New York Mutual Insurance Proxies Could Be Nullified
A New York assembly committee reported favorably with amendments a bill to remove all directors and trustees of domestic mutual life insurers from office by November 15, 1906. Proxies executed before September 15 would be invalid for the reorganizing election. Elections would be postponed to November and overseen by the state department of insurance with three policyholders as inspectors. Directors would be split into one and two year terms by lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albury
N. Y
Assembly Committee On Insurance
Assembly
Joint Special Investigating Committee
Thomas W. Lawson
New York Life Insurance Company
Senate
Armstrong
Higgins
State Department of Insurance
Coal conference yields no agreement on Illinois shot-firers law
Indianapolis March 22. Joint scale committees of coal operators and miners meet most of the day without agreement. Illinois shot-firers law cited as adding 2 to 10 cents per ton. Miners caucus to avoid the proposal. Ohio U M W president W H Haskins resigns after chairmanship shifted to vice president Lewis. resignation accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Illinois
Joint Committee
Lewis
Ohio
W. H. Haskins
Ohio U. M. W
Governor General Rebukes Mayor Over Funeral Attendance
Batoum dispatch reports the governor general summoning and severely reprimanding the mayor and town council for attending the funeral of a revolutionist. He noted the municipality was not represented at the funeral the same day a policeman was murdered a few nights earlier.
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Batoum
Mother and Child Victims In Train Collision
Mrs Cornelia Botesma and her 1 year old child were struck by a Michigan Central passenger train near Grand Rapids Michigan while crossing the track. The child was instantly killed and the mother died at Butterworth hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Cornelia Botesma
Michigan Central
Butterworth Hospital
Four Prisoners Escape From Vincennes Jail
Four inmates escaped by sawing their way out of the Vincennes jail. The turnkey locked all cells but four men slipped into corridors. The escapees are Harry Corrie convicted of grand larceny Daniel Brown charged with larceny George White charged with adultery and James Lawson accused of assault with intent to kill.
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Vincennes
Tid
Harry Corrie
Daniel Brown
George White
James Lawson
Russia to Rebuild Her Navy Programme Reported
The Pall Mall Gazette says Russia plans a naval programme spending about 100 million dollars over two years. It notes British shipbuilders would gain a sizable share and 20 million dollars is set aside for four first class battleships like those under construction for Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
London
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Japan
Iowa Moves to Regulate Standard Oil in Anti-Discrimination Bill
The Iowa House passed by 66 to 13 an anti discrimination bill aimed at ousting Standard Oil or forcing changes in its practices. The measure prohibits discriminatory oil rates, mirrors Missouri law, and carries a $5000 fine and possible imprisonment for violations.
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Iowa
Standard Oil
Des Moines
House
Missouri
Representative Patterson Dead in Pennsylvania Funeral Set
Washington March 22 The funeral of George KR Patterson of Pennsylvania who died here suddenly of heart failure will be held from the Presbyterian church at Ashland Pa his former home Saturday afternoon Patterson had just returned from a visit to his home and appeared in good health
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Patterson
Washington
George KR. Patterson
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Church
Ashland
Will Run Open Shops Hereafter
Master plumbers decide to operate open shops starting immediately and sever all dealings with the journeymen plumbers union, which had been locked out by employers previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internally wired man leaves hospital after Chicago crash
Louis Thyr ium, once near death at Mount Carmel hospital, was discharged with seventeen feet of wire inside his body from injuries suffered in a Chicago street car accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Louis Thyrium
Mount Carmel Hospital
Chicago
Arrested and Then Released in Rio Grande Collision Case
Pueblo March 22. William Vandeusen night operator at Swallows was taken into custody by local police after the Rio Grande collision near Adobe. He was released by order of Fremont county sheriff. Vandeusen says no subpoena to appear at the coroner investigation has been served.
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Pueblo
Colo
William Vandeusen
Swallows
Opperator Lively
Rio Grande
Adobe
Fremont County
Vandeusen
Striking Miners Divide Camps as Troops Gather
Lensrance reports a thousand more troops and cavalry are being assembled amid a growing miners strike. Strikers split into extremists and moderates and threaten to clash. In New York another remark from Dr. Josiah Strong at a Municipal Art Society dinner sparks debate over worker protection and costs.
