Over billion in assets cited in answer to injunction suit
The document details valuations of United States Steel assets and stock transfers, noting transfers of preferred shares to individual names, contested ownership, and a May stockholders meeting approving a conversion plan. It cites a $10 million payment to J P Morgan & Co and outlines Schwab’s asset valuations and fixed charges, including proposed second mortgage bonds and projected profits to cover interest and sinking funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H. Curtis
Bernard Smith
3. P. Morgan & Co
J P Morgan & Co
Nowere
Schwab
Iron and Bessemer
Fass
Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
Strike Talks Break. Lake Shore Sign Sets Pattern
Amid stalled negotiations and growing strain, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern workers sign new wage scales, prompting cautious acceptance by some unions while others fear a broader defeat. Chicago business leaders press for order as dispatches warn militia readiness and officials plan further meetings to decide on returning to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Polien J
Strke
Michigan Central
Wisconsin Central
Ilinois Central
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Nickel Plate
Chicago and Northwestern
Tiliness Central
Chicago
O'Neil
Hinds County declines to order saloon election
After a week of heated debate the Hinds county board of supervisors in Jackson Mississippi declined to order a saloon election. The petition lacked five signatures needed to meet the required count, ending the bid to decide open saloons in the county. In Berlin the German Chess Congress opens July 21 with Americans Pillsbury Marshall and Napier entered and Pillsbury’s plan to play sixteen blindfolded simultaneous games noted as unprecedented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinds County
Miss
Jackson
Hinds
Berlin
Hanover
Pillsbury
Marshall
Napier
Germany
Bottle of Stuart's Gin and Buchu advertised to cure ailments
An old advertisement claims 15,000 bottles of Stuart's Gin and Buchu will be given away to sufferers of kidney and rheumatic troubles. It extols energy, blood, and healing benefits for Bright's disease, diabetes, swelling, gout, and other conditions, offering mail order delivery prepaid from Athens, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Bright
Stuarts
Saddlers Take Over Convention In Cleveland
Two hundred fifty delegates from all sections attended the fourteenth annual convention of the Wholesale Saddlery Association in Cleveland. President J B Denver of St Louis called the meeting to order as H D Goulder of the Cleveland chamber welcomed Denver responded. The group will meet daily through Friday. In France a violent cyclone hit Chalon sur Saone causing extensive damage with ships sunk and streets flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wholesale Saddlery Association
J. B. Denver
St. Louis
H. D. Goulder
Cleveland, Chamber of Commerce
Denver
France
Chalon-sur-Saone
Mitchell's leadership looms over miners convention
Indianapolis July 15 Not enough delegates have arrived to forecast actions at the miners national convention. President Mitchell is not expected until tomorrow and is likely to dominate the meeting. Anthracite miners arriving express strong opposition to a strike by bituminous miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
Coal Miners Rift and Socialist Role in Strikes
The article reports on tensions within the miners union with anthracite delegates wary of a strike, fearing breach of contracts and operator retaliation. Illinois delegates, West Virginia voices, and socialist Leon Greenbaum influence are noted as factors. Roanoke reports a surge of labor inquiries as operators race to fill jobs amid fears of a wider strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Illnois
Hanois
Leon Greenbaum
Socialist Party
Strigse
Roanoke
United Irish League Not Seeking Hibernian Endorsement
John F Finerty President of the United Irish League of America states that the league does not seek the Ancient Order of Hibernians endorsement or that of any outside body. He says the league is already endorsed by five sixths of the Irish nation at home and abroad and will rebuke attempts to create faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibernians
Chicago
John F Finerty
United Irish League of America
Joe
Denver
United Irish League
Order of Hibernians
Friends of Irish Liberty
John
United States
Dr. Hathaway
Hathaway
Battle ships in evolution off Long Island coast
Rear Admiral Higginson sails from New York with Kearsarge Alabama and Massachusetts to eastern Long Island for evolutions drills and target practice to prepare for August maneuvers. Olympia will stay in New York for repairs before rejoining the squadron at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Higginson
New York
Kearsarge
Alabama
Massachusetts
Long Island
Olympia
President at Oyster Bay Hosts Mayflower Crew and Dinners
Editor McKelway visited as guest of the president at Sagamore Hill while Mrs Roosevelt hosted the St Hilda Society on the Mayflower. A thunderstorm over Long Island Sound caused no danger to the yachting party. Moody and Hay were discussed as possible cabinet participants though Hay will not come. Cortelyou left for Washington to finalize trip arrangements and settle McKinley assassination expenses totaling about 45000 dollars with the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
Philbin
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Moody
Sagamore Hill
Hay
MgcKinley
Congress
Memorial services for Lord Pauncefote at St James Palace
Memorial services for Lord Pauncefote, late British ambassador to Washington, were held at noon in the chapel royal, St James palace with King Edward represented by Lord Churchill. The prince of Wales and the duke of Connaught attended. Many dignitaries and American guests were present, and remains were later interred at East Stoke churchyard.
