Banks in Milwaukee steady as run ends and funds pledge
Milwaukee banks calm after a run caused by Frank G. Bigelow confession. A Clearing House report declared First National solvent while the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce pledged not to withdraw funds. Mayor Rose escorted $4.5 million in cash and gold to the bank as crowds watched.
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Wis
Milwaukee
First National Bank
Milwaukee Trust Company
Frank G. Bigelow
Trust Company
Milwaukee Clearing House Association
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
Aml
Wisconsin
Rose
Wisconsin Street
Chicago
Frank J. Kipp
Internal Revenue Office
Department of Justice
Funeral Held For United States Senator Orville H Platt
The funeral of Senator Orville H Platt was conducted at the Congregational church in Washington Conn with over a thousand attendees. Vice President Charles W Fairbanks and Governor Henry Roberts led congressional and legislative delegations as the body was borne from Platts home to the church and laid to rest with a brief service and burial prayer.
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Washington, Conn
United States
Orville H. Platt
Congregational Church
Platt
Charles W. Fairbanks
Henry Roberts
Senator Platt
New Home for Postal Telegraph Building in Chicago
The Postal Telegraph Cable company moves its main offices and western division headquarters to the Rialto building at Van Buren and Tucifle avenues. It will be known as the Postal Telegraph building and will house one of the world’s largest telegraph offices. The main operating room spans ten and eleven stories, 170 by 67 feet, with a 24 foot ceiling, seating 472 operators, and features many new telegraph devices.
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Telegraph Company
Chicago
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Western
Rialto
van Buren Street
T’ucifle Avenue
Postal Telegraph Building
Counterfeiter Sentenced in Cleveland Case
Frank Pilek, alleged head of a counterfeit gang in Cleveland, was found guilty by the federal grand jury. Judge Taylor sentenced him to two years in prison and a $500 fine for producing spurious twenty kronen Hungarian notes. Several associates had been sentenced to the penitentiary about two months earlier.
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Cleveland, O
Frank Pilek
Taylor
Pilek
Four Million Locomotives Contracted by B&O
Baltimore April 26 official notice reports 250 new locomotives to cost $4,000,000. American Locomotive company won contracts for all but five machines.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
American Locomotive Company
Nashville citizens pledge funds for Vanderbilt rebuilding
Nashville residents at a mass meeting voted to aid in erecting a new building to replace the fire-destroyed Vanderbilt University structure. Over $33,000 has been subscribed to the effort.
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University
Nashville
Tenn
Citizens of
Vanderbilt University
Roosevelt Bears Hunt Yields Big Trophy and Record
Newcastle Colo April 26 President Roosevelt and party added three more bears to the tally in a ten day hunt tallying six bears and two bobcats. The big bear was shot along with one small bear while two other small bears weighed 300 to 850 pounds. Roosevelt enjoys the hunt, riding daily 40 to 50 miles, and plans to stay at Brinn homestead West Divide creek.
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Newcastle
Colo
Roosevelt
Philip B. Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Brinn
West Divide Creek
New Harriman Line Ties Salt Lake Road to Harriman System
A San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad opening Monday will operate under signed contracts linking it to the Harriman system. Control rests with J Ross Clark and W H Bancroft, with W D Cornish named third board member to decide disputes. An earlier 1903 agreement aimed at a 99 year union of Salt Lake and Harriman interests governs policy. Fraternal Mystic Circle Meets in Saratoga with Grand Ruler Hofman and Supreme Ruler Duckwits among attendees.
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Los Angeles
Cal
the Express
San Pedro
Los Angeles and
Salt Lake
Harriman
J. Ross Clark
New Road
W. A. Clark
W.H. Bancroft
Cujon Pacific
E H. Harriman
Clark
W. D. Cornish
Salt Lakeity
Union Pacific
New York City
E. H. Harriman
Salt Lake Railroad
Fraternal Mystic Circle
Saratoga
State of
New York
Frank C. Hofman
Geneva
F. R. Duckwits
Philadelphia
New York Markets Wheat and Corn Steady in April Trading
Mercantile Exchange quotes show wheat and corn holding steady with April contracts at 99c for wheat and 50 50tec for corn. Butter and cheese prices range with extras, firsts, seconds, and thirds. eggs, live poultry, and dressed poultry provide broader commodity readings across state, nearby Pennsylvania, and regional markets.
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New York
Florida
State
Jersey
Mercantile Exchange
Isige
149 Inc
Idiec
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Market Summary for Livestock and Meat Products
The Ca market reports supply fair and market slow with prime meats at $6.25 and total value around S4074.75. Hog market shows light supply, steady demand, with heavy Yorkers around 3005.95 and pigs at 5.40 to 6.60 per unit. Sheep and lambs indicate light supply with prime wethers at 5.4 and spring lambs from 8 to 11.5.
Mayer weighs action on Equitable suit and Brackett petition
Albany April 28 Attorney General Julius N Mayer replies to Senator Edgar T Brackett regarding Maury Young of Saratoga and a petition to obtain consent to sue Equitable Life directors to recover funds diverted. Mayer notes stockholders can seek an equitable action without AG consent, cites superintendent of insurance powers, and says he will decide once all facts are before him. He will not dispose of the petition yet, stating the people must have the action’s start from him or court leave.
