New Bidder Sage Enlists to Settle Union Pacific Debt
Russell Sage announces he is invited by President McKinley to form a syndicate to purchase Union Pacific and settle the federal claim in full. Subscriptions reportedly exceed 75 million dollars within hours, with major sums from Sage himself and partners. Sage plans further calling on unlimited capital to clear Pacific road debts without losses to the government. He goes to Washington to meet the president and attorney general.
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McKinley
New York
Russell Sage
Wall Street
Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific
Sage
R. T. Wilson & Co
Samuel Thomas
D. H. McAlpin
Kessler & Co
Bank of the State of New York
William Waldorf Astor
Astor
Cable
New York Life Insurance
Washington
Great Strike in Singland Debated by Board of Trade
The Board of Trade seeks to intervene in the engineering dispute to avert further losses of time. A conference is proposed with a four-point plan including no interference with management, withdrawal of a 48-hour week demand, a joint discussion on hours, and a defined conference constitution.
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Board of Trade
London
C. T. Ritchie
Federated Empoyers of
Fed
Employers’ Confederation
Glasgow
the Times
Great Britain
Boiler Explodes on Texas Launch At Parade Dock
A boiler blast aboard a steam launch attached to the battleship Texas during a naval parade injures several men. Notable aboard included Lieutenant Commander Delehanty, Lieutenant Bristol, Ensign Wadhams, and Dr. W. R. Dubose. John Fisher and John Phillips suffered injuries. others escaped with minor harms.
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Boston
Texas
Delehanty
Bristol
Wadhams
W. R. Dubose
John Phillips
John Fisher
Fisher
Phillips
Miners Union Officers Accused of Bribery
State President William Carson of O'Fallon and five executive committee members, William Norbury of Troy James Page of Staunton Gus Horn of Glen Carbon and Thomas Simpson of Collinsville, are being tried by a thirty five delegate convention in East St. Louis on charges they accepted bribes of 200 dollars each to end a miners walkout and return to work at a lower wage scale.
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St. Louis
William Carson
O'Fallon
Miners’ Union
William Norbury
Troy
James Page
Staunton
Gus Horn
Glen Carbon
Thomas Simpson
Collinsville
East St. Louis
Murder at Aurora as husband shoots rival. bystander wounded
Aurora Missouri October 22. Robert Foley was shot and killed by Henry Duncan who accused Foley of an affair with Duncan's wife Mrs. Duncan. Green Lemaster, present on the street, was hit in the chest by buckshot and is dangerously wounded.
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Aurora
Robert Foley
Henry Duncan
Foley
Gov Tanner lifts cattle quarantine in Illinois
Governor Tanner issues proclamation allowing cattle from Tennessee and Arkansas north of the quarantine to enter Illinois after November 1 and cattle from any southern state for grazing and feeding after November 15. Renominated President Gates by the American Missionary Association committee, with all officers renominated except one minor exception.
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Tanner
Springfield
Ills
Tennessee
Arkansas
Minneapolis
American Missionary Asociation
Gates
Glass wage talks adjourn without agreement at Pittsburg
The joint wage conference of window glass manufacturers and workers in Pittsburg adjourned last night without reaching a settlement for the coming year.
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Pittsburg
Chicago Board of Trade quotes and Midwest grain prices
Chicago and Milwaukee markets quote wheat, corn, oats and potatoes with futures and cash prices. Wheat led with mixed opens and closes. corn and oats showed steady to nominal shifts. live stock and hogs reported varied receipts and price ranges. dairy and poultry prices listed for butter, eggs, and turkeys. bystanders noted regional variations across markets in Chicago and Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Board of ‘Trade
C. Park
Bc Iges
Northwestern
Jersey
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