Billion Dollar Merger Rumor Ties Postal Telegraph and Bell
A sweeping two company merger links Mackay interests with Postal Telegraph and AT&T dominant plans. Western Union sale to American Telephone and Telegraph and Bell Company signals a major consolidation with vast capital, potential leadership shifts, and expected cost savings in construction and operations.
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Mackay Companies
The
Postal
American Telephone and Telegraph
Systema
Western Union
Mt In
American Telephone Company
Bell Company
Haaven
Sontral
Telephone Company
Jail holds Warriner and associates in embezzlement case
Cincinnati Navy 1%4-Charles Warriner once treasurer of Bix, Four Railroed and Mrs Jeanette Ford and Mrs Stewart are jailed. Warriner pleads not guilty in court after admitting part of the $642,000 embezzled. bond set at $20,000. Police arrest Ford at her upscale apartment as others bail not renewed.
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Cincinnati Navy
Charles E. Warriner
Ideal
Bix
Railroed
Jeanette Stewart
Ford
Warriner
Hunt
Mother Confesses to Killing 8 Year Old on Mother's Trail
Edna Batson admits to murdering her daughter Mary near Chesapeake Junction after a Tuesday morning disappearance. Arrests were made at 19 Church Street Northwest, with detectives detailing a plan to end abuse and laying out the crime along the woods by the railroad. The suspect, held for Maryland transfer, cites a man who owned the razor as a motive.
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Evang
Mullen
Central
Colter
Fitna Miller
Seaton Street
Muller
Berman
Aimee
Church Street
Mary
Eleventh
U Streets
New York Avenue
Fifteenth
Chesapeake Junction
First Precinct Notive
Maryland
Ault
Sixth Precinct
Strange Kansas City will aims to repay gambling winnings
The probate filing of George Brown Jr a noted gambler reveals a will directing executors to reimburse every person he won from during his lifetime with interest from the date of the win. The document also calls for a tombstone for him and his wife bearing only their given names and omitting the surname Brown.
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Washington Post
Kansas City
George Brown, Jr
Hame Brown
Pellagra in Cleveland Case Reported at City Hospital
A Cleveland Ontario patient at Cleveland City Hospital is diagnosed with pellagra, newly identified in the United States as authorities battle the disease. The patient, Mrs James F Long, cannot provide case details to the Argentine Legation. Furniture from the Argentine Legation at 3800 Mass will be sold starting at 10 o’clock.
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Cleveland
Navy
United States
Cleveland City Hospital
Onlo Mra
James F Long
Legation
Miners Plot Dynamite Threat Alarms Illinois Town
Discovery of a plot to dynamite long trains of sleeping cars in Cherry Illinois triggered sheriff deputies to guard the line. Officials ordered dynamite moved from the county storehouse and troops alerted as miners families faced a grim disaster outlook and Red Cross aid organized nationwide.
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Washington Post
Cherry
Nurgea
Ten
Sheriff Skoglut
Bureau County
Gov Deneen
Galesburg
Kewanee
St Paul
Earling
Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad
Sherif Shoglund
Skoglund
Lorder
Mrs Stetson Yields In Church Controversy In Boston
Mrs Augusta B Stetson of New York says she will obey the leaders of the First Church of Christ Scientist after a secret conference with the Mother Church directors in Boston. She cites Mary Baker Eddy’s guidance and declares she will unite with those who supported the directors in the judgment against her. The statement marks a turn in a long dispute within the church and references a letter from Eddy read to a Brookline congregation.
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Boston
Mother Church
Mass
Augusta B Stetsuh
New York
First Church of Christ Scientist
Immer Council
Stetson
Mary Baker Diddy
Oor
Our Church
Brookline
Virgil O Strickler
Moter Church
Bryan nominators disbarred for contempt by court
Agnabas J Dunn of Omaha, assistant city attorney and the man who placed William J Bryan in nomination at the Denver convention, was found guilty of contempt of court by the Nebraska supreme court. He was disbarred for an indefinite period and ordered to pay the costs of the contempt proceedings. Dunn had appealed after a prior censure and apologized, but the court deemed his apology worse than the offense.
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Agnabas J Dunn
Omaha
Supreme Court
Washington Post
Nebr Noy
Jenatus J Dunn
Omage
Wiliam J Bryan
Denver
Nebraska Supreme Court
Dunnin
Dunn
Three Candidates Seek Congress Seat After Lassiter Death
Special to The Washington Fort Petersburg reports Judge Alan Watkins of Farmville announced candidacy for Congress in the Fourth District. The seat, left vacant by the death of Francis R Lassiter, is also sought by Charles T Lassiter of Petersburg and Robert Turnbull of Brunswick County. The Democratic primary is scheduled for January next.
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Washington Fort Petersburg
Alan Watkins
Farmville
Congress
Francis R Lassiter
Charles T Lassiter
Petersburg
Robert Turnbull
Brunswick County
Letters and Suspects Cloud Murder in Northeast Quarter
Police probe into the shooting death of Joseph C Squires at the Fifteenth and Adams area finds numerous letters from women, a card for a young woman on P Street NW, and a note linking him to Senator Quay. Two boys, Norman and Richard Gol, are questioned. detectives push a theory of accidental shooting. Witnesses describe hearing shots. no decisive evidence found.
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Senator Quay
Joseph C Squires
Syoddy
Fifteenth
Adama
Daley
Ninth Precinct
Central Office
Burlingame Baur Cornwel
Springman
O Brien
Squires
Capt Daley
Wally
P Street
Norman
Richard Gol
Fifteenth Street
Bladesbury Rosa
Causa
Theo
Nourmahal Mystery: Astor Yacht Missing After Caribbean Storm
Friends seek word on Nourmahal, the Astor yacht missing since the Caribbean hurricane strike. Col Jonn Jacob Astor and Vincent aboard were last reported sailing from Jamaica to Puerto Rico on Nov 4, amid hurricane Hercourse ny’s path. The vessel, built for Cat Astor Sather, vanished as powerful winds hit the West Indies.
