Union Pacific Reports On Pacific Affairs And Stock Holdings
The Union Pacific annual report, issued in New York on December 27, details financials for the year ending June 30. It shows Union Pacific gross receipts of 43,588,181 with net income 22,172,001 and a surplus of 5,178,175 plus 781,080 in Northern Pacific dividends. The Southern Pacific earned 78,944,440 with a 3,456,560 surplus. The board notes steps to secure the system’s future by acquiring Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific stock and describes the Oregon Short Line and Oregon Navigation Company holdings and indebtedness.
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New York
Union Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Navigation Company
Pacific Coast
Board of Directors
Southern Pacific Company
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Oregon
Union Pacific Liabilities and Proposed Southern California Route
The report shows Union Pacific rent liabilities totaling 6 725 130 dollars. A map included with the report outlines a projected line from Calientes Nevada to Palm Springs California along the Southern Pacific corridor.
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Union Pacific
Calientes
Nev
Palm Springs
California
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific and Great Northern to Revise Freight Tariffs
St Paul December 27 Northern Pacific plans a tariff revision from St Paul to the Pacific coast with lower through rates and removal of long-standing local rate discrimination. The Great Northern will publish similar tariffs. Clerks have worked over two months and both roads expect voluntary rate reductions tied to rising line earnings and revenue growth.
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St Paul
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Great Northern
Rio Grande Announces Management Reshuffle Effective Jan 1
Idenver Dec 27 Manager Herbert of the Denver Rio Grande announces that on Jan 1 C A Parker superintendent of telegraph will have his jurisdiction extended to the Rio Grande Western and Southern Thomas Tipton acting purchasing agent will be made purchasing agent with jurisdiction over the entire Rio Grande system
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Idenver
Herbert
Denver & Rio Grande
C. A. Parker
Rio Grande Western
Thomas Tipton
Rio Grande System
Declare a Dividend by Panhandle System Board
The board of directors of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, Panhandle system met in Philadelphia on December 27 and declared a semi annual dividend of 2 percent on preferred stock and 1 percent on common stock.
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Philadelphia
Ptttacture
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Panhandle
Bids Opened For State Printing Stationery and Supplies
Special Dispatch from Helena reports bids opened by the state furnishing board for printing and stationery, office supplies, coal, and other utilities. No bids received for water or electricity, and the board will readvertise. Independent and State Publishing companies bid on printing rates. coal bids from J C Auld and Capitol Lumber. Results to be announced tomorrow.
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Standard
Helena
State Furnishing Board
State House
Capitol Commission
Independent
State Publishing Company
Hbrevier
State Pub- Hehing Company
Blanchard & Co
J. C. Auld
Gebo
Capitol Lumber Company
H.W
Roosevelt Considers Chicago Olympics Presidency
Baron Coubertin, head of the Olympic games, reports a personal letter from President Roosevelt replying to the invitation to become president for Chicago Games. Roosevelt will present the matter to the cabinet and expresses keen interest and support for a successful Chicago meet following Athens.
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Paris
Baron Coubertin
Roosevelt
Chicago
Athens
Athens, Mr. Roosevelt
Ringwald v Clark Trial Set Over Services Claim
The Ringwald suit against W A Clark seeks 10000 for services alleged during the senator Clark evidence gathering two years ago. Trial opens in Judge Clements court with defense aides from Butte and local counsel Day. Lawyers say no out of court settlement and the defendant will contend no contract to pay for the evidence.
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Helena
Harry Ringwald
W. A. Clark
Senator Clark
Clements
Butte
Bickford
Roote
F C. Day
Standard
British losses in ambush near Hireginderyn reported
Details from South Africa report 200 mounted infantry attacked by 300 Boers and 40 armed natives led by Commandant Brtz near Hireginderyn on December 21. British casualties were 10 killed and 15 wounded. Boer losses unknown.
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London
South Africa
Trade Brisk as Christmas Demand Drives Growth
The Weekly Review of Trade notes brisk trade with strong Christmas gift activity and rising profits. Southern trade lags, coke shortages and car supply hinder iron and steel, while wool, footwear, and leather show solid demand and higher prices. Exports reach 3.94 million bushels of flour and corn prices stay elevated amid ongoing supply constraints.
Bradstreet Company Not Sold to Outside Interests Denied
Officials deny reports that the Bradstreet company has changed hands or that a controlling interest was secured by others. They state such claims are false and malicious and note no outside party can gain control of the company.
