Agreement on Bids Echoes in Chicago Grain Inquiry
Chicago witnesses describe restraints and agreements among grain traders and elevator firms. Richard Gambrill says Chicago Board of Trade rules hinder bidding and curb trade, while Samuel Finney names brokers involved in price agreements. Elevator companies and railroads are scrutinized for site access and market control. Farmers and brokers clash over allocation and boycotts affecting Memphis and other markets.
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Chicago
Richard Gambrill
Board of Trade
Osterte Commerce Commission
Northwest
Gambrill
Chicago Board of Trade
iChicago
Jboard
Samuel Finney
Winchell
Rockyisland Railroad
Shaffer
James Pettit
Peavey Grain Company
Dunn
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Inllinois Central Road
Richards
Owa Railroad Commissioners
Iowa Grain Dealers
F. M. Terry
River Sioux
Wells
J. A. MccGreery
Arswers
Mason City
Commission
Memphis
Tenn
Illinois
Illcois Association
J.J. Stream
South Fioned Elevator Company
Charles Counselman
Rock Island Road
J.C. Shaffer
Counselman
Chicago and Rock Island Elevator Company
Auto Strikes Pole In Cleveland Injuring Four
An auto traveling on Detroit avenue in Cleveland struck a trolley pole near Takewood early today and exploded. Four occupants were injured and two may die. Injured are Miss Anna Schmittel Miss Hulda Ackerman Benjamin Camra and George Hartman. The limousine valued at about $4200 was owned by Beg Manchelbaum traction owner and banker. Camra said a machine malfunction caused the crash.
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Clevelan
Detroit Avenue
Takewood
Anna Schmittel
Hulda Ackerman
Benjamin Camra
George Hartman
Beg, Manchelbaum
Camra
Investigators Lack Power To Probe Hamilton County Affairs
Columbus dispatch says the supreme court ruled the investigating committee created by the legislature last winter to probe Hamilton county and Cincinnati affairs has no legal power. The decision renders the Drake investigation politically impotent and absolves officials of further inquiry.
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Columbus
Supreme Rt Today
Drake
Nte
Hamilton County
Cincis
Elija of Shiloh Sailor Case Sparks Maine Probe
The Rev Frank Sanford leader of Shiloh Me colony and about sixty followers may face charges as missing vessel with Rebecca Crowell from Boaton and others feared lost after hurricane. Washington authorities failed to stop the voyage which sailed as a yacht to dodge laws. Governor Cobb urged action to prosecute or enforce existing statutes amid reports of starvation and restraint at Shiloh.
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Recki
Rebecca Crowell
Boaton
Jerusalem
Frank H. Sanford
Elijah
Shiloh
Holy Ghost
Gibraltar
North Atlantic
Washington
Sanford
Portland
Frank Sanford
Frederick Gaillet
Tacoma
Holy Land
H. W. Harriman
Cobb
Maine
Durham
Gaillet
French Submarine Latin Lost With Crew
Biserta Tunis Oct 18 reports the French submarine Latin and its fourteen crew disappeared after a plunging exercise. Salvage tugs and torpedo boats searched all night and British salvage aid has been requested. Earlier Paris confirmed sinking of the Lutin during exercises off Biserta with search and drag operations reaching 130 feet.
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Biserta
Tunis
Latin
Farradet
Phoepen
Beirue
Malta
Paris
M. Thomson
Minister of Marine
Lutin
Essage
Bismarck Family to Decide Memoir Publication
Berlin reports a Bis marck family meeting to decide whether to publish the fourth volume of Bismarck memoirs in response to Prince von Hohenlohe s derogatory account of Bismarck s resignation as chancellor. The manuscript sits in an iron chest at the Bank of England. Members doubt the Kaiser's stated indignation at von Hohenlohe s book.
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Berlin
Bismarck
Prince von Hohenlohe
Kaiser
Bank of England
von Mhohenlohe
Tieup Is Complete
Marshalltown Iowa October obituary mentions Central painters striking in sympathy with car shop workers on their third week out. The combined action halts production and shore up the ongoing labor dispute.
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Iowa Central
Marshalltown
Iow Central
Sno
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Dies in New York Hospital
Widow of Confederate president Jefferson Davis dies at 1:25 AM in New York after pneumonia linked to a cold. Born Natchez Mississippi 1826 she endured a life of exile and public attention, with four sons and one daughter deceased and a notable 1902 letter to General Grant discussed.
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New York
Jefferson Davis
The
Confederacy
Hotel Majestic
Geome
Natchez
Miss
Varina Howell
Richard Howell
New Jersey
Congress
Mississippi
Brierfield Plantation
Davis Bend
Warren County
Davis
Washington
Beauvoir Station
Mississippi Coast
Nessus
General Grant
Jackson
Cayce
Congress of the United States
Algiers
Tunisburg
McLecllanville
W. E. Howell
Howell
New Orleans
United States
Labor Struggle Halts Oakland Building Trades
The city faces a severe capital vs. labor clash as the millmen strike, now two weeks old, shows no settlement. The lockout widens as lumber dealers and brick and supply firms join, bringing construction nearly to a standstill.
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Oakland
Cal
Probe charges of peonage in Florida camps
Washington reports alleged peonage abuses in southern Florida turpentine and lumber camps. Miss Minnie Sterling of the Florida Humane Association says convicts, white and black, are kept as chattels, with lash and harsh confinement, under promises of high wages. Indictments have been secured. a federal investigation may widen to other states and investors connected to development interests.
