Insists He Is Rathbun but Not Believed in Jeffersonville Case
Louisville reports new features in the Rathbun case a man held on desertion and suspected murder. Authorities pursue autopsy results in Jeffersonville while denying transfer to Little Rock. Coroner testimony explores identity, with Rathbun’s wife and several witnesses contesting the corpse’s likeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbun
Little Rock
Louisville
Newell C. Rathbun
United States Army
Charles Goodman
Jersonville
Goodman
Jeffersonville
Washington
War Department
Indiana
Sullivan
Corinne Pryor
A. B. Chichester
Emi T. Checkler
Young
Charles McKown
Depot
Third and
Cross Streets
J. C. Watkins
McKown
Chris Elkin
William O'Connell
Durand Whipple
Rathun
Independent Voters Challenge City Machine Influence
Independent voters in cities push back against party lines, reducing machine dominance. They could sway politics more if active, but their refusal to rely on professional politicians acts as a check on party managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Cavalry Slays the Filipinos in Batangas ambush
Captain Hartman’s First Cavalry surprised 400 insurgents at Buan Batangas. Sixteen rebels killed, five wounded, nine rifles captured after flank attack. Rebels fled. two boatloads of army reported landed further south and weapons seized as Major West seeks arms.
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Manila
Hartman
Buan
Batangas
Luzon
Durangan
Major West
Americans See Mexican Industry And Finance Ambitions
Mex City hosts American Institute of Mining Engineers as they tour drainage works and enjoy a reception by Mexican merchants and bankers. Argentine and U S delegations attend a Pan American congress banquet. Reports circulate on a plan to form a large American trust company in Mexico, with potential legal changes and strong banking interests weighing opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Valley of Mexico
Chapultepec
Cuern ‘Aca and Pacific
Cuernavaca
Hampson
Pan-American Congress
United States
Standard Oil
Wallace Invited To Join Army Of Tennessee Meeting
Indianapolis November 13. At the Denizen hotel the army of Tennessee met and read General Lew Wallace of Crawfordsville’s letter acknowledging the society’s invitation to join. Members debated his conditions for joining including a committee review of his Shiloh conduct and covering expenses. The society ultimately directed President Dodge to renew the invitation and print Wallace’s letter in the records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Army of Tennessee
Denizen
Lew Wallace
Crawfordsville
Hickenlooper
Wallace
Shiloh
Crump
Pittsburg
Tuthill
Russell A Alger
Dodge
Walace
Plan for Northern Pacific Move to New Holding Company
Continued from the first page, Samuel Spencer was elected to the board replacing Robert Bacon who resigned. The board organized by re electing current officers. Northern Securities Company likely formed to take over and control Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways and leased lines. Great Northern stock is 125 million par value, trading around 200, while Northern Pacific post retirement of preferred totals 0.0 million par, totaling 205 million par value.
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Samuel Spencer
Robert Bacon
Northern Pacific
Northern Securities Plan Seeks Control of Major Railroads
Reports describe a proposed arrangement where Northern Securities would hold multiple railroads, with Union Pacific and Great Northern gaining voting power and Burlington stock possibly placed in a voting trust. The plan suggests retirement of Northern Pacific preferred stock and broad shifts in capital and control, with Morgan and Baker meeting with J. P. Morgan & Co. and Schiff and Harriman entering discussions.
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Great Worthen
Burlington
New Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Union Pacific
Chicago
Northwestern
Vanderbilts
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Northern Securities Company Formed In New Jersey Incorporation
The Northern Securities Company, capital 400 million, was incorporated in Trenton to acquire and deal in securities of other corporations. Incorporators are George F. Baker Jr, Richard Trimble, and Abraham Hyatt. Filing fee of 80 thousand dollars paid by J P Morgan & Co. The 4,000,000 shares of common stock were authorized.
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Morgan Company
Trenton
Northern Securities Company
Capital
J. P.morgan & Co
George F. Baker, Jr
Madison Avenue
New York
Richard Trimble
East Twenty-fifth Street
Abraham Hyatt
Allenhurst
J. A
Stetson, Jennings & Russell
New Jersey
DINED WITH THE PRESIDENT
Senators Lodge and Spooner visited the White House for dinner and conference with the president lasting past midnight. Lodge indicated the foreign relations committee chair would go to the senior member, while Spooner proposed a tariff commission to comprehensively review the tariff question for Congress.