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Bradstre Company
Bradstreet Company
Not Included in Totals Over Clearings and Comparisons
Note states items not in totals due to containing other items than clearings and lacking year over year comparison. The fragment indicates accounting or data grouping rules affecting whether entries are summed. No names, places, or organizations are provided in the readable text.
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay and a price of 25 cents. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and a money back offer.
Enginemen Seek Higher Pay on Heavy Great Northern Locomotives
In St. Paul P M Arthur and J J Hanrahan meet with Great Northern adjustment committees and officials to push for wage increases for engineers on the heaviest new Montana Central division engines. They argue these locomotives require more work and that pay has not been fixed, with talks expected to last several days.
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St. Paul
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. J. Hanrahan
Brotherhood of Locomotiv
Great Northern Engineers
Hill
Ward
Great Northern
Montana Central Division
Explosion of Powder at Morale Powder mill Kills Three
An explosion at the Morale Powder company barrel mill in the Jermyn works leveled the mill and nearby structures. Three men were injured or killed and a girl struck by debris died later. a Delaware & Hudson passenger train was jolted by the blast. Cause remains unknown.
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Scranton
Morale Powder Company
Jermyn Works
Jacob Hiller
John Gibbs
George Gebhart
George Forkes
Albert Carey
Delaware & Hudson
French bark Heurletta sinks after grounding near Astoria
The Heurletta a French bark loaded with redwood bound for the United Kingdom ran aground on a reef above the Astoria-Columbia River railroad depot in a storm. She settled on both anchors and likely developed a hole in her hull. Captain protests Wallula tug for leaving him at anchor while bar was deemed safe.
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Astoria
Ore
Dee
United Kingdom
Astoria-Columbia River
Cherry
Wallula
Record year 1901 hailed as unprecedented growth in Bradstreet view
Bradstreet's review proclaims 1901 a record breaker amid five years of expansion despite machinists and steel strikes, stock panic, failed combines, price fixing efforts, and crop shortages. It notes exceptional bank clearings, heavy stock speculation, and rising production in coal iron steel leather lumber and more, with freight strains and a holiday boom. Total failures list 10 775 with liabilities around 130 million and assets about 80.3 million.
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New York
American Trade, Finance and Industry
Bradstreet’s
United States
McKinley
Oakland Race Track Heats End In Dead Heat For Mile
San Francisco reports from Oakland show no deal heat as Quadra and Bedeck dead heat in a mile selling race. Urchin wins five and a half furlongs with Marineng second. Duckey takes six furlongs selling and Mission wins mile plus yards selling, with Einstein second.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Bedeck
Quadra
Urchin
Marineng
Gold Finder
Bassengo
Hassero
Montana
Peeress
Rosario
Cuban G'rl
Elfone
Chappie
Sir Lewis
Duckey
Princess Titania
Hi Lee
Mission
Einstein
Kastine
Race Day Results from New Orleans Meet
Results list from New Orleans on December 27 shows seven furlongs winner Brewer Schorr with Socapa second and Eva Riggs third. Other races include Annie Thompson winning the mile and sixteenth, Dagmar winning the steeplechase handicap, Little Jack Horner taking six furlongs, Mr Phinigy winning the mile and sixteenth, and Ernest Parham winning the mile.
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New Orleans
Brewer Schorr
Socapa
Eva Riggs
Annie Thompson
Jim Breeze
van Hoorebecker
Dagmar
Bristol
Divertisement
Little Jack Horner
Royal Sterling
Grantor
Mr. Phinigy
W. B. Gates
Ernest Parham
Weenja
Ben Hullum
Amend Banking Law Proposal From Rep McCleary
Representative McCleary of Minnesota writes to about 2500 leaders nationwide seeking opinions on amending the national bank act to allow small town banks to lend part of their resources on real estate security. He may introduce a bill after the holidays if the idea garners practical support and asks for responses to questions on the form and scope of the proposed amendment.
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Washington
McCleary
Minnesota
New York Pec Bradstreet’s Wave Statement
The brief item notes a Peculiar Bradstreet’s wave as a market or financial update. It references New York and hints at commercial alerts typical of the period.
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New York
Pec
Bradstreet
Railroad Wage Increase Noted for 600 Workers in Greenville
Greenville Pa December 27 Six hundred employees of the Pittsburg Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad are informed of a ten percent wage raise effective January 1 The raise covers conductors brakemen switchmen engineers and firemen and is voluntary on the part of the company.
