Nine Months Trade Records Show Sharp Export Increases
Department of Commerce summary notes strong gains in outbound trade across nine months. Grain exports totalled 105,219,608 bushels versus 48,878,706 a year earlier, with corn at 82,753,212 bushels, and September shipments exceed 2000,000 bushels over 2004. Net tonnage of outbound goods rose across grain flaxseed coal ore timber and other categories, reflecting broad export momentum through September.
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Department of Commerce
Robér Iy
Washington
New York
Wwe
United States
Canada
Brulstreet
Hot Springs Hotel Fire Kills Two Unidentified Bodies
A two story Hot Springs railroad hotel on Him and Oliva streets burned, killing two unidentified occupants. Firefighters found charred remains, with the building housing about thirty rooms, many occupied by invalids or cripples under treatment. Officials suspect an explosion caused the blaze.
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Invathis
Oliva
Hot Springs
Ark
Ares
Invalida
Cripples Sho
Exploring Party May Be Dead In Gulf Expedition Perished
A mixed-English report details a camp expedition led by Professor Grindell that started in Une and aimed for the Gulf of California. The party, including J. EH Hoffman, reportedly perished from thirst and hunger after separation on June 20 while traversing the western coast of Mexico.
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Grindall
Gulf of California
Grindell
Jiburow Jaland
J. EH. Hoffman
Guaymas
Mexico
Gov Folk Pardons Bailey in Murder Case After Labor Pressure
Missouri Governor Folk commutes the death sentence of Wd gar. F. Bailey to life imprisonment after weeks of labor union petitions and threats to his political future. Bailey, a Hack Drivers' Union member, killed non union driver Albert Ferguson during a 1904 strike. Bailey had been slated to hang multiple times, with self defense claims offered.
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Folk
Wdgar
F. Bailey
Bailey
Albert Jorguson
Hack Drivers’ Union of
Kansas City
Ferguson
James Yorsha
William Moon
Gertrude Biggs
Fiftieth
Entral Streets
Biggs
Bal Jey
Jilted Girl Drinks Acid Over Marry-Plain Plan
Roy Ballard refused marriage to 17 year old May Gell of South Bend Indiana. She drank carbolic acid to end her life saying she preferred death to not marrying him. She had a history of suitors and a prior marriage to Harry Gell from which she was divorced. At hospital she left letters to her mother and to Ballard and asked her mother to raise her child to forget her.
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Roy Ballard
May Gell
South Bend
Ind
Che
Harry Gell
Ballard
Ole
Post Office Cashier Arrested for Embezzlement in St Louis
Louis Man, cashier at the St Louis post office, was arrested by U S Marshal Morsey on a federal warrant charging embezzlement of 1028 33. He waived preliminary hearing, bond set at 10000, claiming no theft though aware of the shortage for four years. Earlier cashier David Hayes was found short 15000, later covered by his brother Charles Hayes.
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Sir. Louis
Vranels B. Lunder
St. Louis
United States
Morsey
Babbitt
Runder
David Hayes
Hayes
Ilis
Claries Hayes
Grand Junk Railroad
Will Strike Back Against Mail Order Giants Forming in Dakota
A 840 million New York capital drive aims to form a South Dakota based company to throttle big mail order houses. Plans include branches in almost every state and a goal to supply goods to rival retailers, with New York capital and experienced buyers to undercut competition. Initiatives are under way with South Dakota merchants and will expand across states.
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New York
Booth
Dakota
South Dakota
Plac Eally
Union
New York City
Son Returns After 25 Years From World Battle
A man named Joha Re Gordon returns to Marion Ohio after twenty five years away. He left home at age seven amid troubles, wandered across the country joining West Virginia communities and served in the Philippines during the Spanish American War. Reuniting with his mother, now married to Robert Thomas, brings tears of joy as the family reclaims a long-awaited embrace.
