Hidden Woman Ties Wall Street Copper Crash
A New York dispatch recounts that a young woman from Butte Montana, long known to F Augustus Heinze and mining circles, inadvertently disclosed copper corner plans. Her confidants spread the tale leading to United Copper wreck, Cross & Kleeberg failure, Heinze & Co suspension, Heinze family resignations, and Mercantile National Bank turmoil. she and her two friends have since vanished.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Waldorf-Astoria
Wall Street
United Copper
Cross & Kleeberg
Devive
Heinze
Clearing House Helps and Also Cleans House
New York bankers gathered at the clearing house to assume responsibility for Mercantile National bank debt of 1.9 million dollars amid large withdrawals from Mercantile National, National Bank of North America, Merchants and Traders National, and New Amsterdam National. Aimed to curb pyramid control schemes, the meeting led to elimination of related banking practices. Morse resigns from 12 banks and trusts.
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New York
Vet
Clearing House
Merchantile National Bank
Association Banks
Mercantile
Mercantile National
National Bank of North America
National Bank
New Amsterdam National Bank
Old Trinity
Cvisis
Heinze, Morse &Thomas
New York City
Charles W. Morse
Rev Quisenberry Goes Slumming
In Indianapolis on October 21 Rev George Wolfe and Rev Henry Quisenberry along with Rev R D Licklider and Chief Metzger toured city resorts to study patrons and gather statistics. They were entertained modestly with music and no reproach, believing themselves incognito though resortkeepers knew of the mission.
Clearing House Forces Bank Clean Up in New York
The clearing house moves to purge speculative bankers including Heinze Morse Thomas from banking. It names Mercantile National Bank National Bank of North America and New Amsterdam National Bank as solvent witnesses and expects no easing up on risky operators. Focus shifts from banking to stock market as further runs on banks are anticipated and borrowers must replace fallen securities.
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Panies
E. R. Thomas
Mercantile
F. Augustus Heinze
Clearing House Committee
Mercantile National Bank
National Bank of North America
New Amsterdam National Bank
New York
Cireles
Heinze
Morse
Thomas
Clearing House
Stock Opens Higher As Banking Relief Lifts Markets
New York stocks rose sharply after a weak close last week as relief over Sunday clearing house measures eased banking fears. Analysts credit the removal of Heinze Morse and Thomas interests from banks with easing cronds over the financial outlook.
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New York
Clearing House
Heinze
Morse and Thomas
Columbus Denies Arrest on Suspicion in Historic Ruling
In Columbus Ohio on October 21 the Franklin circuit court declared no person in Ohio can be arrested on suspicion. It cites police practice before September 24 1906 charging people as suspicious characters such as Peter Treach. The court finds Judge Dillon correct that the ordinance was unconstitutional.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin Circuit Court
Peter Treach
Dillon
Packers Cases in U S Supreme Court
Washington on October 21 the Supreme Court took jurisdiction in the meat packers case against Armour Swift Morris and Cudahy Packing companies each fined fifteen thousand dollars for accepting a preferential from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad on export meat shipments. A writ of certiorari was granted to review the Elkins act application to exports.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Meat Packers
Armour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy Packing Company
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Temporary injunction against union strike made permanent
Federal Judge Thompson declares the injunction against inciting an eight hour day strike by the International Pressmen’s Union permanent. The order bars union officers from urging a strike while individual workers remain outside the injunction. The contract sets a nine hour day until 1909 when eight hours become effective.
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Cincinnati
Internatonal Pressmen‘s Union
Thompson
United Typothetae of America
Debate at the YMCA On Politics Improves Morality
Yesterday the YMCA debate concluded with Judge Belden and H. H. Haines affirming that the moral quality of political life is improving. Several attendees spoke, and one participant offered strong reasons for his dissent. Overall the event was a great success.
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Boyh
Belden
H. H. Haines
Olive tree cultivation declines in Mediterranean regions
Paris reports that olive groves across Mediterranean countries are being replaced by vineyards. France notes a long term trend since 1886, with nearly one third of olive acreage converted to other uses.
