Gould and Goulds Lose Big in Merchants Trust Case
The Washington Post reports Frank Gould and Helen Gould became tied to the Merchants Trust Company amid hidden loans to Fisher's Virginia Passenger and Power Company. Loans totaling around 1.5 million and securities tied to the venture led to heavy losses and court battles between Fisher’s group and the Goulds, with receivers appointed by state and federal courts.
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Washington Post
New York Ways
Merchants Trust Company
George E Fisher
Frank Gould
Helen Gould
Hia
Fisher
Virginian Passenger and Fever Company
Goulds
Virginia
Fisher I
Iwehvster Lniversity
George W. Tiaher
Rocheste
Sher
J P Munn
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Hudson Valley Susway Company
Rutland Lime Watway Company
Chiteye Divelopment Company
Gould
Trolley troubles and legal battles roil Virginia company
The Goulds push for receivership battle over the Virginia Passenger and Power Company ends with one side obtaining a federal receiver while the other gains a state appointment. Allegations include inflated receipts and a fraud scheme tied to streetcar tickets. Fisher blasts the Goulds as conspirators, while Langdon’s camp seeks criminal action against former management. Frank Gould receives $520 a share for his stake, exiting the venture with substantial loss. Miss Florence Bidwell, eighteen, averts a bank failure in Canton by securing $30,000 in city funds before suspension.
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Gould
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Goulda
Fisher
Virginia
Goulds
Frank Gould
Wall Street
Washington Post
Canton
Ohio
Canton State Bank
Florence Bidwell
Bidwell
State Bank
Misa Bidwell
Cleveland
Coyle
Miss Bidwell
Shaw Declares Treasury Finances Safe and Not a Presidential Pitch
Secretary Leslie M Shaw told bankers in Des Moines and business men in Topeka there is no danger of government bankruptcy or a presidential bid. He urged Congress to raise revenues and outlined fixed charges for the next four years to guide fiscal planning.
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Des Moines
Iowa
The
Treasury
Leslie M Shaw
Bankers’ Club
Topeka
Kans
Shaw
Gov Hoch
Congress
Sculptor Biondi sues Met for Saturnalia exhibition lapse
In New York May trial opened in State Supreme Court over damages claimed by Italian sculptor Ernest Biondi against the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He alleges the group Saturnalia was not exhibited as agreed, seeking restitution for alleged irreparable harm after prior exhibitions and contracts involving Gen. Cesnola and the museum.
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Biondi
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Ernest Biondi
Legion of Honor
Saturnalia
Leventritt
State Supreme Court
Elshu Root
Paris
National Gallery At Fame
Buffalo Exposition
Gen
Dl Cesnola
Blond
Joss
Federal party at Manila debates annexation vs independence
Manila May 26 The Federal party convention discusses changing the 1902 plank from annexation to America to support Secretary Taft's policy favoring eventual independence of the islands. Also, the attorney general seeks a receiver for the American Bank at Manila closed by Gov Gen Wright to protect depositors.
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Manila
Federal Party
America
Taft
Gen. Wright
Citizens in Fight Hold Great Mass Meeting
A large Philadelphia mass meeting at the Academy of Music protested the gas lease. Charles Emory Smith spoke, denouncing the lease as piracy and urging restoration of American principles. Spectators overflowed to nearby halls as crowds sang hymns and voiced civic duty against despotic municipal methods.
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Charles Emory Smith
Life, Liberty
Sacred Honor
Weaver
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Gaa
M . A. Hall
Mahion N Eline
Lincoln
McKinney
Meyer Weevrer
The
Young Men's Christian Asssociation
Broad Street
W Justice
Academy
United States
Smith
Washington
Southern Railway Schedule Change May 28 1905
Southern Railway announces a summer schedule change effective May 28. Sunday departures from Washington adjust to early evening times, new weekday No 119 to Bluemont inaugurates, and Saturday night No Us shifts to 11 30 p m. Main line Nos 4 and 24 to Washington arrive 9 40 a m and 9 00 a m respectively. Through coach offered on Nos 16 and 17 between Washington, Warrenton. Large sale today at Sloan's Furniture, 1407 G St with no reserve prices.
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Aliway Schedal
Southern Railway
Hore
Hluemont
Washington
Bluemont
Betweenington
Warrenton
Sloan's
We m
Russian Fleet Divided to Lure Togo into Battle
Reports from Shanghai and Lloyds dispatches claim Admiral Rojestvensky has split his Baltic fleet, deploying seventeen ships near Saddle Island and off Woosung to draw Japanese forces away from Togo. Observers say the maneuver may be a diversion to force a clash while internment or movement unfolds.
