Grain Shipments From Chicago Diminish Week Over Week
Dun s review notes grain shipments for six days at 27 033 000 bushels, down 30 percent from the prior week but still above last year s level. Wheat and coarse grains move with mixed signals as Argentine cargoes press cereal prices, while pork lard and livestock receipts show declines and gains, and financial conditions remain easy with strong bank reserves and steady discounts.
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Chicago
Dun
R. G Dun & Co
Southwest
Europe
United States
Canada
Good Year for the Y W C A Work Expands in Illinois
At the Illinois state convention held in Galesburg on October 24, reports show the year ending as prosperous with Chicago youth projects greatly extended and enlarged. Elgin Aurora and Rockford associations are described in splendid condition as new officers are elected including President Mrs. J J Tufts and First Vice President Jessie R Holmes.
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J. J. Tufts
Chicago
Jessie R. Holmes
Galesburg
Patterson
Monmouth
Martha Sarver
Janet Warnock
Macomb
Mamie Sitford
Carthage
Miriam Roberts
University of Illinois
Arrest of Embezzler Joins New Holland Case
In San Francisco on October 24 Joan E. Brown, sought in New Holland, C for embezzling bank funds, was arrested here. He reportedly vanished in August with about $103,000 missing from his account.
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San Francisco
Cal
Joan E. Brown
New Holland
Fireworks Explosion Kills Worker as Malta Village Sees Casualties
A fireworks blast at a Belay village workmen's club in Valeta Malta on October 24 killed one worker and wounded fourteen others including women. The blast caused extensive injuries and local authorities began investigations into the incident.
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Valeta
Malta
A .Workman's Club
Record Immigration Surge and City-Security Warning
Washington reports 921 315 aliens arrived in the year ending June 30, with most from southern Europe and growth across nations due to prosperity. Commissioner Sargon warns alien colonies threaten physical social moral and political security and may foster anti-authority ideas and even assassinations of lawful agents.
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Washington
Europe
Sargent
Suit seeks to bar Normal students from public school teaching
A Normal taxpayer Andrew Lindblad files suit to dissolve the arrangement allowing Illinois Normal University students to gain teaching practice in Normal public schools. Professor David Felmley, president of the state normal, defends the plan in operation at Normal.
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Bloomington
State Normal Schools
Normal
Andrew Lindblad
Illinois Normal University
David Felmley
State Normal
Kissing Keeps Citizens Awake in Janesville
In Janesville Wisconsin on October 24 the city council plans a measure to give school janitors police powers to arrest anyone kissing loudly near school buildings. Residents say the noise disrupts sleep as officers report couples found on steps continuing to kiss despite presence.
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Janesville
Wis
Spiritualist Tuttle Found Dead in Lake Pentucket
Frederick G. Tuttle treasurer of Banner of Light Publishing and prominent Spiritualist was found dead in Lake Pentucket after writing to his family of an intended death by his own hand. He warned his body would be recovered from the lake, a fate attributed to temporary mental derangement after a nervous collapse.
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Haverhill
Mass
Frederick G. Tuttle
Banner of Light Publishing Company
Lake Pentucket
Needham
Frank D. Tuttle
Fitchburg
Tuttle
Austrian Official Seized by Constantinople Police
Vienna dispatch reports Baron Eichhof secretary to the Austrian ministry of the interior was seized by Constantinople police at night while returning to his hotel mistaking him for a Macedonian leader.
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Vienna
Baron Eichhof
Ministry of the Interior
Constantinople
Four Hungarian Laborers Drown After Skiff Capsizes
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on October 24 four of five Hungarian laborers aboard a skiff were drowned when it was swept over the Springdale dam near Colfax Station in dense early morning fog.
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Pittsburg
Springdale
Colfax Station
King Presents Prize Dog to York Fire Company
King Edward of England honors York Pennsylvania fire company by presenting a handsome greyhound from Windsor kennels at Wind sor. The gift highlights royal support for public safety in 1894.
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York
King Edward of
England
Royal Fire Company
Windsor
Fire destroys Macon cotton buildings in Mississippi
A fire swept the Macon compress and warehouses in Macon Mississippi on October 24 causing a loss estimated at $200000. Insurance partially covers the damage. About three thousand bales of cotton were destroyed.
