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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1901
Page
1
From Mexico City a report says President Diaz and Finance Minister L Mantour have moved to shield workers from monopolist corn speculators by removing duties on foreign corn for year end and authorizing purchases to lower prices. The move is hailed as breaking the grain monopoly.
Paymaster Hays Edstrom of Petroleum Iron Works Corsicana Texas admits stealing six thousand dollars in pay envelopes over three weeks. He spent four thousand in two days in St Louis and one thousand in Chicago, confessing after a police description led to his arrest in Van Buren Street. He is a Washington Pennsylvania native, Harvard student, and ex soldier.
RK G Dun & Co reports normal distribution of merchandise restored and a shift toward better grades of goods signaling improved consumer finances. Steel labor dispute settled with rapid resume of work. price stability generally maintained. Wheat prices supported by strong export movement totaling 5,268,413 bushels worldwide. U S weekly failures 227, Canada 31.
Seven months after leaving Congress B R Ridgley once a Populist leader from Pittsburg now works as a cook in a Lawton Oklahoma restaurant for his board. Downs Kansas man A W Hefley visits Lawton and notes Ridgley’s effort to rebuild fortunes after discovering he had little money left after his congressional salary and a failed cattle deal.
A first known hazing case at Missouri University in Columbia was reported to the faculty disciplinary committee. A. Thompson was whipped, stripped, hair cut, and left in woods as initiations. unable to identify suspects, he received no punishment. Six blacks and a white man died in a Texas race war over cotton harvesting in Harrison County near Hellville. Thomas Walker shot Atwood. whites hanged two black men. two more were hanged near the Gregg County line. Geo Muckleroy was whipped to death near Marshall.
Fire at the E. O. Stunard Milling Co plant and several riverfront buildings in Alton, NL caused an estimated loss of $400,000. A high wind spread sparks toward the business district. St. Louis fire units were dispatched to help, with two engine companies and the department bringing flames under control. Major losses included Stannard Milling three buildings $300,000 insured, Roller Milling $5,000, Hayden machine shop $15,000, Farmers' elevator $25,000, Model Hotel $5,000.
Daniel and William Greenhill were arrested in De Soto Maine on suspicion of murdering their sister Mrs Urens and her suitor John Meloy. Investigators found a bloody ax and hatchet, and autopsy showed fatal cuts and self-inflicted-like wounds amid conflicting stories.
Rudolph Bock of Brooklyn died November 27 1803 leaving an estate of 40000 dollars. A New York banking house as executor could not locate relatives until a distant name Mrs Christina Mathias linked to Wilkes-Barre Pa. A banking rep found she died in the poorhouse last November. Interior Department moves to open 400000 acres Fort Hall Idaho reservation soon with 300000 acres at Quinault in Washington likely next spring. Mormon elders whipped in Hart Franklin and Madison counties Ga after local leaders warned residents. Filipinos surprised Company C Ninth Infantry at Samar breakfast killing 48 and wounding 11. Capt Connell and two officers escaped. Three died in Berkshire division NYNH Hartford railroad wreck at Long Hill Conn. Newark Mayor James M Seymour nominated Democratic Governor candidate on second ballot amid turbulence. James Tilt the Chicago industrialist lives with his workers to prove harmony possible. Minnesota Methodist vote 90 to 12 in favor of women representation in the general conference. Columbia beat Shamrock in first trial for America's Cup yacht race.
Chicago cattle range three to six forty while hogs run four twenty five to seven tenths. Indianapolis bids three to six. St Louis and Cincinnati vary by category from cattle to hogs with No 2 grains around sixty to seventy cents. Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York also list mixed cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and dairy prices with regional spreads.
The Columbia defender won the America's Cup by time allowance over Shamrock after a long battle in a strong northwest wind. Shamrock led early on but Columbia passed her on the final legs, finishing three minutes and thirty five seconds ahead, amid a race described as one of modern yachting’s most exciting.
In Maconose County Missouri Narrows township Mark Summers, a Confederate veteran, returns to find his wife of years wed to another man. She had warned him if he donned the gray he should not return. After war she remarried twice more, and Summers discovers his wife is now another man’s spouse, with his children grown.
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