Failures in 1900 Show Slight Rise in Numbers and Liabilities
Bradstreets 1900 review finds 9,913 failures with liabilities of 127,184,705 and assets of 60,119,895. The year saw more failures than 1899 but smaller liabilities than prior years, with the strongest increase in western regions and the northwest. Overall salvage noted, with the smallest liabilities since 1892 except one year.
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New York
Bradstreet
Bradstreet’s
Middle
New England
Territories
Northwest
Prospects for iron trade in 1901 mixed by region
The Iron Trade Review reports generally good prospects for 1901 with profits firmer for mills and steel works than blast furnaces. Wages are cut in Mahoning and Shenango Valley, while Pittsburgh district producers keep wages stable. Domestic demand rising but foreign markets show weakness, with British prices falling and German conditions poor. Rail and plate markets improve, Galveston storm losses tallied, and overall trade faces evolving consolidation and competition.
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Cleveland, O
The
Iron Trade Review
Mahoning
Shenango Valley
Pittsburg
Lake Superior
Great Britain
Germany
New York
Discovery of Long Lost Marriage Certificate Affects Ackley Will
In Wellsboro Pennsylvania a missing marriage certificate found in a valise may end a dispute over Chauncey C. Ackley’s $40,000 estate. Jennie Hamlin once claimed marriage to Ackley in Elmira New York on February 14 1893 but failed to prove it. A hearing on the case is scheduled.
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Wellsboro
Chauncey C. Ackley
Ackley
Jleanie Hamlin
Clymer Township
Jennie Hamlin
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Telegraphers
Harris Sues For Fifty Thousand In Illinois Suit
Virginia Harris of Stensselaer Indiana sues Benjamin H. Durham of Onarga Illinois in United States circuit court seeking 50000 damages for breach of promise to marry. Durham Bros. banker, Republican, reputed wealthy. Harris, 80, is described as daughter of wealthy parents and third cousin to Durham. Durham’s friends deny any marriage intent. Kansas City reports Armour Packing Co contracts 25000 tons common salt from Lisbon Portugal due to rising prices. 25 carloads already en route, 35 more to follow.
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Chicago
Virginia Harris
Stensselaer
Ind
United States
Benjamin H. Durham
Onarga, Ills
Durham Bros
Miss Harris
Durham
Kansas City
Lisbon
Portugal
Armour Packing Company
Salt Trust
Great Lakes level talks move forward by committee
Washington January 4 The river and harbor committee adopts a resolution authorizing the president to negotiate agreements to fix the level of the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes
Washington
River and Harbor Committee
Brazil Prepares New Beer Foundry Operated With Ice Plant
Ground has been broken for a new brewery to be operated in connection with the Brazil Ice and Cold Storage company in Brazil Imd Charles FP Anton formerly of Anthony & Mulins St Louis will have charge of the project
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Brazil
Imd
Brazil Ice and Cold Storage
Charles FP. Anton
Anthony & Mulins
St. Louis
Chicago Hog and Cattle Prices Reported for Jan 3
Hog receipts and packing prices in Chicago show bulk sales near 4.95 to 5.05 per cwt with heavy packing at 4.90 to 5.10. Cattle quotes list steers from 5.70 to 6.10 for choice to extra and various lower grades, stockers and feeders at 1.75 to 4.40, cows and bulls down to 1.75 and 2.75, veal calves at 4.00 to 5.60. East Buffalo figures note hogs at 5.20 and roughs 4.50 to 4.15, lambs and sheep mixed with 3.80 to 4.75, and cattle light and yeals at 5.50 to 8.50. St. Louis and Milwaukee grain markets show mixed futures with wheat and corn prices edging lower and higher in places.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Yeals
Erie Park
Cape Cod
Senate clash over apportionment sparks party line defeat
Olmsted's privilege resolution on Southern franchise triggers GOP clash as Democrats rally to block reapportionment. House vote 81 to 83 with many Republicans absent. same session Senate defers subsidy bill while mint director reports a 100 percent rise in world money since 1878.
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Olmsted of
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Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Committee On Census
Olmsted
Landis Indiana
Mann
Ilinois
Senate
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Cape Citizens Rally for Boer War Contingents at Cape Town
Cape Town reports a surge in enlistment as 500 citizens join to form mounted units to guard passes in the Hex river mountains and protect the railway. Monarch adds rod guns to troops. Bechuanaland and Transvaal actions mount. General Kitchener backs aid measures, urging quick transport of prisoners and mobility to flank Boer forces.
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Monarch
Worcester
Ilex River
Transvaal
Middleburg
Givaat Kennet
Carnarvon
Lorses
Colesberg
Kritzinger
Middleberg
Brainerd Officials Probe Bank Treasurer Shortage
The bank reports a possible shortage in the state treasurer’s accounts amounting to 10 000 to 72 000 dollars. Brainerd, a longtime business figure, denies wrongdoing and says he would cooperate with a successor if required. He claims only bondholders can decide how funds are used.
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Brainerd
Fello
Board of Agriculture
Bishop Ninde Dies In Sleep At Detroit
Prominent Methodist bishop W X Ninde, 60, passed away quietly in his Detroit home after a day of illness marked by a cold. Born in New York, he served as a professor and president of Garrett Biblical Institute before becoming bishop in 1884, leaving a widow and five children.
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W. X. Ninde
M. EB
Ninde
United States
Methodist Church
New York
Black River
Garrett Biblical Institute
Garrett Institute
Sheboygan, Wis
Lord Roberts Beats London Ovations After War Office Takeover
The British hero Lord Roberts ends a day of public triumph with a formal handover as commander in chief of the forces at the War Office in London. Crowds cheered from Southampton to Buckingham Palace, with royal greetings from the Prince and Princess of Wales and a luncheon with the royal family.
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Lord Roberts
Buckingham Palace
War Office
Oin
Tle
West End
Southampton
Princess of Walse
Prince of Wales
Earl
Palace
William St. John Broderick
Duke of Connaught
Duke of Cambridge
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
Lord Wolseley
Chamberlain
Restoration of Hen HH Brainerd as state treasurer
An Illinois official notes the restoration of Hen HH Brainerd to the position of state treasurer. The announcement, dated January 4, details Brainerd’s return and role within the state treasury and agriculture boards.
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Rypringfeld
Ibs
Hen Hh, Brainerd
Ironwood Miner Suffers Severe Arm Injury at Ashland Mine
Ironwood Michigan January 4 Henry Smith a carpenter at the Ash land mine sustained a severe arm injury while operating a circular saw his arm slipped and caught the blade causing deep flesh and bone damage doctors attended the scene and he was removed for treatment
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Ironwood
Mich
Henry Smith
Ashland
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