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Macon
Miss
Barr Receives Loving Cup After Shamrock 11 Sail
Captain Charles Barr who sailed the Reliance against Shamrock 11 was honored in Philadelphia as guest of Mayor Weaver and presented with a loving cup.
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Barr
Philadelphia
Charles Barr
Reliance
Shamrock
Weaver
Stallion Cresceus Conqueror Sold for 2500 in Pittsburg
Watson claims Cresceus is the only stallion to be outfooted by Conqueror in a racing duel. James Rankin of Pittsburgh buys the horse for $2500 on October 24.
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Cresceus
Pittsburg
Watson
Inva Racing
James
Rankin
Burg
Acme Harvester Company Shuts Down in Peoria
The Acme Harvester Company with over 1000 workers has closed and placed affairs in a creditor committee led by D R Forgan of the First National Bank Chicago. Assets about 2 million, liabilities less, 75 percent creditors agree to extension, 700 idle workers, plant likely to restart. Suitors include Catlin & Co for 20000 and three assumpsit suits totaling 28000.
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Peoria
Ill
Acme Harvester Company
First National Bank of Chicago
Chicago
D. R. Forgan
A. G. Becker
Becker & Co
G. H. Burr
Steer & Burr
Boston
Martin Kingman
Ferdinand Ludly
United States
South Africa
Europe
W. H. Binnian
Assumpsit
Catlin & Co
New York
Harvester Trust
Acme
Bank cashier is friendless in Minnesota逃
Alfred H Buck, missing bank cashier in Stapleton Minnesota, is a fugitive. Creditors face losses exceeding 40000 as Buck squandered or gambled away most of his funds. Despite previous popularity at the bank, residents now lack support or favorable remarks.
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Mankato
Minn
Stapleton
Alfred H. Buck
Buck
Pastor Bets to Secure Proof of Gambling at County Fair
Rev. F. E. McFadden testified before the grand jury in Hamilton Ohio that he gambled and lost at the county fair to obtain evidence against gamblers operating in sheds outside the fair grounds. The United Presbyterian pastor provided the grand jury with the proof he gathered.
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F. E. McFadden
Ohio
Hamilton
EF. E. McFadden
United Presbyterian Church
Burglars Rob St Johns Home in Wheeling Scuffle
Masked burglars entered St John s Home for Orphan Boys in Wheeling West Virginia on October 23. They beat a sister in charge bound her and robbed the building. During the struggle the sister bit a robber s finger nearly severing it.
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Wheeling
W. Va
St. John’s Home
Senator Foraker Improves After Bronchitis Attack
Sandusky Ohio October 23 Senator Foraker is recovering from bronchitis that kept him from speaking here and led to the cancellation of other political engagements.
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Foraker
Sandusky
Dynamite Loot at Burton State Bank Robbery
Robbers dynamited the Burton State bank at Burton thirty four miles north of Wichita and robbed it of thousands of dollars according to early reports.
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Wichita
Kas
Burton State Bank
Burton
Croker's Horse Wins at Sandown Park Oct 23
London reports Richard Croker's Clonmell won the Great Sapling Pilate at Sandown Park in a 4,000 sovereign race as ten horses ran. Odds noted at 20 to 4.
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Croker
London
Richard Croker
Clonmell
Sandown
Park
Strikers Get Increase in Jeffersonville October 23
Strikers in Jeffersonville Indiana receive a wage increase announced for October dates with local officials confirming the adjustment. The notice highlights improved pay for workers and outlines the implementation timeline.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Farmer Remains Alive After Stomach Removal At Hospital
William Noss of Pomeroy, a farmer, traveled to the Samaritan hospital in Sioux Falls where doctors removed his stomach to create a feeding funnel. A funnel shaped esophageal passage was stitched to form a small sack, allowing air tight sealing and nourishment. He now eats freely and weighs more than three weeks ago.
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Sioux
Falls
William Noss
Swindle Defrauds Peotone and Manteno Farmers
A Chicago pair swindled farmers near Peotone and Manteno out of about 8000 in a clothing game. The man sold cloth for suits and took notes, then disappeared with measured fabric after farmers visited Manteno and Peotone on specified days.
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Kankakee
Ill
Peotone and
Manteno
Chicago
Peotone
Knights honor Chicago man at Pythian convention
Rock Island Illinois October 24 delegates to the Pythian convention express satisfaction at the re election of Henry Palmer Caldwell of Chicago to grand keeper of records and seals. His long service and intimate knowledge of duties make him highly capable in the post and widely popular among the knights.
