Power Loses Case Over Northern Pacific Action
Minneapolis judge dissolves temporary injunction in Peter Power vs Northern Pacific Rail Co. ruling NP acted within its charter in attempting to retire $75 million in preferred stock with surplus earnings and forbidding indirect consolidation via Northern Securities with Great Northern or Burlington. No supersedeas bond allowed. case moved from state to federal court.
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Minneapolis
Minn
William Lochren
United States Circuit Court
Peter Power
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Elliott
District Court of
Hennepin County
Lochren
Northern Pacific
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern
The
Burlington
Power
Fie
Northern
Felliott
Powers
Brooks
Hennepin District Court
Railway
Sleeplessness Promises Cure with Nervara Remedy Ad
An advertising claim extols Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy for sleeplessness and nerve trouble. It cites Mrs. Martha Jordan of New Vineyard Maine describing insomnia improved after use, plus claims of renewed appetite and energy after multiple bottles. Free advice offered from 34 Temple Place Boston Massachusetts.
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Martha Jordan
New Vineyard
Maine
Dr. Greene
Dr.Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Likely Leader Foreseen in 1901 Applications
New York December 31 1900 prosperity marked by high 1901 applications in all sectors. New York Life expected to lead with over 380 million dollars in new applications for 1901, averaging over a million daily. Total in force stands at 136 million, with 160 million last year. Banking and insurance sectors anticipate 400 million in dividend and interest payments on various securities.
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New York
New York Life
McCall
Expert accountant uncovers 43500 cash shortage after 18 months
An expert accountant reports a cash shortage of over 43500 after reviewing records for about 18 months. Receipts with McHugh’s signature surface in the tax office and no cash entry was made. McHugh says he is the victim of a conspiracy and threatens to sue Anthony or seek back pay.
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McHugh
Anthony
Certificates suspended for Sindia master and mate
The British naval court of Inquiry, meeting at the British consul’s office, recommends suspending Captain Allen McKenzie of the Sindia for six months and giving him a mate’s certificate for that period. Mate George Stewart would have his certificate as mate suspended for three months. The Sindia, wrecked December 15 off Ocean City New Jersey while bound from Kobe to New York, faced a loss estimated at a quarter of a million dollars.
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Philadelphia
British Naval Court of Inquiry
New Jersey
Ocean City
British Board of Trade
Allen Mckenzie
Sindia
George Stewart
Kobe
Japan
New York
Voluntary Bankruptcy for Watkinson & Co in Philadelphia
George Watkinson and Irving Watkinson trading as George Watkinson & Co were adjudged voluntary bankrupts in the U S district court. Liabilities are about 1 447 625 dollars and assets 1 048 512 dollars. C E Fillebrown of Boston and E B Stevenson of Woonsocket trading as C B Fillebrown & Co filed two replevin actions in the U S circuit court for Watkinson & Co claiming goods valued at 20 000 dollars belong to Fillebrown & Co.
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Philadelphia
George Watkinson
Irving Watkinson
George Watkinson & Co
United States District Court
Charles E. Fillebrown
Boston
Edward B. Stevenson
Woonsocket
K. L
C. B. Fillebrown & Co
United States
Watkinson & Co
Fillebrown & Co
Noted 94 year old seeks his eleventh wife
Sad and Lonely Goshen NY reports Dr James Nicholas Vann, 94, receiving daily marriage pleas after a life story publicized. Women nationwide write, a Texas writer recalls meeting him decades ago, a New York beauty impressed him. He now has a preferred list of 20 possible brides, must be young, plump, light blonde, handsome and musically inclined.
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Goshen
N. Y
Lfe
James Nicholas Vann
Texas
Vann
Houston
New York
Dr. Vann
Aged Hermit Warren Hall Dies in Marshfield
Warren Hall, a Marshfield character known along the south shore, died at about 90 after weeks of illness at his Sea View home. He leaves a widow and two daughters, amassed a fortune of thousands from frugal living. He opposed McKinley’s visit to the Daniel Webster estate, favored school walks, and fought the Old Colony railroad south shore project. He sold eggs to Braintree, dabbed in stocks and real estate, and held Weston & Maine and West End shares.
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Marshfield
Warren Ffall
Sea View
Warren Hall
McKinley
Daniel Webster
South Shore
Old Colony
Braintree
Hall
Weston & Maine
West End
Pope Leo XIII Reported in Good Health After Audience
A private dispatch from Rome via auxiliary bishop J M Farley of New York says Pope Leo XIII met for over half an hour this afternoon. The bishop reports the Pope in perfect health with lucid intellect and strong memory, contradicting rumors of frailty and fainting spells.
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New York
Rome
J. M. Farley
Leo XIII
New Haven Tax Collector Sues Assistant for Damages
New Haven December 31. Tax Collector Francis G Anthony sues John F McHugh for 32500 damages. McHugh resigned as assistant tax collector after being found short in his accounts by about 2000 dollars, with Anthony said to have to cover the shortage to the city. McHugh is a prominent young Democrat in New Haven, with 18 years in the tax office. An earlier city investigation of the collector’s books was begun by the finance committee.
