Storm wrecks and sea losses hit Gulf coast region
Reports from Texas Gulf coast recount extensive property damage and loss of life from a severe storm. Fishing boats and crews are missing. bodies recovered include James Sanders and two unidentified men. Thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle drowned. hail destroyed Lamar area homes and windows. wind uprooted trees and toppled houses. geese and ducks killed. Passenger train collided with a freight train in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
James Sanders
St. Charles Bay
Gulf
George A. Brundrett
Refugio
Aransas
Lamar
Rochester Optical Camera Company Forms Plate Camera Trust
A big plate camera trust is formed with a capital of 3 1/2 million dollars. Shares are filed in Albany and Rochester to create the Rochester Optical Camera Company, capital 500000 dollars with 8200000 to be subscribed by Rochester financiers. The trust includes several Rochester and Chicago camera firms with EF Carlson as president. the majority of plate cameras will be produced by the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Combination
Secretary of State
Albany
N. Y
Rochester
Rochester Optical Camera Company
Rochester Optical Company
Rochester Camera and Supply Company
Ray Camera Company
Monroe Camera Company
Western Camera Manufacturing Company
Chicago
EF. Carlson
Strike closes many mills in Philadelphia upholstery industry
About 500 union upholstery weavers struck in Philadelphia closing twenty six mills and placing thousands of workers out of work. They demanded a fifty five hour week and ten cents overtime with a general wage increase around twenty five percent. Philadelphia and Paterson are centers of the upholstery weaving trade. the Orinoco and Century mills with about 700 weavers signed the new scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
SOO Union
Paterson
N. J
Orinoco
Century Mills
Robber Holds Up Messengers Near Branchville on Southern Railway
An unknown white man disguised, held up two messengers from Southern Napress Company near Branchville, SC on the Southern Railway. He forced them to surrender 81,700 in cash with a revolver. another safe held eight thousand dollars was overlooked. No aid was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Napress
Branchville
Southern Railway
Sailors Drowned When Tug Sinks Clara Near Chester
During a tug, the schooner Clara from Cape May for Philadelphia, carrying sand, at anchor in the Delaware near Chester was run down by the Eric S. Sait. The vessel split in two and three sailors are drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boet
Clara
Cape May
Nob
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Chester
Baltimore
Eric Sait
Train collision and football fatality report in New Mexico
A rear end collision between the southbound Los Angeles passenger train Neo 2 and a local freight led by J B Milley near Pileta twelve miles south of Alouquerque NM caused serious injuries to Maus passengers. Elsewhere Mose Scherner 18, left tackle for Therkimer NY died after being thrown during a game vs New Traftford, ending his life after losing consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Los Angeles
J.B. Milley
Pileta
Alouqueerque, N. M
Vail
Mose Scherner
Therkimer
N.Y
Plerkimer
Traftford
Garland Texas Town Destroyed by Fire
Entire town of Garland Texas with 2000 inhabitants and an important business point twelve miles from Dallas was destroyed by fire. The property loss exclusive of cotton and railroad interests cannot fall below 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland
Texas
Dallas
Flour and Wheat Demand Surges From South Africa
South Africa's demand for wheat and flour is at record highs. Since the season began, six cargoes have been shipped from Portland and further orders were declined due to lack of tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Portland
Oregon
Plea of Self-Defense Sustained in Ardmore Killing
Clarence B. Douglas, a newspaper correspondent, was charged with killing Editor James Williams at Ardmore. He was found not guilty and discharged after arguing self defense. The June incident led to the trial and Douglas’s acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence B. Douglas
James Williams
Ardmore
IST
Prominent Lumberman Dies at 71 in New York
Stanton Barnard, formerly a Western lumberman and longtime president of the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company of Chippewa Wisconsin, died at his New York home at age seventy one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton Barnard
