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...jacked up their rates on fire and windstorms. Some $9,500,000 in increased premium collections were impounded by the courts when the policyholders protested. Mr. O'Malley's settlement returned 20% of the money to policyholders, 50% to the companies; the other 30% was to defray litigation costs. What the grand jury believed last week when it indicted Boss Pendergast and Mr. O'Malley, was that a $447,000 slush fund handed out for the insurance companies by a man named Street in Chicago, was split between Pendergast, O'Malley and a few others. Messrs...
Helen Gould was not only interested in railroads, but a notable patron of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. One of the first beneficiaries of her charity was the U. S. Government, to which, in 1898, she gave $100,000 to help defray the expenses of "freeing" Cuba. She was also a pillar of the Red Cross, the D. A. R., the Dutch Reformed Church, and supported the American Tract Society in its efforts to reconvert Soviet Russia to Christianity...
...committee's goal is $10,000, which will be used to defray the living expenses of the twenty German students who are selected for the twenty 75000 scholarships voted last week by Harvard Corporation...
...Council also voted to turn over to Phillips Brooks House $2000 of the money paid in pledges so far. Also $100 will be given to the Class Album Committee to defray initial expenses...
...into the major sport class without a dissenting vote. Despite illness which would have kept another man out, he still insisted on swimming in the recent N. A. A. U. meet in order that part of the expenses awarded him as defending champion could be used to help defray his teammates' expenses. All in all, he has been a leader, both physically and morally, who has gained the wholehearted respect, admiration, and support not only of his teammates but also of every one with whom he has come in contact. Hoping you will grant him this "Ave et vale." Francis...