Boston Promoter on Trial in Ubero Company Fraud Case
Ferdinand Borges, once of Indiana, faces 126 counts of larceny in Suffolk county superior court over the Ubero Plantation company scheme. Losses cited total about 1.9 million dollars as prosecutors say the Boston operation deceived stockholders. Ex‑Representative Owen is named in related indictments. arrests pending.
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Boston
Ferdinand Jh. Borges
Indiana
Ubero
Suffolk County Superior Court
Ubero Company
Borges
CRE
Kix
Owen
William JD
Congress
Uibero
Chase
Mexico
Boston Investors Targeted by Ubero Promoters in Fraud Scheme
Borges and Owen traveled from Indiana to Boston with the Ubero company aiming at securing deposits from local savers. Investigations showed counterfeit promotions using fake property pictures and a 3000 acre tract alleged as Ubero land. Borges allegedly earned 40 000 in commissions and 250 000 in profits. Owen claimed large, false investments. Emma McGowan testified about shared office records with related companies.
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Boston
Indiana
Chase
Borges and
Owen
Ubero Company
Mexico
Borges
Abbott
Ubero
Emma FE
Me‘Gowan
Miss McGowan
LaPuerta Plantations Company
Tropic Sureties Company
Tbero Company
Kansas City
Poston
Austen Chamberlain to Wed in London Engagement
The engagement is announced of J Austen Chamberlain chancellor of the exchequer in the late Balfour cabinet and Ivy Muriel daughter of H L Dundas of Datchet Buckinghamshire now chief staff officer at Gibraltar
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Austen Chamberlain
London
J. Austen Chamberlain
Balfour
Ivy Muriel
H. L. Dundas
Datchet
Buckighamyshire
Éuibraltar
Death of a Lake Captain
Captain Henry Larson of the lumber steamer Frete dies in St. Luke's hospital after a three day illness. He was 50 years old and resided at Marine Ave, Michigan.
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Duluth
Mina
Henry Larson
Frete
St. Luke's Hospital
Marine Aly
Mich
Miners Imprisoned After Shenandoah Gas Explosion
In Shenandoah City colliery between thirty and forty miners are trapped after a gas explosion. Rescue attempts are hindered by black damp and two men are reported dead at the bottom of the slope. In St Petersburg the lower house received the draft address to the throne calling for amnesty civil liberty and union rights.
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Evening Journal
Shenandonah City
ST. Petersburg
Celebration of Prohibition in Kansas City Marked Anniversary
In Kansas City Kansas a service marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the prohibition law with W C T U workers participating. The city reported 180 saloons open despite enforcement issues as Mayor W W Rose was reinstated after a special election. The state attorney general plans to seek Supreme Court contempt action against Rose.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Kan
W. W. Rose
Supreme Court
Rose
Miners Get a Wage Increase in Tamaqua Report
Tamaqua Pennsylvania May 15 Commissioner Neil appointed to compute anthracite miner wages will receive 8 percent on the 4.50 a day basis. The rate is the highest paid since the commission's award and reflects the average coastwise price of coal at tidewater last month.
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Tamaqua
Neil
Anthracite Strike Commission
Tidewater
Unemployed Demonstration Heads to Hyde Park in London
Thousands of unemployed men and women marched to Hyde Park as James Keir Hardie and George Nicoll Barnes presided. Resolutions urged the authorities to recognize the right to work and to address metropolitan unemployment.
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London
Hyde Park
James Keir Hardie
George Nicoll Barnes
Labor Party
Violence in Toulon strikes with schoolhouse destruction
In Toulon on May 15 partial work resumption led to strikers rioting and injuring nonstrikers after demolishing a building under construction. Cavalry charges dispersed the mob as they attacked. In Fort Wayne two children died after ingesting strychnine pills found in a box during play.
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Toulon
France
Fort Wayne
Ind
Leroy Scott
R. J. Scott
Loyal Cornwall
J. F. Cornwall
Dodsy Incurs Hotel Tabs in Traveling Story
A hotel clerk recalls Dodsy as a nightly guest who stayed without paying. The traveling man asks if Dodsy tolerates him, and the clerk notes Dodsy used to lodge there but never contributed any money.
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Dodsy
Dick and Kit Exchange Coy Banter in Playful Script
In a playful exchange, Dick remarks that Kit is a funny girl and a coy reply from Kit suggests she was never properly judged. The dialogue hints at a flirty dynamic and anticipation between the two speakers.
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Kitty
Crapsey Trial Highlights Historic Church Heresy Case
The Crapsey trial at Batavia New York is described as possibly the most momentous church heresy case in American history. It centered on claims that Dr. Crapsey denied the miraculous birth of Christ and called the resurrection a product of primitive imagination. He served as pastor of St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church in Rochester for twenty five years.
