Directors Accused in Suit Over United Boxboard Dividends Wreck Plot
In Chicago on December 22 a circuit court filing by Sidney Mitchell seeks an injunction to stop United Boxboard and Paper from paying dividends and asks for an accounting. He alleges directors conspired to wreck the company, transferring Uncas Paper stock to American Strawboard for a fictitious 250000, and aims to expose personal gain and plans to seize Box Board assets. Mitchell names directors including O C Barber William Graves BE R Stettinius W A Russell J K Robinson S B Fleming and E H Watkins. He dates wrongdoing to January 1 1903 and 1905.
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Chicago
Sidney Mitchell
United Boxboard and Paper Company
Mitchell
The
Box Board Company
O. C. Barber
William Graves
BE. R. Stettinius
W. A. Russell
J. K. Robinson
S. B. Fleming
E. H. Watkins
United Box Board Company
American Strawboard Company
Uncas Paper Company
Uncas Company
Barber
Vatican Protest Over Paris Search and Seizure
Vatican protest to diplomatic envoys condemns the French government for the seizure of documents from a papal representative in Paris and the expulsion of Mgr Montagnini, arguing such acts defy modern precedent and respect for foreign archives.
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Vatican
Rome
Cardinal Merry del Val
Holy See
Pontifical
Paris
Mgr. Montagnini
Rockefeller Ready to Go to Court if Summoned
J D Rockefeller said he would attend court if summoned in the government suit against Standard Oil. He warned against disrespect for courts and urged maintaining law and order while criticizing citizens for prodigality and sending money abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
J. D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Europe
Sixtieth Ohio Regiment Fought Well Amid Controversy
Columbus dispatch reports Adjutant General Critchfield defends the Sixtieth Ohio as honorably mustered out on November 10 1862 at Chicago under Captain T O Bain. He disputes claims of disorganization mutiny or worthlessness and notes three bravery commendations. The unit served in West Virginia and Maryland and was captured at Harper's Ferry before parole to Camp Douglas.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt
Congress
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Critchfield
Adjutant General’s
War Department
Chicago
T. O. Bain
United States Infantry
Sixtieth Ohio
William H. Trimble
Hillsboro
West Virginia
Maryland
Harper's Ferry
Annapolis
Camp Douglas
Board of
Grain and Live Stock Prices Across Cities
The report lists cattle prices for Chicago East Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland and Cincinnati including steers cows heifers bulls calves and hogs with ranges from 2.40 to 6.66 per unit. It also notes sheep lambs yearlings and wool prices and a weekly trade review from New York highlighting seasonable goods distribution and freight issues.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Weekly Review of Trade
New York
R. G. Run & Company
Bonaparte Warns US Isolation Is Over Forever
Philadelphia dispatch reports Attorney General Bonaparte addressing business students on December 22. He says the United States has shed its isolation, grown powerful and vulnerable, and must seek safety through broader defense and closer ties with others. In Santiago, Chile, Emilio DuBois is condemned to death for murdering five people.
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United States
Philadelphia
Bonaparte
Washington
Boneparte
Mr. Bonaparts
Santiago
Chile
Emilio DuBois
Negro Shot Captain Macklin in El Reno
An unknown masked Negro shot Captain Edgar B. Macklin of the Twenty-fifth United States infantry at his El Reno Oklahoma home injuring him in the abdomen and jaw. Bloodhounds from Oklahoma City will track the assailant amid tensions after Brownsville riots led to a court martial order for Macklin.
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el Reno
Okla
Edgar B. Macklin
Twenty-fifth
United States Infantry
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Oklahoma City
Macklin
Secretary of War
General of Staff
Famine in China and New York suicide case
Reports from Anhui Kiangsu show 46 000 square miles flooded with 15 million people affected. Tens of thousands survive on leaves and roots as famine and fever kill many. A Shanghai appeal warns eight to ten million may soon perish without relief.
