Government sues to dissolve powder monopoly and curb restraints
The U S government files in Wilmington Delaware a Sherman act case against E I Du Pont De Nemours Co and 24 corporations and 17 individuals. It alleges interstate gunpowder trade restraints and seeks injunctions or receivers to dissolve monopolies and halt operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Wilmington
Del
E. I. Depont de Nemours & Co
H. I. Dupont de Nemours Powder Company
New Jersey
United States
Missouri Pacific Tracks Ordered Repaired Within 90 Days
Missouri board of railroad and warehouse commissioners, after a heated session, set aside its speed limit reduction on Missouri Pacific trains. The road now has 90 days to complete repairs. Chairman Knott aims to have Gov Folk appoint a committee of railroad experts to inspect the tracks and resolve the board’s disagreements on their condition.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Missouri Pacific
Oglesby and Wightman
Knott
Kansas Happenings Seeks Seed Wheat for Experiments
Prof Ten Eyck of the Agricultural College travels to Alberta to collect winter wheat seed for Kansas stations at Hays McPherson and Manhattan. Director Burkett heads to Russia and Turkey for similar aims. The legislature funded a wheat improvement inquiry, and the two officials carry out field experiments to enhance Kansas crops.
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Prof
Ten Eyck
The
Agricultural College
Alberta
Canadian Northwest
Kansas
Northwest Canada
Northwest
Kan-sas
Hays
McPherson
Manhattan
Burkett
Russia
Turkey
Santa Fe Train Ditching Kills Engineer Near Red Rock
North bound Santa Fe passenger train No. 116 left the track seven miles from Red Rock Oklahoma Thursday morning. The engineer D. C. Mack was killed and fireman C. J. Kanzer was scalded. Fourteen passengers injured. no other deaths reported.
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Santa Fe
Arkansas City
Kansas
Red Rock
Okla
D. C. Mack
C. J. Kanzer
Pere Marquette Will Not Contest Two-Cent Fares
F W Stevens Detroit general solicitor for the Pere Marquette railroad states the company will not contest the two cent fare law taking effect September 28. He notes the reduced rate is accepted to boost patronage hoped for by Governor Warner and to eventually improve net earnings and dividends on passenger service.
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Detroit
Michigan
F. W. Stevens
Pere Marquette, Railroad
Stevens
Warner
Immigration Officials Fight Japanese Inflow Across Mexico
The state department has addressed Mexico about Japanese immigration into the United States across the Mexican border. The practice of bringing in this undesirable element has grown alarmingly, and immigration inspectors are overwhelmed trying to identify and turn back Japanese entrants.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Mexico
United States
Immigration Service
Benson Offered To Replace Deceased Kansas Justice
Governor Hoch telegraphed ex senator Alfred W. Benson in Washington to offer the vacancy on the Kansas supreme bench caused by Justice Adrian L. Greene’s death. Benson promptly replied he would accept the post.
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Benson
Topeka
Kan
E. W. Hoch
United States
Alfred W. Benson
Washington, D. C
Adrian L. Greene
Pennsylvania Coal Output Reported for 1906
James E. Rod erick chief of the state department of mines transmitted to Governor Stuart the 1906 coal report. Pennsylvania produced 201,672,499 tons of bituminous and anthracite coal, yielding a revenue approximating $600,000,000.
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Pennsylvania
Warrisburg
James E. Roderick
State Department of Mines
Stuart
Kansan Leader Quits Washington Post Office Post
Ward Burlingame, formerly of Leavenworth, resigns as chief clerk of the dead letter division after about 27 years with the Post Office Department. He will reside in Topeka and previously worked for Leavenworth newspapers and served as private secretary to governors Carney Crawford Harvey Osborn and senators Caldwell Plumb Lane.
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Washington
Ward Burlingame
Leavenworth
Post Office Department
Burlingame
Topeka
Carney
Crawford
Harvey
Osborn
Caldwell
Plumb
Lane
Barbecue Campbell Ranch Sold by Hutchinson Syndicate
A syndicate of Hutchinson capitalists has purchased the Barbecue Campbell ranch in Meade and Clark counties for 80000 dollars. The property lies near the county line, about 16 miles northwest of Englewood on the Santa Fe line, extending roughly 20 miles with 20000 acres and encircled by 68 miles of wire fences.
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Meade
Clark
Englewood
Winchester Wins Grand American Handicap Titles in Chicago
The Grand American Handicap in Chicago concluded with Winchester Shells achieving a decisive victory. W. R. Crosby of O fal lOn Ill won the Professional Championship and Hugh M. Clark of Urbana NL captured the Amateur Championship.
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Chicago
Winchester Shells
W. R. Crosby
O’fallon
Ill
Hugh M. Clark
Urbana
Marion County Drives New Fast Horses to Fame
Marion County rivals Kentucky in speed horses as Dr. M. J. Gillman of Florence adds three mares to compete in Detroit Dayton and Lexington with $10,000 stakes next month. He still has 80 horses under 2 25 record time.
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Marion County
Blue Grass
Kentucky
M. J. Gilman
Florence
Gillman
Detroit
Dayton
Lexington
Does Not Always Pay in Polite Exchange
A quoted comic exchange notes a man’s politeness backfires as he pretends deaf and dumb to receive sixpence and is arrested. The vignette reflects a humorous courtly misfortune from aTit-Bits style item.
Prison Brick Demand Tests State Capacity
Warden Haskell reports a requisition for 1,000,000 brick from the State Normal school to build a manual training school at Pittsburg. The State Board of Control has already ordered 3,000,000 bricks for Osawatomis and Topeka improvements and the Soldiers' Orphans' home at Atchison. The combined needs, plus upcoming road work, will stretch the prison plant to its limit, though the warden plans to divide supply so each user has immediate access.
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Haskell
State Penitentiary
State Normal School
Pittsburg
State Board
Osawatomis
Topeka
Atchison
Planus
Celebrated Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Weil
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Weil of Clearfield Douglas County celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Old settlers gathered to mark the milestone. The couple, natives of Germany, came to Kansas in 1859. Mr Weil served three years in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry.
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Nicholas Weil
Clearfield
Douglas County
Weil
Germany
Kansas
Fifth Kansas Cavalry
Smokers Called to Lewis Single Binder Cigar Hunt
Smokers must call Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois to obtain the Single Binder cigar. The advertising note says dealers or the factory handle orders. A lighthearted line jokes that a man who first foibles soon grows used to it.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Cooling Relief
Doctors and many individuals say the antiseptic powder shaken into shoes cools the entire system. It soothes nerves centered in the soles and prostration from heat. Try this simple remedy and see its instant cooling refreshment. Sold by all druggists for 25.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Peterborough
England
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Tax Commission
J. M. Nation
George W. Hodges
Johnson, County
George
Bearn
New York
New York City
A. M. Hagermann
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bay Shore
L. I
Mrs. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Daisy F L
Arold Somers
Tie Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Repre
Ecurities Co
Los Angeles
Cal
Bell
Thompson
Schnapps
J. Reynolds Tobacco. CO
Winston-Salem
Alon
Olmsted
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