Frauds in Government Goods Probed by Officials
Gen Shafter warns of widespread petty theft in quartermaster supplies sold through soldiers and dealers at low prices. Detectives report government shoes found in stores. Abe Abrams sought in connection with pawnshop sales. Authorities caution that fraud claims need substantiation as investigations stir second hand dealers.
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San Francisco
Shafter
I Am
Abe” Abrams
Louis Abrams
Reynolds
Sacramento St
Seymour
Army
Mays
Quartermaster’s Department
Policeman Captures Jealous Pullman Porter Suspect
Shots shattered the West Sixty fourth Street flat of Ducksy Jackson last night. Ulysses James, twenty five, colored, lay dead with a shot to the left temple. Policeman Aldcroft chased and captured William H. Connors, thirty, a Pullman porter, who claimed residence at 24 West One hundred and thirty four street. Detectives say jealousy prompted the murder.
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Ducksy” Jackson
West Sixty-fourth-st
Aldcroft
West Sixty Eighth-St
Ulysses James
Jackson
Sixty-second-st
Amsterdam
West End Aves
West Sixty-eighth-st
James
William H. Connors
West
New York Law School Commencement at Carnegie Hall
Justice Almet F. Jenks delivered the commencement address to the New York Law School graduates in Carnegie Hall. Dean George Chase announced prize winners Arthur S. Hamlin Frederick Sutton Taggart and Arthur P. Nichols with honors and scholarships. Eleven third year students received Master of Laws degrees.
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New-York ‘Law School
Carnegie Hall
Almet F. Jenks
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Second Department
George Chase
New York
Arthur S. Hamlin
Canandaigua
N. J
Frederick Sutton Taggart
Westfield
Arthur P. Nichols
Charles M. Mason
York
Sepee Senter
Bacher of Laws
Opening of Cornell’s Exercises and Graduates Week
Ithaca June 18 The commencement week at Cornell opens with President and Mrs. Schurman hosting graduates tomorrow evening. A baccalaureate sermon is set for Sunday at 8 by Rev Dr Whitman of Philadelphia. Class day exercises follow, with the regular commencement and alumni dinner on Thursday and all class reunions on Wednesday. The Taming of the Shrew by Masque Club and Musical Club offerings are among entertainments, and the varsity nine meets alumni at Percy Field on Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Cornell
Percy Field
Pennington Seminary to Observe Week of Commencement
Pennington New Jersey June 13 Special Commencement week at Pennington Seminary opens with Alpha reception for seniors. Sunday features baccalaureate sermon by President Waomes O Hanlon and farewell services. Contests, baseball, oratory, Founders Day, and final diploma and prize awards occur through Thursday.
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Pennington
N. J
Pennington Seminary
Waomes O'Hanlon
Shaw Memoria
Amalgamated Copper Hearing Delays Court Battle
A Newark hearing on the Venner Geer suit to block Amalgamated Copper’s acquisition of Boston Montana and Butte Boston Companies was held before Vice-Chancellor Stevens. Significantly, Rockefeller and Rogers resigned as Amalgamated directors and new directors were appointed. The court adjourned to continue the case this morning with debate over stock ownership and market value arguments ongoing.
