Gale on English Coast Claims Many Lives in Storm
A London dispatch reports a terrific gale along the British coast sinking the steamship Thistlemoor of 4,400 tons bound from Liverpool to an American port. Thirteen or thirty crew members are feared lost with four bodies washing ashore. Additionally eight small vessels were driven ashore but crews escaped. The British steamer Congress reached Falmouth reporting the captain and mate washed overboard and perished during the storm.
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London
Iong
British Isles
Thistlemoor
Barnstable Bay
Liverpool
Lievd
Congress
Falmouth
Carnot the Percheron Sells for 14000 at Chicago Show
Carnot a one-year-old Percheron stallion, winner of the grand champion title at the International Live Stock show in Chicago, sold for 14000 the highest price paid for such a horse in America. W. E. F. Corsa of Whitehall Indiana bought the horse imported from France by F Crouch of tan fayette Indiana. An earlier offer of 9000 was refused after judges named the horse grand champion.
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Chicago
Carnot
America
Pinchaser
W. E F. Corsa
Whitehall
Ind
France
F . Crouch
Tanfayette
Frisco to Host Jefferies Johnson Heavyweight Fight
The World Championship bout between James J. Jefferies and Jack Johnson is set for July 4, 1910 near San Francisco California. Promoters Toex Rickard of Nevada and John J Gleason of San Francisco presented a bid of 101000 dollars plus two thirds of moving picture rights during a Hoboken New Jersey meeting. Officials expect the clash to generate more cash than any prior prize fight.
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Frisco
James J. Jefferies
Jack Johnson
California
San Francisco
Toex" Rickard
Nevada
John J. Gleason
Hoboken
N. J
Brig. Gen Thomas Vin cent dies in Washington DC
Brig General Thomas McCurdy Vincent noted Indian fighter and Civil War organizer of the northern volunteer army died at his Washington home. He authored military books and will be buried in Arlington cemetery. Six Indiana men joined the Fort Leavenworth bankers colony, accepting five year terms for embezzling national bank funds. Names include Max P Emimeriesk Harry Co Pringler Dear FL Cochrane N Detzer UW Phillips and Frank H Nicola i.
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Thomas McCurdy Vincent
Volunteer Army of the North
Washington, D. C
Vincent
Ife
Arlington Cemetery
Bankers’ Colony
Leavenworth
Indiana
Fort Leavenworth
Max P Emimeriesk
Harry Co Pringler
Dear FL Cochrane
Indianapolis
N. Detzer
Fort Wasner
Train on Panhandle Wrecked at Lewisville Ind
The St. Louis to New York Pennsylvania flyer No 24 wrecked at Lewisville Indiana after striking a broken rail. An express car plunged down an embankment injuring three experienced messengers. The baggage car remained on the track as the train halted. Dowie Library sale ordered solid for 7000 by Judge Juandis in Federal District Court. Dowie founded Zion City and Christian Catholic church.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewisville
Ind
Expres
Xpress
Dowie
John Alexande Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Zion City
Chicago
Juandis
Federa District Court
Two men arrested in Collinsville for kidnap plot
Two men in Collinsville Illinois were arrested and charged with joining a plot to kidnap the children of a local merchant. They are held on bonds of 5000 dollars each.
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Collinsville
Ill
General Dudley Ill in Washington D C
General W W Dudley formerly Commissioner of Pensions Indiana is dangerously ill at his Washington D C home.
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Dudley
W. W. Dudley
Indiana
Washington, D. C
Edward P. Mitchell Elected Sun Association President
Edward P. Mitchell, longtime editor at the New York Sun, has been chosen president of the Sun Printing and Publishing Association, succeeding the late William M. Laffan. The change marks a transition in the newspaper’s leadership and editorial direction.
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Laffan
Edward P. Mitchell
The
New York Sun
Sun Printing and Publishing Association
William M. Laffan
Abraham Reuf Released on Bond in San Francisco
A San Francisco dispatch reports Judge Cabanoss ordered Abraham Reuf released on bail set at $300,000. The case and custody details accompany the high-profile legal proceeding in California.