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Chapel Royal
St. James Palace
London
Lord Pauncefote
Great Britain
Washington
King Edward
Lord Churchill
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Lord Lansdowne
Lansdowne
Lord Cranborne
Lord Salisbury
Wholesale Grocers Unite Forming National Combine
Incorporation papers for a national wholesale grocers combine were filed in New Jersey and Chicago on July 16. The group, modeled after James B. Forgan’s county bank consolidation plan, will begin with 65 million dollars in capitalization, 3.5 million of which is subscribed. It will control major grocers in Illinois outside Chicago, plus in Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, and Michigan. The national and western grocer companies will stay separate but operate under a close working arrangement.
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Combine
New Jersey
Chicago
James B. Forgan
National
Illnois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Michigan
National and Western Grocer
Mine dynamite blast injures three at Johnstown mine
At Winber Pa a dynamite explosion in the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company Mo 44 mine near noon injures three men. John Barach 36 Slav was instantly killed Roger Harvey Jr 56 is badly hurt and John Wells is lightly hurt. Savach was preparing a stick when the blast occurred blowing him to pieces.
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Johnatown
John Barach
Roger Harvey, Jr
John Wells
Berwind-White ‘Coal Mining Company
Winber
Savach
Dice Game Fatal. Civil War veteran killed in Maine ferry fight
Joseph Callaway, 62, once with the Quantrell band, was stabbed to death on a Lexington ferry boat by Doc Johnson who fled but was captured after hours in the woods. His son Hugh, 35, and another man were also wounded in the quarrel over a dice game.
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Joseph
Callaway
Quantrell
Lexington
Doc Johnson
Hugh Callaway
Johnson
Sapphires Presented by Morgan to American Museum
Two magnificent sapphires donated by P Morgan join the American Museum of Natural History collection in New York. The gems, a star sapphire likely the largest in the world and a yellow sapphire, were added after Morgan bought the exhibit set for Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum
New York
P. Morgan
American Museum of Natural History
Morgan
Free Sample Coupon for Hepans MagnoliA Beauty Aid
An advertisement offers a free sample coupon for Hepans Magnolia palm beauty product. It promises instant effects on face neck arms and hands and urges recipients to mail the coupon with name and address to Lyon Manufacturing Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
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Magnolia
Lyon Manufacturing Co
South Fifty Se
Atlanta, Ga
Constitution
Brooklyn
Dead or Alive: Outlaw Joe Dunn Shot by Posse
In Tillatoba creek bottom near Charleston Mississippi on July 15 Joe Dunn a white man 21 sought by circuit court on murder charges opened fire on a sheriff’s posse after being ordered to surrender. He was wounded and died about an hour later his younger brother is jailed.
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Charleston
Misc
Tillatoba Creek Bottom
Joe Dunn
Dunn
Tillatoba Creek
Ravages of Consumption Blame Moral Courage of Physicians
New York July 15 Thousands die from tuberculosis due to physicians’ lack of moral courage to warn patients. Medical Officer Biggs cites autopsy data showing 66 percent of hospital deaths had tuberculosis, many unaware of infection. He urges early diagnosis and pure atmosphere as key, noting tuberculosis is preventable and curable in up to 80 percent of cases with proper treatment.
