Equitable alert as comptroller ousted over loan probe
Thomas D. Jordan is removed as comptroller of the Equitable Life Assurance Society amid questions about a 645000 blind loan. William A. Day sworn in as interim comptroller. Attorney General Mayer plans suits against the old board for mismanagement. Westinghouse proposes a stock reorganization to empower 5000 policy holders as new directors.
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Depew
Harriman
Westinghouse
Jordan
Washington Post
New York
Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Life Assurnce Society
Paul Morton
Mercantile Trust Company
James W Alexander
Jourdan
Willam
United States Treasury
Grover Cleveland
United Sates
Morton
Equitable Society
Hendricks
Joan
Meudneks
Mhien
Alexander
Mayer
Fanstable
Sangtor Chauncey M Dekew
Equitable
Depew Improvement Company
Edward H Harriman
Jacob H Schiff
Lrian Picifie
Myr Harriman
Hag Bran
Mavor
Equitable Life Assurance Society
George Westing- Toute
Paul C Cravath
Thoze
Ryan
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Ca
Panem
Boston
Cirle
Unien
Prince Henry of Prussia Buys Maine Tourmalin Gem
Prince Henry of Prussia has purchased for 440000 a rare Maine tourmaline found by Wes ley Wight of Bethel. The gem from Mount Mica mine weighs about 6 1/2 carats and is valued as the largest of its kind, with Maine producing other notable nodules that could yield two 100 carat gems.
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Washington
Portland
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Maine
Wesley Wight
Bethel
Wight
Prince Henry
Mount Mica
Paris
Tiffany & Ceo
B Merrill
Five Miners Die In Blast At Riverside Coal Mine
Five miners Charles Brown Luke Miller Harry Belknap Dell Vanes and George Arrowood were killed when twenty five pounds of dynamite in a storage powder house exploded at the Riverside coal mine two miles west of Des Moines at six this morning. A lightning strike during a heavy rain is blamed for igniting the dynamite and two kegs of powder. The men were only discovered after the day shift arrived. the powder house was completely destroyed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mest Riverside
Charles Brown
Luke Miller
Harry Belknap
Dell Vanes
George Arrowood
Fraud order upheld in St Louis federal case
Judge Smith McPherson denied the injunction to restrain the fraud order against the People's United States Bank and H.G. Lewis. The postmaster will resume stamping fraudulent on mail addressed to the bank and Lewis and return it to senders. The decision allows the fraud order to stand and enforces postmaster instructions across the circuit.
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4St. Louis Bank
St Louis
Smith McPherson
United States Circuit Court
Festmaster General
Cortelyou
People's United States Hamk
H. G. Lewis
Restein
St. Louis
Footmaster General
Wyman
Bank
Lewla
The
Sanders
Bomb plot and Zemstvo Congress in Moscow turmoil
The report details an assassination attempt in Helsinki on Vice Governor Deutrich two hours after a prison sentence for an attempted murder. A separate report mentions an attempted attack on Constantine Pobledonostseff in St Petersburg. In Moscow, the Zemstvo Congress opened amid police prohibition and live coverage, as delegates and nonparticipants had their names recorded. Bouligin’s proposed national assembly drew sharp criticism for its class-based franchise and limited scope, while calls for broader participation and public transparency grew.
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Holsingfors
Finland
Karl Leonard Hohenthal
Solnajen Soininen
Deutrich
Senate
St. Petersburg
Lfe
Constantine Petroviteh Pobledonostseff
Ehief
Holy Synod
St Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Belo
Pobledonostself
Tsarskoe
Elo
Zemstvo Congress Agaembles
Moscow
Zemstvo
Igorukoff
Count Heyden
M Golovine
Karloff
Russia
Bouligin
National Assembly
M Bouligin
Council of the Empire
Europe
Cormittes
Plotting Against Elkins Opens White Sulphur Springs Meet
Republican opponents of Senator Elkins plan a White Sulphur Springs conference to form a campaign against his re election The anticipated slate includes Judge Reese Bustard for Elkins rival with other leaders such as Gamal B Montgomery Oliver A Marshall Judge Blizzard Charles F Teter Thomas A Brown and Charles B Smith Col Colin Livingstone Elkins private secretary scouts anti Kilkins revolt and aims to curb the machine in the upcoming legislature.
