Government control of rates would paralyze trade, railroads warn
Newark leaders quoted railroads opposing Esch Townsend bill as unjust to carriers and harmful to commerce. They warn that rate powers to the Interstate Commerce Commission would create artificial limits, making rail fees fixed before court review and framing a commercial lynch law via government edicts, risking widespread industrial disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Demurrers in Beef Case Forecast Ruling Harbors Complexities
Chicago October 11 Federal judge hints rulings may sustain half the conspiracy and restraint charges while overruling others in the indictment against five major packing firms and seventeen employees. Edward Tilden subpoenaed to testify, ordered to produce business records, and remaining witnesses to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Humphrey
Humphey
Edward Tilden
Board of Education
National Packing Company
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Tilden
Hepburn Faces Threat to Seat Over Thummel Ties
Special to The Washington Post Clearfield Icona Oct 1 Reports that Rep William F Hepburn's district risks his seat amid disclosures about his son in law Willian F Thummel and his connections to New York Life Insurance Co A. T Smith the Republican rival cites testimony showing Thummel acted as a legislative liaison for insurers and that Hepburn aided Thummel's NY customs department post after Thummel refused the job when Mutual Life raised his pay Railroads backing Thummel is also 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 Interest
Wilmington Del Oct 11 United States Marshal Finn sold on the 345000 judgment of Charles Hinchman of Camden NJ the one half interest of J Edward Addicks in the personal property on his Riverside farm two miles below Newcastle The sale netted only 510
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addicks
Wilmington
Del
Finn
Charles & Hinchman
Camden
N. J
J. Edward Addicks
Riverside
Newcastle
Licensed to Marry List of Grooms and Brides
A Baltimore and various other locations list marriage licenses issued. Names include Charters E White and Amanda V Howeton. J Mayer and Mery E Hickey. Henry McN Brooks and Mamie Martin. W J Meyers and Marion B Swain. Percy Neister and Estelle Jeter. Willem M Graves and Mary Offerdinger. David Hallinan and Dara Kantrowitz. William R Adams and Alice R Burroughs. Henry Measle and Lucy Gillum. Richard Watson and Gertrude Banaton. Holger B Van Norman and Mamie V Garrett. Carl Iylowry and Helen L Gartner. John Reed Mos and Met tle B. Hughes. Ferdinand Weller and Emma Cilley. Jacob Johncom and Emme Williams. Frederick W Seim and Ida Mey Baker. Abram Hancock and Mary Whitmore. Charles H Bremball and Nellie G Sorrell.
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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 Explain Albany Insurance Links
A Mutual Life official, A C Mielder, is urged to explain in detail ties between New York insurers and the Albany legislature as investigators seek Fields. The committee has not located Fields, but believes he has long resided in Albany during sessions and may be at Thousand Islands or Dobbs Ferry. Fields once held political power in Westchester, with a salary of $10,000 as Mutual’s superintendent of supplies.
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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 Indictments Shadow Illinois School Fund
Peoria investigators reveal Dougherty realized about 250 000 dollars by using forged firm names including A H Andrews Co Chicago. Grand jury hears testimony on dozens of alleged frauds, with $260 000 cited and monthly averages of 2500 to 4000 dollars. Dougherty faced accusations tied to school scrip and fictitious pay rolls as officials weigh losses and possible further indictments. Also notes stalled Western Life case talks and a fatal ambush near Mobile.
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Peoria
Dougherty
Carri
Quorum Kept by Police as Gas Contract Passed
In Omaha, Mayor Moore locked doors with police to keep a quorum and approve a contract with the Omaha Gas Company for illuminating gas. President Zimman and two councilors attempted to leave. doors were blocked, forcing them to stay. The majority moved to pass the ordinance. five votes for, minority abstained. Mayor Moore approved the contract and bond amid heated exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha City Council
Omaha
Nebr
Omaha Council
Moorea
Omaha Gas Company
Zimman
Nicholson
O’brien
Huntington
Moores
Ramsey Loses Bid as Wabash Directors Vote Ends Contests
Toledo October report covers Joseph Ramsey Jr. failing to gain control of the Wabash Railroad. Gould and Sage lead the directors slate, Ramsey ousted from the board amid bondholders and stockholders caucuses with vote tallies shown. Protests filed by Ramsey and judge Doyle regarding votes from Missouri Pacific connections.
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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
George Greer
Robert C. Clowry
W. B. Sanders
Thomas H. Hubbard
T. Jeffrey
John T. Terry
Winslow
Pierce
RB. .Galloway
Edgar T. Welles
Blodgett
Judge Doyle
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 fear uprisings and dispossession
A dispatch from Fukyo via the Empress of Japan reports Japan will adopt a stern Korean policy after the Anglo Japanese treaty. Tokyo hopes to oust Korean ministers, recall Korean ministers abroad, and establish practical suzerainty. Korean peasants face starvation as dispossession without compensation triggers protests. Yi Yong Ik, the ex minister, is said to be in Europe on a mission, believed Russian backed, with Japanese officials seeking to detain him.
