Treasury suspends bond purchases amid high prices claims
Secretary Shaw announced discontinuation of purchase of several U S bonds citing government market presence inflating prices and reducing bank circulation. Banks face shrinking circulation as April demand exceeds the legal limit, with $2.48 million of bonds paid out in late trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shaw
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Sosa
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
St Louis Painters Begin Citywide Wage Strike
About 1 400 members of the International Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers in St Louis end their workday with a pledge not to return until a 60 cent daily wage increase, promised six months ago, is granted. No one will work Saturday and any member who does will be expelled. If Journeymen Barbers in the residence district fail to sign the new contract calling for a 5 cent Sunday share raise, they will be called from shops tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Louis
International Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
St. Louis
Sam Devereaux
The
Brotherhood
Journeymen Barbers’ International Union
Rocky Mountain Division Striking Train Men Refuse Return
Northern Pacific continues to deny reinstatement of strike workers. Company says only positions with vacancies will be filled, twelve posts filled, trains operating on the Rocky Mountain Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Rocky Mountain Division
Northern Pacific
Weavers strike widens across New England mills
Providence reports a broad strike by American Woolen Company weavers in the National Riverside and Weybosset Mills in Olneyville and Manton Mills in Manton. Puritan Mills at Plymouth and Anchor Mill in Pascoag have joined. In Easton Pennsylvania Jersey Central Bridge workers also struck, drawing police on site as tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
American Woolen Company
National
Riverside
Weybosset
Olneyville
Manton
Puritan
Plymouth
Anchor
Pascoag
Burrillville
Jersey Central Bridge
Easton
Penn
Jersey Central Railroad
Nickel Plate Train Wreck At Knox Injures Four
Westbound Nickel Plate passenger train struck an open switch near Knox Indiana injuring four severely and lightly hurting several others as traffic was halted and investigators began work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Ind
Missouri Pacific train wreck injures twenty four near Fortuna
A mixed Missouri Pacific train on the Versailles branch was wrecked by a broken rail near Fortuna yesterday. An express car and one passenger coach were overturned in a ditch. Twenty four persons were injured but none fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Versailles
Fortuna
Morse Thread and American Thread Companies Consolidate
Willimantic announces consolidation of Morse Thread Company of Boston with American Thread Company of Willimantic. Machinery from the Boston plant will be moved within a week to Mill A to be installed at the Willimantic site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willimantic, Conn
Morse Thread Company of
Boston
American Thread Company
Milla
Railroads appoint new traffic and management leaders
The Southern Railway names M. Culp as Fourth Vice President in charge of Traffic, reporting to the Second VP. C. H. Ackert becomes General Manager of all lines except St Louis Louisville, reporting to the Third VP. Both HQ in Washington. Charles S. Clarke named General Manager of Mobile and Ohio with offices in St Louis, succeeding Ackert and reporting to the Second VP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Railway
Ae M. Culp
C. H. Ackert
St. Louis
Louisville
Washington
Charles S. Clarke
Mobile and Ohio
Ackert
Clarke
Kansas City Banquet Honors Railway Project Chiefs
A. E. Stillwell, president of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway, and English party guests including Lord Munson were hosted at an elaborate Commercial Club banquet with Gov. Stanley F. Young and other officials attending. Toasts from Stillwell Lord Ent and others followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
A. E. Stillwell
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
Lord Munson
London
Commercial Club
Gov. Stanley
Kansas