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Apecal
Washington Post
Wheeling
W Va
Elkina
White Sulphur Springs
Reese Bustard
United States District Attorney
Elkins
Gamual B. Montgomery
Freston County
Judge Blizzard
Deadlock in Ohio at Republican Senatorial Convention
Zanesville Ohio July 19 at 7 16 p m after SK ballots had been cast without choice the Republican senatorial convention of the Fifteenth Sixteenth district at New Lexington Perry County adjourned to meet again next Tuesday morning The convention had been in session all day Judge John J Adams of Zanesville chairman nominated today by Delaware and Muskingum counties declined the nomination and balloting resumed The proceedings of this convention are unprecedented in this district.
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Zanesville
Ohio
New Lexington
Perry County
John 3. Adams
Delaware
Muskingum
Convict Gottschalk Hangs Self Before Execution
St Paul July 18 Edward Gottschalk under sentence to be hanged on August 8 killed himself in his cell by tying a bed sheet to a wall hook. He had confessed to the Hartmann murder claiming self defense and denied Schindeldecker slaying. The case pinned two brutal crimes in a single town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul
Minn
Edward Gottschalk
Gottschalk
Christina Reintieldecker
Joseph Hartmann Gottschalk
Hartmann
Missinvippi
Fort Snelling
Hartmanns
Schindeldecker
Eyppta
Wladephian
Henry Moyer
Tanabe
John Cannon Arrested For Fraudulent World’s Fair Vouchers
John Q Cannon formerly Utah Louisiana Purchase Fair commission secretary was arrested in Lethbridge Canada on forgery and uttering fraudulent vouchers. He is son of the late George Q Cannon and brother-in-law of ex Gov Heber M Wells. State legislature probe led to warrants March 17. extradition likely not sought.
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Salt Lake City
John Q Cannon
Utah
Louisiana, Purchase Fair Commission
Lethbridge
Canada
Cannon
George Q Cannon
Mormon Church
Heber M. Wells
Ocaga
Utth
Territorial Police of
Alberta
Jay Cutler
Cannan
Jury Still Deliberating in Perjury Case
Portland Oregon July 19 after more than twenty hours of deliberation the jury in the perjury case of Congressman Williamson and Messrs Van Gesaner and Biggs reported to Judge De Haven that they could not reach a verdict and asked for further instructions. The judge read more directions and sent the jury back to resume deliberations.
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Portland
Oreg
Congressman Williamson
Messrs
van Gesaner
Biggs
de Haven
United States Circuit Court
Six Assayers Arrested for Ore Theft Ring in Cripple Creek
Six district assayers were arrested on charges of receiving stolen high-grade ore. Investigators say about 330,000 in profits were made in six months, with potential total theft exceeding one million dollars annually. Related notes mention Baltimore and Ohio lines, weekly schedules, and Adirondack travel details.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Seventy Five Dead as Heatwave Hits New York
New York July 12 reports list seventy five deaths from heat while storms bring brief relief. A New Haven man goes mad in a park and sinks from Harlem Bridge as temperatures eclipse 100 in streets. infant killed in Brooklyn. widespread prostrations across parks piers and tenements. Moderate relief expected days ahead with storms continuing in the region.
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Harlem Bridge
New York
Weather Bureau
New England
Philadelphia
Yeste
River Front
Brooklyn
Manhattan
New Jersey
Hurg
Jersey City
Coney Island
Long Island
Leonard Sanders
New Haven
Atest
Harlem
City Momque
Potter’s Field
New York City
Ousted Comptroller and Heat Toll In New York
Ledger of items notes the ousting of a comptroller figure amid political intrigue in New York while reporting a deadly heat wave toll. Other brief items include alleged blackmail cases, storm relief efforts, and updates from Virginia, Maryland, and European capitals.
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Piquitable
Finland
New York
Enli
Carlton
Funston
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Chesapeake Beach
Army and Navy
Ruling on Suit Lets Scandalous Parts Stand for Now
New York July 19 Justice Bischoff refused to strike the Hansen vs Walsh and Watson complaint in full, ruling only that a later motion may target certain portions as scandalous. Hansen claims he represented Miss Watson in three suits against Walsh, all settled without his share, though she promised him 40 percent of proceeds.
