Metropolis Company Checks Mystery Sparks Fee Debate
A tangled chase of payments reveals a $25000 check drawn in campaign year, indorsed by two Metropolitan officers and deposited back the same day. Cravath notes the passbook shows funds leaving and returning, while Sayre says a private book was used. Widener faces stock probe fallout as tensions rise with Ryan and Delatent associates.
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Vreeland
Warren Ht
Ivins
Sayre
Paul D Cravath
Tvina
Crevath
Philadelphia
Widener
Orignate
Wall Street
Midener
Thomas Ryan
New York
Metropolitan Securities Company
Afferrd Wir
Fyan
August Delatent
Vir
Vy Dolar
Daniel W Burrows
Chielgo
Burrows
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Treasury
Meropolitan Street Railway
Ins
Worton Trust Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Vr Vreeland
Charles §. Warren
Roosevelt Brum Affair and Finances Revealed in 1900 Memo
Special to The Washington Post details a chaotic episode involving payments and allowances tied to William Howard Taft era figures, including roots in Metropolitan Street Railway matters. The report notes large sums, campaign linkages, and transfers through the Wall and AAW Sweet Perriet Rathea accounts, with references to President Roosevelt and treasury actions across 1900 and 1907 contexts.
Did Not Love Faye Tells Of Finding Body
Fred H Wagil testified in his murder trial about his wife Mrs Wagil s death and the discovery of her body in a spare room. He described giving her a bottle of beer before she died and said he smelled chloroform. he blamed his family s nagging and headaches for her despondency and denied being in love with Faye Graham.
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Decatur I
Fred H Wagil
Faye Graham -Old
Davidson
Clinton
Magill
Magid
Marguerite
Faye Graham
Kaye
Magillust
Mor
Hovee
Fred Magi
Faye Graham Mogill
Enraged husband shoots man over confession refusal
James Landis of Chicago arrived in Bridgeton and shot Jocian Burt after Burt refused to sign a confession of misconduct with Mrs Landis. Landis surrendered to the sheriff. The case recalls a past killing by Landis's father Charles Landis in Vineland and a long insanity defense.
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Washington Post
Bridgeton
James Monte
Landla
Chicago
Charles K Landla
Vineland Senisle City
Wilwood
Jocian Burt
Landis
Marty
Burt
Charles & Lands
Baltor William Carruth
Vineland
Landisusta
Senator Saves Two Women In Mexican Runaway
United States Senator Nathan H Scott of West Virginia heroically stopped a runaway carriage in a central Mexico City street. The incident saw Scott seize the reins after a violent jolt, preventing possible harm to two prominent Mexican women. one of the occupants reportedly fainted during the distressing moment.
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Nathan B Scott
West Virginia
Ronaway
Mexico
Weabington Fort
United States
Nathan H Scott
West Vir Fink
Scott
Wreck Near Lefebost Leaves Six Killed in Night Incident
Six killed as schooner Tidings wrecks near Lefebost Fernandina Florida. Crew rescued after a rough night. train and bar collisions reported near Greensboro North Carolina. Lifeboat and pumps used, several injured. freight and passenger trains derailed. Auction notices and banking adverts follow in the same edition.
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Lefebost
Fernandina
Fla
Cape Miewes
Fermandive
Greensboro
Francis Greensboro
Elizebeth
Oelock
Southern Air Fight
Ruddwater
Bchoomer
Rudd Switch
Dagmar
Lone marshal halts Hartwell lynching of Wil Gray
A mob seized Wil Gray from Hartwell jail aiming to hang him over the murder of HB Howard. Henry Cary, town marshal, and shouting citizens intervened, delaying the lynching. Gray was returned to jail under guard as an investigation continued.
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Cinenati Ohlo
Henry Cary
Wil Gray
Hartwell
Gray
Cary
Negrosite
Tha Mearo
HB Howard
Howard
Bee
ELEY GOULD THEIR QUEST AT Decatur
Helen Gould, en route from New York to St Louis, visited the rural YMCA in Decatur for two hours, greeting 3000 railway workers and families at a reception. President Delano of the Wabash Railway spoke, and Miss Gould shook hands with many as a longtime patron supporting library and equipment.
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Decatur
Helen Gould
New York
St.Louis
Manyailway
Delano
Wabash Ration
Miss Good
Une
Miss Gould
Breeses Typewriting Record Defends Championship at MSG
Miss Enitz retained the championship title at Madison Square Garden beating Paul Viinter of Chicago in a one hour typing contest. Her 568 recorded words with errors netted 5214 or 86 words a minute, surpassing her former best by a margin. Munters scored 267 with many errors and 59 wpm. Carl Schwenck of Chicago finished third with 59 wpm.
