Steamer Ira H Owen Believed Lost in Lake Superior
Mass of wreckage found near Michigan Island indicates the steel steamer Ira H Owen with a crew of nineteen may have perished after last sighting off Outer Island during a blinding storm. Captain Mulligan and crew listed. the vessel built in Cleveland in 1887 and insured for 100000 dollars. Ten vessels face peril as gale drives ships seaward from St Johns to coast harbors.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Ira H. Owen
Outer Island
Lake Superior
Joseph Mulligan
Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas Honner
M. Haggerty
H. Buchanan
J.B. Alger
B. N. Hook
J. Jacobson
T. Montray
M'Kay
J. Knudson
Apostle Group
H. B. Mye
Owen
Ashland
Wis
M. K. Chamberlain
William Siemens
Chamberlain
Michigan Island
J. G. Keith
A. Owen
Clevelland
ST. Johns, N. F
St. Johns
Midocean
Striking Wharf Workers Besiege Governor in Georgetown
In Demerara on December 1 a strike by wharf laborers escalated as police fired on rioters, with five reported dead. The Governor and officers were besieged in public buildings after rioters attacked his house. warships were awaited. The strike since Tuesday disrupted commerce and prompted a riot act and a shop closure order.
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Georgetown
Demerara
Two Cruisers on Way
British cruiser Sapho and Diamond have departed for Demerara from St Thomas as of December.
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ST. Thomas, D. W. L
Sapho
Diamond
Demerara
Gas outage grips Elkins and nearby towns in freezing blast
A natural gas well casing burst at Weston causing a leak that left Elkins West Virginia without gas for over five hours and temperatures at seven degrees above zero. Schools closed and businesses halted as residents sought warmth in farmhouses and nearby towns Philippi Parsons Beverly Belington also faced pressure drops before noon.
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Commercial Tribune
Elkins
W. Va
Weston
Philippi
Parsons
Beverly
Belington
Britain and Germany urged to federate and curb armaments
A Caxton Hall meeting promotes Anglo German friendship and European federation. Speakers urge Roosevelt and the Kaiser to back armament reductions while noting a strong desire for closer Britain Germany ties and collaboration with German Americans.
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London
Caxton Hall
Great Britain
Germany
New York
Carl Schurz
James Speyer
Herman Ridder
Dr. A. Jacobi
George F. Victor
Herman Siecklin
Gustav JH. Schwab
Hubert Cillis
Oswald G. Villard
E. M. Burghard
Henry Hentz
George Ehret
Charles A. Schieren
Lord Avebury
Society of Antiquaries
No Indictments in Pierson Gage Case
Knox County Grand Jury reported no indictments against Delta Kappa Epsilon members or Kenyon College Chapter in the death of Stewart Pierson at Gambier during initiation. Jurors reviewed inquest testimony and agreed Pierson was struck or trapped on the tracks with no determinate guilty party.
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Vernon
Knox County Grand Jury
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Kenyon College
Stewart Pierson
Gambier
Scarborough
Woman Paralyzed by Disappointment Strikes Lockland Family
Mrs. I. B. Skillman suffered a stroke at Big Four Station in Lockland after missing her husband and son at the depot. She remains in critical condition at home on Patterson and Williams streets. Her husband I. B. Skillman is a city salesman for Diem & Wing Paper Co. The family had just mourned the death of I. N. Skillman, 77, a pioneer of Millcreek Valley, whose passing preceded this misfortune.
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I. B. Skillman
Big Four
Lockland
Patterson and
Williams Streets
Millcreek Valley
IL. B. Skillman
Protests Against American Tobacco Company in Germany
Memorials presented to the Prussian Government oppose American Tobacco Company efforts in Germany. The government ordered thorough inquiries with Prussian boards of trade conducting the inquiries and reporting findings.
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Berlin
Germany
Prussian Boards of Trade
Foraker Refuses Reply to Chandler on Ohio Vote Explanation
Washington dispatch reports Senator Foraker declining to respond to ex Senator Chandler on the Ohio election explanation. House Republicans consider discipline for Webber who bolted the ticket. Independent watchmakers allege a trust leading Keystone Watch Company.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Postal Telegraph Bldg
Washington, D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senator Foraker
Chandler
Ohio
Foraker
Cole
Herrick
T. E. Scroggy
Grosvenor
House Republicans
Robbers Bossed by Fearful Alarm at Saloon Hold Up
Two armed highwaymen attempted to rob John Clohs' saloon at Eggleston avenue and West Fifth street but fled when Mrs. Clohs alarmed by noise descended the stairs. Clohs shut the money drawer and faced revolvers before the pair escaped after his bar was avoided.
