Returns to New York Mintyres appearance looms in Equitable case
James Hazen Hyde returned to New York amid probes into the Equitable Society as Special to The Washington Post notes his forthcoming testimony. Hyde's return follows months of subpoenas in a broad insurance investigations era. The report suggests Hyde may clarify many tangled matters in the Equitable affair.
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Washington Post
New York
James Hazen Hyde
East Fortieth Street
Hyde
New York State
Insurance Investigating Committee
Ayde
Newport
Boston
Armstrong
Equitable Society
Mr. Hyde
Washington ‘Post
Aston Catile
Pelham Bay Estate
Bartow Station
Catilo
Bis
Marriages and obituaries listed in early October notices
A jumble of marriage licenses and death notices appears listing numerous couples from cities like Baltimore and Washington along with church services and burial details. Names include Armstrong, Poor, Ryan, Fish, Meline, Copello, and many others with dates around October 15 1905 and related locations such as Garfield Hospital and Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Armstrong
Garfield Hospital
Liam N. Armstrong
Col
Archibald Hopkins
Massachu
Oh Weioeck P. Om
Fan A. Birch
Georgetown
D.C
Gak EG
Tues
New York
Clara M
John v Brewer
Fish
Mat Avenue
Harriet Tyler Fisher
Robert J. Fisher
Howelock
St. Margaret’s Church
Meline
Lewis O. Meline
St. Paul's Church
Rivale
Ines
Ohio
Poor Surldenty
Sottaldwell Pac
Canavenue
THE
Loyal Legion OF 1 Sted States Commandery
District of Columbia
Washington
John Caldwell Poor
S. Army
Ts Army
Ryax
Homeopathic Hospital
Richard W. Ryan
Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Equitable probes to hear Hyde on large blind pool loans
Mr Hyde plans to detail his ties to the Union Pacific blind pool and the $685000 Mercantile Trust loan tied to the Equitable yellow dog fund. The committee expects McIntyre, the society’s fourth vice president, to testify soon about political contributions and supervision of legislation amid the old regime. Jordan, a trustee of an $88000 fund, remains sought by process servers.
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Equitable
Hyde
Union Pacific Blind Pool
Jacob H. Schiff
Ward EL ‘Harriman
Mercantile'‘Trust Company
Yellow Dog
Equitable Society
W. H. McIntyre
Mr. Hyde
Wiliam H. McIntyre
McIntyre
Thomas D. Jordan
Priest Flock Charters Train for Services Far Away
About 100 members of Brookfield Catholic church boarded a special train to Chillicothe thirty miles distant to hold services. The rift with Father Walter Tormey dates over three months with opposition to his authority and his stance toward St. Mary’s Convent. A push for an assistant clergyman has faced strong opposition.
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Brookfield
Chillicothe
Walter Tormey
Father Tormey
Society of
Father Mat
Sisters of St. Mary's Convent
Gibson Girl origins and Europe bound painter to study
Charles Dana Gibson plans three years in Europe to study painting, shifting from black and white illustration to color portraits. At thirty eight, he set aside work to educate his children and pursue his long held ambition, insisting there never was a single original Gibson girl or man.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles Dana Gibson
America
Europe
Gibson
Art Students? League
Jee
Campania Disaster Inquiry Opens in New York
The Customs Department will investigate the Campania disaster in which five steerage passengers from the Cunard liner were washed overboard last Wednesday. Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of customs, announced the probe will determine if shipping lines met legal safety safeguards for steerage passengers.
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Customs Department
New York
Campania
United States Customs Department
Nevada N. Stranahan
Port of
Births Outpace Deaths In Small Iowa Town
Sioux City reports state health data showing Alta Iowa, population around 1000, recorded 35 births and 19 deaths in one month suggesting unusual birth rate. Other items note a jewelry maker in Biddeford Maine losing taste due to hair on tongue and Taft's planned sailing to the Isthmus of Panama aboard the cruiser Columbia.
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Iowa
Washington Post
Sioux City
State Board of Health
Alta
Biddeford
E. Cleaves
Cleaves
Taft
Columbia
Navy Department
Panama
Folk in Philadelphia Enlivens Civic Reform Meeting
Missouri Governor Folk spoke at the Academy of Music urging citizen action against municipal graft and corruption. City Club leaders presented Folk with strong backing from Wayne MacVeagh, while Mayor Weaver and other dignitaries attended as The reform gathering pressed for enforcement of laws and public conscience to overthrow civic evil.
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Philadelphia
Folk
Missouri
Academy of Music
City Club
Gov. Folk
Academy
George Burnham, Jr
Charles Emory Smith
United States
Wayne MacVeagh
William Potter
Italy
Weaver
Burnham
Gov. Wolk
Lhat
St. Louis
House of Delegates
Union League
Independence Mall
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Walton
Bt. ‘Louis
Yale Plans Mission Chair For Yale University
Yale corporation approves a new professorship to allow one year of travel and study every three years. The aim is to keep Yale in touch with missions in China and other non Christian lands. Mr Beach, a ten year China missionary, is central to the plan.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale Corporation
University
Low
Beach
Farmat
Yale University
Yalé
China
Chaffee praises French army billeting and maneuvers
General Adna R. Chaffee resumed duties after European maneuvers with 80 000 French troops. He lauded the billeting system's efficiency and noted long hours, mass formations, and rare sickness. He denied declining a London luncheon and said he accepted the lord mayor's invitation after coordinating with Ambassador Reid.
