Figures On Railways Stock and Bond Statistics 1906
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission’s abstract of its nineteenth annual statistical survey ending June 30 1906. Railways outstandings amount to 14.57 billion dollars with 33 percent paid as dividends. Gross earnings reach 2.326 billion, net income 585 million available for dividends, and passenger revenue per passenger is 2.002 cents.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United Tes
Statistics of Casualties and Rail Car Service
The report records 10 618 persons dead and 97 706 injured. It notes 1 521 355 passengers, 2 227 041 carried, with 1995 figures per passenger fatality and injury rates. Wages paid to employees total 900 801 653 dollars, with 000 missing due to the San Francisco earthquake. Rail operations totaled 2 213 with 4 054.46 miles reorganized.
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San
RETAIL TRADE INCREASES AS FALL LINES OPEN
The R G Dun Weekly Review of Trade reports fall trade gains as vacation ends. Opening fall lines yields satisfactory results and staple crops are secured and marketed. Mercantile collections improve in agricultural districts and export trade rises. Postponed bases ease, speculation declines, and natural steel shapes grow for bridge work as railways seek more supplies amid financial pressure.
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New York
R. G. Dun & '8 Weekly Review of
Inciny
Veterans End Their Meet at Saratoga Encampment
Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic conclude the forty first annual encampment in Saratoga NY adjournment to 1908. Officers elected pension resolutions memorial Lincoln centennial plans widows pensions burial rights noted. Died Albert N Jennings Highlands NY the third veteran to die here this week.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Grand Army of the Republic
Burton
South
Abraham Lincoln
Grand Army
Vespasian Warner
C. Millie Leighton
Clinton
Mass
The
Daughters of Veterans
Albert N. Jennings
Highlands, N. Y
Why Rob Left Home in Elwood Ind A Child and His Dog
In Elwood Indiana on September 14 a seven year old boy left home to protect his pet dog from being whipped by his mother. The boy wandered with Gypsy band wagons fueling a city wide scare and threats of lynching a passing horse trader. The father later found the boy alone heading south with the dog at his side.
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Elwood
Ind
Robert
Anderson
Frankton
Copper stocks slide as Amalgamated drops after opening
On the New York Stock Exchange Amalgamated shares fell to 58% in early trading, down 2% from Thursday’s close as over 40,000 shares changed hands in the first half hour. Much selling reportedly came from Boston interests. London reports a £1 fall in spot copper. Utah Consolidated Mining declares a quarterly dividend of $1.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Amalgamated
Boston
London
Utah Consolidated Mining Company
Bradley Announces Candidacy for Governor in Michigan
Jas Bradley auditor general of Michigan reveals on a sheep ranch trip to Ogemaw county that he will seek the governorship. He says relations with the current governor remain strong and notes potential nomination battles with the governor or Patrick Kelley, while dismissing a strong third term push.
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Standish
Mich
Ogemaw County
Jas
Patrick Kelley
Bradley
Whittemore
Prescott
C. C. Gage
Jonesville
Governor Hughes to keynote Sigel statue unveiling
Governor Hughes will deliver the principal address at the bronze equestrian statue unveiling of General Franz Sigel on October 19 at Riverside Drive and One Hundred Sixth Street. Local and nearby Grand Army posts are expected to attend, with more than 20 000 members of German societies joining the veterans for the event.
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New York
Hughes
Franz Sigel
Riverside Drive
One Hundred and Sixth Street
Moving an Eighty Five Hundred Ton Brick Theater in Greater New York
A Brooklyn contractor relocates the old Montauk theater weighing about 8,500 tons. The building is moved nearly 300 feet on jack screws with 25 men using crowbars to swing and set it on a new foundation for a bridge approach.
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New York
Brooklyn
Montauk Theater
Lusitania Turbine Prestige Stirs New York Celebrations
New York celebrates the Lusitania voyage as proof turbine propulsion works for fast ships while the Lucania remains faster among German vessels. Officials stress the record and future speed potential as crowds cheer the five day fifty four minute crossing and brief Liverpool to New York time. A second item notes the Keystone Guards insurer under scrutiny by Illinois law, with Potter enforcing policy compliance.
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Lusitania
Liverpool
New York
Lucania
New York Harbor
Mosier Plans Springfield Prohibition Rally by Wives
Mrs Fannie Mosier a noted temperance advocate proposes to form an organization of Springfield wives of drinkers to press Sunday saloon closures. She plans to meet with city councilmen and present a strong case to the city fathers.
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Danville
Til
Fannie Mosier
Illinois
Middle West
Springfield
Mrs Mosier Plans National Wave for Drunkard Cause
Mrs. Mosier vows to organize a national association of wives mothers and sisters of drunkards and march on Washington if the Illinois effort succeeds. She stirred the Illinois legislature last spring with lobbying for the local option bill which she helped pass.
H. H. Rogers in a Cruise
Fairhaven Massachusetts September 14 Bary H Rogers the Standard Oil and Amalgamated Copper magnate cruised Buzzards Bay aboard his yacht Kanawha with a party of friends in the forenoon and it was expected they might visit Martha's Vineyard before returning to Rogers summer home at Fairhaven.
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H. H. Rogers
Fairhaven
Mass
Bary H. Rogers
Standard OW
Amalgamated Copper
Buzzards Bay
Rogers
Martha's Vineland
Amalgamated Copper Mines Not Closed Despite Market Glut
Butte Montana September 14. General Superintendent John Gillis states in the Inter Mountain that the Amalgamated Copper company will not shut mines despite the copper glut. Work will be abandoned on Sundays but there will be no general closing down.
