Stolen Money Case and Morgan Purchase Shake Markets
The article reports that Charles L. Warriner, former Cincinnati treasurer of the Big Four, admits to stealing more than half of 643000, with 318000 accounted for including 54000 in blackmail and 325000 claimed lost in speculation. It notes Warriner’s stock operations with Henry Clews & Company and suggests limited losses. It also announces J. P. Morgan’s purchase of the majority stock in Equitable Life Assurance Society from Thomas F. Ryan, signaling a shift in control away from traditional banks and trusts toward new financial powers.
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Charles L. Warriner
Cincinnati
Big Four Railroad
Balanc
Warriner
New York
Henry Clews & Company
Frieco Plans Big Fight With Jefferies and Johnson
Promoters Tex Rickard and John Gleason announce a July 4 1910 boxing match in California near San Francisco between SENG J Jefferies and Jack Johnson. They bid 101000 dollars plus two thirds of moving picture rights, a bid seen as unprecedented in prizefighting history.
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Seng J. Jefferies
Jack Johnson
California
San Francisco
Tex” Rickard
Nevada
John J. Gleason
Hoboken
N. J
Indiana General Dudley in Critical Condition at Home
General Dudley J. and General W. W. Dudley, once Commissioner of Pensions, from Indiana, is listed as dangerously ill at his Washington DC home.
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Thomas McCurdy Vincent
Volunteer Army of the North
Washington, D.C
Vincent
Tle
Arlington Cemetery
Dudley J
W. W. Dudley
Indiana
Edward P Mitchell Elected President of Sun Association
Edward P Mitchell, longtime editor at the New York Sun, has been chosen as President of the Sun Printing and Publishing Association, succeeding the late William M Laffan. Abraham Reuf released on bond by Judge Cabanoss after posting bail of 300000 dollars.
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Edward P. Mitchell
The
New York Sun
Sun Printing and Publishing Association
William M Laffan
Abraham Reuf
San Francisco
Calgays
Cabanoss
Abraham
Warships ordered to Corinto as Zelaya faces revolt
United States moves toward backing Knox note on Nicaragua with urgent orders to the cruiser Albany and gunboat Yorktown to proceed to Corinto. Secretary Knox breaks off relations with Zelaya and recognizes rebel belligerency while passports are issued to Zelaya diplomats.
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United States
Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Albany
Yorktown
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
Corinto
Nicaragua
Washington
Zelaya
Mooriah Chiefs Submit to Spain in Formal Ceremony
Chiefs of Kabyles Beni-Bouffaur and Beni-Sidel in Morocco formally submitted to General Marina with ceremony. They offered to raise a native force to support Spanish troops against remaining Moorish hostiles.
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Spain
Kabyles
Beni-Bouffaur
Beni-Sidel
Marina
Alabama Prohibition Vote Seen Sliding in Early Outlook
Fragmentary text suggests opponents of prohibition in Alabama forecast a decline in support as election day approaches. Mentions Mobile, Colbert, Barbour counties and Governor Comer as figures in the debate with unclear details about majorities and campaigns.
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Alabama
Mobile
Colbert
8Chael
Dale
Barbour
B. B. Comer
Weakley
Bill
Snowell
Unclear OCR fragment on governor race results
Incomplete text notes county vote totals and a gubernatorial race, mentioning Dallas County and a large overall vote with a potential dozen thousand majority. poor legibility prevents precise figures or names.
Woman shoots moose and saves husband in Minnesota wilderness
Mrs. H. B. Parker of Chicago, famed for sharp shooting, fired and wounded a charging bull moose near Jansen Minnesota. The shot saved Parker and an old Indian guide from being trampled as the animal charged after the guide had drawn water for breakfast.
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H. B. Parker
Cateagh
Minnesota
Jansen
Minn
Chicago
Illinois
Parker
Parker Tome
Portentous Political Discourse Across Newspapers
Mary Josnaton signs a statement backing suffrage amendment. Watterson writes from Paris that universal suffrage education bring universal revolution. The New York Tribune notes Theodore Roosevelt may gain nomination in 1912. George E. Roberts advocates central bank ideas at a Kansas City bankers meeting.
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Richmond
Mary Josnaton
Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Paris
New York Tribune
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Murders Laid to Berwick Brothers in Black Hand Case
Arrests in Philadelphia and Berwick accuse Antonio Calabra Fortunato Calabra and Portine Calabra of leading a black hand gang tied to nine Italian killings in 1906. Authorities report cellars under suspects' West Berwick homes where bodies were once sought but not found. Fortunato was recently pardoned by Gov. Stuart. Antonio remains in custody.
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Antonio Calabra
Piladelphia
Berwick
Shute Constabulary
Elis
Portineto
Tamaqua
Anonio Calabra
Fortunato
West Berwick
Mantiro Penitantiary
Gov
Stuart
Notorious fugitive Clyde Weaver shoots family then kills self
Clyde Weaver shot and killed his mother and a deputy sheriff after barricading a Franklin Township home near Greenville Ohio. He wounded a farmer and his wife before dying of a self inflicted gunshot in Levi Minnich's house after returning from Wayne rs parole. He had been paroled from the Dayton workhouse under orders to stay out of Ohio and faced an arrest for threatening James Hamper’s family.