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China
Victoria
B. C
Tremont
Orient
Anhui
Kiangsu
T. F. McCrea
Shanghai
Bryan Assails Root on Central Government Doctrine
In Lincoln Nebraska William J Bryan challenges Secretary Root a stronger central government arguing the constitution suffices and local self government should guide power. He warns against imperialist drift and cautions against surrendering local concerns to Washington.
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Best
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Root
Mr. Bryan
Washington
California
Ten terrorists executed at Riga in Russia
A report notes the execution of ten terrorists in Riga Russia. Other items include a Wells Fargo express box theft in Reno containing about 30000 dollars and a succession in British diplomacy with James Bryce named as ambassador to Washington.
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Riga
Russia
Wells Fargo & Co
Reno
New
James Bryce
Washington
Mortimer Durand
Bryce
Curtis Jett
James Codtrill
Mershal
Jackson
William ©. Hess
Brewers’ State Association
Joseph A. Miller
Ohio State Brewers’ Association
Baldernock
Scotland
Roosevelt
Stokes and Bullocks
Six Miners Killed In Illinois Mine Shaft Collapse
A cage in the Breese-Trenton Mining Company shaft near Carlyle Illinois drops during the day shift killing six men and injuring several. An explosion or blast preceded the cage descent trapping all occupants beneath debris at the bottom of the shaft three hundred feet down.
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St. Louis
Associated Press
Breese-Trentom Mining Company
Carlyle
Minera
Freight tie up looms as eight railroads bargain
New York December 29. Yard workers on eight major roads from New York and Jersey City threaten a general freight stoppage. The carriers involved include the Pennsylvania Erie Lehigh Valley Central of New Jersey Long Island Baltimore and Ohio Lackawanna and Staten Island Rapid Transit. The men asked for four cents more per hour and refused the extra cent demanded.
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New York
Associated Preas
Jersey City
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Erie
Lehigh Valley
Central of New Jersey
Long Island
Baltimore & Ohio
Lackawanna
Staten Island Rapid Transit
Muster out of the Sixtieth Ohio regiment
White House release of 1862 correspondence shows Brigadier General Daniel Tyler and War Department officials debating mustering out the Sixtieth Ohio infantry for being disorganized mutinous and worthless. The letters span Camp Douglas Chicago and pension office.
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Washington
Bixtieth Ohio Regiment
Foraker
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Dantel Tyler
Camp Douglas
Chicago
War Department and Pension Office
Weekington
Common law marriage rejected by Ohio circuit court
Lima, December 99. The circuit court ruled that common law marriage cannot be recognized under Ohio law. David H. Bates lived with a woman as husband and wife for two years before marrying another woman in Allen County. Bates had been convicted of bigamy, but the court ordered his immediate release.
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Lima
Associated Preva
Circuit Court
Ohio
Fssue
David H. Bates
Bates
Allen County
Temporary respite granted in Agnes Myers case
Judge Phillips in Kansas City federal court granted a writ of habeas corpus delaying execution for Mrs Agnes Myers, condemned for murder. The sheriff is ordered to produce her in court on December 31 for review.
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Kansas City
Associated Preas
Phillips
United States District Court
Agnes Myers
Count Ignatieff Shot in Tver Unsolved Kidnaper Arrest Reported
Count Alexis Ignatieff a Council of the Empire member and former governor general of Kisy was shot and killed in Tver on December 22 by an unknown attacker who was arrested. The dispatch notes the killing as a confirmed assassination with the suspect detained.
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Tver
Russia
Associated Press
Alexis Ignatieff
Council of the Empire
Kisy
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P. R
Supreme Court of
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Spain
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Treasury
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Keep
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Big Four
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Here
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Ohio Central
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William F. McKnight
German National Bank of
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W. K. Kutz
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John Laird
Youngstown
Reese Edwards
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Sarah Tanner
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Madison Avenue
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Rives
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Pacific
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Cage
Sixtieth Regiment
Mis.s Myers
Count Ignatieff
Russian Council of Empire
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Baltzly Company
Florida
Baltimore & Ohio R.R
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