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John Clohs
Eggleston Avenue
West Fifth Street
Clohs
Court martial ends for Midshipman Meriwether
Annapolis Md Dec 1 court martial in the manslaughter case involving Midshipman Minnor Meriwether Jr over the death of Midshipman James R Branch Jr in a fist fight completed its work with no findings released. Proceedings and record to be sent to the Navy Department for review and the verdict to be announced there.
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Commercial Tribune
Annapolis
Minnor Meriwether, Jr
James R.branch, Jr
Navy Department
Grand DukesAccused as Rumors Stir Tsarskoe Selo Conspiracy
St Petersburg authorities report 250 guardsmen arrested near Tsarskoe Selo including twenty officers amid rumors that a Grand Duke is involved in a conspiracy against the Emperor. Mobilization of 450000 Cossacks discussed as officials react to telegraphers and postal striker protests. Count Witte meets and declines deputations, urging strikers to appeal to their chiefs.
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ST. Petersburg
Tsarskoe- Selo
Sevastopol Mutiny Affects Odessa and Sevastopol Transport
Report from St Petersburg dated December 1 describes mutinous actions by volunteers at Odessa and engineers on the Southwestern Railway who refused to move troops and artillery to Sevastopol. Tsarskoe-Selo garrison reinforced by the aehisakets regiment. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievitch plans further action.
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ST. Petersburg
Sevastopol
Odessa
Tsarskoe-Selo
Aehisakets
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Imperial Guard
Physician’s wife dies after morphine dose in Greensboro
Dr J B Mathews, a prominent Greensboro physician, faced arrest after his wife Mrs J B Mathews died following a strychnine dose and morphine. Dr J P Turner treated the case as poisoning and found a hypodermic syringe in use. Mathews denies intent and was jailed after the death.
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Commercial Tribune
Greensboro
N. C
J. B. Mathews
J. P. Turner
Emerys acquire Honing Hotel on Vine Street
The Emerys acquire the four story Honing Hotel property on Vine Street between Fourth and Fifth for 115000 via Mrs A E Honing of 711 Considine Avenue Price Hill acting for her husband. The site adjoins the Stag Hotel and may host a larger building possibly a hotel theater or skyscraper office block. The Honing property has belonged to Tony Honing since 1889.
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Emerys State
Honing
Vine Street
Fourth
Fifth
A. E. Honing
Considine Avenue
Price Hill
Emerys
Stag
The
Emery
Tony Honing
$50,000,000 Car Combine to Be Completed Here
Telegraphic advices from the East say a combine of major car building plants led by Thomas Ryan of Philadelphia and George Kobush of St Louis will form a $50,000,000 corporation with Cincinnati plant included. Randal Morgan and W K Schoepf return home from an northern state inspection trip as Henry Ebert is slated to head the venture and relocate to Pittsburgh for the Cincinnati deal closing.
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Thomas Ryan
Philadelphia
George Kobush
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Randal Morgan
Mr. Morgan
W. K. Schoepf
Cincinnati Car Company
Car Builders’ Company
Traction Syndicate
Henry ©. Ebert
Pittsburg
New Car
Kobush
Ryan
United Gas Improvement Crowd
Another Plan to Merge Columbus Breweries In Review
A proposed merger aims to consolidate about twenty Columbus breweries with four across the river. Henry C. Werner, a Columbus capitalist, is said to lead underwriting for a new holding company, with Columbus and Cleveland backers. Several owners deny current progress and options on several West End plants are reported, but financing details remain unclear.
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Columbus Capitalist
New Holding Company
Columbus
Ion
Columbus Man
Deal
Henry C. Werner
Cleveland
Louis Hauck
Moerleins
West End
Indictments Hit Banker Publisher Lewis in Postal Scheme
Two indictments charge Er G Lewis president of the People United States Bank and publisher of The Woman's Magazine and Woman's Farm Journal with defrauding via mail subscriptions and conspiring to defraud the Government of postage. Co-defendants Frank J Cabot and William Miller face charges. The grand jury acted after months of investigation and a fraud order against the bank's mail was issued.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Federal Grand Jury
Er. G. Lewis
The
People
United States Bank
Woman's Magazine
Woman's Farm Journal
Lewis Publishing Company
Frank J. Cabot
William ©. Miller
People’s United States Bank
Lewis
Postoffice
Banking
Secrets of Morgan Erie deal shock Cincinnati rail world
Cincinnati readers hear that J Pierpont Morgan and Erie officials pressed new study of the C H D Pere Marquette C and C L railroad books with Eugene Zimmerman era records. Reportedly Morgan faces a gilded brick in the deal and may reorganize the railway traffic and leadership, with Joseph Ramsey or W A Garrett named for control as alliances form between lines to shape a giant system.
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Pere Marquette C
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Erie
Eugene Zimmerman
Great Central System
Thomas J. Walsh
Mr. Walsh
New York
Zimmerman
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