No More Corners If Upheld Upsets Board Powers
Chicago Sept 15 Judge Chytraus rules the Chicago Board of Trade cannot adjudicate member property rights and limits succession of membership in a sweeping decision touching July oats corners. The ruling voids a special committee’s authority over escrowed funds and questions board sovereignty in futures disputes.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chytraus
Board of Trade
Commission Firm
of Waite, Thorburn & Co
Bank of Montreal
Association
Eastern railroad alliance forms big two party pact
In Cleveland on Sept 15 a financial alliance uniting the Vanderbilt interests and the Pennsylvania system was announced. The merged group will capitalize at 2 billion dollars and control 80 thousand miles. Its goal is to dominate trade from Chicago to St Louis through the Great Lakes and Ohio River to the Atlantic coast.
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Cleveland
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
Ttade
Chicago
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Potomac River
Atlantic Coast
State boards skip holiday exams for certificates
The Washington state board of education will not hold examinations for state certificates and life diplomas during the holidays due to nearly exhausted appropriations. Superintendent Bryan notes increased workload and funding pressures as the state grows.
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Olympia
Wash
State Board of Education
Bryan
Christianity campaign for Philippine Episcopal work under Morgan
A group led by J P Morgan and Senator Hanna issued a statement seeking funds for Episcopal church work in the Philippines. They propose a $1,000,000 endowment to generate a fixed income, with Morgan’s bank to receive and invest the sum. A considerable portion already subscribed.
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New York
J P. Morgan
Hanna
Miller
James T. Houghteling
Chicago
W.H . Crocker
San Francisco
Samuel Mather
Cleveland
Episcopal Church
Philippines
United States
Dominion to Erect Five New Pacific Coast Lighthouses
Victoria B C Sept 13 Colonel Anderson chief engineer of the marine and fisheries department says the Dominion government will build five more lighthouses on the Pacific coast. Plans call for one at the entrance to Glayoquot harbor another at Ladysmith entrance a third in the gulf of Georgia a fourth in Queen Charlotte sound and a fifth in Chatham straits.
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Victoria
B.C
Anderson
Marine and Fisheries Department
Dominion
Pacific Coast
Glayoquot Harbor
Vancouver Island
Ladysmith
Gulf of Georgia
Queen Charlotte Sound
Chatham Straits
Death List Grows as Forest Fires Hit Lewis Cowlitz Areas
Clark County reports sixteen deaths with fears of more as fire-stricken Lewis river districts lose cattle barns entire timber stands. About 140 sections of timber burned. property losses near a million dollars. 300 left homeless. Vancouver and Kalama describe rising fatality counts and ongoing searches. In Walla Walla next week a fruit fair and editor conventions will occupy the city.
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Kalama
Lewis River
The
Lewis
al Reed
Trout Lake
Mount St. Helens
Cowlitz County
Vancouver
Wash
Clarke
Cowlitz
C. A. McKeen
Orie Reed
Walla Walla
Young Men’s Institute
Labor, unions, and mining reform sweep through the era
The article reports wage hikes at National Malleable Castings in Toledo and union activity across the country. It notes about 798 unions totaling 60,590 members with 1.9 percent unemployed in June, Alaska salmon fishermen striking for higher wages, and a shift in coal mine ownership by Terrence Powderly advocating worker stock ownership in Pennsylvania.
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National Malleable Castings Company
Toledo
Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
U. S. of L
Alaska
Death of W S Stratton and British steel trust plans
Colorado Springs notes the death of W S Stratton at 54, the Cripple Creek founder who found the Independence mine in 1891. London reports plans to form a British steel trust with major firms to counter American steel competition if the American trust acts aggressively.
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Colorado Springs
W. S. Stratton
Cripple Creek
London
The
St. James Gazette
British Steel Trust
American Steel Trust
Admiral Schley Visits Boston Says Navy Is A Thing Of The Past
Admiral Schley arrives in Boston after a summer vacation in the mountains and declares he has no further interest in the navy saying he is out of it and done with it.
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Schley
Boston
Admiral Schley
Navy
Portland to San Francisco steamship line may be withdrawn
The Oregonian cites a statement from President Mohler of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company indicating a possible withdrawal next week of the Portland to San Francisco steamers. No decision or duration is given, with reasons noting unsettled conditions and prior losses on water routes.
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Portland
The
Oregonian
Mohler
O. R. & N. Company
San Francisco
Ocean Steamship Line
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
San Frantiato
Puget Sound
Pacific Northwest
Union Pacific
Harriman
Southern Pacific
Portland-San Francisco
Captain Howe named hull inspector at Manila harbor
Seattlers report Captain William Howe a prominent Pacific coast seaman has been appointed by the government as inspector of hulls at Manila harbor. In San Francisco on September fifteenth the bodies of Mr and Mrs Charles Fair were laid to rest at Laurel Hill cemetery in simple services attended by relatives and close friends.
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Seattle
William Howe
Pacific Coast
Manila Harbor
San Francisco
Charles Fair
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Dorsey Named Second Native American Priest in U S History
The article notes Rev John Henry Dorsey, born in Baltimore, is the second Native American Negro to be raised to the Catholic priesthood joining Rev R C Uneler. Dorsey is stationed at the Catholic Catechetic School in Montgomery Alabama and has earned three honorary degrees at St Marys Sulpician Seminary. It mentions a prior priest raised by Bishop England of Charleston though not Native American. It includes a satirical exchange on dog killing for pig fodder and a light animal piece.
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John Henry Dorsey
United States
R. CC. Uneler
Epiphany College
Baltimore
Father Dorsey
St. Mary's Sulpician Seminary
Cuban Senate Tariff Bill Advances Says Havana Minister
Washington reports United States minister to Havana Mr. Squiers telegraphs the state department that Cuba's house has passed the senate tariff bill.
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Washington
Mr. Squiers
United States
Havana
State Department
Jury verdict in Belding murder case in Portland
In Portland on September 12 the jury found A. L. Belding guilty of murder in the first degree for the killings of three people two months earlier.
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Portland
A. L. Belding
Ingersoll Leaves for New York to Hear Rail Merger Evidence
Frederick G. Ingersoll filed lis pendens as special commissioner to hear evidence in the railroad merger case then departed for New York to begin testimony on Monday. James J. Hill is expected to testify first with J.P. Morgan to follow.
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St. Paul
Frederick G. Ingersoll
United States Court
New York
James J. Hill
Ingersoll
J.P. Morgan
Divorce and public order cases from 55th series
Doyle v. Bolding holds that a fault-based divorce defeats a husband’s right of curtesy in his wife’s property. Love v. Phalen upholds a city ordinance requiring a license to speak near City Hall. Gill v. Gill finds occupancy sufficient for homestead exemption if repairs and movement of belongings occur at death. Lee v. Port Huron allows bicycle riders on sidewalks to recover from the city for injuries caused by unrepaired sidewalks.
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Doyle
Love
Gill
Lee
Port Huron
Mich
Coal syndicate forms to buy Fife and Clyde mines
London reports the Evening News states a coal combine forms a syndicate with 50 million capital to acquire the Fife and Clyde mines in a major consolidation move.
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London
The
Evening News
Coal Combine
Fife and Clyde
Penny X Ray Instruments For Sale In London Streets
Penny X ray instruments advertised for sale in London streets allow curious viewers to see finger bones. In Vienna authorities summon 150 landladies for taking in boarders without police permission.
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London
Vienna
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Charley Matteus
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W. E. Crist
Palace Restaurant
S. Tadejevich
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M. Antich
Wishkah
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