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Abraham Reuf
San Francisco
Cal
Cabanoss
Warships Ordered to Corinto as Nicaragua Crisis Deepens
US Navy orders cruiser Albany and gunboat Yorktown to Corinto Nicaragua after breaking off diplomatic relations with Zelaya regime. passports issued to Zelaya envoys while revolutionists gain recognition. report notes Matutu forces defeated government troops near Topaz mine with casualties on both sides.
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United States
Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Albany
Yorktown
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
Corinto
Nicaragua
Washington
Zelaya
Gen. Estrada
Eight Men Trapped in Tennessee Copper Mine Fire
Eight workers were trapped by a cave-in and fire in a Copper Hill Tennessee copper mine. Rescue supplies arrived from Knoxville by special train as officials reported the fire under control and all eight believed to be alive.
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Shaft
Tennesee
Tennessee Copper Company
Copper Hill
Tenn
Knoxville
Tobacco Output Highlights 1908 U.S. Growers Lead
The Department of Agriculture bulletin reports over 150 million pounds of cigar tobacco and roughly four times that amount of other tobaccos produced in 1908. Kentucky is cited as the leading state in tobacco cultivation.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
Alabama Prohibition Amendment Faces Large Defeat
Early returns show opponents strong across the state with Montgomery, Mobile, Jefferson, and Barbour counties voting against the amendment. Estimates place the total vote near 100000 with a possible 15000 majority for the opposition. Dallas County supports H S D Mallory, the lone Governor candidate to hold his own.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
Jefferson
Colbert
Carmichael
Dale
Barbour
K. B. Comer
Weakley
Fuller
H. S. D. Mallory
Dallas
Woman shoots moose saves two in Minnesota
Mrs H O B Parker of Chicago fired a rifle to stop a charging moose near Lursen Minnesota saving her husband and an Indian guide. The moose attacked as Parker and the guide drew water at dawn. Parker dodged horns piercing his shirt while the Indian climbed a tree. Parker fired, the moose lurched and fell. The Indian dispatched the animal.
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H. O B. Parker
Chicago
Minnesota
Lursen
Minn
H. B. Parker
Illinois
Parkers
Parker
Mary Johnston backs suffrage petition in Richmond
In Richmond, novelist Mary Johnston distributed a signed statement explaining her support for the suffrage amendment. Louisville editor Watterson, writing from Paris, warns that universal suffrage and education spark universal revolution. The New York Tribune, allied with the administration, notes Taft confidants favor Roosevelt’s 1912 nomination. George B. Roberts endorses a central bank for the Aldrich plan in a Kansas City bankers’ meeting.
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Mary Johnston
Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Paris
New York Tribune
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Central Bank
George B. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Mint
Kansas City
Aldrich Central Bank
Murders Tied to Berwick Brothers in Black Hand Crimes
Antonio Calabra and Fortunato Calabra were arrested in Philadelphia and Tamaqua and sent back to Berwick charged in a string of black hand outrages that allegedly included nine murders in 1906. The brothers, residents of West Berwick, led the gang while serving extortion sentences and had just months left on time or pardon.
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Philadelphia
Berwick
Antonio Calabra
State Constabulary
Fortunato
Tamaqua
West Berwick
Rising railroad dictator advances near total control
Edwin Hawley gains 6 219 miles toward ruling Western railroads by annexing Frisco lines and adding Toledo St. Louis Southwestern Chicago Alton Minneapolis St. Louis Chesapeake Ohio Missouri Kansas Texas alongside St Louis San Francisco Chicago Eastern and Evansville Terre Haute. Frisco lines cut from Rock Island as Hawley plans to rejuvenate and profit from the system.
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Frisco
Edwin Hawley
Western Railroad
Fie
Tle
Toledo, St. Louis & Southwestern
Chicago & Alton
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Chespeake & Ohio
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
St. Louis & Sanrancisco
Chicago & Eastern
Evansville
Terre Haute
Frico
Rock Island
Mr. Hawley
Evicted Ludlow Workers Count 300 Homeless
Three hundred residents were left homeless after being evicted from Ludlow Massachusetts tenements owned by the Ludlow Manufacturing Association amid a mill strike. Their belongings piled on the street as families sought refuge with friends while a band of fifty Italians was brought to work under police guard.
