Light on Bond System Uncovers Unnecessary Public Bonds
Drake Committee probes city bonding for public duties revealing bonds from 2000 to over 2.5 million dollars, many unnecessary. General Underwriting Co. led by ex-treasurer Gibson and Rudolph Hynicka held major share. Paul Militkin's firm also prominent. Fleischmann figure linked to fire department horse feed purchases as fire commissioners testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Drake Legislative Committees
John H. Gibson
Rudolph XK. Hynicka
Paul M. Milikin
W. T. Perking
Fleischmann
Fire Department
Abraham Furst
Andrew Benders
Marriages and Obituaries in Early 1900s Church Notices
A dense notice page lists licenses to marry and multiple obituaries with names, residences, and funeral details. Entries include Clara Hite and Charles Tindal Lawrence wed at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York on March 2 1906, and several death notices from March 1906 in Washington DC and nearby areas with funeral times, locations, and interment at Mt. Olivet and Arlington cemeteries.
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Lawrence—Hiir
Church of the Transfiguration
New York
Houghton
Clara Hite
Virginia Scott Hite
John Mitton Hite
Charles Tindal Lawrence
Campield
Henry James
Catherine’ M
Mann
Slater
C."m. Woolf
North Carolina Avenue
William &, Mann
St. Peter’s Church
Mt. Olivet
Ockeeshausen
Atreat
Brooklyn
N.Y
Conrad
August
Caroline Rath Ockeshausen
Washington, D. C
Rooklyn
Donnell
Mary
Thomas P._O'Donnell
O Street
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mount Olivet Cemstery
O'Neill
John O Neill
Georgianna O'Neil
Third Street
St. Aloysius’ Church
Oelock
Arlington
Rogers
Portland
Robert M. Rogers
V. A
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
D. C
Rauss
Alexandria
Emma
Henry Strauss
Baltimore
Richmond
Norfolk
Vaughan
3Rd Twelfth Street
Samuel J
Mattlé J. Vaughan
Health Office Record of Local Residents and Ages
A May entry lists numerous individuals with ages and addresses, including Amanda Fisher 113 5th St pw, 3 years. Virginia Jones 807 34 ot am, 70 years. Abner Y Lench 1212 8 et nw, 61 years. William Mann 619 NCG ave m, 28 years. Jane M Murrey 2003 M St se, 6? years. Ellen F Tweedy 1732 Qet nw, 1 year. Elizabeth Stewart Gov Hoop Insane, 70 years. and other names with varying ages and hospital affiliations.
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Harter
Brewer
Swan
Amanda ©. Fisher
St. Pw
Whilaw
F St. Sw
Pauline Juckson
Wooka
Virginia Jones
Ot Am
Adamo Kibbey
St Om
Abner Y Lench
Fmt
Lee
Freedmen's Hospital
William Mann
NCG
Ave m
Francis Miller
Latow
el Youre
Creton Maddox
Wash
Anglum Hospital
Jane M Murrey
St. Se
Charles Powell
Tasac
A. Roeeerens
Govt
Hop
Auais D. Rupdjett
George Andrew Scott
Batna
Elizabeth Stewart
Gov. Hoop
Ellen F. Tweedy
Rom S. Wlegant
Bank scandal details surface in Cincinnati and Sandusky hearing
Testimony shows forged firm uses in billing fire department by Union Hay and Grain. ex mayor’s company linked to grain deals. Officials grilled on large city contracts while money is tied up in dispute over county funds. In Sandusky, Gustavus Graham admits Christmas gifts from banks for county deposits, claiming no agreement and a secure safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hay and Grain Company
Union Company
Hla | Books
Willam Clauss
Andrew Hickenloper, Jr
Rulison
Hamilton County
French and
Gibson
Hynicka
French
Hrynicka
Drake
Mack
Sites
Repubiicans
Cashler Davis
Sandusky
Ohio
Gustavus Graham
Drake Committee
Cincinnati
Graham
Huron
Massacre of La Dura family in Sonora ambush shocks Los Angeles
Five members of Pedro Meza's family and two friends were killed by Indians near La Dura Sonora. Survivors include Pedro Meza and two daughters, while corpses lay roadside until Mexican troops arrived. Victims include Senor Pedro Meza, Senora Elvira Meza, Carmen Eloisa and Panchetta Meza, Ma. Wenceslas Hoff, Theodore Hoff, and others. The group were traveling from Guayamas when attacked near Ortiz and La Dura amid mining interests owned by F A Hartmann. The massacre ended with a last stand in an overturned carriage. Ivory of the massacre reached Grtlz via an Indian carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro Meza
la Dura
Los Angeles
Sonora
Mexico
Frederick Hartman
William Trocen Company
Ortiz and
Senor
Pedro “Eza
Senora Elvira Meza
Senoritas Carmen
Eloisa
Panchetta Meza
Ma. Wenceslas Hoff
Theodore Hoff
Meza
la Pura
Guayamas
Wuayamag
Ortiz
Mia
Hoff
Los Otates
Otates Pass
F. A. Hartmann
Mmen
Grtlz
Jealous Husband Kills Wife Then Himself in Deanville
In Nelsonville Ohio on March 24 Fred Curry fatally shot his wife and then killed himself in Deanville. The wife, Mrs Carry, suffered a breast wound with no chance of recovery. The crime, attributed to jealousy, occurred in the mining village where Curry kept a galoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio
