Three Large Judgments Against Chicago Railways
The United States Circuit Court in Chicago awarded three judgments totaling $1,000,000 to the Guaranty Trust Company of New York against Union Traction Company North Chicago Street Railway Company and West Chicago Street Railway Company. The rulings were entered on the day in question.
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Chicago
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Union Traction Company
North Chicago Street Railway Company
West Chicago Street Railway Company
United States
Chased Four Highwaymen Along Rail Line in Cumberland
Four men robbed Robert McDonald near Connellsville then fled as he was left for dead on railroad lines. An engine crew pursued four miles to Dawson, the suspects were captured, McDonald identified them, and the stolen money was recovered.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Robert McDonald
Connellsville
Dawson
McDonald
Bold Daylight Robbery in Mount Vernon Leaves Woman Beaten
In Mount Vernon on April 23 two Italian men robbed a local Italian woman of 3100 dollars saved over 25 years. They beat her severely to extract the cash, belt held currency included 850 in American money and 2250 in Italian money. Neighbors found her two hours later in a bruised condition on the kitchen floor.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Guiseppe Galantuomo
Revolvers Fired as Boiler Explodes in Prize Fight Panic
Chicago April 23 One hundred men gathered to see a prize fight were arrested during a panic after revolver shots rang out. A boiler then exploded and several people were reportedly severely hurt as police rounded up captives and bystanders fled with friends assisting the injured.
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Chicago
Pugilism Suppression Scene at Madison Hall
The effort to thwart the law against boxing took place at Madison Hall on West Madison Street, where authorities confronted the scene.
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Madison Hall
West
Madison Street
Robbers Blow Up Michigantown Post Office Safe
A post office safe in Michigantown Indiana was blown apart by dynamite before 1 a.m. Two masked men robbed the office after holding up Dr Zinn who was nearby. They bound him and fled as citizens fired on them. Zinn escaped injury.
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Frankfort
Ind
Michigantown
Dr. Zinn
Zinn
British to take 25 percent of Bagdad railway bonds
Berlin dispatch reports a deal announced by a Deutsches Bank director to the Herald. England will assume 25 percent of the Bagdad railway bonds, securing British participation in the railway project as construction proceeds.
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New York
Deutsches Bank
Berlin
Herald
England
Bagdad Railway
Cure for Skin Humours Promoted by Cuticura Ointment
An advertisement item touts Cuticura Cap Ointment and Pills as a speedy cure for various skin humours including scrofulous and hereditary conditions. The terse copy repeats several humours and asserts rapid relief. It presents no medical validation beyond sales pitch.
Cuticura Treats Severe Skin and Blood Humours Adverts
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as a complete treatment for torturing disfiguring itching scaly and scrofulous skin humours of the skin scalp and blood. It claims success when other remedies fail, includes infants and birth humours and asserts cures in infants and childhood.
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Aetna
Plea by Captain Dreyfus to reopen case heard
Captain Dreyfus has urged the French Minister of War to reopen his court martial case. The plea argues for new review of evidence and potential exoneration.
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Captain Dreyfus
Dreyfus writes letter asking minister to reopen case
Alfred Dreyfus submits a lengthy appeal to War Minister Andre seeking a government investigation to reopen his Treason case. The Paris letter promises political agitation and condemns Esterhazy as the culprit while recounting the horrors he says he has endured since 1894.
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Paris
Alfred Dreyfus
Andre
Dreyfus
Dreyfug
Rennes
William
Czernuski
Esterhazy
Tax Mortgages Topic Brought Before Wisconsin Assembly
Madison April 23 a new bill to tax mortgages and mortgaged property was introduced by the assembly committee on assessment and collection of taxes The proposal taxes the property value after mortgage deduction to the real estate owner and taxes the mortgage value to the mortgage owner in the district where the land lies The senate concurred in the trust resolution with amendments enabling future legislation if needed A separate measure passed to delay absolute divorce judgments until one year after findings are filed.
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Madison, Wis
Senate
Missouris Lieutenant Governor Lee Sightseeing in Staunton
A St Louis report places Lieutenant Governor Lee of Missouri in Staunton with two women last weekend. The party checked into a leading hotel, stayed until Monday, then traveled to Clifton Forge and onward by westbound train to Cincinnati. They spent time sightseeing during the visit.
