Englishmen Build Tehuantepec Route Rail Line to Salina Cruz
English backed Tehuantepec Railway advances toward full operation with new ports at Coatza and Salina Cruz, electrical cranes, and steamship service planned. The line promises a faster Pacific to Atlantic trade route, aiming to rival Panama and older transcontinental railways. Weetman Pearson’s firm leads the project, linking Galveston area to Salina Cruz and Coatzacoalcos, with plans for eleven ships and broad freight traffic by year end.
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Tehuantepec
Panama
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
JL Bristow
Betense
Canadian Pacific
Grand ‘Trunk Pacific
Panama Canal
Galveston
New Orleans
Pacife Ocean
Salina Cruz
Sir Weetman Pearson
Mexico
London
Coatzoulcos
Almall
Salina Crz
Moexteim
Coatzaconicas
New York
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Cape Horn
Suez Canal
Mississippi Valley
California
Tehua
Galina Cruz
Vera Cruz
Valley of Mexico
Vigo County National Bank Closes Amid Shortage Rumors
Terre Haute June 23 a bank run ended as the Vigo County National Bank closed its doors while a national bank examiner investigates a cashier shortage admitted as at least 16000 with rumored larger loan questions. The Comptroller named W D Fraser receiver and government money on hand.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo County National Bank
National Bank
Cincinnati
Chicago
Robinson
W. D. Fraser
Vigo County National Bank of
Granted Hearing on Rejected Bid in District Coal Supply
Commissioners will grant a hearing at a date to be set by Secretary Tindall for Mr. W. Baldwin Johnson. The trigger was the rejection of all bids to supply coal to district buildings for the coming fiscal year, including Mr Johnson's bid among those rejected.
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Tindall
W. Baldwin Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Treasury
United States Civil Service Retirement Association
New York Avenue Northwest
Llewellyn Jordan
Alexander F. McMillan
James A Sample
Liewelly" Jordan
B. M Jacobs
Rotary
R Stone Jackson
Thomas 1
Mezsie Henry C Swan
Charles Kman
Frank Kearney
Robert Thomson
Solomon H Faunce
John T. Biya
A B. Jameson
T.8 Post
WB ‘Richards
Burt.l Andrews
Trade Department to Probe Textiles for Foreign Markets
The Bureau of Manufactures plans to send five special agents abroad to study foreign demand for textiles and patterns. Maj. John M. Carson says findings will aid cotton manufacturers by revealing textile quality, costs, and styles popular abroad. The effort aims to expand foreign sales of surplus U S manufactured goods.
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Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
John M. Carson
Ma. Carson
Congress
Metcalf
Maj. Carson
United States
Foreign market needs guide to surplus textiles
Industrial branches report surplus due to improved machinery and enterprise. The bureau will educate manufacturers on foreign market conditions, urging firms to tailor products for local tastes rather than rely on domestic designs. Manufacturers and merchants must market their goods themselves to compete abroad.
Cotton Prices Jump On Bad Crop News In New York
Spot cotton rose about 40 points to 9 cents a pound, with futures advancing around 50 points. Traders cited heavy selling ahead for delivery to spinners and caution over the new crop, as prices moved higher despite broad liquidation.
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New York
Od. Bull
Victory for J. J. Hill in Canadian railroad bill
Ottawa Ontario June 28 The J J Hill victory over the Canadian Pacific Railway came as the Victory and Vancouver and Eastern Halfway bill passed the house committee in a bitter railway fight It seeks rights for entering Canadian territory to make short cuts and may go to the commons and senate The bill has been before the committee six times and concerns access for the Great Northern into southern British Columbia.
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Canadian House Committee
Washington Post
Ottawa
Ontario
J. J. Bill
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Great Northern
British Columbia
House
Commons
Senate
Committee
Library Hours On Sundays At Enoue Center
The Enoue werary will be open Sundays July 2 and on subsequent Sundays from 3 p m to p m for library use of books only. No books will be received or issued for home use on Sundays. Beginning July 1 for three months the circulating department will close at 8 p m and the reading room at 9 p m. Convicted of peonage in Montgomery Alabama June 2 minutes John C. Rawdoin, a planter of Coffee County, was convicted in U S Court yesterday of holding Raymond Rhoda a young white boy in peonage.
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Enoue Werary
Montgomery
Ala
John C. Rawdoin
Caffee County
United States
Redmond Rhoda
Gulf Refining Company Charges Railroads and Standard Oil with Market Blockade
Gulf Refining Company of Port Arthur Texas petitions the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging a conspiracy among several railroads and the Standard Oil Company to shut Texas oil from northern markets. The suit claims prohibitive southbound rates favor Standard Oil, with oil shipments routed to Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and Louisville. Gulf argues Standard’s north of the Ohio River refineries and control of key shipments give an undue advantage, constraining Texas and Louisiana crude production.
