War plans are pushed in yards at Quaker City
Washington orders several warships readied for immediate service in Philadelphia. The battleship Michigan is to be commissioned and sail for Hampton Roads next Thursday while the Idaho is prepared with secret destination. The cruiser Columbia becomes a transport at Brooklyn to carry marines to Central America.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Philadelphia
Washington
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Michigan
Hampton Roads
Idaho
Columbia
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Central America
Prairie Stranded Cruiser Still Wrecked at Pea Patch Island
Marines and stores were moved from the auxiliary cruiser Prairie to the Dixie as salvage attempts at Pea Patch Island failed. Tug and dredge work continued to free the Prairie, with 500 tons of coal and 800 marines removed, but the ship remained stuck at high tide. Meanwhile the Princeton sailed from San Francisco to Corinto to join the Vicksburg.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Prairie
Pea Patch Island
Delaware River
Dixie
Colon
Philadelphia Navy Yard
San Francisco
Cal
Princeton
Corinto
Vicksburg
Norfolk and Western to buy Columbus Hocking line
A report from Richmond Virginia claims the Norfolk and Western is set to acquire a direct coal route by purchasing the Columbus Hocking and Sandusky line. The potential deal would extend N several miles and strengthen coal transport capabilities.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond, Va
Norfolk & Western
The
Columbus, Hocking
Chief of the Switchmen Seizes Power in Northwest Strike
Frank T. Hawley, president of the Switchmen's union, directs strike actions from his Buffalo headquarters. An international board member is identified as Mr. Titus of Cincinnati.
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Frank T. Hawley
The
Switchmen’s Union
Northwest
Buffalo
Mr. Titus
Cincinnati
Union Committee Seeks Strike Authority Across Rail Lines
Buffalo dispatch reports a union committee can call a strike of all switchmen from Buffalo to Chicago if needed. Ambitious wage demands totaling 6 cents per hour plus time and a half for overtime will be negotiated in Chicago with nineteen railroads. The district covers Toledo Fort Wayne Detroit Pittsburgh and 12 000 to 15 000 additional workers may join if talks fail. President Hawley approves Northwest situation. Burt leads Buffalo district during Hawley’s absence.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Burt
Hawley
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Pittsburg
Northwest
Suffragists and Shirtwaist Makers Meet at Belmont Event
Thousands of striking shirtwaist workers gathered at the Hippodrome to hear suffrage leaders including Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. They argued women must unite to demand the ballot, better wages, and shorter hours.
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New York
Associated Press
O. H. P. Belmont
Rose Pastor Stokes
Anna Howard Shaw
Shaw
Bridgeport Braces as 1500 Militia Seize Tin Plate Mills
Bridgeport Ohio sees martial law after 1500 militia take control of Aetna-Standard tin plate mills amid three days of rioting. Fifty thousand sightseers crowd the town while Amalgamated Association officials confer with state arbitration head Joseph Bishop. Authorities expect troop withdrawal as calm returns.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Bridgeport, CO
Dee
Aetna-Standard
American Sheet and Tin-Plate Company
State of
Ohio
Larkin and
Lewis
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin-Plate Workers
Joseph Bishop
Ohio State Board
Governor Sends Soldiers Home After Strike Signals
Columbus reports say Governor Harmon ordered nine companies of the Ohio National Guard home from readiness at their barracks. Mills of the American Sheep and Tinplate Company would resume work tomorrow, with possible outbreaks feared but not yet occurring. Strikers resented the troop presence though demonstrations were not observed. A remonstrance meeting was planned but did not proceed as reported.
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Columbus
Associated Press
Bridgeport
Harmon
Ohiog National Guard
American Sheep and Tinplate Company
Fatal coal oil fire claims Cann girl near Harrison
Alta Cann twenty died after a coal oil stove fire on a farm nine miles north of Harrison Ohio just over the Indiana line. Her mother and sister received burns helping her. She was a niece of Patrolman John Fisher and will be buried at Scipio tomorrow afternoon.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Alta Cann
John Cann
Harrison, C
Indiana Line
John Fisher
Hamilton
Shev
Scipio
Roosevelt and Cunninghame Return From Africa Hunt
Colonel Roosevelt and R J Cunninghame arrived at Naivashi October 20 after a brown and vigorous hunt. They joyfully report elephant kills and skulls and bones brought by porters. They plan to move from Londiani to Guaso Nguisho for a three week shooting period before continuing to Uganda and Cairo around December 20.
