Former Head of Asphalt Firm Testifies on Matos Aid
Gen Francis V Greene former president of the National Asphalt Company testified in a Venezuelan suit against New York and Bermudez Company over 31 million in damages. He said Mack Avery Andrews and Sewall decided to aid Matos during his 1901 contest, risking good faith with the State Department, and that he advised against such action. He noted the company’s finances and control by Mack, with a later move to a receiver. The hearing adjourned with a Washington meeting planned tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Company
Mack
Andrews
Sewall
Greene
New York
Francis V Greene
National Asphalt Company
Bermuda Company
United States
Bilchrist
New York and Bermudez Company
Matos
Gen. Greene
Rufus B. Cowing, Jr
Europe
John M. Mack Avery
Arthur W Sewall
M .A. Matos
Hay
Bermudez Company
State Department
Washington
Asphalt
Venezuela
Contro
French Hint to Castro Signals Caribbean Naval Move
Paris dispatch reports France dispatching the Desaix and two other cruisers to join units in Martinique as a show of force over President Castro. Officials say a blockade of Venezuelan ports is possible if Castro does not explain his inaction, though immediate coercion is not expected.
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Paris
Desaix
Cherbourg
Martinique
French West Indies
Castro
Brest
Lavoisier
Chasseloup-Laubat
Jurien de la Graviere
Troude
Bevoe de Lapeyrere
Fort de France
Destra
Authenties
Taigny
Caribbean Sea
France
Venezuela
West Indies
State Department
Washington
Central American
Woman Released from Auburn Charged in 1901 Jewelry Theft
Philadelphia report from October 17 states Helen Wilson, 30, released from Auburn State Prison, arraigned on charges of stealing jewelry and silverware worth 2500 dollars from Mrs. A. H. Seaman in 1901. Wilson served as a maid and allegedly fled with the items during a summer absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Philadelphia
Helen Wilson
A. H. Seaman
Seaman
Man shoots wife over money then wounds self in McKeesport
John Smith, poolroom owner, shot his wife Louisa in their Ninth street home at noon and then fired on himself at his poolroom, pursued by a crowd. He is likely to die. motive cited as a money dispute over funds for a son by a former husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowe
McKeesport
Pittsburg
John Smith
J Loulsa
Ninth Street
Smith
Seven Years For Bank Thief Bowsher Pleads Guilty
Lima Chile October 17 Hirjah Bowsher former janitor of the American National Bank confessed to robbing the bank of eighteen thousand dollars seven years ago and pleaded guilty to grand larceny before Judge Cunningham. He was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. Real estate agent Thomas Willkins, indicted with him, will stand trial. Bowsher claims Willkins had no part in the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowsher
Lima
Chile
Hirjah Boawsher
American National Bank
Cunningham
Thomas Willkins
Wilkins
Judson’s Pool Deal Accounts Led to Final Statement
New York October 17 The Franklin Scott suit against Cyrus Field Judson Joseph H Headrey and Joseph Leiter seeks 365000 for Judson's power stock dealings. Key witness Hoadley linked Judson to a final November 1901 statement showing 6200 Power shares held in a pool and a trust for Judson Leiter and Headley. The defense argues Judson acted independently and the pool closed months earlier. The trial continues tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Franklin, Scott & Co
Cyrus Field Judson
Joseph H. Headrey
Joseph Leiter
Judson
International Power
No. 9
Wiliam Moore
George W Hoadley
International Power Company
Mr Graham
William F. Kirby
Hoadley
Fishermen Rescued After Month Lost in Fog Off Newfoundland
Ben Benson of Gloucester Massachusetts, crew member from the Arbutus, was believed lost after a fishing dory vanished during a tug off Newfoundland. He was rescued by the steamer Nicolai IV and landed in New York after transfer to the American consul in Copenhagen.
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Newfoundland
New York
Ben Benson
Gloucester
Mass
Henrig Olav
Copenhagen
Benson
Arbutus
Nicolai
Boston
Aylesworth Sworn Privy Council Postmaster General
Ottawa reports A B Aylesworth of Toronto sworn in as a member of the privy council and postmaster general in place of Sir William Mulock who has retired. The swearing took place yesterday in Ottawa with Aylesworth succeeding Mulock as head of the post office department.
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Ottawa
Ont
A. B. Aylesworth
Toronto
Privy Council
William Mulock
Secret remedy to end drinking in a day advertised
An odorless remedy claims to destroy desire for alcohol when added to a drunkard’s coffee or food. The text promotes a free trial package of Golden Specific and lists numerous women as grateful testimonials. It invites readers to send name and address to Dr. J W Haines in Cincinnati for a free mailer.
