Plans for September grain deal unsettles Chicago market
Chicago brokers were astonished as wheat futures fell sharply with May and September contracts sliding on the spot. Patten reportedly sold 500,000 bushels, letting shorts cover before delivery Saturday while offering farmers one to 11 dollars per bushel for current grain for his new September deal. Bullish Argentina reports fuel optimism about a September rise.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Patten
Patten- Wilson
igenline
Bloodhound to Track Convicts at State Penitentiary
May 27 Columbus reports a bloodhound received from Vinton County will be tested for scent tracking of absconding inmates. If successful it will be purchased for pursuit of convicts who hide out, a measure urged by Warden Thomas Jones after the Johnson case. Also a fight at the penitentiary left Thomas Mooney and Edward Darnby injured and demoted for rule violations.
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Columbus
penientiary
Vinton
county
Johnson
Thomas Jones
Thomas Mooney
Montgomery county
Edward Darnby
Hocking county
Shipwrecked train is Texas novelty
Galveston Texas May aga A shipwrecked train is Texas latest novelty Twenty five passengers testify today the novelty is not popular They were brought into Galveston after being rescued from a barge that attempted to ferry two cars and an engine of the Gulf Interstate railroad from Bolivar Point to the city A sixty mile per hour gale tore cables and pushed the barge into the sea The tug could not reach the barge until it ran aground near Fort Sir Jacinto Passengers were rescued by life lines and drenched by huge waves breaking over the coaches
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Galveston
Texas
Gulf & Interstate railroad
Bolivar Point
Fort Sir Jacinto
Bank Panic Seized By Lunatic at Redwood City Bank
An inmate from Axguews asylum startled Redwood City by entering the National Bank and demanding 5000 with a clay dynamite bomb wrapped in a handkerchief. Customers fled, two women fainted, police intervened, and the man was taken back to the asylum.
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Redwood City
Calif
state lunatic asylum
Axguews
Redwood City National bank
National bank
L. B. Behrens
Behrens
Rivalry for the hand of woman sparks fatal shooting
Greensburg Pennsylvania May 27 unsuc cessful rivalry for a woman's hand is said to have driven widower John R Reistel forty, to shoot and kill Charles King twenty eight at Old Bethany near here late last night. After the killing Reistel fled and had not been captured at a late hour this morning. We Build Airships Detroit May 27 to build operate lease machinery and other apparatus of airships is the purpose of the Standard Aviation company the incorporation papers of which were filed today.
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Greensburg
John R. Reistel
Charles King
Old Bethany
here
Reistel
Detroit
Wich
Standard Aviation company
Beresford To Succeed Fisher In British Navy Shakeup
London May 27 Admiral Sir John Fisher’s retirement rumors fuel a claim that Admiral Lord Charles Beresford will replace him. Beresford’s four year drive against Fisher centers on alleged navy weaknesses, espionage and fleet disarray, with a secret commission said to favor Beresford on most charges except navy incompetence.
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Beresford
Channel Fleet
London
John Fisher
England
Charles Beresford
Fisher
Britain
Asquith
admiralty
From Murder to the Altar
Roland Rich is arrested at his Bay City wedding feast for the murder of his grandmother Christine Corgeon. Prosecutors say he killed her to proceed with the ceremony, while Rich claims he found her dying after fetching his wedding suit and money. His arraignment was formal with a delayed trial date and a crowded courtroom.
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Bay City
Mich
Christine Corgeon
Roland Rich
Rich
Tie
porter
Petition to abolish the Douma from reactionaries in Russia
Leading reactionaries across Russia prepare a petition for the Czar to abolish the Douma. They argue it is saturated with western government ideas endangering the throne. The petition targets Nicholas during the Poltava jubilee to force a more conservative Douma.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Nicholas
Peter the Great
Poltava
Fire Wipes Out A Michigan Town
Sparks from locomotive fire crews spark a blaze destroying lumber and logs at New Halton Marquette county Michigan causing an estimated 40000 dollars in loss. The town between here and Negaunee was reportedly wiped out with residents fleeing south on a special train as a forest fire risk looms though reports remain unconfirmed.
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Stuarts
Marquette
Mich
New Halton
here
Negaanee
Georgia Strike Settles Hinge on Labor Commissioner
Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill travels from Washington after appeals from railway officials and the firemen union. Governor Smith declines to mobilize troops, citing insufficient forces to patrol 500 miles of road as rail lines face a widening conflict. The firemen accept a state arbitration board proposal while railroad officials reject it.
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Georgia
Charles P. Neill
Washington
firemens union
ioke Smith
Smith
Taft Leaves Box As Off Color Show Angers President
Washington May 27 President Taft shows clear disfavor for off color entertainment leaving his calima box at the Belasco Theater end of the first act of Sho Tegetters a Tenderloin depiction. Secretary Knox echoed the reaction as he fled the columns of the Belasco during the opening performance. Treasury today reports receipts 2 126 154 disbursements 2 890 000.