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Miss Enitz
York
Miss Rose
Thin City
Madison Square Garden
Paul Viinter
Chicago
Mr Munters
Carl Schwenck
Wheat Slump Trembles Chicago Grain Pit Banks Refuse Loans
Heavy selling by frightened holders drives a severe wheat and corn price drop in Chicago trade. Banks refuse more loans to Minneapolis grain men hedged long, forcing liquidation as Patten trio denies unloading and market nervously stabilizes after brief lows. December near 1.03 1/2, May around 1.00.
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Chicago
Patten
Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Heslao
Heather George
Butte Mont
Shorts
Foreign Wheat Short Report Highlights Global Supply
The Department of Agriculture's foreign crop report notes a 2 percent wheat shortfall in Russia, with production projections below prior years. France and possibly Italy show larger crops, potentially boosting exports only indirectly. Argentina might increase its surplus if conditions improve, while India's crop grows well and Australian prospects fade.
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Department of Agriculture
Russia
Central
Studatioal Committee
France
Italy
Adda
Argentina
India
Big Liner Fails to Dock in Mud at Hoboken Pier
A Hamburg America liner from Hamburg became stuck in mud while entering its Hoboken pier on the Hudson River. After three hours of waiting in hopes of being warped to a dock, passengers retired for the night. The tale notes travel to American shores with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fares of $1.25 and mentions rail options and local city offices in Washington and New York.
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Dentachieng
Hoboken
Washinton
New York
Hamburg
Hudson River
Canada Tightens Immigrant Rules Against British Arrivals
Special Cable reports Canada to increase supervision of immigrants from Great Britain amid a surge of undesirables. The piece notes tightened controls after many were turned back, with figures suggesting thousands sent to Canada this year. Kipling and wife arriving from a Pacific tour, urging labor needs and white manpower to drive migration and settlement.
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Canada
London
Great Britain
Philanthropia
Canade
Toronto
Flyain Kipling
Pacific Coast
Kipling
Canad
North West
West
Movement to abolish censor of plays in Dagland
London reports a strong movement to abolish the offices of censor of plays. The censor recently banned Maeterlinck Vanina and a Litward Gaenett work, while Gravile Barker’s Waste was suppressed. Prominent dramatists, novelists, and critics sign protests against censor arbitrariness and urge writers’ freedom within reasonable limits. Barker argues censors would bar writers from the stage and stifle speech.
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London
Dagland
Maurice Maeterlincks Vanna
Litward Gaenett
Gravile Barker
Hidden A. Netitind
Ard
Barker
American robbed in Russia during New York run
An American traveler in Russia named Green, staying near Um police station, was attacked by four men who grabbed his watch and several hundred dollars. A policeman struck Green and took him to a cell for the night. The next morning he was released after the interpreter arrived.
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Kiley Russa
A Green
Russie
New York
Actor Collier Upset by Vanderbilt Party at Newport
An audience disturbance at the Newport opera house interrupted a performance of Catching the Rail when Count Szechenyl, Migs Vanderbilt, and a party of nine youths, chaperoned by Mrs Lenfair Norris, spoke loudly. Collier halted lines, then resumed as the group calmed. The guests, hosted by Mrs Charles Baldwin, were to depart for New York that evening with Mrs Nerdy taking over chaperoning duties.
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Collier
Szechenyls
Newport
Newport Opera House
Szechenyl Migs Vanderbilt
Lenfair Norris
Winlem Collier
Charles 4 i Baldwin
New York
Nerdy
Vanderbilt Heiress May Lose Court Status If Marriage
Vienna report says a court official suggested Gladys Vanderbilt would be treated as a commoner in Vienna if she wed Count Szechenyi, unless the Emperor grants nobility proof. The issue centers on sixteen ancestral ties and Austrian etiquette, potentially excluding her from Vienna court life despite Budapest recognition.
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Wiss Vanderbilt
Washington
Vienna
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Grechearl
Budapest
Szechenyi
Vanderbilt
Misa Vanderbilt
DYNAMITE crisis reports in Pennsylvanian tragedy
A man named Dellinger aged nine, from a crew in Pa, died by placing dynamite in his mouth and detonating it in his boarding house yard after a spree of threats and drinking. The incident followed financial loss and warnings, ending in a fatal explosion.
