Locomotive Contract, Lake Shore JV Brooks Works
W B H Newman president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company awarded a large locomotive order to Brooks Locomotive Works of Dunkirk New York. The deal includes 18 freight engines 19x3 inch cylinders 62 inch drivers weighing 150000 pounds each and 19 6 wheel switching engines 19x26 inch cylinders 52 inch drivers weighing 128000 pounds each totaling about 500000 dollars. Also 15 consolidated freight engines 191x28 inch cylinders 56 inch drivers weighing 150000 pounds each. Washington reports Paris notes peace commissioners near signing expected within days and treaty submission possible before Christmas recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BH. Newman
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Lake Shore Company
Consolidated
Washington
Paris
Day
Congress
Explosion on Bay State kills Twist and injures crew
A fatal blast occurred on the marine hospital ship Bay State off Brooklyn. Captain Robert Twist, in charge of the ice making machine, was killed instantly as ammonia in the reservoir exploded during cleaning of the coils. About fifteen nearby men were seriously injured and taken aboard the relief.
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Bay State
Brooklyn
Robert Twist
Twist
Relief
Raleigh Ordered Home Special from Washington
Secretary Long has cabled Rear Admiral Dewey to send the cruiser Raleigh back to the United States. No relieving vessel will join, as officials deem Dewey already has an ample force with battleships and the gun boat Yorktown. The move signals confidence that Germany poses no danger to the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Washington
Long
Dewey
United States
Yorktown
Germany
Philippines
Pope Leo Favors America Says Vatican Backing Philippines
William T. Stead reports from London that the Pope is not hostile to American policy in the Philippines. The Pope favors cooperation with the United States to restore order.
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Leo
America
William T. Stead
The
London Review
Vatican
Associated Press
Philippines
United States
Troops Prepare for Cuban Occupation and Public Credit Dispute
National orders near completion foresee about 25 000 troops slated for Cuba by January 1 with Havana stations favored. The War Department will not release the regiment list until orders are issued. Senator Hoar weighs in on Rufus Putnam credit for Northwest Territory and slavery prohibition in a lengthy Zanesville paper.
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Cabs
Cuba
Havana
Hoar
George F. Hooar
Massachusetts
Zanesville
Ohio
Rufus Putnam
Northwest Territory
maconic temple attractions fort wayne ind dec 14 for her sake
Fort Wayne telegram lists the Maconic Temple attractions with dates December 14 to December 28 including titles For Her Sake Shanty-town In Old Kentucky A Hired Girl Why Smith Left Homa and a later note on Julia Marlowe Romero Ae Ambassador Mexico. Also reports Mexico accrediting Mae tiart Romero as Ambassador and unconfirmed talk of Gen Clayton as ambassador. The Dirigo steamer arrived at Vancouver from Alaska with a balloon search party for Andree. A traveling salesman A White of Chicago was found dead by gas in Devil’s Playground room in Decatur Illinois.
