Why Beef Trust Witnesses Flee to Europe and Canada
The piece questions why Armours Swift Morris and other trust leaders flee abroad and use assumed names as a federal grand jury probes the meat packing industry. It notes indictments for tampering with witnesses and lists executives seeking relief or safekeeping in Europe and Canada amid rising meat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Europe
J. Ogiden Armour
Edward C. Swift
Edward Morris
Nelson Morris & Co
Lesser Trust
Canada
South America
Trust
England
Thomas J. Connors
Armour & Co
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
United States
Edwin B. Fish
J. A. McNaughton
Omaha
Cudahy & Co
George D. Roberts
Hammond & Co
James Brennan
Swift & Co
George Marples
Cudahy Company
G. W. Brecht
St. Louis
Harry Carr
Dominion
Secret
Richard W. Howes
William Jackson
Irving A. Want
A. R. Fay
Plain John Adams
Harris
Grand jury hints at more indictments against packers
The text notes none of the men except Fish were subpoenaed. grand jury pressure and rumors of broader indictments loom. Six trunks of trust papers seized by the government, stored in National Safe Deposit vaults, appear crucial evidence underscoring possible further charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan
United States
Fish
Uncle Sam
National Safe Deposit
United
The Great Meat Trust and Its Secret Rebates
A detailed account of the beef packing industry and alleged secret rebates tied to the yellow refrigerator cars. It describes how railroads and shippers pay tributes via icing and trackage charges, how the Aetna Trading company and cipher terms reveal a coordinated system, and how investigations probe anti trust violations and court actions from 1902 onward. It names key figures, trials, and potential escapes by trust officials as indictments loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Russell
Everybody’s Magazine
Standard Oil
Beef Trust
Sanborn
Aetna Trading Company
R. H. Cowan
Aetna Company
Canada
Streyckmans
Armour Company
Calaby Company
Wisconsin Circuit Court Summons in Conley Case
The State of Wisconsin invokes a summons to Nancy Allen Conley in La Crosse County to appear within twenty days to defend the action brought by Joseph Tiburtus Conley. If she fails to appear, judgment will be entered as demanded in the complaint on file with the circuit court clerk. Attorney A. C. Wolfe, La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Joseph Tiburtus Conley
Nancy Allen Conley
Circuit Court
A. C. Wolfe
P. O
la Crosse
la Crosse Co
Wis
Priests Lively Life Captured By Undersheriff Visit
Undersheriff Bill Scott describes visiting a Dubuque monastery to pursue Hofer. He cites priests waking at three for devotions, a farmed estate, hospitality with homemade wine, and plans to return. Separately Janesville-Marglars ransacked a Carnegie library near the county jail, stealing money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Bill” Scott
Hofer
Janesville
Marglars
Carnegie
Unique World Class Golf Club Idea On Long Island
Charles B. Macdonald proposes a novel golf club to be funded by about a hundred wealthy subscribers at 1000 dollars each with more joining at 200 dollars. The plan calls for an eighteen hole course on Long Island with each hole a replica of famous holes from Scotland England and other noted courses. The project would cost over 100000 dollars to purchase land and develop the course and would serve as a test of the game in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Macdonald
United States Golf Association
United States
New York
Chicago
Boston Globe
Macdonald
West
Long Island
Scotland
England
Wall Street
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