Power suit reveals Toronto lawyer aided Power case
At the Northern Pacific stock case hearing in New York City George A. Lamb, counsel for Peter Power, says Power lives in Montreal under the name P. Blake and was aided by lawyers in forming the suit. Lamb details contacts with West Hurley, Rhinebeck, and Wall Street figures and notes Governor Van Sant and the Minnesota Attorney General supported action against Northern Securities. The testimony touches on stock certificates and funds allegedly used to protect Power’s interests, with adjournment to continue the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter Power
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Securities Company
George A. Lamb
Power
Queens Hotel
Montreal
P. Blake
Kate Carey
West Hurley
N. Y
Lamb
Rhinebeck Ferry
Camille Weidenfield
W. D. Guthrie
Guthrie
Canada
Mr. Guthrie
Mr. Lamb
Lacombe
State of Minnesota
St. Paul
Minnesota
Northern Pacific
Buckley
Lancaster
Justice Gray Resigns Ill Health Cleanses Supreme Bench
Oyster Bay and Washington reports announce Justice Gray's resignation from the United States Supreme Court due to ill health after strokes. President Roosevelt names Oliver Wendell Holmes of Massachusetts as Gray's successor, noting Holmes is chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and son of the poet and essayist Dr. Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Gray
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Arthur
Judge Holmes
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Dr. Holmes
Washington
Gray
Senate
Supreme Court
Nahant
Mass
United States
Judge Gray
Knights of Pythias Conclave Captures San Francisco
San Francisco hosted the Knights of Pythias with 6,000 visitors and 1,000 uniform rank knights arriving from as far as 3,000 miles. General Carnahan called the Western camp the most remarkable in Phythian annals as market street and the encampment buzzed with brass buttons and bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Knights of Pythias
Golden Gate
Carnahan
Market Street
California
Royal reception for General Jacob H. Smith in Portsmouth
General Jacob H. Smith arrives in Portsmouth with about 5000 people at the depot. His mother attends at the station while the Ohio national guard escorts him to his home. He refuses to discuss his relief order and states he remains a soldier awaiting army regulations. He plans to forward his Samar campaign report to the War Department soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Jacob H. Smith
Smith
Ohio National Guard
Samar
War Department
Forest fires in Cascade mountains devastate timber near Columbia
Forest fires raging in the Cascade mountains along the Columbia river destroy millions of feet of timber. Most fires were started by campers, sending smoke over Portland and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River
Crank causes unrest in La Crescent. priest spared
An unknown man forced entry into Rev Father Dane’s residence in La Crescent Minnesota and attempted robbery. Rev Dalle armed with a butcher knife repelled him. The intruder sent an infernal machine to Postmaster Everitt Webster and later threatened druggist Thomas Minshall. A vigilance committee pursued the man but he escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
la Crescent
Minn
Father Dane
Dalle
Everitt Webster
Thomas Minshall
Drouth in Australia Decimates Sheep Herds
Advices from Austria via steam Mionera report a terrible drouth in New South Wales and Queensland. Millions of sheep have died, reducing wealth and forcing wealthy graziers to seek work. Samuel McGaughey, famed sheep king, lost over a million of his herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
D. C
Austria
Rible Drouth
New South Wales
Queensland
Samuel McGaughey
Australia
Western Telephone Co Long Distance Reach Across Five States
Of Interest To You noting Western Telephone Co long distance lines and connections extend to over 2,000 cities and towns in Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits first class service and low rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Telephone Co
Connec
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Stock rate war widens among Chicago lines
It was announced that all Chicago-Omaha roads agreed to the St Paul cut on live stock from Sioux City to Chicago. This brings all Chicago Missouri river lines into the fight, a move that followed the packing house rate reductions by the Chicago Great Western ten days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Paul
Sioux City
Chicago Great Western
Also Mentioned on This Page
Murphy's
Andrew Reed
A. R. Murphy
Austin, Minn
Treal Hotel
Northern
Pacific
Plains
Mr. Power
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court and Son
Ohio
Cascades
la Crescent, Minn
Aes
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Golden Ladle Clothing House
Tles
W. J. Urbatch & Bro
Austin, Tiinn
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!