News Briefs From The Kingman Star Indiana Headlines
A string of perilous events fills this notice. Nelson Fairchild, U S vice consul general, died by suicide in Mukden in what is believed accidental. Mrs. Howard Powers killed herself in Columbus Ohio, reputed stage star Dollie Powers. A Great Bend bank robber was jailed for ten to twenty one years. Britain’s education bill dies in Lords. a tougher plan looms. Alaska fire razes Bank of Valdez wrecking the Stella Hotel and Mercantile Co with losses of 530000. An anonymous letter threats US oil figure H H Rogers. Roosevelt defends Brownsville troop dismissals as justified. English sailors seek Canadian inquiry into Golspie wreck and freezing ordeals. Russo Japanese talks improve with fishing rights and stations. Ida Stahl and Frank Paris wed in Spokane after long betrothal. Fire at Rommell House Middletown Ohio injures owner Powers and kills boarder Earl Albertson. Firefighters rescue Powers. one boarder perishes.
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Nelson Fairchild
Mukden
Fairchild
Wisconsin
Charles Fairchild
New York
Howard Powers
Columbus
Ohio
Powers
Dollie Powers
Joseph S. Kerns
Chicago
Great Bend
Kan
Great Britain
House of Lords
Lords
Bank of
Valdez
Alaska
Stella
Mercantile Company
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Himelf
St. Paul
Rogers
Roosevelt
Senate
Brownsville
Texas
Sons of England
J. Bates
Lake Superior
Siberian
Ida B. Stahl
Newport
Neb
Frank B. Paris
Webb
Spokane
Washh
Stocker
Nebraska
Paris
Idaho
Profits from lake traffic soar as 1907 outlook shines
The season's lake traffic profits set records with wooden steamers yielding big returns and optimism runs high for 1907. Also noted are a Methodist bishop's death, a fatal electrocution in Lead South Carolina, and political rumors around Secretary Shaw possibly becoming head of Mutual Life Insurance. Cotton mills in New England show wage gains for about 20 000 workers with 5 to 7 percent raises or advances, Powell reports 17 000 workers receiving 5 percent. A British Channel tunnel bill seeks an Anglo French project costing about 80 million dollars for two 24 mile tunnels.
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J. A. Wilson
Mogul Mining Company
Lead
S. C
New York
Shaw
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New England
Powell
Labor union notes show wage talks and firings across regions
A survey of labor activity reports strikes, wage debates, and union gains. Chinese sailors delaying Singapore shipments, Transvaal skilled workers idle at 20 percent, Chicago unions expanding while eighth hour remains contested, and New South Wales workers blocked by arbitration issues. Brazilian and Chilean policies attract Japanese migrants. Maine teachers earn more than cotton mill workers. Miss Rose Planstill becomes a top woman in Chicago Cigarmakers Union.
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Singapore
Transvaal
South Bend
Ind
Central Labor Union
Garment Workers’ Union
United States
New Zealand Labor Department
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
South America
Brazil
Chile
Maine
American Federation At
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Miss Rose Planstill
Cigarmakers’ Union No. 14
Miss Planstill
Peter O’brien
Lincoln
Fulton Streets
International Cigarmakers
Stratford
Kan
Union Laborers’ Protective Society of
New South Wales
Commonwealth Portland Company
Millions For Racing In New York Met Season
The New York metropolitan racing season just closed as the most remarkable in history. Attendance likely around 4 million with grandstand admissions near 3 dollars, driving track revenues toward 10 million. Betting losses and winnings are uncertain, but big bookmakers reportedly netted substantial sums, while racing associations and jockey clubs benefited from gate money and ring fees.
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New York
Jockey Club
Mountain of Gold Discovered in Saskatchewan Province
Prospector Hughes reports a vast gold vein near Birling in the Battleford district Saskatchewan. The ten mile by one mile vein lies largely ten feet below surface with ore assayed in Ottawa showing five dollars per ton. The site is 42 miles west of North Battleford and 550 miles west of Winnipeg, near the Saskatchewan river north branch, about 100 miles from the nearest railroad.
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Saskatchewan
Man
Hughes
Ottawa
Birling
Battleford
North Battleford
Winnipeg
Great Falls
Mont
Saskatchewan River
Roosevelt Defends Panama Canal Work Against Critics
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress praising the Panama Canal project as being dug swiftly under honest conditions. He disputes foreign and American critics, details engineering feats at Culebra Cut, sanitation progress, and labor management, and explains why Chinese labor and private contracts were used. He notes strong American leadership, expanding employment, and improving health conditions on the Isthmus.
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Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Congress
Canal Zone
Canal Commission
America
Culebra
Panama
Colon
United States
Army
Rixey
Isthmian Canal Commission
Shonts
Stevens
Gorgas
Bishop
Ripley
Jackson Smith
Bierd
Rogers
Nicaragua
Darien
West India
West Indies
Senate Debates Reed Smoot Seated and Panama Canal Progress
A Senate session favored Reed Smoot seating reform while Congress moved to regulate fishing vessel safety and adjust salaries. The Isthmus project advances with discussions on dams, the Culebra cut, and heavy machinery, highlighting American effort and global impact.
National Capital Notes and Senate Actions
The Senate ratified a patent treaty with Guatemala. Senator Teller proposed admitting New Mexico as a state. Roosevelt renominated Ridgely for comptroller of the currency. Navy yard workers to gain 10 percent wages Jan 1. Lacey bills $12 monthly Civil War pensions. Osborn declines Smithsonian secretary post. Louisiana Texas plan $4 million canal from Mississippi to Rio Grande. Paddock nominated for postmaster at South Omaha. Senate confirmed McIlhenny civil service commissioner and others. Ridgely as comptroller. Durand and Root discuss Congo atrocities. Patrick appeal dismissed. Navy chief Capps says warships may be built in government yards.
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Senate
Guatemala
Patterson
Tennessee
Congress
Teller
New Mexico
Roosevelt
William B. Ridgely
Washington Navy Yard
Lacey
Iowa
Henry Fairfield Osborn
New York
Smithsonian Institution
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi River
Rio Grande
O. K. Paddock
Paul Morton
South Omaha
Nebraska
E. T. Howe
John A. McIlhenny
Messrs. Harlan, Clark and Clements
William Barrett Ridgely
Henry Mortimer Durand
Root
Congo
Great Britain
Albert T. Patrick
William March Rice
Supreme Court
W. S. Capps
Construction Bureau of the Navy
Commercial activity shows strength despite slower demand
Dun's Review notes favorable conditions for sustained commercial strength with lower new demand in leading industries. Production and distribution run without interruption, railroad earnings peak, and Christmas demand is unprecedented. Freight-car scarcity limits forwarding, but stock expansion and rail efficiency improve. Crop marketings shrink due to bad roads, yet furnace and factory products stay robust. Retail sales rise for Christmas goods, and wholesale dry goods show solid spring orders. Failures in Chicago district total 25, down from last week and a year ago.
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Chicago
Dun
Holiday trade activity boosts high grade goods demand
New York reports robust holiday trade with strong demand for high quality goods and good collections, though irregular overall. Cold regions show brisk retail, the Northwest and South lag due to milder weather. car shortages affect payments. US business failures total 220 for the week ending Dec 18, vs 216 prior week and prior years. Canada lists 31 failures.
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Northwest
United States
Bradstreet
Regional Commodity Prices Report From Multiple Cities
The bulletin lists mixed market figures for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. It shows price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep by city plus grain values for wheat corn oats and rye. The data include various quality grades and unit notations with prices in cents per bushel or dollars per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
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