Hyde Returns to New York as Equitable Probes Continue
Special to The Washington Post James Hazen Hyde returned to town at his home on East Fortieth Street marking his first public New York appearance since July. Hyde, a key figure in Equitable Society affairs, is expected to testify about political spending and related transactions. The Armstrong committee will seek his testimony when needed, with Hyde determined to present his side to the public.
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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
Licensed to Marry and Engagement Notices
ROSENTs and Mrs. Maurice Kenn a daughter. LICENSED TO MARRY James Turner and Nanny Smith. Various names and unions listed with locations in Baltimore Washington D.C. and Ogden Utah, with wedding and death notices dated October 1905.
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Nanny Smith
Turelhgim
Lily Fuuntals
Jam Pe Tesser
N. Victoria Gwyna
Ater
Virginia Futler
Hanover Cow
Terege T.pley
Margaret Thomas
Baltiaume
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Neille J. Jones
Charles Veunts
Md Johe # Williams
Havel BE. Penkey
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Mary
Wood
Mascuve Johnson
Catherine Collins
George Vunral Reid
Alice Hyatt
George IT Jr
Ethelyn W. Miver
Bosapar
Effie Johnson
Addison
Maud A. Gant
Frank X. Ruth
Rappers
William J. Simtung
Linger
Tippett
George Stewart
Martha Jones
James W. Actia
Mary Smith
Bante
Emma Lillard
Russ
Equitable probe to hear Hyde on large loans and fund
The investigative committee plans to hear Mr. Hyde about connections to the 50 million Union Pacific blind pool and his statements on related dealings. He will discuss the 685 thousand blind loan in the Mercantile Trust Company and the Equitable yellow dog fund. William H. McIntyre, a top official, will return to testify, with trustees like Thomas D. Jordan sought for the 88 thousand fund.
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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 Treats Service 30 Miles Away in Protest
One hundred Brookfield Catholics chartered a special train to Chillicothe to hold services after more than three months of contention with parish priest Rev. Father Walter Tormey. The dispute began with his disapproval of Father Matins society and widened as Sisters of St Marys Convent accused him of lacking support. A plan to add an assistant for Father Tormey was opposed by him.
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Chillicothe
Walter Tormey
Father Tormey
Society of
Father Mat
Sisters of St. Mary's Convent
Gibson Says There Never Was an Original Gibson Girl
In New York on October 16 Charles Dana Gibson announced plans to study and work in Europe for about three years to pursue portrait painting. He explained there is no true original Gibson girl or Gibson man and reflected on his career from Life to modern black and white illustration.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles Dana Gibson
America
Europe
Gibson
Art Students? League
Jee
Campania Disaster Inquiry Promises Steamship Safeguard Review
The United States customs department will investigate the Campania disaster to determine if Cunard Line failures to provide steerage safeguards violated the law. Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of customs, announced the probe in New York on October 16, focusing on whether the required safeguards for steerage passengers were carried out.
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New York
Campania
United States Customs Department
Nevada N. Stranahan
Port of
Births Boom in Alta Iowa Raises Health Officials Alarm
Sioux City Oct 16 Birth statistics from the State Board of Health show Alta Iowa reporting 35 births in one month in a town of about 1000 while 19 deaths occurred in the same period. Also noted is a Me jeweler losing taste and speech due to fine hair on his tongue as doctors seek treatment. Taft to sail on Columbia for Isthmus of Panama trip planned for month end with Navy cruiser Columbia assigned for transport.
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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 Rally
Missouri Governor Folk addressed a large enthusiastic Philadelphia audience at the Academy of Music, urging civic awakening and strong public conscience to erase corruption. He defended the reform movement, contrasted graft with bribery, and praised Mayor Weaver's leadership as reform momentum grew. Folk's visit followed by City Club events and a reception at Hotel Walton before his departure to St Louis.
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Folk
Missouri
Academy of Music
City Club
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Academy
George Burnham, Jr
Charles Emory Smith
United States
Wayne MacVeagh
William Potter
Italy
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Burnham
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Lhat
St. Louis
House of Delegates
Union League
Independence Mall
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Walton
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Yale Plans Mission Chair to Link China and World Faith
Yale corporation discussed establishing a chair of missions to keep the university in close touch with global religious movements. The professorship would rotate one year out of three for travel and study, focusing on mission work in China and education worldwide. Mr Beach, a ten year China missionary, is referenced.
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Conn
Yale Corporation
University
Low
Beach
Farmat
Yale University
Yalé
China
Chaffee Praises French Army Billeting System After Maneuvers
Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee resumes duties amid praise for French Army billeting. He notes 80,000 troops, mass formations, and early starts with long marches, plus clean dry billets and low sickness. He comments on uniforms, confirms no decline of London invitation, and recalls dining with the Lord Mayor.
