Receivership in Chicago Great Western Explained
Judge Sanborn appoints A B Stickney and C H F Smith as receivers for the railroad after failure to meet 1908 obligations and costly reconstruction. London noteholders meet Stickney to discuss a first mortgage bond plan to preserve status quo and sell bonds, while some holders favor extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Walter H. Sanborn
United States Circuit Court
A. B. Stickney
Charles H. F. Smith
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Kellogg & Seg Rerance
London
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Stickney
United States
Chicago Great Western
Grand jury indicts G B Powell in tobacco district case
Hopkinsville Kentucky January 9 the grand jury indicted G B Powell of Fruit Hill Christian county for conspiring with others to destroy property and for destroying real and personal property Powell was among the day riders who waited upon tobacco men in November and was not drawn for the current panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
G. B. Powell
Fruit Hill
Christian County
Powell
Post Office Clerk Arrested For Stealing Letters In Bloomington
Bloomington Jan 9 The arrest of Frank Lease a post office clerk on charges of stealing letters containing money stirred locals Inspectors Moore of New Albany and A Susong of Louisville used a decoy letter in the northbound Monon mail which Lease took directly from the bag alleging theft of funds by the clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Frank Lease
Moore
New Albany
A. Susong
Louisville
Lease
Nebraska Antipass Law Question Entangles Passes
Nebraska railway commission members hold Missouri Pacific annual passes for 1908. Chairman Winnett says passes will be handed to Attorney General Thompson. The antipass law bars free transportation for state officials.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Missouri Pacific
Winnett
Thompson
Nebraska
Lockup That Emigrated
Justice of the Peace Carver of Elwood vows a sturdier jail after a motorist escapes from a freight car jail due to lack of locks. A friend ferries the car into the city to raise funds, but it is moved by a passing train to Camden. the motorist thanks the justice for the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Justice of the Peace Carver
Elwood
Camden
the Justice
City Asked to Give Men Work
Morris I. Swift leader of three hundred unemployed men presented to Mayor Hibbard at city hall a set of resolutions urging job creation. The resolutions were adopted at a mass meeting on the common and the mayor said he would reply next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Morris I. Swift
Socialist Labor Party
Hibbard
Ex Gov Boies Out of Danger in Texas Hospital
Ex Governor Horace Boies, ill with pneumonia in a Texas hospital, is now regarded as completely out of danger if no relapse occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boies
Paso
Tex
Horace Boies
Independent Cigar Makers Form Home Cigar Company
Central west independent cigar makers form the Home Cigar company with one million dollars capital. Illinois Indiana Ohio Missouri and Iowa representatives subscribe funds. The group aims to defeat the cigar trust and open independent stores in large midwestern cities within thirty days. J F Ball of Springfield elected president E A Whitney of Kewanee secretary. headquarters planned in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peorta Tl
Farmakers
Central West
Home Cigar Company
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Cigar Trust
Middle West
J. F. Ball
Springfield
E. A. Whitney
Kewanee
St. Louis
Petition for Powers Pardon Circulated in Lexington
Caleb Powers issues public statement urging a petition to Governor Willson for pardon. He cites unfair trials, noting ten jurors asked for acquittal at the last trial. A mixed party committee of four Democrats and three Republicans leads the drive. It will circulate to both women and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Lexington
Caleb Powers
Willson
Multiple fatalities and injuries in railway crash near Dallas Ga
Three deaths reported from the Southern railway accident near Dallas Georgia Engineer Edwards engine foreman Schnapps and fireman Mose Baldwin died nearly 100 injured but expected to recover A bill for mine disaster inquiry introduced in Illinois government loan of 5 million dollars secured by Salvador government Peoria decision John Conlon over Murphy in tenth round Maryland governor inauguration Willson Kentucky legislature night rider raids spotlighted Armour Packing chief engineer Julian F B Smith dies in Magnolia Springs Alabama US battleship fleet sighted near Pernambuco Brazil San Francisco governance cleared of Schmitz era remnants Canton fire in south China kills 300 General Horace Binney Sargeant civil war veteran dies in Santa Barbara California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Dallas
Edwards
Schnapps
Mose Baldwin
Foster
Illinois
Salvador
England
Peoria
John Conlon
Murphy
Austin L. Crothers
Maryland
A. E. Willson
Kentucky
Quenemo
Kan
Julian FB. Smith
Armour Packing Company
Chicago
Magnolia Springs
Ala
United States
Pernambuco
Brazil
Schmitz
San Francisco
South China
Canton
Horace Binney Sargeant
Santa Barbara
Cal
Spitting Prohibition and Life Preservers on Ferries
A reader notes the ferry lines over the North River post a notice banning spitting on the floor while promising life preservers for all passengers. The piece questions whether the reform agenda might stretch to overreach in public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renial
North River
New Jersey
Fowler Plan Would Generalize Currency via Bank Assets
The Fowler bill aims to retire current national bank notes and issue a currency backed by general bank assets. Redemption cities would be created with district boards of seven bank representatives under a deputy comptroller. Banks gain guaranteed credit notes for their capital stock, funded by 80 percent in U S bonds and 20 percent in local deposits for redemption. The fund would reach 25 million dollars before bonds return to banks and the new notes would have green backgrounds.