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Rock Island, Ill
Henry Palmer Caldwell
Chicago
State Supreme Court orders release of nearly 100 prisoners
In Jackson Michigan the state Supreme Court ruled that about 100 inmates at the state prison may be released immediately under the "good time" policy. John Harney, convicted burglar, had been denied release on a technicality but the court held that good time credits apply regardless of prior records.
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Jackson, Mich
State Supreme Court
John Harney
Dedicate Shaft to an Indian Chief Shabbona
A gray granite monument to Shabbona the Pottawatomie chief was dedicated at Bloomington Illinois with notable ceremonies. Addresses were given by P A Armstrong Morris congressman Thomas J Henderson Princeton and Charles Gunther Chicago.
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Shabbona
Morris, IN
Bloomington
Ill
Pottawatomies
Morris
P. A. Armstrong
Shabbana Memorial Association
Thomas J. Henderson
Princeton
Charles Gunther
Chicago
Doctors Against Toy Pistols Stand Adopted
Louisville notes the Mississippi Valley Medical association adopting resolutions opposing toy pistol sales and endorsing national laws banning fireworks manufacture and the open treatment of all wounds, no matter how slight.
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Louisville
Mississippi Valley Medical Association
Cortelyou Exceeds Authority in Deportation Order
Federal Judge Bellinger rules that Secretary Cortelyou exceeded his authority when he ordered the deportation of two French women on grounds they were brought for immoral purposes. The decision narrows executive power over immigration actions and raises questions about government authority in similar cases.
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Cortelyou
Portland
Ore
Bellinger
Secretary of Commerce
O Cortelyou
Pope Aids Christians Help Sent To Archdiocese
Vienna report says the pope sent 200 Turkish pounds to the archbishop of Adriano ple for distribution among suffering Christians in that province.
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Vienna
Adrianople
Heavy Cargo of Gold Lands in Plymouth from Bombay
Five million dollars in gold has been landed here from Bombay aboard the steamer. This is the largest shipment ever brought to England by sea.
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Plymouth
England
Bombay
Dairy butter now manufactured in Holland from Philippine coconuts
Washington reports dairy butter is produced in Holland using Philippine coconuts and is shipped to markets worldwide.
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Washington
Holland
Cholera Outbreak Report Oddly Diminished
Brief text notes a cholera outbreak subsiding, with scattered details about a local poultry farm and a mysterious decline in cases. No clear attribution or location provided.
Twenty Thousand Men Thrown Out of Work in Montana Ruling
Judge William Clancy issues injunctions against Boston and Montana Parrot Mining and Amalgamated Copper stopping dividends to Amalgamated. About 20,000 workers face indefinite layoffs as Montana plants including Butte mines and Anaconda smelters shut down pending Supreme Court decision. Minnie Healey mine case also ruled for Heinze against Boston and Montana.
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Butte
Mont
William Clancy
District Court
Boston
Montana
Parrot
Amalgamated Copper Company
Boaston
Amalgamated Company
Amalgamated Companies
F. A. Heinze
Heinze
Amalgamated
Anaconda
Great Falls
Diamondville
Wyo
Horr and
Belt
Bonner
Hamilton
Supreme Court
New York
Clancy
Minnie Healey
Miles Finley
Harney
Scheme to Smuggle Chinese Rebels in Border Plot
Saulte Ste. Marie October 23 Jack Lynch arrested with three Chinamen admits an organization exists to smuggle Chinese men and opium into the United States. A Chinaman in Toronto is named as a gang member and several Canadians in the Canadian Soo are involved. Authorities plan to capture the remaining members.
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Saulte Ste. Marie
Mich
Jack Lynch
United States
Toronto
Soa
Steel Works Resume in Joliet Plant
Joliet Illinois October 28 orders have been received to resume work in all departments of the Illinois Steel Company plant that was closed two weeks ago for an indefinite period. Work starts Monday for two thousand men.
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Joliet
Ill
Illinois Steel Company
Japan Seeks Chilean Warships in Reported Talk
A report from Panama and Colombia dated Oct 23 says Japan may be negotiating to buy two Chilean warships. No official confirmation yet.
