Topeka Bankers Linked to Illegal Santa Fe Scheme Revealed
A Topeka based financial elite are named in a sensational report alleging a scheme to profit from a receiver action on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. The Kansas City financier discussed joining with Topeka partners to cash in on Santa Fe stocks and bonds before the Oskaloosa receivership. The piece notes losses for those involved and signals broader irregularity in 1891 acts.
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Ebagasas Orry
Toeka
Kan
Star
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Myers
Oskaloosa
Kansas City
Topeka
Holton
Kangas
Jefferson County
Chicago
St. Louis
McKinley
Santa Fe Securities
Kansas
Farmers Discuss Agriculture at Sixteenth National Congress
Inland dispatch summary of the Farmers National Congress in Indianapolis with remarks by J. G. Offutt and L. S. Coffin on debt and farming conditions. Judge Lawrence urged nonpartisan organization, wool tariff restoration, and reduced county salaries. A resolution favored biMetal money and a global conference on gold and silver coinage. St Paul eyed for next meeting.
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Indianapolia
InprakaPollis
Clayton
Indianola
J. G. Offutt
Indiana
Coffin
Town
Congress
William Lawrence
Ohio
National Congress
Lawrence
John T. Offutt
United States
Conference of Nations
St. Paul, Minn
Bank of Hays City Seized by State Commissioner
Toreka Kan Nov 11 The state bank commissioner has taken charge of the Bank of Hays City at Hays City. Deposits total 37300 dollars and depositors cannot receive more than 50 percent. Failure blamed on mismanagement and recent crop failures in western Kansas.
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Kansas
ToreKa
Kan
Bank of
Hays City
Frank B. Martin
Pensylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
U.S.S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Torpedo Boat No. 4 Launched at Columbia Ironworks
Torpedo boat No. 4, second of three built for the United States Navy, was launched at Columbia Ironworks. No. 4 is a precise counterpart of No. 8 and was christened by Miss Elise Agnus, daughter of General Felix Agnus. Hobart the Guest of Honor, Garret Hobart, Rutgers alumni, attended a charter day celebration. Chippewa allotments approved for Grand Portage band in Minnesota, 800 Indians enrolled. U.S. Signal Service to establish a Wheatland substation on the Cheyenne and Northern railway with a railway agent in charge.
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Batiore
Columbia Ironworks
United States Navy
Elise Agnus
Felix Agnus
Hobart
New York
Garret A. Hobart
Rutgers College
Secretary of the Interior
Grand Portage
Minnesota
Cheyenne
Wyo
United States
Wheatland
Cheyenne and Northern Railway
King Oscar Is Chosen Arbitrator In Venezuela Case
Washington Nov 11 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway is named the fifth arbitrator in the Venezuela boundary dispute. Four other arbitrators are to be designated by the British premier and U.S. chief justice. The pact confines the court to Venezuela and its fixed possession rule. the court will likely sit in Stockholm. Oscar II, famed for justice and fairness, is described as a democratic ruler and popular monarch with strong U.S. ties.
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Washington
Sweden
Norway
Oscar II
United States
Great Britain
England
Julian Pauncefote
Olney
Sir Julian Pauncefote
London
Mr. Olney
Lord Salisbury
Guildhall
Salisbury
Sir Julian
Court of Arbitration
Oscar
Venezuela
Stockholm
Europe
Bernadotte
France
Napoleon
General Thomas
Hon
W. W. Thomas
Greeley
Ericcgon
South
Blaine
Royal Academy of Art
James G. Blaine
Prince of Wales
Stokholm
William
Canton Still Mecca Seen In New York Support At McKinley Visit
Canton Ohio November 11 Governor Elect Pingree of Michigan and Detroit officer Atkinson met President McKinley for two hours in Canton to discuss Michigan influence in the coming administration and cabinet prospects. Also visiting were Mr Williams Beer of New York manager of National Surety and William M Hahn. Mrs McKinley remains frail as flowers and souvenirs fill the house while McKinley himself tends to his wife and visits his 87-year-old mother nearby. Chauncey Depew sent autographed congratulations praising patriotism and sound money in the outcome.
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Canton
Pingree
Michigan
John Atkinson
Detroit
McKinley
Ken
Atkinson
Williams. Beer
New York
National Surety Company
Chicago
William M. Hahn
Major McKinley
Cleveland
Chauncey M.depew
Associated Press
Lincoln
Luncheon in Honor of Hanna by New York Financiers
A luncheon in honor of Mark A. Hanna was held in the Equitable building New York on November 11 with Isaac M. Seligman hosting. Over 40 prominent bankers attended as Seligman urged bipartisan currency action and Hanna spoke on party organization, cabinet independence, and enlisting good citizens under the national banner. Speakers included Hewitt Porter Shurz and others urging an end to political agitation. A Sioux City Dispatch note from Saint Paul reports South Dakota Republicans concluding a safe Republican majority across legislative and national races. The New York Republican Club also celebrated McKinley and Hobart’s victory with Cornelius Bliss, Hanna, Porter and Tremaine among the speakers.
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Husivss
New York
Mark A. Hanna
Equitable Building
Isaac M. Seligman
House of J
W. Seligman
Isaac Seligman
National Democrats
Hanna
Republican Party
National Democratic Party
Hewitt
Major McKinley
Porter
Carl Shurz
South Dakota
St. Paun
Sioux City
Elliott
State Committee
Gamble
Phillips
Ringsrud
W. J. Buchanan
Republican Club of
McKinley
Hobart
Cornelius Bliss
Mark Hanna
Horace Porter
General Tremaine
New Country Opportunity Links Missouri to Gulf Rail Line
Promoters tout a new agricultural region along the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf road through Western Missouri and Arkansas. Mena in Polk County Arkansas is highlighted as a thriving example, with homeseeker tickets offered on select dates. Also pitched are Electric Bitters and Dr King’s New Discovery with testimonials from local druggists.
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Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Port Arthur
Missouri
Arkansas
America
Mena
Polk Co
F. A. Hornsbeck
Tth
Wyandotte Sts
Kansas City
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Advertisement Claim Health
An old advertisement urges readers not to worry about health and to keep blood pure with Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills. It claims protection from grip colds bronchitis pneumonia and typhoid fever and presents Hood's Pills as a favored family cathartic easy to take and operate.
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Hood
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