Wall Street Panic Drives Northern Pacific to $1000
The New York stock market collapsed amid the Northern Pacific corner and broad liquidations. Prices plunged with margin calls rising to 60 percent as traders dumped shares, while NP spiked to $1000 and banks protected amid widespread losses across the exchange.
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Cuban constitutional convention signals Platt amendment approval
Reports from Havana and Washington indicate Cuban delegates favor adopting the Platt amendment. Officials say Governor Wood expected adoption, and a post establishment commission would set terms for commercial relations between Cuba and the United States.
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Withdrawal of Allied Armies in China Increases Chinese Trade Openings
Reports from Peking through May describe plans to withdraw armies from China after indemnity payments are pledged and guilty parties punished. US and other powers back broader trade openings with Chinese officials approving, amid talks on a 65 million pound indemnity by July 1. Americans evacuate most districts leaving the Forbidden City only under new orders.
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Steamer Bon Voyage Burned Near Portage Ship Canal
The Bon Voyage of the White Line Duluth burned to the water line near Portage ship canal on a Friday evening. Five members of the Altman family from Laurium were drowned after the vessel wrecked in a near shore run. One daughter survived by clinging to a fender while the others escaped.
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Locomotive Boiler Explodes in Mount Dallas Fatal
Four members of a freight crew are killed when the boiler of a Hath ingdon and Broad Top engine explodes at Mount Dallas. The victims are engineer A. S. Berkstresser conductor Charles Hollingshead fireman John Richie and Thomas Edwards all residents of Saxton Bedford County. Their families are left behind.
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Industrial Peace Talks Highlight Conciliatory Approach
Leaders among unionists and employers at a National Civic Federation meeting in New York discussed conciliation to maintain industrial peace. In Detroit, tense scenes followed a riot sparked by the new directors of a local project, with several people injured.
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Attempted bold taik discovery in Neely case scandal
Washington reports an effort to sell confidential communications between the attorney general and the secretary of war in the Neely case was exposed by Chief Wilkie. Judge Lindsay relayed the plot to the attorney general who coordinated with authorities. The impersonator, William Davis Williams, offered copies and was revealed at the royal post office. No charges were filed as the sale did not complete.
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Sultan's note pushes for post office suppression
Reports from Constantinople on May 10 say a third note from the sultan to ambassadors demanded immediate suppression of foreign post offices and reiterated smuggling charges against foreign officials. The ambassadors returned the note to the porte, causing a partial cooling of embassy–Turkish government ties.
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