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Fork Pa
Jacob Dellinger
Mitty
Aubeide
Datlinger
Dellinger
Harriman Proxy Fight Delays Illinois Central Directors Vote
In Chicago a tense session of the Illinois Central stockholders meeting reveals delayed proxy reports. Harriman and Fish factions race to count revocations as hundreds of shares shift sides. Harriman counsel and Fish supporters clash over plans to balance charges and press coverage while urging stability in railroad governance.
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Uhicago
Illinois Central Road
Wico
Harriman
Fish
Sven
Mrsh
Harrimans Fish
Cromwell
Harrimans
Fiuh
Fieh
Wealthy Woman Slain and Other Society Notes
Wealthy woman slain reported amid social and personal items. Racing and other sports, financial notes, and a brief about the sea appetite and earthquakes round out the column. Names such as Chadwick, Magill, and Burnett appear in society notices and sensational snippets.
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Danvers Magill
Columbia
Templar
Chadwicks
Heln
Wall Street
the Hague
Tatt
Frasion
Vatona Potider
Alegadnia
Wes
Baltoriat
Cannon
Baltirore
Onlo
Radgely
Burnetts
Melville Marciel
Qualtrough
Uelves
Explosion Wrecks Plant Near Petroles Ontario
A distant explosion ripped through a Petroles Ontario nitroglycerin facility two miles north of town, destroying the magazine and nearby windows. No workers were inside the building at the time.
Santos Dumont In Mishap Delays Speed Contest
Santos Dumont and his hydroplane testing a sid ing boat to beat a 10000 franc bet with Meurthe failed when a barge incident sent the inventor into the water. Tests were postponed as repairs and safety checks follow.
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Warmington Pont
Paris
Santos Dumunts Frates Perment
M Deutsen de Laj
Glarksons In Loadow Result Of The Request
A cryptic report shows Glarksons involved in a loadow matter titled The Result Of The Request Presented In Wntmy In Father Bernard Vaughan Not Known. Details remain unclear and no further names or dates are provided.
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Wntmy
Bernard Vaughan
Why Roosevelt Sent Fleet to Pacific in 1907 Debated
Washington dispatch summarizes pressure on President Roosevelt to deploy the fleet to the Pacific as a warning to Japan amid global naval armament. The article reports that observers in London and New York weighed whether the move reflected a belief the United States would fight for peace at any price, and discusses how naval chiefs and officials interpreted the purpose, timing, and potential outcomes of sending the fleet westward.
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Japan
United States
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific
Javan
le Janane
Eropen
London
Samauti
Clarkson
Mongay
Resand
Europe
Hoard
Cacticia
Inilta
Congress
Jara
Ma Yanieese
Pole
Cathroneh
Elopement Troubles Cause Clergy to Seek Vatican Aid in London
Mart Malotey Philadelphia dominie and father of Mra Clarkson was reported on October 15 to beg in London and travel to Rome to consult Vatican authorities about the fallout from his daughter's elopement with Clarence Darve. Helen Maroney and the Clarkson couple reportedly left London for Paris the same day, a report unconfirmed. Father Vaughan, brother of the late Cardinal Vaughan, is noted as an active worker among the poor in Earminster and the east end of London.
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Mart Malotey
Philadelphia
Mra Clarkson
London
Pama
Vatican
Clarence John Darve
Helen Maroney
Paris
Mondo
Clarkson
Vaughan
Cardinal Vaughan
Mi ‘N
Earminster
Landon
European Aid for Conried Opera Board Seats Added
London Covent Garden director Henry Higgins and Rome Royal Conservatory president Count San Martino join the Conried Metropolitan Opera Company board. They form the nucleus of a European committee to advise on company interests. Directors James Henry Smith and James Speyer left, replaced by William Vanderbilt Higgins and Count San Martino. Heinrich Conried reelected president.
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Covent Garden
Rome
Opera Board
New York
James Henry Smith
James Speyer
G Vanderbilt
Sesk
Willam Vanderbil
Higgins
San Martino Heinrich Conred
Naval officer arrested after cab capture incident
Lieut F L Evans of the Louisiana and Charles Hoey were jailed at East Fifty first Street station on charges of a derangement and disorderly conduct after a brawl near Central Station. Evans claimed to be Lieut Frang Taylor aboard the battle ship Louisiana. John Williams, a cab driver, complained as the men fought and wandered onto the sidewalk by the Hotel Belmont.
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F L Evans
Lousiana
Frang Tayior
Belmont
Poleyman Fox
John Williams
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