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C. H
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte
Boston
Boston and
Montana
Henry H. Rogers
William G. Rockefeller
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Albert C. Burrage
Amalgamated Company
George F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Frederic Cromwell
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Walter G. Oakman
Guarantee Trust Company of New York
George Lawrence
Butte and Boston
Lawrence
Isaac S. Taylor
Geer
Lindabury
Court of Errors and Appeals
Pitney
Messrs
Rogers
Rockefeller
Burrage
Itney
Heinze Testifies At Bond Hearing In Montana Case
F Augustus Heinze testified before Commissioner George H Corey about the Delaware Surety Company's bond offer of 3600 in a suit brought by the Boston and Montana Company against the Montana Ore Purchasing Company Johnstown Mining Company and Chi Gold Mining Company. He said the surety went on the bond at his office request and that the company lacks a New York office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Augustus Heinze
George H. Corey
Supreme Court of Montana
Delaware Surety Company
Boston and Montana Company
Montana
Compay
Johnstown Mining Cmpany
Chi Gold Mining Company
Heinze
New York State
State Banking Department of
New York
State Banking Department
Franklin Bien
Broadway
Delaware
Surety Company
Jersey City
Arthur P
Otto C. Heinze
Morgan Interests Seize Ohio Coal Valleys in Major Move
J P Morgan & Co. has obtained options on a majority of mines in the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys Columbus reports. The Morgan group already controls Buckeye, Sunday Creek, and Franklin Fuel, with railroads tied to coal, signaling a vast consolidation. If finalized the capital stock may approach 20 million dollars and will expand the empire with noncompetitive rates.
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Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Morgan
Morgan & Co
Buckeye Coal Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Buckeye
Franklin Fuel Company
Morton
J. S. Winder
N. Monsarrat
Hocking Valley Railroad
Hocking Valley
Toledo
Ohio Central
Kanawha
Michigan
Kanawha Valley
Nelsonville
General Miles Visits Exposition At Buffalo
General Nelson A. Miles arrives with Mrs. Miles and Lt Col Whitney. He attends the Government Building and Indian Congress events. Secretary Hay hosts a banquet for the National Editorial Association as Miles delivers remarks on peace, progress, and unity of the Americas.
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Buffalo
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Whitney
P. ©. Harris
Wisser
Michael
War Department
Hay
Alt Nurnberg
Buchanan
Indian Congress
National Editorial Association
Statler
Stokes Offers Strikers Gift in Arbitration Bid
W E D Stokes, amid a long strike between the Metal Lathers Union and the Sheet Metal Workers Union, proposes to arbitrate at Brevoort Hall. He offers $1000 from his pocket to support wives and children and 50 cents extra pay to each man if both unions are represented, but illness and absence hinder progress.
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W. E. D. Stokes
Metal Lathers’ Union
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Seventy-fourth-st
Broadway
Breveott Hall
Building Trades’ Council
Delegate Taggert
Machinists Leader Returns From Toronto Convention
James Wilson of the New York District reports the International Association of Machinists will continue the fight against the National Metal Trades Association. Organizers will be sent to cities with the fiercest battles. Secretary Devens says eight Milwaukee firms joined the association since its Milwaukee convention adjourned.
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James Wilson
New York
International Association of Machinists
Toronto
National Metal Trades Association
Devens
Milwaukee
Covington Machinists Seek Probe Into State College Student Labor
The Covington machinists union appeals to Governor Beckham for an investigation into Professor J. P. Anderson of Kentucky State College. They allege Kentucky students are sent to Cincinnati to replace striking workers, with ten students already employed in local shops. The union seeks recall of these students.
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Cincinnati
Machinists’ Union
Covington
Beckham
J. P. Anderson
Kentucky State College
Incinnai
Druggist Branigan Dies After Delirium Tremens
James F. Branigan a 41 year old druggist at 61 Amsterdam Ave and home at 149 West 68th St died at Roosevelt Hospital last night from delirium tremens. He reportedly left with friends Saturday and returned Sunday morning claiming abdominal pain after being kicked. Detectives under Captain Kear investigated who kicked Branigan.
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James F. Branigan
Amsterdam Ave
West Sixty-seventh St
Roosevelt Hospital
Branigan
Kear
West Sixty-eighth-st
Rumors of Union Pacific St Paul Stock Move
Rumors spread of Union Pacific acquiring an interest in St Paul stock, boosting both stocks while insiders reportedly divested. the St Paul office called the sale improbable. The piece notes Rockefeller ties and potential bond conversions, with no confirmed tender and ongoing railroad rivalry considerations.