F. Stanley Young
Col
J. R. Skinner
H. G. Cote
W. H. Dean
A. L. Berry
United States Army
Stillwell, Lordent
Birmingham and Steel City Railway and Power Co Formed
Contracts merging the Steel City Railway Company and Warrior River Power Company create the Birmingham and Steel City Railway and Power Company to finance and build a street car system. Named parties include J. W. Adams R. R. Zell and J. P. Hornady of Cincinnati. Capital stock is set at $2,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Steel City Railway Company
Warrior River Power Company
Birmingham and Steel City Railway and Power Company
J. W. Adams
R. R. Zell
J. P. Hornady
Maltby-Hornady Company
Cincinnati
Lease of Prospect Park and Coney Island RR Filed in Albany
The Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad Company leases all its rights properties and franchises to the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company. The lease dated June 17 1899 runs for 999 years and received stockholder approval certificates from both companies secretaries Frank E Haff and Charles D Menneley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Heights Co
Albany
Prospect Park and
Prospect Park
Coney Island
Brooklyn Heights Road
Baltimore Syndicate to Take Control of Market Street Railway
San Francisco reports stockholders will meet next Wednesday to ratify selling three fourths of the Market Street Railway to Baltimore investors at par. The syndicate will pay 17 million dollars via its bankers, with most shares already deposited at Union Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Market Street Railway
Baltimore
Union Trust Company
Railway Promotions Shuffle Posts in Southern System
The Southern Railway elevates J. H. Culp to Fourth Vice President and promotes T. Powell to Freight Traffic Manager and W. A. Turk to Passenger Traffic Manager with Washington offices. Lee McClung named Assistant Freight Traffic Manager based in Louisville as part of an internal reshuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Southern Railway
T. (. Powell
W. A. Turk
Lee McClung
Louisville
J. H. Culp
Southern Pacific appoints new division head in Texas
Houston March 14 W B Scott has been named Division Superintendent of the Southern Pacific with headquarters at San Antonio. He replaces J T Mc pace who retires due to ill health from his post overseeing the Guilt Colorado and Santa Fe division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
W. B. Scott
Guilt
Colorado
Santa Fé
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
J. T. Mcpace
Akron Alliance Railway Company Incorporation
Columbus March 14 The Akron Alliance Railway Company with headquarters at Alliance is incorporated with a capital stock of 100000 by Robert D. Gibly Hugh Blerkeley Henry Shoeffer Charles S Keith and B F Weybrecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Akron- Alliance Railway Company
Alliance
Robert D. Gibly
Hugh Blerkeley
Henry Shoeffer
Charles S. Keith
B. F. Weybrecht
Hotels Names and Notable Guests Listed
A column lists various hotels with prominent guests and officials visiting or staying there. Names include Gov. John F. Hill of Maine, W. M. Greene of Cincinnati, Baron Franckenstein, German Consul General, Captain M. N. Newton, London, and other figures such as J. W. Marshall, T. Wetherall, and Con gressman Galusha A. Grow. The list spans hotels including Waldorf Astoria, Cambridge, Holland, Imperial, Netherland, Savoy, Plaza, Hoffman, Fifth Avenue, and Astor with multiple dignitaries and international links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
Maine
W. M. Greene
Cincinnati
Cambridge
Baron Franckenstein
Washington
Baron von Zoepffel
Chicago
Holland
M. N. Newton
London
Rockwell King
Imperial
M. P. Reynolds
Cleveland
J. C. Morrison
Atlanta
W. T. Carter
Pittsburg
J. W. Marshall
Toledo
Francis Fitch
Denver
Wade Cushing
Netherland
Georges
Wells
M. Wendell
Savoy
W. H. H. Stowell
St. Paul
Plaza
H. H. Westinghouse
H. C. Tener
George Smith
Hoffman
Milton Ochs
Nathan Frank
St. Louis
Charles H. Rowe
T. Wetherall
Belfast
Don M
Arrival of Buyers Invades Major East Coast Hotels
A list of buyers and agents from Stearns & Co to Beering and Seibert detail purchases of dry goods, millinery, hosiery, silks, and related merchandise. Firms span Boston to Dallas with agents named for each city and venue, including several hotels like the St Denis, Broadway Central, and Hotel Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns
Boston
Mass
le A A. Laurait
Brown, Durrell & Co
W. H. Staleker
Broadway
Murray Hill
Root & McBride Company
Cleveland
Ohio
S. M. Bond
Leonard Street
St. Denis
Porter
Pittsburg
Penn
F. L. Gullett
Mills
Pottstown
FE. Mills
Nations
Cosmopolitan
Dey Brothers & Co
Syracuse
N. Y
J. Murphy
Notions
Grand Street
Grand Union Hotel
J. Kuppenheimer
Manhattan
Keith, E., & Co
Chicago
Ill
S. L. Walker
Imperial
King & McLeod Company
Newport
Murray ‘Hill
Hale Brothers
San Francisco
Cal
D. H. Young
Bartholdi
Tootle
Wheeler & Motter Mercantile Company
St. Joseph
T. J. Beaumont
Earlington
Hutzler Brothers
Baltimore
M. Whiteman
Forbes & Wallace
Springfield
J. Maloney
W. F. Maloney
Walker Street
Goldman, Beekman & Co
Cincinnati
N. Henry Beekman
Williamson
M. E
Columbia, Tenn
Albert
Cash Bazaar
M. E. Bower
Riggs
Peterman, T. L., & Co
Rockwood
Tenn
T. L. Peterman
Rig
Hotel Cadillac
Beering
Mrs
Anna
Detroit
Mich
Seibert
Anna E
Hirsch, B
Dallas
Texas
Dry Goods
Yesterday's Fires Reported Across City Districts
A chronological fire incident list from yesterday records multiple blazes from midnight to Friday night. Locations include Armour Company at 775 Westchester Avenue with $500 damage and various addresses such as Forsyth Street 143 and Madison Avenue at 130 third Street, with damages ranging from minor to $500. Names of property owners or tenants appear for several fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester Avenue
Armouree Company
Forsyth Street
Max Reistein
One Hundred and Thirtythird Street
Madison Avenue
M. Just
Sixth Avenue
Davis Garret
Walton Avenue
Eugene Russell
Sixty- Third Street
Columbus Avenue
Empire Hotel
East Eighty -Second Street
West Sixty, Third Street
Mary One
Eighth Avenue
Samuel Rosenblock
Louis C. Vauly
National Railroad Company of Mexico Forms to Build Laredo City Line
Articles filed in Utah outline the creation of the National Railroad Company of Mexico with $65.35 million capital to construct about 1500 miles from Laredo Texas to Mexico City. Edward H. Warren named president with George H. Smith as secretary. Backers seen as Harriman interests. Speyer & Co. counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
National Railroad Company of Mexico
Laredo
Tex
City of
Mexico
Edward H. Warren
New York
George H. Smith
City of Mexico
San Luis de la Paz Y
New Laredo
State of Tamaulipas
The
National Railroad Company
Harriman
Strong & Cadwalader
Wall Street
Speyer & Co
Weather Forecast Shows Fair Outlook With Regional Storm Warnings
Generally fair conditions prevail with easterly winds across coasts. Rain or snow remains east of the Mississippi, while Pacific and Atlantic storm warnings cover Columbia River mouth to Norfolk. Temperature records note a 49 degree high and 33 degree low with humidity around mid forties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Mississippi River
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
European
Pacific
Columbia River
Aberdeen
Straits of
Juan de Fuca
Port Crescent
Mississippi
Louisiana
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Norfolk
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Fires destroy major buildings across multiple cities
Fires in St Louis Philadelphia Cleveland and Missoula cause extensive damage. The Easton Avenue sheds barn at St Louis Transit Company loses seventy cars and 125000 dollars, insured. India Refining Company cocoa butter plant burns with 100000 pounds of oil, insured for sixty thousand. Randall Mattress Company five story building on Superior Street burns for fifty thousand, insured. Science Hall at the State University in Missoula destroyed. total value higher than the building alone, fully insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Louis
Easton Avenue
St. Louis Transit Company
Philadelphia
India Refining Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Randall Mattress Company
Superior Street
Missoula
Man
The
State University
Shipping and Foreign Mails in Miniature Almanac
Outgoing steamships listed with sailing times and destinations from a maritime almanac. Notices cover supplementary and coastwise mails, with cutoffs for Newfoundland, Miquelon, Cuba, Mexico City overland routes, and Central American destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alene
