Indicted Chicago and Alton Railroad Officers Named
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company and two former executives, John M. Faithorn and F A Wann, on ten counts including rebates to Schwarzschilda Sulzberger packing firm. The indictment cites $1 per car rebates on 44 cars of dressed beef from Kansas City and $2,500 in passenger fares for officers and agents between 1903 and 1904. Neither Faithorn nor Wann were arrested but summoned to appear in court.
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Chicago
Federal
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
John M. Faithorn
F. A. Wann
Ieal
Se of
Joe & Sulzberger
Casey
Schwarzachila & Sulzberger
Cuney
Kansas City
Packing Company
Faithorn
Wann
Pet Utie
Inig Court
Glee Bonis
United
Staey
Morrison
Che Rail- Toad Company
New York Stock Exchange Seat Sells for 8800
New York December 12 A membership on the New York Stock Exchange was sold today for 88.00. The last high record was 385,008. Wilmington December 12 Directors at the Baltimore and Philadelphia Company were elected: Sharv A. Dupont Andrew Ko San Dern Charles S. Ganthrop and Henderson Weir. Wilmington: Veerhe 80 Favladelphia and CW Woolford named officers J. McNeal treasurer.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Pila
Wilmington Tel
Dee
Balimeare
Phila Bilirach
Sharv A. Dupont
Andrew Ko San- Dern
Charles S. Ganthrop
Hendergen Weir
Wilmingats WB. Veerhe
Ow Woolford
Treasiner JV
Wheat Pool Man Arrested in New York
Der M charged with involvement in a discretionary wheat pool scam in Minneapolis. Tage spring, Robertson, held on $4 bail by United States Commissioner Shields. Robertson was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in Minneapolis last spring. war attested here last night through post office inspectors.
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New York
der M
Minneapoli
Tage Spring F.ch. Robertson
United Ales
Ommiasaner Shields
Robertsint
Jus
Minneapolis
Iron and Steel Trade Outlook for Next Year
Market observers estimate next year’s ore shipments at about 38 million tons amid favorable trade conditions. Steel firms forecast demand for large tonnages, with dock capacity at Lower Lake ports projected to handle around 40 million tons. Railroads may lack cars and trackage for such volume, while independent buyers press for higher prices only to be opposed by United Africa Steel Corporation.
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Meseland Obie
Der
Iron Trace Lewse RS
Intercat Wale
Pexe Vea Willmont Co
Kois
Steel Corporation 47
Sete
Siege Steel Companies
Lower Lake
United Afrtea Steel Corporation
Chicago
South
Live Stock Markets Report From New York and Chicago
Live stock prices and receipts for cattle calves sheep and hogs across New York and Chicago markets. Cattle steady to higher with fat cattle lower. hogs 5 to 10 cents higher. calves and lambs showing mixed gains and losses. exports and regional tables noted for current and forthcoming sales.
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New York
Liverpool
London
Graaaers
Weale
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Chicago
New York Produce Market Dips Then Rallies On Cotton
Trading in New York commodity markets showed firm butter and flour alongside mixed grain bids. Cotton futures firmed late, aided by reports of forward European demand and Southern shipment constraints, with March around 11.92 as short-covering supported the rally.
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Tod
Wall Street
Europa
Thia
Yeeverdey
Liverpool
New Orleans
Daily Cotton Market Report on Beef Prices in Washington
Wholesale market prices for beef in Washington were reported yesterday with varying grades. No. 1 ribs 13 cents per pound, No. 2 ribs 11 cents, No. 3 ribs 9 cents. loin from 11 to 15 cents. chuck 4 to 5 cents. round 2 dollars per pound for No. 1, 7 cents for No. 2, and 6 cents for No. 3.
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Tua
Washington
Goodyear Sued for 150000 Damages Over Price Fixing
Charles Blake Cisco, assignee of New York Broadway Rubber Tire, sues Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Kings County Supreme Court for 150000, alleging restraint of trade and breach of contract stemming from efforts to maintain preset manufacturers' prices after a contract prior to a price increase.
