Panoramic World News Roundup From Batavia to Paris
Four members of the Mowry family perished in a Batavia Station farm house fire while the husband tried to save them. Indictments against John D Rockefeller and four others tied to Standard Oil were announced in Findlay. Countess Anna Gould de Castellane wins a Paris divorce and custody battle. The Venezuelan president's death rumors circulate as Kortenaer reports him dead. A West Jersey train wreck near Grassy Sound injures several fatally. Historic Fort McComb in Chef Montenr burned, a Louisiana landmark once guarding New Orleans.
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Charles Mowry
Homer
Louise
Batavia Station
Coldwater
Mich
Findlay
Ohio
John 2. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Dinvid
Theoiener
Groves
Cleveland
Countess de Castellane
Paris
France
Anna Gould de Castellane
Count Boni de Castellane
Earthquake Shocks Rock Kingston Jamaica
A Kingston Jamaica dispatch reports a severe earthquake shock lasting several seconds. Residents fled homes as tremors rattled the city and caused widespread alarm.
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Jamaica
Kingston
Fire Devastates Sheffield Stores and Church
A major blaze at Sheffield Tennessee destroyed the B Spielberger store and the Sheffield Drug Company with damage to the Christian church. Loss estimated at 65000 dollars with small insurance.
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Sheffield, Tenn
Sheffield
Tenn
B. Spielberger
Sheffield Drug Company
Christian Church
Bank Robbed at Walker Missouri Loot About $2000
Three men entered the bank at Walker Missouri blew the safe open and took about two thousand dollars. The robbers escaped and authorities searched for them.
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Missouri
Walker
General Shafter Dies After Prolonged Illness in California
Retired General William R. Shafter, famed for Civil War service and service in the Spanish American War, died Monday afternoon at the Bakerstown ranch of Capt. W. H. McKittrick after more than four weeks of pneumonia. Present at the bedside were Capt. and Mrs. McKittrick, Miss Carrie Redmond, Mrs. Courtright, and Capt. James W. Shafter. Born in Galesburg, Michigan on October 14, 1835, Shafter rose from teacher to major of the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry, lieutenant colonel of the Seventeenth United States Negro Regiment, brevet brigadier general, and later brigadier general in the regular army. He earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Five Forks in 1865 and served as colonel of the Twenty-fourth Infantry in 1867 before commanding forces in Cuba during the Spanish War. He retired on August 80, 1900.
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Puneamouin
William KR. Shafter
I Law
W. H W. McKittrick
Bakerstleh
Cal
McKittrick
Carrie Redmond
Courtright
James W. Shafter
Wiliam Rufus Shafter
Galesbuirg
Mich
Shafter
Seventh
Michigan Volunteers
Nineteenth
Michigan Infantry
Seventeenth
United States Negro Regiment
Tie
ISGT
Wair Oaks
Ile
Infan Sy
TSG
Ecllaims
California
Spain
Cuba
Jaime
Mary Eddy Meets Reporters At Pleasant View Interview
A formal interview took place at Pleasant View with eleven reporters from Reston and New York, focusing on Mary Eddy. The aged founder appeared frail and claimed no physician but God, while denying claims of incapacity or age-related issues.
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Meemr
Reston
New York
Mary Thaker
Moldy
Christian Leieure Elie Oat Pleasant View
Concord @N.TL
Tony
Pamelia Leonard
Brooklin Feader
Christian Science Reader
Mddy
Maddy
Owuim
Edward M. Pierson
New Trampshire
Mr. Eddy
Jie
Ihe
Mrs. Eddy
U S Farm Values Rise Vastly in Five Years
The Agriculture Department reports farm land nationwide has climbed over 38 percent in value since 1800 based on 45 000 responses. With the 1900 census showing farm value at 20.439 billion dollars, the gain totals nearly eight billion, spurred by rural delivery electric railways roads and better markets.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Agricultural Department
Mass Train Collision Kills Fifty Injures Forty Near Woodville
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train and a fast freight train collide near Woodville Indiana early Monday. Fifty killed and forty injured as six passenger coaches and freight cars burn. Rescue teams rush to free victims as flames spread amid darkness.