Deanvile
Fred Curry
Carry
Johnston enters race for Alabama Senate seat
Former Alabama governor Joseph F. Johnston announces candidacy for the Democratic primary for alternate United States Senator. The filing notes Alabama and the August 27 vote date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Joseph F. Johnston
United States
Daly Will Distributes Near 50000 To Boston Charities
The Rev Patrick J Daly who died last week at Atlantic City left a probate distribution totaling about 50000 to Boston charities. The Daly Industrial School Dorchester founded by Daly receives 25000 St Johns Seminary Brighton gets 7500 and 3000 is set for the poor of St Francis de Sales parish Annus and dollars for Alt Hallas College Dalam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Patrick J. Daly
Atlantic City
Daly Industrial School
Dorchester
Father Daly
St. John’s Seminary
Brighton
St. Francis de Sales’ Parish
Annus
Alt Hallas College
Dalam
Compromise Reached in Caledonia Coal Rebate Suit
Albuquerque report states a compromise was reached in the rebate suit involving Caledonia Coal Company against Atomson and Santa Fe Railroad Company Colorado Fuel and Iron and American Fuel Company. In Kansas Scott wins renomination defeating Henry J. Allen by about 1800 votes to become the Republican nominee for the Second Kansas district and now a member of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Maren
Gallup
Thi
Caledonia Coal Company
Atomson and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Colorado Fuel and Iron
American Fuel Company
Kansas
Alo
Mirren
Seized Lace Smuggling Suspect Released on Bail
Two customs inspectors at Havre tipped the Treasury to a young woman aboard La Savoie in New York who allegedly hid Valenciennes lace in her silk petticoat. Ellen Cathers refused questions, was arraigned on smuggling charges, and released on $2,500 bail after a mysterious benefactor, Bessie McHugh, posted the bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
la Savoie
Treasury Department
Havre
Valenciennes
United States
Shields
Iumor
Ellen Cathers
Commissioner Shields
Carmody
Henkel
Ankner
Marshal Henkel
Bessie McHugh
Miss McHugh
Attorneys Clash Over Witnesses in Greene and Gaynor Case
Savannah Ga March 24 Judge Speer questioned defense counsel on how many more witnesses would be called in the Greene and Gaynor case. Mr Osborn said ten or more. The district attorney warned he would not introduce further testimony if witnesses continued in the same vein. The DA later apologized for the remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Greene and Gaynor
Rockefeller Denies Cancer Rumors On Father’s Illness
William G Rockefeller dismissed sensational reports claiming his father has cancer. He stated the illness was a nervous breakdown and predicted recovery in months. Henry H. Rogers echoed the denial, calling cancer stories nonsense and insisting on the truthful nature of the health situation.
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William Rockefeller
New York
William G Rockefeller
Cme
Henry H. Rogers
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Passes Through Springfield Unmolested By Grocers
Special to The Washington Post Springfield Mass March John D Rockefeller traveled eastbound on the New York Central tramn after 9 02 p m reporters gathered a crowd at the station Edits say Rockefeller appeared in excellent health and did not reveal any claim to fame He explained he is not related to the famed John D Rockefeller and works in the New York Central Boston office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Springfield
Mass
John D Rockefeller
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Boston
Dot
Folloff
Charles Cook
Ashland
New York Central
Ar Rockefeller
Standara Oi Fame
Rockefeller declines New York visit amid grandchild interest
Lakewood New Jersey March 24 John D Rockefeller remains at his country place avoiding Attorney General Hadley’s urging that he visit his grandson. Delap couple visited Rockefeller, Palmedo the process server posted no major fuss as guards kept watch. Rockefeller’s granddaughter Miss Muriel McCormick arrived with her nurse and was seen in the village pushing a doll ambulator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Hadley
F. H. Delap
Rockefeller
Delap
East Lakewood
Man fires at Judge Gordon home over electric current conspiracy
John J. McCafferty, a Philadelphia machinist, fired two shots through the parlor window of former Judge James Gay Gordon, private counsel to Mayor Weaver. He was arrested after a seven block chase and jailed at City Hall. Letters found on him referenced an electric current wave blamed for disease, and named several officials and figures as targets. Police found a registered letter receipt to Charles M Schwab, and McCafferty’s family said he had been drinking heavily.