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New Haven
Cireles
Francis G. Anthony
John F. McHugh
Anthony
McHugh
Barre Ends Plan to Buy East Barre Water Rights
The city council authorized the mayor to call a special meeting to approve purchasing water rights of East Barre citizens in the Orange brook. The deal, costing about 30000 dollars, would secure a steady water supply for years, preventing dry-time shutdowns of the granite industry.
Memorial to McKinley Fund Appeal Opens in Boston
Massachusetts fund drive for a Canton Ohio memorial to the late President McKinley opens with Gov Crane leading subscriptions totaling 2000. The campaign seeks 20000 from the state and offers a framed souvenir certificate including images of McKinley, his Canton home, the White House and Capitol. Contributions may be sent to Kidder Peabody & Co Boston with acknowledgments in the daily press.
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Boston
Massachusetts
McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Crane
White House
Capitol
Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co
Daily Press
Remarkable Cure of Croup Saves Little Boy
Joel Demont of Inwood Iowa credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving his son from a life threatening attack. He bought the medicine in Goodwin South Dakota and administered it as directed every ten minutes until the child improved. The family reports pulling phlegm from the boy's mouth and praises the remedy highly. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
A. E. Steere
Goodwin, S. D
Joel Demont
Inwood
Iowa
German Agrarians Win Wittemberg Seat in Reichstag
Berlin December 31 Dr Barth editor of the Nation and a frequent visitor to the United States has been elected to the Reichstag from the Wittemberg district by 601 votes over Herr Von Leipziger, a large landowner. The district is strongly agricultural and the Agrarians campaigned hard. The Liberal victory signals the nation's tariff mood.
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Berlin
Dr. Barth
Fien
United States
Wittemberg
Herr von Leipziger
Chinese Outlaws Massacre Reported Near Ning Sha Foo
Pekin dispatch says the Gazette prints an edict recounting a massacre at Ning Sha Foo in Kan Seo province where a missionary and several Christian converts were killed, allegedly by troops under General Tung. Belgian missionaries with Chinese converts reportedly held fortified villages in the area. unconfirmed word says another missionary near Ning Sha Jeo was murdered.
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Pekin
the Gazette
Ning Sha Foo
Kan Seo
Tung
Ning Sha Jeo
Anglo French Modus Vivendi on Lobster Question Ends
St Johns N F December 31 The Anglo French modus vivendi about the lobster dispute on the French shore of Newfoundland expires today The future course remains uncertain Newfoundland does not favor renewal unless imperial needs demand it South Africa developments influence the colonial decision.
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St. Johns
N. F
New Foundland
South Africa
Nationalists Win In Santiago De Cuba Elections
In Santiago de Cuba on December 31 the elections passed without incident. The Nationalist ticket faced no opposition and won as the sole option. Voter turnout was very low amid cold, rainy weather and little public interest in the proceedings.
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Santiago de Cuba
Chamberlains Cough Remedy credited for warding off pneumonia
James Prendergast of Amato Bay Jamaica reports his daughter recoveries from a severe cold using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He claims the chest pains signaled pneumonia which the remedy prevented, noting seven years of family use and strong results sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
James Prendergast
Amato Bay
Jamaica
West India Islands
Chamberlains
All Druggista
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Swift
Squire
Vermont
Arcotool, Co
Genuin
Pillsbury's
Hecker
H. O
Ralston
Hartlett
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Snider's
Columbia
Sunnyside
Fei
New Orleans
Rhode Island
N.Y. Life Insurance Co
British Sark
Egg
S. K. Dexter Wholesale
NEW York Cloak and Suit CO
John Street
Pope
Raglans and
Newmarkets
F. G. Anthony
Astoria
M’kinley
Masury
Superfine Coach
Thompson Hardware Co
Merrimack Street
Reichstag
California
Prun
London
Atwood
Hodges
Central Street
Ral St
J. W. M. Noye
Lowell, Maes
P.F. Devine
Merrimack St
G. G. Read
Wm. Nichols & Co
Conway
Conway Transfer CO
Northern Depot
Lowell Opera House
Corse Payton
Winthrop
Charles Frohman
William Faversham
Royal Rival
SAVOY
Ellsworth and
Bust
Little and Pritzkow
Chas. E. Welch
Asbeys
T. J. Kenyos
Lynn Welcher
Vernon
Matines
Evenluga
Telephone
Billy van
Patsy
Living Pictures
Midway Features
City Club
Grace Ghurgh
Atimala
Existance
Zobo
G. C
Alsahoi
Grantasi
Harvard Brewins
Lowell, Mass, U. S. A
Charles Wheeler
Thorndike Street
Lowell Mutual
Central St
J. C. Abbott
Jos. Peabody
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