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Paris
France
Earthquake Recorded Offshore West of Australia
Weather Bureau instruments detected a strong earthquake beginning at eleven last night and lasting into this morning. Origin suggested west of Australia in the southern Indian Ocean.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Australia
Indiana Ocean
Wages Cut by Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Company
Gallipolis Ohio October 21 The Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet company informs all crews of a twenty percent wage reduction due to dull business conditions.
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Gallipolis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati Packet Company
Train hits hand car. Greek laborers killed
In Versailles Ohio on October 21 a Big Four passenger train struck a hand car carrying nineteen Greek laborers. Three men died and five were injured in the crash.
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Versailles
C N I Railroad Firm Sues Over Trenton Bridge Payment
The Cincinnati Northern Traction Co. filed two Butler county cases in the Supreme Court to determine how the railroad crossing bridge near Trenton should be paid. The suits name the H. & D. and Big Four railroads as defendants.
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Democrat-Sun
Columbus
Butler County
Trenton
Supreme Court
Cincinnati Northern Traction Co
Big Four
Attorney General Files Writ in Franklin County Warranto Suit
Attorney general Ellix filed in the eirenit court of Franklin county a writ Warranto suit against twenty companies doing business for plumbers. They are charged with forming an association to control the trade and fix prices of their goods.
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Ellix
Eirenit Court
Franklin County
Twenuty
Domestic Corporations Pay Up After Penalties
The attorney general's department collected about three thousand dollars in the past week from domestic corporations overdue on taxes to the secretary of state. Five hundred firms appeared on the delinquent list. Smaller capital firms under $50,000 paid the least penalties while larger ones paid more. Taxes were due in August and firms failing to settle were placed in the delinquent column.
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Attorney General’s Department
Secretary of State
Miami and Erie Canal Improvements To Be Seen
The state board of public works will tour the Ohio and Erie canal for three days to review $150,000 in summer improvements. The trip from Cleveland to Dresden covers about 125 miles and includes new locks culverts and bridges. When finished the canal will allow two boats to pass most points and raise freight capacity from 75 to 150 tons.
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State Board of Public Works
Ohio & Erie Canal
Cleveland
Dresden
Dead Man's Crossing Tragedy Claims One Life
A passenger train No. 3S crashed into streetcar No. 15 at Harrison avenue crossing in Cincinnati, instantly killing Mrs. Bertha Story. Several others including Mrs. Otillia Greenlee and Joseph Poole were injured as the city lacks a speed ordinance.
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John
Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati
Bertha Story
John Story
Otillia) Greenlee
Joseph Poole
Oscar Sehotte
Fourth Ward Schools Closed Over Varioloid Case
Fourth ward schools closed again after a new varioloid case reported Sunday. Students dismissed Monday and will stay closed until Health Officer Dr. Mark Millikin issues further orders.
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Fourth Ward
Mark Millikin
Balloon Race Opens In St Louis International Contest
The weather is clear and cold for the international aeronautic contest this afternoon in St Louis. Nine balloons representing France England Germany and America will start.
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St. Louis
Oqet
France
England
Germany
America
Divorce Granted in Gross Neglect Case
Judge Murphy on Monday granted John KR. Anderson a divorce from Ruey B. Anderson on the ground of gross neglect of duty.
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Murphy
John KR. Anderson
Ruey B. Anderson
Taft Says He Will Return to Manila as Private Citizen
Secretary of War William H. Taft told an honor banquet in Manila on October 21 that after visiting the Philippines three times he hopes to return in about two years as a private citizen. The remark was not noted by the audience as bearing on a possible presidential nomination next year.
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Manila
Oet
William H. Taft
Philippine Islands
Bishop Canevin imposes weekend marriage ban in Pittsburgh diocese
The Right Reverend Regis Canevin ordered a ban on Saturday and Sunday marriages for Roman Catholics in the Pittsburg diocese. Only with the bishop's special permission can weddings occur on those interdict days. The rule aims to curb disorder and bloodshed at foreign weddings and will affect English speaking Catholics as well.