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Staunton
St. Louis
Lee
Missouri
John F. Lee
Clifton Forge
Cincinnati
Roosevelt Enjoys Yellowstone Visit In Fine Health
White House reports Secretary Loeb says President Roosevelt is enjoying his Yellowstone Park sojourn and is in fine health and spirits with no better appearance observed.
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Washington
White House
Loeb
Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
No Effort to End Lockout in Coal Regions
Shenandoah Pennsylvania April 22 All the Philadelphia and Reading collieries and the Cambridge and Furnace individual operations are still idle. No overtures have been made by either side toward terminating the lockout.
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Shenandoah
Philadelphia
Reading
Cambridge and Furnace
Notable Figures Attend NYSE Building Dedication
President Keppler of the Stock Exchange and Mayor Low preside as the New York Stock Exchange dedicates its new building. Ransom H. Thomas hands the structure to Donald McKay to present to Keppler, with speeches, floral tributes, and a tour for guests including Consolidated Exchange officials.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Morgan Dix
Trinity Church
Ransom H. Thomas
Donald McKay
New York Stock Exchange Building Association
Rudolph Keppler
Exchange
Keppler
Low
Consolidated Exchange
Board
Financial
Colonel William T Rockwood Pioneer Soldier Dies in Saratoga
Saratoga N Y April 23 Colonel William T Rockwood died at his home after ten days illness aged sixty six Born in Newark Wayne County New York he studied law and ran an academy in Americus Sumpter County Georgia He refused to join the Confederacy and served in frontier duty during the Sioux uprising in Minnesota from 1861 to 1865 later held Treasury and port posts and was in the drug trade in Chicago during the Fire of 1871 He moved to Saratoga in 1873 and was a Legion of Honor member.
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Saratoga
N. Y
William T. Rockwood
Rockwood
Newark
Wayne County
Americus
Sumpter County
St. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Treasury
Hush McCullough
District of
North Carolina
Treasury Department
Chicago
Legion of Honor
New Ore Deposits Reported Near Niagara Iron Co lands
Duluth reports a strike by John P. Morrow on eighty acres under Niagara Iron company option with seven ore holes. ore grades 57 to 60 percent metallic iron and low phosphorus. E F Sweeney finds another mine in the same section. A second merchantable ore find is reported from Highlands on lands held by F W King and associates.
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Duluth
John P. Morrow
Niagara Iron Company
E. F. Sweeney
New Highlands
F. W. King
New Rector Installed at Catholic University of America
Washington April 23 Right Rev Mer Denis J OConnell was installed as rector of the Catholic University of America succeeding Right Rev Thomas J Conaty. Conaty has been rector of the institution.
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Washington
Mer. Denis J. O'Connell
Catholic University of America
Thomas J. Conaty
Conaty
Bishop to Lead Los Angeles Diocese in May
The university head stated that since January 1897 a new bishop will soon depart for Los Angeles to assume his duties in May. His successor, Mgr. O Connell, previously rector of the American college at Rome, has spent seven or eight years in Rome directing church work across Europe.
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Los Angeles
Mgr. O’connell
American College At
Rome
Europe
Hill denies Illinois coal consolidation report
James J. Hill president of the Great Northern railroad and the Northern Securities company denies Chicago reports of an $80,000,000 consolidation plan. He says his only information is what he reads in papers and he is not involved or interested.
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New York
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
The
Northern Securities Company
Chicago
Illinois
Mr. Hill
Island floats down Lake Garfield in Monterey Connecticut
An island 125 feet long and 30 feet wide on the east shore of Lake Garfield in Monterey appears to have broken free and drifted three quarters of a mile down the lake. The island already made a similar journey twenty five years ago.
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Winsted, Conn
Garfield
Monterey
Judge Grosscup Enters Default Against Packers
Judge Grosscup enters a default against the Packers for failure to answer the government anti trust bill. The final injunction order is delayed due to District Attorney Bethea being out of the city. Packers likely to appeal once the final order is issued.
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Judge Groosecup
Packers
Chicago
Gei.u.1
Grosscup
Bethea
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NEW York Trust Company Vic
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Chicago Railways
United States Circuit Court
Guaranty Trust
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Ical
France
Wisconsin
Sete Asta
Clothing House
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Struc
Ture
Colonel Rockwood
Minnesota
Catholic University
Hill
Island
Barron, Wis
John Neumeister
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Neumeister
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