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Japan
Chili
Panama
Columbia
Government of
Football Player Dies from College Game Injury
Tohn Withnell age 17 died at St Anthony's hospital in St Louis from a spine injury suffered in a football game between St Louis University and the Marion Sims Dentals.
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St. Louis
Tohn Withnell
St. Anthony’s Hospital
St. Louis University
Marion-Sims Dentals
Butler College Chairs Torn After Glue Prank
Students at Butler College in Indianapolis spread glue on the president and faculty chairs causing them to harden and require removal of chairs to clear the classroom.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Butler College
Far Eastern Tensions Reported From Tokyo To Russia
A cipher cablegram indicates war with Russia may be declared over the far Eastern question. The Russian Pacific squadron comprises 54 warships with 750 officers and 13,200 men as two battleships and 14 other vessels head toward the region. Novoe Vremya notes Japanese papers are subsidized by Americans and Englishmen.
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Yokohama
Honolulu
Russia
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Tokio
Far East
Novoe Vremya
Seven Rescued From Wreck Off Grand Marais Harbor
In a fifty mile gale near Grand Marais Michigan the Saveland was driven ashore as the Gettysburg and Buffalo sought shelter. The Grand Marais life-saving crew rescued six men and a woman from the wreck while lifeboatman Martin Derryn died nearby after being in the lake.
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Grand Marais
Mich
Gettysburg
Buffalo
Saveland
Martin Derryn
Girl Sees Sweetheart Shot in Connersville
In Connersville Indiana on October 28 Frank Eby a defendant in a damages suit brought by Lillian Mulhern's father was fatally shot by Lillian's brother John Mulhern Jr who was wounded by Eby. Eby tried to talk with the girl when A W McKee the prosecutor intervened Eby fired at McKee then turned on Mulhern who fired six shots at Eby two of which hit.
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Connersville
Ind
Frank Eby
Lillian Mulhern
John Mulhern, Jr
Eby
A. W. McKee
McKee
Mulhern
Cold Storage Company Fails in Minneapolis Bankruptcy
The Minneapolis Cold Storage Company has filed for voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities of 400000 and assets of 350000. John Kunz was named receiver as over 3000 minor creditors loom. The firm bought cream from farmers for butter at its Nicollet Island plant and had branches in Watertown and Fargo and Aberdeen.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Kunz
Nicollet Island
Watertown
S. D
Fargo
N. D
Aberdeen
Woman Charged With Forgery in Racine Case
Racine Wisconsin October 23 Mrs Evelyn Sherwood a well dressed woman is under arrest charged with forgery. She claims wealthy Eastern relatives and to have large sums of money on deposit in Boston and Brooklyn.
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Racine
Wis
Evelyn Sherwood
Boston
Brooklyn
Kaiser’s Speech At Unveiling Attributed to Henzpeter
Berlin reports that Vorwaerts claims the Kaiser’s speech at the unveiling of his parents’ statues was written by Privy Councilor Henzpeter. The remark ties the oration to a known political figure and reflects press attribution of authorship.
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Kaiser
Aid
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Privy
Henzpeter
Miners Condemn Chamberlain Zollverein Plan
At a London congress meeting the Great Britain miners pass a resolution condemning Joseph Chamberlain's Zollverein scheme with unanimous support and strong enthusiasm.
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Chamberlain
London
Congress of the Miners of Great Britain
Joseph Chamberlain
Zollverein
Arrest Two for Murder in Southampton
Southampton October 23 two men arrested on arrival aboard the American liner Philadelphia are believed to be wanted in MacDonald Pennsylvania for the murder of Samuel T Ferguson authorities listed as the targets in this case and the suspects are held for further investigation.
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Southampton
Philadelphia
MacDonald, Pa
Samuel T. Ferguson
Miss Mary Otis Dies Refusing Physician Care
Miss Mary Otis, principal of a Providence school, died of pneumonia after repeatedly refusing a regular physician. She was a Christian Scientist and maintained her stance to the end.
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Providence, R. I
Mary. Otis
Telegraphic Brevities: Mrs Anna Boltz Dies by Own Hand
Brief item reports Mrs Anna Boltz committed suicide amid disgrace while she was under arrest for shoplifting. Police details note the act occurred during the investigation, with no further information on motive or suspects.
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Anna ‘Boltz
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Stapleton, Minn
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Knights
Michigan Supreme Court
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Mississippi Valley Association
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Marais, Mich
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Cold Storage Company
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