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Sone Futally
Baltimore & Ohio
Woodville
Ind
Unis
Triul
Dande Cor
Chicago
Burke
Moste
Boneman
Brooks
Locust Point
Baltimore
Associated Press
Babcock
Freighe
Nwaln Sind
Iro
Laporte
Prosperity of Steel Trust Dividends Maintained
United States Steel directors upheld the 2 percent annual dividend on common stock after a record quarter with net earnings of 38,174,624 dollars and unfilled orders totaling 7,088,884 tons. Chairman Gary announced plans to begin manufacturing at Gary in spring 1908 with a plant costing about 75 million dollars.
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Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Union Alliance Formed for Child Labor Reform
The national child labor committee with President Roosevelt as honorary member announces a union of forces with the Anti-Child Slavery League to supplement reform work with essential publicity for every successful reform movement.
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Child Labor Reform Union
National Child Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Anti-Child Slavery League
Corn Crop Shows Record Gain Offsets Hay and Oats Shortfalls
The November report indicates the corn crop rose by 173,000,000 bushels from last year while the hay crop and oats lagged, with hay down and oats previously cited 90,000,000 bushels below 1905. The document lists six-year corn yields by state and shows surplus production across several states, noting totals and carried-over stock as of November 1.
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Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
Separating for Childs Sake in Lemp Divorce Case
William J. Lemp a St Louis brewing magnate allows his wife a divorce to keep their six year old son in a stable home. He will settle 3000 dollars and maintain family style while both agree separation serves their future happiness. Neither side faces sensational charges. The wife known as the Lavender Lady hosts lavish entertainments in a palace like home.
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Uy Hanne
William J. Lemp
St. Louis - Brewing Company
MKS
WM. J. Lemp
Mayor Johnson Leads Three Cent Fare Ride In Cleveland
Mayor Tom Johnson acted as motorman on the first trolley car crossing the three cent fare line for Cleveland Municipal Traction. Officials and press rode along as crowds cheered his five year legal victory over the traction combine. The trip covered three miles of the company’s track amid injunctions. The mayor proclaimed it the happiest day of his life.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
Traction Combine
Johnson
San Francisco Fire Losses Case Advances on Earthquake Link
The Superior Court of San Francisco rules on payment of fire losses from the great earthquake. The Trans-Atlantic Insurance Company challenges the claim, arguing no earthquake clause. The judge finds liability could exist if the quake caused the fire but notes no evidence proves the causal link. The case proceeds to a higher court.
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San Francisco
Superior Court of
Trans-Atlantic Insurance Company
Business Outlook in Chicago District Shows Growing Activity
Dun's Review of Trade notes sustained high production and distribution in the Chicago district with rising demand for finished goods and higher price attention. Leather lumber wool iron and steel costs rise while foodstuffs ease. retail and dry goods show seasonal expansion and merchandise delivery remains prompt. Manufacturing strengthens, new enterprises start, and failures total 19 versus 22 last week, 21 a year ago.
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Chisago
Hick
Tron
Steel
Chicago
New York trade and labor scarce cause slow delivery
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes improved collections and strong spring demand in food and wholesale sectors yet widespread delivery delays persist. Heavy orders in retail and jobber markets contrast with ongoing labor shortages, rail congestion, and slow farm movement due to grain prices. Iron and steel outputs are at record lows.
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New York
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Markets
Chicago cattle and hog prices range from four to seven dollars with prime hogs four to six and a half. Indianapolis cattle shipping four to six fifty, hogs four to six forty five, wheat about seventy-two cents, corn forty six to forty seven, oats thirty eight to thirty four, rye around sixty to sixty five cents. St Louis cattle four fifty to seven, hogs four to twenty three, wheat forty four to forty eight, corn forty eight, oats thirty two to thirty four, rye fifty nine to sixty. Cincinnati cattle four to five thirty five, hogs four to six fifty, wheat seventy five to sixty six, corn forty seven to forty eight, oats forty four to eighty five, rye sixty to sixty.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
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