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Washington Fost Bhanghy
Saddip Island
Geveral
Stehmen Benvoruth
Iei
Adjestvensky
Woosung
Lalhi
Laiyang
Prean
Shanghai
Rojest«vensky
Saddle Island
London
Lloyds
Saddle Islands
Vladiaimir
Voronej
Yaroslav
Livonia
Meteor
Tokyo
Rojestvensky
Pacific
Togo
Tsingtau
Woogung
Petersburg
Associated Press
Rojestvenaky
Ianosatbla
Formosa
Japan
Rumor of Sea Battle Reaches Tokyo May 27
A Tokyo report cites rumors of a clash between Japanese and Russian fleets under Vice Admirals Togo and Rozentiensky in the Korean straits. Weasel ships with commercial flags pass Singamore. several cruisers may raid northward near the Lucha Islands. A Rosentvensky physician interview questions the admiral's health and timing.
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Apealal
Washington Post
Tokyo
Togo
Rojestyensky
Korean Straits
Singamore
Sayentaen Yaskela
Shanghai
Rosentvensky
Lucha Islands
Rusa
Rojestvensky
Far Wost
Immels
Halgon
Jap Tactics Baffle Chinese and Russian Officials
May 26 reports from Manchuria describe Japanese center withdrawals as puzzling and linked to railway and front pressures. Chinese and Russian observers debate whether the retreat signals a stalled Oyama offensive or road conditions. Separate dispatches note Chinese neutrality pleas, a Shanghai naval rumor debunk, and a Chefoo cable cut.
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Shanghai-Chefoo
Bpacal
Shanghai
Here and
Chefoo
Fired Back at Robber Two Revolvers Found Beside Body
The body of Issac Walters secretary of the Missippi Canal Coal Company was found in front of his home at Woodlawn eight suburbs. He had been shot in the head and robbed of his watch and money. One revolver matched his while another chamber was empty, suggesting he fired before death. He left city late last night by streetcar and was found at daylight by a neighbor.
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Nan
Birmingham, &Co
Issac Walters
Missinnippi Cannel Coal Company
Woodlawn
Wattery
Taft Addresses Cincinnati Club on Canal Policy
Secretary of War Taft told the Cincinnati Commercial Club the canal duty issue mirrors the Philippines case. He said Congress must lay a rule, otherwise the administration will build as a business to buy cheaper materials, favoring American goods when prices and quality are equal. He praised canal commissioners and discussed railroad rate legislation and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Philippines
Cincinnati Commercial Club
Congress
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tomight
Boston
Chicago
St Louie
Taft
Lucius Tuttle
Boston and Maine Railway
Franklin MacVeagh
Robert Moore
St. Louis
Melville H Ingalls
United States
Philippine Islands
France
Interstate Commission
Rumor US Seeks Sakhalin Island
St. Petersburg May 26 Denied by United States rumor published by Tenotech esiva claims US government seeks to buy Sakhalin. State Department says the matter was never suggested and the US does not plan to purchase any island. Russian Embassy has no information on the story.
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St. Petersburg
America
Sakhalin
The
Tenotechesiva
United States
Island of
Russia
State Department
Gebhard Must Pay Bill In Jewelers Judgment
Judgment for 27196225 rendered in favor of Fifth Avenue Jewelers Apeetat by Washington Fest New York on May 28. Gebhard defaulted on a claim covering jewelry merchandise and services from May 1 1901 to July 19 19, with total bill around 25000, paid largely by Gebhard. he resides at 1 Madison Avenue amid references to family connections.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Frederick Gebherd
Black, Starr & Frost
Gebhard
Madison Avenue
Frederick Wwellson
Reginald Vanderbilt
Parcs and Events Highlighting Trust Failure and Tariff Talk
Index 10 Today presents a mixed page of items from Philadelphia and national affairs. It notes trust failure influencing local sentiment, a request for a bureau chief in rural Matt Service, plus coverage of church, social, and political happenings, a robbery, and sports results.
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Parcs
Philadelphia
Rojestvensky
Togs
Taft Taika
Maj
Carson
Chicago
South
Virginien
Royal Wealth
America
St Louie
Central High Beata
Princeton
Washington College of Law
Hermit Brooktrout
Guiteau
Naval
Barrett
Paname
Wall Street Review
New Church
Portland
Rail pool dissolved amid accusations of government influence
Washington Post reports the steel rail pool collapsed after threats of prosecution and competition pressures. A tacit agreement kept rails at $8 per ton delivery through year end, with 200000 tons ordered at $5.5 million, while railroads could gain rebates if prices fell. Officials say government actions had no effect, but dissolution risks hurting iron and steel products nationwide.
