Harriman Sues to Block Illinois Central Vote
Chicago Oct 15 Stuyvesant Fish and allies win a temporary injunction to block Union Pacific and Railroads Securities from voting 286731 Illinois Central shares at the meeting. The suit alleges an unlawful scheme to control Illinois Central and seeks permanent decree nullifying UP and Railroads Securities stock ownership.
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Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish
H. W. Leman
Frank H. Culver
Edgar H. Farrar
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
E H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad Securities Company of
New Jersey
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
George F. Edmunds
Vermont
John A. Kasson
Town
New York
William H. Emrich
Tillinois Central Railroad Company
Railroad Secu-Rities Company
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Railroads Securities Company
Ilinois Central
Illinois
Linois Central
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific Company
Union Pacific
Minois Central
Mwinois Central
Kuhbe, Loeb & Co
Railroads Securities Company of New Jersey
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Mutual Life
Peabody, Auchinclos and Vanderbilt
Harriman, Peabody and Goelet
Messrs. Fish, Cutting and Beach
Fish
the Central
Deforest
Illinoig Central
Council Bluffs
Towa
H. H. Rogers
James Stillman
Kuhn
Europe
Lion Mangles A Brave Woman At State Fair
Mile Rosa, a lion tamer for George Rollins shows at the state fair, was attacked in a cave housing 12 lions. Louis seized her left ankle and tore ankle and leg before she escaped. She declared a willingness to die for her animals and to face danger over illness.
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Avlanta
Mile
Rosa
George Rollins
Louis
Wireless press dispatches to start in North Glace Bay
William Marconi plans to open a wireless station in North Glace Bay to transmit press dispatches between America and Europe. The service will run about 12 hours daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Recent days saw messages sent between the local station and Clifden, Ireland, with regularity and accuracy.
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North Glace Bay
William Marconi
America
Europe
Clifden
Ireland
Indicted Lancaster Congressman Faces Seating Snafu
Pittsburgh October 15 The Washington correspondent reports Cassel Lancaster the indicted Congressman elect may not be seated at the opening of Congress. Speaker Cannon and House Democrats plan to block his oath while John Sharp Williams signals opposition. If Cassel stays away Lancaster supporters fear a long delay before a triumphant entry.
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Pittsburg
Washington
the Gazette Times
H. Burd Cassel
Lancaster
Congress
Pennsylvania
Cassel
Cannon
John Sharp Williams
Pennsylvania Cours
Standard Oil Used Independents to Sell in South
Hampton G Westcott vice president of Standard Oil Company of Kentucky testified in a federal suit that the firm used independent companies in several Southern states to sell its products and later bought and absorbed many of them. He said the practice ended two years ago and detailed monthly shipper and competitor data retained by the Kentucky office and a statistical department led by W E Bemis. In Fitzgerald Georgia James Green a witness in another case died of apoplexy on the stand during a trial in Judge Whipple's court.
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New York
Hampton G. Westcott
Standard Oil Company of Kentucky
Oil Combine
Standard
Westcott
Kellogg
Standard Oil Company of
Kentucky
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Westcott Testi
Covington
Statistical Department
W. E. Bemis
Fitzgerald
Hall
James Green
Little Girl And Boy Are Caught In a Death Trap
Lorain Ohio October 15 Mathew Grovesk five years old and sister Lucy eleven were struck and killed by a Lake Shore train at a crossing near Amherst Their aunt Miss Sophia Glovek was fatally hurt The boy’s foot was caught by a cattle guard and the sister’s foot became entangled as rescuers tried to help The aunt attempted to free them then saw the train coming and the children died instantly while the aunt suffered severe injuries and likely death.
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Lorain
Mathew Grovesk
Lucy
Lake Shore
Amherst
Sophia Glovek
Belmont Denies Interborough Traction Monopoly Claim
August Belmont and other defendants filed answers in a U S circuit court action by Daniel W Burrows of Chicago seeking to cancel the Interborough Metropolitan Traction merger as illegal. The defendants deny the merger is a monopoly or created with illegal intent, claiming the roads are not competing rivals though some run in the same direction.
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Interborough Metropolitan Traction Combine
New York
Belmont
United States Circuit Court
Daniel W. Burrows
Chicago
Interborough Metropolitan Traction Company
London wreck kills sixteen at Shrewsbury Express
Sixteen people died and many others were injured when the Shrewsbury express derailed while entering London’s station, with rescue crews working to aid the injured and assess the scene.
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London
Powder mill explosion reported with 25 dead
Indianapolis notes an early morning Fontanet powder mill explosion. Twenty five people are reported killed, with tremors felt in Terre Haute Cincinnati and Hamilton.
