Government control of railroads condemned as lynch law
Newark October 11 1905 railroads oppose Esch Townsend rate legislation as unjust to carriers and a departure from Anglo Saxon due process. Spokesmen warn centralized rate making by an interstate commission would curb commerce and industrial centers, likening it to commercial lynch law.
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Interstate Commission
Newark
N. J
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Newark Board of Trade
Roosevelt
Spencer
Collnel
Garfield Pe
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Railroad Grand Jury
Demurrer Ruling Likely in Packings Case Oct 11 Chicago
Federal judge hears arguments on demurrers to indictments against five large packing firms and seventeen employees. If Judge Humphrey keeps current view, odd numbered conspiracy counts may stand while even numbered monopoly counts may fall. Edward Tilden subpoenaed as witness. he must produce firm records by November 1.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Humphrey
Humphey
Edward Tilden
Board of Education
National Packing Company
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Tilden
Hepburn Struggle Grows Over Thummel Links and Insurance ties
Special to The Washington Post Clearfield Icona Oct 1 Hepburn faces danger as disclosures tie his son in law William F Thummel to New York Life Insurance Company. Opponent A T Smith cites testimony showing Thummel as a legislative representative for insurers and that Congress was in his district. Railroads back Thummel used against Hepburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Clearfield
Icona
William F. Hepburn
Hepburn
Willian F Thummel
New York Life Inssurance Company
A. T. Smith
Mount Airy
Life Insurance Committee
Thummel
Insurance Companies
Congress
Customs Department
New York
Mutual Life
Addicks Sale Nets 510 From Riverside Farm Personal Property
Wilmington Delaware October 11 United States Marshal Finn sold the one half interest of J Edward Addicks in the personal property on his Riverside farm two miles below Newcastle Camden New Jersey on a 345000 judgment of Charles and Hinchman The sale netted only 510 dollars
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Addicks
Wilmington
Del
Finn
Charles & Hinchman
Camden
N. J
J. Edward Addicks
Riverside
Newcastle
Licenses to Marry Listed Couples in Various States
A local notice lists multiple marriage licenses issued or filed, naming pairs such as Chartes E White with Amanda V Howeton, J Mayer with Mery E Hickey, and Henry McN Brooks with Mamie Martin, among others from Baltimore Maryland to Caledonia Michigan and Virginia towns. The list includes individuals from Richmond Virginia, Hampton and Roanoke areas, Lewisburg Tennessee, Columbia Tennessee, and other communities, reflecting a statewide wedding license roundup.
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Chartes E White
Amanda V Howeton Bidney J. Mayer
Mery E Hickey
Baltimore
Henry McN. Brooks
Mamie Martin Wiliam J Meyers
Marion B. Swain
Caledonia
Mich
Percy Neister
Estelle Jeter
Roan Joke
Willem M Graves
Mary Offerdinger
David Hallinan
Richmond
Dara Kantrowitz
Hampton, Va
William R. Adams
Alice R. Burroughs
Henry Measle
Lucy Gillum
Benning
D. C
Richard Watson
Gertrude Banaton
Holger
van Norman
Mamie V Garrett
Carl Ylowry
Helen L. Gartner
John Reed Mos
Lewisburg
Tenn
Mettle B. Hughes
Columbia
Ferdinand Weller
Emma Cilley
Jacob Johncom
Emme Williams
Frederick W. Seim
Ida Mey Baker
Baltmore
Abram ©. Hancock
Elba
Mary Whitmore
Chatham
Charles H. Bremball
Nellie G. Sorrell
Subpoena Aims to Locate Fields in Albany Watch
A congressional inquiry probes A C Mielder of Mutual Life to explain ties between New York insurers and the Albany legislature. Fields, a former Westchester political power with Albany and Dobbs Ferry links, remains missing as subpoenas are issued and servers seek to compel his appearance. clues point to possible Albany or Thousand Islands residence as investigators press for testimony on insurance influence.
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Mutual Life Officer
Detai
Albany
Fields
New York
Bersens
West Chester County
Dobbs Ferry
Albany House
Thousand Islands
Nyack
Asbury Park
Mutual
West Chester
Charles P. McClelland
State Senate
William J. Graney
Doughertys Little Joke Sparks Grand Jury Findings
Peoria Illinois October 1 Dougherty is accused of profiting by forging checks and school scrip using fictitious firm names including A H Andrews Co and F Dupe Co. Investigators estimate losses between 60 000 and 100 000 with total alleged claims up to 260 000 as grand jurors anticipate more cases.
