Burlington Railroad Guilty Of Rebating In 1905 Case
A Kansas City jury in the United States District Court found the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company guilty on four counts of granting rebates on packing house shipments to Armour Packing Co, Swift & Co, Cadaly & Co, and Nelson Morris Packing Co. Sentencing was deferred to June 22. The verdict centered on shipments from Kansas City to Liverpool and New York with a 23 cent rate versus a 35 cent tariff.
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Kansas City
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
United States District Court
Armour Packing Company
Swift & Co, Cadaly & Co
Nelson Morris Packing Company
Smith McPherson
Armour & Co
Burlington
Liverpool
Mississippi
New York
van Valkenburgh
0. M. Spencer
St. Joseph
Bur
Burlington Trial Details on Freight Tariffs and Verdict
The Burlington case centered on carrier rates from Kansas City to Liverpool with bids at 23 and 49 cents for portions and full distance. Witnesses testified as tariffs shifted from 23 to 35 cents and the failure to file a 25 cent schedule was deemed immaterial. The jury retired at 5 o clock and returned a verdict.
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Lington
Kansas City
Liverpool
Burlington
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Elects Nevada Officers
Reno session of the Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge elected officers including Grand Chancellor H H Coryell Elko and Grand Master Moritz Scheeline Reno. The body reported a prosperous year with state membership exceeding 1300. Wealthy Reno heiress Lydia Ladd to wed Salt Lake City merchant Frank Thompson on June 23.
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Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pything
Reno
H. H Coryell
Elko
Will U. Mackay
Carson
W. ©. Pitt
Lovelock
R. and
A. B. Stoddard
Virginia
Exchequer
Moritz Scheeline
W. W. Booth
Tonopah
Nevada
Lydia Ladd
Salt Lake City
Frank P. Thompson
Fioche
George W. Ladd
Death Valley
E. A. Montgomery
Ladd Mountain
Ladd
Grand Lodge Officers Elected at Reno Session
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Reno elected officers for the upcoming year. Names include Grand Master W. J. Harris Tonopah Deputy Robert Lowers Reno Senior Grand Warden C. L. Folstone Carsyn Junior Grand Warden L. A. Lemaire Battle Mountain Grand Treasurer George A. Morgan Virginia Grand Secretary OC N Noteware Carson. Appointments listed: Grand Chaplain Rev T L Bellam Sparks Grand Orator Samuel Unaworth Reno Grand Marshal M J King Grand Standard Bearer C B Wellborn Grand Sword Bearer Milo McMillin Reno Grand Senior Deacon Wm N David Carson Grand Junior Deacon C Maris Lovelock Grand Steward Geo F Paaker Grand Junior Steward A J Cara Grand Porsuivant R Battles Grand Tyler A Jacobs Carson.
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Grand Lodge of Free and
Masons
Reno
W. J. Harris
Tonopah
Robert Lowers
C.L. Folstone
Carsyn
L. A. Lemaire
Battle Mountain
George A. Morgan
Virginia
OC. N. Noteware
Carson
Harris
Farquake Wrecked Dam A News to White Piners
Reno Gazette reports G Degman, ex Reno mail carrier, back from Bald Mountain 75 miles NW of Ely in White Pine County. He says the San Francisco quake caused severe damage to a large dam built by his company, with water released through gates to prevent total failure, ruining an entire season’s placer mining work.
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White
Schwab to run for U S Senate from Nevada
A New York Sun report repeats that Schwab will seek the U S Senate seat from Nevada to succeed Newlands. Friends urged him, citing Nevada investments and irrigation needs to win appropriations and boost rail, mining projects. He has written plans to run, will return soon, and become a Nevada citizen. campaign starts next winter as Newlands’ term ends in 1909.
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New York Sun
Schwab
Newlands
United States
Nevada
Metropolitan Club
United States Senate
Feld
Newland
Use Telephone Poles for Fuel
The telephone company that built a line sixty miles across the desert to Fairfeld from Fallan reports repeated pole vandalism. Miners and freighters cut poles for firewood and to free stalled wagons, with several poles left in roads. The outages have prompted patrols to guard the line.
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Telephone Company
Fairfeld
Fallan
Poetry Fragments of Love and Song Across Authors
A collage of verse snippets from Ben Jonson, Bedouin Love Song, Bayard Taylor, and others. The lines drift between courtly affection and longing, with references to eyes, kisses, lattices, and arrows. The pieces vary in style but center on unattainable love, nocturnal longing, and the endurance of affection.
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Cella
Jove
England's richest woman wed in Hanover Square match
Lady Mary Hamilton eldest daughter of the late duke of Hamilton and Brandon, famed as England's richest woman, married on June 14 at St. George's church Hanover Square to Marquis Graham son of the Duke of Montrose. She had previously shunned society and kept to her Scottish estate.
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Mary Hamilton
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
Great Britain
St. George's Church
Hanover Square
Marquis Graham
Duke of Montrose
Mary Louise Hamilton
England
London
Lady Hamilton's Birthday Festivities Marked by Marriage News
The Duke of Hamilton's daughter, famed as a premier sportswoman, celebrated turning 22 with parties and pageants. She plans to wed Marquis of Graham, a wealthy yachtsman and former Unionist candidate. Had she been born male, she would hold numerous titles. she currently owns assets including the Isle of Arran and Brodrick Castle. Mining location blanks for sale at the Sentinel office.
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Duke of Hamilton
Lady Hamilton
Marquis of Graham
House of Commons
Duke of Chatellerault
Scotland
Holyrood Palace
Isle of Arran
Brodrick Castle
Easton Park
Wickham Market
England
New Bakery at Brown Hotel Restaurant Eur o
A bakery ad announces fresh bread pies cakes and doughnuts with orders for fancy cakes. Also a notary public John McKernan offers conveyancing land patent and pension business services in Eureka Nevada on Ruby Hill Avenue.
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Euro
John McKernan
Ruby Hill Avenue
Eureka
Nevada
Ruby Hill
Fletcher Bros
Device to Raise Water Wheel In Utah by Carpenter
George Hall, a Davenport, Iowa native now at Saltair near Salt Lake City, invents a water raising device for irrigation and power. A wheel with adjustable paddles lifts water with minimal air friction and uses current force for propulsion. The paddles adapt to wind direction and near surface timing avoids power loss. The device aims to provide short distance lifting and power generation.
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Saltair
Utah
George Hall
Davenport
Iowa
Salt Lake City
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Main & Clark Streets
Bank OF Nevada
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R. C. Turrittin
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R. L. Douglass
P. Ligan
Henry Anderson
A. Fletcher
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Janes Rocasrist
Eureka, Nevada
Srown Hotel
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