Demurrage ruling against Cudahy Packing by I C C
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled against Cudahy Packing in a dispute with Northwestern Railway over demurrage charges. Cudahy owned its own refrigerated cars but used track time beyond limits, prompting charges to relieve freight congestion and tracks. The ruling clarifies that demurrage aims to prompt unloading and free tracks, regardless of ownership of cars or tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cudahy Packing Company
Northwestern Railway Company
Gutahy
Deadwood
S. D
Northwestern
Cudahy Company
Cudahy
Bar
Roosevelt Bags Black Bear Near Bear Lake La
New Orleans telegram reports President Roosevelt killed a large black bear in canebrakes by Bear Lake Louisiana. The hunting party, including John M Parker and Leo Shields, described the pursuit and the moment a negro hunter had to kill the bear to free the dogs before Roosevelt returned with better hounds.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Bear Lake
John M. Parker
Leo Shields
Gould Opens Railroad Branch In Father's Name
Miss Helen Gould formally opened a new railroad branch at the Y M C A on Eugenie and Tom streets in St Louis in the name of her father Jay Gould. The act surprised attendees as it was done in the late Mr Goulds name.
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Helen Gould
St. Louis
Amiss
Tor
Kamhamah Ambmhd
Eugenie and
Tom Streets
Jay Gould
Fathr
Denver Hearing Is Set For Commerce Commission
The commerce commission fixed a Denver hearing for October 28 on cases brought by the Merchants' Association against the Pacific Express Company and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway and others. The charges include unreasonable and discriminating rates and elevator allowances.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denver
Merchants’ Traffe Association
Pacific Express Company
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Wilson to speak on abandoned farms in Syracuse meet
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture will address a Syracuse chamber of commerce convention on October 3 to discuss the issue of abandoned farms.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce of
Syracuse
N. Y
Emperor of Austria Improves Slightly, Condition Called Stable
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph shows slight improvement in health over the last day, though his catarhal illness remains largely unchanged. Court officials say yesterday was the worst he has experienced since illness began.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Fisher Feud Delays Illinois Central Stockholders Meeting
In Chicago the Illinois Central stockholders delay the annual meeting as proxy counts drag on. Harriman and Fish factions push for a showdown while proxies remain under guard in the bank vault. A clash between Charles Peabody and Stuyvesant Fish worsens tensions as counting continues.
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Harriman
Pish
Hwinois
Charles A. Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Alr. Stuyvesant Fish
Mr. Fish
Mr. Peabody
Fish
Il Hnois Central Railroad
Ridin
Mrs Chadwick Will Reveals Million Dollar Spoils
In Cleveland the will of Mrs Cassie L Chadwick, written two years before her crimes surfaced, disposes of over 1 million dollars in property. It grants hundreds of thousands to her son, daughter, husband, a retinue of servants, relatives, and friends, while charitable institutions receive 20 000 to 100 000.
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Cleveland, O
Cassie L. Chadwick
Woodstock
Ontario
Omaha Sixth In All Grain Market
Omaha shows rapid growth in government commerce reports for the month ending September 1 advancing from ninth to sixth among U S primary wheat markets on the Missouri river and Missouri river grain market area reflects Omaha’s market supremacy.
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Omaha
Missouri River
United States
Suicide by Dynamite Explodes Head in New York City
Jacob Dettinger aged 59 of New York committed suicide by placing dynamite in his mouth and detonating it. He held the fuse in his right hand as the blast destroyed his head in an unusual act.
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New York
Jacob Dettinger
Dettinger
New Bishop of Wyoming Elected in Richmond
The house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church elected Rev. Frederick Foullee Reise D. D. of Christ School Nashville Tennessee as bishop of the missionary district of Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Richmond
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal ‘Church
Frederick Foullee Reise
D .D
Christ School
Nashviile
Tenn
Oldest Texas baking house folds under general assignment
One of Texas's oldest baking houses collapsed Thursday as W. D. House, a Houston banker, filed a general assignment under state law. The move marks a sudden end for a long standing regional firm.
