Merger in Time Lost Facing Supreme Court Rescue
The United States government victory in the suit against Northern Securities, Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways and named officials is sustained in the circuit court. An appeal to the Supreme Court will be filed immediately as all four judges concurred. Defendants include James J. Hill and JP Morgan among others.
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St. Paul
United States
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacifi
Great Northern Rail Ways
United States Circuit Court
Court of Appeals
Raifway
New York
St. Louis
Caldwell
Sanborn
Thayer
Vandevanter
PRI
United States Supreme Court
The
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Great Northern Railway Company
James J. Hill
William BP. Clough
Willis James
John 8. Kennedy
J. Pierpont Morgan
Robert Bacon
George F. Baker
Daniel S. Lamont
Unlawful Merger Rules Dot United States Suit
The court orders a decree in favor of the United States enjoining the Securities company from acquiring or voting stock in Northern Pacific and Great Northern, barring influence over the two railroads, and directing a return of stock to holders. Local notes report a Landersville post office safe incident with shots fired during an attempted theft. Separate items note DuPage County tax collector Harry Rates missing with debt and Mayor Elijah Halford being relieved from Philippines duties.
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United States
Northern Pa- Feit
Great Northern
Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Northern Securities Company
Com “Nies
Se Tiles Company
Hkr
Ities
Theorthern Pacific
Great Northern Mipillies
Marion
Ind
Landersville
Sioux City Gambling House Closed after Robbery Case
In Sioux City Iowa on April 10 George and John Scotland paid $1000 into the county treasury and were released after a sensational incident at a gambling house weeks earlier. The robbery case is noted but details remain sparse.
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Incidentina
Sioux City
George
John Scotlard
Iowa Central
Brighton
Mason City Mall
Omaha
Denver
Peorta
Ju. Trerremons
Ono
Barry Trattic
Ata
Marshalltown
Iowa
Scollards and accomplices flee after museum scheme
The Scollards used violence when a plan to cheat a house trust was exposed. They held a crowd at gunpoint to demand refunds after the alleged robbery. Indicted and released on bonds, they fled the country with George Scollard later captured in Idaho. The county attorney proposed dismissal upon payment into the county treasury.
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Ing
Rogers
Scollards
George Scollard
Idaho
Whitney
Chinese minister settles spelling of his name
Washington April 10 The new Chinese minister explains the spelling and pronunciation of his name. He says the first part is Chentung, the middle Li ang pronounced Liang, and the last Cheng, giving his full name Chentung Liang Cheng. He also notes he accepts the title Sir granted by the British crown.
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Washington
John
Chentung
Leeang
Cheng
Chentung Liang Cheng
Ambridge town project signs 100 non union workers
The American Bridge company hired 100 non union men for its Ambridge project near Pittsburg after a strike. Strikers attempted to board the train arriving with workers but were blocked by special officers.
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Pittsburg
American Bridge Company
Ambridge
Iowa State Electrical association selects Des Moines for next meeting
Davenport Iowa April 10 The Iowa State Electrical association closed its third annual meeting after selecting Des Moines for the next meeting and electing officers resident D F McGee Red Oak vice president W L Bowers Davenport secretary N S Porter Eldora treasurer Rufus bk Lee Clarinda
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Davenport
Iowa State Electrical Association
Des Moines
D. F. McGee
Red Oak
W. L. Bowers
N.S. Porter
Eldora
Rufus Bk. Lee
Clarinda
Detective Seek C F Sweatner In Pathfinders Case
Terre Haute detectives hunt C F Sweatner an organizer with the Pathfinders charged with passing a raised check at Clinton. The check was increased from 20 to 32000 and handed on March 16 as part of the alleged fraud.
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Terre Haute
Ind
C. F. Sweatner
Pathfinders
Clinton
Union pickets guard harbor vessels in West Superior strike
West Superior Wisconsin on April 10 reports union marines picketing and turning back non union workers from forty plus ships crowded in the harbor as strikes continue for higher wages. In Washington an official retirement brings Baron Sternburg news and the German emperor rewards with the Red Eagle order. Indianapolis sees tinters win a 5 cent hourly raise after most contracts settle with strikers. Cleveland records the death of Nicholas Bartlett Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway treasurer with nearly sixty years. LaCrosse Wisconsin marks the death of Frank B Smith a pioneer in western state politics at age 66.