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Adna R. Chaffee
United States Army
War Department
Europe
United States
France
Quartermaster’s Department
Chaffee
Edward
England
London
Ambassador Reid
Paring Canal Expense Cuts Office Wages
The Isthmian Canal Commission acts to cut wages and office costs causing friction with staff. Redundant offices are abolished and duties consolidated, reducing headcount and saving thousands annually. Col Clarence R Edwards says changes aim to boost efficiency and curb expenses.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Old Canal Commission
Clarence R. Edwards
Clarence R. Edwards, Chief of the Offices of Administration
Life saved by Swamp-Root remedy claim
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles citing symptoms such as back pain dizziness and urinary issues. It offers free samples and pamphlets by mail from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton NY.
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Imer
Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer
Binghamton
N. Wy
Andy
Grosvenor Sees Ohio Campaign Quietly Drifting
Gen Charles H Grosvenor gave a frank interview on Ohio politics stating Pattison may draw some Republican support but Herrick is likely to win. He cited Anti Saloon League backing Pattison and liquor interests backing Herrick, with a large Republican margin likely ensuring Herrick's victory.
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Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Pattison
Herrick
AntiSaloon League and Regions
Anti-Saloon League
Columbus
Pattleon
Pregs
Odds On McClellan Election Bet Placed in New York
Wall Street opened the season with McClellan as favorite at 2 to 1 after early bets. B D Hutchinson staked 1000 on McClellan against 500 on the field, while J M Judge offered 2250 to 1000 against McClellan and 500 to 2000 that he would not win. Judge acted as commissioner in these arrangements.
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New York
Wall Street
McClellan
B.D. Hutchinson
Allen, Mesraw, & Co
Judge
Missing English heir hunted by police and private detectives
New York today reports a search for David Lenox Beaumont a young Englishman believed to be the heir of a Lancashire estate worth millions. William S Butcher of Brooklyn says Beaumont left England over eight years ago after Oxford and last news shows him as an ambulance driver for Roosevelt Hospital earning 30 dollars a month. A reward of 4500 is to be offered soon to locate him or prove his death as authorities and investigators pursue clues across cities.
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New York
David Lenox
Beaumont
William S. Butcher
Court Street
Brooklyn
Squire Lenox “Beaumont
Lancashire
England
Mr. Butcher
Young Beaumont
Oxford
Roosevelt Hospital
Butcher
Dewyess
Hagland
Buzzard in Pie Causes Fine for Kerbaugh Contract
Lancaster, Oct 16 Special to Phe nempgena sun Joseph Peppe, owner of a Ker baugh low-grade Pennsylvania contract commissary, paid 439 dollars in fines and costs for killing thirty five rabbits five robins one squirrel and one buzzard. The buzzard served in a purple pie sickened many Italians and prompted concern of deaths. Peppe was jailed for nonpayment but twenty four inmates persuaded him to settle the bill.
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Lancaster
Joseph Peppe
Pennsylvania
Peppe
Jall
Carnegie Becomes Lord Rector at St Andrews Town
Oct 16 St Andrews Scotland Carnegie arrives with Ambassador Tower and Bishop Potter. Students remove horses from his carriage and drag it to the vice chancellor's residence. A torchlight procession follows and Carnegie speaks. Whitelaw Reid to arrive next day. Honorary degrees to be conferred on Carnegie Reid Tower Potter Butler and Holland.
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St. Andrews
Scotland
Carnegie
University of St. Andrews
Charlemagne Tower
Berlin
Tower
Henry Co. Potter
New York
Reid
Bishop Potter
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Wiliam J. Holand
Carnegie Museum
Pitts- Ure
Addicks rallies forces to seize Union Republican control
In Wilmington Delaware on October sixteenth Raward Addicks reportedly gathered loyal supporters at a Greenwood dinner hosted by Thomas Curry. With Newall Ball and others backing him, Addicks could command ten of the eighteen state committee seats, threatening to depose State Chairman J Frank Allee.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
T- Raward Addicks
Union Republican State Committee
J. Frank Allee
Thomas Curry
Greenwood
Sussex County
Addicks
Curry Homestead
Leutenantsa
Newall Ball
Bridgeville
Senator Allee
Ball
Dover
Harmony
Allee
State Committee
S. S. Pennewill
So Pou
Jeers for Girls with Organ Sures Nerve
Two girls in New York tried to earn rent money by playing a hand organ in public, but nerves and crowd harassment forced them to abandon the effort in the financial district. One girl, daughter of a dressmaker, sought education funds but the family remained destitute. the other accompanied her friend. The first uptown attempt had been more successful but waned with approaching hard times.
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Washington Post
New York
Financial District
Uptown
Mother Chased Rescuers In Apparent Kidnapping Threat
Maj. Albert A. Van Walragen and Capt. William W. Stalter saw a runaway buggy with a three year-old passenger. They halted the horse and brought the buggy to a stop. A breathless woman accused them of kidnapping the child, later explained the carriage had been left at a farmhouse and the horse became unsettled and bolted.
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Spedal
Washington Post
Paterson
Albert A. van Walragen
William W. Stalter
Arcola
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Keeley Institute
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Washington, D. Onl
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