Mark Twain Dies After Health Journey in Connecticut
Samuel Langhorne Clemens known as Mark Twain dies at 6 30 pm at his Redding Connecticut home after a coma from angina pectoris. Present at his death were Clara Clemens and family doctors with biographer Albert Bigelow Paine as literary executor.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Marl Twain
Angina Peetoris
Redding
Connecticut
Gabrilewitch
Clara Clemens
Robert Halsey
Quintard
Albert Bigelow Paine
Mr. Twain
Riots, rail attacks and flights headline mixed week
Across Sunday to Saturday reports describe Chinese rioters burning missions at Changsha prompting foreign escape by boat, a mail train held up in California, a liner wreck off Sicily with all aboard safe, suffrage activity in Washington and Congress, and political shifts including Aldrich retirement and Lowden stepping back.
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Chang-Sha
Taft
Washington
Philadelphia
California
Germany
Changsha
United States Steel Corporation
Aldrich
Senate
Monetary Commission
Minnehaha Ashore Near Scilly Islands After Fog
The ocean liner Minnehaha running from New York to London ran aground on seal rocks near Bishop's Rock in the Scilly Islands due to dense fog. Sixty one cabin passengers were aboard along with crew. all landed on Bryher Island. The vessel is a 13,443 ton cargo carrier.
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London
New York
Sicily Islands
Knight, Yancey & Co
New York City
Svilly Islands
Minnehaha
Marion Talbot
Chicago University
Seal Rocks
Scilly Islands
Bishop's Rock
Lloyd's Signal Station
Lizard
Bryher Island
Scilly Group
Millions for 30 000 Cherokees claim payout
A large US treasury sum will be sent as warrants with interest to satisfy the Cherokee claim. Principal and interest total four to five million dollars. Over 20 000 beneficiaries will receive payments, 23 390 living west of the Mississippi, all with Indian blood.
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National Treasury
Court of Claims
Misssippi River
Rescue 95 From Sinking Santa Clara Near Eureka
Ninety five people rescued from the Santa Clara after it foundered off the coast near Eureka. The ship struck heavily while leaving the bar and began to take on water. Rescue boats and the Ranger tug aided by Eureka life-saving crew recovered all aboard, the vessel sinking four miles down the coast. Captain O Nornan led the crew of twenty five.
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North Pacific Steamship Company
Santa Clara
Eureka
Ranger
Ita
Table Bluff
O. Nornan
Frost Damage Hits Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Crops
Secretary Wesley Greene of the Iowa State Horticultural Department estimates freeze damage to the Tews crop at 5 to 19 million dollars. Early fruit like cherries and plums are destroyed, vegetables may be replanted. Snow fell across Iowa as temperatures ranged from 22 to 88 above zero in the region.
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Wesley Greene
Iowa State Horticultural Department
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Galesburg
Springfield
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Lower Food Prices in Sight
New York market observers anticipate an era of lower food prices driven by falling grain prices and plentiful crops. Provision men say retail beef and pork may decrease soon as farmers feed grain to fattened cattle and push market supply upward.
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Pr. Trask
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
New York
Baltimore
Father’s Agent Recovers 10-Year-Old Brewer Son After Long Search
H. L. Peake acting for I. C. Brewer, a San dusky manufacturer, finally recovered Curtis Brewer after years of search across many states. A faint clue led to Lake Everett Washington where the boy was found and taken into custody on a writ of habeas corpus.
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H. L. Peake
I. C. Brewer
Sandusky
Ohio
Curtis Brewer
Brewer
Lake Everett
Peake
Everett
Wash
Consul Gade Leaves Chicago for Norway Trip
Consul Herman Gade of Chicago will be away on a trip to Norway, his native land, and is expected to return in August. A Portuguese town reports a eighteenth century pirate treasure discovery at Colmenar, while the Dowager Duchess of Genoa lies in grave condition after apoplexy. From Fez the Sultan’s marriage to a Dris Zraout daughter is announced. In England Louis Brennan demonstrates a gyroscopic monorail car at Gillingham, hauling a heavy load at over twenty miles per hour.
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Herman Gade
Chicago
Norway
Colmenar
Portugal
Genoa
Victor Immanuel
Fez
Dris Zraout
Gillingham
England
Louis Brennan
Trade review notes rise in defaults yet improved activity
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade reports higher defaults due to costs but consumer prices fall for primary foods. Banking payments signal better business and firmer borrowing rates. Weather favors agriculture, manufacturing, and construction. railroad earnings rise with freight and output. Demand improves in iron, steel, machinery, and woodworking. dry goods and apparel see activity. retail gains with warm weather. Bank clearings reach 289,798,705, up 10.9 percent from 1909.
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Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
New York Trade Tone Improves Though Demand Stays Steady
Crop, trade and industrial reports show improved sentiment in New York, but actual conditions remain largely unchanged with limited expansion in demand. Bradstreet's notes US weekly business failures at 207 for week ending April 14, compared with 240 last week and historical figures, while Canada reports 27 failures.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Midwest Market Price Averages by City and Commodity
Listing of commodity prices across several cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and Toledo. Cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other staples shown with No. 2 and mixed grades and price ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
St. Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
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America
Rodger Burlingame
The
Commercial Tribune
Normandy
Burlingame
Courier Journal
Louisville
Cyrus W. Field
Edward M. Field
Pellevue Hospital
Salvation Army
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Mary Mannering
James K. Hackett
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Miss Mannering
Hackett
Conemaugh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Erie Railroad
Marion
L. Q
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Minneapolis Journal
Congress
Iowa
Roosevelt
Budapest
Senator Hale
Maine
Dr. Twyman
Hyde
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Hungary
Paris
Frank O. Lowden
Thirty-second
Marjorie Gould
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
St. Bartholomew's Church
Yerkes
Robert &. Dowling
International Harvester Company
Illneis Central
Bermuda
E. H. Gary
Niagara Falls
Earl Wilson
John Carter
Minnesota State Board of Pardons
Harahan
Illinois Central
Cal
Iowan
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