Grain glut drives calls for federal relief in Northwest
North Dakota reports 160 million bushels ready for market in the Dakotas and Minnesota with no funds to move it. Senator Hansbrough urges Treasury action and a $10 million boost in Twin Cities banks to lift grain embargoes and speed shipments to Europe. President Roosevelt is briefed as Minneapolis and St Paul bankers meet to discuss Northwest finance. Cortelyou signals willingness to help but details remain undisclosed.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Hansbrough
Roosevelt
Dakotas
Minnesota
Northwest
Treasuiry Department
Twin City
Europe
East
Treasury
New York
Minneapolis
Washington,d. C
W Nelson
Army
St. Paul
Nelson Mare
W. Lusk
CT. Jaffray
J. W. Decker
C. W. Harrington
Nelson
Cortelyou
Lieutenant Governor Avoids Duel in Caffery Challenge
New Orleans reports that Lieutenant Governor Sanders declined to duel with Senator Caffery son of the late Senator Morrell. Sanders issued a written statement saying he would meet only under the code of honor and would not violate the law.
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Iana
Iby
Senator Caffery
New Orleans
Sanders Day
Onelson’ Caffery
Porelaon
Calternanions
Bema Horakiiatty Enceentiena
Blanchard
Sandera
Caffery
Sanders
Ciicuit
San- Sere
Qattery
Panatlls
Hid
Cafferyia
Icg
School on Wheels Faces Shortage in Grey Township
A famine over canners disrupted schooling in Grey Township prompting teachers to improvise. The district opened a temporary building as patrons struggled to access Education. Critics questioned the plan while officials urged patience as the town awaited supplies and funding.
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Opera
Grey Township
Perceed
Mandarate
Fish Hariman Peace Sought Over Illinois Central War
Powerful eastern financial interests press B H Harriman and Stuyvesant Fish to end the warfare for control of the Illinois Central railroad. Other railways oppose court battles over stock voting and seek peace to avoid reorganization or disarray of major systems and a drop in railway securities. Fish lawyers expect the injunction against voting Illinois Central stock to be upheld.
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Chicago
East
B. H. Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Autos carry old folks to church in St Louis
In St Louis on November 7 twelve loaned automobiles conveyed eighty residents aged 80 years and up from the Memorial home Missouri Baptist sanitarium Masonic home Mayfield sanitarium Bethesda home and private homes to Kingshighway Presbyterian for a service by Rev Dr Columbus Polk Goodson The elderly refused rides from six Bethesda home residents who called autos dangerous and preferred carriages or family farm rigs for the weekly return ride
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St. Louis
Kingshighway Presbyterian Church
Columbus Polk Goodson
Bethesda
Memorial Home
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium
Masonic Home
Mayfield Sanitarium
Not King's Baby but a Dummy Sent with Spanish Royals
A London dispatch reports a trustworthy diplomatic source saying the baby brought to England with the king and queen of Spain was a dummy. The real heir arrived earlier for safety, and a discreet plan arranged the royal return to Madrid.
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London
England
Spain
Madrid
Banker's Death Sparks Woodmen Funds Scrutiny
Des Moines reports indicate First National bank and Crocker funds are sound while a shortage likely exists in Woodmen funds Crocker held as trustee. Mrs Mallory, tied to Crocker’s bonds totaling 300 000, travels to Naples to learn of his death as Crocker’s personal fortune is said to be lost.
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Des Moines
First National Banket Chariton
Crocker
Woodmen
FF. H. Mallory
Woodmen Fund
Naples
Wanted to Die but Water Was Too Cold
Pittsburg on November 7 J H Kimmer attempted suicide amid financial troubles after bidding family goodbye He talked with his fiancée Miss River about their wedding then jumped into the Ohio River surfaced swam ashore and walked to his office There he drank muriatic acid and shot himself He died at St John hospital after insulting the surgeon during care
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Pittsburg
J. H. Krnmer
Goodby
Miss River
Kimmer
Ohio
St. John's Hospital
Uncle Sam's First War Airship Planned in St Louis
J C Mare of the American Airship and Balloon company arrives from Washington to choose a site for the aero drome where the first U S government war airship will be built. It will cost about 10 000 dollars, carry two men, reach 25 miles per hour with a fifty horsepower engine and a light gun mounted on the frame, modeled after the Beachy.
Sioux City Journal Destroyed by Fire
Fire in the Sioux City Journal mailing room gutted the building and destroyed the entire machinery plant as the paper was about to issue this morning in Sioux City Iowa on November 7.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
Cummins to Address Eastern Event in New York
Governor Cummins accepts invitation to address the New England Society of Brooklyn and the National Manufactures association in Astor House New York with dates in January and December events noted.
