Parkhurst Resigns After Seventeen Years Leading Crime Society
Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst quits as president of the Society for the Prevention of Crime after a 17 year tenure. His resignation will be announced at a Hotel Gotham dinner where he will be guest of honor. Parkhurst began leading the effort after a sermon on municipal politics in 1890 at the Madison Square Presbyterian Church. His crusade against Sabbath liquor selling and gambling drew praise and criticism and targeted police officials at times.
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Society For the Pretention of Crime
Hotel Gotham
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Society
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Howard Crosby
Promoter Arrested for Mail Fraud in Seattle Scheme
W H Hopkins was arrested by post office Inspectors on charges of using mail to defraud. He allegedly operated as Hopkins Company at 181 Lasalle Street Chicago claiming to be fiscal agent for Consolidated Zinc with a Wisconsin Missouri mines merger. The prospectus offered $20,000,000 capital and a $1 share deal with Hopkins guaranteeing at least 12 percent interest.
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W. H. Hopkins
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Hopkins Company
Lasalle Street
Chicago
Consolidated Zinc Company
Wisconsin
Missouri
Escape from Jail In Madison by Three Counterfeiters
Hugo Albert and Rudolph Donnerstag three brothers were jailed in Madison after counterfeiting arrests in Rhinelander. They fled a third floor cell within half an hour using a key and a crude saw, lowered themselves with a bedding rope, and remain at large.
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Rudolph Donnerstag
Rhinelander
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Football scores scattered across college and service teams
Navy tied Harvard 6 to 6 while Drake defeated Grinnell 10 to 0. Cornell and Vermont were scoreless as Nebraska beat Haskell 5 to 0. Creighton won 16 to 0 against Ottawa, Town defeated Morningside 16 to 9, Princeton blanked Syracuse, Lawrence edged Hamline 12 to 9, West Point beat Colgate 6 to 0, Michigan won 20 to 6 over Ohio State, Ames defeated South Dakota 26 to 0, North Dakota beat Alumni 5 to 0, Northwestern routed Beloit 44 to 4, Pennsylvania tied Carlisle 6 to 6, St John’s beat St Thomas 9 to 6, Yale paid $8 and Washington and Jefferson won 4.
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Creighton
Ottawa
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Morningside
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Hamline
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Colgate
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Ohio State
Ames
South Dakota
North Dakota
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Northwestern
Beloit
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
St. John’s
St. Thomas
Yale
Washington
Joefferson
Market Quotations Wheat Prices Slides in Minneapolis
Minneapolis quotients show Dec wheat at 1.01 and May at 1.05 as trading tracks toward the harvest season. No. 1 hard bids 1.64 1/2 and No. 1 Northern at 1.034 1/2 with other grades steady around 97 to 102 cents per bushel.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Livestock Prices Reported From St Paul Market
St Paul market figures show cattle ranging good to choice at 6.00 to 6.78 for steers, cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.09, veal calves 3.78 to 6.00. Hogs 4.75 to 5.55. Sheep wethers 3.75 to 4.00, yearlings 4.00 to 4.25, lambs 4.50 to 5.00.
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St. Paul
Grain prices in Duluth market report
Wheat on track and to arrive with prices for Bard at 1.044 and for Northern at 1.03 to 1.05 with December and May contracts. Flax to arrive and on track showing Oct 1.2372 and Nov 1.24 with Dec and May values around 1.23 to 1.27.
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Duluth
Bard
Northern
Cattle and Hogs Prices across Markets in Chicago
Chicago market report lists cattle categories with price ranges from Reeves Texans and Westerners, stockers and feeders, cows and calves. hogs show light to heavy classes with varied per hundredweight ranges. sheep and yearlings priced with lambs and quirks noted. Prices reflect mixed ranges and totals across cattle hogs and sheep categories.
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Chicago
Chicago market futures report for grains meats and dairy
Chicago notes show Wheat December at 9c. May 1.02 to 1.08. July 97. Corn October 68%c. December 63 44c. May 67 2%c. July 62 4%4c. Date October 47%c. December 47%c. May 49 4c. July 44%c. Pork October 13.50. December 13.82. January 15.52. May 18.40. Butter creamery 26 6c dairies 18 22c. Eggs 24c. Poultry turkeys 12%c. chickens 8%c. springs 11%.
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Chicago
Engagement of Katherine Elkins to Duke of the Abruzzi
Announcement states Katherine Hikins daughter of Senator Stephen Elkins will wed the Duke of the Abruzzi within a month. Engagement to be announced from Washington after election and wedding planned in Washington. Elkins household prepares as servants depart to ready Washington home for Mrs. Elkins and daughter.
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W. Va
Katherine Hikins
United State
Stephen B. Elkins
Washington
Elkins Palace
Duke of the Abruzzi Acts Reveal Turinese Mania
In Turin on October 26 observers read every gesture as a clue to the Duke of the Abruzzi’s plans. Naval uniform or civilian dress triggers tales he will depart for America or rejoin his ship. Cipher telegrams with King Emmanuel and the Duke of Aosta fuel the speculation about his intentions.
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Abruzzi
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United States
King Emmanuel
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Aosta
Sailor Kills His Wife On Wedding Anniversary
Norfolk report says Daniel J. Hennessy a U S navy seaman shot his wife in Portsmouth on their wedding anniversary over suspected infidelity. He then shot himself in the head. They had not lived together recently. Hennessy about 24 and his wife about 21. married one year. His home was Troy New York. known as Kid Hennessy a former prize fighter.
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Daniel J. Hennessy
United States Navy
Portsmouth
Hennessy
Troy
N. Y
Navy
Plague Breaks Out in Azores Island Terceira
Lisbon reports the bubonic plague has erupted violently in Terceira, one of the Azores islands, with authorities scrambling to contain the outbreak.
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Lisbon
Terceira
Azores Islands
Many Arrests Made in Reel Foot Lake Murder Case
Forty four more prisoners were brought in near Camp Nemo at Reel Foot Lake Tennessee in connection with the Walnut Log killing of Captain Rankin. Among those detained are two women and no charges have been disclosed. The scene remained quiet aside from the arrests as troops operated in the disturbed area.
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Reel Foot Lake
Tenn
Walnut Log
Rankin
Train Thieves Go to Prison in France
Rheims France October 26 three train thieves believed to be Americans named Bard Bertha and Cauda have been sent to prison for thirteen months for robbing passengers on express trains.
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Rheims
France
Bard
Bertha
Cauda
Minnesota 1907 constitution amendments proposed for 1908 vote
A state memo outlines proposed amendments from the 1907 legislature to revise Article 9. Key points repeal multiple sections, set annual state taxes, cap heritage and water-utility taxation, redefine tax exemptions for public property, require note taxation of banks, and empower state authority to tax various rail, telegraph, express, and insurance properties.
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Minnesota
Nmton
Bank Ngapita
Bryan pledges clear limits if elected
Mr. Bryan argues voters will know immediately what to expect, a claim that critics say signals his defeat. The remark frames his campaign approach and invites scrutiny of transparency and promises.
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Bryan
Minnesota proposes four constitutional amendments at the 1908 election
The attorney general outlines four proposed amendments: broadening state taxation powers, enabling higher road funding and a state highway commission, funding crops damage relief by hail or wind via a voluntary land tax, and requiring educational qualifications for county superintendents of schools. The note explains each amendment's scope and impact on existing provisions, including tax uniformity and highway funds.
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Internal Improvement Land Fund
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Minnesota
Tis
United States
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