Great Combine of Railways Now Under Way
Reports from New York on April 5 describe a plan to consolidate four local railroads into a single company formed under New Jersey law. The move aims to end rate wars and save costs while preserving each road’s identity and core management. Leaders named include Morgan and Rockefeller as discussions proceed with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Erie, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific targeted for initial control.
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New York
United States
New Jersey
J. Pierpont Morgan
William K. Vanderbilt
James J. Hill
Edward H. Harriman
George J. Gould
John D. Rockefeller
Jacob H. Schiff
James Stillman
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Erie
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Citles
Cincinnati
Southern Railway
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
Cincinnati Southern
Samuel Thomas
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Tthe Monon
Rumors of Rail Lease Tangle Hover Over Cincinnati
Discussion centers on extending the Cincinnati Southern lease involving the C H D Monon and Southern systems. Any close alliance is seen as contingent on voter approval in Cincinnati after the November election, with the Monon and C H D linked to Southern interests in past years.
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Third Street
Monon
Southern System
Cincinnati Southern
Southern
Cincinnati
Heistand Replies to Hemp Company Charges
Lieutenant Colonel Heistand of the Adjutant General's Corps has sent his answer to the Secretary of War regarding charges about organizing a hemp company in Manila. The Senate Committee on Military Affairs will receive the material, with no public release. Heistand will report to Washington and is due mid next month for the inquiry.
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Washington
Heistand
Adjutant General's Corps
Secretary of War
Hawkes
Manila
Committee On Military Affairs
The
Senate
F. C. Bryan
Philadelphia
McKinley
Reform Association
Bundy
Ohio
Loomis to Sail Sunday for Caribbean Mission
The Department reports Secretary Loomis will sail from La Guayra on the Scorpion this Sunday. He is expected in San Juan by midweek and in Hampton Roads by the 18th, signaling the next leg of his assignment.
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Loomis
Washington
la Guayra
San Juan
Hampton Rodds
Lease extension likely as Spencer backs higher rent
Southern Railway Trustees back new written proposition after New York talks with President Spencer. Morrison and Sayler return home confident renewal will extend lease with higher annual rent and no abatement, to be presented to the Board for possible action.
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Thomas Morrison
John R. Sayler
Board of Southern Railway Trustees
New York
Morrison
Judge Sayler
Samuel Spencer
Commercial Tribune
Board of Trustees
Spencer
Sayler
Mr. Morrison
Mr. Spencer
Famous Gainsborough Portrait Returned After 25 Years
The Duchess of Devonshire portrait stolen from Agnew Bros London in 1876 is reportedly back with its owners after traveling through England, America, and Europe. A Chicago detective agency aided the recovery. the sealed box arrived in London to be restored to its rightful owner.
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Chicago
England
America
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Art Gallery of Agnew Bros.s
London
Joseph Elliott
Elliott
France
Bank of England
Agnew Bros
Ana Mty
G. Moreland Agner
Agnew
Charles Becker
California
Boy Feudists in Battle Ends in Fatality at Odon
The clash between town and country youths in Odon Indiana led to a fatal stabbing. Harley Lamb 17, son of Clark Lamb, and an unnamed friend confronted Walter Correll a 20 year old stonecutter after insults. Lamb stabbed Correll twice severing an artery. Correll died soon after. Lamb was arrested in bed at his father’s home.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
Odon
Hee
Harley Lamb
Lamb
Walter Correll
Correll
Clark Lamb
Funston as a Boss Scout Interjects Kansas Politics
Wichita April 5. The Eagle tomorrow will publish an extended interview with Congressman Chester I. Long regarding Frederick Funston's potential Brigadier General appointment. Long quotes General Corbin dismissing Funston as a boss scout and questions the basis for a promotion.
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Wichita
Kan
the Eagle
Chester I. Long
Kansas
Frederick Funston
Long
Associated Press
Lord Kitchener Presents Red Cross Medal in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg on April 6 Lord Kitchener awarded the Red Cross medal to Mme Ferriers chief of the French ambulance detachment for her services to wounded British.