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Gulf Refinery Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
Standard
Texas Oil
North
Gulf Refining Company
Port Arthur
Tex
Illinois Central
Louisville and Nashville
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Alabama Great, Southern
Northeastern
James H. Beal
Pittsburg
Plainiff
Texas
Louisiana
Standard Oil Company
Ohio River
Chicago
St. Louis
Louisville
Louieville
St. Louia
New
High Petroleum Freight Rates Across Texas and Louisiana
Petition alleges St. Louis based Standar Oil Company maintains monopoly and imposes high interstate rates on petroleum shipping to New Orleans. Charges that railroads act in bad faith to restrict competition, hindering marketing in Texas and Louisiana. Requests cease and desist and further orders from the interstate commerce commission after investigation.
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Texas
Louisiana
St .Louis
New Orleans
Stands ‘Oil Company
St. Louis
A&ct
Judge Speer Upholds ICC Ruling in Rate Case
Macon Ga June 2 Judge Speer of the U S Court for the Southern District of Georgia upholds the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling that the Southern Railway cannot raise rates two cents a hundred. Decree enjoining enforcement now issued with ten day stay to allow possible restitution if complainants prevail. Also notes Civil Service Retirement Association meeting. postmaster appointments. treasury receipts and expenditures.
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Speer
Commerce Commission
Macona Ga
United States Court For
Southern District of Georgia
Tift Et al
The
Southern Railway Et al
Interstate Commerce Commission
Banking Act Framed to Regulate DC Banks and Deposit Safeguards
A draft bill by Comptroller Ridgely and Commissioner Macfarland proposes bringing all DC banks under federal supervision. The measure aims to require banking institutions in the District to report to the Comptroller and publish required reports, with penalties for failures, and to empower the Comptroller to examine and regulate DC banks with funding from fines and fees.
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Ridgely
Macfarland
District of Columbia
Macffarland
Congress
Mactarland
District of Columbus
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Union
District of Calumwia
Supreme Court of the Distelel of Columbia
United
Mainwaring scheme entwines wealth and intrigue in England NY
Englishman Hugh Mainwaring’s fiftieth birthday is marked by a looming will dispute in which his heir seems a stranger. In London and New York a web of deceit unfolds as Hobson and Mrs La Grange plot to oust Ralph Mainwaring's claim, while a forged will and hidden jewels fuel a deadly family game of risk and revenge.
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England
Weetman
London Chronile
Tehuantepeth
Hugh Wainwaring
New York
Hee
Con
Mr Mainwaring
Pure Fair Oaks
Gearch Warry Scott
J Henry Carruthers
Vic Mainwaring
Flehard Hobson
Mrs la Grange
M- Mainwariz
Scott
le Grange Arcuse Wainwaring
Mainwaring
bin Brivats Fooma
Mervick
Jowela
Merrigk
Richard Hobson
Frobson
Toola
Hobson
Fime
Whitney
Barton & Barton
Ralph Mainwaring
Sutherland
Bartons
Ellent
Harold Mainwaring
London
Melbourne
Paris
Vienna
Mainwarings
Ralph Mainwering
Waring
Walter
Mr. Whitney
Mrs. la Grange
Gutherland
Hugh Mainwaring
Malewarings
James Wilson
Eld Mainwari
Bris
Mutual Recognition in Mainwaring Will Hearing
In a crowded courtroom the hearing on the Mainwaring will unfolds as Mr. Sutherland seeks to prove the will and reveal the claimant. Tension rises with the unexpected presence of long‑hidden figures including Hobson and the secretary, while witnesses and witnesses’ fate hang on the old document’s words.
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Mainwaring
Ralph ‘Mainwaring
Mr. Sutherland
Umbria
Waldorf Hotel
Waldorf
Ralph Mainwaring
Hobson
Alfred Barton
Hopson
America
Hotson
Wilson
Hugh
Priaine Maxwell
Harold Scott Mainwaring
Mainwarings
Harold Brote Mainwaring
Alexander McPherson
Richard Hobson
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Coatzacoalcos
Reston
vOrleans
Gulf OF Mexico
Terra Haute
Oliver
War Department
Union Bridge
Allegheny River
Monongahela
J. J. Hill
Sounigy
Detstion
New Gribane
St Louis
Gheinhad
Lowisville
Petroleum A& Cents
Treasury Branch of Civil Service
Maine
Leede Junction
Charles B Sherwood
Nations
Nstimal Banka
Treasy
District of
Colampia
Supreme Court of
United Sretea
Ispaper
U.S. Realty CO
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