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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
Tsar to Refer Jewish University Restrictions to Assembly
Emperor Nicholas will refer the abolition of Jewish admission restrictions and related status legislation to the national assembly. In the interim, Jews applying this year may be admitted beyond the legal percentage, while education officials prepare a bill to remove admission limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Petersburg
Nicholas
National Assembly
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Glasoff
Ministry of Education
Torpedo boats for Russia join Baltic defense Mosquito fleet
Ten torpedo boats built by Lewis Nixon of New York were sent by rail to Sebastopol and will join other craft in a mosquito fleet to defend the Baltic coast while Russia rebuilds its offensive navy. A Copenhagen report about American financiers leasing Russian shipyards is incorrect.
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Baltic
St. Petersburg
Lewis Nixon
New York
Sebastopol
Copenhagen
Black Seas
Venezuela's Tender Refused by French Company Bureau
In Caracas on October 11 the Venezuelan telegraph department sent the money collected for transmitting cable messages on the French Company's lines for the last half of September to the Caracas bureau chief, who refused it stating no instructions were given to accept payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Venezuelan Telegraph Department
Maj Von Etzel to Leave German Military Attache Post
Berlin reports Maj. von Etzel the German military attaché in Washington is transferred to the general staff. Maj. Koerner will succeed him, moving from the Prussian War Ministry to the general staff. Cuban Liberals Plan Reorganization to include Nationalists under Gen. Nunez. leaders fuse with Moderates in Havana. Japanese forces capture Norwegian steamer Arnhid and German steamers Kowloon Hans Wagner and 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's Search for Wife and King’s Berlin Visit
Berlin readies for King Alfonso's November six arrival with Premier Montero Rios in his suite. Program spans army review, stag hunt, and dinners at Crown forest of Orienienburg. Madrid notes the trip follows Loubet visit and hints at royal marriage talks shaping the German agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Alfonso
Hie Auite
Montero Rios
Orenienburg
Madrid
Germany
Loubet
Chamber of Deputies
Bank of Spain
Empress Kinship Highlighted in Gluecksburg Royal Wedding
Princess Victoria Adelhelé of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Gluecksburg married Prince Charles Edward Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha in a noon ceremony at a small Gluecksburg castle. Emperor William and Empress attended with many royal guests including Prince Arthur of Connaught and other imperial children. 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's meat famine worsens across regions
Berlin reports show rising prices and growing scarcity as officials experiment with rabbit markets and sale of sea fish at cost. Municipalities from Eisenach Solingen Posen and parts of Bavaria implement new measures. Berlin appeals to Chancellor von Buelow after petitions to Podbielski failed.
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Berlin
Germany
Eisenach
Solingen
Posen
Prince von Buelow
Podbielski
Leho Struck Mine Missing Fifteen on British Steamer
Tokyo reports Leho struck a floating mine ninety miles east of Shantung lighthouse on September 30. Fifteen aboard are missing, including two foreign engineers. Also, Edhem Pasha is alive in Constantinople, though confusion arose from a namesake’s death.
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Tokyo
Moji
Leho
Shantung Lighthouse
Edhem Pasha
Constantinople
Greece
Weather conditions and inland cold snap across the east
The Weather Bureau reports a general drop in temperatures east of the Mississippi with rain in the Middle and South Atlantic and New England. Snow fell in Upper Michigan and Northern Minnesota. A low pressure system moved east, bringing rain to New England then clearing. colder conditions prevail east of the Mississippi. Winds shift along coasts, and offshore ships will face fresh northwest winds. Local data note temperatures, humidity, and rainfall readings.
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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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Hart
America
J . Koonts
George F Hart
Nellie R America
Berwyn, Ma
Berger
Garfield Hospital
Adolph Berger
Siat
Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Military Order OF the Loyal Legion OF the United States
Adolph Abeeagar
U & Volunteers
Pensysvania Avenue
No Wat
Adna R Chaffee
P Haeford
John
Rawlins
Department of the Potomac
GAR
Adoleh
Borger
Garfield
Louisiana Volunteers
Congressional Cemetery
William H Bailey
J Oa Allen
Adjutant Dowden
Charles W
Catherine F
Charles L Dowden
K Street
St Aloysius’ Church
Olivet
Evans
William Harrington
Catherine Harrington
Eighth Street
St Patersiee Church
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Philatelphia Public Ledger
Pirupg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
BT Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
John R. Wright CO
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
Mobile
Ala
William Young
Wheelerville
Bonnee Eee Nh
To-Kalon Wine Co
Foundation For
Russell Slage
Lande
Czar
Assembly
Torpedo Boats
Russia
Maj. von Etzel
Liebig Company
Empress
Seaceenene
Shumple Fy Ford
Massachusetts Avenue
Chestnut Farms Dairy
Geo. M. Oyster, Jr
Conn. Ave
Health Department
Fai
St. W
Rae N Langa E Ntd
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
Beacha Sams CC
Ion
Munyon
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