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Associated Press
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British East Africa
Roosevelt
R. J. Cunninghame
Naivashi
Kermit
Cunninghame
Tarlton
Italian Prince Enrico Ruspoli Dies at Nemy Chateau
Prince Enrico Ruspoli died today at his chateau in Nemy. Born in Rome in 1877, he wed in Washington on March 2, 1901, to Mrs. Enfield Bruton, widow of a Nashville manufacturer. He was the second son of Prince Luigi Ruspoli and cousin to Prince Francesco Ruspoli, with an uncle Prince Paolo who married Miss Rosalie Van Zandt of New York.
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Associated Press
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Nemy
Washington
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Nashville
Eugene Ia Berry
Oak Hill
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Francesco Ruspoli
Prince Paolo
Rosalie van Zandt
New York
Bolivia Senator Shot In Senate Duel Over Promotion
Bolivian senator Fernandez Molina was shot dead in a duel with Senator Adolfo Trigo Acha in La Paz during a senate quarrel over promoting ex president Colonel Ismail Montes to general. The clash followed a heated discussion about Montes televised in the chamber.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Associated Press
Fernandez Molina
Adolfo Trigo Acha
Senate
Ismail Montes
Xenia Cook Ends Life After Carbolic Acid Death
William Hussey aged 24 a cook at the Manhattan restaurant died last night by self inflicted poisoning after swallowing contents of a bottle of carbolic acid at Xenia Ohio. The tragedy reported as a special dispatch to the Commercial Tribune.
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Commercial Tribune
Xenia, O
William Hussey
Manhattan
Arrest in Black Hand Probe Nabs Ventola in Ohio
Salvatore Ventola was rearrested by postal inspectors while unloading a banana car. An additional charge ties him to the John Amicon blackmail cases as a Columbus agent, and he awaits trial in Toledo federal court next week.
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Columbus
Salvatore Ventola
United States Postal
Black Hand
John Amicon
United States Court
Toledo
Queen City Manufacturers Predict 1910 Prosperity
Fred Davenport reports that Queen City manufacturers join national business leaders in forecasting brighter profits and expanding industry in the coming year. Strong ties to local mills and merchants signal optimism for employment and growth through 1910.
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Queen City
Postmaster Removes Scott Shoemaker in Newport Case
Reports state that the First Assistant Postmaster General ordered the removal of Scott Shoemaker, a Newport post office financial clerk. The civil service commission allegedly found cause amid affidavits accusing him of attempting to bribe Circuit Judge Yungblut, with removal to take effect immediately.
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George Wilhelm
Newport
Scott Shoemaker
Wilhelmi *Trom
Grandfield
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Shoemaker
Wilhelm
Yungblut
Washington, D. C
Tatea
Couple Seek Death by Gas in Hoops Hotel Tragedy
Rosa Hoyt of Attica Indiana and L A Hooker of Hoopeston Illinois were found unconscious in a gas filled room at the American hotel in Lafayette Ind They were revived after hours Hooker told police they wished to die together and he turned on the gas The couple had arrived from Danville Illinois last night.
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Lafayette
Ind
Associated Press
Cruisers Sail To Test Wireless Telephony Aboard Salem
The scout cruiser Salem and the Birmingham, outfitted with a highly elaborate wireless system, sailed today for a cruise through tropic seas and Arctic ice to test wireless telegraphy under all conditions. The Birmingham is expected to follow soon.
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Boston
Mags
Associated Press
Salem
Birmingham
Arctic
Cincinnati Men Aie Opinions On Trade Conditions
The December issue of American Industries surveys National Association of Manufacturers members on current trade conditions and 1910 prospects. Most report good present conditions and optimistic futures, with conservatives cautious about gains since 1908. Iron and steel show strong growth, 57 percent, while machinery rises. food products carry the only notable pessimism amid packing plants and brewers.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Association
Opening of Sixty first Congress Sets Long Session Tone
Washington dispatch notes the 61st Congress opens with Speaker Cannon and Vice President presiding as lawmakers anticipate a long session. Insurgents in the House and Progressive Senate factions loom, while floral tributes at openings are reduced and presidents message readings begin.
