Rift in the Clouds Over Lodge Speech Sparks Senate Race
Opponents of the Hepburn measure anticipate victory as Senator Lodge's day-old speech shapes the tillman inquiry into the Pennsylvania Railroad. Elkins and others press for earnest action, seeing the Tillman resolution as a serious probe into rate regulation and coal traffic, with the Senate divided yet moving toward a formal inquiry by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Tillman
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Foraker
Atton A
Senate
Abimeh
Hilkins
Kean
Crane
Woraker
Vhilman
Intostate Commerce
Varius
Alonday
Interstate Commerce Commission
Allegatun Ulat
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wulman
Penutar Bikins
Elkins
Hikins
Tilman
Oder
Tolman
Thowson
West Viremnia
Pennsylvania
Lawson Stirs Insurance Proxy Campaign in New York
Special to The Washington Post from New York on February 13 reports Thomas W. Lawson forming a governors committee to influence the insurance situation and proxies. Untermyer reportedly offered to act as counsel if committee purposes and personnel suit him. Committee members include Gov. Cummins Iowa Gov. Johnson Minnesota Gov. Hanly Indiana Gov. Brower Florida Gov. Blanchard Louisiana Fremont Older J C Semphill and ex Attorney General Monett. Lawson allegedly holds about 50 900 proxies across New York Life and Mutual Life. Mutual Life vice president Granniss testified officers held around 40 000 proxies and New York Life secretary McCall said officers there hold about 200 proxies. Senator La Follette declined invitation to join the proxy committee due to public duties.
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Washington Post
New York
Committee of Governors
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Untermyer
Governors’ Committee
North Carolina
Monett
Ohio
New York Life
the Mutual
Vic
Granniss
The
Mutual Life
Arie
North Carolina Factory Output Grows Despite Fewer Establishments
A Census Bureau summary notes 1904 saw 3,272 operating establishments in North Carolina, with 4,072 salaried officials and $21.38 million in wages. Capital totaled about $141.0 million, and value of products reached $142.52 million, up from 1900. Major industries were cotton goods, flour and grist mills, furniture, lumber, and tobacco.
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North Carolina
Husband and Wife Held After Chicago Dock Shooting
G W Durphy superintendent of the Chicago Dock Company was released on 1000 dollars bond after shooting Daniel Padfield in a Grand Pacific Hotel room when he found Padfield with Durphy's wife. Mrs. Durphy was arrested for disorderly conduct. both hearings set for February 23. Padfield, a drug house salesman, at Chicago Emergency Hospital with two bullet wounds. expected to recover soon.
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Chicago
G. W. Durphy
Chicago Dock Company
Daniel P. Padfield
Belleville
Durphy
Padfield
Grand Pacific Hotel
Prison for Swindler in Creole Widow Scheme
New Orleans, Feb. 12. F. C. Farrington pleaded guilty in U S court to fraudulent use of the mails in the Creole widow swindle. Judge Toulman fined him 250 dollars and ordered sixteen months in the Atlanta penitentiary. Indicted in 1904, he vanished until his recent New York arrest. He published ads seeking Creole widows for marriage, prompting many victims nationwide to send money.
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New Orleans
F. C. Farrington
New York
United States
Toulman
Farrington
Atlanta
Forgery Charge Involving Southern Fiber Company
In New Orleans on February I an affidavit charges Ashton Wendell Lawrence with forging stock certificates of the Southern Fiber Company, Maine incorporated. Tennant Lee, the company’s general manager, swore to the affidavit. Lawrence, once linked with the Fiber Company, faces inquiry after an advertisement announced his dismissal as many presented certificates were deemed forgeries.
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New Orleans
Southern Fiber Company
Maine
Ashton Wendell Lawrence
Tennant Lee
Lawrence
Fargeriss
Fifteen Men Arrested in Forgery Probe in South Chicago
Fifteen men were arrested by South Chicago police in a forged pay check ring tied to the Illinois Steel Company. Eight suspects are held for further investigation, seven were released. Fifteen forged checks totaling up to twenty two to one dollar each have been found, with losses estimated at about fifteen thousand dollars.
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Chicago
South
Almnois Steel Company
Poillon's breach suit alleged fraud in fee split
New York February 13 Katharine Poillon told Justice Conlan that her breach of promise case against W Gould Brokaw was settled for 15 000 to 20 000 but she said she received only 2900. She charged the law firm Black Olcott Gruber with taking 2500 and claimed Carl Fisher Hansen benefited. She described pressure on receipts and warned of exposing the bar association. She then faced a fresh suit for services from James J Fitzgerald.
