Peck resigns as Santa Fe general solicitor to join Milwaukee & St Paul
George R. Peck resigns from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe system to become general counsel of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. ED Kenna of St Louis and San Francisco is named Peck successor, with Peck to depart September 15. Reports note Peck’s high salary and heavy workload prior to leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carcaco
George KH. Peck
Aoliciter
Atchiser, Topeks and Santa Fe Railway
Bmccook and
Walker
ED. Kenya
St Louis
Rises Road
Santa Fe
McCook
Topeka
Cai
Peck
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Panford
John B. Carey
St Paul's
The
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Judge Caldwell
Caldwell
Milwaukee & St Paul
Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Company
Santa Feon
Milwaukee & 5. Paul Company
Bhiar
Saya Vous Caltwell
United States Clicuit
Henry C. Caldwell
George R Peck
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee i# s
Strong Company
Edward D. Kenna
Frisco
Milwaukee
Georgs BK. Peck
St. Louis
Aug
Ed, Kenna
Judge Dismisses Hudson Damage Suit in Major Case
Judge Hazen this morning dismissed Editor J. Hudson of the Capital's suit against W. I. Baker of St Louis and his lawyers Quinton & Quinton for damages. The ruling followed a prior U.S. court action where Baker sought to hold the Capital Company liable and a receiver appointment. The Shawnee county district court suit was deemed insufficient to state a cause of action, and was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazen
Hudson
Hin
J. &. Hudson
the Capital
Euit
W. I. Baker
4Y. Louis
Quinton & Quinton
W. H. Baker
St. Louis
United Sta
J. R. Hudson
Lable
J. K. Hudson
Capital
Shawnee County
Baker
United States
Julia D. Eaton
Joe Baldwin
Elliott
GOLD RESERVE LOW AND GRAIN SUPPLY NOTES
Treasury shows available cash balance 182 208 205 and gold reserve 100 084 870. Visible grain supply figures for Aug 24 list wheat 35 089 000 bushels, corn 6 287 000, oats 3 720 000, rye 890 000, barley 46 000 with changes from prior week. Found: Frank Floker drowned. body recovered five miles downstream. A man named Brownlee injured after a fall from a tree. D A Clements returning from major cities. announces September 1 stock opening with new line from American manufacturers and importers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasurxdom
New Yor
New York Produce Exchange
Judge Caldwell Sees US Silver Policy as Canada Annexation
In Topeka Judge Henry Clay Caldwell, a veteran U S district judge, discusses silver policy and says the United States may have to annex to Canada if it cannot coin silver without British permission. He also notes his modest presidential ambivalence and turns to railroad reorganizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay Caldwell
Topska
Colorado Springs
Caldwell
Omelia Caldwell
Miss Bird McClellan
St. Paul
Julia Tyree
St. Louis
Misa McClellan
McClellan
United States
Lincoln
Virginia
Colon Army
Judge Caldwell
Throop
Topeka
Dr. Hogeboom
Joursan
Tam
Canada
Ta Fe
Atchison receivership decree may be entered soon
The court may enter the decree tomorrow as interested parties arrive today to settle the Atchison affairs. Purchasers expect possession within sixty days. Frisco and A P bonds require longer timing. Santa Fe receiverships will continue until other lines are settled, with bondholders favoring consolidated management. Judge Caldwell emphasizes rapid removal of the system from court control and credits strong legal guidance and the Colon Trust Company for speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Atlantic & Pacific
Santa Fa
Frisco
Santa Fe
Caldwell
Colon Trust Company of
New York
Plaster Beds Lead To Form of Standard Cement & Plaster Co
State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal reports Topeka and Kansas men have organized the Standard Cement & Plaster Company in Wyoming with $175000 capital to develop plaster beds near Laramie. Directors include Reese, Shultz, Wim Reese, G W Clark, S M Clark, J C Holland, and Breidenthal. Officers: W. M. Reese president, G W Clark vice president, S M Scott secretary, Breidenthal treasurer. The firm bought 1137 acres near Laramie with substantial plaster beds. claims the bed is three times larger than any found before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Breitenthal
Wyoming
State Bank
Breidenthal
Laramie
Topeka
Kansas
Luremie
Standard Cement & Plaster Company
David Reese
Thomas Shultz
Latine County
Wim
Reese
Denver
George W. Clark
Wo. M. Reese
5. M. Scott
John W. Breidenthal
Larache
Morrill Won’t Quit Says Interview Is Frise
Boston Aug 24 The Boston Traveler prints Gov Morrill of Kansas denying retirement from politics and stating no truth in the claim. He left for the west this morning. Gould’s Yacht Niagara Wins Torbay Race Isolde second Luna third Aug 26 Torbay yacht club 20-raters event results
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frise
Boston
Boston Traveler of Today
Gov. Morrill
Kansas
West
Gould
Torbay
Howard Gould
Royal Torbay Yacht Club
Isolde
Luna
Populist league rooms open with entertainment and lunch
Rev. T. R. Thoburo visits Peabody for a week with his parents Rev. Moses Dickson, founder of The Twelve, to lecture at Knights of Tebor ball on East Sixth Street. City council plans a meeting tonight to open bids and let the Kanass Avenue bridge re–roofing contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaneas Avenue
T. R. Thoburo
Walnut Grove
BME
Peabody
Moses Dickson
St Louis
Order of the Twelve
Knights of Tebor
East Sixth Street
Iato
Kanass Avenue
Four Hung in Yreka Mob Lynching at Jail Yard
