Mutual Life President McCurdy Testimony Interrupted
New York October hearing before Senator Armstrong reveals McCurdy’s unfamiliarity with company details and his refusals to answer questions about dividend declines. Tests show payments to legal services and a literary bureau sending favorable press material, plus fields influence on legislation and suspicious payments to ex-senator McClelland and George Plunkitt.
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Washington Post
New York
R A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Society
Armstrong Insurance Committee
Armstrong
McCurdy
Mutual
A C. Wields
Fields
Charles P. McClelland
United States
State Senate
Mutual Life
McClelland
Senate
Dobbs Ferry
Senate Insurance Committee
Albany
the Mutual
Literary Bureau
MccCurdy
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Joseph Howard
Howard
Boston
George Plunkitt
M. Plunkitt
Five Burned to Death in Port Royal Fire
In Port Royal Franl in County St Louis Mrs Alice Hartman and five children perished when a two story frame home burned. Husband William Hartman escaped but could not save any. A defective flue is suspected. The blaze started after the family slept. the four older children were upstairs. The six bodies were found in the ruins. the oldest child was twelve.
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St Louis
Alice Hartman
Port Royal
Franlin County
Clayton
Wiliam Hartman
Hartman
F Hartman
Hartmen
British Officers Seized by Anjera Tribe in Morocco
London reports the Anjera tribe seized Capt. John Crowther and Lieut. Edward Hutton as they returned to Ceuta from a repair ship. They were overpowered by a small group amid a 21-man Riff escort. Brigand chief demands Valiente’s release. Spain’s consent needed. A torpedo boat Cherwell faced gunfire near Bensus Bay but no injuries occurred. Ceuta, Tangier, Tetuan Bay, and Melilla region context included.
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London
Daily Mail
Madrid
Crowther
Hatton
Ceuta
Gibraltar
Cherwell
Bensus Bay
Morocco
Tangier
John ©. Crowther
Edward A. Hutton
Anjiera
Weber
II “Tetuan Hay
Tribe
Valiente
Mohammed el Torres
Fez
Tetuan Bay
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Morocca
Wild Elk Captured Near Buttonwallow Ranch
Bakersfield California October 17 report on the second day drive of wild elk from Miller and Lux ranch at Buttonwallow. Twenty three perfect specimens were captured with the lariat yesterday and twenty three were moved to Bequola Park government reserve. At least 175 animals remain at large.
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Bakersfield
Cali
Miller and Lux
Buttonwallow
Bequola Park
Hill's Trial Postponed Until After Election
Philadelphia Oct 17 The trial of John W Hill former chief of the filtration bureau on forgery and falsifying records was postponed until after the November election Judge McMichael noted excessive publicity made timely proceedings impractical with no new date set The indictments include twenty eight counts alleging discrepancies near two million dollars
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Philadelphia
John W. Hill
McMichael
Mr. Hill
Prison for Ticket Scalper In First Penitentiary Sentenc
Chicago on October 17 reports the first conviction and penitentiary sentence for a ticket scalper. Edward Goodman was found guilty in Judge McEwen's court of fraudulently using a Great Western Railroad pass and falsely dating its termination. He has appealed to the Supreme Court. The Western Passenger Association Protective Bureau led the effort.
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Pasenger Association
Chicago
Western Passenger Association Protective Bureau
Edward Goodman
McEwen
Great Western Railroad
Supreme Court
Pastor's Ad ang for Henry Adams New Chapter in Life
New York reports Henry Austin Adams once an Episcopal minister who converted to Catholicism returns to the United States with the woman from his novel era and seeks a divorce from his wife in Seattle. He lives under the name Vincent Harper writing fiction and claims a duty to give his name to the child of his passion. His wife may contest and seek support for four children.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry Austin Adams
Adams
United States
Seattle
Wash
Vincent Harper
Adame
Shank & Smith
Mr. Adame
Warad
Eigst
Dondher
Cuba
Trinity College
Hartford
Morgan Dix
Trinity
Buffalo
Church of the Redeemer
Father Adams
Potter
Converts' League
Catholic Church
Mr. Adams
Union
South
Man’s Flight Across Continents Ends With Seattle Divorce Plan
A former minister and a young girl disappeared with substantial funds. After a year a letter denied guilt and sought money from friends. He claimed to have lost and regained his mind while moving through Europe and Sydney where the girl joined him. He earned money from writings and traveled before settling in Seattle to pursue a divorce and marry the young woman who left with him.