Bandits Strike Leola Bank Steal 1200 In Aberdeen Report
Three bandits broke into the First State bank at Leola South Dakota wrecked the safe and escaped with twelve hundred dollars. The watchman saw the robbers but could not provide an accurate description.
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Aberdeen
S. D
First State Bank
Leola
Pettibone Taken to Hospital in Critical Condition
George A. Pettibone charged with complicity in Governor Steunenberg’s murder is hospitalized in critical condition and likely to require an operation. No further prosecution of the case will occur at this time.
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Boise, Ida
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Supreme Court bans voting machines in Lenawee convention
In Lenawee County Michigan the Supreme Court holds that voting machines cannot be used in the constitutional convention because the machine chosen does not permit a voter to cast ballots for any three candidates.
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Lansing, Mich
Supreme Court
Lenawee County
Fire Fiend Reporter Is Compared Insane
Kokomo Indiana September 14 Frank Sult a newspaper reporter arrested on arson has been adjudged insane by a lunacy commission.
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Kokomo
Ind
Frank Sult
Lipton Challenges for America’s Cup En Route to New York
Sir Thomas Lipton’s renewed challenge for the America’s Cup moves toward New York. Paris reports Arabs in Casablanca seek peace negotiations. Buffalo meeting of the American Social Science Association cites Roosevelt’s embrace of socialist theory. The Hague conference plans final session for September 28. New York fur trade faces historic strikes reducing worker numbers. General Booth of the Salvation Army begins a trek from London to Canada and the United States.
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Thomas Lipton
New York
Paris
Casablanca
Morocco
American Social Science Association
Buffalo
Martin W. Littleton
Roosevelt
General Booth
Salvation Army
London
Canada
United States
US Officers Leave Berlin After Observing German Maneuvers
United States officers headed by Brigadier General Winfield S. Edgerly returned from German army maneuvers where they were guests of Emperor William. They will travel to France and England before homeward travel. The Emperor awarded photographs to the officers, who found the maneuvers technically informative and came away with greater respect for the German soldier. Major Koerner, the German military attache, will transfer to domestic service next spring.
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Berlin
United States
Winfield S. Edgerly
William
France
England
Koerner
Washington
Metcalf Returns to Washington Delivers Navy Labor Outlook
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf arrived in Washington after June 29 state trip to California. He avoided comments on the Japanese question and warned that Pacific coast labor shortages hurt Mare Island and Bremerton yards. He cited high farm wages and transportation strains as railroads struggle to move crops and passengers.
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Washington
Metcalf
California
Mare Island
Bremerton
Hindoos Demonstrations After Nationalist Leader Sentencing
Serious demonstrations by seditionists in Calcutta followed the prison sentence of a nationalist leader who refused to testify in a sedition case. Crowds gathered near the courts and attacked police including several European sergeants. Attacks on Europeans were also reported in eastern Bengal amid rising race tensions.
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Calcutta
Bengal
Population surge in Oklahoma Territory at admission
Census data show Oklahoma and Indian Territory combined population up 75 percent since 1900, totaling 1,408,732 with four districts missing. West Virginia ranks next largest among states at admission. The figures mark the territories as the most populous at the time of their entry into the Union.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Union
West Virginia
Cocklins Help Grandpa Rickey Celebrate Birthday
Mr and Mrs PD C Cocklin and Mrs S J Cocklin with Mr and Mrs Oliver Gray traveled to Crawfordsville to honor T W Rickey as he marked his birthday.
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PD. C. Cocklin
S. J. Cocklin
Oliver Gray
Crawfordsville
T. W. Rickey
Markets OPENING Chicago HOGS 1907 cash receipts steady
Chicago open prices show hog receipts estimated at 12000 with 5634 left over from yesterday. Market steady to five lower. Cattle at 500 and sheep at 2500 steadily traded.
Second Report Estimates and Market Slump Noted
Estimated receipts today 33 000 with official left over from yesterday. Tomorrow's estimates not given. Next week expected 125 000 with market slow versus yesterday’s average. Top 86 624 percent. Bulk 575 to 615. Cattle unchanged 0, Sheep unchanged 2560.
John A Babcock Offers Time to Squatters Deal
A terse note from John A Babcock promises available times and implies a favorable squatter deal. The message lacks formal structure and specific details, reflecting an informal, possibly promotional communication.
Wellman Abandons North Pole Airship Quest
Walter Wellman halted preparations after the airship America was driven back by a gale and landed on a glacier near Spitzbergen. He will attempt again next year, returning home via Tromsoe after declaring the expedition a temporary failure.
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Chicago
Walter Wellman
North Pole
America
Wellman
Tromsoe
Spitzberg
Airship Wellman Expedition Ends in Glacier Rescue
A Wellman airship crew faced a gale and snow near Spitzbergen after leaving Vogel Bay Island. The balloon descended on a glacier, rescuers salvaged the craft, and the car was dismantled for transport. The expedition members returned to Dane’s Island and sailed for Tromsoe. Wife Mrs Walter Wellman received a cable stating the ship a success.
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Tromsoe
Express
Vogel Bay Island
Camp
America
Spitzbergen
Dane's Islands
Wellman
Canton
Walter Wellman
George Clark
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Interstate Commerce Board
Bening
Dun & Co
Rob
New York Stock Exchange
James Bradley
Warner
Wolverine State
Sigel
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Keystone Guards
Athens
Potter
State Insurance Department
Pettibone Seriously Fl
Kaiser
Fact
Coast
Grain Market
J. W. Culver & Co
Iowa
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
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