Week of World Gossip and High Society News
A recap of royal betrothal talks, political races, and society notes: Emperor William’s consent to a Prussia heiress betrothal to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm. Woodrow Wilson elected president of the Political Science Association with Edmund J. James as first vice president. Senator Dolliver ill in Washington, to seek New York treatment. Diplomatic credentials presented by Robert Bacon as ambassador to France. Cuban patriot heir Daniel Antonio Maceo involved in a lunacy case in Los Angeles. Thomas Murdoch of Reid, Murdoch & Co. leaves substantial donations to religious and educational causes. Baroness Wilmowski of Bonn visiting New York. Sultan of Turkey accepts the grand vizier’s resignation. possible cabinet reshuffle in Rome. Col. James Gordon’s political fate noted amid Lincoln assassination lore. Prince Hans of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg-Glucksburg gravely ill. Frederic Remington dies of appendicitis complications. Samuel W. Williams falls ill with heart failure.
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William
Friedrich Wilhelm
Prussia
Prince Albrecht
Brunswick
Agathe von Ratiber Und Corvey
New York
Robert Bacon
Henry White
United States
France
President Fallieres
Elysee Palace
Daniel Antonio Maceo
Gen. Maceo
Los Angeles
Pinar del Rio
Thomas Murdoch
Reid, Murdoch & Co
Chicago
Wilmowski
Bonn
Germany
Krupp
Turkey
Hilmi Pasha
Hakka Bey
Rome
Lincoln
United States Senate
Col
James Gordon
Noel
A. J. McLaurin
Hans
Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Christian
Denmark
Europe
Frederic Remington
Ridgefield
Conn
Samuel W. Williams
Vincennes
Ind
Fifteenth anniversary at Louisiana State University celebrated
General news item notes LSU Baton Rouge anniversary observed with elaborate exercises involving educators and officials. The report lists other incidents including a Rock Island railroad wreck near Trenton Missouri with three dead and forty five injured, a bridge ice jam disaster near St Louis drowning about 206 workers, a Syracuse clothing store blaze causing death, and a Chilean railroad financing scandal revealing Harry Silverberg as James Jeffries Wil flame.
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Louisiana State University At
Baton Rouge
California
Rock Inland Railroad
Trenton
Misssassippi
St. Louis
Moses Rosenbloom
Syracuse
N. Y
Wolf Peerlman
Nance
James Jeffries Wilflame
Harry Silverberg
New York
J. Coleman Drayton
Chicago
Bernard H. Ball
Indictments in Kansas City Fruit and Produce Board
The Kansas City Missouri Fruit and Produce Exchange three officers and six directors face grand jury indictments alleging a price control conspiracy for butter eggs potatoes and other foods in the Kansas City market. Also noted are tragic and varied items from a New York banker Spencer Trask killed in a private car crash near Saratoga to floods in Eastern Roumella and a Panama canal dynamite cargo for Colon.
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Kansas City
New York
Laporte
Ind
Maybelle Seymour
Chicago
William Stearnie
St. Louis
Great Northern
Burlington
A. D. Melvin
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Warren Street
Morris Nathanson
Uncle Sam
Standard Oil
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
N. Y
John McClintock
Rocky Spur
Idaho
Nampa
Earl Percy
London
Paris
Des Moines
Savoy Hotel
Cummins
Hull
Wickersham
J. ©. McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
Tobacco Trust
Railway Age Gazette
Phyllis
Colon
Panama Canal
Mrales
Guadalajara
Mex
Order of Railway Conductora
United States
Fae Chale
Rapid Recovery in 1909 US Economy and Agriculture
The 1909 annual Dun report cites rapid and full recovery from 1908, driven by abundant crops, capital at reasonable rates, tariff stability, and renewed business confidence. It notes record bank clearings, strong railroad earnings, and crops particularly breadstuffs with high prices, while detailing wheat, corn, oats, cotton, and wool price movements and sector shifts like footwear late in the year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
West
United States
Chicago
Market reports from Cincinnati on grain and feed prices
Flour markets firm with winter patent at 5.75 to 6.10 and spring patent 4.25 to 4.45. Wheat steady with No. 2 red 1.28 to 1.31. Corn firmer with No. 2 white 64 to 65 1/2 cents. Oats steady with No. 2 white 48 1/8 cents. Hay receipts light. timothy No. 1 at 17.25 to 17.75, clover mixed 15.60 to 16, clover 16 to 16.50. Rye 0.70 to 0.75. Mill feed bran 22, middlings 22.50 to 26.50.