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Faally
Clyde Weaver
Franklin Township
Greenville
Ohio
Weaver
Levi Minnich
Minnich
Wiiners
Dayton
James Hapmer
Rising Railroad Dictator Steers Frisco Lines Toward Control
Elwin Hawley, expanding influence, nears dictatorship of Western railroads by gaining majority on Frisco routes. He already controls Toledo St. Louis Southwestern Chicago & Alton Minneapolis St. Louis Chesapeake & Ohio Missouri Kansas Texas and St. Louis & San Francisco Chicago & Eastern Illinois Evansville & Terre Haute. Frisco lines segregated from Rock Island. Hawley reportedly plans to modernize and profit the system.
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Frisco
Elwin Wawley
Western Railroad
Fie
Ile
Toledo, St. Lewis & Southwestern
Chicago & Alton
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Chespeake & Ohio
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Nitroglycerin Explosion Kills Man at Marietta Torpedo Plant
A nitroglycerin magazine at the Marietta Torpedo Company exploded Wednesday injuring no others and killing an oil well shooter named Shuster. The blast shattered window glass in Camer on v and toppled chimneys while walls cracked. The cause is listed as a mystery.
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Washington, Pa
Marietta Torpedo Company
Shuster
Cameron
Grave Robbers Steal Infant Body From Highland Cemetery
Hatfield Conrad reports the infant son’s body stolen from Highland Cemetery near Great Falls Montana. The grave robbers placed the coffin at the gate to ensure the theft was noticed and held the body presumably for ransom.
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Hatfield Conrad
Highland Cemetery
Great Falls
Mont
Banker Is Given Ten Years For Embezzlement
Phil Allen Jr former vice president of the First National Bank of Mineral Point Wisconsin pled guilty to four counts of a twenty six count indictment in Madison federal court. He was sentenced to ten years in Fort Leavenworth Kansas the maximum on any one count. Allen 63 had been jailed for weeks after pleading not guilty in La Crosse to the indictment. He appeared in court with bowed head and offered no comment.
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Phil Allen, Jr
First National Bank of
Mineral Point
Wis
Sanborn
United States District Court
Madison
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Allen
Mineral Point Bank
la Crosse
Cay
Auto Crash Kills Five In Los Angeles Area
A family of seven in a collision with a street car six miles from Los Angeles leaves father Nicholas Jacobs and four children dead. The mother and her 2 month old baby are gravely injured, while two sons Peter and John and Miss Josephine Solon aged 11 escaped with minor injuries.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Nicholas Jacobs
Kate Jacobs
Mamie Jacobs
Anthony Jacobs
Clement Jacobs
Jacobs
Peter
John
Josephine Solon
Edward to adjust dispute mediation request from two governments
The United States and Chilean governments asked King Edward to mediate the Alsophism dispute. The request was communicated through the British foreign office in London on Monday after prior informal contact. King Edward gave a non-committal reply at that earlier time.
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Edward
Chile
United States
Foreign Office
London
Chinese noble on official mission visits Washington
An uncle of the emperor of China, Baron Liang Ki ei, arrives in Washington on a government mission. Berlin reports a multi million pound defalcation at Kiel navy yards tied to copper steel and other supplies sold through corrupt minor naval officials. Bristol suffragette Theresa Garnett jailed for dog whip incident with Winston Churchill while vowing to target cabinet ministers.
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Liang Ki'ei
China
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Kiel Navy Yards
Bristol
Theresa Garnett
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Thanksgiving trade and production trend in Chicago markets
R. G. Dun reports Thanksgiving retail lines up and payments improving across banks. Industrial demand remains strong with new contracts in pig iron rails cars power and equipment. Rail earnings show sizable gains, and building permits and sales rise, with heavy industry and manufacturing activity expanding despite some textual distortions.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Chicago Railroad
Faetory
Teather
Cael
Peta
Dhe
Indeates
Amd
Mercauntile Inverests
von of
Toeab
Ouieaga
Industrial activity and trends in the United States
Fragmented notes describe industrial output, freight and shipping trends, and economic indicators. The text references boosts and declines across sectors, with attention to productivity, commerce, and yearly comparisons. Analysis highlights mixed results and regional variability in the industrial landscape.
Chicago Market Report May Include Cattle Hogs and Grains
The bulletin lists price ranges across several cities and markets. It covers cattle hogs and sheep with gains and losses in St. Louis Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati and New York, noting wheat corn oats rye and barley figures and regional variations.
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Chivas Uotthe
Corm
Erate
Timoray
Pushel
Lndianapolis
Ptag
Siu
St. Louis
Ucattie
Detroit
Milwaukee
Wly
Cincinnati
New York
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West Forty-fourth Street
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