FAVORS SQUARE DEAL POLICY SUPPORTS ROOSEVELT PLAN
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelts physical valuation idea gains traction with Theodore N. Vail head of American Telephone and Telegraph, aligning AT&T finances with the presidents policy while detailing a 488 292 000 appraised plant value against 453 865 000 of obligations and a 34 431 000 surplus. The piece notes political implications as parties brace for the upcoming nominating battles and contemplates Supreme Court retirements and potential reorganizations.
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Washington
Roosevel
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone &Telegraph Company
Dell System
We Company
Mide Jullie
New York
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Bench
Fuller
Harlan
Brewer
Peckham
Army
Navy
Com Brees
Sorien Cs.my
Uti
Knights of Iron Rail Set for Washington Conference
In Washington March 28 Representatives from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen gather for a major conference opening tomorrow. The convention features speakers such as John Hanrahan F P Sargent T V Powderly Charles P Neil and Samuel Gompers. It is viewed as a turning point for AFL involvement in the coming presidential campaign. The federation and railroad men plan political agitation to unite against party enemies. the Brotherhood lists 560 firemen and 2400 engineers.
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Knights of Iron Rail
Washington, D. C
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Roosevelt
John Hanrahan
F. P. Sargent
Commissioner General of Immigration
T. V. Powderly
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Charles P. Neil
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Gompers
Organized Labor
Fremen
Brotherhood
Farmers benefit when prices forced up corner collapse
Chicago dispatch notes the record crop sizes render corners in grain obsolete. It asserts corners failed due to oversized national crops, the losers among corner traders, and boards of trade shutting them down. The report claims producers are selling at high prices, undermining corner activity.
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Chicago
United States
Boards of Trade
Proito
Nevelly
Price boosting corners in wheat through decades
A historical review traces wheat price corners from 1867 to 1898, detailing periods when speculators pushed values up then collapsed. It notes how some producers benefited by selling into the bulge while others saw losses as corners ended and banks failed, including the Leiter deal impacting many.
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Cincinnati
Joe Leiter
Death of Grafton Street Commissioner Is Found In Manhole
Grand Forks March 28. The body of Grafton's street commissioner T. C. Manderod was found in a city sewer manhole the day after he was last seen entering the tank with two friends. An inquest returned a verdict that he died in the manhole, cause unknown. He was about 55, married with three children.
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Grand Forks
Grafton
T. C. Manderod
Manderud
Nestor of the Diamond Boston Birthday Notice
Boston star pitcher Cy Young turns forty one tomorrow celebrating a 19th major league season. Born March 29 1867 in Gilmore Ohio he has played for Cleveland St Louis and Boston. In 1890 he was bought from Canton for 200 dollars and his first game shut out Chicago. Only pitcher from the Brotherhood era still active in fast company.
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Boston
Cy" Young
Gilmore
Ohio
Young
Sean
Cleveland
St. Louis
Canton
Chicago
Brotherhood
Fast
Kindergartners Gather for Fifteenth International Union Convention
In New Orleans March 28 delegates from the United States Canada and other countries converge for the International Kindergarten Union's fifteenth annual convention. Sessions will be at the French Opera House with side meetings at Tulane Isidore Newman and other sites. Prominent principals teachers and educators from Chicago Grand Rapids Milwaukee San Antonio Boston New York Charleston and Washington DC will present addresses and papers.
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New Orleans
Crescent City
International Kindergarten Union
United States
Canada
Opera House
Tulane University
Isidore Newmat Manual Training School
Normal Schoole
Chicago
Grand Rapid
Milwaukee
San Antonio
Boston
New York
Charleston
D. C
Bryan in Pittsburg Draws Democratic Enthusiasm
William J. Bryan arrived in Pittsburg from Washington and was warmly received by the Bryan state league. He met with prominent Democrats at Fort Pitt hotel and will deliver a mass meeting speech at Exposition Music Hall tonight, followed by a visit to Parkorebarg tomorrow morning.
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Bryan
Pittsburg
William J. Bryan
Washington
Bryan State League
Fort Pitt
Exposition Music Hall
Parkorebarg
News Notes of Sport Conroy May Take Third for New York Americans
Prolific notes from spring sport scene. Conroy seems set to back up in third for the New York Americans. Bill Dahlen begins his seventeenth NL season next month with Boston. Vicksburg wallops Cubs claims world championship. Carter named Winston Galem manager in Carolina association. Prohibition hits big leaguers training in Georgia. Sullivan abandons idea of a superior club and returns to Chicago. Donahue of Roxbury announces boxing under the name Phil Powers. Joe Grim tours Texas for boxing stunt. Walter Jackson completes ten months on horseback from New York to San Francisco. Burns faces Dill Squires in another coming fight. New York teams look stronger. Highlanders slight edge over Giants. Ohio League pools railroad expenses among clubs. Dave Brain holds out for $400 more than last season. League presidents clamp down on profanity and coaching. Donnelly foresees leagues signing players to balance talent. Philadelphia and vicinity will supply ample baseball. Erie fights to withdraw from Interstate League. O and P moguls seek to annex Erie before season. Three- League disputes persist over influence and control.
