Packers Fined for Rebates by U S District Court
In Kansas City Judge Smith McPherson sentenced seven defendants for rebate concessions on shipments. Fines totaled 15 000 for Swift & Co Cudahy Packing Co Armour Packing Co Nelson Morris & Co Chicago Burlington Quincey railway each 15 000 while George L Thomas New York fined 6 000 and four months in penitentiary and L B Taggart New York fined 4 000 and three months imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Red Oak
Iowa
Swift & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
the Armour Packing Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Chicago, Burlington
Mutiny in Krasnoyarsk Department Sparks Panic
A Krasnoyarsk garrison mutinied killing officers after an intoxicated colonel named Shurin struck a soldier. Soldiers felled Shurin with clubs, two mutineers were arrested, and Captain Kozmin was killed when his company fired on rebels. The city is in panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Krasnoyarsk
Yenisei
Siberia
Shurin
Kozmin
Riot Flares at Moores Run Mine In Bridgeport Ohio
A riot erupted between striking miners and non union workers and officials at Moores Run mine in Bridgeport Ohio. Six non union men guarding the site were bricked, guards used clubs on strikers, and Superintendent Russ was badly hurt. George Fields suffered a fractured skull from a brick, while two unnamed union miners were knocked unconscious. The strike breakers fled across the river after a half hour pursuit by a mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Ohio
Moores Run
Russ
George Fields
Pasadena Contractor Survives Rare Heart Injury
A. McCartney of Pasadena Calif survived a collision with a hay wagon when a wooden prong pierced his chest. Surgeons removed the heart washed sand from it and replaced it, with other injuries treated. Indications point to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCartney
Pasadena
Cal
Dynamite damage hits Grant Phau grocery in Indiana
A Grant Phau grocery in Alaska Indiana was dynamited with the front wall wrecked though no injuries occurred as the Phau family slept in the rear room. Liquor sales suspected. Phau recently pled guilty in Martinsville court to two license charges and paid fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Phau
Alaska
Ind
Phau
Senate debates over bank contributions and canal policy
The Senate passed the Lake Erie and Ohio River ship canal bill 41 to 11 and clashed on Walsh banks of Chicago led by Tillman and Hopkins over campaign contributions. Amendments to the naval bill were pressed, and a new conference with the House was requested. Several nominations and bills advanced or failed, including meat inspection tied to the agriculture appropriation, a Panama canal lock-type proposal, and a rejected franchise tax for District corporations. The session also saw defense, judiciary, and public works measures moved or rejected, with focus on the pure food bill and the naval conference reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Tillman
Hopkins
Walsh Banks
Chicago
National Bank
House
John G. A. Leishman
Turkey
Committee On Foreign Relations
Edward S. Bragg
Wisconsin
Mr. Wadsworth
Committee On Agriculture
Knox
Panama Canal
Spanish Claims Commission
Supreme Court
District of Columbian
Beveridge
Philippine Islands
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Supreme Court of Arizona
Navy
Ordnance Department
Army
Revenue Cutter Service
Messrs
Proctor
Lodge
Morgan
Perkins
Ander
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Panama
Congress
Mann
Trade conditions show sustained activity in 1909 reports
The text notes strong demand across pig iron steel and car building with heavy deliveries and rising construction activity. Building and mill output rise, lumber and quarry products strain supplies, and borrowing ease spurs investment. Retail traffic improves with season, country stores cut stocks, and bank clearings exceed 1908 levels. Grain at port totals 8,076,034 bushels. lumber receipts up. livestock weak. failures decline in Chicago. Overall, manufacturing and trade stay buoyant with cautious optimism for fall orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Senate Returns Railroad Rate to Conference
The Senate sent the railroad rate back to conference with the old conferees reappointed and instructed to press the Senate amendments. Washington reports Gif ford Pinchot may replace Secretary Wilson as head of the Agricultural Department in a few months. The current army retirement law requires thirty years of service for officers and enlisted men to qualify for retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Live Stock and Grain Prices Across U S Markets
Regional price quotes show cattle hogs and sheep ranges in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York with grains including wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds. Values cited cover No 2 grades with varied cents per unit and totals in dollars for cattle hogs and butter eggs and potatoes appear in concise market listings.
