Morgan selects five for Northern Pacific board
J Pierpont Morgan announced five new directors to fill vacancies on the Northern Pacific board. The nominees include J J Hinl E H Harriman William Rockefeller H McK Twombly and Samuel Rea with an agreement dating May 31 to place representatives of major interests on the board to secure harmony among all parties.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. J. Hinl
E. H. Harriman
William Rockefeller
H. McK. Twombly
Samuel Rea
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
H. Harriman
James J.H
Willam J. Vanderbilt
J. P.morgan & Co
James J. Fill
Great Northern
Union Pacific
W. E. Rockefeller
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Bt. Paul
Chicago and Northwestern
Pennnsylvania Railroad Company
Duta
A. c .Iceis
W. K. Vanderbilt
State Board Abandons Frisco Memphis Railway Inquiry
Kansas City July 17 state board of railroad and warehouse commissioners abandoned its investigation of the Frisco and Memphis railroad consolidation and returned to Jefferson City. No shippers protested in Harrisonville or locally and the board called off further meetings due to indifference toward the proposed combine.
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Frisco-Memphis Railway
Kansas City
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Frisco
Memphis
Jefferson City
Harrisonville
Fear an American Invasion Threat to Vienna Shoe Trade
Vienna July 17 Deputy Baumann reports representatives of the boot and shoe trade have asked the lower Austrian diet to act on the threatened entry of an American syndicate into the Vienna market. Local shoe men fear competition may menace their business existence.
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Vienna
Baumann
Asi
Aso
Exports to be taxed by Colombian decree
Colon Colombia July 17 Via Galveston A government decree imposes taxes on all exports from Colombian ports with emphasis on isthmus bananas coconuts ivory nuts and tim The decree also doubles lighthouse dues payable at ports and requires payment in gold instead of silver
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Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Fortune and wonders trail a Gypsy prophecy across towns
A jumble of brief items from Danville to New York reports buried treasure of 1900 silver dollars found by J E Scott while hoeing corn, a teen prodigy claiming to reveal copper tempering, a giant pearl found near Round Island, and multiple local incidents including a minister's furore at a funeral and a dramatic double drowning attempt in Staten Island.
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Danville
J. E. Scott
Supreme Court notes on state murder trial rulings
Report covers judge charged jury guidelines alibi credibility continuance error admission of diagram cotton press evidence and verdicts in multiple Georgia criminal cases. Summaries include Branch v State Gumble v State Jones v State and Braddy v Whiteley with judgments affirmed reversed or rendered.
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Bol
Shell Cochran
State
Candler
Campbell
Superior Court
Fish, Jr
Strerson
A. BF. Golightly
Arnold & Arnold
Claude Smith
Suttlen
J. M. Terrell
W. T. Kinneey
Roan
Branch
Stiles Vy
Hart
Putnam Superior Court
Little, J
Allen_& Pottle
Howard & Crawford
H. G. Lewis
I. B Park, Jr
Gumble v
Aceuacition of Artray
Calhoun
Criminal Court of Atlanta
Simmons
Capes
Yas
McMichael, Searcy
Wimarmnes
Wilcox
Lindsey v. State Interaleted
A.B. Bryan
G, c Crane
F. R. W Palker
E. R. Black
Jones v. State
Fulton Superior Court
C. J
Robert L. Rodgers
Charles D. Hill
Braddy
Whiteley
Holden
Gieenock
Eauperior
Lumpkin
Wathher
Hawkins
Payne & Tys
R. J
J. McChmy
Hoke Smith & EH
C. Peeples
Ross
Battle
Littlejohn
Bedley Superior Court
Lewis
J.—l
J. A. Hixon
W. A. Tiodson
C. R. McCrory
E. B. Hart
J. & Lumpkin
McDown
Henry
Floyd Auperior Court
Fish
Grora
Kneeland
Boisclair
Henry Walker
Moses Wright
Felton
Houston Superior Court
Little
Duncan & Duncan
M. Holtzclaw
M. Terre
Washington Vy. State
Seabrook
Liberty Superior Court
Armstrong
Burrows
Watts
B.A. Way
Donald Frater
Livingston Kenan
Contri
Negligence rules and court rulings cited in appellate notes
The text outlines legal standards on negligence and damages, discusses jury discretion in reducing damages, and covers multiple appellate rulings. It references particular cases with judges, parties, and outcomes, noting affirmations of judgments and the propriety of rulings in various criminal and civil matters.