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Philadelphia
John J. McCafferty
James Gay Gordon
Weaver
McCafferty
Judge Gordon
James P. McNichol
John M. Mack
Public Safety
Potter
Stoy
Atlantic City
Bacharach
Matthew Griffin
Secret Service Bureau
Root
Willis J. Moore
The
Weather Bureau
B. Bigelow
J. MacTigue
Pittsburg
John M Mack
United States
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Alleged Train Wreckers Arrested in Ambridge
Three men Slava Tony Milter Charles Pecone and Paul Protkovnes were arrested in Ambridge Pa on charges of attempting to wreck the Cleveland flyer on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad the night of January 28 in retaliation for a friend s death run down by a train. Also rail and ocean voyage items listed from New York Southampton Cherbourg Hamburg and Antwerp with arrivals sailed and via routes.
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Pittsburg
Slava
Tony Milter
Charles Pecone
Paul Protkovnes
Ambridge
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
New York
Southampton
Cherbourg
Fretoria
Hamburg
Umbria
Liverpool
Queens Town
St Paul
Plymouth
Charbourg
Zeeland
Antwerp
Dover
Boulouse
Noordam
Rew Fork
Amelia
New Yark
York
Haven
Equitable Life Targets Lapsed Policies in Restoration Drive
President Paul Morton at Equitable Life sends letters to former policy holders noting reinstatement options after lapses. Eligible customers may restore old contracts with same benefits if they pass a physical and resume premiums. McCurdy defense escalates amid broad Mutual Life scrutiny. trustees allegedly earned commissions from Raymond & Co. as internal payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Lfe
Morton
Mutual
New York Life
Equitable Life
McCurdys
Richard A. McCurdy
Mutual Talfe Insurance Company
McCurdy
Mutuals
Andy” Fields
Andrew Hamilton
McGurdy
Company
Raymond & Co
The
Raymond & D
Policy Holders Fight to Recast Mutual Life Trustees
Mutual Life Policy Holders Association based in Washington leads a campaign against current management. They aim to replace June 4 term expirations with proxies and elect nine new trustees in June to gain control, then nine more next year, challenging Standard Life interests amid reform push in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Life
Armstrong Commission
Mutual Life Policy Holders’ Association
Washington
BN. Baker
Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company
Calvin Tompkins
New York
Albert A. Poot
Boston
John Skelton Willams
Richmond
Alfred E. Hammer
Branford
Cromwell Gibbong
Jacksonvile
Fla
EB. W. Robertson
Columbia
D. C
Andrs
Albany
Suit Against Equitable Defamation Trial Begins
Paris March 24 A Paris hearing opens on a defamation and slander suit by Eloy Duboin a French lawyer against Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York and Percy Paixotto director general here. Counsel says Duboin formed an association to protect French insureds and that Paixotto complained to justice minister who exonerated Duboin. Defenders’ counsel to present next week.
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Paris
Paria
Correctional Tribunel Today
Eloy Duboin
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Percy Pejixotto
M. Cruoppl
M. Duboin
Equitable
Messrs. Miller and
Robert
Judge Hamilton Re-elected Albany Club President
Albany N X March 24 Judge Andrew Hamilton was unanimously chosen as president of the Albany Club for a sixth consecutive term. Voters favored a single ticket, with many ballots scratched to boost his endorsement. The selection follows a strong club leadership tradition in the city. Manila Sh a n g h ai C a b l e Laying Manila March 24 The steamer Silver town with the Commercial Pacific Cable Company's cable to link Manila with Shanghai arrived, the note reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. X
Andrew Hamilton
Albany Club
Judge Hamilton
Manila
Shanghai
Silvertown
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Peabody Holds On As Mutual Life President Uncertain
New York March 24 The circulated report that Charles A Peabody will resign as president of Mutual Life was revived today at the company office It was stated he would retain the post only temporarily but no resignation date has been fixed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Sife
New York
Charles A. Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Peabody
Transfer for Des Planches in Washington Post Cable
A Rome cablegram reports Baron Edmondo Mayor des Planches, Italian Ambassador to Washington, will soon be transferred to a European post. Marquis Imperial, currently ambassador at Constantinople, is spoken as his successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
The
Daily News Tonight
Rome
Edmondo Mayor Des Planches
Washington
Imperial
Constantinople
Fifty Horses Die In Fire At Conkling Livery Stable
A major fire in Bucyrus Ohio destroyed the Conkling livery stables and adjoining buildings, killing fifty horses. The blaze began under unknown origin and spread quickly, forcing evacuations of nearby residences while feed sheds and about 100 buggies were lost.
