The move, extending to Bradford next Monday, raises the regional total cut to about 75,000 and shifts annual wage losses to around $20,000 weekly in Rhode Island alone. Workers reportedly received the change without serious protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
New Bradford
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pittsburgh strike threat by Amalgamated street car workers
Pittsburg business agent Williams of division 85 announces an impending strike by Pittsburg Railways Company street car men set for Friday. He says a Thursday meeting is only formal and about 2400 of 2700 employees are union members ready to quit if demands are not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Williams
Amalgamated Association of Street Car and Electric Employer of America
Pittsburg Railways Company
Canary
Secret convention of railroad firemen in Philadelphia
About twenty delegates of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen gather in Philadelphia to press for the same pay under the new nine hour day schedule as they earned under the ten hour day. The meeting reflects ongoing labor negotiations on the Pennsylvania Railroad lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delegates Reject Political Route For Labor Legislation
Delegates of the Central Federated Union representing over 150000 workers in miscellaneous trades decide not to enter politics to seek legislation. They favor other means to push worker interests despite their broad representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Federated Union
Miscellaneous Trades
Northern Colorado Miners Resume Work Haltfor Coal Solte
In Denver Colorado miners resume work as nearly two thirds of the 2.00 workers return to the scene. If full force is reached, operations will continue at the mine. Officials expect stability after the resumed labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Cate
Tore
King Edward to Open Parliament with State Ceremony
Continental and domestic dispatches report King Edward will inaugurate the new Parliament session with a grand state ceremony, including a Mall procession along a new route. Other items note Bryan meeting Belfast officials, Balkan and Italian events, and European tensions.
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Edward
Paris
Albert Robin
Potsdam
Emperor William
William J. Bryan
Belfast
Queen's Island
Glasgow
Edinburgh
British War Office
Mediterranean
Malta
Gibraltar
Aldershot Camp
England
New York
Southampton
London
Queenstown
Cunard
Umbria
Italy
Rome
Naples
Evellino
Rheinhold Begas
William
Devon
Col Richard I Eskridge buried with military honors
The body of Col Richard I Eskridge U S A retired arrived in Newport from the Philippines and will be buried with military honors. He was breveted captain for gallantry at Infernal Caverns Pitt River California in 1867 and wounded in Cuba during the Spanish American War. He died in the Philippines after falling ill on the way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Richard I. Eskridge
Philippines
Eskridge
Infernal Caverns
Pitt River
California
Cuba
San Francisco
Grand Jury Probes Bribery in Nebraska Postal Appointments
Federal grand jury resumes probe into alleged bribery connected with Nebraska postmaster appointments at Alma Harlan county Arapahoe Orleans and Oxford witnesses include Alma post office staff and Elliott Lowe son of Alma’s former postmaster Lowe alleged to have helped secure Alma seat in exchange for votes for Senatorial candidates proceedings expected to extend for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Federal Grand Jury
Nebraska
Nanner
Alma
Harlan County
Arapahoe
Orleans
Oxford
A. A. Billings
Elliott Lowe
Lowe
New Medical Work From Dr J J Kyle At Indy
Indianapolis gains a new medical author with Dr J J Kyle of St Vincent Hospital and Indiana Medical College lecturing. His first book The Eye the Nose the Ear appears from Blakiston Sons & Co Philadelphia, 171 pages with eighty five illustrations. Kyle served as chief surgeon major in the 160th Indiana during the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
J. J. Kyle
American Medical Journal
Blakiston’s Sons & Co
Philadelphia
Kyle
St. Vincent Hospital
Medical College of Indiana
Indiana
Man Arrested After Attempted Stabbing at City Resort
William Lawlor of 1316 Bellefontaine Street was arrested by Bicyclemen Simon and Morgan after attempting to stab a woman at a resort on 140 South Senate Avenue. A Black bystander restrained him as the assault occurred. he was intoxicated and resisted removal before police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lawlor
Bellefontaine Street
Simon and
Morgan
Senate Avenue
Lawlor
Ollie Jackson
Wan
Lawler
Attempted Robbery Near Paterson Street
An unknown man tried to seize Miss Eva Schenck of 1037 West Michigan Street on Paterson Street near Vermont. He grabbed her arm, struck her, and knocked her down before fleeing as bystanders intervened. Bicycle officers Morgan and Simon searched the area but did not find the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Schenck
West
Michigan Street
Paterson Street
Vermont
Morgan and
Simon
St Andrews Society Banquet Honors Scottish Laird at Delmonico's
The St Andrews Society of New York held its 147th annual banquet at Delmonico's. Andrew Carnegie, introduced as a star-spangled Scotchman, spoke on what makes a Scotchman. He cited climate and honest poverty as driving forces behind the hard, frugal life and warned that wealth tends to spare many Scots from such challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Andrews’s Society
Delmonico’s
Andrew Carnegie
Pittenchief
City News Notes At A Glance
Local notes report rehearsals and meetings at Shortridge High School Hall and at the St. Clair DAR on 2:30 PM. A saloon license closure occurred on East Wabash. Church group events include Mayflower and Tabernacle gatherings. Health items note tuberculin risks in sleeping cars and a Jay County school tuberculosis case prompting health board review.