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Peoria
Dougherty
Carri
City council gas contract pushed by police block
In Omaha the mayor faced a rare council clash as police blocked doors to keep a quorum. The majority pushed through an ordinance approving a contract with the Omaha Gas Company for illuminating gas, with Mayor Moore enforcing the vote and returning the contract with the bond. A heated exchange followed between the mayor and minority members.
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Omaha City Council
Omaha
Nebr
Omaha Council
Moorea
Omaha Gas Company
Zimman
Nicholson
O’brien
Huntington
Moores
Ramsey Loses Control of Wabash Board in Toledo Contest
Ramsey fails to win director seats, loses bid to govern the Wabash Railroad, and is ousted from management. Gould and Sage-led slate triumphs among stockholders. Ramsey protests bondholder caucus results, asserting miscounts and claims of improper voting by competing lines Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain.
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Toledo
Ohio
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
George J. Gould
Road
Wabash Railroad
Thomas H Hubbard
B. T. Jeffrey
John T Terry
Winslow Pierce
BR. M Gattawa
Edgar T Welles
S. C. Reynolis
Russell Sage
WB. Sanders
Gould
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Wabash
Ramsey
Gallcus
Romney
Jay Gould
George J. i
Edwin Gould
Jay Gould, Jr
Katherine Gould
Kingdon Gould
Sidney M. Gould
George Gould
H. H. Harriman & Co
Iron Mountain
Missouri, Pacific
Stern Korean policy fears uprisings and suppression
A dispatch from Fukyo via the Empress of Japan reports Japan will adopt stern Korean policy after the Anglo Japanese treaty. Tokyo aims to remove Koreans from influence, recall Korean ministers, and exercise strict supervision. Reports say Russian agents and uprisings nod to harsh measures as peasants face starvation from dispossession. Yi Yong Ik reportedly travels to Europe on a secret mission. Japanese officials suspect Russian connections.
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Victorias
Britten
Japan
Tokyo
Korea
Jiji
Réoul
Yokohama
Anny Mey
Beoul
Hurlbut
Korean Review
Empress of Japan
Yi Yong Ik
Shanghai
Europe
Sum
Emperors Decision on Jewish University Admissions
In St Petersburg on October 1, Emperor Nicholas announced the final settlement of the status of Jews in higher education. He will submit the abolition of admission restrictions to the national assembly. Pending action, Jews applying this year beyond the legal percentage may be admitted. The Education Ministry is drafting a bill to remove university admission limits.
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St Petersburg
Nicholas
National Assembly
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Glasoff
Ministry of Education
Torpedo Boats for Russia for Baltic Defense
Ten torpedo boats built by Lewis Nixon of New York have been sent by rail to St. Petersburg for incorporation into a mosquito fleet defending the Baltic coast. The move accompanies no new naval program developments, and a Copenhagen report about American capitalists leasing Russian shipyards is deemed incorrect.
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Baltic
St. Petersburg
Lewis Nixon
New York
Sebastopol
Copenhagen
Black Seas
Venezuela’s tender refused over cable message funds
Caracas report states the Venezuelan telegraph department sent money collected for cable messages by the French Company’s lines during the last fortnight of September to the Caracas bureau chief, who refused it citing lack of instructions.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Venezuelan Telegraph Department
Maj Koerner to Succeed German Military Attache Here
Berlin reports Maj von Etzel, the German military attache in Washington, has been moved to the general staff. Maj Koerner, formerly with the Prussian War Ministry, will replace him. Havana liberals plan party reorganization to include Liberal Nationalists led by Gen. Nunez. Japanese forces capture Norwegian steamer Arnhid and German steamers Kowloon Hans Wagner M. Struve en route to Vladivostok.
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Maj. Koerner
Berlin
Maj
von Etzel
Washington
Havana
Gen. Nunez
Nagasaki
Arnhid
Kowloon
Hans Wagner
M. Struve
Vladivostok
Alfonso Seeks Wife as King Plans Berlin Visit
Berlin preparations for King Alfonso of Spain to arrive November 6 for a five day stay include a review of an army corps and stag hunt. Premier Montero Rios to accompany him. Madrid notes the visit follows Loubet and may involve royal marriage plans and state questions.