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Pittsburg
Regis Canevin
Cincinnati preacher urges strike over high meat prices
Rev. G. R. Robbins of Lincoln Park Institutional Baptist church told his congregation last night that people should strike against soaring food costs. He spoke on reducing the present price of meat and the audience greeted the remarks with applause.
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Cincinnati
G. R. Robbins
Lincoln Park Institutional Baptist Church
Robbins
Game wardens barred from arresting trespassers in Ohio
Columbus October 21. The circuit court rules wardens cannot accept delegated power from landowners to arrest and prosecute trespassers. Owners must act themselves. Charles Heyl charged Charles Eckhardt with trespass. a magistrate fined Eckhardt 10. Verdict set aside and wardens warned against assuming authority in future.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Heyl
Charles Eckhardt
Cooper Fought and Drowned in Miami River Accident
Henry Cooper a 33 year old Lawrenceburg Indiana man drowned Saturday in the Miami river near the state dam two miles above town. He left two fellow workers and wandered into deeper water despite warnings. His body was found twenty feet from the dam and will be sent home for burial.
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Owh
Henry Cooper
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Miami River
State Dam
Farm family rocked as father vanishes after triplets
In Marshall county John Cavanaugh, a farmer, disappeared after the stork delivered triplets to his home. He had already 14 children and reportedly left his wife to fend for them, with neighbors planning to urge his return and help the mother.
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Bloomington
John Cavanaugh
Marshall County
Cavanaugh
Cassie’s Passbook Reveals Large Pittsburgh Deposits
Cleveland officials state a passbook shows deposits totaling over 500 000 dollars in the name of the late Cassie Chadwick at a Pittsburg bank. Nathan-Loeser, the bankruptcy referee, notes no apparent account verification. Deposits dated June 10, 1902, align with Chadwick’s dealings with James F. Friend of Pittsburg.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cassie Chadwick
Pittsburg
Nathan — Loesser
Chadwick
James F. Friend
Roosevelt's Hunt Ends in Strong Support Across Regions
Vicksburg Mississippi welcomed President Roosevelt with crowds as he arrived to tours and a courthouse speech. The hunted trip drew visitors and paused plantation and mill work while Roosevelt thanked locals for backing his excursion.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Roosevelt
Court House Square
Roosevelt Hunts Bayou Tensas Bear Lake Haunt
President Roosevelt tallies game taken during a Bayou Tensas and Bear Lake hunt. He arrived at Lee Shields residence at 3 pm with about a dozen companions in hunting attire. He showed bright spirits and bronzed skin from the expedition despite cane rush exposure.
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President Roosevelt
Bayou Tensas
Bear Lake
Lee Shields
Vicksburg
Against the Boycott Court Rules Open Shop Labor Fight
The United States circuit court affirmed a district ruling prohibiting labor organizations from boycotting a manufacturing company by pressuring contractors to stop using its products or hiring laborers. Fog Trailers Manufacturing of St Louis had sought relief after unions refused to work on projects using the firm’s open shop goods.
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St. Paul, Minn
States Circuit Court of
United States District Court of
Eastern District of Missouri
Doe
Fog Trailers’ Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
Show Girls Fixed Up
Boneseller Reese, famed for curing baseball players, set back into place the legs of three pony ballet dancers Nella Webb Elsie Munn and Ada Thlmes after injuries from a musical comedy performance in Youngstown Ohio on October 21.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Boneseller Reese
Feld
Nella Webb
Elsie Munn
Ada Thlmes
Truce in Harriman Contest Moves Stock Vote to December
Chicago October 21 A truce in the Harriman contest delays the Ollineis Central stockholders meeting until December eighteenth The 286 731 shares will be fought out in court in the interim The action stems from the ongoing dispute between the Fish and Harriman factions over control of the company.
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Quisenberry
Packers
U. S. Supreme Court
C.N
Miami and Erie Canal
P. A. B. Widener
William M. Ivins
NEW York Traction Inquiry
Illiam M. Ivins
New York Public Service Commission
Traction Companies
Greater
Peter A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
Anthony N. Brady
Taft
Manilla
Cooper
Cassie
Stamboul
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