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Chicago
Timethy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Prisoners and Captives plot secret Arctic rescue
The seven men plan a private rescue mission for prisoners and exiles in Siberia. Easton outlines a covert network with money, bribes, and substitutes to ensure progress if key agents are harmed. The scheme centers on a ship, Cape Chelyuskin, and a rendezvous near the Yana mouth, with a July sail date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Mark Easton
Guy Fawkes
Pavloski
Siberia
Sergius Pavloski
Smith
Easton
St. Petersburg
London
Tyars
Cape Chelyuskin
Yana
Oast Yansk
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Grace
Russia
Mr. Tyars
Lieut
Cage
Chelgnekin
Lew
Report Concludes as Easton Announces Completion
Matthew Mark Easton closes his notebook and delivers a brief closing remark. He tells the assembled gentlemen that his report is finished in a quiet, final tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Matthew Mark Easton
Mrs Albert Gerre Freed in Murder Charge
A Monrovia California woman, Mrs Albert Gerre, is freed of the charge of murdering her husband. In Nebraska, the State board votes to raise the assessed valuation of the Hill and Hasriman eyetems to five million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teié
Albert Gerre
Monrovia
Cal
Nebraska State Board
Hasriman Eyetems
Helen and Miss Winter confront old feelings at a dinner
At the Admirals' Club dinner in December Helen confronts a long buried past with Miss Winter. Helen recalls a Cambridge man, Oswin, and wonders why Oswin saved Tyars in the Atlantic, while a planned party for next Wednesday unsettles them.
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Admirals’ Club
Helen
Agnes Winter
Oswin
London
Miss Winter
Eelen
Oxford
Cambridge
Atlantic Ocean
Oswin Grace Dines With Claud Tyars In Quiet Club Scene
Oswin Grace spends an unoccupied evening dining with Claud Tyars at a club. The meal unfolds in a tall hushed room felt by a portentous gentleman in red plush breeches and pink stockings as the elder man finally speaks while watching the fire.
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Oswin
Claud Tyars
Direct talk on consistency and love in a club room
Tyars and Oswin Grace debate Helen Winters and Agnis Winter in a club room about Tyars leaving for years. Grace argues Helen will marry and Tyars has home ties. Tyars accepts the idea but keeps silent, noting Miss Winter’s ongoing influence. The scene ends with Grace relieved yet unsettled.
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Miss Winter
Helen
Oswin
Mary
Tyars
Tyare
Grace
Oswin Grace
Claud Tyara
Osawin Grace
Doomed Men Still Live In Kansas Prisons
Washington Post reports Leavenworth prisoners many condemned men remain jailed as no governor signs death warrants for decades. Notable inmates include Emmett Dalton, Wille Sells, John Collins, and Jessie Morrison. Names and cases illustrate secrecy surrounding real identities and parole delays.
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Kansas
W. S. Biddle
Leavenworth
State Penitentiary
Raleigh
Leavenworth Prison
Emmett Dalton
Coffeyville Bank
Emmett
Wille Sells
Neosho County
John Collins
Collins
The
State University
Jessie Morrison
Washington Post
His Mistake Echoes in a Marriage Clash
A terse domestic exchange unfolds as a wife rebukes a hesitant husband. He retorts that her face reveals truth while doubting her resolve, exposing fault lines in their relationship and urging decisive action within a strained marriage.
Wrongdoer’s Denial Triggers Anger, Says Malivertes
A terse warning from Malivertes notes that a man who refuses to admit fault grows angry. The remark underscores accountability and the temperamental consequences of denial.
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June Gu
Texas
John Puryear
Earl Seeds
la Mesa
Puryear
Seeds
Vienna
Marianne Konupkova
Wieliczka
Cracow
C. W. Martin
Sisseton
Minnesota
Martin
Santa Cruz
Polar Wavelos Company
St. Keeee
Dover
Ree
Mys
Rio Janeiro
Hamburg
Amersod
San Francisco
Brad Street
National Capital
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