Four murderers Johnson Semler Null and Moreno were seized from Yreka county jail by a mob of about 250 men at midnight and hanged from a rail between two trees in the jail yard. The action ends months of lawlessness in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuexs
Cal
Johnson
Semler
Null
Moreno
Vesper Building Sold and Transfers Noted
The Vesper bakery building on Sixth Street between Kansas and Quincy has been transferred from Charles F. Davies to his father Benjamin M. Davies. Both are Chicago residents. John M. Whitehead purchased Taylor Street lots 194 and 200 from Mary A. Faulkner and Joseph Faulkner for 6000 dollars, with the property carrying an 2400 dollar mortgage. In Newport RL on Aug 26, a national lawn tennis tournament sees Larned clash with Hovey as a precursor to a match with Wrenn. Hovey wins sets two and three, 9-7 and 6-4, after Larned takes the first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles EF. Davies
Vesper Bakery
Sixth Street
Kansas Avenue
Quincy Street
Charles F. Davies
Benjamin M. Davies
Chicago
Geim
John M. Whitehead
Mary A. Faulkner
Joseph Faulkner
Taylor Street
Fores
Newport
Newtonn
Larned
Hovey
Wrenn
Slovey
Dace
Hover
McKean County Directors Oppose Illinois Flag Law
A McKean county convention of school directors gathered in heavy rain to oppose the Illinois flag law requiring the U S flag to fly over all schoolhouses. Nearly 200 directors adopted resolutions denouncing the law as un American and despotic and discussed funding a test case. The county attorney said directors cannot spend funds on such a case, and a committee to raise money was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKean County
Broomington
Illinois
United States
Fonda
Beethoven Appreciated Concert Exchange
A brief exchange about Beethoven at a concert features a woman praising the composer as music that is delicate and refined, never interfering with conversation, while a man responds with curiosity highlighting the appreciation. The Daily Star Journal appears as the publication source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Riot alarm in Chicago as private watchman linked to lynching scare
An angry crowd pursued private watchman Thomas Sorenson after he struck spectators, claiming a child was killed. Police arrived with revolvers drawn, riot alarms sounded, and officers escorted Sorenson to safety as they dispersed the mob near a coal yard and baseball field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Curcaco
Sorenson
Patrick Holmes
California Commanderies Prepare for San Francisco Visit
At Boston headquarters California No 1 of San Francisco leads lavish entertainments for a national venture with 10 000 baskets of fruit and 22 000 bottles of wine to be distributed. Golan Gate and Oakland commanderies host open houses while Apollo arrives with a grand entourage for a weekend display of hospitality and pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
California Commanderies
California No. 1
San Francisco
Parker House
California
Golan Gate Commandery
Columbia Hotel
Washington Street
Oakland
Barlow
Apollo Commandery
New England
Case of the Russians to be tried by police court
Tomorrow at 2 p.m in the police court cases of Little Russia residents proceed to trial. Mike Etzel Jack Eyse and EK J Natches face arraignment for selling intoxicating liquor while Geo P Etzel his wife and Mrs Marguerita Etzel are charged with interfering with an officer. The Russian woman claimed to be critically ill but City Physician Mitchell says the prior report is false the woman is under treatment with an external truss. Bala and Slater represent the Russians and promise to press the police case though officers say they will mount a surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Russia
Mike Etzel
Jack Eyse
EK. J. Natches
Geo
P. Etzel
Marguerita Etzel
Etzel Tt Fe
Mitchell
Bala
Slater
Heralds Horse Left Him in Wakarusa Camping Tale
The Elections Commissioner Frank Merald and his son drove to Wakarusa on Saturday to camp for several days. They fished while the horse remained tethered. at dusk it broke free and returned home as Mr Herald left his wagon to be hauled away by a passing mover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Merald and Son
Wakarusa
Mr. Herald
Camp Sherman Dedication At Hastings Year
Hastings Nebraska August 26 Camp Sherman was dedicated at noon after final preparations to turn the site over to Commander Adams and veterans. About three quarters of a mile from Hastings center the camp sits on a prairie strip, with 15 000 people securing quarters and special trains running in. Nearby will be Nebraska head union and Kansas veterans with Interstate association and Kansas guards. Gold shipments noted include 600 000 to be sent by steam tomorrow, 500 000 deposited at the sub-treasury, and 15 000 from the Santiago voyage. Yokoyama resignation context referenced in brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Net
Neb
Camp
Sherman
Adams
Nebraska
Kansas
Interstate Association
Kansas Nations Guard
Nebraska Head Union
New York
Hoskier, Wood & Co
Croseman & Bro
Santiago
United States
American Exchange National Bank
Sub-Tressury
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George RK. Peck
Santa Fe Railroad
Mr. E D. Kenna
Kenna
Gold Reserve Low
Frank Pinkers Hody
Emronia
Kan
Frank Floker
Neosho River
Pell
Harry Brownlee
van Buren
Twenty-Star Street
Baughman
Dr. Roby
D. A. Clements
Hoe
Henry ©. Caldwell
Morrill
Yreka
Vesper Building
Fogg
Ead Woods
Figg
Boston Transcript
George Lewis
Port Jarvis
N. J
Lewis
Daily Stare Journal
Herald
Yokoyama
Mateagata
Fosace Bas Ri
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