Northern Securities firm defense in anti merger suit
The United States suit against the Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger features the Northern Securities company describing its enterprise as aiding a vast interstate and international commerce. The answer argues no conspiracy and no majority control, detailing stock holdings, Burlington purchase rationale, and the holding company history to protect existing policy and markets.
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St. Paul
Northern Securities Company
Knox
United States
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
James J. Hill
W. P. Clough
D. Willis James
John 8. Kennedy
George F. Baker
J. P. Morgan
Robert Bacon
Daniel S Lamont
Northern Pacific Railroad
Securities Company
Great Northern
Real Northern
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company
Pacific Northwest
Prairie States
Eastern
Asia
Great Northern Company
Canadian Pacific
Oriental
Northern Wacific Company
Path
Burlington
Burlington Stock
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
Pearsall
J. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hill
Thse
Girh
Union Pacifi Railroad
Northern
Morgan-Hill
Steh Company
Othr
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Great Northern Railroad Company
Great Nothern
Sve
Missing county commissioner halts Cascade assessments
Great Falls May 5. A missing Cascade county commissioner menaces county business. Chairman Frank Cooper failed to attend, triggering a standstill in assessment work. Deputies Askew Jones and Cummings report pay disputes over April warrants and monthly expenses, while Cooper is said to have gone to his ranch.
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Standard
Great Falls
Cascade County
Frank Cooper
Board of Commissioners
Cooper
Dupuyer
IL. D. Askew
Cascade
J. BE. Jones
Kibby
James Cummings
Sand Coulee
County of
Teton
Old Council Steps Out In Great Falls May Day
Great Falls May 5. The old city council closed its term and the new councilmen took seats to begin a year of work. A letter from the mayor praised the retiring board and a unanimous vote of thanks to the mayor was recorded. The beef trust issue surfaced briefly as committees were announced with four Democrat chairmen Grilla judiciary, Woehner ways and means, Murphy printing, Auerbach public welfare.
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Standard
Great Falls
Wadsworth
Beef Trust
Brown
Montana Central
Jones
Collins
Grilla
Woehner
Ways and Means
Murphy
Printing
Auerbach
Helena Ruling Says Pool Selling Unlawful. City Cannot Collect License
Helena May 5 Judge J M Clements rules city cannot recover a 1070 back license fee from poolroom proprietors after a pool selling operation near the late campaign closed The court holds pool selling is gambling and unlawful so not licensable The decision sustains a demurrer and dismisses the city's complaint potentially ending pool games in the state if upheld by the supreme court
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Standard
Helena
J. M. Clements
District Court
Supreme Court
Clements
Bear Creek water dispute filed in Madison county
Special dispatch reports the largest water right case in Madison county history. John B. Wellcome sues 11 defendants for full ownership of Bear Creek waters, claiming prior location and irrigation need. suit filed Saturday evening in district court with James G. Walker as clerk. Ss V. Stewart represents the plaintiff.
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Standard
Virginia City
Madison County
James G. Walker
District Court
John B. Wellcome
E. E. Ayres
Frank O. Ayres
James B. Cameron
Frank B. Kirby
Amos Storr
John E. Woodworth
Joseph H. Westerhouse
Morris H. Kilner
Lewi L. Fowler, Jr
Boardman & Williams
Cy Gilmer
Bear Creek
Wellcome
Osman & Varney
Madison Valley
Varney
Quest
Ss V. Stewart
New School Building Plans Discussed by Great Falls Board
Great Falls May 5 The city school board will meet to discuss plans for a proposed new school building with 30 000 available. Architects will submit plans and estimates. one plan will be chosen and bids invited. The winning architect may be paid a fixed sum and will not supervise construction. A local supervisor will oversee adherence to specifications.
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Great Falls
Increase in Wages Announced by Denver Tramway
Denver officials report the Denver City Tramway company will raise trammen pay starting June 1. Workers with five years service receive 2 cents more per hour. others get a 1 cent per hour increase.
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Denver
Colo
Denver City Tramway Company
Victor judge arrested in school election ballot stuffing
Cripple Creek May 5 W W Ferguson one of the judges in the Victor school election was arrested on a charge of stuffing the ballot box. About half a dozen witnesses testified to the casting of illegal ballots while Ferguson proclaimed his innocence.
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Cripple Creek
Coto
W. W. Ferguson
Victor
Ferguson
Named for big positions in Cuba
President selects H. G. Squiers secretary of the legation at Pekin as minister to Cuba and Gen. E. S. Bragg of Wisconsin as consul general at Havana. Squiers to Havana brings diplomatic experience and Boxer uprising defenses. Bragg, born 1827 in Unadilla New York, served in Congress and as minister to Mexico. Salary for Havana post is $5,000.