Secret negro orders spark Girard unrest in Louisiana
Rayville Louisiana July 17 Special report details unrest near Girard as locals claim secret societies of negroes meet and threaten whites. Descriptions name the Independent Order of Sons and Daughters of Saint Jacob and Knights of Tabor, with references to Emperor Scott and armed guards. A white merchant Jessie S Brown confronts a disruptive negro, resulting in a fatal or near fatal shooting. A mob later takes the suspect to a plantation where a coroner investigates a death, the cause unclear, with a body found hanging from a tree nearby.
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Rayville
Girard
James A. Mhoon
Fort Worth
Order of Sons and Daughters of Saint Jacob
Knights of Tabor
Emperor Scott
Mhoonpiaca
Worthy Lodge
Butts
Shreveport
J. G. Foster
Jessie S. Brown
A. T. Wright
Jakes
Lewis Thomas
Jessie 8. Brown
H. F. Wilkins
American Trade Is Hard Hit by Tariff War Closure
Washington reports from Deputy Consul General Hanauer in Frankfort indicate Russian retaliatory duties on American farming machinery have nearly stopped imports to Moscow. London broker P M Marshall declared insolvent on the stock exchange. Erie Directors declare a 1% dividend on first preferred stock of the Bbtte Railroad Company.
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Gege
Washington
Moscow
State Department
Hanauer
Frankfort
Germany
London
Eria
New York
Bbtte Railroad Company
Legal Notices and Court Proceedings Across Georgia
Fragmentary legal notices describe appeals, certiorari, misnomer verdicts, and judgments. Cases involve defendants Webb and others, guardian Kollock, and the State, with mentions of Judge Estes Haber, Judge Seabrook, and solicitor generals. Reversals and final judgments are noted across multiple counties.
Disorder Reigns At Pekin Despite Restored Police
Disorder and lawlessness have greatly increased in Pekin since policing was restored to Chinese authorities. Nightly burglaries by bands of depredators occur and Chinese workers employed by Europeans are beaten and robbed. German troops will withdraw to a permanent establishment in early August.
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Pekin
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Queer Sprigs OF Humanity
Pittston
Frank McCroy
Ct Helstead
McCroy
Tawa
Lansing
Firemore Ferrow
Round Island
Ithaca
Georges W. Jones
Cornell University
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Copake
Thomas Corea
Trenaier
Jennie Munroe
East Arlington
Bluffton
Ind
A. N. Martin
First Presbyterian Church
Clarence C. Miller
Mr. Miller
Firis
Upper Sandusky
Miller
Foster Lowery
Frankfart-on-Bain
Association of German Dentists
Reichstag
Providence
William Earle Cook
Portsmouth
Mr. Cook
George
Sarah Earle Cook
St. Albans Lodge
A. M
Bristol
Eureka Lodge
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Oak Park
Czmoke
Fred Hacker
Oak Ark
Hacker
Frank Delaney
Delaney
San Rafael
Cal
Antone de Sousa
H. A. Gorley
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Meldon
McIsaac
Martinelli
Seoon
Michael Florentino
Broadway
West New-Brighton
Angelo Gabriele Santora
Brighton Avenue
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Staten Island
King’s Dock
Santoxya
Santora
Father
Florentine
Santaras
the Supreme Court
High Court
Stevens & Graham
Supreme Court of the
B. Banks
Western and ‘Atlantic Railroad Company
Ugon
Whitfield Superior ‘Court
Cob
Muir ‘Fernone
Carter
Coe
Waalper
Negro Mata
Girard, la
Desperado
Buffalo
ANG Hom
Union
Fire Department
the Constitution
Fire
Atlanta
Constitution
Buffalo Exposition
Union Labor
Roland Elis
Minter Wimberly
D. W. Rountree
Erro William Brunson
Kollock, Guardian
Wwe Can
JelIanni Kutt &Bellingraih
N. P. Prait Laboratory
Auburn Avenue
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