Burton Burden Stipulates Duty Bound in Rialto Case
The first witness in Senator Burton's trial, Thomas B. Harlan, recounts a meeting on November 17 1902 during which Burton agreed not to act in conflict with his U S Senate duties. Harlan notes Burton would serve as counsel for $500 a month and suggested a five month term to cover trial preparations and potential indictment.
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St. Louis
Burton
Thomas B. Harlan
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Harlan
Chicago
Rialto Company
Major Dennis
Senator Burton
United States
Payment of Salary Proved in Rialto Case
Government witnesses testifying in the Rialto matter confirmed that Burton received 500 dollars as salary. Mahoney said Burton was released from employment as there was nothing further for him to do, and Burton asked that two letters be destroyed to avoid possible harm. The record showed Burton’s inquiries to post office officials about complaints against Rialto. he claimed he acted as Rialto’s attorney, not as a U S senator, and did not know what law he might have violated.
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Burton
United States
Joseph B. Carr
Rialto Company
Mahoney
Buurton
Department
W. E. Cochran
Post Office
Rualte Company
Dice
Cochran
Senator Burton
Vickery
Cincinnati
Postoffice Department
Lehmann
Koreans Attack Marwai Ito Injuring Official in Seoul
A Seoul dispatch reports that Marwais Ito was attacked by rioting Koreans on Wednesday night and struck by a stone, leaving details unclear. In Constantinople the Sultan approved his ministers’ stance against international control of Macedonia’s finances, with conditions unresolved.
Court session notes Rialto inquiry and inspector standings
Cochran confirms questions about Evans and Houck on November 20 and about Rialto company. He recalls only other Rialto reference when asked about the standing of two inspectors. The court adjourned for the day.
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Evans and Houck
Cochran
Rialto Company
Divorce Tide Roils St Clair County Courts
Port Huron reports eleven months of high divorce activity with one suit per five marriage licenses. Judges Law and Tappan heard 104 cases, forty four decrees granted, sixty started pending. Sheriff Moore detains twenty seven men for wife desertion. twelve fled, leaving families supported locally. In Escanaba a saloon brawl ends with Alexander Gravel and Richard Gravel shot. bartender William Lind is the accused shooter.
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Port Huron
Mich
St. Clair County
Judges Law
Tappan
Moore
F Hopkinson Smith a Versatile Engineer and Artist
F Hopkinson Smith is praised as a practical engineer with notable achievements in art and literature. He is described as a novelist and lecturer whose work resonates with a broad audience, while also building a sea wall or lighthouse projects.
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Jack of All
F. Hopkinson Smith
Tarbell Proposes Insurance Reform Measures and Publicity
Gage E. Tarbell, Equitable Life vice president, testifies before the Armstrong committee and calls for full public disclosure and tighter state control. He urges annual audits, detailed profit and loss records, publicity of executives’ salaries, and prohibitions on fictitious deals and excessive first year commissions.
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New York
Navy
Armstrong Legislative Committee On
Gage E. Tarbell
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Tarbell
Superintendent of Insurances
Company Amends Policy on Political Contributions
A company clarifies its stance on political spending prohibitions, stating it will not transfer funds for political purposes and prohibits individuals from receiving such sums directly or indirectly. The policy emphasizes compliance and control over any related financial activity.
Tarbell admits life insurance gains and commissions amid rebating debate
Before recess Tarbell disclosed $200,000 life policies on himself and family, plus commissions from Equitable, New York Life, Aetna and Travelers. He defended commissions as earned and distinct from rebates, comparing them to cost-like trade practices. Gerald Brown then testified on Equitable real estate as the committee adjourned.
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Tarbell
Equitable
New York Life
Geo. W. Perkins
Premums
Aetna
Cox
Frick
Hyde
Gerald Brown
The
Cowles Relieved as Missouri Commander in Norfolk Duty
Captain Williams Cowles, brother in law of President Roosevelt, is relieved of command of the battleship Missouri at Charlestown navy yard by Captain Edwin Pendleton. He will return to Farmington Conn for December and then report as naval attache at the White House. The departure ceremony featured a bugler, the Missouri band, and the full ship’s company in formation.
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Boston
Williams Cowles
Roosevelt
Missouri
Charlestown Navy Yard
Edwin ©. Pendleton
Farmington, Conn
Bureau of Navigation
White House
Cowles
Sail officer turns command as arrest follows murder charge
Sam reads orders from Washington and yields ship to Captain Pendleton. Tama Iowa reports Joy Hull of Tatoa Paper mills arrested for Daniel Leary foreman murder last Friday night. A fellow worker says Hull boasted of having fixed Leary during the incident. Pull, 25, denies the murder but claims to know who did it.
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Tama
Joy Hull
Tatoa
Daniel Leary
Hull
Leary
Pull
Death of Colonel Francia Wister in Philadelphia
Colonel Francia Wister, Civil War veteran and scion of a prominent Philadelphia family, died at a hospital after two months illness. He was 70 years old and born at Belfield, the Wister seat in Germantown.
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Francia Winter
Philadelphia
Francia Wister
Wister
Belfield
Gernantown
Anarchists Supposedly Bury Antimilitary Manifestos Found
New York anarchists are implicated after police in Spezia seize and confiscate several hundred antimilitary manifestos issued by a New York group. The leaflets urged recruits to desert and were uncovered at the Italian navy station and chief arsenal.
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New York
Kane
Spegia
Imperial manifesto supports government in congress debate
Moscow reports four days of talks by the executive committee of the zementvo congress ending in a resolution backing the government. The resolution says the manifesto meets demands since last year and pledges solidarity with the constitutional basis, with a caveat for universal suffrage and a constituent douma.
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Moscow
Zementvo
Markets Summary From Chicago on November 23 1905
Chicago markets report cattle hogs and sheep receipts and prices. Cattle and sheep steady while hogs show strength with prices quoted across weights and grades. overall market activity reflects yesterday's levels and expectations for today and tomorrow.
Feud of two cadets at Annapolis ends in court martial
Midshipman Minor Meriwether Jr of Tac Fayette, Indiana, faces a naval court martial in Annapolis on charges including manslaughter for a prearranged fist fight that killed Midshipman James R. Krane Jr of New York after a dispute over an unwritten academy code. Testimony described hazing and rules for lower classmen and Meriwether being deemed too rebellious for the code.
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Annapolis
Meriwether, Jr
Tacfayette
Ian
Naval Academy
James R. Krane, Jr
New York
Midshipman Meriwether Faces Court Martial Over Fight
Rear Admiral Ramsey presides with Captain Adolph Marix as judge advocate. Meriwether pleads not guilty to all charges. Witnesses describe premeditated hatred toward Branch and a confrontation at the academy.
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Ramsey
Adolph Marix
Meriwether
James P. van de Carr
Branch
Academy
Karl W. Prichard
Yeager
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Escanaba
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Richard Gravel
William Lind
Boyal Baking Powder CO
Frick Hkeport
Pendleton
Mion
Sam
Navy Department
Washington
Zemstvo Congress
de Witte
Bite
Douma
Catile
Grain Market
Cade
Young Branch
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