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Washington, Jan
Fowler
House Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
House
Secretary of the Treasury
National Bank
Board of Managers
United States
National Guaranty Fund Created With Bank Deposits
The notes will incur a 2 percent annual tax. Each bank must deposit 5 percent of its average twelve month deposits and 5 percent of the credit notes it issues with the U S treasurer. The revenue will support a national guaranty fund of 500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lawmakers Preserve Civility Amid Rules Debate on Penal Code Bill
In the House Williams of Mississippi and DeArmond of Missouri, formerly at odds on the floor, exchanged courteous remarks to show they would not let personal differences derail public duties. The moment occurred during Palzell's push for a four hour general debate on a bill to codify and amend U S penal laws. Williams supported the rule and then, unexpectedly, yielded ten minutes to DeArmond. Both men sit on the committee on rules as its minority members and pledged to maintain decorum in their official relations.
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Washington
Williams
Mississippi
DeArmond
Missouri
Palzell
Committee On Rules
United States
Congress
House
The House in Brief.
Washington notes a compact digest of House actions from January with brief summaries of votes and committee items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the House In
Washington, Jan. C
Little Basi
Senate Adopts Rule Amid Debate on Revision Bill
After a forty minute debate the house adopts a rule to send the bill to revise codify and amend the laws the right of way along with other preferred censures. A large number of bills was introduced as the senate was not in session.
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House
Senate
Death ends romance in hospital marriage couple's loss
Horace D. Kahnweiler a traveling salesman dies after eighteen months in a hospital where he was nursed by Janes Farnum Geist widow of Dr George A. Geist. They married in the hospital in Chicago on December 3 to be together in Arizona for his health, then traveled west. his sister reports the death.
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Albion
Mich
Chicago
Horace D. Kahnweiler
Arizona
Kahnweiler
Janes Farnum Geist
George A. Geist
Detroit
Geist
West
Major Henry Ward Wells Dead in Peoria
Major Henry Ward Wells a veteran Peoria attorney and one of the framers of the Illinois constitution in 1870 is dead at age seventy four. He authored several legal works including treatises on Replevin Mechanics Lien and Patent Laws.
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H. W. Wells
Peoria
Ill
Henry Ward Wells
Major Wells
Chicago Market Totals for Hogs Cattle Sheep January 9 1908
Market reports show hog receipts 42000 with mixed packers at 415 to 455 and heavy shipping 415 to 452. Cattle 8500, steady to strong. sheep 15000, steady to higher. official yesterday receipts 55142 and shipments 11105. Tomorrow's receipts about 31000 with bulk hogs 410 to 450 and beef prices 360 to 625 for Beeves and 310 to 390 for Texas steers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Chicago Grain Prices Report January 9 1908
Grain prices from Beach-Wickham Grain Co list bids and ranges for mixed packers porkers rough cattle and sheep with shifts in early trading. The report cites openings from 4 40 to 4 52 percent and notes strong cattle and sheep demand and bulk gains over the opening bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Thieves Employ Chloroform in Ithaca Home Burglary
Dr J B Kirkendall reports burglars entered his Ithaca residence and, after placing chloroform scented handkerchiefs over their faces, looted the house. Mrs Kirkendall is said to be in serious condition from the drug’s effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Jan. C
John A. Babcock offers square deals in Illinois
A brief ad notes John A. Babcock promising a square deal in Ghigag Illinois and inviting customers to call any time for reliable service.
Heinze Fails to Save Mercantile Bank in Money Plea
Augustus Heinze loses control of the Mercantile National bank after failing to raise $1.2 million owed to Edwin Gould and William Cromwell. He is arraigned on over certification charges tied to his brother’s brokerage and faces possible wider indictments as the grand jury probes banking conditions from the recent financial flurry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercantile National Bank of New York
New York
Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
United States Circuit Court
Heinze
Goulds
Edwin Gould
William Nelson Cromwell
Gould
Mercantile
Heinze-Morse-Thompson
Cromwell
Federal Land Jury
Chatfield
Heinzein Wall Street
United States District Attorney's Office
Grand Jury
Paris editor settles it about Japan US war
Echo de Paris cites an authoritative Japanese source claiming Japan is focused on China and Korea and cannot wage war with America. The interview notes replacements of Japanese instructors by Germans in China, Manchurian tensions, and China’s demand for full Portsmouth treaty application limiting Japan in Manchuria.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
Japan
Asia
America
China
Korea
Tokilo
Manchuria
Veteran Railway Employee Dead in New York
Samuel Carpenter aged seventy one dies at his New York home. Carpenter served the Pennsylvania Railroad for forty nine years and was eastern passenger agent in New York for over thirty years before retiring in December 1906.
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New York
Samuel Carpenter
Carpenter
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eastern
Reichstag resumes sessions after Christmas vacation
Berlin January 9 sessions of the reichstag resumed following the Christmas holiday. The day included routine business and an interpretation concerning improvements for the working and middle classes of Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
Millions for Motor Cars in 1907 United States
New York January 9 reports estimate nearly eight million dollars were spent in 1907 for motor cars in the United States. The figure comes from the association of licensed automobile manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Association of Licensed Automobile Manufactures
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HUAD
Chicago Great Western Railway
Athe Grance Committee
John A. Humberg
Minnesota
George P. Meyer
Ward Cummings
Alex Wallace
Great Britain
Stiles W. Burr
Frank B. Kellogg
Board of Directors
Independent Cigarmakers
Buffalo Bill
the Gould Case
Howard Gould
Katherine Clemmons
William F. Cody
Cody
Miss Clemmons
Colonel Cody
John A. Babcock
The
North American Commission Company
Uncle Sam
Reichstag
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