Bankruptcy of Minneapolis broker J Cummings shocks market
J Cummings broker of Minneapolis, a leading member of the Chamber of Commerce, announced his suspension after an immense coal wires business. Secretary Chambers was telegraphed to publicize the failure early today, marking a sudden collapse in his firm.
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Scripps News Associaties
St Paul Minn
Dec
J Cummings
Wile
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Concorp Itis
Chicago
Cummings
Chambers
Aristocratic Cowboy Renounces Title to Pass Heir
John Fallows Waldson, heir to the Earl of Portland, has filed first citizenship papers in Sheridan Wyoming. After fourteen years as a cowboy he renounces his succession rights in favor of his son John Walker Wallop and retains a ranch at Little Goose Creek.
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Scripps News Association
Sheridan
Wyo
John Fallows Waldson
Earl of Portland
Little Goose Creek
John Walker Wallop
Booths protege Franklin Duvell injured in assault
New York December 13 Edwin Booth protege Duvell a member of Belasco's company stabbed in the abdomen at a lunch counter. He is reported to be in serious condition. Weiser Idaho December 13 Albert Wenrich saloon keeper shot and killed by Nellie Lamont a public character who then shot herself through the throat she remains alive in critical condition.
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Scripps Newa Association
New York
Tankin Duvell
Edwin Booth
Belascos Company
Scripps News Association
Weiser
Idaho
Albert Wenrich
Nellie Lamont
Cows in England Milk Output Tops Records
A London report shows the United Kingdom now milking more cows than ever, but imports of butter and cheese remain high. Farmers seek profit in selling milk instead of processing into dairy products, yet milk production does not meet rising demand.
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Scripps News Association
London
Tne
United Kingdom
Government to Take Majority of Mexican Central Railways
Mexico City December 13 reports a deal to place government control on the majority stock of the Mexican Central Railways. The price is quoted at about 250 million dollars.
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Scripps News Association
Mexico
City
Mexican Central Railways
Stoddard Elected to Head Grande Ronde Fruit Growers Union
Mayor J B Stoddard was elected president to fill the vacancy left by L Oldenburg and also chosen to fill a director vacancy after the resignation. He owns substantial orchard lands and his fruit growing knowledge will aid his duties. Wheat and corn prices cited: wheat opened 74 closed 7445, corn 41% to 4214, oats 54 to B44.
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Mayor Stoddard
Grande Ronde Valley Fruit Growers’ Union
J.B. Stoddard
L. Oldenburg
J. B. Stoddard
Scripps News Association
Chicago
Rail construction advances as steel laid to Elgin and Wallowa
In Elgin and Wallowa region progress on the Wallowa railroad includes twelve miles of track laid out of Elgin and near completion of grading to Wallowa. The steel gang arrived in the city and work will resume next spring around May. Boston reports an engagement between Miss Cornelia Thayer and Count Von Molkte, with a January wedding planned.
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New
Wallowa
Elgin
Scrippa News
Boston
Mass
Cornelia Thayer
Nathaniel Thayer
Count von Molkte
von Molkte
Thayer
Childrens Hospital
Count Molkte
Union County Pioneer Commissioner Ban Brown Visits Pendleton
Union county official Ban Brown, builder of the first Grande Ronde cabin and long time assessor, now county commissioner, is in Pendleton on a business trip home from Hermiston. He is remembered by many local pioneers after wintering at the Umatilla agency about 55 years ago and has long ties with John Hailey Jr.
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Ban Brown
Union County
Grande Ronde Valley
Hermiston
Brown
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Umatilla
John Hailey, Jr
Twenty Carloads of Apples Sold to Los Angeles Firm
Mr Spreckleson of a Los Angeles firm arrived in the city as Grande Ronde Fruit Cenanes closed a deal for twenty carloads of Grande Ronde apples. Contracts run from eighty five cents to one dollar ten cents per box, with full payment deposited in local banks and to be drawn as shipments arrive in Los Angeles.
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Spreckleson
Los Angeles
Los Angees
Congress Busy Debates Panama Canal Policy and Mormon Seating
California Congressman Hayes asks Taft to disclose if government policy favors Chinese or Japanese workers on the Panama Canal and how many. The House backs a Commerce and Labor inquiry into lumber prices. Idaho Senator Dubois criticizes seating of Utah Senator Smoot, accusing the President of aiding the Mormon Church in Idaho politics.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Congressman Hayes
California
Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
House
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Dubois
Idaho
Senate
Senatr Smoot
Utah
Union Family Struck by Meningitis Toll as Fourth Death Arrives
In Union a Jones family tragedy deepens as a five year old dies amid a meningitis outbreak. A doctor notes the illness is infectious but not contagious and the funeral for the first victim was held this afternoon.
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Jones
Union
Walen
Walsh
Mr. Jones
Nampa Tragedy Shocks Idaho Mill Town
A Scripps News dispatch from Nampa Idaho reports a mill foreman fatally shot in a disreputable house by Grace Davia who said it was an accident and then killed herself, placing the pistol to her head.
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Scripps News Aevciation
Buise
Idaho
Taaiman Daily
Nampa
Grace Davia
Tea growing in Texas eyed for large plantation near San Antonio
A new company plans a large scale tea cultivation in Texas after botanists confirmed feasibility. With capital not yet acquired, the group intends to establish a sizable plantation in the vicinity of San Antonio.
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Scripps News Association
Nework
Texas
San Antonio
Crisis Faces French Catholic Church as Clergy Arrests Mount
Crowds fill Paris churches signaling a crisis in France's Catholic Church. Police in plain clothes document priests officiating with government licenses as sixty nine clergymen are summoned to the diocese and later arrested for conducting services without legal authority. Each priest asserts French citizens have right to pray anywhere. Lewis Anderson reports a business trip to La Grande from Minam.
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Rompps News Association
Paris
France
San Francisco Trial of Schmitz and Ruef Proceeds
In San Francisco the trial of Schmitz and Ruef continues as indictments are upheld. The grand jury will probe ties between Herbert Schmitz and Gray contracting, amid expectations of an early grand jury inquiry and a Monday trial restart.
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Iferipps News Association
San Francisco
Sehmitz
Ruef
Schmitz
Herbert Schmitz
Gray
Sweden’s King Oscar Critically Ill in Heart Failure
Stockholm reports King Oscar is critically ill with heart failure. The illness raises concerns over royal succession as officials decline further comment.
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Scripps News Association
Stockholm
Sweden
Tia
Oscar
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