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Lodge
Spooner
White House
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Devis
Congress
Dingley
Senate
Earthquake Feels Across Utah Causes Concerns
Seismic tremor lasting about thirty seconds rattled southern Utah communities this evening. Reports from Salt Lake and other towns describe widespread consternation among residents as fear and alarm spread after the quake.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Herald
Injunction Bars Meetings Near Reinecke Mine
Judge Walter Evans grants a restraining order for Reinecke Mine Coal Co blocking twenty named men and any others from interfering with the company or its workers. The order forbids property destruction and meetings within gunshot of the mines amid an ongoing year long strike. A temporary injunction hearing is set for November 23.
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Loutavile
Reinecke Mine Coal Company
Hopkins County
Kentucky
Walter Evang
Thirited States District Court
Reinecke
Evans
Mining plant swallowed by cave in near Joplin
In Oronogo near Joplin Missouri a cave in engulfed the Aurora Mining Company plant including a hundred ton mill office building and engine house. No lives were lost though workers heard cracking signals before the collapse as six trolley cars and a vast tailings pile disappeared.
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Joplin
Oronogo
Aurora Mining Company
Boers Murd er the Kaffirs in War Speech Controversy
Lord Kitchener reports frequent murder of natives as 42000 Boers held in concentration camps with 11000 killed wounded or paroled. Brodrick says Britain will press the campaign with fresh troops. 10000 Boers believed in the field. Speech at London Carlton Club notes.
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London
Mr. Brodrick
Carlton Club
Lord Kitchener
Brodrick
Great Britain
Redvers Buller
Evelyn Wood
Fire alarms and crossed lines spark Berlin boundary tale
The Chicago Record-Herald recounts a Berlin incident involving ex senator Mitchell who woke to a blaze in his apartment and organized a family fire brigade to suppress the flames. Police jailed them for delaying fire help while a second professor created a false alarm across the city Berlin Charlottenburg boundary, highlighting jurisdictional confusion and strict laws against erroneous alarms.
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Berlin
Chicago
Professor Botce
Boles
Charlottenburg
Boies
Butve
Iron and Steel Association to Boycott Reciprocity Convention
The American Iron and Steel Association has informed Theo C. Search that it will not be represented at the Washington reciprocity convention. The association and its subsidiaries indicate broad opposition to reciprocity among iron and steel interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Iron and Steel Association
Theo. C. Search
Washington
Nice Little Boy in a Boston Transcript Exchange
A humorous dialogue shows a mother praising her son for sharing evilly by noting he kept the wormhole half of an apple for himself while giving the sister the other half. Johnny explains he expected the worm had bored through to the other side.
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Boston Transcript
Johnny
Secret of Health Dr Hartman on Winter Diseases
Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium discusses winter disease prevention. Keep feet warm and dry, chest protected, and outdoor exercise, with Peruna taken before meals. Advert claims Peruna cleanses strengthens and restores, with testimonials from Mrs Kempf and Mrs Hall praising cures and life saved.
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Secret of
Perane
Mia. J. Kempf
Park Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hartman
Mre
J. Kempf
Materia Medica
Perne
Peruna
Carrie
Peru
Partnda
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Lost Forty: Wild Tract in Tazewell County Illinois
A wild tract along the Mackinaw river near Lilly in Tazewell county known as the Lost Forty is described as the wildest land in Illinois. It features deep ravines fox dens wolves and turkeys with no cultivable value and an owner unknown on tax books. The area has springs and is traversed by the Mackinaw river.
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Illinois State Journal
Illinois
Tazewell County
Mackinaw River
Lilly
Ilinois
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Fagin
Oliver Twist
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Kolis
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Knox
First Regiment
Ches
Hartig
Ganization OF Company
Murdle
Kaffirs
Kitchener
Britain
Carrie James
S. B. Hartman
Woodward Avenue
Memphis
Tenn
Peachtree
Leo Fresh
Lyon
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Luaury
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yHut
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Whitehall Street
Regi
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Regal
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