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West Superior
Wis
Union Marine Gremen
Cleveland
Nicholas Bartlett
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
East Buffalo Market Report and Midwestern Grain Prices
East Buffalo and St Louis market notes show live stock quotations and lamb receipts, with cattle by class and prices, plus grain futures for wheat corn oats and rye across St Louis Toledo and Milwaukee exchanges. Prices vary from cattle to lambs and include cash and future levels for No 2 red wheat and No 2 cash oats with regional reports.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Toledo
JOSHING FOR HIM WON A TWENTY DOLLAR BET
Joseph Lowney Chicago school trustee and former city building commissioner returns from a four month Orient trip. He won a £29 bet from Charles W. Gindele for making the journey and back in four months. Lowney describes weather, people, and business conditions in Japan China Manila and other locales. He notes English control of banks in China, clean natives, polite behavior, and calls for American curiosity about eastern ways.
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Chicaco
Joseph Lowney
Echool
Chieweo
Orient
Downey
Charles W. Gindele
Chicago
Gindele
San Francisco
Japan
China
Manila
Yokolagua
Maensimen
Accvention Neing That Of de Vietha td Not Give Him $500 There Would Tie a Wedding In the Panty
Walliece Vike, a Chicago Musical College graduate, is under arrest in Des Moines for attempting to extort $500 from EB Seigel. He threatened to marry Minnie Seigel unless paid. Seigel says Pike hypnotized his daughter. she has given him jewels he pawned. Pike posted bail and sought immediate trial. he previously directed the Des Moines Musical Guild and a dramatic school.
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de Vietha
Les Moines
Walliece Vike
Chicago Musical College
EB Seigel
Pike
Minnie Seigel
Seigel
Wallace Pike
Deg Molves
Kuna Conservatory of Music
Mill Kuna
Musical Guild
Pew Dramatic School of
Des Moines
Russian student escorted to Italian frontier
Police agents escorted Russian student Michael Goetz to the Italian frontier amid suspicions of involvement in an assassination plot. The case centers on alleged extremist activity and border movement as authorities pursue further evidence.
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Michael Goetz
Exar-Hiller
Cure for Female Weakness Promises True Health
A testimonial-style note extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for womanly disorders. It claims relief from irregularity, inflammation, and ulceration, with a weight gain and renewed health after months of failed treatment.
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Emilee
Chillish Gate
Wotan
Cine and
Pierce
Harry A. Vreven
Crowe
Peteatraeus Co
Pieppe
Scaffolding collapse injures fourteen in Memphia church pool
Fourteen men were bruised when a scaffold collapsed while shingling a church pool. David Chatthe a former village president and George Kitchen were among the injured. two may not recover. In Melean a five child boggy cradle overturned in Kickapoo Creek rescue attempts continue as one child drowns and others suffer exposure injuries. General Porter mourns wife loss as Britain’s treasury secretary resigns amid unrelated trouble.
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Huron
Mich
Memphia
David Chatthe
George Kitchen
Bloomington
Kickapoo Creek
Melean
Jesse
Joseph Cooper
Thomas
Explosion On Battleship Towar Kills Three Sailors At Pensacola
A premature explosion of a shipyard gun aboard the battleship Towar during target practice sent fragments through multiple decks at Pensacola. Three sailors were killed and five injured, while questions about the shell defect or overuse during winter firing sparked debate. The injured were treated at the hospital as the dead were brought ashore.
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Mia
Towa
Gulf
Seaan Kiele
Percetl
Berry
Pirett
Craught
Thursdate, Brown
Manedule
Voreker
Mess
Mees
Sremen
Massachusetts
Culebra
Aged Woman Dies After Expulsion Attempt at Odd Fellows Home
Mrs. Sarah J. Roberts an aged inmate of the Odd Fellows Old Folks Home in Mattoon Illinois died from poison after an expulsion was upheld Several months earlier the home trustees sought her removal and the Lexington lodge had paid for life care The death ends a contested case that drew lodge attention across the state The report also notes bank closure at Hamden Ohio and other brief items from St Paul and Washington.
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Mattoon, Hs
Sarah J. Roberts
Odd Fellows Old Folks
Odd Fellows and Rebeccon
Roberts
Murder charge returned in Columba case against James Tiiman
A true bill for murder is returned against James H. Tiiman for the killing of Editor Gonzales in Columba South Carolina. The Hiolind striking transportation hands vow to maintain peace while tensions rise. Three dynamite bombs exploded at the Villabian church in Madrid. Salaries of Chicago post offices em-
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James H. Tiiman
Gonzales
Columna
S.C
Hiolind
Villabian
Madrid
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