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Adna R. Chaffee
United States Army
War Department
Europe
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France
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Chaffee
England
Ambassador Reid
Paring Canal Expenses Cuts Office Duties
The Isthmian Canal Commission trims wages and office costs causing friction with staff. Several abolished offices and merged duties reduce staff from three to one, saving thousands annually. Col Clarence R Edwards says changes boost efficiency and curb expenses.
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Old Canal Commission
Clarence R. Edwards
Clarence R. Edwards, Chief of the Offices of Administration
Life saved by Swamp Root remedy claims health cure
An ad extolls Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a kidney and bladder cure. It lists symptoms of kidney weakness and touts the remedy as effective for kidney and urinary troubles. The text promises samples and a free pamphlet by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co. of Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer
Binghamton
N. Wy
Andy
Grosvenor Sees Ohio Campaign As Quiet Yet Telling
Gen Charles H Grosvenor gives The Post an interview on Ohio politics noting Pattison may draw some GOP support while Herrick should win re election. He says anti saloon force has not toppled Herrick and that Pattison’s campaign lacks broad public backing though steady party interest is awakening.
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Ohio
Pattison
Herrick
AntiSaloon League and Regions
Anti-Saloon League
Columbus
Pattleon
Pregs
Odds on McCLELLAN in New York betting scene
Wall Street opened the political betting season with McClellan odds at 2 to 1. B D Hutchinson staked 1000 to 500 on the field, Allen Mesraw & Co. handled the bets. J M Judge claimed 2250 against 1000 that McClellan would be elected, also offering 500 to 2000 that he would not win as commissioner.
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Wall Street
McClellan
B.D. Hutchinson
Allen, Mesraw, & Co
Judge
Rich, If He Only Knew It
New York police and private detectives search for David Lenox Beaumont, English heir to a Lancashire estate worth millions. Son of the late Squire Lenox Beaumont, he left England over eight years ago after Oxford. Last letters say he worked as an ambulance driver at Roosevelt Hospital for $30 a month. A reward and $450,000 worth of expenses are authorized to uncover his fate.
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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 Story From Lancaster Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Oct 16 Special to Phe nempgena sun Joseph Peppe, a commissary proprietor on a low grade Pennsylvania contract, paid 439 fines and costs for killing thirty five rabbits five robins one squir el and one buzzard. The buzzard was served in a purple dish and enjoyed by many Italians but sickened many who ate it. Peppe was jailed for default but twenty four in that institution induced him to pay the bill.
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Joseph Peppe
Pennsylvania
Peppe
Jall
Carnegie to be installed at St Andrews rector
The ceremony marks Andrew Carnegie’s installation as lord rector of the University of St Andrews. He arrives with Charlemagne Tower and Mrs Tower, Bishop Potter and Mrs Potter. Torchlight procession greets him as Whitelaw Reid arrives next day for the event and honorary degrees are planned for several notable figures.
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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 to Control Delaware Union Republicans
Raward Addicks is reported to have built a bloc of votes sufficient to control the Union Republican state committee at its next meeting in Dover. If true, he could depose State chairman J Frank Allee who has deserted him. Greenwood’s Thomas Curry hosted a large dinner with loyalists incl Newall Ball, Ball’s allegiance shifting back to Addicks. Ball, a state committee member, helped form the 1895 deadlock and is now counted among Addicks supporters.
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Herrick
Pattison
Athens
Washington Post
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Del
T- Raward Addicks
Union Republican State Committee
J. Frank Allee
Thomas Curry
Greenwood
Sussex County
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Curry Homestead
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Newall Ball
Bridgeville
Senator Allee
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Dover
Harmony
Allee
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Jeers for Girls with Organ Sures Nerve
Two girls posing as Italians tried to raise rent money by playing a hand organ in New York. The crowd mocked them in the financial district and they abandoned the street effort returning home. One speaker’s daughter had sought a cutter education but the family grew destitute. The other girl joined, but the strain of observers halted the scheme.
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Washington Post
New York
Financial District
Uptown
Mothers chase rescuer tale ends in misread kidnapping claim
Maj. Albert A. Van Walragen and Capt. William W. Stalter spotted a runaway buggy with a three year old near Arcola. They halted the horse and saved the child, then were accused by a breathless mother of kidnapping. The carriage had been left at a farmhouse and the horse bolted.
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Washington Post
Paterson
Albert A. van Walragen
William W. Stalter
Arcola
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