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Lensrance
Bank Robbery Strikes Niagara ND Bank
Robbers enter the Niagara Bank twelve miles west of Larimore North Dakota and demolish the safe securing 1280 dollars in cash. The crime was not discovered until cashier David Kirm opened the bank for business.
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North Dakota
Larimore
N. D
Bank of Niagara
Here
David Kirm
Eau Claire Man Nelson Co Wilcox Dies Suddenly
Eau Claire Wisconsin March 22 Nelson Co Wilcox aged 70 a long time resident of Eau Claire and noted in business and politics collapsed and died. General Thomas J Henderson of Illinois has been elected president of the Society of the Army of the Ohio to succeed the late General Schofield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Thomas J. Henderson
Illinois
The
Society of the Army of the Ohio
Schofield
Senator Aldrich Faces Shifting Roles in Rate Bill Debates
Nelson W. Aldrich, longtime Republican Senate leader from Rhode Island, recently withdrew from formal leadership yet remains influential in shaping the rate bill. A former Rhode Island speaker and 1880 senator, he is sixty four years old and pushed for Senator Tillman to report the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson W. Aldrich
Union
United States Senate
Tillman
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Senate
Mysterious poisoning death shocks St Charles alley
In St Charles Alabama on Sunday Mrs. William Anderson died after eating cake. The coroner's jury adjourned without verdict and may spend ten days hearing evidence on possible strychnine poisoning. The family including two hired men were away when the cake was prepared.
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St. Charles
William Anderson
Anderson
Young’s Suicide After Reading Trashy Novels and Rebellion
Grover Young a 17 year old Kokomo resident killed himself at his brother in law Samuel Wilson’s home seven miles west of Kokomo. The death followed reading trashy novels and fear spring would not come. He had bought revolvers daggers and brass knuckles after selling a pony for sixty dollars and walked home through snow before shooting himself with a fatal shot to the heart in Wilson’s presence.
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Kokomo
Ind
Oklahoma
Grover Young
Samuel Wilson
Wilson
Young
Work of a Dastard Murder Shocks Reading Community
Elmer Prutzman a 21 year old from Hamburg was shot dead as he left his sweetheart Mabel Treats home in Reading. Police say the death appears to be murder not suicide with threats known to his parents and investigations ongoing by town detectives.
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Reading
Elmer Prutzman
Mabel Treat
Prutzman
Hamburg
Twne
MacDonald Links Rate Legislation to Socialism Trend
Professor William MacDonald of Brown University argues in Providence that railroad rate legislation before Congress signals a drift toward socialism, noting its impact over the past year. He cautions that the move could reshape economic policy and public welfare.
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Brown University
United States
MacDonald
America
Providence
R. J
Congress
William MacDonald
Lured to a Negro Retreat Abduction Case Opens
Hattie Warren testifies in New York court that she was lured to Spriggs House, a resort for blacks, in February 1905, held prisoner for over five months, stripped of clothes, and abused. Prosecutor alleges Robert Spriggs, alleged proprietor, abducted her after a raid into the white slave investigation. Warren escaped the day before the raid.
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New York
Hattie Warren
Court of General Sessions
Robert Spriggs
Sprigggs
District Attorney's Office
Warren
Spriggs
Spriggs House
Pessimistic club of maiden ladies forms at Howell
Howell Michigan March 22 The Pessimistic club a unique woman’s organization of maiden ladies over 30 has existed three or four years chiefly college bred. It aims at intellectual development in literature studying Shakespeare this winter with Othello to be discussed next. Miss Harriett Porter elected president and Dr Jannette Brigham leader Porter a Harvard graduate and traveler Brigham a University of Michigan medical graduate with literary attainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Mich
Harriett Porter
Jannette Brigham
Pittsburg Man Faces Twenty-Five Year Reprisal Complaint
Pittsburg March 22 Frank Merke who ran a saloon at 46 Smith Street has a filed complaint alleging misdemeanor conduct over a long period. The case points to a pattern of alleged violations and a long history in the city.