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Gordon
Marion
Ohio
West Virginia
Philippines
Uoxing
Robert
Thomas
Wilkins
Thomas K. Wilkins
Elijah Bowsher
American National Bank
Linta
Bowsher
Jekyll Hyde case shocks Orange County store thefts
Charles Boos, former Wallkill Transit superintendent in Middletown, N Y, confessed to robbing one of the city’s largest department stores and several residences. He earned a high salary and lived in upscale apartments while allegedly selling copper wire to a junk dealer. Police linked a search of his refined home to the recovered plunder.
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Eastern Folica
Charies Boos
Wallkill Transit Company
Orange County
Middletown
N.Y
Boos
Transfit Corporation
Rail Strike Paralyzes Central Russian Railways
Russia faces widespread disruption as a railway strike halts traffic in the central belt and Kharkov, with lines to Donetz coal regions and Odessa severed. Moscow remains isolated except for a line to Berlin, as social democrats push universal suffrage while avoiding direct clash with authorities.
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Kharkov
Kharkoff
Donetz Cpal
Odessa
Sebastopol
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Berlin
National Assembly
Texas Seeks Penalties From Fifteen Railroads
Warves W. Moore district attorney of Austin filed suit for sums from 4000 to 25000 against fifteen Texas railroads. The actions seek penalties for failure to pay the 1 percent tax on gross earnings under the Love tax bill, now on appeal after a lower court ruling in the state's favor.
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Texas
Warves W. Moore
City-third District Court
Austin
Ffteen Railroads of
Hold Up Bank Messenger Near Lancaster Pa
A bank messenger was robbed of about $3,000 near Lancaster Pennsylvania by two highwaymen. The victim is described as a representative of an Italian bank in Philadelphia and had come to collect deposits for workers on the Pennsylvania Railroad's new line. The incident occurred on pay day.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
B. Frank Clyde
William P. Clyde Steamship Company
Rockham
Thewan
Golding
Lancaster
Acteillan
Nene Herrville
Ihe Vietin
Pilladelphia
Comen
Pennayhquin Railroad Company
Abraham Fox
Seventh Avenue
New York
Broadway
Striking Russia Faces Nationwide Disruption And Violence
Widespread labor strikes paralyze railways with major cities cut off while protests turn violent. In St Petersburg and Moscow, workers clash with troops as ministers, led by Count Witte, convene late into the night to seek a resolution. The rail network zones are largely besieged, telegraphs down, and food prices rise as famine fears grow amid halted relief efforts.
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Moscow
Armles
Doll
Splu
Wkater Inoslay
Wille
Samara
Olga
Staife
Committee of Ministers
Count Witte
Prince Wikoff
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Empire
Cour
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Sparks from the Wires in Norfolk and Legal News
In Norfolk John D Dawley aged 22 shot and killed William Davis aged 16 then hid in and set fire to his father's barn suffering serious burns. The California Supreme Court refused to appoint a special administrator for Alexander Danamutt's estate per stepdaughter Mina Wallace Hopper. Roman Catholic priests work on negotiations to buy 65 000 acres in Live Oak and Patricio counties Texas for a colonization project. Dr W L Dieffenal spoke before the Tomeopathile Medical Society of New York on cancer cure using radiant catings in the diseased jury.
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John D.dawley
William ¥. Davis
Supreme Court of California
Alexander Danamutt
Mina Wallace Hopper
Live Oak
Patricio
Texas
W. IL. Dieffenal
Tomeopathile Medical Society of
New York
Chicago Trade Developments Signal Growing Strength
Developments in Chicago show rising confidence in business. Industrial growth continues, with strong demand for transport, construction, and wholesale trade. Railroads commit heavily to equipment, and durable goods see rising bookings. Prices remain firm though some sectors weaken, while factory outputs and store trade show expansion.
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Yaa
Chicago
Dennis
Sile
Mors
Chivaga
Aiost
Dan
Chicago to New York live stock and grain market quotes
A fragmented market roundup lists bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across major cities including Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo and New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye and clover seed. Figures show varied No 2 grades and directionally mixed tones across regions.
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U&e
Vulter
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Chalee
York
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