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Squiers
New Republic
General Bragg
Havana
Washington
H. G. Squiers
Legation
Pekin
Cuba
E. S. Bragg
Wisconsin
Canada
New York
United States
Berlin
Bragg
Unadilla
N. Y
Union Army
Congress
Mexico
Fond du Lac, Wis
Great Falls Notes and Local Updates May 5
In Great Falls May 5 Sister Adelbert and Sister Clarissa solicit funds for St. Joseph Orphans Home in Helena. A Havre school district case against Miss Elizabeth Fleeler continues due to attorney absence. City schools report 2,210 pupils, 1,771 girls. Memorial Day order arrives for Sheridan Post. Bella Brown notes 6 new members and 25 625 books borrowed in the library. April health report lists births 23 deaths 17 with multiple causes. The Ferguson case over loss of support remains unresolved as auditors decide on the remedy.
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Standard
Great Falls
Adelbert
Clarissa
St. Joseph
Helena
Havre
Elizabeth Fleeler
Chateau County
Leslie
J. N. Booth
Flagler
J. O. Grege
Sheridan Post
Grand Army
A. N. Bull
Bozeman
Bella Brown
J. H. Fairfield
John Ferguson
Desks Draped in Black Mark House Tributes
Washington May 5 Two desks were draped in black and covered with flowers as the house met. The desks honored Representatives Amos J. Cummings and Peter J. Otey who died yesterday. An urgency resolution to add 10000 for statue dedication expenses was adopted. A funeral notice for Mr. Otey was read and the house adjourned at 12 15.
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Washington
Amos J. Cummings
Peter J. Otey
Virginia
Lynchburg
Couden
Otey
Sugar tariff debate features Havemeyer testimony
President Havemeyer of the sugar refining company testifies before the Senate committee on Cuba relations. He discusses beet versus cane sugar prices and contracts, warns a full tariff cut would not benefit consumers, and notes Cuban sugar would still cost, while the committee adjourns until tomorrow.
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Washington
Havemeyer
Sugar Refining Company Today
Committee On
Cuba
Teller
Missouri River
Sargent Nomination Sent for Immigration Commissioner General
The president sent the nomination to the Senate on May 6 naming Frank P. Sargent of Illinois as commissioner general of immigration.
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Washington
Senate
Frank P. Sargent
Illinois
Train Axle Breaks, Derailed Near Leipsic Killing Reichstag Member
Shortly after the express train left Leipsic for Berlin an axle broke causing a derailment. Herr Friedel, a member of the reichstag, and two others were killed with six injured. The accident occurred in Saxony on May 5.
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Leipsic
Saxony
Berlin
Herr Friedel
Reichstag
Vegetable Compound Cures Woman From Menasha
Mrs May Webb president of the Woman s Kaffeklatch Club Menasha Wisconsin reports her doctor urged Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound for inflammation of the womb and she was cured after nine weeks of use She praises the remedy noting it built up weak parts allayed inflammation and restored health Mrs Mary Wess also of Menasha Wisconsin backs the account and a $5000 forfeit warns the letter s genuineness.
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May Webb
Woman's Kaffeklatch Club
Menasha
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Mary Wess
Menasha, Wis
Princess Beatrice Leaps Into Tiber In Suspected Suicide Attempt
In Rome on May 5 Princess Beatrice de Berrone, wife of a married nobleman, allegedly attempted suicide by leaping into the Tiber. Rescued from the swift water she was taken to a hospital, where she gave her name and cited jealousy of her husband as the motive. Her sister Princess Elvira fled with painter Folchi two years earlier.
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Rome
Don_ Carlos
Beatrice de Berrone
Tiber
Beatrice
Sistine Bridge
Elvira
Folchi
Harris is Going to Penitentiary
Helena May 5 Maggie Harris admitted burglary in the first degree and implicated with J A Harris in robbing the Wallace residence. She swore she was not married to him and pleaded guilty to obtain a lighter sentence. The court gave her two years and Harris and the woman will be taken to the penitentiary tomorrow.
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The
Standard
Helena
Maggie Harris
Smith
J. A. Harris
Harris
Wallace
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OLD Council
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Judge Clements
House
Cummings
and Otey
MR. Havemeyer
Oved
Sargent
Siegel
Derby
Fedora
Graeco
Fedora Golf
Oxford
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