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Wid" Conroy
New York American
Bill Dahlen
Boston Nationals
Vicksburg
Chicago Cubs
Robert C. Carter
Winston Galem
New Carolina Association
Prohibition
Georgia
T. P
Ted) Sullivan
Superior
Wis
O Young Donahue
Roxbury
Mase
Phil Powers
Joe Grim
Texas
Walter B. Jackson
Denver
Colo
Thas
New York
San Francisco
Dill Squires
Tommy Burns
Highlanders
Giants
Dave Brain
Johnson
Pulliam
National League
Frank Donnelly
Peora
Philadelphia
Erie
O. and
P. Moguis
Dubuque
Stockholders to authorize $50 million Union Pacific bond issue
New York March 28 stockholders of Union Pacific Railroad will meet May 5 to authorize a bond issue secured by a mortgage on 1650 unmortgaged miles. Reported size is 40 to 50 million dollars. They may also approve taking over Leavenworth Kansas and Western and Topeka and Northwestern lines, part of Union Pacific, with about 200 miles of track. Directors refused to sue Harriman Rogers Stillman over profits from stock sales to Union Pacific system.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific
Capa
Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railroad Company
Topeka and Northwestern Railroad Company
Kameas
Directors Approve Union Pacific Stock Purchase
Directors disclose full Jam in Illinois Central and Harriman stock holdings by Union Pacific and the Railroad Securities company. The purchase of 105,000 Illinois Central shares is unanimous among board members with Harriman Rogers and Stillman excused from voting. a three disinterested directors committee reviewed the deal. Directors say stockholders approve and oppose canceling the purchase as ill advised. They report no knowledge of Union Pacific directors owning Illinois Central shares and claim Kuhn Loeb & Co. stated no director held such interest.
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Board of Directors
Jam
Illinois Central
Mr. Harriman
Railroad Securities Company
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad Company
Messrs. Harriman
Rogers
Stillman
Unon Pacific
Union Pacific
Illnois Central
Kuhn Loeb & Co
Georgia Republicans Divided Over State Convention
Georgia Republicans split as Walter H. Johnson convenes the state central committee in Atlanta to set date and location for the convention to name Chicago delegates. Indorsement of Roosevelt and Taft is expected, while the Republican State League opposes Taft and rival delegations to the national convention loom as a challenge.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Walter H. Johnson
Republican State Central Committee of
Plac
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Republican State League
Big Demand in North Dakota Herd Sold at Gamble Auction
A North Dakota auction on the Gamble farm sold twenty milch cows for an average of 47.50 per head, under the direction of North Dakota State Fair association Secretary Wilson. The sale indicates rising demand for dairy stock and favorable prospects for the state’s dairying industry.
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Gambie
North Dakota
Gamble Farm
Wilson
Money order from England not honored in Fargo
A long forgotten money order drawn in England thirty years ago was found in a Fargo safe but cannot be paid. The U S Post Office says international records were destroyed and likely the order was refunded in England. The current holder must pursue the issue in England.
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Fargo
N. D
United States Post Office Department
England
Hawley
Sanhedrin
Engand
Milwaukee Club Prepares For Major Training Journey
Members and officials of the Milwaukee club of the American association are en route to a historic training trip. After departing Chicago they will stop at Bartlesville Oklahoma for four days of practice games with the Oklahoma league team, then face Oklahoma City Muskogee Little Rock Memphis and Nashville teams of the Southern league.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Clap
American Association
Big City
Bartleaville
Okla
Oklahoma City
Muckogee
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Busy Week Ahead for Taft Washington
Secretary Taft will be away from Washington most of the week for a series of speaking engagements. He opens with a talk before the Trenton New Jersey chamber of commerce and closes Saturday night in Chicago at a Commercial Club banquet. He may pass through Ohio en route to gauge his political standing there.
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Taft Washington
Taft
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Trenton
N. J
Chicago
Commercial Club
Ohio
Gillette Faces Electric Chair in Tragic NY Case
Albany dispatch details Chester Gillette facing execution for the 1906 murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake. The account traces his court appeals, defense claims of accident, and the brutal motive as deemed by prosecutors, with background on Brown and the Cortland connection.
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Albany
Chester Gillette
Court of Appeals
Misa Grace
Billy” Brown
Govemnor Hughes
Auburn
Gillette
New York
Miss Brown
Big Moose Lake
Adirondacks
Chester Gilette
Seattle
Wash
N. H. Gillette
Cortland
Grace Brown
Frank &. Brown
South Otsetic
Grace
Gillettes
Chester
Grette
Fourth Lake
Billy
Wo Gillette
Herkimer
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N. C
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