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Florida
Miss Sterling
Vieneral Maly
Department of Justice
Morvover
State of
Southern
Florida Humane Association
South
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Jones
Knights of Pythias Biennial Meeting Opens in New Orleans
The Knights of Pythias biennial encampment opened in New Orleans with full business sessions in the morning and a large uniform rank parade in the afternoon. Nearly every state was represented as Camp James R. Carnaman transferred leadership from J. Zach Spearing to Charles J. Shively and then to Major General Arthur J. Stobbart.
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New Orleans
Knights of Pythias
Union
James R. Carnaman
J. Zach Spearing
Charles J. Shively
Arthur J. Stobbart
Carnegie Opens New University Departments in Edinburg
Edinburg October 18 Andrew Carnegie opened the new engineering and natural philosophy departments at Edinburg University. Former Premier Balfour chancellor conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on Carnegie and Lord Elgin attended.
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Edinburg
Andrew Carnegie
Edinburg University
Premier Balfour
Carnegie
Lord Elgin
OWA Girl Reveals Plot To Police
Miss Georgmun Gordon a young girl describes an extensive network aimed at luring girls to Chicago for exploitation. A Syrian peddler Saline Shafer recruited her and others, promising employment, and was linked to a resort operator Bertha King. Gordon escaped and aided police locating her trunk in Shafer's room.
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Chicago
S& Sherman
Harrison Street
Georgmun Gordon
Osage
Wisconsin
Tichins
Miss Gordon
McWeeney
South Bend
Saline Shafer
Shafer
Indiana
Gordon
Kilbourn City
Wis
Ind
Bertha King
Murder of Mlle Semenova sparks praise for sentry
St Petersburg reports a central detention prison shooting in which Mlle Semenova, a young medical student, was shot by a sentry after taunting troops. The commander thanks the soldier, awarding 5 dollars, while authorities warn of university closures over revolutionary meetings. Warsaw police seize a terrorist gang HQ and 40 men, and Voronezh guards find twelve bombs in a peasant’s possession.
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St. Petersburg
Mlle. Semenovi
Seminovsky Regiment
Mlle. Semenova
Moscow
Kiev
University of Moscow
Warsaw
Voronezh
Pesski
Tall Buildings Cause Lunacy in Big Cities
London reports in The Lancet a case described by Dr. Mercier on agro phobia a rare nerve disease linked to tall structures. A patient avoiding open spaces suffered panic in wide streets needed buses and avoided bridges until his daughter’s dramatic runaway marriage shock cured him.
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London
The
Lancet
Mercier
Train Derailment Kills Two in Crete Illinois
Two men die and several are injured when a freight train on the Chicago and Illinois road derails near Crete Illinois. Engineer John Wickley of Champaign and brakeman J S Allen are killed. Passenger Hans Haskeeman is fatally injured and others suffer minor injuries.
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Chicago
Crete
Ill
John Wickley
Champaign
J. S. Allen
Hans Haskeeman
Case Against Shaun Kelley Dismissed in Municipal Court
The assault case against Harvard student Shaun Kelley, charged with injuring a patrolman during an arrest attempt on Boston Common, was dismissed in municipal court after two weeks of proceedings. Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Shaun Nesley were noted as part of the skylarking party.
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Boston
Mass
Shaun Kelley
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Shaun Nesley
Ghost of merger case seeks restitution to stockholders
A federal suit alleges President Tilds wrongfully manipulated a stock sale of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy in 1901. Clarence Vern claims Great Northern and Union Pacific gained stock ownership at $200 a share, with over $35 million paid and profits over $10 million. The complaint seeks restitution to stockholders.
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JJ Hill
Clarence Vern Per
United
Dlathief
Vener
Worthern
Pei
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
Cireat Northern
Union Vaeltic Railway
Trial near end in Standard Oil conspiracy case
Both state and defense rested in the Standard Oil of Ohio trial for alleged conspiracy. Judge Banker barred evidence of secret rebates, and the state said it would close in ten minutes next day. An agreement postponed the Rockefeller case until after the current proceedings conclude.
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Phelps
David
Standard Oil Company
Joan D. Rockefeller
Supreme Court of
Rockefeller
Interstate Commerce rulings extend to joint rates and free transport rules
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a series of rate rulings under the new railroad law. They cover filing joint-rate contracts, adjustments to higher joint rates, excursion series notices, certificate plan round trips, and limits on free or reduced transportation. Also notes government and ministerial exemptions and a court ruling on Hearst election advertising. Texas reports heavy rain and crop damage.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Army
Navy
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Chcags Board OF Trade
Ruka
Grain Trust
J. Rosbaum
J. Rosenbaum Grainompany
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B. FE. Rosenbaum
Cleveland
Tree
Cincimnsti
Boyton
Briny
Ehjeh
Sadiah
von Hohenlohe
Africa
Morocco
Algeria
Ain-Sefra
Aliss Mynina Sterning
Trim
Mla
Fiorida Humane Amar
Bocton Carnegie
Owa
Chicago Police Act
Russia
Chicago and Eastern Ilinois
Vin
Bougit C. & & Q
Steuk Ilegall
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Justice Greenbaum
William FR. Hearst
Supreme Court
Houston
Tex
Texas
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