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yBig Texas Bank
Houston
Tex
Texas
W. House
Thirty eight dead in Fontanet powder mill disaster
The Fontanet Indiana explosion at Dupont Powder Company mills killed thirty eight, injured six hundred with fifty serious, and caused about 750000 dollars in damage. Sparks from a hot box on shafting likely ignited loose powder prompting martial law as militia restored order. Coroner estimates at most thirty workers were present during the blast. ongoing investigations follow. An unrelated hunting party from Wilmington and Chicago figures are noted in the region.
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Fontanet
Ind
Dupont
Illiam Sherrow
Indianapolis
Leavitt
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Omaha
Alexis I. Dupont
Dupont Powder Company
W. B. Dwinnell
J G. Ewing
Wilmington del
Attorney Wood
Chicago
Garrett I. Lamb
People's Trust and Savingss Bank
Clinton
Ankney
Deuel County
Old Soldiers Become Indignant in Nebraska Case
Grand Island Nebraska reports a temporary writ of injunction issued by County Judge Mullin on R. 3 Tiowell’s application on behalf of Soldiers' home members. It bars the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings and the home commandant from taking any pension under rule No. 17. The action has sparked wide resentment and will be pursued in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island, Neb
Mullin
Tiowell
Soldiers’ Home
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Getting Ready for 1908 Republican Convention Meeting
Washington reports the call for the Republican National Committee meeting to fix the time and place of the national convention will be issued probably next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican National Committee
Mondday
Five political prisoners shot in Hayti dispatch details
A dispatch to the state department reports five political prisoners shot in Hayti. The report notes a much larger number of Haytians jailed or charged with conspiracy, indicating broad repression and ongoing unrest in the region.
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Washington
Hayti
State Department
Spain to Sell to France in Morocco Negotiations
A circulating report claims France, with Sultan Abd al Aziz's consent, plans to offer Spain a monetary deal for all Moroccan interests including Melilla and Ceuta. The purported agreement would form the base for operations against the Moroccan throne claimant.
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Tangier
France
Abd-fl-Aziz
Spain
Morocco
Melilla
Ceuta
Fontanet Indiana Powder Mill Explosions Destroy Town
A massive blast at the Fontanet powder works in Indiana killed between twenty five and fifty people and left about 600 injured as seven mills exploded in sequence at 9 15 in the morning. The shock was felt 200 miles away and every house in Fontanet was destroyed with farm and schoolhouses torn apart. Soldiers and rescue crews aided survivors while many injured were transported to Terra Haute for hospital care.
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Fontanet
Ind
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Big Four
Terra Haute
Missouri Pacific wins speed limit modification
Lincoln Nebraska General Superintendent E H Gould of the Missouri Pacific Railway secured a modification of the recent speed limit restriction. Trains on the Missouri Pacific will be limited to twenty five miles an hour after October 27.
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Lincoln, Neb
E. H. Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway
The
Railway Commission
Missouri Pacific
NO INJUNCTION FOR ROADS IN GRAIN RATE CASES
Federal Judge Thomas C. Munger denied Nebraska railways a temporary restraining order pending their appeal. The order had blocked action by the Nebraska railway commission aimed at cutting grain rates. The injunction was dissolved earlier, and the railroads appealed seeking to stall commission action during the appeal.
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Lincoln
Neb
Thomas C. Munger Denie
Nebraska Railways
Nebraska Railway Commission
Munger
Omaha
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick Buried in Ontario
Funeral services for Mrs Cassie Chadwick were held Monday afternoon in Woodstock Ontario. She was buried in the family plot in the English burying grounds. Mourners included her son and sister Mrs Campbell.
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Mrs. Chadwick
Woodstock
Ont
Cassie Chadwick
English Burying Grounds
Mrs. Campbell
Six Die in Smoke Fire Destroys Gloversville Home
A glove cutter Solomon Frank and his five daughters perished when a house in Gloversville New York was destroyed by fire, suffocated by smoke. The tragedy claimed six family members in a single blaze.
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Gloversville
N. Y
Solomon Frank
Federal control favored by many railroad leaders
Chicago reports strong support among railroad executives for government control and centralized regulation of transportation lines as urged by Rock Island president Robert Mather. Officials praised the speech, noting inconsistencies in state laws and rebates as issues, with leaders calling for a single regulatory authority.
