Mrs Davis at Rest Widow of Confederacy Chief Dies in New York
Varina Howell Davis widow of Jefferson Davis dies at the Majestic Hotel New York pneumonia after a week of illness She was eighty two years old and survived by one son and several relatives Her death follows a long life as the daughter of Natchez Miss and widow of the Confederacy president, with details of her ancestry and family recounted in obituary style.
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New York
Varina Howell Davis
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Confederacy
Hotel Majestic
J Addison Hayes
Newark
Davis Jefferson Davis Hayes
Princeton University
Charles E Bateson
Gustav Webb
Robert H Wylie
Webb
Rosa Thoushot
Addison Hayes
Colorado Springs
Winnie
Narragansett Pier
J Aldwen Hayes
John Im Mississipp
Varina
Howell Davis
United States
Pierce
Natchez
Miss
William Burr
Margaret (Kempe) Howell
William Burr Howell
Wales
New Jerse
Richard Howell
New Jersey
Mra Davis
McDonough
Lake Champlain
Mathez
Doyle
Margaret Kempe
James Kempe
Ireland
Louisiana
Kempe
Currency Reform Conference Adopts Refer All Proposals
URGE CURREY St Louis Oct 1 Aft opposition the following rese adopted at the Currency Reform conference held here to day with the convention of the America Bankers Association Resolved That the several plans proposed and submitted to this currency conference be referred to the executive council of the American Bankers Association without recommendation That the council be requested to refer the plans and their subject matter back to committees to be known as the special legislative committee composed of members of this currency committee with one member from each State bankers association represented in the conference and members of the special committee of the Chamber of Commerce of New York City and a representative of trust companies with the incoming president of the American Bankers Association as its chairman That sale committee should meet at the Auditorium in Chicago on Tuesday November 2 1908 to consider the subjects referred and draft bill or bills for Congress in the next session Resolved That it is the sense of the conference that the present supply of currency is inadequate for the needs of our growing country That the currency is not sufficiently flexible to fill agricultural needs That certain changes in existing banking laws are necessary and expedient Congress be requested to pass laws to correct these conditions The meeting today was the eleventh annual assembly of the trust company section
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St Louis
America Bankers’ Association
American Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Associations
Chamber of Commerce
New York City
Ite
Chicago
Congress
Bankers’ Associaton
Trust-Company Section
O Connor Reports Strong Canadian Support for Irish Home Rule
New York dispatch quotes T P O Connor describing enthusiastic reception in Montreal Ottawa and Toronto for Ireland’s freedom. He notes liberal Canadian subscriptions and backing from Sir Wilfrid Laurier ministers and Chief Justice Fitzpatrick. He plans to attend Carnegie Hall mass meeting and sails for Nome next week remarking unmatched domestic support for Ireland.
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New York
P O Connor
Parilement
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
O’connor
Ireland
Wilfrid Laurier
Dominion
Fitzpatrick
Nome
Carnegie Hall
Neve
Parnell
Francis M Cockrell III Former Missouri Senator in Ill Health
Francis Marion Cockrell, longtime Missouri senator and current Interstate Commerce Commission member, is reported to be near death at his home after a week of serious heart trouble at age seventy two. Born in 1834, he served thirty years in the Senate from 1875 to 1905, succeeding Carl Schurz and later replaced by Warner.
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Missour
Francis Marion Cockrell
Interstate Commerce Compifesion
Cockrell
Senator Cockrell
White Slaves Win Damages in Peonage Case
Helena Ark Oct 16 The peonage prosecution ended with a verdict in favor of two white girls Miss Witt and Miss Emmons of St Louis Missouri against Musgrave a Mississippi County farmer Arkansas Damages awarded Miss Witt 2500 and Miss Emmons 1000 Counsel plans to pay These women had sued under peonage law alleging bondage after luring them from St Louis Discovery of flaws in the peonage indictment led to a damages suit being filed
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Helena
Ark
Miss Witt
Miss Emmons
St Louis
Musgrave
Mississippi County
Damares
Lewis' Gold Tainted Modern Robin Hood or Usurer Myth
A Washington Post dispatch from London questions whether the late Sant Lewis, England's noted moneylender, would have his bequests to Jewish charities accepted. Chief Rabbi Adler opposes usury, while the Lewis secretary suggests accepting the funds to aid good causes, noting the widow left £19,000 with £100,000 for charities.