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Union Pacific
St. Paul
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Paul
St. Paul Road
Harriman Syndicate
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Stree@t
George Smith
James Henry Smith
Europe
Rockefeller
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Wall Street
Union Acuie
Northwestern
Brooklyn Heights to partially return to steam power on elevated lines
The Brooklyn Heights company will revive steam propulsion on several elevated routes due to power shortages from fires at two large power houses. Thirty discarded locomotives will be reinstated tomorrow while another 150 new cars are added, 100 surface and 50 elevated, as President Greatsinger notes improving service and public approval.
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Brooklyn Heights Company
Greatsinger
FIGHT ON SUNDAY OPENING GIVEN UP
Oscar W. Chapin of Buffalo drops petition to remove Rochester police commissioners for allowing Pan American Exposition gates to stay open Sundays. He states commissioners are not guilty of neglect and Sabbath opening harms no religious liberty or public repose.
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Rochester
N. Y
Oscar W. Chapin
Buffalo
Charles A. Rupp
John H. Cooper
City
Chapin
New Philadelphia Mint Accepted by Government
Secretary Gage accepted the United States Mint in Philadelphia after its completion costing over 2 million dollars. The transfer ceremony featured Gage, Ellis Roberts, and city officials, with remarks praising coinage progress and the mint’s vast vaults and capacity for silver dollars.
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Philadelphia
Gage
United States Mint
United States
Ellis H. Roberts
Ashbridge
A. Louden Snowden
Henry K. Boyer
Sixteenth
Spring Garden Sts
Colonel Snowden
Boyer
Roberts
James M. Beck
Independent Democracy elects anti-Tammany delegates at Astor House
Samuel Greenbaum and John P. Kelly were chosen as delegates with Samuel H. Ordway and Simon Noot as alternates. The group urged no immediate candidate but aimed to form an anti-Tammany ticket committee and expanded the organization subcommittee to fifteen while critiquing Tammany Hall and calling for reform in liquor laws Sunday laws and police control.
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Samuel Greenbaum
John P. Kelly
Independent Democracy
Astor House
Samuel H. Ordway
Simon (. Noot
Mark M. Schlesinger
Tammany Hall
Democrats of
New York
Nicaragua Canal Debate Dominates Southern Industrial Session
Philadelphia June 13 The third day of the Southern Industrial Association discusses the Nicaragua Canal question urging swift construction. Speakers from New Orleans Memphis Shreveport St Louis Nashville Chattanooga Knoxville Louisville Cincinnati Wheeling and Pittsburg weigh river and harbor needs and warn against delaying with entangling alliances. George H Anderson argues US can build the canal without Britain, noting the Suez as a British boon and stressing needs for a short Pacific road.
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Philadelphia
Southern Industrial Association
Nicaragua Canal
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Memphis
Shreveport
St. Louis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Wheeling
Pittsburg
J. B. Gibson
The
Commercial Club of
Birmingham
Ala
South
George H. Anderson
United States
England
Pacific Coast
General Young Starts for Bis Post
General 8. B. M. Young visited the White House and bade the President goodbye. He will relieve General Shafter as commander of the Department of the Pacific in San Francisco tonight.
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Washington
8. B. M. Young
White House
President Goodby
San Francisco
General Shafter
Department of the Pacific
Invitation to Ostend Exposition Promoted by Belgium
The State Department reports a Belgian note requesting U S participation in the August and September international exposition at Ostend on hygiene maritime security and fisheries. It aims to showcase lifesaving services and disaster aid methods and will include an international congress on maritime hygiene and security.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Ostend
Belgium
Soccor
Swedish Lutheran Augusta Synod Convened in Jamestown
Jamestown N Y June 13 An important gathering of the Swedish Lutheran Church of America opened tonight in this city The annual convention of the Augusta Synod which includes all Swedish Lutheran churches in the United States will discuss church policy Notably on whether secret societies may be tolerated by the church during the sessions
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Jamestown
N. Y
Man charged after killing and chloroforming dogs
Amos McGowan of 443 West Twenty seventh street allegedly killed one fox terrier by hanging and chloroforming the other after a dog fight. A second terrier with a broken leg was also chloroformed. Police and SPCA cited, neighbor accounts varied, McGowan jailed.