Western
Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company
Chippewa, Wis
New York
Soldiers' attempt on two San Francisco policemen
In San Francisco soldiers from the Twenty-ninth United States regiment, black volunteers, tried to kill Policemen Alexander and Stanton after being driven from a troublesome saloon. The officers escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Twenty-ninth United States Regiment
Negro Volunteers
Alexander
Edward Stanton
Strikers Win Victory At Swofford Dry Goods Kansas City
The 300 women employees of the Swofford Dry Goods Company in Kansas City return to work after the firm agrees to restore the former sewing wage of 65 cents a dozen for overalls, ending a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swofford Dry Goods Company
Kansas City
Strength Shown In Trade Bradstreet's Review
Bradstreet's highlights strength in general business as prices stay firm or rise. Print cloths advance lifting standard grades. copper shows strong demand from electrical use. cereals and iron steel are steadier. wheat and corn weekly shipments and export totals are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet's
Bradstreet’s
Rumors Of Trouble In Cuba Unfounded Yet Widespread
The article notes Cuba’s rumored unrest but finds little basis for imminent conflict. Despite widespread alarm, official and non official opinion largely agrees no trouble is likely before year’s end. Havana English papers deny grounds for alarm while Spanish papers link rumors to objections to a civilian governor general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States Congress
Havana
Warehouse Burns and Nitrate Explodes in Nashville
A five story warehouse owned by B S Rhea & Sons in Nashville burned destroying contents including twenty one car loads of nitrate of soda owned by Sycamore Mining Company and 3000 bushels of wheat. The blaze damaged a Louisville and Nashville railroad bridge, cutting traffic. A negro watchman is missing. The nitrate rolling into the river detonated with loud explosions. Estimated loss runs to sixty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.S. Rhea & Sons
Nashville
Ean
Louisville and Nashville
Cumberland River
Sycamore Mining Company
Bible Reading Allowed in Nebraska Public Schools
State Superintendent Jackson rules the Bible may be read in public schools in Nebraska. A Gage County family sought an injunction to stop a teacher from using the book, but the district generally favored reading it. Jackson states no Nebraska law prevents simple Bible reading in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Jackson
Gage County
Wreck and Rob Bank in Bluff City Ikan Heist
Robbers wrecked the State Bank front with dynamite at Bluff City Ikan and escaped with about $1000 in gold, some silver and bills. The heist marks the eighth Nanusas bank robbed in three weeks, with another Clearwater Kansas bank safe blown open and cash taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
Bluff City
Ikan
Nanusas Bank
State Bank of
Clearwater
Kan
Pennsylvania firm gains control of Baltimore and Ohio
The Pennsylvania company has acquired control of the Baltimore and Ohio. Concurrently W I Vanderbilt acting for the New York Central, takes over controlling holdings of J P Morgan in the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis and the Chesapeake and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Company
Baltimore and Ohio
W. I. Vanderbilt
New York Central
J. P. Morgan
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Chesapeake and Ohio
Troopship Narrowly Escapes Disaster at Sea
The transport Muanauense carrying Lieut. Col. Webb Sfayes and three Thirty-first Infantry companies arrived at Manila after a twelve day ordeal. Engines failed and she rolled for three days in a typhoon while crew bailed with buckets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Sfayes
Manila
Ohio Policeman Murdered In Hicksville Ambush
Night officer Enos Rath was killed at his post in Hicksville Ohio as two men held him at gunpoint and a third beat him, during a raid on the Bricker residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Enos Rath
Hicksville
William Bricker
Rich Gift Funds University Physics Laboratory
The University of Pennsylvania announces a subscription of 250000 dollars for a new physics laboratory. The donor, a Philadelphia resident, is currently unnamed, but the laboratory will be named after him in due time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pennsylvania