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Washington Post
London
Sant Lewis
England
Huis
Shylack
Adler
Hig House
Lewis
Romani Man Fatally Hurt by Robber Near Camp
A Romani man aged about 38 was fatally injured near a camp when attacked by masked robbers. The incident occurred in the early morning hours and cash between 200 and 300 dollars was reported missing. A Wells Band member described the assailants and noted a chase ensued before the attacker disappeared. No further details on suspects or motive are available.
Submarine Lutin Sinks During Med Sea Exercise
Paris dispatch confirms submarine Lutin sank while operating off jetties near Berta. A tug reported sighting the vessel, search and drag operations found resistance at about 350 feet, with crew of fourteen and prior losses of Farfadet and earlier British subs recalled.
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Tums
Paris
Thomson
Minister of Marine
Bberta
Lutin
Porto Ricans Anxious Over City Funds Probe
Dispatches from San Juan indicate San Juan Ponce and Mayaguez urged the island governor to contact Porto Rican administrators in New York to investigate funds deposited with J M Ceballos & Co totaling 100,900. The suspended firm’s offices declined to release details until the agency report is issued.
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Washington Font
New York
San Juan
Porto Rico
Ponce
Mayaguez
J M Ceballos & Co
Agalgnee
Westerner in Trouble Drafts Worthless for Autos
Philadelphia police arrest J C Knowles Sr on charges of passing two worthless drafts on the First National Bank of Lexington Kentucky in buying two automobiles from Philadelphia firms. He and two companions, who were later arrested in Lancaster, disappeared after the purchases. Knowles claims his son is an expelled Princeton student and seeks to reinstate him.
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Philadelphia
First National Bank
Lexington
J C Knowles, Sr
West
New York
Knowles
Knowles, Sr
Lancaster
Toda
Princeton
Harvard Student Free After Dismissal of Case
A Harvard student Shaun Kelley was freed as the Municipal Court dismissed the assault case against him linked to a Boston Common disturbance involving Theodore Roosevelt Jr and other Harvard men. One patrolman was injured during the incident and officers sought to quell the skylarking.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Boston
Shaun ,Kelley
Harvard
Boston Common
Shaun Kelley
Si 2
In Her Son's Defense Trial Mother Testifies
Mrs Althea Calverly, mother of Dr Frank Brouwer, testifies for defense in his life case. She recounts aiding Mrs Brouwer during illness and receiving the dying injunction to care for her two grandsons. The courtroom scene shows tense exchanges as the expert witnesses clash over medical details and motives.
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Wastligtin
Tome River
N. J
Althea Calverly
Frank Brouwer
Behath
Carmichael
Mrs Calvert
Mrs Brouwer
Mra Brouwer
Convulsions case at center of Brouwer trial probe
Testimony in the Brouwer death case scrutinizes medical opinions and doctor patient interactions. Attorneys clash over convulsion descriptions and admissibility of cited medical authorities while experts affirm and challenge causes of death and prior statements by nurses and physicians.
J Lemp Leaves Wife amid Separa tion Rumors
Willam J Lemp head of Lemp Brewing and Worlds Fair director has left his wife and their three year old son to live at the Washington Hotel in St Louis. He says they have not lived as a married couple and expects a divorce on grounds of incompatibility. Mrs Lemp declined comment. Her father A H Handlan avoided speculation, noting his interest in the matter.
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Spelies
St. Louis
Willam J. Lemp
Lemp Brewing Company
Washington Hotel
Lemp
Lillian Hand
Tan
Mr Lemp
Cortelyou Succeeds Shaw in Federal Clerkship Shuffle
Ambassdor George L Meyer may be named Postmaster General replacing Cortelyou who will move to the Treasury. An official announcement is expected soon. Possible other cabinet moves include Meyer becoming Secretary of the Navy if Moody’s successor leads the Post Office.
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Treasury
Shaw
Cortelyou
George von Tl. Meyer
Rusefa
Moody
Post-ofice
Meyer
Navy
Bonaparte
Junta leaders arrested in border revolution plot
United States marshals arrested Pedro Gonzales Demetrina Castro Crescencia Marquez and TM Garcia at Del Rio Texas on charges of fomenting a revolution and arming Mexican revolutionists who seized Jiminez and held the city until driven out by troops The group led a plot to overthrow the Mexican government with junta branches reported in El Paso Laredo and Brownsville and planned further raids on border cities.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
del Rio
Pedro Gonzales
Dementina Castro
Crescencia Marquez
St Louis
Mexico
Railroads' Big Earnings Atchison Topeka Santa Fe reports gains
John J Byrne, assistant traffic passenger manager, told the American Association of General Passenger Agents that railroads earned about 500,000,000 in the past year. He noted 10 percent travel for health, 49 percent for business, and 60 percent for pleasure. Officers elected: C L Stone president, O H Taylor vice president, C M Burt secretary. Atlanta chosen for next meeting.