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Berlin
Alfonso
Hie Auite
Montero Rios
Orenienburg
Madrid
Germany
Loubet
Chamber of Deputies
Bank of Spain
Empress Niece Weds Prince Charles Edward at Gluecksburg
Princess Victoria Adelhelé, niece of Empress Auguste Viktoria, married Prince Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at Gluecksburg in a midday ceremony. Emperor William and Empress attended with royal guests including Prince Arthur of Connaught. Pastor Sommerfeld officiated.
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Charles Edward
Saward
Victoria
Gluecksburg
Prussia
Victoria Adelhelé
Frederick
Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Gluecksburg
Auguste Victorie
Saxe- Copurg and
Gotha
Edward
Wen
Germany
Frederick William
Prince Eitel Frederick
William
Duke Frederick
Ninth
Hussars
Order of the Black Eagle
Ress
Duchess of Albany
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Pastor Sommerfield
Glueckbure
Germany Faces Worsening Meat Famine In 1910s News
Berlin reports show Germany grappling with a deepening meat shortage as officials adopt emergency measures. Rabbit markets and cheap fish sales spread from Solingen to Westphalia and beyond. Prices rise, and appeals to Chancellor von Buelow and the Prussian agriculture minister Podbielski seek relief.
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Berlin
Germany
Eisenach
Solingen
Posen
Prince von Buelow
Podbielski
Leho Struck Mine. British Steamer Missing Fifteen
Tokyo dispatch notes the British steamer Leho struck a floating mine ninety miles east of Shantung lighthouse on September 30. Fifteen aboard are missing, including two foreign engineers. In a separate item, Field Marshal Edhem Pasha is reported alive and in good health, clarification due to a namesake death misreport.
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Tokyo
Moji
Leho
Shantung Lighthouse
Edhem Pasha
Constantinople
Greece
Weather conditions and forecast from Washington Weather Bureau
General fall of temperatures east of the Mississippi with rain in the Middle and South Atlantic States and New England. Snow in Upper Michigan and Northern Minnesota. A low pressure system moves east bringing rain to New England, clearing later. Colder weather in Eastern New York and New England, then warmer in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Upper Lake region. Winds shift along coasts, with fresh northwesterlies on the Gulf and Great Lakes. Local temperatures and humidity given. rainfall and sunshine percentages included.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Mississippi
New England
South Atlantic
Lake
Upper
Michigan
Minnesota
Tennnessee
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Thurstat
New York
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Gulf Coas
Steamera
Grami Banks
Asheville
N.C
Attents
Atlantic City
A. Jemgrek
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cheyenne
Wyo
River Bulletin
Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
W- Va
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Military Order OF the Loyal Legion OF the United States
Adolph Abeeagar
U & Volunteers
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No Wat
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P Haeford
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Congressional Cemetery
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J Oa Allen
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F Street
N. W
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
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Chapsom
Tenth St Nw
George P. Zarhorst
China
Capitol A
Dupe & Co
Western Life
C. (. Kohlsaar
United States Circuit Court
Western Life Indemnity Company
Fents Saat
Alabama
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Ala
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Wheelerville
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To-Kalon Wine Co
Foundation For
Russell Slage
George Greer
Robert C. Clowry
W. B. Sanders
Thomas H. Hubbard
T. Jeffrey
John T. Terry
Winslow
Pierce
RB. .Galloway
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Blodgett
Judge Doyle
Lande
Czar
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Torpedo Boats
Russia
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Liebig Company
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Massachusetts Avenue
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Geo. M. Oyster, Jr
Conn. Ave
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St. W
Health Office Record
Upen
James Allen
Washington Asylum
Jennfer Anderson
Elijah Ash
Margaretta Brown
Rosie Coyle
Lottie Davis
Gray A. DeCormis
Charles Dowden
Providence
Lee Goldman
Ida Holly
Francis Johnson
St. Ne
Louis H Keefer
Samuel F Kinsinger
Caroline
S McCleary
L St
Rose Rogers
Raymond Smallwood
Freedmen'’s
Margaret
Sommer
Detne
Jennie H. Taylor
Earl Wermney
Glick's Alley
Majentic
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Dover
Graft Waldersee
Caronia
Oceanics
Queenstown
Teutonic
Bremen
Halifax
Southampton
Kronering Wilhelm
Jherbourg
Norton. Stout Asec
HUB Furniture CO
D Ste
Liquarone Company
Wabash Ave
Carcage
Munyon
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