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The
Washington Post
Pittsburg
Republic Tron and Steel Company
Lackawanna Steel Company
Trampled at Boer tableau injures three at Brighton Beach
At Brighton Beach New York on May 26 three men were seriously injured and another may die after a trampling during a tableau of the Paardeberg battle staged by the New South Wales Lancers and the Highland Brigade. British gunners Charles Stewart and James Hardner, cavalryman John Barlow, and Boer horseman Piet Gomer were carried to the emergency hospital. Barlow was reported fatally hurt.
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Paardeberg
Brighton Beach
New York
New South Wales Lancers
Highland Brigade
Red Cross
Charles Stewart
James Hardner
John Barlow
Piet Gomer
Barlow
New Swindling Game Nabbed at Paxtang Post Office
Special to The Washington Post reports Harrisburg Pa May arrest of A A Weil alias S G Vamp alias Charles A Barnes of New York. He sent letters offering New York city jobs and included a $40 check then claimed a $327 excursion cost and asked victims to remit $18 more. Three victims paid the extra but found the checks bogus.
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Washington Post
Harrisburg
A A Weil
S G Vamp
Charles A Barnes
New York
United States
Paxtang Post-Office
M Malone
Samuel Lapp Weil
Injured in Automobil Crash After Zoo Smoker
David R Francis of Missouri among three men returning from a Commercial Club smoker at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden when their car struck a streetcar. Francis thrown into the street, others hurt or escaped. Chief of Police Jackson Tenn reports shooting incidents with multiple gunfire at a separate scene.
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Cincinnati
Onio
David R Francis
Missouri
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Percy Proctor
Commercial Club
Zoological Garden
Francis
Siri
Victory for Hyde restrains Equitable directors in mutulization ruling
Justice Maddox in Brooklyn Superior Court ruled against the mutualization plan of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, restraining directors from acting without stockholder consent. The decision strengthens Hyde's grip on control, upends Frick and Cummins committees plans, and signals likely appeals by President James W Alexander. The Lord suit began in mid March.
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New York
Justice Maddox
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Franklin B Lord
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Justice
Lord
James H Hyde
Sociery
Alexander
Hyde
Frick
Cummins
Mr Hyde
President Rules Out Government Insurance Probe
President Roosevelt says government lacks authority to order any investigation into life insurance firms including Equitable Life. Attorney General Moody privately doubts congressional power to mandate such probes, while state authorities may conduct their own inquiries where companies operate. Edwardian notes record royal audience in London and a Burden family litigation closure alongside a Pen Mar Gettysburg excursion advert.
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Roosevelt
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Bureau of Corporations
Moody
Congress
United States Supreme Court
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de Wunn
Fitter
Pedece Trust Company
Qood
Hilovision
Virginkt
Hey
Lettle Banking
Kilburn
Tte
Uist
Good
Richmond
Fisheca Company
Alrady Spnk
Tuttle Flint & Marshall
Node Ik
Virginiy
Helen
Virginian Passenger and Power Company
Trust Company
Qld
Foint Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
Canton’s. ‘Treasury
Presidency
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Ashburn
Intermediate Pointe
Citizens
Offera
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Surrey
Horestvensky
Storage Dept of Union Trust Co
Harpers Ferry
Charlestown
Winchester
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Ktaochou
Bhanturg Peninsula
At Thoraday
Rengtse
Sung
Yangtse
Oyama
Gunshu Pass
Manchuria
Field Marsh Oyama
St Petersburg
Hima
Tie Pass
Pokatiloft
Tort
Peking
Standard
Rion
Smolensk
Roosevalt
Daily Mail
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Trinian
Baltimore and
Eeturs
Pennsylvania Railroad
Panama
Canal
Uncle Sam
Fuse Wu Wwauussien
Douglass Secka
Mais
John J. Flaherty
Gloucester
Democratic State Central Committee
William J, Douglass
Pena
Whitelaw Weld
Great Britain
Reid
Ailroad
Asbury Park Baoklet
Asbury Park
Dongany
B. M. Newbold
Southeastern District
Ne. Cor
Zmail
Part
David B. Francis
Lwt
Poline
Jackson,Tenn
A. D. Dugger
Poties
Gaston
Sue Apts
Drake
Qetimore
Seerie R. Butey Settee
Bomnanys
Ropalng
Io Sox Limited
the &Omdey Post
Washingtons
Ryde
Equitable Company
Frick Investigation Committee
Edward
St James’ Palace
Diplomatic Corps
Mr Carter
F. G Morgan
Cairo
Egypt
Fhaunesy J Blair
Morin G. Andrews
Burden
Troy
Townsend Burden
James A Burden
New York City
Burden Iron Works
Pen Mar
Goettyeburg
Gettysburg
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