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Sasa Eee Wasnietox
D.C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Sixty-first Congress
House
Senate
Congress
Dan Ransdell
Cannon
Free Entry Lets In Vast Tapestry Treasures
New York reports that under the Payne Auldrich tariff act past century old tapestries valued at about 9 million dollars arrive duty free. An official says each piece bears an affidavit of antiquity and proves they were woven long ago, sparking record quantities entering the United States.
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New. York
Associated Press
One Dead and Three Hurt in Osceola Wreck
A collision between interurban cars in Osceola, Calumet, left one man dead and three seriously injured. The injured were Elks lodge members from Hancock.
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Calumet, Mich
Associated Press
Osceola
Elks Lodge
Hancock
Hand blown glass plants form Imperial Window Glass Co
A Bradford Pa dispatch reports sixty hand blown glass plants will apply for incorporation in Pennsylvania to form the Imperial Window Glass Company of the United States with $10,000,000 capital. Officers named include President Myron L. Case Vice President M J Y Brad Bradford Pa Treasurer Joseph Sayre Columbus Ohio and Secretary J B Johnston Hartford City Indiana. The move aims to balance supply and demand and protect skilled workers.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Buffalo
N. Y
the Express
Bradford
Pennsylvania
Imperial Window Glass Company
United States
Myron L. Case
Bowling Green
Joseph Sayre
Columbus
J.B. Johnston
Hartford City
Ind
Red Cross liner Rogaling Missing After North Atlantic Gale
The Red Cross liner Rogaling, bound for New York via St Johns, is feared lost after a fierce gale off southwestern Newfoundland. Captain Smith reported a terrible voyage. the ship, with a large passenger list, was last heard from Wednesday morning and overdue by about 100 hours.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Halifax
New York
N. F
New Foundland
St. John’s
Sleuths Hint Snead May Be Hiding In Tennessee
Nashville sources say Fletcher W. Snead husband of Ocey Wardlaw Martin Snead who died in East Orange may be in hiding to avoid federal grand jury proceedings. He was summoned to testify in the government case against W. B. Earthman et al at the April term.
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Nashville
Tenn
Associated Press
Fletcher W. Snead
Ocey Wardlaw
Martin Snead
East Orange
N. J
Virginia Wardlaw
Snead
District Court
United States
W. B. Earthman
Princeton Class of 77 Buries Mrs Snead
The body of Mrs Ocey Wardlaw Martin Snead will be buried by Princeton class of 1877. Her remains were found in a bathtub of an unfurnished East Orange house. John D Wardlaw a brother of Virginia Wardlaw is said to have been a member of the class.
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Princeton
New York
Associated Press
Ocey
Wardlaw Martin Snead
East Orange
John D. Wardlaw
Virginia Wardlaw
Lost girl found after cow tragedy at cliff edge
Ethel Evans, 16, kidnapped as a baby by her father, fell with a cow at a Wabash River cliff near Mount Carmel Illinois. The cow died and the girl, crippled in childhood, was found by her mother in Chicago Heights. Surgeons will attempt to straighten her body.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Mount Carmel
Ill
Ethel
Evans
F. A. Mather
Chicago Heights
Clay County
Body of Robbery Victim Found in Old Canton Shop
In Canton Ohio an unidentified man about 25 was found dead this afternoon in an abandoned shop. A gag was in his mouth a handkerchief bound over his eyes and a bruise on his forehead indicates possible club use. His pockets had been rifled.
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Canton
I C
Associated Press
Miners' Officials Are Placed Under Arrest
Sydney reports President Bowling and Secretary Brennan of the Northern Miners' Federation arrested on charges of conspiracy tied to the ongoing strike. They were released on bond.
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Sydney
N S
Associated Press
Bowling
Brennan
Northern Miners’ Federation
Columbus Man in Contest for Secretary
Randolph Walton a Columbus attorney and former executive clerk to Governor Andrew I Harris seeks the Republican nomination for secretary of state. He is well known in the state and regarded as an able campaigner who would be valuable in a statewide run.
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Randolph Walton
Andrew I. Harris
Mr. Walton
Columbus
Memorial services for Hamilton Lodge No 93 in Ohio
The Hamilton Lodge No 93 of the B P O E held memorial ceremonies at the Smith theater with large attendance. Five members died during the year, bringing total deaths to forty two since 1884. Hon James M Cox of Dayton delivered the eloquent eulogy.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Hamilton Lodge No. 93
Smith Theater
James M. Cox
Dayton
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