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Conkling
Bucyrus
Ohio
Carnegie on Spelling Reform Draws Broad Support
Andrew Carnegie declared spelling reform steady and non revolutionary, saying language changes since Chaucer show words enter by need. He cites Oxford dictionary history, urges gradual adoption of two or three simplified words, notes teachers say children benefit from easier spelling. Yoakum recovering after appendicitis operation at Hotel Gotham in New York, making progress.
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Hot Springs
Andrew Carnegie
Chaucer
Bathhouse Collapse Kills Laborer in Atlantic City
John Stead a colored laborer was killed and two other Negro men were injured when a bathhouse on the beach front in Atlantic City New Jersey collapsed while they aided in repairs. The southern section of the city reported the incident today.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John Stead
Tourist Killed by Electric Car at Watts Station
Edward Nichols seventy four year old resident of Trenton New Jersey was struck and killed almost instantly by a Pacific electric car at Watts station in Los Angeles California yesterday March 24 local report states the deceased was a tourist and died at the scene.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward Nichols
Trenton
N. J
Pacific Electric
Watts Station
Develops Newcotton Could Transform Southern Agriculture
Dr Galloway chief of Bureau of Plant Industry says success of the new long staple cotton hinges on South's agriculturists and scientific breeding. He compares to corn improvement, noting seed pedigree, careful selection, and staged planting raise yields and fiber length, with potential output gains and higher prices. Seed distribution will follow after years of cultivation and quality retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galloway
Bureau
Agricultural Department
South
Bureau of Plant Industry
B. T. Galloway
D Mealt
Minois
Iowa
Almois
West
Department of Agriculture
Department
Monument in Vicksburg honors Pennsylvanians in siege role
In Vicksburg Mississippi on March 24 Governor Samuel Pennypacker of Pennsylvania and Governor James K. Vardaman of Mississippi unveiled a monument by the State of Pennsylvania in the Vicksburg Battle Park. The ceremony drew hundreds of Civil War veterans in blue and gray uniforms, 400 schoolchildren with small American flags, and speeches by Pennypacker, Vardaman, Svar Department Chief Clerk Schofield, Gen. James A. Beaver, and Gen. Stephen D. Lee. Milas Lillian Von Schwenk and Miss Laura Campbell pulled the silk cords to unveil the draped monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Gove. Pennypacker
Vardaman
Schofield
Svar Department
James A. Beaver
Pennsylvania
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Milas Lillian von Schwenk
Laura Campbell
Alinsissipp
West Point Indoor Meet Winners and Results
At West Point indoor corps meet cadets set marks in events led by Oaks 08 in standing broad jump and Sultan WG in putting shot with 35 feet 11 inches. Moore 07 cleared 7 feet in fence vault and Hall 08 topped horizontal bar. O’Connor won long horse, Mountford 05 took potato race, and a tug of war between 18 and 19 classes was won by 205 feet 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Corps of Cadets
Sultan
Moore
Woodbury
rCoaner
H. W. Hall
Climp
Garry
Fastmay
O'Connor
Mountford
Sulphur revival in modern Stuart's Calcium Wafers form
The article recalls old fashion sulfur remedies and promotes Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a modern concentrated sulfur source. It cites liver and kidney benefits, purification of blood, digestion aid, and claims rapid resolution of blemishes and carbuncles. Endorsed by physicians and Dr. Wilkine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
RM Wukine
Stuarts Caley Wifers
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Herman J. Mertin
Hallie Merritt
Corneline N. Bias, Jr
New York City
Badden C. Cobb
William L. Grits
Annie Burks
Walter W. Brown
Gabriele W. Anderson
Collma H. Chive
Mary A. Johnson
Health Office Record
NEW York Times
Boston Glory
Buffalo Courier
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST. Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
ST Paul Pioneer-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati Enquirer
W. R. Speare
Embalmer
F Street
N. W
R. F. Harvey
NERAL
Embal Pi
Stow
Commodious Chapel Telephone North
Operal
Embalmers
J. William Lee
George P. Zarhorst
Senate
Boston Charities
Scott
Petticoat
To-Kalon Wine Co
John DR. Rockefeller
J. D. Rockefeller
Gordon
Philadelphian
Equitable Life Offer
M'Curdys
Uandy” Fields
Mutual Life Company
Acros
Dewey
Shangha
Des Planches
Euoo
Most
Carnegie
Pedant
Tranmaeter
Addison Down
Yoakum
Gotham Today
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island Railroad System
Julius Garfinkele & Co
Newcotton
Wilkesbarre
St. Mary's
Nanticoke
J. Maury Dove Go
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