Fortune Island
Jamaica
Aner
Italy
AASEE
Anchorta
Glasgow
Buffalo
Hull
Ncaa Eerie
Antwerp
Charleston
Jacksonville
Eastern Prince
Brazil
Pernambuco and
AGT
Omnes
el Siglo
New Orleans
Horatio
Jamestown
Norfolk
Lampasas
Galveston
Pratoria
Hamburé
Rohama
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Statendam
Rotterdam
Hamilton
Advance
Colon
Apache
Fesse ‘Semecses
el Valle
Princess Anne
Sardegna
Naples
Pimlaatselece
Viakae
Tauric
Liverpool
Newfoundland
North Sydney
Miquelon
Boston
Cuba
Florida
Dispatch
Port Tampa
Miami
Lundays
Mexico City
Overland
Transpacific Mail Closures and Shipping Notices
Steamship and mail schedule details for the Pacific routes with daily and holiday closing times. Registrations and connections to Belize Puerto Cortez Guatemala and Costa Rica are noted. List of arrivals and departures, with vessels and ports, and post office notices from San Francisco and New York transit points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belize
Puerto
Cortez
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Australia
West Australia
Europe
New Zealand
Fiji
Samoa
Hawaii
San Francisco
Etruria
New York
Ventura
Japan
China
Fontpeine Islands
Vancouver
United States Postal Agency
Shanghai
Canada
Seattle
Alameda
Philippine Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York Times
Sub-Treasury
News OF the Railroads
Southern Company
New Southern Pacific Official
Akron-Alliance Railway Incorporated
New Company
Line
Waltham Watches
American Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
W.L. Douglas Union
UUDGE
Corona Kid
Corona Colt
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Dottom
Brockton
IEW
York Cit
Landt St
Cor
Howard
125Th St
Third Avenue
Nassau Street
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Fifth Avenue
Jersey City
Newark Avenue
Newark
Broad Street
Weather Bureau
Times
de A. Ma
Printing House Square
Sseccscecverevsues
Shipping and Foreign Mails
Transpacific
Post Office Notices
van Cott
Melbourne
Sydney
Auckland
Honolulu
Alamo
Algiers
Chicago City
Swansea
City of Savannah
Savannah
Asperanza
Havana
Harry Luckenbach
Ponce
Heathburn
Havre
Barbados
Stettin
Mozart
St. Lucia
Phoenicia
Hamburg
Queen Christina
Rhein
Bremen
Santiago
Southampton
Verbena
Fowey
Vincenzo Bonano
Gibraltar
el Rio
la Gascogne
Minneapolis
Pretoria
Bermuda
Prins Willem V
Caribbee
Georgian
Porto Caballo
Proteus
Afrida
Allianca
Comal
el Dorado
Haverford
Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Maasdam
Massilia
Nomadic
Alagonia
Furnessia
Moltke
Richmond Castle
Teutonic
Bolivia
Arnott
Genoa
Mdse
Henconse Brothers
Cey Est
C. H. Mallory & Co
Olympia
Galt
Port Limon
Frust
United Fruit Company
Ital
Messina
Licata, &c
Hirzel, Feltmann & Co
Pattinson
Sanderson & Son
Trinidad
Trinidad Shipping On Rading Company
Spithead
Chalmers
Finch, Edge & Co
Cavite
Germanic
Haddock
Queenstown
White Star Line
Belvernon
Olsen
Cape Haiti, &c
Cameron Steamship Company
Appalachee
Simpson
Philip Ruprecht
Tapley
News
Ndses
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Laurentian
Stirrat
Ndse
Austin Baldwin & Co
Benefactor
French
Neath
William P. Clyde ,& Co
Citta di Torino
Highlands
Abbazzia
Trieste
Chesapeake
Delano
H.C. Foster
Berks, Cummings
Portland
City of Macon
Savage
Ocean Steamship Company
Nedennes
Port Antonio
Vigilancia
Buckingham
Bordeaux, &c
Ydun
Guantanamo
George Lauder, Jr
West Indies
Sandy Hook
Goldsboro
David
Newport News
Niagara
Tampico
Cable
Alix
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Richter
Vremen
Cherbourg
Julis
Lizard
Trojan Prince
Eagleton
Ellamy
Hillglen
Pulford
Yokohama, &c
Clan Macmilan
Cowie
Table Bay
Ryndam
van der Zee
Boulogne
Isle of Wight
Fontabelle
Scott
Nicolai
Orum
Copenhagen
Tholen
Cuxhaven
Gallia
Verries
Balilla
de Grassi
Trave
Prager
Ponta Ferraria
Llandaff City
Andrews
Kingroad
Bristol
Aboukir
Morris
Calcutta
Rangoon
St. Michael’s
von Baudissin
Azores
Breese
Mergenthaler
Horton
Basket Machine CO
Franklin
R. H. Macy & Co
Maryss
Ava
America
Audrey
Lary Johnston
Macy’s
Mva
6Th Ave
Anvex
Prince Albert
Thibet
Vicunas
Alma
Broadway and
Park PL
B’way
Nr. Cortlandt
Market and
Halsey Sts
van Orden
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