Grannis and Gillette Sued Over Mutual Life Funds
Complaints served in suits by Mutual Life Insurance against Robert Grannis ex vice president and Walter Gillette ex treasurer alleging negligence in approving vouchers and appropriating funds. Grannis faces claims for 917 500 plus interest including diverted assets to a confidential fund and political contributions. Gillette is accused of receiving large sums and expending them with few records and no final accounting.
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New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Robert &. Griinnois
Walter
Bill Footsa
Grannis
Ane
Perisho Retains Office After Quo Warranto Ruling
In Paris Indiana the circuit court ruled Perisho valid as school director despite a challenged vote cast by his underage niece and a separate claim that teacher Mise Jones voted for Sisson. The court found both tickets unlawful but said they did not change the election result, leaving Perisho in office.
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Paris
Joseph Perisho
Perisho
Henry Sisson
Mise Jones
Sisson
Sixtieth Anniversary of U S Flag Raising in San Francisco
In San Francisco on July 11 the six tieth anniversary of the first raising of the United States flag was celebrated at Portsmouth square. Veterans of the Mexican War organized the event and a national salute of twenty one guns was fired by military forts and the training ship Pensacola stationed at Georgia island.
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San Francisco
United States
Portsmouth Square
Gea? Island
Jumbo the giant steer from Brookville Indiana
Jumbo, owned by Andrew G. Wessel of Brookville, weighs 3500 pounds and stands 18 1/2 hands high. The full blooded Short Horn is four years old, measures 11 feet around the girth and 17 feet 2 inches nose to tail, and is said to be the largest steer in the world.
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Brookville
Tind
Andrew G. Wessel
Newlywed Express Messenger Dies in Car Crush Tragedy
Raymond Surls 23, a United States Express messenger, died from injuries after a collision left him crushed between two cars. His wife, married just three weeks, was at his bedside as he ended his shift. The accident occurred in the city while he was finishing work.
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Ae An Ind
Raymond Surls
United States Express
Miss Taggart and Ade Not Engaged
Indianapolis July 11 report denying the engagement between Miss Lucy Taggart daughter of Thomas Taggart chairman of the Democratic national committee and playwright George Ade.
Bryan Lunches with Premier at Downing Street
William J. Bryan dined with Premier Campbell-Bannerman at Downing Street. Lord Chancellor Loreburn and Secretary for India Morley attended the official gathering in London on July 11.
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Bryan
London
William J. Bryan
Campbell-Bannerman
Downing Street
Loreburn
India
Moreley
Safe Blowers Hit Chicago Bricklayers Hall in Bold Robbery
In Chicago on July 11 a band of safe blowers breached the bricklayers hall and, after an exciting revolver battle near the janitor, escaped with 1500. The explosion detonated the heavy safe, starting a fight that raged down two flights and across several blocks.
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Chicago
the Evening Journal
Quarrel on Train Leaves One Eye Shot in Cape Girardeau
On a July 11 train near Canalou Nick Bryant and George Rodgers, brothers in law, argued then exchanged shots. Bryant was hit in the head losing an eye. Rodgers fled when crowd restrained. Bryant treated locally. Also July 14 in Richmond, Samuel Morgan and two others faced Sherman act extradition proceedings. In Watertown excavations near Rodman uncover eighteen skeletons of an ancient people directed by Harvard’s Raymond Harrington.
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Cape Girardeau
Nick Bryant
George Rodgers
Emnity
Canalou
Bryant
Rodgers
Richmond
Samuel '. Morgan
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
Fortescue Kittle
J. Rice Smith
Widdill
United States District Court
Edward T. Stanford
Knoxville
Middle District
Tennessee
Watertown
N. Y
Rodman
Homer J. Heath
Raymond Harrington
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Lipton Arrives in Chicago for Lipton Cup Races
Sir Thomas Lipton of London arrives in Chicago from Milwaukee. The visit length is undecided but locals hope he stays for the Lipton cup races. He spent the afternoon as a guest of a local yacht club and was entertained by the Chicago Yacht Club at a theater that evening.
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Chicago
Sir Thomas Lipton
London
Milwaukee
Thomas
Chicago Yacht Club
Walcott Retains Welterweight Title With KO of Dougherty
Joe Walcott of Boston retained the world welterweight championship by knocking out Jack Dougherty of Milwaukee in the eighth round at the Lincoln Athletic Club in Chelsea.
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Boston
Joe Walcott
Jack Dougherty
Milwaukee
Lincoln Athletic Club
Chelsea
Baseball Scores From July Chicago and League Action
Chicago July 11 scores report Brooklyn beat Pittsburg 7 6 and Chicago shut out Boston 2 0 in the league. American matches show Boston 6 Chicago 3 in eight innings due to rain and Washington 4 Detroit 3 in eleven innings. Other leagues list St Paul 6 Toledo 1 and Louisville 3 Minneapolis 2 among regional results.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
American
Washington
Detroit
Association
St. Paul
Toledo
Milwaukee
Indiana
Immigration and trade and losses headline summary
Secretary Taft returns to Washington from Greensboro. Ellis Island reports over one million entrants in the year ending June 30. Siberia sees 86 867 migrants in six months. Brazil reduces flour tariffs and other U S exports by 20 percent. Retired Brigadier General Louis Henry Rucker dies in Los Angeles after forty years of service. U S crop report shows corn acreage at 95 353 000. Amal gamated Window Glass Workers of America hold annual convention in Cleveland.