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Maconic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
Old Kentucky
Smith
Homa
Julia Marlowe
Adree
Dirigo
Vancouver
Alaska
Mt. White
Andree
A. White
Denny Fryen
Fulton Street
Chicago
Lil
Lie
Multiple Fires and Fortunes Stir 19th Century East coast
A flurry of incidents from Wilmington to New York includes deaths and philanthropy. John Taylor Gauue dies in Wilmington. Bloom burg and Milton fire losses exceed 100000. Wilder wills 102000 to Mount Holyoke. Carnegie buys Fifth Avenue lots for a million dollar residence. New York firms face large losses. St. John’s boxing class starts. church fires damage altars and organs. Rail and streetcar accidents, coal shipments, and a near-lynching are noted amid corporate reorganizations and new ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Taylor Gauue
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington
Del
Bloomburg Novelty Works
Bloomburg
Charles FP
Wilder
Wellesly Hills
Mount Holyoke College
F. A. Godeharles Company
Milton
Canajoharie
N. C
Pettit Manufacturing Company
Andrew Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
New York
James Stillman
Harvard College
Harvard Infirmary
Lower Broadway
Manhattan Concrete Compr
New York City
Institute of St. John's Episcopal Church
Western News Briefs Highlight Local and National Losses
Obituaries report Gen John J Dupuy dies in Memphis and George B Hollister dies at 78 in Mount Auburn. In Chicago Dr John Henry Barrows elected president of Oberlin College. Shipowners Association orders $5 monthly wage cut for seamen in San Francisco. Rev Thomas C Hall accepts Union Theological Seminary professorship at $5,000 yearly. Mrs Lumsden acquitted in Milan Mo of murder for insurance. Grant C Gillett arrested in Chihuahua after owing nearly $2.4 million. James L Wilcox and William H Shaw sentenced in St Louis for sweating gold coins. A A Ferris named receiver for National Fraternal Union. Major fire destroys much of Eufaula’s business district. Biggs family home near Perry Oklahoma Territory burned with fatalities. Springfield National Bank to liquidate voluntarily. Roscoe Huntington, 7, claims kinship to Collis P Huntington and dies by morphine.
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John J. Dupuy
Memphis
John Henry Barrows
Chicago
Oberlin
Ohio
George B. Hollister
Cincinnati
Mount Auburn
San Francisco
Shipowners’ Association
Thomas C. Hall
John Hall
Union Theological Seminary
Lumsden
Milan
Grant C. Gillett
Woodbine
Kan
Chihuahua
Old Mexico
St. Louis
James L. Wilcox
William Hi. Shaw
A. A. Ferris
National Fraternal Union
Eufaula
I. T
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Hiram Biggs
Perry
O. T
Biggs
Second National Bank
Springfield
Roscoe Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Multitude of incidents across nations and states 1907
A long list details lynchings in Missouri and Kentucky, football injuries in Ohio, a fatal restaurant death in Cleveland, a Denver bank writ, indictments from Macoupin County riots, a Cincinnati murder acquittal, Lincoln Normal University fire, a Zanesville death premonition, San Francisco homicide, Colorado gold production figures, Cripple Creek gold output, West packing line telegraph talk, a Denver express robbery, a family assault case in Rockport, and Annie Lansky’s Chicago suicide. Reports also note German empire tours, Spain’s Caro Islands sale bid, army bill changes, French court martial law shifts, and a Swedish note about Andree balloon messages.
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Los Angeles
Cal
New Madrid
Alexander Levn
Madrid Bend
Dyersburg
Tenn
Ralph A. Obleness
Athens
Ohio University
Cleveland
St. Clair Street
W. N. Page
Reynolds Street
Rochester
N. Y
H. N. Bradley & Co
Denver
Colo
Merchants’ National Bank of New York
Grand Jury
Macoupin County
Til
Virden
John R. Tanner
Cincinnati
W. J. Haldeman
J. C. Richards
Lockland
Ohio
Lincoln
Neb., Normal University
Aubrey C. Taylor
Zanesville
Joseph P. Gross
San Francisco
St. Louis
Armour, Swift
Nelson Morris
Chicago
United States Express Company
Almena
Kan
Voelkner
Bill
Annie Lansky
Annie Pincess
Birmingham firm files deed of assignment in insolvency
Southern column notes the Birmingham Rolling Oil Company of Birmingham Alabama files a deed of assignment with liabilities estimated at 200000. In Ginagow Kentucky a jury convicts Robert Brown of willful murder and sets a death sentence after a twenty minute deliberation. McCormick DC residents are indicted for conspiracy tied to Phoenix race riots that expelled Assistant Postmaster Tolbert from town. Dallas Consolidated Electric sees two derailments. one car blown up by dynamite. no passengers harmed. motormen unhurt. line badly damaged.
