The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-06-09
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1sidore Gebtrunk has filed a petition
in bankruptcy at New York. Total
liabilities, $50, 7S3; no assets.
The Canadian Pacific railway earn
ings for the week ended May 21 were
$4,000. for the same period last year,
600; increase, $4,000.
Oscar Solomon. formerly a retail
shoe dealer, has filed a petition in
BANKRUPTCY at New York. Liabilities,
$5S,214; no assets.
The London Daily News announces
this morning an illustrated weekly,
competing with the Saturday illus
trated edition Of the Daily Mail.
The Toledo Seamless Tube company
has gone into the bicycle trust and the
consideration is understood to be $780,
600.
The sugar rate war continues and
two refineries have closed indefinitely
claiming it is impossible to refine and
sell at a profit.
At Harrisburg. Pa, the name Of the
johnson Steel company. With plants at
Johnstown, Pa, and Lorain. Ohio, was
changed to the Lorain Steel company.
The Anti-imperialistic league, in SEES
sion at Boston, elected long list of
vice presidents and adopted resolu-
tons calling upon anti-eXpansion!sts
all over the country to organize.
1t is said in New York that the incor-
poration Of the new Carnegie company
| means the failure Of the proposed steel
and iron combine which was to capital.
ize at $1,000, 100000.
Notices have been posted of general
increase Of 10 per cent in wages ut the
Eessemer Steel works of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company at Pueblo,
| colo. About LOO men are benefited.
The proposed combination of manu-
facturers of art glass and brass decor
ative wares has been abandoned. be-
cause of the high prices demanded by
proprietors Of plants.
Albert II. Holmsted, a member of
the defunct banking firm of George r.
Bissell & Co., Of Hartford, Conn. filed
4 petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities
$2O3,311; assets 500.
The st. Louis Medical college and
the Missouri Medical college were con.
solidated. Under the terms of the con
solidation each of the two institutions
becomes part Of Washington uni.
versity.
The Grand Central railroad of Eng
land has placed an order for twenty
locomotives with the Baldwin com
pahy of Philadelphia. Another Eng
fish railroad. the Great Northern, re-
Gently ordered number of engines
from the Baldwin works.
/ The Missouri supreme court holds
that when the superintendent of the
insurance department has refused Ii
cense to fraternal organization, the
court has no right by mandamus te
compel him to revise this decision an(
issue the license.
The new fast service on the Cana
dian Pacific railway will be begun
about the middle of June, probably
the 18th or 10Th. The flyer across tn,
continent will be called the .'imperia
limited and will reduce the time be
tween Montreal and Vancouver t,
about 100 hours.
The Carnegie company, which mad,
application to the state department a
Harrisburg, Pa, recently for q char
ter. filed notice Of amendment to 1T
title to the Carnegie \ Steel company
The proposed corporation is capital
lied at S1OO,OO0,OO0. which will be in
creased to. $3.50, 100000.
At the meeting Of the Empire Stat,
Society Of the Sons of the American
Revolution at New York, the recen
action Of the Michigan branch In eulo
giving Secretary aAlger was disavowed
4 and resolutions were adopted a. .rm
4 Ing that the society must not be uset
for political purposes.