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Atlantic City
John J Byrne
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
American Association of
C L Stone
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
O. H Taylor
New England Navigation Company
C M Burt
Boston and Maine Railroad
Atlanta
Editor Declines Reward in Stensland Case
Chicago Clearing House Association sent a $1 000 reward check to James Keeley editor of the Chicago Tribune for the capture of Paul Stensland former Milwaukee Avenue State Bank president arrested in Tangier and now in Joliet penitentiary. The check was turned to the receiver of the bank assets to be distributed among depositors.
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Chicago
Chicago Clearing House Association
James Kkeeley
Chicago Tribune
Association
Paul Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Tangier
Joliet
Keeles
Tribune
Turner
Bari
Ulme
Stock Pool in Court
Special to The Washington Post. New York Oct 16. Appellate Division reserves decision on Willard H Jones and Alexander J Houston in an appeal from a Supreme Court verdict for $76,399 against Cyrus Field Judson. Hoadley and Leiter implicated but exonerated. Mooney urged plaintiffs that Judson was the pool’s operator. Parker and Graham argued the plaintiffs knew of the pool and sought Judson’s fulfillment.
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Washington Post
New York
Willard H Jones
Alexander J Houston
Supreme Court
Cyrus Field
Judson
Joseph H Hoadley
Joseph Leiter
Hoadley
Leiter
Edmund I. Mooney
Letter
Alton B Parker
George S Graham
Hammond Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Albany report says Joan Cros Hammond, 24, was found guilty of second degree murder in the strangling death of his wife, 53, after a trial lasting three weeks. He was sentenced to life imprisonment following a prolonged police pursuit and a contested confession.
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Albany
Joan Cros
Hammond
Findlay Case Closing in Oil Conspiracy Trial
In Findlay Ohio on October 16 attorneys predicted the Standard Oil Company of Ohio case against trade conspiracy would go to the jury the evidence having concluded after four hours of argument. The prosecution argued no real cessation of the 1882 Standard Oil trust occurred, while the defense contended the subsidiary firms were owned by Standard Oil of New Jersey but offered no proof that the defendant itself was so owned.
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Findlay
Ohio
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Eline
Clanse
Eis
Standard Oil Trust
Itis
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Sage Estate Control Named In Army Circles
Special to The Washington Fort Leavenworth Kans Oct 16 authority states Maj Herbert J Glocum Second Cavalry nephew of Mrs Russell Sage chosen to manage Sage estate affairs. He is stationed at Fort Riley with his squadron. May Slocum, tied to the will, receives 60000 from the estate. His Ohio birth and Military Academy rise noted. his wife Miss Branderth of New York is wealthy in her own right.
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Washington Fort
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Herbert J Glocum
Second Cavalry
Russell Sage
Sage
Fort Riley
Mr Sage
Slocum
Memorial to his mother at Colt Memorial School
The corner of the new Colt Memorial School, donated by Col Samuel P Colt in memory of his mother Mrs Theodore De Wolf Colt, was dedicated with full Masonic ceremonies and other exercises. United States Judge Le Baron P Colt Gov Utter President W E Faunce and others attended. The building will be white Georgian marble and cost well over 250000 dollars.
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Tito R I
Colt Memorial School
Samuel P Colt
Theodore. de Wolf Colt
United States
le Baron P Colt
Gov Utter
W EP Faunce
Brown University
Birthplace of John Adams Saved by Firefighters
Quincy Mass Oct 16 The birthplace of John Adams second President of the United States was saved from fire by the fire department. Fire started in a dwelling across the narrow highway and threatened the historic Adams house but firefighters made a determined stand in the roadway and prevented spread.
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Quincy
Mass
John Adams
United States
Adama
Man Cleared by Jury in Stabbing Case
A coroners jury discharged William Timberlake of Harden Ind after finding the killing of an alleged robber justified. Timberlake was with Wilson's wife when Wilson and an assailant attacked him in an effort to rob him. The jury ruled the act justifiable.
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New York
St. Clair
Hearst and Tammany Split Over Independence League Rift
In New York state a power struggle pits Hearst allied Independence League against Tammany Hall. Disputes over judicial tickets trigger threats of cross endorsements and petitions, with Hearst leaders declaring plans to file independent judicial nominations while Tammany battles to curb the split. The clash stretches from city to Nassau County as reform sympathizers press for Hearst withdrawals.
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