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Cincinnati
Timethy
Live Stock Markets in Cincinnati Market Snapshot
January 3 report from Cincinnati shows Catule receipts 1,810 head with active market. Extra butchers 5.60 to 6.50, good to choice 4.85 to 5.65. heifers extra 6.25 to 5.50, cows 4.65 to 5. Calves slower, receipts light, extra 9.25, fair to good. House receipts 3,483 head, market active. good to choice butchers 8.55 to 18.00, mixed packers 8.40 to 8.55, pigs 8.20 to 6.40. sheep receipts 356 head, market strong, extra 5.60 to 6.40. Lambs omitted.
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Cincinnati
Accused of Plot to Defraud Names Huston in Indictment
Washington Post reports former United States Treasurer James Nelson Huston, once Indiana Republican leader, indicted on seven counts for conspiracy and fraudulent use of the mails. Co-defendants include Samuel Graham Everett Dufour and Harvey M. Lewis over a scheme to guarantee bonds through the National Trust Co. Jury alleges Huston and partners used fake guarantees to divert funds from companies seeking protection. Old Indiana allies express sympathy but question his ties to others in the firm.
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Washington
Post Office
Robinson
New York
United States
James Nelson Huston
Connersville
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Huston
Harrison
Republican Central Committee
Indiana
E. H. Nebeker
Covington
Samuel Graham
Montreal
Canada
Everett Dufour
Dufour
Harvey M. Lewis
National Trust Co
Baker
Lewis
Graham
Graham & Co
Huston and Lewis
Four Firemen Die as Wall Falls at Milwaukee Factory
A fire at the American Bridge Co. in Milwaukee caused a wall to collapse burying four firemen. Capt. John J. Hennesey Lieut. Dominic O'Donnell William Foley and Joseph Sullivan were killed. Several others injured as frost bite and flames spread, with about $250000 in losses. Initially feared more perished before debris removal confirmed casualties.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Bridge Co
John J. Hennesey
Domnic O'Donnell
William Foley
Joseph Sullivan
Engine Co. No. 4
Farmer Injured In Yard Dynamite Accident Near Big Rock
A wealthy farmer from near Big Rock slipped on a rock in his yard and exploded a dynamite stick in his pocket. He suffered a large wound in the side a severed hand and a severe head laceration. Doctors say he will recover. Stall had been cutting stumps and was returning home when the accident occurred.
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Aurora
Tfl
Otto Stall
Big Rock
Stall
Two Slayeren Executed Ossining N J
A double execution occurred at Sing Sing prison in Ossining New Jersey. William Morse, convicted in Brooklyn in 1907 for killing a policeman, and John Barabuto, who killed a fellow Italian in Middletown in January 1909, were executed within moments of each other.
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Ossinning
N. J
Sing Sing
Willian Morse
Brooklyn
John Barabuto
Middletown
Noted Crooks Captured in Velvet Duel Interdiction
Chicago police caught two criminals after an attempted break-in at the home of William J Swift. James Callahan and Morris Donovan, described as notorious figures, confronted detectives in a brief velvet duel before being captured.
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Chicago
William J. Swift
James Callahan
Morris Donovan
Man Shot by Police After Saloon Robbery in Chicago
A man identified as Edward Deywood, known to police, was shot and killed by an officer in Chicago after robbing a saloon. The incident involved a man named Marlon Hedgepth, described as a safe blower, as authorities investigated the confrontation and listed the event in police records.
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Chicago
DNI
Edward Deywood
Marlon
Indiana Happenings Clear Up Ritter Mystery
Washington report says Rev William Ritter died of a stroke in a milkhouse at the tin farm and his wife perished in her room amid dementia and frenzy. Bodies found at Elmora prompt further investigation into the minister and wife deaths.