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Crapsey
Batavia
N. Y
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Rochester
Tremendous Blast Shakes Bridgeport Panic No Casualties Reported
Explosion of four powder magazines on Success hill owned by Union Metallic Cartridge Co. rattled Bridgeport Connecticut on May 15. Windows shattered citywide. alarms spread to alms house inmates and nearby towns felt shocks like an earthquake. no injuries reported, cause under study.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Success Hill
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Union Metallic Company
Town Farm
L. I
Window Glass Shattered Citywide After Explosive Blast
The blast wrecked numerous business buildings with every large plate glass pane broken and many private homes left with shattered windows. Union Cartridge company has offered no...
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Union Cartridge Company
Death of Carl Schurz Ends a Storied Career
New York May 15 Carl Schurz is dead at age 77 after a long career that spanned revolutionary exile in Germany, the United States diplomatic service as minister to Spain, a Civil War general rank, and a Missouri Senate tenure. He opposed Grant and later backed Greeley.
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New York
Carl Schurz
Carl
Milwaukee
Spain
Lincoln
Missouri
Grant
Greeley
Noted Political Figure Edits and Public Service Career
The figure began in IS 6 as secretary of the Interior and later served as editor for the Civil Service Reform League. In 1884 he backed Cleveland and led Harper's Weekly as editor. His final noted political stance opposed imperialism. He was married with surviving children Carl L. and two daughters Marianne and Agatha.
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Civil Service Reform League
Cleveland
Harper's Weekly
Imperialiam
Carl L
Marianne Amd Agatha
Honor List Aims to Bar Direct Dealers in Michigan
Lansing reports an honor list by the Michigan Retail Vehicle and Implement Dealers association to exclude manufacturers and robbers who sell direct to consumers or catalog houses. The 800-member group plans to widen the list, with a Grand Rapids convention set for December 5 to 7. Lincoln reports a Crawford Nebraska watchman killed by a Fort Robinson soldier and a related stabbing incident. Chicago notes a molten metal ladle explosion at Ilionla Steel company injuring six men with two expected to die.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Retail Vehicle and Implement Dealers’ Association
C. N. Glasgow
Nashville
Association
Grand Rapids
Lincoln, Neb
Arthur Moose
Crawford
Neb
Fort Robinson
James Moose
Chicago
Ilinola Steel Company
John Grunnel
John Kazinski
Andrew Johnson
Frank Hazinski
John Oworostrowoski
Michael Kainel
Methodists approve plan for new statement of faith
In Birmingham on May 15 the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South voted 151 to 107 to create a committee to draft a new statement of faith.
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Birmingham
Ala
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
Chicago Market Scores May 15 1906 Livestock Prices
Market notes from Chicago show mixed hog and cattle quotes with receipts and shipments detailed. Beef and sheep price ranges, plus feeder and stocker movement, reflect a cautious but steady-to-strong trend in various categories.
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Chicago
Roosevelt Replies to Charges on Consistency and Dictation
The White House releases two letters from President Roosevelt and Attorney General Moody in answer to Senate remarks on railroad rate legislation. The president says no insistence on a single amendment and no dictation of policy, and that his stance matched what he told Senator Allison and others. Moody corroborates the president’s position.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
Chandler
Lodge
White House
Moody
Allison
President Confirms No Binding Amendment in Hepburn Bill Talks
The president recites his dealings with Senator Tillman and Bailey over court review provisions and confirms that he never committed to a specific language. Attorney General Moody details conferences at the president’s direction and says Allison’s amendment aligned with the president’s aims while preserving the court review optionality.
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Chandler
Tillman
Moody
Bailey
Allison
Root
Taft
Tillman and Bailey
Young Indiana violinist named Philadelphia orchestra concertmaster
Richmond Indiana May 15 Thaddeus Rich the Indiana violinist is appointed concert master of the Philadelphia orchestra making him the youngest man to hold the post in the United States.
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Richmond
Ind
Thaddeus Rich
Indiana
Philadelphia Orchestra
United States
Found Dead in Shallow Water in Marion
The body of William Conroy was found in three feet of water along a fashionable city street in Marion Indiana. The death is under investigation as emergency crews respond to the scene on May 15.
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Marion
Ind
William Conroy
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Woaton
Pennsylvania
Lower House
Czar
Shenandoah, Pa
Council Empire
Algernon S. Crapley
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham O Co
McCall Bros
Roosevelt
House
Long, Overman, Bacon and Spooner
Mr. Chandler
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