Time Extended Six Months Important Order Issued
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued orders in the Peavey elevator cases delaying effect until January 1, 1910. The six month extension applies to the Union Pacific elevator allowances. Similar extensions were granted for Missouri Pacific and several lines, including the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and St Louis routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peavey
Union Pacific Railroad
Traffic Bureau
Merchants’ Exchange of
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Bur
Ington
Quincy
Hock Telane
San Francisco
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
Fate of Walsh in Court After Bank Wreck Conviction
John R. Walsh former Chicago banker and ex-president of the defunct Chicago National Bank after misapplying funds was convicted in federal court and sentenced to five years. His appeal to the United States circuit court rests with the judge and a decision is not expected for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Walsh
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
United States Circuit Court
Walsh
Federal District Court
Elliott Named to Philippine Supreme Court Seat
President Taft sent to the senate the nomination of Judge Charles D. Elliott of Minnesota to the Philippine Supreme Court to succeed Judge Willard recently named federal judge in Minnesota. Elliott has served twenty years on Minnesota state courts and authored several legal textbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
Charles D. Elliott
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Willard
Milton D. Purdy
Eliott
Northwest Railways Ordered to Establish Through Routes
The Interstate Commerce Commission, in the Portland gateway case, orders Northern Pacific Union Pacific and Northwestern to create through routes and joint rates from Eastern points via Portland and to maintain them for at least two years. The ruling compels Seattle connections, baggage handling facilities, and joint ticketing, and was opposed by several railroads disputing jurisdiction and existing through rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Northwestern Roads
Portland
Ore
Washington
Interatate Commerce Commission
Portland Gateway
Ors
Nelitate
Commission
Coney Island Amusement Men Defy Sunday Ban
New York May 22. Leading owners of Coney Island plan to defy Mayor McClellan’s Sunday amusement ban. They say an organized group is forming and courts will be asked for injunctions to restrain police and the mayor from interfering with Sunday shows. The group cites substantial investments and vows to press the issue to the highest court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McClellan
Coney Island
East Hampton Tragedy: Mother Kills Children Then Herself
Mrs. Louis Carsten killed three children and herself at a farm home two miles from East Hampton. Two children Louis aged ten and a ten month old girl are dead, the mother and a seven year old boy are dying. Concurrent dispatches report improving business conditions nationwide, with West manufacturers active and overall progress despite some irregularities.
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East Hampton
Conn
Louis Carsten
Carsten
Louis
Nome output forecast for this year exceeds last year
Seattle May 22 Nome's sold output this year will be approximately 5,000,000 according to Jafet Lindenburg pioneer of the Nome district who is in Seattle. He says a fairly accurate forecast is possible early in the season though the box cleanup won’t be completed until about July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Nome
Saloonkeeper sued for breach of promise in Spring Valley
In Spring Valley Wisconsin on May 21 Andy Johnson a saloonkeeper and recently married was sued by Lizzie Hansen for breach of promise. The jury awarded the plaintiff ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley, Wis
Andy Johnson
Marriet
M&4
Lizzie Hansen
TB Ae
Japanese Admiral Ushiyu Visits San Francisco for Annapolis Talk
Vice Admiral Uryu of the Japanese navy, an 1881 US Naval Academy graduate and noted hero of the Russian Japanese war, arrived from Tokyo with Madame Uryu. He will address the 1881 class reunion at Annapolis, and the couple will be hosted during their brief San Francisco stay.
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Admiral Uryu
Annapolis
Frisco
San Francisco
Uryu
United States Naval Academy
Tokyo
Madame Uryu
Vassar College
Admiral
Mme. Uryu
San Prancisco
Balm for Brokcen Heart. Stilwater, Mann, May 23.