Diamond Thief Chased Across Pittsburg Streets
A thief seized a tray of diamonds from A. I. Siedle’s store in Pittsburg and fled several blocks before being cornered by the store’s errand boy and handed to a police officer for capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Siedle
Pittsburg
Province of Zamboanga Surrenders to Castine Commander
Secretary of the Navy Long received a cablegram from Admiral Watson stating that the entire province of Zamboanga on Mindanao island has surrendered unconditionally to Commander Very of the Castine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Watson
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Very
Castine
Asninaldo
Philippines
Lucan
Bamban
Malasiqui
Antonio Mejia
San Carlos
MaccArthur
Colored Murderer Hanged at Billings Montana
William C. Brooks a colored man was hanged in Billings Montana for his November 1808 wife murder. He sang on the way to the scaffold and offered a prayer just before the drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
William C. Brooks
Death of Actor Charles Coghlan in Texas
Charles Coghlan the actor and dramatist died in Galveston Texas after a long illness from acute gastritis. Born in London in 1848 he had a notable career in stage and screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Coghlan
Galveston
Texas
Mr. Coghlan
London
Fire Hits Planing Mill Causing $150,000 Loss
Fire broke out at the Philip Rinn Company planing mill located on Division and Crosby streets in Chicago. Loss due to the blaze was reported at $150,000 with flames discovered in the mill building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Rinn Company
Division
Crosby Streets
Chicago
Studebaker Ships 300 Wagons to South Africa for British Army
The Studebaker Manufacturing Company of Chicago and South Bend Indiana has shipped 300 wagons to South Africa for the British army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker Manufacturing Company
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
South Africa
Sane Ward's Island inmate freed by former sweetheart
Miss Mary W. Beard of Black Hills South Dakota rescued her old sweetheart William Redfield from Ward's Island asylum. After fourteen years he fought to prove sanity. a writ of habeas corpus and four expert opinions led to his release. They plan to marry and move west to Brazil aboard a steamship line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward's
American Steamship Line
Brazil
Mary W. Beard
Black Hills
South Dakota
New York
William Redfield
Ward
Redfield
Direct Steamship Service To Brazil Proposed
A conference at the Manufacturers' Club among a committee and Captain De Graca of Brazil discussed a direct Philadelphia to Brazil steamship line. A subcommittee will visit Washington to seek government privileges for an American company to purchase ships for a weekly Rio de Janeiro Bahia and other Brazilian points service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Brazil
Manufacturers’ Club
Captain de Graca
Washington
Rio Jdaneiro
Bahia
Harper & Brothers Under Mortgage Control by Morgan Bond Holders
Rumor says Harper & Brothers of New York has faced long difficulties and the entire business has been transferred to the State Trust Company acting as trustees for J P Morgan and Co, holders of five and a half million dollars in mortgage bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper & Brothers
New York
Harpers
State Trust Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Hestia Arrives at Greenock With Rescued Seamen Crew
The Donaldson Line steamer Hestia from Baltimore to Glasgow reached Greenock carrying shipwrecked seamen from the American schooner Hl. and J. Blendersman out of Stillsboro New Brunswick bound for New York. The rescued sailors were exhausted after thirty six hours in an open boat at latitude 40, longitude 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donaldson Line
Hestia
Baltimore
Glasgow
Greenock
J. Blendersman
Stillsboro
N. B
New York
Court invalidates Kansas Court of Visitation ruling
Judge Slock of the U S Circuit Court at Topeka declares the Kansas Legislature created Court of Visitation invalid. The court’s function was to regulate railroad and telegraph companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Slock
United States Circuit Court
Topeka
Postal Clerks Kill Each Other in Fulton Dispute
In Fulton Kentucky postal clerks Flay Goldsby and John T Moore exchanged gunfire over a vacant mail run. Goldsby was killed and Moore surrendered, ending the altercation between two United States mail service workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton, Ky