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Johannesburg
Lord Kitchener
Red Cross
Mme. Ferriers
French ‘Ambulance Detachment
Russia Agrees To Leave Manchuria In Peace Plan
Washington reports a Russian note in reply to Secretary Hay’s March 1 warning against private deals with China. Russia pledges to withdraw troops from Manchuria as safety allows and asserts disinterested motives, easing the East’s tensions and aligning with other powers.
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Hay
China
Washington
United States
Russia
Manchuria
State Department
East
Count Cassini
Europe
St. Petersburg
Charlemagne Tower
Japan to Address a Second Remonstrance to Russia
London dispatch reports Japan will issue a second and more peremptory remonstrance to Russia over Manchuria. The move follows a conference with army and navy leaders and finance and foreign affairs, signaling possible hostilities. A Pekin correspondent notes an agreement with Liu Kin Yi to aid Japan, including telegraphic and Seygit facilities.
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London
Russia
Manchuria
Yokohama
Daily Mail
Finance
St. Petersburg
Japan
Peking
Daily Express
Liu Kin Yi
Apan
Dick Defends Burdell Circular in Nash Campaign
Akron April 5 General Charles Dick chairing the State Executive Committee says the federal grand jury in Cincinnati found no grounds for indictments over the Burdell circular. He explains the circular was prepared with Civil Service law in mind and approved by Columbus lawyers and the Civil Service Commission.
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Federal Grand Jury
Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Akron
Burdell
Charles Dick
Columbus
Civil Service Commission
Indictments Handed Down in Potter College Prank Case
Grand jury indicts Floyd Nahm Harry Nahm Willis Potter Pleasant Potter Jr and Roland Fitch over a late night scheme at Potter College involving five female students. One man shot at Rev B F Cabell while the group planned a duck supper. shots fired wounding Cabell and striking Potter and Fitch. All five girls expelled and returned home. Bond set at 300 for each defendant.
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Commercial Tribune
Bowling Green
Floyd ,Nahm
Harry Nahm
Willis Potter
Pleasant
Potter, Jr
Roland
Fitch
the Potter College
B. F. Cabell
Lenna Hopkins
Bessie Simpson
Florence Cottrell
Bessie Boyer
Ruth Haynes
Haynes
Cottrell
Cloverport
Miss Simpson
Nicholasville
Miss Hopkins
Manauga
Miss Boyer
Harrisburg
Woman with Own Shroud Comes to City Hospital
Mrs. Mary McIntosh, 52 and homeless, arrived by the steamer City of Pittsburg and was admitted to City Hospital for cancer of the law. She carries a trunk with her own shroud and insists on keeping a wedding ring, saying her husband placed it on her finger before his death. She formerly lived in this city, moved to Smithland Kentucky years ago, and was brought back for humanitarian reasons.
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Mary McIntosh
Pittsburg
McIntosh
Smithland
Police raid policy shops in Indianapolis crackdown
In Indianapolis on April 5 police launched a crackdown on policy shops. Raids were conducted at William Kissell's game and twelve African American individuals were arrested charged with policy playing.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
William Kissell
Old General Clay Fights Off Deputies At White Hall Fort
Richmond Ky April 5 General Cassius M Clay and a posse battled at White Hall eight miles north of town to seize household goods from his daughter Mrs Mary B Clay. The 91 year old veteran fired on officers from his mansion then returned with a Winchester.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Cassius M. Clay
R. W. Colyer
White Hall
General Clay
Mary B. Clay
Dora Richardson Clay
Attorney Green Clay
Cincinnati
Lion
Green Clay
Joe Terrell
Frank Kennedy
Colyer
Clay
Bowling
Winchester
Mr. Colyer
Brutus J. Clay
French on heels of Boers at Vryheid
Cape Town dispatch reports General French continuing pressure on the Boers at Vryheid in the Transvaal Colony as April progresses. The operation aims to tighten military hold and force Boer resistance.
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Cape Town
Vryheid
Transvaal Colony
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Funston A Boss Scout
Corbin
Adjutant General
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Mr. Long
Gen. Clay
Czar
Grand Jury
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