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Goodyear Company
New York
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Supreme Court of
Kings County
Charles Blake Cisco
New York Broadway Rubber Tire Company
Richmond Merchant Targeted by Black Hand Extortion Threat
Wealthy Richmond merchant Joseph Marsala faced anonymous blackmail demands beginning in April. A stiletto blade carried a threat to kill at 10 o'clock and a red ink letter signed Giribaldi warned of consequences. Marsala involved detectives as investigators monitor further harassing messages.
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Joseph Marsala
Black Hand Society
Giribaldi
East Broad Street
Richmond
Seaboard
Franklin Street
Marsala
Parkersburg Jealous Husband Tragedy Narrow Escape
In Parkersburg West Virginia a jealous husband thwarted a triple tragedy after Albert Eagon killed his wife then himself. Letters imply jealousy sparked the crime. Eagon had earlier seen his wife and a young man together at a questionable place. A friend restrained him from shooting both. The woman had planned to meet Eagon when she was shot.
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Parkersburg
Washington Post
W. Va
Albert Eagon
Eagon
Louis McLane Dead. Baltimore Financier, Uncle to Mayor
Louis McLane a prominent Baltimore financier and uncle of the late Mayor Robert M McLane died today at age six years from complications. He served as a midshipman and Navy lieutenant before retiring to enter business. He was a former director of the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company and a 310% director in the Seaboard Air Line along with other large enterprises.
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Baltimore
Louis McBane
Robert M McLane
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
Leutenant
Helismore
Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company
Seaboard
Targe
Woman Kills Self With Paris Green Near Reids Ferry
Suffolk Va Dec 1 Mrs Mary Magdelene Holland wife of Henry Holland a farmer near Reids Ferry swallowed a large amount of paris green after failing to destroy herself with carbolic acid. Despondency from ill health is cited as the cause. She was 52 and survived by husband three daughters and two sons. Born in Jefferson Special to The Washington Post Raleigh NC Dec 14 At the annual State convention of county superintendents a Cumberland County report cites teachers breaking contracts to move to other counties and urges a rule to cancel their certificates. Death of Rev Dr James A Weston rector of the Episcopal Church at Hickory is reported. He served as major in the Thirty third NC Infantry and joined the ministry thirty years ago. He authored a book arguing Marshal Ney did not die in France but came to America and taught school for many years in NC and SC.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Mary Magdelene Holland
Henry II Holland
Reids Ferry
Jefferson
Washington
Raleigh
Supt
McBride
Cumberland
J. A. Weston
James A. Weston
Episcopal Church
Hickory
Shelby
Thirty Third North Carolina Infantry
Marshal Ney
France
America
Caroline
Charlottesville
Wesley Scott Jeg
Loulda County
Lucy Bima Downes
W. Downes
Dinwiddie County
Irene Sham
G. Davis
Merritt L. Murray
Hattie H. Thomas
S. J. Thomas
First Methodist Church
George E. Booker
Mary Miller
Winchester
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
John McVerry
Ilelating
Eli Janney
Mary Elizabeth Callett
Brucetown
C. H. Buchanan
Mrs Wefers Sends Father John’s Medicine to Germany
Lawrence Mass Mrs John Wefers says Father Johns Medicine is invaluable for children with coughs and colds and would not be without it in her family She sends it to her cousin in Germany and notices good results while taking it.
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John Wefers
Lawrence
Mass
Father John
Germany
Walker Held On Post Office Robbery Charge at Maiden Hearing
Augustus Walker eighty five, living near Woodstock, Shenandoah County, was brought to Winchester by Deputy U S Marshal J W Rhodes for a hearing before U S Commissioner A J Tavenner on charges of complicity in the Maurertown post office robbery last summer. Bail set at zero for March Lynchburg court appearance. Walker, a Mexican War veteran with a government pension, had earlier faced Woodstock court for robbing a Maurertown store and was acquitted. his sons Holland and Lester were implicated. Holland Walker sentenced to five months, completed term today and was rearrested for post office robbery. Lester Walker remains jailed awaiting trial.
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Apedal
Washington Poat
Winchester
Augustus Walker
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
United States
J. W. Rhodes
A. J. Tavenner
Maurertown
Walker
United States Court
Lynchburg
Lester Walker
DAMAGE SUITS SETTLED OVER RIVER ROUTE STOP
In Warsaw Virginia December 18 Judge T R B Wright held a special term to hear damage suits by Dr H L Seger and A W Barron against the Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway Company claiming 31800 each for the river trip failure to stop at Naylors landing on the Essex. Before trial a settlement was reached with the railway company agreeing to pay 159 to each plaintiff.
