Summary of News From The Kingman Star
August Meyer a Brooklyn shoe dealer died after being beaten by highwaymen with arrest made for one suspect. John Thomas who taught Edison telegraphy lies unclaimed in Detroit morgue. Barry Orchard from Boise testifies with possible immunity concerns. A 38 year old Steubenville assistant principal resigns over alleged improper posts to pupils. Riots erupt in Cleveland over kosher meat price rise with police reinforcements. Fulton preacher Hawley whipped over divorce dispute. Four Kansas saloonkeepers jailed for fast enforcement of prohibition. Ohio beef contract battle delays Armour bid for Sandusky home meat. Colfax man Baldwin dies in jail after killings. stand of baseball leagues summarized.
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August Meyer
Brooklyn
Nicholas Fennimore
Barry Orchard
Haywood
Boise
John Thomas
Thomas A. Edison
Detroit
Charles E. Cadwalder
London
George W. Walker
Steubenville, Ohio
Cleveland
Iter
Frank Morton Hawley
First Presbyterian Church
Fulton
W. W. Meadows
George Shwerd
Adolph Ahrens
FE. C. Johnson
Ellis
Ohio
Armour & Co
Chicago
Sandusky
Thomas Baldwin
Colfax
Iij
Bloomington
Ile
Baldwin
Simeon Eisenburg
Cora
Kennedy
Mayor Schmitz Convicted in Extortion Case
San Francisco mayor Schmitz has been found guilty of extortion and faces a five year prison term. The ruling marks a purge of the city’s corrupt machine as officials contend the government is freed from its grip.
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Schmitz
San Francisco
Great Lakes
W. B. Kerr
Superior
Wis
Enid
Okla
A. O. Harris
Will J. Davis
Hingis Theater
Chicago
Nellie Hagen
Buchanan
Mich
Point Possession
Seattle
Wash
Chanud
Quinault
Thomas Nelson
Santo Domingo
Staples
Tezio
New York
Deadly wind and floods sweep Illinois Indiana and Kentucky
A severe late night storm system killed at least twenty nine people across southern Illinois southern Indiana and western Kentucky and caused extensive property damage. Gradyville Kentucky suffered twenty one fatalities in a town of 175. Big Creek altered its channel washing away most houses. Evansville Indiana reported hundred mile damage while Corydon and Smith Mills Kentucky endured lightning strikes. White River flooding and widespread bridge and tree loss marked the devastation.
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T Inois
Indiana
Kentucky
Gradyville
Evansville
Ind
Corydon
Smith Mills
Petersburg
White River
Louisville
Lexington
Harrisburg
Liberty Church
Duquoin
Devastating Storm Sweeps York and Illinois Towns
A dawn tornado and heavy rain devastated York Illinois with three dead and eight fatally injured. Property losses reach 150000 dollars as nearly every home is damaged and stock vanishes, with Mount Vernon area hit by lightning and widespread bridge washouts cutting communications.
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Columbia
York
Lucinda Pinkerton
New Minden
Ill
Mount Vernon
America and Japan Trade Rail Build to Manchuria
The piece notes Japan's rush to secure U S rail supplies and locomotives for the South Manchurian railway. It cites millions spent on rails and cars and over 200 locomotives sold, with deliveries by sea and by freight from Pacific ports. It also covers a Supreme Court ruling upholding eight hour work limits for government contractors but excluding dredge workers.
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America
Japan
Far East
United States
South Manchurian
Pacific
Manchuria
Dalny
Mukden
Carnegie Mills
Dalay
Seattle
South Manchurian Railway
Supreme Court
Holmes
Root argues rebates probe shows growing justice in US
In a Yale closing lecture Secretary of State Root says the rebating controversy proves not decline but progress, as the government enforces higher standards of justice in corporate conduct and public accountability.