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Lola Pendleton
Rocky Mountain
Agnes Carroll
Caledonia
Minn
Mattle Balkins
Vanceburg
Mary L. Haris
Lewiston
N. C
Mabel Zink
Salem
Oreg
L. Kowalski
Whitegboro Street
Utica
N.Y
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, Ga
Jeers for McCurdy Highlight Insurance Inquiry Testimony
Testimony in a legislative inquiry into Mutual Life Insurance reveals disputes over advertising responsibility, dividends, and officer conduct. McCurdy and Hughes clash over dividend calculations, Bowles’ suit settlement, and Fields’ authority to approve expenses. Witness details Albany lobbying, legal spend, and cross-state regulation efforts affecting the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCurdy
Mutual Life Insurance Company
C. H. Reymond & Co
the Mutual
Hughes
New York City
McCurry
Thomas H Bowles
Witnegs
Bowles
Milwaukee
Robert H McCurdy
Mr Hughes
Craig
Fields
C Fields
Albany
Fuulds
Law Department
George F. Plunkett
Charles R. McClelland
Board of General Appraisers
Louis F Muay
M. EF. Mullaney
James ©. Larkin
John E Ash
Madison
Wis
Fricke
U. S. Otds
Michigan
Lewis
Wisconsin
Ghia
Washington
Tat State
States Assembly
Payment of honorarium and insurance matter questioned
Testimony details payments by the department head to various men, including Barnes and Haines, for arguments and documents affecting insurance bills. It notes an authorized payment of 1000 dollars and questions about honoring Barnes without services rendered, with Barnes Jr distancing from the matter as his father’s affair and noting his father was an expert, not a lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S & Olds
Hughes
McCurdy
Brackett
William Haines
Albany
Barnes
Edward L. Short
Mr. Barnes
New York Life
Judge Hamilton
New York Life Insurance Company
Mutual
Short
Mr. Hughes
William Barnes, Jr
Mr. Barnes, Sr
Barnes, Jr
Granniss
Mutual Life Insurance
Mr Bates
Nantucket
Miss Cooper Defends Charges at Board Meeting
Miss Anna Cooper of M Street High School opened her brief in defense of pending charges at a special board of education meeting last night and will continue tonight. If concluded tonight, a definite decision may be reached before adjournment. The board also appointed officers for Company K of the High School Cadets at McKinley Manual Training School. Captain W. A. Steinberg and lieutenants Howard Cleveland Francis Marion Robert F. Dyer Bruce Cleveland George M. Davis Georges C. De Neale named for commissions.
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Anna 3. Cooper
M Street
Board of Education
McKinley Manual Training School
W. A. Steinberg
Howard Cleveland
Francis Marion
Robert F. Dyer
Bruce Cleveland
George M. Davis
Georges C. de Neale
Mrs. Kate Ross Dies at Garfield Hospital
Mrs. Kate Ross died at 11 18 pm at Garfield Hospital from pneumonia after weeks of illness. Born in Maryland, she was a long time engraver at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and a skilled counter. She supported the First Congregational Church and charities. Survived by no Washington relatives, many friends. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at Miss Minnie Mines 915 New York Ave, Rev Dr Newman officiating. Interment Glenwood Cemetery. Cedar Rapids report notes a separate dyspepsia remedy incident addressed to John D Rockefeller discovered in an Iowa express office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Ross
Garfield Hospital
Hoss
Maryland
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
First Congregational Church
Washington
Legion
Minnie Mines
New York Avenue
Newman
Glenwood Cemetery
Rockefeller
Cedar Rapids
Mich
John D. Rockefeller
Vinton
Iowa
Standard Oil Company
Mr. Rockefeller
Madge's Photographic Birthday Gift Sparks Friction
Madge receives a fine camera from her uncle, and her fiancé Hugh clashes with her friend Mr Samson over photography. The living room tensions rise as Madge defends promises, while Samson's assistance to her dark room fuels jealousy. An unexpected ruined negative and playful reconciliation follow amid evolving affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge
Ien
Capitol
Hugh
Hue
Mr. Samson
Social and Personal Notes Highlight Local Weddings and Moves
A wedding described with bridal roses and attendants. The couple, Yvon Pilie and bride, will live in Providence after a honeymoon trip through the East. Gen Charles J. Allen rents Yvon Pilie residence, Grace Carroll sails to the South Seas, Mrs Little Fraley McIntire May to Howard Vernon Mills, ceremony by Rev Don McLeod, reception planned at 224 C Street NW after a death in the family. Mrs Robert N Harper will attend a Roosevelt luncheon then visit New York Boston Providence in late October. Dr Edgar P Copeland at Rockingham and James C McDaniel plus son Leslie visit Georges.