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Steamship Company
River Landing
Washington Post
Warsaw
T. R. B. Wright
H. L. Seger
A. W. Barron
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Company
Charges Against Stuart Spark Senate Probe Demand
Newport News Virginia December 12 formal charges against Port J. and B. Stuart the collector have been sent to the Senate Commerce Committee. It is believed a formal inquiry will be asked before action on confirmation and allegations include civil service law violations and incompetence. A special committee may be appointed to subpoena office employees for testimony.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Port
J. &. B. Stuart
Committee On Commerce
United States Senate
Enforcing Oyster Law and Court Arguments Reported
Special report details arrests for unculled oysters aboard several vessels near Sandy Point and from Baltimore City. Virginia Supreme Court cases heard including Wall et al. v Hal and Moderne v Rathbun with others argued or continued. Baggagemaster Samuel Gaither killed at Silver Springs on the Frederick and Washington line. Body of Henry Bickass found in the Ohio River near Parkersburg after last seen in Williamstown.
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Washington
Annapolis
Sandy Point
William H. Saunders
May Brown
Thomas J. Wise
M. C. Walter
Somerset County
John J. King
Etur
Baltimore City
W. H. Joes
Carrie Revell
Oliver Stevens
L. McMurray
William Wallace
Eretha Jackson
Jeff Davis
Francis Hutchinson
John H. Toner
Puritan
Thomas B. Howard
Thomas
Joan Wise
Olgar Taylor
Fred Simkins
Sam Walker
Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Wall Et al
Hal
Patteson
Moon
Moderne
Rathbun
By &c
Marcua Jones
Gordon Cumming
Swift & Co. Ve
Newport News
W. C. Stuart
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Gee
Ohio River
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Henry Bickas
Williamstown
Obituaries From Virginia Press Mourn Four Notables
Front Royal reports Misa Evalyn Cook dies after brief illness at about fifty two. Tauray notes J Frank Huffman former Eastern Virginia veterinary surgeon dies at Page County almshouse. Staunton records Dr. Benjamin Blackford age seventy one, Western State Hospital superintendent, dies after pneumonia. wife died two weeks earlier. Leesburg mourns Judge James B. McCabe aged fifty, prominent lawyer, dies suddenly after banquet. survived by widow, children, and sister.
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Front Royal
Misa Evalyn Cook
Samuel Cook
Wiilow Brook Farm
Tauray
J. Frank Huffman
Virginia
Page County
Staunton
Benjamin Blackford
Western State Hospital
Strunton
Elacktoré
Leesburg
Der
James B. McCabe
Knights of Pythias
Charles P. McCabe
Loudoun
Commonwealth
McCabe
The
People’s National Bank
Alster
Death of Judge James B. McCabe shocks Alexandria Bar
The death of former Loudoun County judge James B. McCabe, at his Leesburg home, is reported as due to acute indigestion after a banquet. At fifty, he was a longtime political figure, former Loudoun Commonwealth's attorney, and a Democratic State executive committee member. He was visiting his son, a Naval Academy cadet, in Annapolis when he fell ill. The funeral is planned for Leesburg, with Alexandria and Fredericksburg Masons and local clubs paying tribute. A large Alexandria delegation is expected to attend.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandrite
James B. McCabe
Leesburg
McCabe
Lsst
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Judge McCabe
Loudoun County
Commonwealth
Democratic State Executive Committee
Congress
John ¥. Rixey
Masonic Fraternity
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F. A
A. M
Mount Vernon
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Itma
Alexandria
Royal Arcanum
J. H. Mansfield
Greenaway
G. ‘A. Harlow
J. H. Alexander
D. J. Appich
R. W. Arnold
Mafta
Et Atrinson
W. J. Talbot
A. Howell
Granh Gounell
D. H. Appich
C. Tr. Hellmuth
Ohler
J. E. Shinn
XN. Wollbens
W. F. Carne, Jr
Graham
alexandria-Washington
Mount ‘Vernon
Luther H
Chrisimas
Feateurs
Cps Soioen
Washington
Kerr Dies in Train Collision near Huntington
William D. Kerr prominent in southern West Virginia was killed tonight by a Chesapeake and Ohio train. His body was horribly mangled as the incident occurred in Huntington.
