Transcontinental rail plan collapsed amid rival coalitions
Boston April 26 report says Harriman’s bid to unite New York Central Chicago and Northwestern and Union Pacific is dropped as Morgan Rockefeller Hill and Vanderbilt interests form a coalition to block him. They plan to vote Union Pacific stock as a unit and may prevent 100 million dollars of new Union Pacific stock from approval at the May 15 Salt Lake meeting.
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Boston
Harriman
New York Central
Chicago and Northwestern
Union Pacifico
Morgan, Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
James J. Hill
Morgan, Rockefeller and Hill
Union Pacific
Salt Lake
Morgan
Hill Party
Vanderbilts
Chicago
Senate hears Hines on railroad rate law and court control
Washington April 26 The senate committee on interstate commerce resumed hearings on railroad rates with Walker D Hines former L and N official testifying He argued the law provides courts power to correct unjust rates and prevent delays by appeals and that carriers are not free to set unreasonable charges He criticised commission practices and urged wider use of reparations to aggrieved parties while noting public belief the act is worthless has persisted due to commission statements
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Walker D. Hines
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
United States
Interstate Commerce Comission
Reduced Rates for Teachers Convention at Asbury Park
Chicago April 26 All railway associations in the United States and Canada except one grant the National Educational Association a rate of one fare plus 2 for the round trip to Asbury Park and Ocean Grove New Jersey for the convention July 5 to 7. The Southwestern Excursion Bureau is the exception with negotiations pending. The full program to be issued this week includes more than 150 papers and an address by President Roosevelt.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
National Educational Association
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
N. J
Southwestern Excursion Bureau
Roosevelt
Michigan lower house passes sweeping anti trust bill
Lansing Michigan April 26 The lower house of the Michigan legislature has passed unanimously the anti trust bill said to be the most sweeping measure of its kind ever enacted in the United States.
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Lansing, Mich
Michigan
Draft of Transvaal constitution outlined in London
A proposed Transvaal constitution creates a progressive assembly with Lieutenant Governor, six to nine officials, and 30 to 35 elected members. Eligibility favors white males meeting wealth or birth criteria. Debates in English. Dutch allowed by president. Revenue requires governor approval. Colored population gains no direct representation and any restrictions need home government sanction. Full self-government not yet granted.
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London
Transvaal
Volksraad
Littleton
Orange River
Mitchell Plea Not Sustained in Oregon Land Fraud Case
Portland April 26 Judge Bellinger issues a lengthy decision upholding United States Attorney Heneys plea in abatement against Senator John H Mitchell The judge allows Heney to prove Guistin citizenship by affidavits and the reading lasted about three quarters of an hour Mitchell showed clear disappointment as the court proceeded News notes the plea held promise for several defendants in the Oregon land fraud prosecutions
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Portland
United States
Francis J. Heney
John H. Mitchell
Bellinger
United States Court For
District of Oregon
Mr. Heney
George Guistin
Senator Mitchell
Guistin
Heney
Oregon
Fairchild Named for State Railroad Commission
Governor Mead announces H. L. Fairchild of Bellingham as a member of the state railroad commission. He has not yet named other members, likely a week or more to complete the panel. L. Davis of Davenport named for the dairy and food commission to provide legal guidance in enforcing pure food laws. Charles E. Shepard of Seattle and Ira P. Englehart named to the legislature created commission to push national uniformity in marriage, divorce, probate and related laws.
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Olympia
Mead
H. L. Fairchild
Bellingham
State Railroad Commission
L. Davis
Davenport
State Dairy and Food Commission
Charles E. Shepard
Seattle
Ira P. Englehart
To Los Angeles $13.50 Second Class $17.50 First Class
The note cites postage rates with figures for mail to Los Angeles including a second and first class price. It presents a fragmented rate table style common to historic mail pricing records. The item lacks broader context or names beyond the destination and class charges.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Little Old Story and a Cucumber Moral Tales
A stitched collection features The Little Old Story about a man a woman a dog and a horse with a cow fall and a doctor’s assist. A Bottle and a Cucumber uses a cucumber in a bottle to teach habits and self control. Also include are quips about questions from a teacher and George Washington’s prized knife carried for fifty six years.
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St. Nicholas
George
Washington
Counterfeiters Through the Ages and England's Fog Fact
Sigmund Krausz surveys counterfeiters from ancient leather notes to modern paper money, noting early attempts in China and Parisian schemes. The piece discusses bank responses and penalties, with London as a major stamping ground and trends in note design and detection. An aside cites England's fog as aiding weavers by keeping yarn damp for finer, softer textiles like panama hats.
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New Zingland Magazine
Sigmund Krausz
Herodotus
Polycrates
Sparta
B. C
China
Rssue
Schlumberger
Krausz
London
England
France
Milwaukee Sentinel
Rumors of Peace Circulate in St Petersburg
Rumors of a new peace negotiation emerge in St Petersburg with the United States named as potential intermediary. The Associated Press cannot confirm the reports, and no official word has reached the American embassy though a foreign office inquiry asks when President Roosevelt will return to Washington.
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St. Petersburg
United States
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Washington
Hoquiam Teen Runs Schedule Times Amid Confusing Text
A fragment from Hoquiam lists times 9 30 a m 3 15 p m and 8 55 p m with stray codes like 0200 P M and S140 a m suggesting a timetable or schedule note. The readable items indicate a teen referenced in a dated schedule context with unclear formatting.
Buffalo shipment from Arlee to Oklahoma drives Pablo herd pride
Missoula reports M. Miller shipped thirty five adult buffalo from the famous Pablo herd at Arlee to a point in Oklahoma about 300 miles south of Kansas City. The animals constitute an exceptionally fine lot from the world’s largest herd.
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Missoula
Mont
Arlee
M. Miller
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Pablo
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