Flay Goldsby
United States Mail Service
Moore
Lakes of Killarney Sold at Private Dublin Sale
The Lakes of Killarney, part of the Muckross estate, were sold privately in Dublin. A Dublin newspaper cites Lord Iveagh Guinness as the purchaser. Reported price is £50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killarney
Muckross
Dublin
Iveagh Ciinness
Director General Davis Dies at Home in Chicago
Col. George R. Davis longtime official linked to the World's Fair as director general died at his Chicago residence from heart palpitations. The death ends a notable public career highlighted by his association with the exposition and its administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Col
George R. Davis
Chicago
Jury acquits James H. McManigal in Sedalia murder case
In Sedalia Missouri the jury found James H. McManigal not guilty of the murder of Captain Thomas Young of Lexington Missouri, a verdict of acquittal was returned after the trial held September 28 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
James H. McManigal
Thomas (. Young
Lexington
ISVS
Passenger Train Wreck Near Rooster Rock Oregon
An east bound Oregon Railroad and Navigation passenger train struck a slide near Rooster Rock Oregon. The treman was killed and the engineer severely injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Rooster Rock
Oregon
The Markets Report From Various Cities
Market notes cover cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with grains and butter and eggs. Prices show wide ranges by city for cattle hogs wheat corn oats rye and product values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Battle at Gras Pan Near Belmont Grows Desperate
Gen Methuen fairs to relieve Kimberley as Boer forces clash ten miles north of Belmont. Heavy losses on both sides, with fifty Boers killed and twice as many wounded. British naval brigade and infantry bear the brunt, while the Boers retreat with captured horses and mules. Further engagements anticipated as British advance resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methuen
Belmont
Tord Methuen
Kimberley
Gras Pan
Graf Pan
Yorkshire Light Infantry
North Lancashire Regiment
Transvaal
Free State
Delarraye
Alfred PB. Ethelsten
Powerful
Guy Senior
Royal Marine Artillery
Monarch
Plumbe
Royal Marines
R. C. Prathers
Crocodile River
Moethuen
Joubert
Rome
MacArthur Routs Rebels Near Mangatarem in Luzon
General MacArthur’s forces occupy Mangatarem west of Bayambang along the Rio Agno driving insurgents into the mountains as Maj. Bell pursues. Seven Americans escaped from rebels at Mangatarem with reports of four deserters serving with the insurgents. Filipino resistance crumbles, with executions and killings of local officials as Americans tighten control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mangatarem
Manila
MacArthur
Bayambang
Rio Agno
Alejandro
Bell
Washington
Aguinaldo
Hong Kong
United States
Death of George R. Davis Exposition Director General
Col George R Davis, director general of the World's Fair, dies at his Chicago residence 92 Washington Boulevard after heart trouble. Survived by wife, two sons Benjamin and George R Davis Jr, four daughters Delia Nellie Georgia Belle Elizabeth, and physicians Drs Patton and Foster attended. He was stricken on November 13 and later died Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George R. Davis
Washington Beulever
Benjamin
George R. Davis, Jr
Delia
Nellie
Georgia Belle
Elizabeth Davis
Patton
Foster
Davis
Col Davis Veteran of War and World’s Fair Director General
Col Davis born in Palmer Massachusetts enlisted in 1812 and became a captain in the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry later joining the cavalry and earning a colonelcy. He served as director general of the World’s Fair after moving to Chicago in 1871. He fell ill but had shown vitality before his final collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Davis
Palmer
Mass
Imo
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry
Chicago
Tle
Baron Vietinghoff Arrives with Horses for Russia
Baron Paul Vietinghoff, envoy for Russia, is in the United States to procure horses for the Russian army. He has already dispatched 1,000 equines found in Kentucky and Virginia to Russia, strengthening battlefield supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Paul Vietinghoff
Kentucky
Virginia
Telegraph tests push word rate to 155000 per hour