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Washington
Huntington
W. Va
William D. Kerr
Chesapeake and Ohio
MANY CONSUMPTIVES HELPED IN first year at Adirondacks TB hospital
Trustees of the New York State Hospital for Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis report 207 admissions, over half incipient, no deaths. Of 105 discharged, 52 recovered, 26 arrested, 16 improved, 11 unchanged. Outdoor air, wholesome diet, rest, and meals produced weight gains averaging 10.57 pounds. Recovery evidence cited. a home regimen with cold baths, outdoor activity, generous diet, and Scott's Emulsion is suggested as potentially curative.
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New York State Hospital
Adirondacks
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Qog
Pearl Street
New York
New Canal Contract Seeks Limiting Operating Guaranty
Baltimore trustees of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company filed to obtain court authority for a new contract with Chesapeake and Ohio Transportation Company of Washington County. The deal would run ten years but only guarantee funds to cover operating expenses, not a $100,000 net revenue minimum. The arrangement is terminable yearly on three months notice, with two thirds of bondholders approving. The trustees also report estimated funds on January 1 and request court directions, plus a separate report on compensation for canal restoration and maintenance since 1880.
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C. & G. Transportation Company
Proia
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Joseph Bryan
Hugh L. Bond, Jr
Baltimore
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Chesapeake, and Ohio Transportation Company
Washington County
Canal Transportation
Transportation Company
Canal Trustees
Confessed Robbery Deserter Surrenders in North Carolina
George McMahon, a deserter from the U S Army, confessed involvement in a band that looted the Southern Railway depot and several Advance mercantile stores. He surrendered in Davie County, was taken to Charlotte, and will be tried after his army term ends. He named his associates.
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Advance
N. C
Washington
Winston-Halem
George McMahon
United States Army
BEC
Davie County
Southern Railway
Advante
DicMehon
Charles County Contest Challenged for County Commissioner
Congressman Muda and Adrian Posey, counsel for William S. M. Lyon, contest the December election of Alexander Hatslip. The petition claims ballot illegality and alleges enough legal ballots were discarded to overturn Hatslip’s narrow margin, suggesting Lyon would have won by a large majority.
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Washington
la Plata
Muda
Adrian Posey
William SM. Lyon
Cantaute
Alexander Hatslip
Hatslip
Lyon
Richmond Woman Accuses Neighbor of Assault
Mrs Mazels 3B Chappelle living near Church Hill, Richmond is in a precarious condition at home after an alleged assault by neighbor AL Johnston. Johnston was arrested December 8 and detained awaiting a December 21 hearing, postponed due to Mrs Chappelle’s illness.
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Richmond
Workington Pont
Mazels
Chappelle
Church Hil
AL. Johnston
Cheppelle
Johnston
C. W. Vincent
Specter to The Wunwngiva Post Fight At Piedmont
A crowd teased Charles McWilliam at Piedmont and McWilliams cut School Paxton with a razor, leaving a deep neck gash. McWilliam was arrested and later released on bond. Virginia wedding notices follow with multiple marriages across Charlottesville Chatham Petersburg Winchester and related details.
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Specter
Campberland
Charles McWilliam
Piedmont
McWilliams
Two Years for Killing Brother in Guilty Plea
Roscos Hornady pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing his brother three weeks earlier in Greensboro North Carolina and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The widow testified their bond was devoted and the act was accidental.
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Washington Post
Greensboro
N. C
Fifth World Sunday-school Convention to Meet in Rome
Philadelphia reports the central committee for the world Sunday school convention, serving 200000 schools and 26000000 members, voted to hold the fifth convention in Rome Italy on May 23 197. Also notes a divorce grant for W C Smith and a stock vote at Second National Bank on January 1 to raise capital from 225000 to 500000 with expected majority support.
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Central Committee
Rome
Italy
United States
Canada
Second National Bank
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Pa. Ave. N.W
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Pa. Ave
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