Seneca Nation Loses Suit Over Land Rights
The Buffalo court, October decision by Justice Kenefick finds Charles E. Appleby holds the fee to 52,000 acres in New York including the Alleghany and Cattaraugus reservations. The Seneca Nation sought final validity of the Ogden title while preserving occupancy rights that end only with dissolution or consent to sell. The chain of title traces back to Robert Morris and royal grants through Massachusetts and the Duke of York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Charles E. Appleby
Kenefick
Appleby
New York State
Alleghany
Cattaraugus Indian
Robert Morris
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay
Charles III
Duke of York
New York
Standard Oil Fined Five Thousand Dollars in Ohio Case
Findlay Ohio October 29 The Standard Oil Company was fined 5000 dollars plus costs for operating in restraint of trade in Ohio. Judgment suspended 60 days to allow defence filing. Pending criminal information against John D Rockefeller Buckeye Pipe Line and Manhattan Oil to continue to next term.
Dartmouth Club Elects Leaders at BU Law School Meeting
At the annual meeting of the Dartmouth Club of Boston University Law School A W Lovell of Ashford was elected president Philip N Jones of Haverhill secretary and treasurer The roster lists professors instructors and alumni from multiple states with many class years The members will attend the Harvard Dartmouth football game in a body.
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Dartmouth Club
Boston University Law School
A. W. Lovell
Ashford
Philip N. Jones
Haverhill
Archibald Co. Boyd
John Merrill Boyd
W. Thurston Abbott
Law
H. Bell
Boston
G. H. Brown
Dover
N. H
A. I. Char
Fred W. Doring
Cambridge
Eugene
J. Smith
Templeton
O. W. Smith
Leominster
Arthur B. Hayden
Windsor
Robert H. Montgomery
Medford
Stocks Edge Up as Dividend Dates Loom
Wall Street activity was slim outside a few stocks as dividend meeting dates neared. Reading led the day with notable fluctuations tied to a market‑control pool, while United States Steel and Pennsylvania were eyed for upcoming dividends. The market closed easy with limited gains after a mixed session.
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Wall Street
United States Steel
Pennsylvania
Reading
London
New York
Sub-Treasury
Chicago Grain Quotations on the Eve of Election
The Chicago trading day saw a dull market as many brokers stayed away and room traders led activity. Amalgamated Reading Union Pacific and Steel common dominated volume with mixed moves, while Pennsylvania rose to 1483-4 and Old Dominion and Calumet & Arizona displayed notable gains amid election fears and mixed sentiment.
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State Street
Reading
Steel Common
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Amalgamated
Steel Sac
Morgan
London
New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Baltimore & Ohio
St. Paul
New York Exchange
Maine Food Laws May Banish White Sugar
Bangor Oct. 29 Local confectioners predict Maine may banish white sugar under pure food laws if the Legislature aligns with federal statutes The bleaching agent used to whiten sugar is contested by legal experts as to its legality Canned goods peas and ketchup brands are expected to suffer color changes and taste shifts under the new rules
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Bangor
Maine
Business Openings Along the Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Railroad Company releases a booklet titled Business Openings detailing the economic social industrial and civic conditions along its system. It emphasizes opportunities for farmers stock raisers manufacturers merchants miners and investors and urges readers planning settlement or investment to study the publication.
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Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Curb Market Sets New High as Nipiasing Leads Trading
Nipiasing leads the Exchange place curb with a new high of 205 percent as Kawmut Consolidated and other stocks such as Balakiala, Superior & Pittsburg, Troy Manhattan, and Abitibi & Cobalt show activity. Hancock rises on 295 shares from 10 to 12 percent, with prices mostly steady and minor gains versus Saturday. Official sales fluctuations noted.
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Old Dominion
Calumet & Arizona
Daly-West
Trinity
Lawson
Bay State
Centennial
Shannon
Amalgamated
Greene Consolidated
Ces
New York
Boston
Treasury
Sub-treasury
Exchange Place
Suckers in Court: Reed Charged With Fraud Hearings
Thomas Sampson and Edward Wilbur testified that William H. Reed of the United States Steel Company of Boston sought $700 from Sampson under false pretenses. Reed was held for the grand jury in $1500 bonds after a short hearing. Sampson claimed Reed said the steel company had absorbed Casco Shipbuilding of Portland and paid high dividends, though no Portland plant existed.