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Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Bischoff
Dethelet C Hansen
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Vic- Yette Watson
Hansen
Miss Watson
Walsh
John D Lindsay
GEN Leonard Wood Undergoes Skull Growth Operation
Washington July 19 The friends of Gen Leonard Wood report that the operation here was to remove an exostosis on the skull a bone growth caused by a blow last year After relief the general and his wife plan a rest trip to Pocasset Cape Cod at the Wood family homestead where Mrs Cuarine Wood, mother of the general, resides.
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Washington
Boston
Leonard Wood
Manila
Gen Wood
Wood
Pocanset
Cape Cod
Mra Cuaraine
Hooker Hearing Closed in Albany High Court Case
Albany July 19 The fate of Warren Hooker of Fredonia regarding his office as a Justice of the Supreme Court in the Highth judicial district rests with the New York State legislature. The assembly meets at 2:30 am tomorrow to vote while the senate awaits. The result will end the matter with no further appeal. The joint session dropped the inquiry into alleged improper influences in favor of Justice Hooker.
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Albany
Senate
Hooker
New York
Justice Hooker
Shot Woman In Drunken Feud In Scranton
In Scranton Pennsylvania on July 19 Daniel Rosenthal, a 38-year-old neighbor, allegedly shot Mrs Fishman in the abdomen after forcing entry and firing at her daughter. He was overpowered by a neighbor and later claimed he was drunk and unaware of his actions.
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Scranton
Rosa Fisaman
Abfomem
Daniel Rosenthal Rosenthal
Fishman
Tragedy Trial Details in Carter Children Case
Valdosta Georgia July 13 Milton Rawlings stands trial for the alleged murder of the Carter children. Mrs William Carter and daughter Miss Cora Carter testified corroborating William L Carter. Witnesses noted heelless old shoes leaving distinctive tracks from Rawlings field to the Carter home on the tragedy night.
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Rawlings
First National Bank
Thig City
Harpers Ferry
Charles Chester
Social Editors' Society Probe Links The New Yorker Chief
District Attorney probes the Social Editors' Society and The New Yorker editor Criswell over subscriptions and fads and fancies. Key figures include Robert Criswell Robert Irving Town Topics ties reviewed as authorities seek records and testimonies. Mrs Huntington face questioning over a $10000 subscription while plans to publish America's Foremost Families are examined.
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Jeroms
Social Editors’ Society
America
Criswell
Huntington
Elety
Fifth Avenue
Oclation
Robert C. Criswell
Robert A. Irving
Caswell
District Attorney's Office
Krofel
Irving
Toples
Wayne
Seaiety Wdkers’ Association
DRE
District Attorney’s
Bey
Chapncey M. Depew
J. Astor
Perry Belmont
Clarence Mackay
Town Topics Company
Gans
Krotel
Krotdl
Pada
Banciss Hd
Mra
Collis P. Huntington
District J
Elbert HL Gary
Clairnat
United States Steel Corporati
Giovanni Morosini
Justice Devel
Court of Special
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Equitable Comptroller
William A. Day
Board of Directors
William 4. Day
Eourtier Judge Day
Equitable Company
Judge Day
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Securities Company
Knox
Department of Justice
Chicago
Frince
Maine Gem
Henry of
Pruama
Niagara
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newbold
E. D
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Sept
Congressional
Libbey & Co
Pobiedonostself
Zemstvo Congress
Ayedal
Washington Poat
London
Standard
Congress
Atlanta City
Cape May
Wildwood
Ocean City
Bea
Talo City
Atlantic City
Henares
Delaware River
St. Paul
John
Williameep
Oregon
Baltimore and Haturn
Baltimore & Ohio
B. E
Ail
Aga, Skee Hoyal Limited
Adirondick Mountains
New York Central
Hot Wave
Poli
New York State
Pittebarg
Buffalo
Max
Baltimore and
Pons Bank
Union ‘Trust Co
F St
Moonayight
Orto & Sheen, Breambost Co
Agent Qut
Morosini
New Yorker
Morcani
EB. Conor
Almon Goodwin
Troktow
Chesapeake Heath
Haley
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