Additional tests of the Pollak-Virag telegraphy system were conducted Thursday at Chicraszo. Messages were sent to Cleveland and back on a continuous circuit at 1,000 words per hour and to Buffalo at 155,000 words per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicraszo
Cleveland
Buffalo
Murphy Named General Manager of Cincinnati Southern
W J Murphy is named general manager of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. Generals in Cuba report everything quiet as Gen Wilson advises withdrawal of troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Murphy
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Cuba
Gen. Wilson
Value of Hobart Estate and Slo bart's Wealth
The estate of Vice President Slo bart is estimated at 5 million dollars with life insurance totaling about 50 million across several large companies. The late Vice President will be interred in a massive tomb at Cedar Lawn Cemetery while the body lies in the receiving vault at Paterson Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pead
Slobart
Carried Life Insurance
Farge
Soae
Cedar Lawn
Paterson
Kentucky tobacco growers seek direct sales to dodge trust
A compact roundup notes Kentucky tobacco growers plan to bypass trusts by selling directly to consumers. Other items report a Pittsburg man found dead near the railroad believed murdered, a large postal appointment tally, a New York ferry collision blamed on a pilot, a garrison withdrawal in Laredo due to clashes, Mount Vernon Christian Endeavorers opposing saloons, a delayed Zola trial amid amnesty talk, Coleman’s death in New York, a claimed wife of “Lucky” Baldwin, burglaries in Mexico City, and a U S syndicate buying land near Nuevitas Cuba for a worker village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stebbe
Pittsburg
William Durham
Chicago
New York
Laredo
Texas
Christian Endeavorers
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Sre
Zola
Varis
Dennie Coleman
Lucky” Baldwin
California
Mexico
Nuevitas
Cuba
End of football season Harrison gridiron results
End of the 1980 football season shows Wisconsin beating Michigan 27 to 5 and Chicago defeating Brown 17 to 6 on Thanksgiving Day. Other notable scores include Penn State, California, Indiana over Purdue, and Yale, Princeton, Harvard across regions. No undisputed champion emerges as Harvard and Chicago finish undefeated, with ties preventing clear titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IERCE
Wisconsin
Chicago
Middle West
Badgers
Michigan
Maroons
Brown University
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Iowa
California
Quakers
Cornell
Ithacans
Princeton
Columbia
Yale
Towa
Hlinvis
Stanford
Indiana
Purdue
Notre Dame
State University
Beloit
PL & S
Isnex
Eust
Harvard
Charvard
Betell Eiter
Princetot
Tigers
Seaason
Dawes Reports On National Banks Year Ended Oct 21
Comptroller Dawes summarizes the year’s bank condition from the five reports with total paid in capital over 605 million dollars. Deposits rose by about 44 million, discounts gained, specie and total resources increased. reserves remained strong. He urges Congress to fix banking laws, permit emergency circulation against U S bonds, allow international banks, open small community banks with 25 000 capital, and tighten loan limits with penalties for excess lending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes
PSU
Eleapor
SHG
Psus
Hesuad
United States
Sedo Ees
Congress
Matlional Ranke
Comptroller
Tle
Sparks from the Wires and Disturbing Collisions
A compilation of disparate headlines reports the New York Stock Exchange plans a seventeen story building costing 85 million dollars. Reports of racial violence claim Karma Meyers killed by Mrs. Manley in New York. A Cleveland man dies after excessive drinking. State Railroad Commission president Capt. J. Z. Evans dies at 58. A Mississippi widow ends her life with prussic acid. Louis R Porter's invention fails while a Louisville man hangs himself. A Pike's Run man faces charges for bogus nickels and a transatlantic lines may raise passenger fares 25 percent ahead of the Paris exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Z. Evans
State Railroad Commission
Aberdeen
Miss
L. Mae Marshall
Wirksville
Louis R. Porter
Louisville
Benj. F. Simms
Pike
Ghio
Uncle Sam
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Bessemer Herald
Lone Sandit
MAXIM
Natal
Natal Carbiniers
Glencoe
Elandsiaagte
Agtinaldo
Col. Glorge Kd. Davis
Hobart
Banks
New York Stock Exchange
Karma Meyers
Martin Horenski
Martin Maleski
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