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Mids Audere
Walter H. Megladson
Providence
Yvon Pilie
P Street
Charles J. Allen
Wyoming
Little Fraley McIntire May
EB A. McIntire
Howard Vernon Mills
Ton William Howard Mills
Bangor
First Presbyterian Church
Donald C. McLeod
C Street
Robert N. Harper
Richmond
Montague
Roosevelt
New York
Boston
Edgar P. Copeland
Rockingham
James C. McDaniel
Leslie
Fourth Street
Georges
Huff postpones new Huff home on New Hampshire avenue
Representative George Huff of Greensburg Pa. who recently sold his Sixteenth street residence leased Bishop Mackay Smith Philadelphia property. The planned mansion on New Hampshire avenue opposite Dalzell is postponed indefinitely. A Longs party celebrated Lulu Longs fifteenth birthday with many guests. New York Oct 17 Mr and Mrs Marshall Field of Chicago recently married in London and Dr Leo B Vogel Swiss Minister to Washington were on the steamer Pring Wilhelm arriving from Bremen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 8. Carroll
Baltimore
Washington
Massachusetts Avenue
Grace Carroll
New York
Huff
George Huff
Greensburg
Sixteenth Street
Bishop Mackay- Smith
Philadelphia
New Hampshire Avenue
Dalzell
Marshall Field
Chicago
London
Leo BE. Vogel
Tor Pring Wilhelm
Bremen
Banker Under Arrest in Stamp Theft Case
Chicago October 17 Clarence A Powers head of C A Powers & Co was arrested on a warrant by James F Powers Champlain Ill charging him with buying 400 dollars worth of stamps stolen from a jewelry firm Ralph M Sowers seventeen formerly employed by the jewelry firm was arrested earlier for the theft it is said he confessed Powers bank led to arrests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clarence A. Powers
C. A. Powers & Co
James F.powers
Champlain
Ill
Ralph M. Sowers
Jewelryirm
Ste! Bowers
Nei 'Fle Bose Tata
Powers’ Bank
New York Cotton Prices Rally Amid Early Covering
The market closed with December at 9.52 and January at 1.62, down 8 to 9 points from earlier, while Southern spot markets showed mixed moves from 1-16 cent lower to 1-16 cent higher as early covering pushed a brief rally of 4 to 5 points.
New York Produce Price Report Affects Diverse Goods
A chaotic odor of prices and terms paints a New York market summary. Entries cover creamery products eggs flour ryes meats lard wool cotton oil and metals with notable firmness in some items and irregularities in hay hides leather and pulp markets. Foreign and local markets show limited shifts amid overall quiet trading.
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New York
India
Cordova
Riverpool
Heeler
Maire
Southern Sweets
Byot
London
Standard
Clave
Northern
Norduya
Southern
Hill Acquires Terminal For Burlington System
Burlington plan shifts terminus to Chicago Grand Central Station. James J. Hull confirms Hill group has taken control of Chicago Terminal Transfer Railway Company and purchased terminal bonds and stock from J. P. Morgan & Co. Grand Central will serve about 92 daily trains and roughly 10,000 passengers daily, including suburban service.
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Burlington
Chicago Grand Central Station
Chicago
James J. Hull
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railway Company
Grand Central
I.,p. Morgan & Co
Union Station
Grand Central Station
Gas Associations Merger Meeting Opens Convention
Milwaukee Oct 17 preliminaries of the American Gas Light Association convention opened with a committee of twenty four meeting. Little opposition to the merger plan expected as talks proceed toward the full gathering tomorrow in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
American Gas Light Association
New Publications Neale's Southern Book News review
The Baltimore Sun calls Hell a valuable contribution to history and biography, noting it collects fragments from many sources. It includes an army surgeon's death anecdote of a boy who died for his country, and an anecdote of another boy on the field. Fully illustrated. Price, %
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Spean KR
Hell
Baltimore Sun
Life in the Confederate Army and Southern Life Sketches
Personal experiences of a private in the Confederate Army by Arthur P. Ford and sketches of Southern life by Marion Johnston Ford Izmoe. Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P. Ford
Marion Johnston Ford
Izmoe. Price
History of the Southern Literary Messenger 1834 1864
Benjam. minor, aged eighty six, dies leaving a history of the Southern Literary Messenger. Dr Minor, long familiar with the magazine and letters, presents a fully illustrated history promising a distinct addition to national and Southern literature. Price listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Literary Messenger
Y Benjam
Minor
Letters
Price
Neale Publishing Co Establishment Addresses
The Neale Publishing Company offices are listed in New York at Broadway and Fifth Avenue, and in Washington at 434 Eleventh Street Northwest. The entry notes branch locations with city and street details for correspondence and business dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Neale Publishing Co
New York
Broadway
Fifth Ave
Washington
Eleventh Street
N. W
Merger Plan Aims to Consolidate Three Gas Associations
A six member subcommittee drafted a plan to merge the American Gas Light Association the Obfio Gas Light Association and the Western Gas Association with little opposition to the merger. President E G Cowdery noted a possible European tour to gather data on municipal ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qenvlty
American Gas Light Association
Obfio Gas Light Association
Western Gas Association
Tne
E. G. Cowdery
Europe
Pistol Duel Fatal to Both in Tchula Mississippi
In Tchula Mississippi on October 16 two traveling men W A Spratlin and Jack Glenn died after a pistol duel on the main street. Spratlin had accused Glenn of cheating in cards before they fought. Glenn, from a Greenwood music house, and Spratlin, a representative for the National Drill Company of Memphis, were both killed.
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Tchula
Miss
W. A.spratlin
Jack Glenn
Spratlin
Glenn
Greenwood Music
National Drill Company
Memphis
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Clarence McClure
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