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Nourmighal
West India
Washington Post
New York
Jonn Jacob Astor
Thie City
Maritime Exchange
Nourmahat
Caribbean
Newmahal
Col Astor
Nist
Vinicent
Port Antoino
Jamaica
Porto Rico
West Indies
Nourmahal
Cat Astor
Sather
William Astor
Wfe
George Crocker Seriously Ill in New York Residence
George Crocker heir to the Crocker fortune is gravely ill at his Fifth Avenue home in New York. His elder brother William H Crocker rushed from Europe to be by his side as physicians withhold the illness’s cause, though reports hint at a stomach disorder.
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New York
George Crocker
Charles Crocker
Fifth Avenue
William H Crocker
Europe
Airship Voyage Company Incorporation Reported
Berlin cable reports the Airship Voyage Company formed today in Frankfurt with capital stock 370900. Hamburg Munich and Baden Baden contributed 12500 each. Airship trips planned to begin next spring from Friedrichshafen to New York. A Princeton graduate and NY reporter reportedly jumped from the parapet of Washington Bridge.
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Germany
Washington Post
Berlin
Airthip Voyage Company
Frankfort Mill
Hamburg
Munich
Baden-Baden
Friedrichenaten
New York
New Ii
Raliph
Anough
Princeton
Washington Bridge
Harlem
Budget Fight Triggers Premier’s Unconstitutional Denunciation
The premier vows to denounce the budget action as unconstitutional, signaling a high-stakes confrontation with the Lords. Key officials pledge opposition while Parliament awaits a formal stance and potential legal challenges.
Lords Move Toward Election Splits British Budget
British Lords push for rejection of the budget sparking talk of a January general election. Lord Lansdowne’s motion threatens dissolution and prompts Asquith and Churchill to warn of royal prerogative and Commons privilege clash. Liberal papers call the move an act of war.
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Zacy
Wat’ Lords
Enrique Chronicle
Cress
Daz
Corral
Dias
London
House of Lords
Lord Lensdowne
Ing Intenten
Commons
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Lansdown
Asquith
Cabinet Council
House of Commons
Setion
House of Summona
Balfour
Manchester
Lansdowne S Menon
Daily Chronicle
Weds
Briggs Testimony Links Morse and Ice Company Ties
New York witness Briggs of Coeymans says he followed Morse to shoot and once engaged Morse for two weeks over bitterness toward the American Ice Company head. He visited Morse in his office in protest of shipments up the Hudson aimed at breaking up Morse’s top control. Morse told him he could buy as much as he wanted. Briggs recalls close dealings and speculation with Morse.
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New York
Briggs
Morse
Death by Own Action After Fatal Fire in Brooklyn Factory
In New York a man linked to a fatal Brooklyn fire at a celluloid factory committed suicide at home after an inquest began. He had returned from Long Island College Hospital with plan to end his life, suffocating himself with gas in his bathtub. A color engineer had saved one son from the blaze.
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Washington Post
New York
Brooklyn
Rovert Min Zison
Moeristn
Long Island College
Robert Morifaan
Moncon
Orphanage Seeks 1000000 to Rebuild After Fire
Trustees of the Presbyterian Orphans Home of the Synod of Virginia meet to plan rebuilding the girls dormitory destroyed by fire. The board approves plans and aims to raise 1000000 within the year. Resignations of Hey F or McFaden of Richmond and F T Glastow of Lexington accepted. two new directors named to fill vacancies.
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Washington
Lynchburg
Presbyterian Orphans Home
Synod of Virgin
Wen
Hey F Or McFaden
Richmond
F T Glastow
Lexington
Willama
Woodstock
H Af Payne
Charles
Judson Taft's Choice for Supreme Court Vacancy
President Taft weighs a Democrat Southern pick for the high court as reports name Frederick W Judson of St Louis amid discussions with Horace Lurton, Luke Wright, and Judson, with reservations about living costs and fiscal conservatism. Senator Bailey and James J Hill weigh in as the diary of intra White House talks continues.
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Congress
Senate
Supreme Court
Frederick W Judson
St Louis
West
Judson
Nagel
Mississipp Valley
Myr Judson
Regio
Ge. Vigualy
Hoth
Mr Judson
Horace Lurton
Tennessee
Luke Wright
Mrr Judson
Judson i3
Taft
Gor Judson Harmon
Ohio
Roosevelt
Santa Fe
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Paul Morton
Mr Morton
Navy
Uus
Messrs Harmon and
Bailey
Bouthera
Sugar trust prosecutions hinge on Supreme Court decision
Government pauses sleuthing as Judge Holt’s interpretive rule on the statute of limitations looms. If the Supreme Court backs Holt, top sugar trust figures may evade criminal charges, since the first overt act of conspiracy coulddate back beyond three years. Cabinet members discuss amendments. officials dispute pretrial settlements with the trust.
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Tatts Administration
United States Supreme Court
Hut
New York
Supreme Court
Judie Holts
F Clas
aTecunt
Holt
Alf Crrder
Department of Justice
Sugar Trust
Treasury
Cong Ss
MacVeagh
Wickersham
Department of Justlee
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Western Or Telegraph Company
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Ueale
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Mackey Companies
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Jay
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Washingtom
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Penton
Mire
Kie
Charlotte Mich
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Kansas City Gambler
Pellagra
Frost
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Cherry Disaster
Red Cross
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Washington DC
National Red Cross Society
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Austria
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Haney
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United Charities of
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State Miners’ Executive Board
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Oregon
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