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Amos McGowan
West Twenty-seventh St
Peabody
Twenty-seventh St
McGowan
Eney
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Mc Gowan
Treasury rules bar drawback for Hawaii shipments after July 7 1898
Washington reports that the Secretary of the Treasury follows Supreme Court insular decisions to deny any drawback on merchandise shipped to the Hawaiian Islands after July 7 1898. The islands are no longer a foreign country under tariff laws, due to Congress annexation approved on that date.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Supreme Court
Hawaiian Islands
Congress
Chance for American coal in France
Consul-General Gowdy in Paris says American coal can compete with foreign imports in France, especially after England imposes export tax. The main barrier is high ocean freight, and reducing rates could unlock a strong future for U S coal in France.
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Washington
Gowdy
Paris
Department of State
France
Professor Mpad e Loses an Arm on Street Car Incident
Washington dispatch reports Professor Elwood Meade irrigation expert for the Department of Agriculture was injured when a moving street car struck his right arm. The amputation above the elbow was required. Meade, from Cheyenne Wyoming, formerly Wyoming State Engineer.
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Washington
Elwood Meade
Department of Agriculture
Meade
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Control of Pennsylvania Steel Passed to Railroad Interests
A high authority states that the Pennsylvania Steel Company has transferred control to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company or allied interests. Drexel & Co. in Philadelphia represent J. P. Morgan & Co. Negotiations suggest new owners will not antagonize United States Steel Corporation, a major supplier to the railroad, which could build its own line if relations sour.
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Pennsylvania Steel Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Drexel & Co
Philadelphia
J. P. Morgan & Co
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Tidewater
Mrs Waring's Daughter Married in Omaha
Mrs Lois Yates Ovitt daughter of the widow of Colonel George E Waring was married on Wednesday in Omaha to Say jan.
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Lois Yates Ovitt
George E. Waring
Omaha
Mayhem and lynching threats in Louisiana and Georgia
Feverish unrest sweeps Shreveport after the killing of John Gray Foster by Prince Edwards on the Foster plantation five miles east of the city. Armed white posses search for Edwards as prisoners, including around four dozen negroes in Kennebrew's store, face possible lynching and whipping. In Sylvania, Georgia, five condemned negroes face execution at 1 PM for murder, with militia ready to quell any rescue attempt.
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Shreveport
John Gray Foster
Prince Edwards
Foster
Edwards
Keanebrew
McMillin
Tennessee
Famples
Kennebrew
Smith
Edward Washington
Washington
Asling Edwards
Prince
Fred
Foster Plantation
Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific
Sylvania
Herrington
Mears
Rete
Candler
Minister Leishman Sees Near Settlement With Turkey
Washington report from June 13 states Minister Leishman at Cone Stan'tropic expresses confidence in an imminent settlement of American mission claims against Turkey. He provides no basis for the confidence. Leishman notes progress on Dr. Norton’s case in Harpoot as he continues to exercise consul functions without a formal exequatur.
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Washington
Leishman
Cone Stan‘tropic
State Department
Turkey
Norton
United States
Harpoot
American claims against Salvador under state department talks
Washington reports the State Department is negotiating with Salvador’s government through Minister Zaldivar and Nicaraguan Minister Corea to settle American citizen claims. Solicitor Penfield weighs merit and possible formal U S action to secure justice and seek a settlement.
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Washington
State Department
Salvador
Zaldivar
Sefior Corea
Penfield
United States
Treasury Bond Purchase Reported By Secretary
Washington June 1 The Secretary of the Treasury announced the purchase of thirty one and eight eighths short term bonds at a price of 113 85 two.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
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