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Pittsburg
Frank Merke
Smith
Saloon on Flekl Street Closed After Disorderly Visit
The article recalls Merkel’s saloon on Flekl Street where a man caused trouble after drinking and was expelled. The owner claimed Sundays and holidays were kept quiet and men should stay home with families. No theft occurred. staff halted drinks if intoxication neared danger and cleared the crowd to restore order.
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Flekl
Merkel
Biba
Rubber Company in Milwaukee Faces Bankruptcy Petition
A March 22 filing seeks involuntary bankruptcy against the Milwaukee Rubber Company of Cudahy Wis alleging debts over 100 000. The plant employs between 500 and 1 000 workers but operations are not expected to be affected by the case.
South African compensation board settles Boer War claims
The South African compensation committee, reviewing Boer War losses, finished its work after examining no fewer than 8,9000 demands totaling 510 million dollars. It approved 47.5 million dollars for the retirement of these claims.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
South African Compensation Committee
Mad dogs terrorize farmer and livestock in Michigan
In Ovid Michigan on March 22 several mad dogs attacked livestock. A $25 bird dog owned by Perry Greebaugh was killed after being bitten. Farmer Clayton Johnson was chased, escaped by climbing a tree, and remained there until the dog bled to death.
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Ovid
Mich
Perry Greebaugh
Clayton Johnson
Judge Imposes Life Sentence on George Lynch
In Galesburg on March 22 Judge Thompson sentenced George Lynch formerly of Chicago to life imprisonment after Lynch confessed to the December murder of Constable W H Seibert.
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Galesburg
Thompson
George Lynch
Chicago
W. H. Seibert
Chicago Live Stock Market Reports March 22 1906
Markets show cattle and sheep steady to strong with hogs generally higher. Receipts: cattle 7000, sheep 16000, hogs 7000. buyers mostly speculators and feeders, with mixed packers active on shipping grades and rough stock. Headline figures note official yesterday receipts 24841 and shipments 11051.
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Chicago
Subpoenas In Hamilton County Bank Gratuities Case
Cox and other bank officials are subpoenaed as part of a Hamilton county investigation into alleged gratuities paid on public funds. Checks totaling 30 0000 are recovered from treasurer Hynicka and former treasurer French while the Davis habeas corpus case for Thomas J. Davis is postponed to tomorrow. The matter tests whether the Drake committee can compel testimony from national bank officers and may impact the senator inquiry into Cincinnati governance.
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Cineloneth Marehao
George BK. Cox
Hamilton County
Kulisou
Drake Committees
State Senate
Hynieka
Gratt
Tulison
Hynicka
French
Ofticiats
Davis
Senate
Springfield
Cincinnati
Duke Affidavit Reveals Suspicion in Divorce Case
New York March 22 Affidavit by James B Duke president of American Tobacco in his divorce suit against Lillian M Duke was read before Vice Chancellor Pitney in Jersey City. He claims he did not leave his wife until suspicion of fidelity arose and details gifts valued at hundreds of thousands were given. Vice Chancellor Witney allowed Mrs Duke counsel fees totaling 3000.
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New York
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Lillian M. Duke
Duke
Pitney
Jersey City
Otrs
Tie
West Sixty-eight Street
John
Witney
Baltimore and Ohio offer to buy Maryland Washington branch
President Murray of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad submitted a formal offer of 2,500,000 dollars for Maryland's interest in the Washington branch. The board of public works will accept the offer and recommend immediate legislative steps to complete the sale.
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Annapolis
Murray
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Board of Public Works
Washington
Death of Skipworth found in box car at Clinton
In Terre Haute Indiana March 22 a man known as Skipworth died at the hospital after being found with a broken skull unconscious in a box car at Clinton. He could not identify himself or explain his injuries though he was well dressed and appeared not to be of the obo class.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Skipworth
Clinton
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Heforimin Insurance
Mutual
Surance
Conference OF Coal Men
Josiah Strong
Municipal Art Society
Strong
American Institute of Social Service
I. Vialism
Club OF “Old Maids
College Bread Society
Mad Dog Trees
Mch
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
COX
J. B. Duke
Maryland
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