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Indianapolis
Fontanet
Terre Haute
Cincinnati
Wedding not postponed for Gladys Vanderbilt Count
Newport Oct 15 Friends of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt deny indefinite postponement reports for the wedding of Gladys Vanderbilt to Count Szechenyi The bride to be mother declined comment Date not formally announced may shift venue from Newport to New York Count Szechenyi seen driving amid mild illness at the Vanderbilt farm Portsmouth Rhode Island
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Newport
R. C
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Szechenyi
Cornelius Vander
Bilt
Harriman Faces possible indictment over Southern Pacific rebates
Washington October 15 Inter-State Commerce Commissioner Lane says evidence shows wholesale rebating by the Southern Pacific. E H Harriman may be indicted. A freight official offers testimony to secure immunity.
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Washington
Lane
Southern Pacific
E. H. Harriman
South Cambridge Sewer Ditch Deepens Beyond City Standards
The South Cambridge trunk sewer on 9th Street will be the deepest excavation in the city. At twenty one feet it now stands and workers must dig two more feet. Tuesday morning the sides collapsed at times but no serious danger occurred.
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South Cambridge
9Th Street
First Killing Frost Visits Central Ohio in October
Central Ohio records its first killing frost of the season in Columbus on October 15, three days before the regional average. The prior earliest frost occurred on September 21, 1897. Other notes include a stroke in Maryeville affecting Preston Smallwood, a dropped shale miners case in Scranton, a fatal auto accident in Ravenna involving Charles Stonehill, and a infant death in Youngstown from scalding water.
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Columbus
Central
Ohio
Youngstown, O
Joseph
Joseph Sohel
First National Bank of Dresden Fails After Wool Firm Collapse
The First National Bank of Dresden Ohio failed due to the collapse of the woolen firm Reiger Kapner and Altmark Co of New York City. The bank held about 860000 of the failed company’s paper and Dresden depositors ran on the bank until officials intervened. The closure came by order of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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Washington
First National Bank
Dresden
Ohio
Reiger, Kapner and Altmark Co
New York City
New York Company
Becaue
Ofjpe
Five from Kinderton Die in Keim Street Crossing Crash
A Pottsville express struck a car from Kinderton, killing Jacob Reese and Mrs. Jacob Reese instantly and fatally injuring Belva Emery. Mrs. Emery, Anthony W. Emery Jr., and Mrs. Reese died later. Emery survived with severe injuries. The party traveled from a shopping outing.
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Pottstown
Philadelphia & Reading
Keim Street
Pottsville
Kinderton
Chester County
Jacob Reese
Anthony W. Emery
Belva Emery
Emery
Mr. Reese
Reese
Mrs. Emery
Automobile Victim Dead After Crash in Grand Rapids
Milay Mary Miller died from injuries after the car driven by George Wilkinson, a local lumberman, overturned on the Grandville railroad in Grand Rapids Michigan. Also injured were Anna Grener and Lois Rossiter who remain in serious condition at St Marys Hospital. George Wilkinson escaped with severe bruises.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Milay Mary Miller
George Wilkinson
Grandville
Anna Grener
Lois Rossiter
St. Mary's Hospital
Father's Search Proves Vain for Missing Couple
William J. Fanning reports the effort to locate Elon and Semel Clarksona, aided by Mr. Mason and Maloney in New York and the Ritche couple abroad, has yielded no word or definite news yet.
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Martin MaeseYor
Ayme
Elon
Semel C'arksona
Tiahman x
Wiliam J Fannig
Mascon Cary “Sar
Maloney
Tandon
Fam Virg
New York
Ritchie
MGS UP $10,000 IN A TIN BOX
Port Jervis New York October 10 contractor Joe Tewland of Tunkhannock Pennsylvania while digging a one story and sequel hotel at Sparrowbush shoved a pick into a rusty tin box containing ten thousand dollars in cash and securities. Deep Sea over Drowns Newburyport Massachusetts October 15 Edwin Dwyer a portland Maine diver drowned when a boat capsized he sank quickly while his mate escaped to shore.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Joe Tewland
Tunkhannock
Sparrowbush
David
Newburyport
Mass
Edwin Dwyer
Portland
Maine
Dwyer
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Ning Harriman
Ding
Pennsylva.ia
Martin
New York American
Hamilton
Maryeville
Preston Smallwood
Methodist Church
Scranton
Joseph O’brien
Delaware & Hudson Company
John R. Jones
Ravenna, O
Charles Stonehill
Stonehill
IST National Bank OF
Woolen Manufacturing Co
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