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Adama
Europe
Sydney
United States
Seattle
Death in Molten Metal at Joliet Steel Plant
Five tons of molten steel exploded at the Joliet Illinois Steel Company plant on October 17 showering workers near the converter with deadly metal. One man died, several were severely burned, and many others injured as alarms and screams spread through the grounds. The accident halted operations while fires were fought and injured workers were assisted.
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Chicago
Joliet
Illinois Steel Company
Warnip
Filipino Wife Wins Divorce in Leavenworth Case
Conception Vasquez, a Filipino wife, wins a divorce from First Lieut. Sidney S. Burbank of the Sixth Infantry. Judge Bates grants custody of their daughter and monthly alimony. Burbank, under court martial at Trollo, faces charges linked to the case after his engagement to a Leavenworth woman.
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Burbank
Lieut Burbank
United States
Leavenworth
War Department
Lieut. Burbank
Trollo
Panic on Broadway Car Sparks Race for Arrests
In New York on October 17 an overcrowded Broadway streetcar scene erupted when a detective ordered doors locked and called for three suspected pickpockets to surrender. The men resisted as the detective fired his revolver and signaling alarm, passengers screamed, and the car sped off. Two officers later boarded and arrested the trio without further trouble. Also notice a sale of secondhand furniture and carpets at Sloan's, 1407 at. (2d floor), today at 10 am.
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New York
Broadway
D&c
Sloan's
Weaver Ordered Out Police Force In Politics
Philadelphia special committee begins inquiry into city departments led by Mayor Weaver with police testimony alleging former Public Safety Director Smyth told officers not to molest election repeaters. Mayors and party leaders clash over police involvement in politics as hearings proceed under tight security.
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Committee of
Philadelphia
Select Council
Director of Public Safety
Lenyth
Weaver
John B Taylor
David J. Smyth
Public Safety
Taylor
Vigorus
Milton C Work
City Party
Republican Organization
Col
Sheldon Potter
Lincoln Acker
Public Works
F Shover
Department of Supplies
Rescue at Sea by Cunard Ship Etruria Off Newfoundland
Wireless news from New York reports the Cunard steamship Etruria rescued the crew of the Swedish bark Orton on October 16 near Newfoundland aboard coordinates 41.40 N 62 44 W. The Orton, sailing from Cape Gaia to St John’s, faced severe weather before sinking as the Etruria arrived to save the seafarers.
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New York
Midocean
Wease
Cunard
Etruria
Queenstown
Liverpool
Potter
Sabie Island
Orton
Newfoundland
Cape
Gaia
St. John
Traffic in Young Women in Chicago to China Ring
Suspecting a trafficking ring, federal and city authorities report that young Chicago women were lured with promises of wealth in the Orient and hired as maids or servants. Travelers were guarded and shipped to buyers in China after payments of 50 to 1000 dollars. Police claim two leaders are named, one in Chicago and one in Shanghai.
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Chicago
Get
Empire of
China
Shanghai
Orient
Mob takes prisoner and hanged suspect in Kentucky incident
Virgil Bowers, a Black man, was taken from the Knox County jail by a masked mob near London on the road to Barbourville and died. He had fatally struck George Ferrin, a Knox County lumber dealer, on August 23. A Laurel County jury had earlier deadlocked on the death penalty. a Rockcastle County jury later sentenced to life. The mob, believed from Knox County, forced the jailer to release him.
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London
Virgil Bowers
Barbourville
Bowers
George Ferrin
Knox County
Laurel County
Rock Castle County
Woman carries injured husband to railroad for help
Monument Colorado reports Mrs C B Wilton, wife of the station agent, accidentally shot her husband while punting. She bore him a quarter mile along a steep declivity to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and signaled the engineer to stop the fast freight, which then took him aboard for aid.