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Greenville
Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Helena approves water pipe contract for capitol grounds
Governor Toole and Elizur Beach awarded the capitol grounds water pipe contract to Adams Steam Heating Co of Helena for 2255.78 dollars after reviewing two competing bids from J. Sturrock and Johnson & Lind. The report lists pipe dimensions associated with the contract.
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Helena
Governor Toole
Elizur Beach
Capitol Building Commission
Capitol Grounds
Adams Steam Heating Company
J. Sturrock
Johnson & Lind
Ellen Gibb Dead Pioneer Rancher Widow of James Gibb
Mrs. Ellen Gibb of Priest Crossing Sun River valley died at Columbus hospital from complications of diseases. She was the widow of James Gibb a pioneer rancher crushed to death when a root house collapsed two years ago. A Montana resident since 1882 she and her husband ran the Sargent hotel at Bun River before settling on Sun River. She leaves five children Walter Maggie Mrs William Birkenbuel Mrs William Kohlenburg and Mrs Bion Hutchinson.
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Standard
Great Falls
Ellen Gibb
Priest Crossing
Sun River Valley
Columbus Hospital
James Gibb
Gibb
Montana
Fairberry
Lit
Bun River
Sargent
Sunrive
Lame Deer Agency
Bion Hutchinson
Paul's Valley Indian Territory
Launching of the Missouri battleship at Newport News
Washington reports that cabinet members and navy officials will attend the Missouri launch at Newport News Shipbuilding. Senator Francis M Cockrell of Missouri and his daughter Miss Marion Cockrell will sponsor the event. The ship’s contract price was 2,885,000 dollars and keel laid February 17, 1900. The Missouri will be 18 knots with a crew of 40 officers and 511 men.
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Washington
Dee
Navy Department
Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company
Newport News
Missouri
House
Francis M Cockrell
Marion Cockrell
Ohio
Maine
Jockey Club to outlaw participants in Charleston fair races
The Jockey Club stewards confirmed they will outlaw all owners trainers and jockeys who continue to participate in the Charleston industrial fair running races. The decision was officially affirmed at the club's office.
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New York
Jockey Club
Charleston
Journal Adheres Salary Claim and Court Fines in Great Falls
The weekly Journal is attached for $66 unpaid salary by employer H B Cook. Noble Tipple, intoxicated, assaulted a news boy and caused a disturbance in a newspaper office, fined $7.50 by Justice Safford Jo ay. Harry Smith attempted to secure goods on credit from his step-
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Standard
Great Falls
Weekly Journal
H. B. Cook
Noble Tipple
Justice Safford Joay
Harry Smith
Father Nick Baatz Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
Nick Baatz today pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain property under false pretenses and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
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Nick Baatz
Manhunt Ends as Fugitive Seeks Protection in Chicago
Angelo Scalfia, pursued for months across the eastern states, begged two Chicago detectives for protection when he fled Antonio Segnio who chased him for 4,000 miles. Segnio admitted intent to kill and, despite bond terms, pursued Scalfia to the Harrison Street station.
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Chicago
Angelo Scalifia
Antonio Segnio
Scalfia
Harrison Street
Segnio
Indian Territory
United States
Begnio
Supreme Court Reverses Tax Ruling on Railroad Merger
Justice Lewis of the Minnesota Supreme Court voided a Ramsey County ruling in the case of Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad company versus August T. Koerner. The court held that the 1899 purchase of the New Ulm & Southwestern line did not create a merger obliging the railroad to pay 5 percent tax on gross earnings.
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St. Paul
Lewis
Supreme Court
Ramsey County District Court
Minneapolis & St. Louie Railroad Company
August T. Koerner
Ulm & Southwestern
Minneapolis & St. Louis
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Union Pacific Report
Ings
South Graece
Shiras Bros
Roosevelt Mays
Tive Office
Ringwald
Clark
Yhear
Steel Industry
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of
Connellsville
Bessemer
Canada
Inc
Boston
Indianapolis
Providence
Soo Oma Eeeses
Milwaukee
Savannah Bees
Denver Sane
St Joseph Evens
Seattle
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Uae
Portland
Spokane
Tacoma
Toka
Helena Serene
Wichita
Sioux Falls
Columbus, O
Gelveston
Houston
Colorado Springs
Toronto
Montana Central
IFIC
Bradstreet's
Ockland
Ciers
Honda
Sun River
Atlantic Ocean
Great Walls Notes
Montana Undertaking Co
East Park Street
Thos. Lavell
Thos. Sullivan
Fugiti
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