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Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Ludlow
Mass
Friends
Nitroglycerin Explosion at Marietta Company Magazine
A blast at the Marietta Torpedo Company nitroglycerin magazine killed an oil well shooter named Shuster and damaged 500 Camer on homes. The explosion, heard 25 miles away in Washington Pa, shattered windows, toppled chimneys, and cracked walls. cause remains a mystery with no other fatalities reported.
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Washington
Marietta Torpedo Company
Shuster
Cameron
Armour to Build Immense Packing Plant in New Brighton
Armour & Co plans a huge packing plant costing millions and hundreds of acres of groves at New Brighton. Attorneys filed a $50,000,000 mortgage on the land with Hennepin County Register of Deeds A. W. Skog.
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Armour & Co
New Brighton
St. Paul
Register of Deeds
Hennepin County
A. W. Skog
Pierpont Morgan Gains Control Of Equitable Life
In a historic New York move on Thursday Pierpont Morgan announced the acquisition of majority stock in the Equitable Life Insurance Society with assets totaling 472 million dollars. The deal transfers control from Thomas I. Ryan who took the company from Slyde interests after four years of upheaval in the insurance scandals. The transfer signals a shift in financial power as a banker now dominates a leading insurance firm.
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Pierpont Morgan
Equitable Life Insurance Society
New York
Wall Street
Thomas I. Ryan
Slyde
Finance
Fight Bandits in Fog Near Puposky Bank Robbery
In an early morning fog Sheriff Ha zen Deputy Johnson and Patrolman Bener halted two bank robbers fleeing on a railroad speeder from Puposky Minnesota after blowing a bank safe open at midnight. In the ensuing fight Johnson was critically injured, one robber allegedly Jim Smith was killed, the other fled into the wilderness as a posse closed in. Be midji was notified by telephone that a bank safe had been opened and $900 stolen. The robbers stole a speeder.
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Hazen
Johnson
Bener
Puposky
Minn
Jim Smith
Poposky
Bemidji
Panama Canal Damage Delays Work by Flood Ruins
Passengers arriving at New Orleans report Panama Canal damage from recent floods will push completion back one to three years. They note Panama Railroad traffic interruption and serious cave-ins in the canal work, especially in the Culebra Cut.
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New Orleans
Panama
Culebra
Emissary Baron Liang Knai in Washington on mission
A Berlin report cites a Kiel navy yard defalcation potentially totaling millions due to government losses from sold copper steel and other supplies at nominal prices. In Bristol suffragette Theresa Clarnett jailed for dog whip incident with Churchill. another suffragette sentenced to hard labor for stone throwing. court cases show anger toward cabinet ministers.
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Liang Kn'ei
China
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Kiel Navy Yards
Bristol
Theresa Clarnett
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Suf‘gragette
Thanksgiving trade in Chicago shows broad gains
R G Dun & Co weekly review notes Thanksgiving trade in leading retail lines met expectations and overall business progress. Industrial demand remains strong across heavy production, rail and car orders, shipbuilding, metal and furniture sectors. Prices hold firm, lumber and fabrics in demand, farmers profitably purchasing equipment, interior stocks depleting, money easy, and new building permits rising. Chicago district failures total 23 with seven over 5000 dollars.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Chicago Railroad
New York trading shows stronger retail as holiday season nears
Cold weather and holiday approach boost retail trade and re assorting activity while wholesale sectors face cross currents. Industrial reports show generally high output in finished goods with still steady buying. Bradstreet's records weekly U S business failures at 211, Canada at twenty four, reflecting mixed economic signals.
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New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Live stock and grain price report across major markets
The report lists bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep at Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati New York, with grains and dairy prices. Highlights include Chicago cattle 4.00 to 9.25, hogs 4.50 to 8.40, corn No 2 around 57 to 62 cents, wheat No 2 about 1.16 to 1.24, eggs 27 to 80 cents, butter 29 to 82 cents, and other city bids and product values.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New York
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