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Thomas Sampson
Adams House
Edward Wilbur
Fayette Street
William H. Reed
United States Steel Company of Boston
Sampson
Reed
United States Steel Company of
Boston
Casco Shipbuilding Company of
Portland
Murphy Kicks on Cartoons Sparks Libel Threats
New York Oct 29 Charles F Murphy through attorney James W Osborne warned that any US paper depicting him in prison stripes in cartoons will face criminal and civil libel suits. Osborne said Murphy has been libelled by such cartoons during the campaign and seeks an immediate halt.
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Calumet & Arizona Copper Company
Calumet & Arizona
James A. Talbot
First National Bank of
Butte, Mont
Butte
Hartle, Bonner & Co
Ball & Whicher
Milk Street
New York
Charles F. Murphy
James W. Osborne
Murphy
United States of America
Osborne
Bryan says Hearst favored as Hearst election chance
William J. Bryan spent Oct 2 in Chicago arriving unannounced after a stump tour of Indiana and Ohio. He spoke in Des Moines the next day and stated he wants Hearst elected but urged focusing on the current election first and hinted at a 1908 presidential bid only after this contest.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Indiana
Ohio
Des Moines
Mr. Bryan
Roger C. Sullivan
Bryan
Hearst
Roxbury Ward 17 Clubs Push Gymnasium and Park
Young men of Roxbury Ward 17 form Washington Bryan and Marshfield clubs in three precincts to back social action and political involvement. They endorse John D. Connors John W. Hennessey and Thomas F. Phelan for the Common Council as primaries near.
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Roxbury
Washington Club
Bryan Club
Marshfield Club
John D. Connors
John W. Hennessey
Thomas F. Phelan
Common Council
Magoon seeks U S aid in Cuban financial turmoil
Washington reports Governor Magoon faces a ruined Cuban treasury after Palma’s resignation and a revolutionary upheaval. President McKinley commissions J D Terrill to proceed to Cuba to assist in stabilizing monetary affairs and provisional governance.
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Washington
Cuba
Magoon
Palma
Treasury
United States
J. D. Terrill
Comptroller of the Treasury
Secret test vote tallies on 3 day balloting for Moran and Guild
The Post reports a secret three day ballot among riders on the New York New Haven and Hartford system and Boston and Albany lines. John B Moran leads with a grand total plurality of 491. Curtis Guild Jr trails.
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Bng
Post
New York, New Haven & Hartford
John B. Moran
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston & Albany
New Haven
Moran
Canvass on New York New Haven Rail Line Shifts Votes
Canvass of train service on the NY NH&HR railroad with the Post secret ballot shows John B. Moran leading Governor Guild by 491 votes out of 2647 tallied. Early morning inbound cars and stations from Hyde Park to Forest Hills were surveyed between 6 and 10 am, with Guild strong in some Republican-leaning districts.
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Bartlett
Guild
Roslindale
Moran
Massachusetts
Hyde Park
Mount Hope
Clarendon Hills
Hazelwood
New Haven
John B. Moran
Baths Kvten
Curtis Guild
Jr Bartlett
Canvasser No
Quincy
Wollaston
Atlantic
Curtis Guild, Jr
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Post
Mt. Hope
West Roxbury
Forest Hills
Raid on Oxford Place Gambling Party Seized Paraphernalia
Sergeant Bromley and Station 4 patrolmen raided a gambling party at 2 Oxford Place yesterday. A wagon loaded Celestials was taken to Station 4 and officers later seized gambling paraphernalia for evidence.
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Oxford Place
Bromley
Station 4
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Boston & Montana Company
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Leonard
Butte Copper Exploration Company
Rufus L. Sewall
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Cobalt
Great Northern
James J. Hill
Curb
William E. Soule
Bo Yao
Ennis & Stoppani
Chicago Rd
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J. Thomas Reinhardt
Abitibi Eoesteeeeseere
Auto Force
Butte & London
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Butte Cop & Zinc
JY Weevovs
Cumberland Elyee
Dominion A Er Gl Davis
Eagle & Blue Bell
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Financial Truth
Bank and Trust Company
Sage Investment Advice
C. F. Kinc
Journal Building
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Charles W. Bartlett
Blanks
Curtis Guld, Jr
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