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Washington Post
New York
Katharine Poillon
Black, Olcott and Gruber
Carl Fisher- Haneen
Judge Olcott
Benyngs
Black, Olcott & Gruber
Hansen
Black, Clcott & Gruber
Hangen
Angel
Algeciras Conference Fraught with Impasse Amid Morocco Talks
Delegates at Algeciras report negotiations on police and finance proceed without yielding, but fear a deadlock as France and Germany stand firm. American and other delegates express confidence in a successful result, while German press hints at shared blame for any failure. Suspicion grows over Moorish foray reports linked to French policy.
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Berlin
Betwrr
Algeciras
France
Morocco
Germany
Salla Marina
Province of
Gran
Algeria
Gu Hamara
Spain
Ohe
Great Britain
Jerome sees Cleveland in insurance talk
New York Feb 13 District Attorney Jerome met Grover Cleveland for about an hour in Cleveland's office. Jerome said insurance was not discussed and kept details private. The meeting followed a day of talks with aides and a lawyer for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance. Officials expect insurance evidence to go to the grand jury Thursday. Found with a Broken Neck in Newcastle Pa A prominent furniture merchant William Evans was found dead in a cellarway with a dislocated neck, death likely accidental. Esch Sentenced for Two Years in Ohio Bandusky Aerie case John J. Esch, former embezzling secretary, is sentenced to two years in penitentiary.
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Agers
Jwew
York
Jerome
Grover Cleveland
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Criminal Courts
Newcastle
William 232 Evans
Lange Avenue
Esch
Bandusky
Ohio
John J. Esch
the Aerie of Hagiex
Editor Graves Resigns From Atlanta News
Atlanta February 18 1910 Cal John Temple Graves resigns as editor amid stock ownership controversy at the Atlanta News Publishing Company. He says court contempt rulings justify railroad stock purchases and announces a new daily paper with no stockholders backed by capital and a trusted partner.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta, News Publishing Company
Cal
John ‘Temple Graves
News
Col. Graves
Charles Damiel
Col Graves
Atlanta News
Journal
Atlanta
South
Decides Against Hummel in Dodge-Morse Divorce Case
New York lawyer Abraham Hummel, convicted of conspiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce case, loses an appeal. The Court of Appeals upholds dismissal of the writ of prohibition while preserving questions on two related indictments for subornation of perjury and conspiracy. The ruling centers on procedural remedies and grand jury rights.
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New York
Dodge-Morse
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Abraham Hummel
Mummel
Hummel
Davy
Jerome
Fudge Haight
O'Brien
Railroad shops burn in Denver costing 200000
A fire caused by a broken electric wire touching varnish at the Colorado and Southern Railroad shops in Denver damaged property valued at 200000. Eight shopmen and firemen were burned. Eleven passenger coaches and five Pullman sleepers burned. The shops will be rebuilt. The Miyamoto Sale opens at Sina 07 Gost today with Japanese watercolors by famed artists.
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Colorado and Southern Company
Denver
Colo
Colorada and Southern Railroad
Miyamoto
Miyamong
Japan
Sina 07
Gost
Rumor of Countess Castellane’s Separation Rise in Paris
Paris reports detail long conferences between Count Bont de Castellane and lawyers for his wife the Countess, formerly Anna Gould, over financial terms ahead of a possible separation decree. The aim is to avoid remarriage while proceedings frame the grounds, with custody and separate domicile already granted, and no cross-bill filed.
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Paris
Count Bont de Castellane
Anna Gould
Castellane
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Howard Gould
Bent
Contracts at Savannah under Gillette cross-examination
Maj. Gillette testifies in Federal Court on the 1899 Savannah River improvements contract. Hunter & Fry of Memphis won the award and Twiggs of Augusta was to represent them. Defense counsel suggests bid collusion, but Gillette finds no basis for suspicion as prices were low and work properly done.
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Savannah
Cassius E. Gillette
Federal Court
Greene and Gaynor
Osborne
Augusta
Hunter & Fry
Memphs
A. J. Twiggs
F Hunter & Fry
Maj
Carter
Maj. Gillette
Last Rites For Former NY Life President McCall
John A McCall former president of the New York Life Insurance Company lies critically ill at Lakewood New Jersey. Last rites were administered today by Father Healy of the Church of Our Lady of the Lake. Three physicians and three nurses attend him as his family requests no publicity and declines to reveal the nature of his illness.
