Shonts Exonerates Protests On Panama Contract Award
President Roosevelt approves Shonts report on the Panama Canal Zone subsistence concession awarded to Jacob K. Markel of Omaha. Hudgins & Dumas and Balfe protested the choice, but Shonts notes bids were clarified after an introduced weekly menu specification and all bidders were informed.
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Oyster Bay
Panama Canal Zone
Jacob K. Markel
Omaha
Neb
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Railroad Company
Roosevelt
Shonts
Panama Railroadompany
Hudgins & Dumas
H. Balfe
New York
Markel
Wallace
States
Hudgins & Dumas and
Balfe
Hudgins & Dunas
Markel Wins Bid Amid Contested Commerce Office Details
Markel refused Balfe’s high bid and secured the contract citing lower offers elsewhere and his broad experience in the business. Shonts notes the entity does not buy, sell, or operate the facilities, with laborers free to use services or not. Gen Weston advised appointing an army officer to run camps and hotels, but canceled that idea after learning Markel’s proposal. Vesuvius and Stromboli erupt. Drexel contemplates moving to England. Mrs. Schaff advances a Mothers organization in Illinois. Korea endures three typhoon velocity storms wrecking lives and property.
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Markel
Balfe
Hudgins & Dumas
Shonts
Weston
Anthony J. Drexel
Philadelphia
England
Fredrick Schaff
National Congress of Mothers
Illinois
Earthquake Devastates Monte Rosso Killing Hundreds
Special to the Evening Journal reports Monte Rosso Italy a town of 3000 inhabitants was wiped out by a quake. Hundreds are dead and the suffering is described as terrible. Cincinnati reports five yellow fever suspects arriving by train with 200 refugees. Police compel sick to return to the train and require names and addresses. Fifty passengers remain in Cincinnati are penniless. Omaha notes five men escaped from county jail including one sentenced to two years for swindling.
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Rome
Monte Rosso
Lake Providence
Omaha
Sherrick Arrested After State Auditor Firing
Indianapolis reports that David E. Sherrick, ousted by Governor Hanley from the office of state auditor, was formally arrested on embezzlement charges this morning following yesterday's removal.
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Indianapolis
David E. Sherrick
Hanley
Derby shooting ends in self-inflicted death
In Davenport Iowa on September 15 a country schoolteacher Meddie Derby was shot and killed near Wilton by Arthur Webb who wanted to marry her. Webb fled from a pursuing posse and killed himself by shooting himself in the head to avoid capture.
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Dastard
Davenport
Meddie Derby
Wilton
Arthur Webb
Webb
Clare Kummer Beecher kin writes popular songs
Miss Clare Kummer of Bloomfield New Jersey a grandniece of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe has penned several hit songs including Sufficiency sung by Sam Bernard in The Girl From Kays. She writes both lyrics and music for her tunes with titles such as Dearie and Egypt.
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Clare Kummer
Bloomfield
N. J
Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sam Bernard
Kays
Dearie
Egypt
Miss Kummer
Insurance Methods Cromwell Perfectly Candid Justifies What Is Done
New York Sept 15 The special legislative committee examining life insurance firms resumes with Silas B Dutcher of Metropolitan Life questioned on securities and syndicate operations. Cromwell testified on Mutual Life’s dealings with trust companies noting profitable dividends from Guarantee Title & Trust and recounting failed direct bond purchases with Illinois Central head Stuyvesant Fish. He admitted bank relations, large operating expenses, and limited personal control, as the finance committee reviews all actions.
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New York
Hughes
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Silas B. Dutcher
Dutcher
Metropolitan
Cromwell
Mutual Life
Mutual With
Mutual
Fish
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Slughes
Finance Committee
The
New York Life
Law Department
Guaranty Trust Company
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
American Exchange Bank
Interat
Hughes Probes Balance Control Into Bank Deposits
Cromwell explains he personally controls bank balances and recalls adding 1,000,000 dollars to Guarantee Trust deposits for a trust company’s special purpose. He cannot recall the exact specifications or reasons behind the action.
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Hughes
Cromwell
Guarantee Trust Company
Baseball scores from Chicago listings September report
Phillies edges Boston 5 to 2 in Boston while Philadelphia loses 4 to 3 at Philadelphia. Brooklyn defeats Brooklyn 10 to 2 in Brooklyn. New York beats Washington 7 to 6 in New York. Chicago down St Louis 8 to 2. Detroit tops Cleveland 6 to 0. Toledo over Columbus 11 to 3. Louisville shuts out Indianapolis 4 to 0. second game Indianapolis 0 Louisville 7 in darkness. Milwaukee 14 Minneapolis 7 in seven innings. Des Moines 6 Sioux City 4. Omaha 8 Denver 2. St Joseph at Omaha weather halted play.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Louisville
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Death of Mayor Collins Ends Boston Leader's Life
Patrick A Collins mayor of Boston dies suddenly at Hot Springs after leaving office to rest. The executive’s passing follows his tenure as city leader and is reported from Boston on September 15.
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Executive
Boston
Patrick A Collins
Hot Springs
Mayor Cob ling and son leave for rest after long service
Secretary to the mayor Cob ling and his eldest son Paul departed about a week ago for rest. Cob ling, a leading Democrat, served in Congress from 1888 to 1890 and was United States consul general at London from 1896 to 1907. He was born in Fermoy Ireland on March 12, 1844. In other news, the Internal Revenue Commissioner ruled patent medicines made largely from distilled liquor require licenses as rectifiers and liquor dealers, forcing druggists to obtain retail liquor licenses.
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Cobling
Paul
Collins
Congress
United States
London
Fermoy
Ireland
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Astor files $1 million claim over grade changes trauma
William Waldorf Astor files a claim against New York City seeking $1,000,000 for property damage caused by changes in street grades. The action marks a formal dispute between a prominent owner and city authorities.
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New York
William Waldorf Astor
Markets in Chicago Trade Notes and Livestock Receipts 1908
Markets report in Chicago with estimated receipts and prices for cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Listings show daily totals, western and mixed packer categories, and market directions with per hundred weights and ranges across multiple lines and dates.
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Chicago
Albers Accused of Arming Laborers and Flag Incident
Senor B Corea reports on William S Albers in Ocotal Nicaragua case. Albers refused tobacco tax, ordered seizure of his tobacco, armed his laborers, and hoisted the American flag on his house amid government tension with Zelaya era. Trial opened April 7 with a public defender appointed.
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Nicaragua
Zelaya
United States
Albers
Donaldson Ultimatum Over Albers Liberty Granted
The American consul at Managua, Chester R. Donaldson, pressed Zelaya for Albers’s liberty after addressing the Nicaraguan president directly with an ultimatum. Zelaya refused, noting the case lay with the tribunal. Donaldson maintained he authored the letter, and the exequatur was canceled as he sought another post. Donaldson later fell ill with typhoid but is recovering en route home.
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Albers
Managua
Donaldson
Merry
Zelaya
Mr. Donaldson
Secretary of
Chester RE. Donaldson
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Wesaton
Shants
Korea
Carthouake Wrecks
Italy
Cincinnati
Evening Journal
Ohio
Mally
Des Moines
Sioux City
Denver
St. Joseph
M. J. Cur
Patrick A. Colling
Astor
Yestern
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
McCall Bros
Corea
Senor B Corea
William
Ocotal
Uited
Corea Eitid
Oar
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