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Evelyn Thaw
Haney
Abe
Washington
Tate
Belasenheater
Sho Tegetters
Charles Richman
New York
Taft
Knox
Treasury
Youngest Child Receives Diploma at County Commencement
Columbus Grove Ohio May 27 Mary Shawon passed the Putnam county Boxwell Patterson examination and will be awarded a diploma at the county commencement in June. She is believed to be the youngest student ever to receive the diploma.
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Columbus Grove
Mary Shawon
Lorimer Deal Reshapes Illinois Political Power
Illinois politics shift as Senator-elect Lorimer and Governor Deneen form a new power alliance. Democrats gauge gains, aiming to curb Chicago machine influence led by Hibbs and Lorimer’s faction. Harrison’s mayoral bid is touted, with Sullivan backing and possible quiet compromise on opposition.
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Lorimer
Carteret
Harrson
Chicago
Chiesvo
Hingis
Deneen
Fred Hibse
Busse
John R. Thompson
Thompson
Saloons Wiped Out in Madison County Election
In Madison County Indiana the county option results wiped out 107 saloons. Anderson city voted wet by 900, but rural areas and Elwood and Alexandria offset it, yielding a 1,250 dry majority. Owen and Crawford counties also voted dry with margins of 1,216 and 1 respectively.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mndiana
Madison county
Anderson
Telwood
Alexandria
Elwood
Owen
Crawford
One-Armed Aeronaut To Attempt Balloon Flight
Wayton May 27. I Hi Cail, one-armed aeronaut and former deputy game warden and health board member, will on Sunday attempt to break balloon flight records with a new craft. He plans to depart from Sight city in a self initiated ascent amid concerns of starvation and hardship. James A. Creeger, a prospering farmer, died Wednesday night after ten days of throat paralysis and starvation.
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Wayton
Cail
Osborne
Ionto
baitrogen
Jie
Jfe
tillin
James A. Creever
Creeger
Freer Divorce Debate Draws Six Educators
Six educators from across the country defended freer divorce as a necessity in a Journal of Sociology series. They argue lax marriage ties and legal disputes harm families and favor stronger social training to avoid court outcomes.
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Chicago
Journal of Sociology
Joseph Krauskopf
Philadelphia
Abdul Hamid to be moved to Ithodes Island
In Constantinople on May 27 former Sultan Abdul Hamid is to be exiled from Salontea to Ithodes, the large island west of Ani Minor. General Cheftek Pasha tightens isolation, denying him newspaper access and limiting company to household members as authorities hope to deter reactionary plots and safeguard the regime. Visiting officials and officials named include eunuch Djavher, Director Tewfl Bey, and Colonel Hall Bey, all charged by Young Turks with involvement in recent upheaval. A separate report: Fire destroys Ruedecker's brewery in Monroe, Michigan, causing about $40,000 in damage. plant insured for two thirds.
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Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Salontea
Ithodes
jeland
Ani Minor
Gheftek Pasha ib
Abdul
Rhodes
Salentes
Djavher
Tewfl Bey
taxation department
Hall Bey
Monroe
Mich
Ruedecker
Controversy Over Theodore Roosevelt Hunting Feats Reignites
Stamford Conn May 27 The nature Faulds controversy renews as Rev William J Long counters Roosevelt claims about big game killing in Africa branding him game butcher. Long cites reports of hunts and argues savage brutality influences American youth. Roosevelt party records show eighty six big game specimens and a thousand birds and reptiles destined for Smithsonian and National Museum. Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit roosevelt hosted by acting Governor Jackson at dinner.
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WaHam J. Long
Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevelty
Africa
Roose
velt
Stamford
Conn
William J. Long
Theodore Roosevelt
Bwana Tumbo
Long
Mr. Roosevelt
British East Africa
towin house
George McMillan
Kermit Roosevelt
Loring and
Heller
varléy toles
Rooseveltt
Smithsonian Institution
America
National museum
Washingston
Roosevelt
PF. ©. Jackson
Daylight Saving Bill Offered by Senator Lodge
Washington May 27 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts introduced a bill to fix four standard times and call it the day Nelltenings act. It proposes that the hour between 2 and 3 am on the first four Sundays in April shall be 40 minutes and the same hour on the first four Sundays in other years shall be 80 minutes. The hours would be reckoned as a full hour for all purposes in the United States. Greenwich time remains unchanged for astronomy and navigation. Lodge did not author the bill but introduced it by request. Paris May 27 Prince De Sagan ordered to pay M Schmidt 900 dollars other half of a 40 000 note. The prince borrowed the money while courting Countess De Castellana whom he later married. Schmidt won judgment earlier. the prince appealed.
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Greenwich
Lodge
Paris
Prince De Sagan
M. Schmidt
Schmidt
nlitda
De Castellana
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