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Shortridge High School
St. Clair
Daughters of the American Revolution
Regent
Maurice
John Sanders
East Wabash Street
Sanders
Ladies' Aid Society of
Mayflower Church
L. M. Goode
Bellefontaine Street
F. M. Ketcham
M. J. Spencer
Indianapolis
Tabernacle Church
Board of Public Works
Sun Vapor Light Company
Jackson Township
Jay County
State Board of Health
Dakota Divorce Decree Declared Invalid by Judge Howe
Judge James A. Howe of Des Moines District Court ruled that a Dakota divorce decree is null if the nonresident litigant resided there solely to obtain the divorce. The Fagen case involved a widow seeking dower rights and the husband’s prior death. The decision declares the Dakota decree invalid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James A. Howe
District Court
Oil Company Fails Becomes Receiver in Texas Case
A Beaumont Federated Oil and Pipe Line Company was placed in receivership in Austin by Judge Calhoun upon stockholder 8 J Von Koennerritz’s petition. Receiver W B Brush was appointed as the company holds lands and assets near 70 000 dollars while debts reach about 50 000 dollars, with the firm alleged to be insolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Beaumont Federated Oil and Pipe Line Company
Calhoun
Witty -Thnrd District Court
J. von Koenneritz
Cit
W. B. Brush
Prairie Fires Ravage Caddo County Oklahoma
Prairie fires sweep western Caddo county south of the Washita river burning five to six miles of country between Fort Cobb and Anadarko. Homes are destroyed but no lives are reported lost as of this message.
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Guthrie
O. T
Caddo County
Washita River
Fort Cobb
Anadarko
Mystery Trunk Discovered on South West Street
A mysterious trunk was found yesterday morning in a rear yard on South West Street, amid dirty linen and old shoes. A paper inside identified it as belonging to Vasilie Foder of 2607 South Jefferson Avenue, Muncie Indiana. His brother John Foder of Muncie was contacted but unaware of the trunk, noting their family home is in Sharon Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasilie Foder
Jefferson Avenue
Muncie
Ind
John Foder
Vasilie
Sharon
Guilty Verdict in Baltimore Manual School Case
Edmond Stabler, superintendent of the Baltimore Manual School, was found guilty of cruelly beating a boy. He was fined and costs by the court after two lengthy trials with many witnesses. total costs estimated at about $3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Edmond Stabler
Baltimore Manual School
Trustees raise Dr. Rogers salary at hospital
The Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane trustees increased superintendent Dr. Joseph G. Rogers salary from 2000 to 2500 dollars a year. Governor approved the raise under a law allowing such increases with gubernatorial consent. Rogers is identified as a Democrat and his administration is described as successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern
Indiana
Joseph G. Rogers
Rogers
Army Officer's Wife Dead in San Antonio
Mrs. Budd, wife of Capt. O. W. Bud, United States Army, died suddenly in San Antonio last night. The cause was Brights disease. She was thirty two, a daughter of R. H. Southgate of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Cottage Fire at Ohio Epileptics Home Burns Inmates
Gallipolis Ohio November report says Cottage B of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics burned today. Loss limited to two dollars including inmates effects. Fifty patients were inside most narrowly escaped and some were rescued unconscious and saved from worse harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Narrow
Arrest of Hooks Howard in Lebanon on petit larceny
Hooks Howard, a colored man from this city, was arrested in Lebanon yesterday on a petit larceny charge for allegedly stealing from O C Scott's store. He is jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing, with word sent that he is also wanted here to answer an assault and battery charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooks Howard
Lebanon
Cc. O. Scott
Howard
Murdered Citizen in Quincy Hit by Hammer
Quincy Kentucky reports Christian Bote, a prominent citizen, found murdered with his head crushed by a hammer. Police suspect des peradoes in the neighborhood, but no arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Christian Bote