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Chicago
Robert Mather
Rock Island Company
Chicago Association of Commerce
Mather
RE. P. Riviey
Santa Fe
Rock Island
J. T. Harahan
Mwinois Central Railroad
Mr. Harahan
Japanese Agencies to Organize Immigration Bureau
Reports from the Empire say Japan will establish a bureau of immigration and colonization. A government move following Pacific coast protests has driven twenty eight immigration companies into liquidation.
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Oriental
WIIL
Bureau of Immigration
Victoria
B. C
Bureau of Immigration and Colonization
Pacific
Candidates to Go On Record In Labor Push
New York unions receive AFL President Gompers appeal asking all political candidates to commit to government by injunction. He cites misuses of injunction power as dangerous to liberty and says labor unions must examine candidates for judicial offices.
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New York
Central Federated Union
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gomperk
Leipsic Supreme Court Denies Hau Appeal in Murder Case
The Leipsic supreme court rejected the appeal of Karl Hau formerly of Washington for a revision of his death sentence for murdering his mother in law Fraud Molitor. An appeal for a new trial will be pursued.
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Leipsic
Germany
Supreme Court
Karl Hau
Washington
Dleath
Molitor
Drawing for Brule Land Names Nebraskans Included
The Brule land drawing began at 9 AM in Pierre South Dakota with Judge Witten presiding. Affidavits were sealed and poured into two hoppers as Hon. C F Burke Mayor Albright and Capt P H Lenon observed. Master Robert Hipple drew envelopes, with Frank Slocum of Washington registered 1013 receiving the first choice. The process continued to 2 000 names and included several Nebraskans among the lucky winners.
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Pierre
S D
Lower Brule
Guthrie Center
Robert Hipple
Burke
Frank ‘Slocum
Wassington
S. C
Automatic typewriter showcased at Madison Square Garden
A new automatic typewriter operated by compressed air is exhibited at the Madison Square Garden business show. It is claimed to write 5 000 to 6 000 words per hour for 24 hours continuous, threatening traditional typists with job losses.
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New
Secretary Taft to preside as Philippine assembly opens
Manila shows strong interest as the first Philippine Assembly opens this week with Secretary Taft arriving at an opportune time for home rule. Delegates debated opening prayers with party lines, Quezon seen as likely speaker, and independence stands unlikely as Taft’s policy stance weighs on decisions.
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Manila
Philippine Assembly
Taft
Philippines
Gomes Busteals
National Party
Nationalists
Guerreo
Gomex
Declaration at the Hague approves obligatory arbitration
The Hague arbitration committee adopts a declaration drafted by Count Tornelli of Italy after a long debate. The United States Japan Haiti and Turkey abstained from voting. The conference endorses obligatory arbitration and allows submission of differences in conventional clauses to such arbitration.
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Arbitration
Hague
Count Tornelli
Italy
Arbitration Committee
United States
Japan
Refined Oil Price Up In New York By Standard Oil
The price of refined petroleum for export rose by 3 dollars in New York, lifting the barrel from 8.45 dollars. Standard Oil company made no public statement explaining the increase.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Fish to Appeal to Court in Stock Voting Fight
Chicago report says lawyers for Stuyvesant Fish are drafting a petition to bar any person or corporation from voting stock at the upcoming annual meeting, aiming to block control by J. P. Harriman and tying Hindis Central to the Union Pacific affiliation. The court action would seek to enjoin stock voting at the meeting set for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Chicago
Stuyvegant Fish
J. H. Harriman
Fish
Union Pabfic Railroad
Naval Officer James Sutton Jr Found Dead at Navy Yard
Lieutenant James N. Sutton Jr of the United States Marine Corps was found dead at the Naval Academy Marine Barracks in Auupoib, Md, reportedly from a single 3 caliber bullet to the head. A board of inquiry under Superintendent Badger prepared a report for the Navy Department.
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Auuapoib
James ‘N. Sutton, Jr
United
States ‘Marine ‘Corps
Naval Academy
Marine Barracks
Badger
Navy Department
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