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Des Moiies
Cummins
New England Society of Brooklyn
National
Manufacturene
Astor House
New York
Credit Currency Needed
New York reports Representative Charles Fowler of New Jersey urges permanent relief from the monetary stringency through national bank issued credit currency redeemable in gold. He cites rising rail earnings and interwoven world banking power to argue for currency credits and a government backed guarantee fund to restore confidence.
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New York
Charles Fowler
New Jersey
Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
Fowler
United States
Mulhall
Did Titles Cause Money Squeeze in Overseas Marriages
New York reports over 40 American girls wed foreign nobles. Le Petite Parisian cites that American dowries totaling $909 million left the US as brides to European titles. The Paris writer links these sums to title hunting amid wary views on American money conditions.
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New York
le Petite Pariasan
Europe
Paris
America
Lone Bandit Robs Five Hotels in Prescott
A lone highwayman armed with a knife entered five Prescott hotels on November 6, fatally wounding a guest who resisted and escaping after robbing about twenty people encountered during the raids.
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Prescott
Ariz
Polk the Street Car Magnate Dies Rich in Des Moines
Investigation shows Jefferson Polk, president and principal owner of Des Moines street car system, died Sunday morning leaving an estate valued at 3,000,000 dollars. The funeral is set for Tuesday afternoon.
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Des Moines, Jr
Jefferson Polk
Des Moines
Questions plan's constitutionality questioned in Des Moines suit
Des Moines Indiana November 6. Attorney A Parker, an intervenor in the suit testing the Des Moines plan, argues the plan violates the United States constitution by allowing an appeal to the United States Supreme Court.
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Des Moines
A. ‘©. Parker
Unit States Supreme Court
America Buys Entire London Gold Market
London reports that on November 6 America purchased all gold available in the open market totaling about £400,000 in sterling. The move underscores a decisive capitalization of London’s gold reserves by American buyers.
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America
London
Minnesota AG Defends State in Rates Suit
Attorney General Young filed answer in federal suits testing railroad and warehouse commission rates and 2 cent passenger rates. He argues inter and intrastate business can be segregated and disputes the court's jurisdiction, claiming the action targets the state of Minnesota and violates the eleventh amendment.
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St. Paul,Minn
Young
United States Circuit Court
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
United States of America
Al' Ed 60 Days For Shoplifting
Denver dispatch reports May L Farnham alias May Hamilton was sentenced to sixty days in county jail for complicity in the theft of 400 dollars worth of lingerie from Daniels & Fisher department store where she worked. A second woman was involved, not named, described as a good Indian. Expensive garments valued over 200 dollars were found in Farnham room. She came from Sioux City and claimed an engagement to Frank O Hammer, a banker’s chauffeur.
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Denver
Man pays 40 dollars to hold his own baby
Frederick Leonard testified in Pittsburg court that he paid his wife 40 dollars to hold the child in his arms for one minute while he was separated from the infant. He said he traveled to East Liverpool to see the baby and offered the money, but the child was returned to his wife. The judge ordered Leonard to pay 3 dollars weekly in support.
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Pittsburg
Fréderick Leonard
Leonard
Mary J. Leonard
Three Methodist Church
East Liverpool
New Race Originating in Chicago, Say Researchers
Chicago talks by Dr. Alfred L. Cole of the G A R Illinois declare a new race forming in the city as the nucleus of the sixth sub race. He describes seven root races and notes Chicago’s marrying of diverse peoples will yield a superior sub race in the future.
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Chicago
Alfred L. Cole
Illinois
Burglar Given Life Term in Queens Court
Joseph Gregiro of 41 Liberty Avenue Brooklyn was sentenced to hard labor for life in Sing Sing after a Queens county court conviction for burglary. At 28, he claimed Russian birth and no relatives in the United States. judge was Stumphrey. The sentence is described as the most severe on record in Queens and possibly the first for a first-time burglar in New York state.
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New York
Queens County
Long Island City
Sing. Sing
Stumphrey
Queens
Joseph Gregiro
Liberty Avenue
Brooklyn
Russia
Hazing in Rock Island Public Schools Reports Teeth Pulling
Hancock Mich November 7 report details a hazing incident at Rock Island public schools. Boys allegedly pulled teeth from fellow students and threatened to remove their tongues.