Ana
Attempted Robbery At Dennica House Reported
A burglar entered the residence of James Dennica at 5 North Senate Avenue last night but fled when frightened away before wielding a weapon. Police reported the attempted robbery but found no suspect or weapon at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dennica
Senate Avenue
Dennica
Buc
Newly Organized Sumner League Forms Dinner And Speeches
The Sumner League a newly organized colored Republican club held its first formal function at Parker House West Michigan street. A dinner brought together about a score of prominent colored Republicans with speeches by J H Ward J Wesley Bridges and others. The promoters praised early work and planned rapid membership growth and broader activity aligning with white Republican clubs in influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner League
Colored Republican Club
Parker House
West Michigan Street
League
W. J. S. Reed
J. H. Ward
J. H. Lott
Joseph
H. Broyles
J. Wesley Bridges
C. W. Brown
Republican Party
W. W. Walden
James Johnson
Sote
Columbia
Marion
Hump Stole Coat From Secondhand Store
Martin Havens known as Hump was arrested after attempting to steal a coat from a corner Alabama and Washington streets store. A 45 year old noted ex convict, he was caught by a clerk after lifting the coat from a dummy. He recently completed a prison sentence and had been living at the Lighthouse Mission. He had been seen at the funeral of ex President Harrison for trying to enter a rear window. He spoke as a reformed criminal during a revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Havens
Hump
Alabama
Washington
Harrison
Lighthouse Mission
Largest direct coupled exhaust fan and water motor unit shipped
The Specialty Manufacturing Company of this city sent to Vancouver a forty eight inch exhaust fan with a twenty inch triple water motor. The unit is touted as the largest direct coupled fan and water motor outfit installed in North America, to be placed atop a wing of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
British Columbia
Aneer
Aw Ng
North America
Edinburg man elected president of Evansville Central League Club
M. L. Schuler of Edinburg Ind was chosen president of the Evansville Central League Club. An old time player he previously managed the Burlington and Des Moines teams in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Schuler
Edinburg
Ind
Evansville
Burlington and Des Moines
President John Mitchell to visit Trinidad Colorado
John F. Ream received a telegram from John Mitchell stating he will arrive in Trinidad Colorado over Santa Fe next Wednesday morning at seven o clock and will reserve hotel accommodations. The message dated Chicago confirms the upcoming visit and lodging arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
John Mitchell
John F. Ream
Empire Shoe Company Closes in Brockton
The Empire Shoe Company closed its doors today in Brockton Massachusetts, discharging 49 employees. A keeper was placed on attachments served by two Boston firms. Accounts are audited. Efforts will be made to reach a compromise while the corporation may resume operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton, Mags
Empire Shoe Company
Boston
Death by Own Action of Noted Ohio Attorney
C P L Butler a well known attorney in Columbus Ohio shot himself in the head this afternoon. The act attributed to melancholia left him a bachelor forty seven years old and prominent in club and social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
C. P. L. Butler
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Winn
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Citizens’ Permanent Relief Committee
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Wroblewo
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Reichstag
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Count Kwilecki
Pepaies Bowe
Lavan
R. I. Eskridge
Dr. J. J. Kyle
City News Notes
Oil Company
Oklahoma
Dr. Rogers
Morocco
Charles Mayer
West Washington Street
Evansville Club
Postum
Hi. T. Hearsey Vehicle CO
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Hampton Roads
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Monroe
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