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Yale
Root
Birds Help Fight Boll Weevil Threat in Texas Fields
The U S Department of Agriculture biological survey finds thirty eight bird species feed on boll weevils in Texas. Swallows lead the avian alliance, with other helpers including orioles blackbirds wrens and flycatchers. Plan calls for nesting colonies to boost counts north and south to curb pest damage. Fire losses at Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe shops reach 50000 at Argentine Kansas. Dr George A Reisner named archaeologist in charge of Egyptian Nubian excavations.
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Department of Agriculture
Texas
San Francisco Mayor Schmitz Convicted of Extortion
The San Francisco mayor Eugene E. Schmitz was found guilty of extortion in a case linking him to a graft scheme with Abe Ruef. The trial centered on illicit license maneuvers tied to Dehmonico’s French restaurant and a reform crusade that allowed reopened venues after payoffs. Ruef pleaded guilty alongside Schmitz, and the district attorney pledged relentless prosecutions of financier criminals.
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Eugene E. Schmitz
San Francisco
Langdon
Monte Cristo
Abe Ruef
United States
Eugene BE. Lehmitz
Milllionaire
Schmitz
Ruef
Trade crop notes show cautious optimism amid slow retail trade
Cross currents in trade and crop conditions temper outlooks for yields and future trade. Slight crop improvement lifts spirits in weathering sections while eastern cities report slow retail trade and weak collections. Fall trade remains satisfactory as heavy stock clearance last winter reduces reorder urgency. Business failures rise to 155 in the US and 18 in Canada week by week, with grain exports for the week up sharply from last year.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Anchoring a Skyscraper at Singer Building New York
An innovative foundation method for the Singer Building in New York embeds long iron bars in concrete caissons fifty feet below the basement. Pins six inches in diameter connect bars to upright steel columns to counter wind uplift. The approach, unprecedented, aims to stabilize the tall tower by resisting wind pressures estimated at 30 pounds per square foot, about 330 tons on one side.
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Singer
New York
C. M. Ripley
Engineering World
Notable Bites from the Personal Columns
Sig. Enrico Caruso donates 34 000 to New York society aiding Italian immigrants. Gardner F. Williams, mining engineer who directs global diamond output, born in Michigan. Long Ivan of Russia guards tall at seven feet eleven inches, age 21, described as fine proportioned and a good target.
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Sig
Enrico Caruso
New York Society
Gardner F. Williams
Michigan
Long
Ivan
Russian Guards
Chicago Business Pulse Shows Strength Amid Mixed Signals
Dun's Review of Trade notes stable confidence in the business outlook in Chicago with favorable weather aiding production and distribution. Retail demand expands while lightweight apparel sits unsold awaiting a warm wave. wholesale activity softens between seasons but fall and winter buying compares well with last year. Farm conditions in Illinois and Iowa are strong with land and stock values rising. mercantile credit remains solid and defaults are low. Failures in the Chicago district rise to 29 from 17 last week and 28 a year ago.
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Illinois
Iowa
Chicago
Dun
Historical U.S. Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
A dense, OCR styled list shows cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes from multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices range with cattle near 4.00 to 6.50 per hundredweight, hogs 4.00 to 6.75, wheat No 2 around 0.66 to 1.01 per bushel, corn No 2 roughly 0.55 to 0.66, oats around 0.46 to 0.50, rye near 0.80 to 0.90, and various local variations. The column reads like a daily market digest with regional price differentials and commodity codes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Disasters Hurt Pacific Mail Earnings Drop in 1906
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company reports annual earnings of 4,889,245 dollars, down by 885,002 dollars due to numerous wrecks and the effects of the San Francisco earthquake.
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Pacific Mail
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
Price of Brendstufia Up Amid Wheat Shortage Signals Flour Rise
The article notes a wheat shortage pushing flour prices from 4.50 to 6 per unit in the last month. If trend continues, consumers may see smaller loaves or a one cent price increase.
Washington figures iron and steel export total
The bureau of statistics estimates iron and steel exports for the fiscal year at 175000900 dollars, compared with 57000000 dollars in 1897.
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Bureau of Statistics
Washington
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