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Taft
Washington
Greensboro
N.C
United States
Ellis Island
Siberia
Brazil
Louis Henry Rucker
U. S.A
Los Angeles
Cal
The
Amalgamated Window Glass Warers O America
Cleveland
General Booth Founder of Salvation Army
General Booth, elder son of a builder, converted at fifteen and began preaching. He trained for ministry, was ordained in 1842, then left the church to evangelize, founding the Christian Mission which became the Salvation Army. He is seventy seven.
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General Booth
Salvation Army
New Connection Church
London
Christian Mission
Thaw Denies Insanity Claim and Proclaims Defense
Harry Kendall Thaw in the Tombs asserts he is not insane and rejects a commission to evaluate his mental state. He says his lawyers dispute reports of insanity and claims no such inquiry is planned. A new Pittsburgh witness, Paul Dorn, is said to testify in New York proceedings.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Tombs
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Thaw
Young Thaw
Olcott
Gruber
Pittsburg
Paul Dorn
Wilkinsburg
Harry Thaw
Europe
Dorn
Cown
Bedford
Southampton
Navy Ration Reform Adds Fresh Fruit and Milk
Washington reports a naval ration reform under the last appropriation act. The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts prepared a new menu claiming the U S Navy offers a superior, more flexible ration than any other force. It eliminates commutations and adds preserved and fresh fruits fresh milk flavoring extracts fresh fish and sauce to the daily fare.
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Washington
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
United States Navy
Army
Navy
Marriage of a Senator in Manchester at Windclffe
Miss Josephine Porter Boardman daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Boardman of Washington wed Winthrop Murray Crane United States senator and former governor of Massachusetts at Windclffe the Boardmans summer home in Manchester in the presence of immediate relatives The ceremony was conducted by Rev Dr Roland Cotton Smith
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Manchester
Mass
Josephine Porter Boardman
W. J. Boardman
Washington
Winthrop Murray Crane
Dalton
United States
Massachusetts
Windclyffe
Boardmans
Roland Cotton Smith
Quiet lavish wedding at St John’s Episcopal elamel venue
The ceremony at St John’s Episcopal elamel in Wraeshineton featured rector Rev Hh Dewart of Christchurch Hyde Park. neither br ide nor groom attended. The event was noted for its tropical plants and decorations with guests presenting gold and silver and glass keepsakes.
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St. John's Episcopal Elamel
Wraeshineton
Hh. Dewart
Christchurch
Postmaster General Suspends Bank Revival Order
Washington July 11 Postmaster General Cortelyou suspended the July 6 1905 order forbidding delivery of funds and money orders to the People's United States Bank and its officers including E G Lewis. The suspension rests on the belief that Lewis reviving the bank with his name could justify revoking the suspension and reimposing the order. The bank appears near extinction per the Postmaster. Greensboro NC Republicans open their state convention with routine business. Zimmerman and his son in law the Duke of Manchester inspect a proposed railway route and discuss potential purchase interests in the project.
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Washington
Cortelyou
St. Louis
People’s United States Tank
B Lewis
E.G. Lewis
Gener
Lewis
People's United States Bank
Postimaster
Stoml
Chicago Market Hogs and Cattle Report July 11 1906
Markets show cattle steady hogs steady to firm with mixed packers buying slowly. Receipts and prices for pigs light hogs and heavy shipping grades listed, with cattle and sheep sections noting steady to strong after yesterday's gains. Report cites Beach-Wickham Co. and McCall Bros. as agencies.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
Turkey Opposes US Move to Elevate Constantinople Embassy
Reports from Constantinople and Washington reveal Turkey’s Chekib Bey says no instruction delays the elevation of the U S legation to an embassy in Constantinople. He notes Turkey desires proper representation but cites financial and other conditions as prerequisites. The State Department sees such a move as essential to U S Turkish relations and warns against discrimination against the United States by European powers.
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Constantinople
Tne
Washington
Chekib Bey
Tropper
United States
Homwe Chetib Tey
State Department
Tle
Department
Legation
Leishman
Turkey
Porte
United Staes
Ice Trust Probe Underway in Kansas City
Kansas City July 11. County prosecutor investigates alleged ice trust controlling local output. Move to shut down the supposed combine targets firms demanding ten dollars per ton while ice costs a dollar fifty. N L Burke secretary of the People's Ice Storage and Fuel Co testifies contracts bind other firms, making competing supply hard.
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Kansas City
N. L. Burke
People’s Ice, Storage and Fuel Company
Special election to replace late Representative Adams
Madison July 11 Attorney General Sturdevant orders a special election to fill the Adams vacancy. The electee will be chosen by the old caucus and convention system. John M. Nelson of Madison is the sole candidate.
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Madison
Wis
Sturdevant
Representative Adams
John M. Nelson
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Bhdna McClure
New Witness Pound
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Burg
Edna McClure
Garvan
James L. Lederer
Wild Rose
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Ally
Jackies
Crane
Bh. G. Lewis
North Carolina
Creensboro
Grain Market
Joen Close
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Sultan
Kesutt
Aultan
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