World News Flashes of Disaster and Justice
Dozens injured as major South Myanston plant collapse follows a warehouse blaze. the Cudahy Packing Plant near Milwaukee sustains $400000 damage with one death and several injuries. In St Petersburg a young woman executes General Min’s assassin after a death sentence, while a Chicago bird thief tale ends with a parrot stealing money. U.S. sailors reinforce Cuban interests at Cienfuegos amid unrest.
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Aendide Nkovepoeitnikeye
Min Thist Nonth
St. Petersburg
Cudahy
Cudahy Bros. Packing Company
Oat Cudahy
Toles
Milwaukee
Uriek
Mie
Ian An
Dumonts Atraplane Drops And Santos Dumont Flight
Santos Dumont's aeroplane broke down during tests near Lor Chaapps outside Paris as the airship descended violently to the ground. Dumont was uninjured though the craft was badly damaged. Insurgents destroyed a bridge on the Cuban Central line near Las Lajas then captured a train and seized cash at Clnces before emptying the municipal treasury. A Gosport post office raid saw a safe knocked, locks picked, and $75 in cash plus stamps and a few letters stolen.
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Furnes Ao
Clnces
Indigna
Gosport
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Prince of Prussia Dies Regnant Albrecht Succumbs to Stroke
Prince Albrecht of Prussia regent of Brannwick and Germany's wealthiest prince dies after a stroke. Covington Light and Water Plant burns down, $20,000 estimated loss. Hearst nominated for New York governor by Independent League convention.
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Prussia
Albrecht
Brannwick
Germany
Covington Light and Water Company
Covington
Hearst
New York
W. R. Wearst
The
Independent League
Price of living on the rise challenges consensus
Mind Director says price hikes reflect a broader trend not easily linked to causes. George E B Roberts, director of the mint, predicts a continuing era of high prices. He notes wages and demand lift costs above panic-era levels while general employment improves and consumer spending remains strong.
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George EB. Roberts
Mint
Labor unions and strikes sweep across cities and industries
Reports show bartenders in New York demand higher wages while machinists in Cleveland advance union organizing. Boston, Chicago, and Boston musicians organize and officials debate wage and sick benefit provisions. London printers win a picketing ruling. Milwaukee mills order new molding machines as iron workers face changes.
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Cal
Auilding Trades
New York City
Cleveland
Ohio
William Faley
Boston
International Steel and Copper Plate
Chiggio
Tonanoke
Otheir
Moston
Mass
Foston
Amerie Federation of
Lalor
Maus
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Columbus
Naval Gun Factory
Washington
Jades
Central Union
Jumet
Belgium
London
England
Court of Irist Appeal
Chicago
New York
Milwaukee
Trade and Industry Buoyancy Across Markets in Sept
The report notes vigorous capital use and expansion in Chicago amid rising bank deposits and cash. Despite plant pressures, manufacturing shows steadiness in textiles and a broad distribution of general merchandise. Wholesale buyers attend, new merchants open, and shipments to Pacific and Southern points continue. Crop prospects bolster future projects while money lending tightens yet remains feasible. Failures rise modestly in the US and Canada, with Bradstreet’s Commercial Report tracking weekly figures.
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Courage Industrial Enterprise
Sealh
Alberty Unitrssa
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Pacific
Pew
Jibieage
Momercy
Wea Yout avo—Dan
New York
Tate
Western
Northwestern
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Prices in grain and livestock markets across major cities
Market listings show live cattle hogs and sheep values in Indianapolis St Louis and Cincinnati with price ranges for wheat corn oats rye and other grains. Edmonton and Buffalo entries include futures for wheat No 2 and mixed feed oats and clover seed price points.
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Eee Chieno- Aide
Uuy Deutter
Choice Creamery
Tirlianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Factories Grow America Wide Five Year Census Rise
A census bulletin shows 216,262 manufacturing establishments in 1904, up 4 percent from 1900. Capital rose to 12.19 billion dollars or 41 percent, while the value of products climbed to 14.802 billion, up 30 percent. Officers and clerks increased 43 percent, salaries 51 percent, wage earners up 16 percent with wages rising 30 percent. 1903 wage earners numbered 5,470,321 earning 2.611 billion dollars.