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New York
Biggs
Health Department
Europe
Mine resumption at Cambria Mine after Klondike blast
Johnstown July 15 mine inspectors Evans Roby and Ross visited the Cambria Rolling Mill mine near Klondike where an explosion occurred last Thursday. Work resumes with 160 men returning. air flow and ventilation paces improving but doors still being fitted. No more bodies found. coroner's inquest set for July 16. Chief Roderick returns from Hazleton.
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Flen
Cambria
Johnstown
Evans
Roby
Ross
Klondike
Kiondike Recten
Roderick
State Bureau of Mines
Hazleton
Michigan Damaged In Collision With Freighter
The U S steamer Michigan was rammed while docked in Erie Pa by the freighter M B Grover from Pittsburg. The collision pushed the Michigan about 160 feet tearing from its berth. Estimated loss is $10 000 though the ship suffered no water or engine damage and returned to the dock under its own power. Captain Baker of the Grover attributes blame to Second Engineer James Murray for failing to reverse in time.
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United States
Erie
Michigan
M. B. Grover
Pittsburg
Winder
Briggs Schroeder
Navy Department
Washington
C. R. Baker
Grover
James Mary
Murray
Alabama editors in Gotham for three days visit
A large Alabama Press Association party of about 125 people arrived in New York from Boston and will stay three days. Mayor Low welcomed them at city hall and the Press Club hosted an informal reception. In Costa Rica Iglesias challenges anonymous article authors, signaling a sensational duel may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alabama Press Association
Boston
Low
Press Club
Youngsters Best Vets in Opening Golf Battle
At Glenview Golf Course in Florida on July 19 the opening round of the amateur golf championship saw youths outplay veterans. From 64 qualifiers in medal play at 18 holes many young players posted strong scores, including G A Ormiston of Pittsburg and Abram Poole of Onwentsia. Walter J. Travis, defending champion, posted a nearly flawless 79 and appears poised to defend his title as the field narrows to match play.
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Glenview Golf Course
Glenview
J G. Thorp
Massachusetts
Herbert J. Tweedie
Belmont
G. A. Ormiston
Pittsburg
Travis
Abram Poole
Onwentsia
H. Chandler Egan
Exmoor
Walter Egan
Lake Geneva
Allan Hibbard
Milwaukee
Walter J. Travis
Chamionship Struggle
Ormiston
Convention of Hibernians Opens in Denver at Sacred Heart
In Denver on July 15 the blennity na tional convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians began with a parade to Sacred Heart church. Bishop Matz celebrated mass while Rev I J Barry preached. Stephen J Donleavy presided at Coliseum hall for the first session with welcome by G Overman Mayorright and C F McGuiry. Deliberations adjourned until tomorrow.
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Annette
Denver
Colo
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Coliseum Hall
Sacred Heart Church
Matz
Barry
Coliseum Hil
Stephen J. Donleavy
G. Overman
Mayorright
C. F. McGuiry
John T. Irving
James E. Dolan
Archbishop Feehan
Chicago
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Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Stowers
Curran
John Mitche
Mrs. Roosevelt
McKelway
Moody Will Béach
Oyster’ Bay
Pauncefote
Desperado
Mississippi
Cook
Charnel House
THE
Alabama Edteors
Gotham
Iglesias
San Jose
Costa Rica
Ugd & Geor
Los Gos
Wrightsville Beach
Leme Ray
Juan
Atlanta
Seashore Hotel
JTEL
Fennington
Parsley
Rainroad
Opp Beach
Om Beach
Mrs Blue
Atlantic View Hotel
Atta Wrightsville A
South Atlantic
Ywarensr
City
Kimball House
Searcard Air Line
Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Mallory Mne
Mobile
Southern Pacific
Mallory Hn
Denison
Mata Avie
J. Newton Hathaway
Guire
Inman Bile
Broad St
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