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Colo
C. B. Wilton
Denver and Rilo Grande
Wilson
State bonds stolen prompt warrant for ex-treasury clerk
Columbia S C Oct 17 A warrant was issued for the arrest of Daniel Zimmerman former bookkeeper and confidential clerk in the State treasurer s office on charges of breach of trust with fraudulent intent and theft of State bonds valued at 12500 with accrued interest 16408 75 Zimmerman aged about 62 long respected resident of Columbia since 184 coming from Orangeburg County served as bookkeeper 1892 1908 under treasurers Bates Timmerman and the current official Sheriff could not locate Timmerman or serve the warrant by midnight.
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Columbia
8. C
Fternoon
Daniel Zimmerman
R. H. Jennings
Zimmerman
South Carolin
Orangeburg County
W. T. C. Bates
W. H. Timmerman
Timmerman
Ten bankers charged in Denver bank conspiracy case
Indictments named Leonard Imboden James A Hill C B Wilfrey E E Hull H L Hull C Roberts W T H Edmondson for conspiring to steal 1 712 587 from the Denver Savings Bank with multiple related larceny embezzlement and conversion counts. Arrest warrants issued. Wilfrey Hill and Imboden arrested. others sought.
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Denver
Colo
Leonard Imboden
James A. Hill
C B. Wilfrey
E. E Hull
H. Ll. Hull
C. Roberts
W. T. H. Edmondson
Grand
Denver Savings Bank
Wilfey and
Edmondson
Camp
D. M. Carey
A B. Davis
Hill
Hull
Mount Vernon National Bank
Boston
Roberta
Carey
Cherokee State Bank
Enid
Okl
Davia
Texas State Trast Company
Fort Worth
Tex
Impeden
Bee Hull
Germont
Wilfley
Imboden
Boston Man Killed at Golf Links
Charles Mann sixty years old president of Darrow Mann Coal Co died yesterday afternoon at Bras burn golf links West Newton from being accidentally struck on the head with a golf club Medical Examiner West Newton said death due to a blow from a heavy instrument no skull fracture and no autopsy expected Mann lived at 26 Crawford Street Roxbury
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Borton
Charles Mann
Darrow-Mann Coal Company
Brasburn
West Newton
Mann
Boston
Waterman
Crawford Street
Roxbury
McClellan Odds Improve in New York Betting Scene
The Washington Post reports a surge in McClellan betting on Wall Street with favorable odds. Allen, McGraw & Co offered 3500 to 1000 and 5000 at 3 to 1 for McClellan while S. L. Feligsberg & Co offered 10000 to 4000. Anti McClellan money pushed for larger odds and even money was bet that McClellan would win more votes than the other two candidates combined.
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Special
Washington Post
New York
Wall Street
McClellan
Broad Street
Allen, McGraw & Co
John Dunne
S. L. Feligsberg & Co
Shaw to Speak in Ohio Campaign Trails Start
Secretary Shaw to make three speeches in Ohio during the current campaign. Dates not fixed yet but he has agreed to speak as engagements permit, with word of approval received today from him. Also notes a separate line on Bonaparte campaign stops and ministers urging prohibition in Arizona.
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Columbus
Ohio
Shaw
Arizona
Prescott
ArichOct
Arizona Association of Congregational Ministers
Congress
Bonaparte
Washington
Baltimore
Republican Cluba
Massachusett
Boston
Rising Sun
Mary
Mr. Hearst
Amsterdam
Ope Banse
Hearst
McClellan
Tammany Hall
Iving
Heigrich
Jerome
Carnegie Hall
Hearst Campaign Boost Roils New York City Politics
A lively New York mayoral race heats up as William Randolph Hearst leads a Municipal Ownership push attracting large crowds and shaking Tammany plans. Ivins rises from a joke to a serious rival while McClellan trails, with district meetings and speeches planned across the city.
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Tammany
Boomera
Tammany Hall
Lang
McClellan
William M. Ivins
Vetera
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