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United States
Census Bureau
Salines
Odd Bits of Royal Gossip and Trivia From Empire Notes
Count Tolstoi abstains from alcohol tobacco and meat. The Duke of Wellington is a grandee of Spain by inheritance. The Wing of Portugal is an enthusiastic amateur painter. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is a noted French scholar. The prince and princess of Wales’ India trip cost about 500000 dollars. Austria’s public executioner wears new white gloves for each sentence. A statue of Gen Nicholson was unveiled at Delhi by Lord Minto. Dr Frederick Agar retires after forty years as conductor. King Edward is said to know a little Gaelic though likely only a smattering.
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Duke of Wellington
Spain
Portugal
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
England
Prince and Princess of Wales
India
Austria
Gen
Nicholson
Delhi
Lord Minto
Frederick Agar
Edward
Robert Louis Stevenson
Marriage in Chicago unites Logansport doctor and widow
Dr. Jasper A. Downey a leading Logansport physician and Elizabeth De Brayn Kops were married in Chicago in a surprise ceremony. Children opposed the union. both spouses had grown children. Mrs. Kops, an artist, had a studio in the same building as Downey's office. Downey's first wife died months ago.
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Chicago
J. A. Downey
Kops
Jasper A. Downey
Logansport
Elizabeth de Brayn Kops
Youth Charged in Richmond Forgery Ring
Superintendent Bailey reports Herbert Eschenfelder 22 arrested in Sault Ste Marie Michigan on forged check scheme. His 16 year old sweetheart Miss Fnbody is charged as an accomplice. The pair allegedly obtained 8000 dollars using worthless checks at the First and Second National banks in Richmond.
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Bailey
Richmond Police Department
Sault Ste Marie, Mich
Herbert Eschenfelder
Richmond
Mississse Fnbody
Mihenfelder
National
Five Involved in Princeton Race Riot At Fair Grounds
A white man struck a Black girl with a whip triggering a riot at Princeton fair grounds. Whites and Blacks clashed, injuring three whites and two Blacks. many were arrested. Hugh Longmeyer, a Black man, was shot in the head during the disorder.
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Fair Grounds
Princeton
Hugh Longmeyer
Wisconsin student dies after campus accident fall
Arthur Kuehnert of Concordia College Fort Wayne was crushed during an age ball game on campus. His skull injury is reported as critical amid slow recovery. Helen Keer, six, fell from a second story window in South Bend and was impaled on a picket fence but survived without aid.
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Batman
Leese
Thinois Brick Company
South Myanston
Arthur Kuehnert
Wisconsin
Concordia College
Fort Wayne
Ife
Helen Keer
South Bend
Aged farmer dies by carbolic acid at station coal house
Peter Clem a 65 year old farmer from west of Covington died from carbolic acid poisoning in the coal house at Big Four station. Authorities report sale and presumed suicidal intent. William Aubey and Shirtley Erwin were arrested in Petersburg four weeks after a Southern railroad wreck at Carbon that killed four people.
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Peter Clem
Covington
William Aubey
Shirtley Erwin
Petersburg
Sothern
Carbon
Complaint Filed Against Railroads by National Purchase Association
The National Purchase Association filed complaints against forty one railroads operating in Indiana alleging unjust classification. Reports of accidents include John Sioch of Royal Center killed by a fall from a Susquehanna river area building while visiting Harrisburg. Benjamin Casey of Butler shoots himself, Nicholas Taylor 84 of Marengo dies after a fall in Belleville. Frank Kramer, a renowned bicycle rider from Evansville, announces retirement. A fire at the Little Gem theater in Indianapolis causes panic but no serious injuries. A runaway horse driven by Robert Olendenning overturns, injuring him.
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National Perchunt Association
Indiana
Nicholas Taylor
Marengo
Belleville
Little Gem
Indianapolis
Robert Olendenning
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