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New York Life
New York
John A McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Lakewood
Father Healy
Church of Our Lady of the Lake
McCall
Biis. McCall
BE. Janeway
John Vanderpool
Japan to Crush Revolt Aboard Chinese Uprising Rumor
A circulated Washington rumor claims Japan offered to intervene against a potential Chinese revolt to protect Americans and other foreigners. Officials say War and State Departments are reviewing the situation in Clune as preparations to meet any uprising with force proceed quietly.
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Japan
China
Ruminor
Washington
Roosevelt
Clune
War and State Department
Simmons Robbed His Wife In Banker's Death Case
In Peoria Illinois February 14 sensational developments emerged in the probate court when Mrs Simmons sought an administrator for the estate. She said George H Simmons the banker preacher had dissipated nine thousand dollars she held at marriage and that the notes representing the amount were worthless. Sheriff investigations since his death showed the notes to be forgeries and she said he destroyed all private papers a few hours before dying. A meeting of the depositors of the Peoples Sayings Bank is set for Friday evening with Receiver Wilton to present his report.
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Peoria
Ill
George H. Simmons
Simmons
Explosion injures expressman in mysterious case in San Francisco
H Laughran an expressman is seriously injured by a mysterious explosion and hospitalized. He was said to carry a box for Company B of the Second United States Infantry to the transport Meade. The box reportedly exploded when dropped. Maj Devol, chief of the transport service, announced a commission of officers will investigate.
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San Francisco
H. Laughran
Laughran
Second
United States Infantry
Meade
Maj. Devol
Rockefeller Fails to Arrive as Augusta Hopes Fades
Special to The Washington Post Augusta Ga Feb Big crowd gathers at the union depot as John D Rockefeller fails to arrive by 9 PM causing disappointment. Some attendees expect a glimpse of the Standard Oil magnate while a jewelry sale proceeds at 12th Fat 12% at J Karr's Sons stock sale with C H Luengene presenting souvenirs to patrons during tenth anniversary events in Washington.
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Augusta
Washington Port
John D. Rockefeller
Union Depot
Karr
C. H. Luengene
J. Karr
Washington
Pat Crowe's Crying Confession Hints at Guilt Evidence
A stormy Omaha courtroom watched Pat Crowe confess in a letter to Father Murphy, with the judge reserving verdict as prosecutors seek to prove Crowe's guilt in kidnapping and robbery. Witness questions faced objections from both sides as documents and signatures were introduced, including Crowe's own signature and a $25,000 demand. Crowe broke down in tears when the disputed letter was displayed, but the court reserved ruling on its admissibility.
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Worhington Post
Omaha
Nebi
Pat Crowe
Crowe
Georgis Duty
Betowie
Sti
Father Murphy
la Gill
Ufe
Trow
Crowes
Famous Prison Vacant in St Petersburg Final Zero
February report from St Petersburg notes the famous political prisoners of the Schlusselburg fortress have been moved to Siberia to serve sentences. It lists Burrovion and others linked to ministerial figures and revolutionary groups. The fortress now sits empty as guards depart and the site loses its former function.
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St. Petersburg
Schlusselburg
Siberia
Gershun Wind Shotrikoff
Signtuys
Spegal
Sasonue
Tuterin
van Plelangwis Accamiine
Sekarsky
Aminessy Decrera
Cather «Ol
Cather «Ol, When the Authors, Radischef
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RACE FOR LIFE IN STORM HITS BAY CITY ICE BREAK
Bay City Michigan faced a fierce northeaster driving ice and water onto Saginaw Bay. A dozen men and horses raced for safety as sea ice broke away and piled along the shore with ice barriers ten to twenty feet high amid a blinding snowstorm. In Muskegon heavy snow closes interurban lines and halts city traction cars and rural mail delivery.
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Bay City
Mich
Saginaw
Muskegon
Peb
Wearecr
Michigan
Mmuskegon
Grand Rapids
Passenger Train Crash Near Maurice Station Kentucky
In a collision on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad near Maurice station Kentucky two railroad workers were killed and several injured. The crash involved a Nashville departure train and a Cincinnati local, both passenger services. Names reported as dead include engineer Peter Murphy and fireman Joseph Stout with several injured listed.
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Louisville
Louisville and Nashville
Maurice Station
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Nashville
Peter Murphy
Joseph Stout
James Mahaney
P. J. Fitzgerald
W. N. Miles
R. W. Lockwood
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Mrs. Longworth
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Wepap
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Union Trust Co
Mas
Poillon
Brokaw
Frange
Cleveland
Graves
High Court
Wilson & Mayers
Florida
N.Y. & Fla
Fla. & W. Indian Ltd
Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
M'Call
Rockefeller
Schlusselburg Fortress
J. H. Corning
Mthatowa
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