Miss Olive M. Hill a trained nurse of St Paul won a breach of promise of marriage suit against Hugh A. Jones station agent at Newport. The verdict awarded her 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stilwater
Mann
Olive M. Hill
St Paul
Hugh A. Jones
Newport
May Wheat Climbs to 131 1/4 on Chicago Board Markets
Strong foreign wheat markets push May futures to 131 1/4 cents. The May contract rose 1 1/2 cents above the best prior price, with Chicago trading activity noted on May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
French Naval Programme Expands Battleship Force to Thirty Eight
Paris May 22 The superior council of the navy adopts a programme to raise France to thirty eight battleships, securing fourth place among world powers. It plans laying down in 1919 two 21 000 ton vessels of an enlarged Danton type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Superior Council of the Navy
France
Four Children Burned to Death in Lamp Explosion
In Toronto on May 22, the four Oldfield children aged one, three, five, and seven were burned to death when a lamp exploded in their home. Their mother and nine-year-old son escaped by jumping from a window but suffered severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Ernest Oldfield
Ernest Hogan Dies in New York Tuberculosis Case
New York on May 22 reports the death of Ernest Hogan a famed negro comedian and songwriter at his home from tuberculosis. Hogan authored hundreds of songs and earned about 40000 from the hit Al Coons Look Alike to Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest Hogan
Hogan
al Coons
Grain and Provision Prices in Minneapolis and Chicago Markets
Minneapolis and Chicago market notes dated May 21 show wheat futures from May to Sept rising to around 1.29 dollars per bushel and on track prices for No. 1 hard at 1.24. St Paul stock yards report cattle prices from good to choice at 6.00 to 6.50, veals 5.00 to 6.75, hogs 6.79 to 7.10, and sheep figures from 5.50 to 8.00. Duluth lists wheat and flax futures with No. 1 hard at 2.33 1/2 and flax around 1.77 1/2, while Chicago quotes wheat May 1.22 3/4 and July 1.16 3/4 with various corns and oats prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Northern
St. Paul Union
St. Paul
Duluth
Chicago
Texas
Senate Tweaks Duties in Air of Business Session
In Washington on May 22 the Senate moved quickly on earthware and glassware schedules. Amendments lowered duties on plaster rock gypsum and mica while reforming fluor spar feldspar and carbon rates. After a four hour debate the finance committee’s electric carbon rates were set at 35 and 65 cents per hundred feet by a 43 to 3 tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Penrose
Rayner
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Democracy a Thing of the Past Says Bourke Cochran
Former congressman Bourke Cochran, preparing to sail for Europe, stated that he cannot define democracy in the United States today. When asked about the next Democratic presidential nominee he said there is no clear party unity, calling the Democratic party a thing of the past due to personal affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bourke Cockran
la Savoie
Europe
Cochran
Brokerage firm Sederquist Barry & Co suspended
On May 21 the assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Boston and New York brokerage firm Sederquist Barry and Co was announced on the Consolidated Stock Exchange. The move followed customers failing to supply stock margins, affecting the firm and its membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sederquist, Barry, & Co
Boston
Sugar scandal in Japan widens arrests and probes
Tokyo May 22 A sweeping sugar scandal grips Japan as prosecutors arrest MPs and company directors. The Constitutional party bears the brunt as investigations expand, with claims of bribery and possible nationalization schemes mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokin
Japan
Constitutional Party
Massive trust funds moved to new Marckerbocker vault
New York May 24 without attracting much attention employees of the Marckerbocker Trust company relocated more than 600 million in cash stocks bonds and securities from its old quarters at 64 Broad Street to the new offices a few doors away on Broadway. A dozen policemen guarded both buildings while the vaults contents mostly comprised corporate and individual trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marckerbocker Trust Company
Broadway
Two Drowned While Fishing at Twin Lakes
James Montague of Belmond and insurance man A. C. Peckham of Des Moines drowned while fishing in Twin Lakes near Marshalltown on May 24.
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Marshalltown
James Montague
Belmond
A. C. Peckham
Des Moines
Twin Lakes
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Minny
Lady Ascat Ag
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Frente Catslogse
0. R. Wright
W. F. R. Whorton
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D. C. Root Building
aRs Red
Undertaker
Huron, South Dakota
Jones
Alte No. &, Jaman Valley Bank Building
Atmoanex
Mouser
Front Boeei
Burnham
Trevett Co
Interstat Commerce Commission
Elliott
Coney Island Amusement Places
Chilaan
Hersalf
Don's Trade Review
West
Brokcen Heart
Daad
Chicago Grain and Provisions
York
Springs
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Rice's Variety Store
Hl. J. Rice
Huron
Dakota Avenue
W. Bourke Cockran
Tomsk
Russia
Ignatius
Parlement
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