Marconi Plans Wireless Station at Pike's Peak
Reports from Denver say Marconi will set up a wireless station atop Pike's Peak as a midway transmuting and receiving point to send Atlantic messages to the Pacific coast. The unit will resemble Marconi's Glace Bay station in Canada as construction begins after his Europe-bound voyage.
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Rescue Efforts Save Dozens During NYC Tenement Fire
Sensational rescues by firemen lifted forty people from a blazing East Seventieth street tenement in New York City. Mrs Mary Miller died in smoke inhalation after being dragged to the roof. her husband William Miller and their 11 month old son were rescued.
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Receivers Appointed for Chicago Railways Co
Judge Farlin Ball enters judgment of 1 044 685 against the Chicago Railways Co. and Judge Peter S. Grosscup places the firm in receivership. Westinghouse Electric Co. seeks 69514 as part of the action to protect creditors stock bonds and city interests. The company carries 70 840 004 50 in funded debt.
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Big Traction Corporation
Peter S. Grosscup
United States District Court
Westinghouse Electric Company
Henry R. Blair
John M. Roach
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Woman Goes On Trial In Missouri Murder Case
The Missouri murder trial centers on Willig the Brder and postal clerk Mrs. Doran. Loren B. Doxey is charged alongside Kate Erder with poisoning and arranging the death. Kate Erder will testify for the state while Mrs. Doxey remains jailed as the case unfolds in St. Louis before Judge McQuillen.
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Hotel Champlain Destroyed In Summer Fire
A large summer resort hotel on Lake Champlain was destroyed by fire. About sixty employees were in the building. most escaped, but Pierrebert was later reported missing and others feared dead. Fire departments from Plattsburgh and nearby towns combed the scene.
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Abbeyado
New York
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Massachusetts Cost of Living Commission Blames Rising Prices on Railroads
The commission states railroads are not to blame for the high cost of living, arguing rebates and passes were halted and overall luxury demand rose. It notes railroads have prospered despite lower revenue for what they provide, in a recent report from Massachusetts.
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Married man shoots girl then attempts suicide in Denver
Harry Pike a Denver real estate dealer whose wife lives in Chicago shot Miss Maeselle Ritter a stenographer in her Capitol Hill apartment after she refused to marry him. He then fled to the Kaiserhof Hotel where he shot himself in the head leaving Ritter and another woman seriously wounded in adjoining wards of the county hospital.
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Queen Mother Alexandra Receives Roosevelt at Buckingham
Queen Mother Alexandra hosted former President Theodore Roosevelt at Buckingham Palace in London. She expressed gratitude for American sympathy following her bereavement and later asked Lord Strathcona to relay appreciation to Canada for the dominion’s support.
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Armour Institute receives major donation amid varied 1909 events
Armour Institute of Technology receives a $70,000 gift from J. Ogden Armour while Treasury clerks face layoffs and nations volunteer contests for the Panama Exposition. News notes include naval appropriations, judicial actions, Parker era trials, and world leaders made life members of the World Sunday School Association.
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Trade and Industry Report Mixed Global Output
Canada posts a fiscal year trade total of 667,142,189 with a 20 percent rise over the prior year. Minnesota corn production reaches 60 million bushels as yield per acre tops Wisconsin. A Morristown, N J raiser sold 25,000 dollars worth of birds to hotels and steamship lines. Deadwood will ship Homestake gold totaling 6 million dollars annually to the East. A Solsville Holstein cow averages 80 pounds of milk daily yielding 29 pounds of butter in seven days, claimed as a world record.
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Riots Break Out At Pittston Mining Collieries
A strike riot at No 14 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Co near Pittston Pa erupts as state police disperse a crowd. Sheriff Rodda is fired upon, Peter Sura is severely clubbed, trooper Jasper Oftedach is kicked and injured. Riot quelled then renewed at Ewen colliery a mile away with troopers arriving to disperse rioters.
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Bomb Explodes Near Madrid Memorial In Anarchist Incident
A bomb exploded beside the Victims of May 31, 1406 monument in Madrid. The bomber, an anarchist, died after firing on police during pursuit. He had aimed to destroy the memorial and killed himself as officers closed in.
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Madrid
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Kidnaper Sentenced in Holton Case Aiding Bleakley Child
Freeman H Tillotsop convicted at Holton Kansas for aiding in the kidnapping of Marian Bleakley the St. Louis World's Fair incubator baby from Topeka last August. Judge Rains sentences him to an indeterminate prison term. Mrs Jamies Barclay of Moline Illinois, foster mother of the child, awaits trial.
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Holton
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Topeka
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Moline
Auto Killa Man: Girl Ian Held, S. B. Shotwell Killed in St. Paul
Broker S. B. Shotwell was struck and killed by a car in St. Paul on the way home from a ball game. The driver, Miss Theodora Stark, 19, of Minneapolis, is held without bail as investigators proceed.
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Goodyear Sinks In Fog Collision on Huron
The steel steamer Frank H. Goodyear of Cleveland sank in Lake Huron after a collision with the steamer James B. Wood in heavy fog about thirty five miles from Point Aux Barques. About eighteen persons are believed dead. five survivors were rescued. The Wood remained afloat with a damaged bow and stayed near the scene for hours before heading to Port Huron.
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Ure Wood
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Prominent Politicians Debate 1910 U.S. Election Prospects
Mayor Gaynor is named a possible Democratic presidential candidate. Roosevelt is not pursuing office. Massachusetts votes for direct senatorial elections. Speaker Cannon vows to stay as speaker through March 4, 1911. Wisconsin governor hopeful Barker distances from factions. A noted House speech praises strong antitrust enforcement amid political maneuvering.
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