Markets Rise On Rail Rulings And Bullish Sentiment
Last week saw substantial gains in stock values driven by short interest and events boosting bullish sentiment. Favorable inter state commerce court ruling eases railroads, while anticipated Nebraska rate decisions and potential pooling with the commission shape cautious optimism for a broad market rebound.
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Supreme Court
Commission
Wall Street
Nebraska
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Congress
Railway and transportation notes from 1897 era
The Western and Atlantic joins the Southwestern Passenger Association. D Wishart becomes chair of the St Louis passenger committee. Three St. Louis Circuit Court Judges rule bicycles are not baggage and incur extra rail charges. Georgia’s Augusta and Summerville Road now owned jointly by Georgia Central Southern and Charleston and Western Carolina. Iowa Supreme Court says railways need through billing to accept freight from other lines. May Baltimore grain exports total 3 874 470 bushels with cereals 8 301 772 corn 842 280 wheat 230 137 rye 90 oats. 50 steamers and 1 sailing vessel carried grain. Lehigh Valley Railroad and Coal Company April 1897 results show mixed earnings and rising net earnings versus 1896. Five months to April show net earnings gains. Mark Lane Express crop note predicts mediocre wheat yield 27–28 bushels with possible June improvement. May trade, France weather forecasts, and imports referenced.
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Baltimore
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Company
Mark Lane Express
France
Minister of Agriculture
Cotton market quiet with mixed goods prices reported
Upland cotton quoted 7 1 2 cents per pound while feed and bran prices show wide ranges. Sugar refiners and flour markets listed with varied prices. eggs cheese butter poultry and hay values provided amid steady to weak signals.
Burglars Use Chloroform in Dover Break‑in
A Dover report states burglars used chloroform to enter Thames Draper’s Kirkwood Street home at dawn. The incident is described in a telegram to The Times dated May 81. No injuries or further details disclosed.
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the Times
Dover
Del
Thames Draper
Kirkwood Street
Cheyennes Don Their War Paint and Risings Threaten Settlers
Helena Montana May 31 reports Cheyenne war path fear spreads across southern Montana near Crow Reservation. Five U S soldiers killed and two cavalry companies ordered to the agency. vigilante execution threats rise as Hoover the sheep herder’s murder sparks stockmen mobilization.
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Mont
United States
Crow Indian Reservation
Lame Deer Agency
Hoover
Custer
George Walter
Lou Alderson
Fort Keogh
Rosebud
Cheyenne Agency
Gibbs
Bateman
Barringer
White Bull
War Department unconcerned over Montana Indian trouble
Officials in Washington say no serious results are expected from the Southern Montana disturbance near Lame Deer. Army troops were dispatched from Fort Custer after two white herders were killed, but no further reports have reached the War Department. An army officer in charge of the agency is trusted to handle the situation without friction.
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Montana
Helena
War Department
Sheridan
Department
St. Paul
Lame Deer Reservation
Fort Custer
Alger
West Point
Stouch
Interior Department
Ncy
Coatesville to Open New Library This Saturday
Local notes report Coatesville will formally open its new library on Saturday. Other items include the State Prohibition Convention in Altoona, Ursinus College speech by Congressman Brosius, and the Press League summer outing in Reading.
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Altoona
Brosius
Ursinus College
State Agricultural Department
Harrisburg
Pennswacorne Department
Harrisburg Co. A
Press League of
Bucks
Montgomery Counties
Neversink
Reading
W. F. Hell
First United Evangelical Church
Trainer Grammar School
Trainer Methodist Episcopal Church
William Yackley
Lancaster
Samuel Herzog
Iron and Steel
Dauphin County
S. Huidekoper
R Ecent Huidekoper
Huideking
Ob Myedd
Philadelphia
Erie
New Garden Township
Ier County
William Butler
William Penn
Dre
Mosser, Heckman, Wooding
Bromley
Evangelical Alliance
Ferien
Notable Directors Listed for Board Roster
Daniel Donovan George H Earle Jr Howard B French William F Harrity Anthony A St Arthur Hage Jeremiah J e Sullivan named among directors Winthrop Smith John Sparhawk Jr S Edwin Megargee Sam s Gustine Thompson Gee L Crawford William B Gill John A Jobann constitute the board lineup declared in the report.
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Daniel Donovan
George H. Earle, Jr
Howard B. French
William F. Harrity
Anthony A. St
Arthur Hage Jeremiah J. E Sullivan
Winthrop Smith
John Sparhawk, Jr
Edwin Megargee
Sam
Gustine Thompson Gee
L. Crawford
William B. Gill
John A. Jobann
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S. B. Vandegrift
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the Markets
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Ohio Securities
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London
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Eewenee
Inc
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Aes
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Amerson T
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Canada
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New
Colorado Fuel
Lron
Quincy
Tae Jae
Seeas
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Western
Denver Rio Grande
Erie General
Po Laclede
Western Wees
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Michigan Central
Missou
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Western Union
der Pre & Erle
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Atlantic
Southwestern Passenger Association
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Charleston
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Supreme Court of Iowa
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New York
Smith
Winters
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Cheyenne
Miles
John Doe
Ordnance
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Major Mereil
Pennsylvania News Notes
the Equitable Trust Company
Chestnut Street
F. Harrity
F.j.johann
J. W. Loughney
H. Connellian
A. H.o'brien
Brown Brothers
S. E.cor
West Indies
Mexico
BENJ. H/ GASKILL & CO
Walnut Street
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Common Pleas Court
Morris Hyman
Annie Rosenfelt
Mary K. Welch
Alert Laundry Company
W. T. Harris
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