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Albany
N. J
Julius N. Mayer
Edgar T. Brackett
Maury
Young
Saratoga
Equitable Life Assurance Society of America
Attorney General
Senator Brackett
Equitable Society
Superintendent of Insurance
Insurance Corporation
Plans filed for new independent oil refinery in Kansas
TOPERA Kan April 26 plans were completed there for the erection in Kansas of another independent oil refinery. Among the members of the company are T A McNeal Governor Hochs private secretary Congressman Charles Curtis General Wilder Metcalf the pension agent and United States Attorney J S Dean
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Topera
Kan
Kansas
T. A. MeaNeal
Hoch
Charles Curtis
Wilder
Santa Catalina Wins Excelsior Handicap Amid Wire-Cinish Chaos
In Jamaica Jamaica on April 26 Santa Catalina won the Excelsior handicap in a dramatic finish marred by a four-hurling crash near the wire as Preen caused interference involving multiple leaders. Santa Catalina edged Rapid Water and Sinister after Preen was disqualified. injuries reported to J Kelly and Fuller. Other winners included Toscan, The Gadfly, Just, Head Dance, and Anodyne in earlier races.
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Santa Catalina
Preen
Crown Prince
Witful
Sir Brillar
Kenton Preen
Ormonde
Sinister
Waller
Kelly
Smathers
J. Kelly
Fuller
New York
Toscan
Trapper
the Gadfly
Head Dance
Carbuncle
Just
Anodyne
Green Stoom
Baseball scores from yesterday in the National and American Leagues
National League results in Philadelphia New York and Brooklyn with scores and errors. Cincinnati St Louis clash notes a late rally. Also reports Britt vs White boxing match in San Francisco with gate split. Horse racing updates cover Judge Himes handicap at Hiram Ridge, Verdant incident, Chamblee at Cumberland Park, and Indian Flower at Pimlico.
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New York
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Wirse
Bresnahan
Pittinger
Washer
Kahce
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Jones
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St. Louis
Batae Wanipuel
Warner
Harper
Chief
Pittsburg
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T. Louis
Washington
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Errrors
Hughes and
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Hogg
McGuire
Zambia
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Bender
Powers
Waddell
Schreck
Dineen
McGovern
Detroit
Cleveland
Rhoades
Buelow
Donovan
Wood
Washington Addacy
Chicago
Georgia Editor Dead
B T Daniel editor of the Evening Ledger in Columbus Georgia is dead at about forty two years old. He had been connected with Columbus newspapers for nearly a quarter century.
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Georgia
Columbus
B. T. Daniel
Evening Ledger
King Edward's Paris Visit Planned in Late April
Paris notes that King Edward and his suite will arrive in Paris on Saturday April 29. On Sunday evening President Loubet will host a dinner at the Elysee Palace in honor of the king.
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King
Edward
Paris
Loubét
Palace of the Elysee
Admiralty Seeks Demoralization Strategy Not Decisive Battle
Admiralty circles in St. Petersburg expect no large fleet action between Russia and Japan soon. They believe Admiral Rozestvensky will avoid a decisive sea battle, aiming to demoralize the Russian fleet with torpedo attacks and transport interference via cruiser forces. Reports doubt engagements and note Vladivostok squadron reinforcements, while four Russian cruisers lie off Saigon and two rice ships are captured. German backing rumored to aid Russia with a 50 million mark loan. Hempstead Texas faces martial law-like security after a bloody battle. ranger troops take control and a protester is arrested for a fatal shooting at a mass meeting.
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ST. Petersburg
Admiralty
Russia
Japan
Togo
Vladivostok
Rosestvensky
Razvedchik
Gromobdh
Bogatyr
Saigon
Cochin
China
Diana
Rosestyensky
Kamranh Bay
Rangers
Texas
Hempstead
Tex
Arvier
Hulen
Kellan Brown
John M. Pinckney
Republican slate set for Pennsylvania state ticket
The April 26 Harrisburg convention will nominate J. Lee Plummer for state treasurer and renominate Charles B. Rice, George B. Orlady, and James A. Beaver for superior court judges. All nominations are expected by acclamation with no opposition. In Washington, Frank Enile named attorney general of Porto Rico, succeeding A. G. Stewart. Enile, a Texas native, has resided in Porto Rico since the American occupation and is fluent in Spanish.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
J. Lee Plummer
Hollidaysburg
Charles B. Rice
Wilkesbarre
George B. Orlady
Huntingdon
James A Beaver
Bellefonte
Porto Rico
Washington
Frank ¥Enilie
A. G. Stewart
Texas
Winthrop
Executive Council
New Jersey Stock Exchange Formed in Jersey City
New York April 26 Governor Higgins signed a stock transfer tax law prompt formation of the New Jersey Stock Exchange for operation in Jersey City. A certificate of incorporation was filed in Trenton by James B. Dill, counsel for the new organization. The interests behind the project were not disclosed.
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Jersey City Stock Exchange
New Yor
New York
Higgins
New Jersey Stock Exchange
Jersey City
Trenton
James B. Dill
Great Speed For Electric Locomotive Record
In Schenectady on April 26 a test with visiting officials from New York New Haven and Hartford and Northern Pacific showed the electric locomotive built for the New York Central terminal service between Croton and New York reaching 83 miles an hour while pulling a heavy train.
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Schenectady
N.Y
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Northern Pacific
New York ‘Central
Croton
Weather Forecast Notes With Increasing Clouds
Increasing cloudiness expected with light west winds shifting to variable as the day progresses. No precipitation indicated. Temperatures likely mild with a gentle breeze across coastal regions.
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Munnicipal Court
A. S. Balater
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San Francisco
James Britt
Jabez White
Woodward's
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Judge Himes
Kansas City
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Verdant
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Chamblee
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Nannie Hodge
Garnish
Indian Flower
Pimlico
W. McDermott
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Mareh
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Mendelssohn & Co
Germany
Charles A . Kepler
Frederick ‘Keyees
John G. Keyler
Bloomfield Avenue
Passaic, N. J
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Harry Meyers
Frank Terhune
Michael Meyer
Meyar
Som Sale & Ial
Bank St
Newark, WN. J
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P. S. Brown
Connor Ly
Ernest V. Cockarart
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