Financial Folly and Ward Scandals Rock Wall Street
Reports from New York May 9 to May 12 detail the Grant Ward failure with liabilities estimated in the millions. Ferdinand Ward flees and is later arrested. Ferdinand Ward assigns assets to creditors. Gen Grant’s Times endowment fund remains pledged as safe.
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New York
Grant & Ward
The
Stock Exchange
Win C. Clark
Sssignes
Noth
Lorsea
Ward
Gen. Grant
Jos Son
Will
Tred Grant
Maurine Bank
Brooklyn
Ferdinand Ward
Pierre Paint Street
Mr. Ward
Gurus Ove
Ferdinand Grant Ward
Gen Grant
Mrs. Ward
Cteorge Jones
New York Times
Grant
Geo. Grant
Wall
Julien J. Davies
Gen. Grant and Ward
Fish
Drew c Ost
George C. Holt
Booth
Madison Avenue
Stamford
Conn
Rosemont
Strawberry Hall
Frederick D. Grant
Hollins
Ternando A. Yzunga Yzunga
United States National Bank
He Wugly
Mexican Central directors entertained by Jockey Club in Mexico City
May 11 Mexico City crowds gathered as the Mexican Central directors enjoyed horsemanship displays and country sports at the Parsylville Hippodrome. May 12 A Garden Tivoli banquet honored the visitors with toasts by Gen Pacheés Gen Diaz and others praising the road completion as a landmark in Mexico’s history.
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Mexican Central
Mexican Jockey Club
Parsylville Hippodrome
City of Mexico
Garden Tivoli
San Coste
Gen Pacheés
Public Works
Columbia
Mexico
Gen. Diaz
Coaterior
Interi.r
Torres
Sonora
Congress
Bacheen
Freabie
Huauington Raad
Nickerson
Luis Mendez
Schaefer Wins Balk Line World Championship Billiards
In Chicago at Central Music Hall on May 12 Geo T Slosson and Jacob Schaefer played for 500 a side and the balk line world title. The hall was packed with spectators including many ladies. Schaefer led from the start and dominated with delicate rail play and tough around the table shots. Slosson, not in top form, finished with 384 and an average of 18, best 63, while Schaefer totaled 800 with an average 38 and best run near the end.
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Chicago
Geo. T. Slosson
Jacob Schaefer
Central Music Hall
Slosson
Begi
Schaefer
Slusson
Schaefergn
Franco-Chinese Peace Treaty Report and Near Eastern Conflicts
Dispatches from Paris and London detail a Franco Chinese peace treaty with significant territorial concessions for France and shifts in indemnity. Reports cite Li Hung Chang and Li Wang Chang amid diplomatic exchanges, with notes on trade freedom and forthcoming Annam treaty. Other items cover Khartoum relief plans, Egyptian forces, and attacks on a Norwegian mission in Blabatki.
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Ming
Pall Mol Gazette
France
Franrce
Gazette
Li Hung Chang
Verry
Paris
Tater
Ching
Strosys
Pekin
Li Wang Chang
Fournier
la Hung Chang Dines
Shanghai
Chlvns
Annam
China
Trance
Unsettled Western Rail Rates Trigger Deep Discounts
Denver reports railways slash fares to Kansas City and major eastern points with cut rates $5 to KC and $28 to New York, while through passengers ride free to KC as eastern roads refuse pro ration. Pool Commissioner Daniels orders rate restoration to take effect May 15, likely ignored. A rumor of a receiver for the receiver is noted in New York.
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Missouri River
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Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Line
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la Salle
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Muscatine
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Knoxville
Orkaloosa
Fairfield
Des Molinos
West Liberty
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Atlantic
Avoca
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Center
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Callatin
Trenton
Cameron
Mierpuri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Pullman
Chicaco
Minneapolis
ST. Paw
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
la Fayette
Counci Rivds
St. Paul
United States
Canada
R. R. Cable
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Anti monopolists elect delegates to Chicago convention
Millwauket on May 12 reports anti monopolists elect seventeen delegates for the national convention in Chicago on May 14. They adopt a resolution calling for abolition of monopolies in land labor and transport and for public officers to be elected directly by the people. Beecher jokes about chestnut theft in youth.
Riots at Quincy as unrest flares over moulders strike
May 10 report details clashes between union and non union workers in Quincy. A driver named Padelford was shot in the arm and moulder Goo Heck injured palm. Police doubled, non union men forbidden on streets after night, hotel guarded, and talks of Governor aid under way.
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Quincy
Charles Padelford
Goo
Heck
The Plumbers Resolve To Start A Comic Paper
A plumber, shaken by a church sermon on wealth and salvation, plans to quit his lucrative trade. His wife protests as jewels and art fall around them. He resolves to use his wealth to launch a comic paper, leaving the plumbing business behind.
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Begum of
Jubbalpore
Troy
Kingdom of Heaven
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