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Sarah Casin
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York
Hichard Hurley
Peabody
Mass
Pittsburg
Lakes
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Justice Wright
Knickerbocker Trust Company of
Oswego
Alamo
Mallory Line
Shippensburg
Max Boyne
Birmingham Rolling Oil Company
Birmingham
Ala
Ginagow
Robert Brown
McCormick
D. C
Phoenix
Tolbert
Dallas
Texas
Consolidated Electric System
Consolidated System
Foreign, Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested in Lyons
A man identifying as Charles Walker from Quebec was arrested in Lyons, France, for attempting to rob a bank messenger. Two accomplices escaped as a bomb with 140 grammes of powder and nails was found in a Marseille house. the fuse was lit but did not burn. Tensions rise between Germany and the Congo Free State over the Lake Tanganyika border, with both sides pulling back troops. Minister Merry told Washington that Costa Rica received notice of the dissolution of the United States of Central America. The German ambassador presented Emperor Franz Joseph with a gift from Emperor Wilhelmina.
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Charles Walker
Quebec
Lyons
France
Marseilles
Germany
Congo Free State
Congo
Lake Tanganika
Merry
Washington State Department
Costa Rica
United States
Central America
Count Philip von Haulenberg
Francla Joseph
Wil
German US exports rise in quarter ended September
Exports from Germany to the United States totaled 19 789 007 dollars for the quarter ending September 30, up 5 110 093 from the same period a year earlier. R C Eddy of Chicago advances a linseed oil combination. Joaquin Miller says he will sue Harper’s for libel over Alaska patronage claims. Emperor Francis Joseph grants pardons on lese majeste cases. Tobacco war looms between major interests. Union Pacific reports Illinois Central will use its bridge into Omaha and station. Thirty seven drowned on the Clar Drummond. 23 survive on Holbein. Dun & Co reports November failures down in number and value, with improvements across industries.
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Germany
United States
R. C. Eddy
Chicago
Atoch
Joaquin Miller
The
Sierras
Harpers
Alaska
Francis Joseph
American Tobacco Company
Continental Plug Tobacco Company
New Union Tobacco Company
H. G. Burt
Union Pacific Railroad
Ilinois Central Road
Union Pacific
Omaha
Union
Clar Drummond
Clyde
Liverpool
Cape Good Hope
Canada
Market Report: Regional Livestock and Grain Prices Across Cities
Chicago cattle range 3.00 to 6.25, hogs 3.00 to 3.75, sheep 2.56 to 4.50, kernels wheat 65 to 76 cents, corn 33 to 42 cents, oats 26 to 28, rye 52 to 63, butter 21 to 22, eggs 28 to 29, potatoes 40 cents. Similar varied quotes listed for Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York with cattle, hogs, sheep, wheat, corn, oats, rye, and dairy and produce prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Bulgaria to pay families for larger births
Bulgaria plans to boost population by a state grant for each additional son. For each son born beyond a threshold, twenty francs will be paid to both parents. A soldier with many sons would receive a pension and a decoration. The policy extends to his wife as well.
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Bulgaria
Railroads Consider Slower Express Trains to Cut Costs
Railroad officials say running express trains is very expensive and discuss reducing speed. The text warns that the whole system strains health and suggests Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the proper remedy to restore strength.
Mean Man Exchange Before Departure
Mrs Bingle George speaks to Mr Bingle about a planned enterprise. He excuses himself, stating he must go downtown today and will wait until Sunday to hear her full message. The dialogue hints at a significant conversation to occur in the near future.
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Mr. Bingle
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Qin
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Erie Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Western
Naza
Boner
William
London
Great Britain
Spain
Caroline Islands
Eugene Richter
Calle
M. de Freycinet
Detke
St. Petersburg
Ural Mountains
Southern
Hood
Louis
Ceanpoy
Vrace Man
Calnge
Baker’s
la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
TUE Volute Nut Lock Co, Fert Wayne
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