April 21.—Eleven thousand nine hundred and fifty-five immigrants arrive at Ellis Island in one day, establishing a new record.
Hyde refuses agents’ request to resign from the Equitable.
Policyholders in the Equitable ask the Circuit Court in Chicago for a receiver and an accounting.
April 24.—Frank Bigelow, President of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, embezzles $2,400,000 of the bank’s funds.
April 26.—D. Le Roy Dresser sues the promoters of the United States Shipbuilding Company for $3,000,000, alleging fraud in its formation.
April 27.—Andrew Carnegie gives $10,000,000 to pension retired college professors.
April 28.—The strike of the teamsters in Chicago has developed into the worst since the famous Debs strike eleven years ago.
Judge Kohlsaat, in the Federal Court, grants a temporary injunction against the strikers on the request of the Employers’ Teaming Association.
April 29.—Laredo, Tex., wiped off the map by a cyclone.
May 3.—The American Railway Appliance Exhibition is formally opened at Washington.