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Hancock, Mich
Rock Island
Family boycott if the father has no union card
A Chicago talk reports a proposed “family boycotting” tactic where the non union head of the household would be denied home comforts unless he secures a union card. The idea, cited as used in Holland, was endorsed by Mrs. Cobden-Sayers on an equal suffrage occasion at Hull House Bowen Hall.
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Chicago
Holland
Bowen Hall
Hull House
T. J. Cobden-Sandereson
City Officials Blamed for Four Deaths at Grade Crossing
Rollstown, Pa. coroner’s jury finds Chief Burgess Hiram Coller and twenty councilmen morally guilty of negligence for allowing trains to pass at fifty miles an hour over grade crossings without safeguards. One survivor, Wayne A. Ismery, hospitalized and unaware of others’ fate. The jury also faults excessive speed of the auto.
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Rollstown
Reading
Wayne A. Ismery
Hiram Coller
Man condemned to live a week with his mother-in-law
In Des Moines Iowa on November 5 James Walrer faced police court under a new Town law making wife desertion a crime. He was the first man arraigned to claim responsibility on his mother-in-law. Judge Mathies ordered Walrer to remain in the same house with his mother-in-law for one week as punishment before any further action. Jurists call the sentence remarkable for a Town court.
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Des Moines
Ime
James Walrof
Mathies
Walrer
Hove
Walter
St Louis Aldermen Shy at Mention of Boodle Word
In St Louis on November 5 the free bridge hearing provoked a clash when Percy Pepoon of the central trades and labor union suggested boodlers might be in the house of delegates. Delegate Frank Hussey warned him to stop, sparking a tense moment as talks turned to monopolists and organized labor's influence on future elections.
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ST. Louis
Buffalo Police Station Destroyed by Fire
The Central police station in Buffalo was destroyed by an incendiary blaze. Losses include police records the rogues gallery and Leon Czolgosz's confession of McKinley’s assassination. Eight firefighters injured. prisoners were moved as the roof collapsed and flames spread from the cupola.
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Buffalo
Central
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Zeller
New York Tribune May Change Hands Rumor Circles
Reports from New York newspaper circles say the New York Tribune may change ownership with Edward Hetec Jr of Lord and Taylor rumored as prospective buyer. D O Mills, aging owner, wishes to exit his ventures and may transfer control to Whitlock Reid Sans under consideration.
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New York
Ne York ‘Tribune
Edward Hetec, Jr
Lord & Taylor
Hatch
Tribune
D. O. Mills
Wiitelaw Reid Sans
Bank of England Raises Interest Rate to 6 Percent
New York reports show persistent American demand for gold despite the higher discount rate. The Bank of England lifts its rate from 5 1/2 to 6 percent to protect reserves amid large US withdrawals and ongoing gold losses. In New York, bankers back two troubled trusts to weather runs, pledging personal funds and conservative management to maintain solvency. Gold engagements since the movement began total about 32 million dollars, nearly offsetting losses in the U.S. reserves.
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New York
America
Bank of England
United States
Egypt
Inew
Phils
Financial Flurry Hits Dakota Ranchmen Hard
Gregory South Dakota November 6. Cattlemen face heavy losses due to scarce market for cattle on the reservation. A twenty car stock train was halted after learning Omaha markets would not take the herd, so the cattle were driven back to range where dry weather and prairie fires have burned much of the land.
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Rosa
Wife kept love affair diary in domestic dispute trial
New York and Brooklyn reports note D. W. Meredith sues for divorce citing his wife Kathryn Grese Meredith's alleged affair. He says she confessed in a diary kept in shorthand after secret letters and a mysterious hotel package were found, while she claims the confession was falsified to shield a relative.
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New York
D. W. Meredith
Kathryn Grese
Meredith
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
West Chester
Hotel Astor
Florence
Morgan
Mr. Meredith
Mrs. Meredith
Sues for Breach of Promise in Sheriden High School Case
Miss Luella Lowstetter sues Professor Jearl W. Reed for 25000 alleging breach of promise after Reed courted her from September 14, 1905, kept her time five nights a week, attended church with her, and caused other suitors to stay away before marrying another woman six months ago. The suit names Reed as principal of Sheriden high school and superintendent of four schools in Pillsbugs.
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Sheriden
Jearl W.reed
Sheriden High School
Luella Lowstetter
Dying infant bites nurse in Toledo pneumonia case
Marshalltown Virginia reports a dying infant bit nurse Agnes Detrick while she cared for Henry Boeremeyer’s baby from Toledo. The infant died in convulsions and blood poisoning raises grave fears for the nurse’s life.
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Marshalltown
Agnes Detrick
Henry Boeremeyer
Toledo
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