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Washington
William Ritter
Tin Farm
Elmora
Snow's Savior of Town in Westport Fire
A blaze destroyed Westport's town hall, Al bert Roberts livery barn, Charles Talkington blacksmith shop, and damaged Roberts residence, Christian church, and Dr. William Hause barn. Estimated total loss is 3000 dollars. Roberts lost two horses and several buggies plus feed. Building losses total 1500 dollars with 500 dollars insured. Talkington faced 500 dollar loss with no insurance. Heavy snow prevented wider destruction by catching sparks.
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Snow
Westport
Albert Roberts
Charles Talkington
Christian Church
William Hause
Roberts
Cold Menaces Rivermen in Jeffersonville Harbor
Cold weather worsens risks to river craft around Jeffersonville and prompts talk of a coal famine. Towboats cut ice between Jeffersonville and Louisville, planning triangular cuts to push heavy ice downstream and clear the harbor.
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Jeffersonville
Louisville
One Physician Eligible for Health Officer Posts
Interest centers on health officer appointments as city and county shift from Republican to Democratic control. Only Dr. J. B. Fattic in Anderson appears eligible for either post, per the law requiring examination by the state board of health or recent office experience.
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Anderson
J. B. Fattic
State Board of Health
Ten Captains to Be Reduced in Evansville Fire Dept
The incoming Republican administration will reduce ten of fifteen captains, promote eight from the ranks, reinstate a Republican dismissed for politics, and lower Chief Dunlevy to captain. The new force will have eight Republicans and seven Democrats.
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Evansville
Dunlevy
Peru Man Faces First Degree Murder Charge
Ory Galloway is expected to be charged with first degree murder for the killing of his wife. Coroner Goodrick indicated that murder would be preferred. A preliminary hearing is planned for the prisoner.
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Peru
Ory Galloway
Goodrick
State News In Brief From Several Cities
Jeffersonville police arrest Pietor Guerin in Ogdensburg New York for parole violation from the reformatory after a theft sentence for stealing shoes. In Washington police seize a hayloft saloon hidden in a livery barn while searching for a blind tiger. Linton Paul Woodward 15 dies from exhaustion after sledding and playing with companions then chasing a vehicle. Madison newlyweds Guy Raney and Anna Barnes cross the Ohio River by rowboat. near the Kentucky shore the bride falls in and is saved. Crawfordsville R A Rankin jailed in Montgomery County on whisky selling charges. Robert Cramer of Lafayette says he bought whisky from Rankin and was robbed while intoxicated.
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Jeffersonville
Pietor Guerin
Reformatory
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Montgomery County
Robert Cramer
Lafayette
Cramer
Rankin
Land Trek Draws Iowa Families to Saskatchewan
The Globe reports Midwestern farmers from Iowa Kansas and Minnesota streaming into Saskatchewan and western Manitoba to homestead. They seek affordable land at 11 to 12 dollars an acre, join family colonies, and view Canada as a path to keep sons from leaving farms for cities. They compare Old Glory and God Save the King, seeing enduring ties to both nations.
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Iowa
Winnipeg
Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan
America
Kansas
Minnesota
Mid-West
Canadian
the King
Toronto
Ontario
Globe
Effect of Golf on Strength and Breath
A chatty note extols golf as a fine exercise. It claims the sport strengthens men's arms and leaves others gasping for breath, reflecting humorous social banter.
A Pessimistic View in Harrisburg Hospital Ward
In a Harrisburg hospital a patient pessimistically assessed his recovery. A young doctor, claiming similar past illness, urged him to stay hopeful and compared his own four year recovery to the patient’s. The exchange ends with the patient asking which doctor treated the physician.
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Harrisburg
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
New Tonic Mixture for Winter Health Tips
A physician praises a winter tonic blending balmwort and sarsaparilla in whiskey, taken in tablespoon doses, to aid kidney and bladder troubles, strengthen the blood, and tissues. Also a quip from Mr Dustin Stax on economizing, urging restraint in patronizing most businesses to save money.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
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General News
Market Reports
U. S
James N. Huston
Bridge Plant
Ritter
State News
Western
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