Barney Commits Death by Own Action at East Thirty-Eighth Street
Charles Tracy reports the Knickerbocker Trust ex president Barney shot himself in his Park Avenue home amid distress over lost fortune and standing. He died about 2:30 PM after a self inflicted wound. bankers and associates had been arranging posthumous financing to salvage ventures. Kansas City cashier Thomas also killed himself at the Midland hotel with no reported bank involvement.
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New York
Charles Tracy
Barney
Knickerbocker Trust Company
East Thirty-eighth Street
Park Avenue
Kansas City
Thomas, Croshier
Bank of Albany
Albany
Masonic Order of Missouri
Midland
Thomas
Woman Stirs Up Bad Riot in Louisville During Strike
In Louisville on Sunday afternoon a riotous demonstration by striking street car workers and supporters injured two policemen with bricks, led to several arrests, and saw many clubbed. Prompt police reserves halted further violence as a 2000 strong impromptu parade formed after an address by the wife of a discharged conductor.
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Louisville
Governor Calls Oklahoma Legislature to Meet December 2
Gov Charles N Haygkell calls the Oklahoma Legislature to convene December 2 with Guthrie as the provisional location but leaves the meeting place open if Guthrie cannot offer a suitable chamber. Shawnee has proposed a site and charge terms for the session.
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Guthrie
Okla
Charles N. Haygkell
Nome
Gislatur
Forgeries Exposed Hit Chariton Bank Fallout
In Chariton the failed First National Bank reveals heavy losses from cashier R Crocker. Systematic forgeries and false entries threaten depositor recoveries, with doubts on bond validity for a 250000 loan to Crocker through the Modern Woodmen. Bank backers Mallory and Thayers return home as Lacona Bank deposits are tied to the receiver. Brandon pledges personal funds to cover Russell Bank losses.
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Chariton Bank
Chariton
R. Crocker
First
National Bank
Stocker
Woodmen of America
Washington
Crocker
MecNider
Mason City
Willard Beem
Beem
First National
Russell Bank
Brandon
First National Bank
Des Moines Men Arrested After Lake Okoboji Hunt
Three Des Moines businessmen Susil ews Men Des Moines were arrested on return from a hunting trip near Lake Okoboji after dragging seventy three ducks from a Milwaukee train baggage car. State Deputy Game Wardens Breese and Hall charged them with unlawfully shipping game and seventy three counts. Information filed in Judge Cope's court. Constable Griffin made the arrest.
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Des Moines
Cope
Griffin
Runaway Accident Fatal Claims Guthrie Center Woman
Mrs. E. C. Lane of Guthrie Center died two days after a runaway accident. She was hospitalized, underwent surgery, and suffered a brain injury with a small blood clot removed. Her condition briefly improved before a relapse led to death.
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E. C. Lane
Guthrie Center
C. Lane
Pleasantville youth in tragedy amid bank woes and rumors
Ralph Flanagan, a 22 year old Pleasantville cashier, reportedly shot himself in the head on the 19th amid distress over a bank check scandal and local bankruptcies. Citizens cite hereditary insanity and oppressive worries, noting his mother died by suicide years earlier and the town recounts recent bank losses and debt challenges.
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Ralph
Flanagan
Pleasantville
First National Bank of
Bank
Young
Supreme Court
William Read
Confusion of Mind Revealed Over US Relief Plans
New York Nov 20 There was renewed liquidation in the stock market yesterday affecting sentiment about the national plan of currency relief. Prices fell back to below last week's close and in some cases to the year's lows. Liquidation focused on Chicago Rock Island and Pacific collateral, United States Steel, and selling in St Paul Union Pacific and New York Central. The discussion of issuing $100 million in treasury certificates dampened optimism as banks debated reserve implications. The day closed with continued price declines and a weak market tone.
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New York
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Rock Island Company
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Union Pacific
New York Central
United States Treasury
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Ministers Answer Conflict Over German American Conference
The Davenport Ministerial association issued a formal reply to the German American association and a Commercial club committee. The message says ministers will cooperate to enforce state liquor laws and restore the city’s good name if the aim is to close wine rooms and vice. they will not participate if the goal is to seek unlawful activity.
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Davenport
Davenport Ministerial Association
Commercial Club
Ministerial Association
Ministerial
McArthur Gets Four Years In Dubuque Defaulter Case
Dubuque defaulter McArthur pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in Fort Madison for a $20,000 water works shortage. Six thousand is charged to McArthur, with $5,000 barred by statute limits. The case caused a Dubuque sensation as investigators continue and further indictments are expected.
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Dubuque
Arthur. McArthur
Fort Madison
MccArthur
Mearthur
Woman commits suicide by carbolic acid near river
Mrs Willis Woodard, wife of a prominent farmer four miles west of Decatur City, is believed to have killed herself by taking carbolic acid at her home and going to the Grand River. A boy found the body in the water. the coroner reported no known reason for the act.
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Decatur
Willis
Woddard
Ibving
Grand River
Woodard
Ithe
Fnr
Mrs Bradley Tells Tragic Stand Tale In Utah Senator Murder Trial
Mrs Jane Bradley testified in Washington on the murder of Senator Brown of Utah. She appeared nervous yet composed on the stand describing suffering and endurance for the dead man. The judge adjourned the session afternoon as she grew weary during her lengthy testimony.
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Washington, D. C
Jane Bradley
Senator Brown
Utah
Warner Is Found Guilty of Murder in Colorado
New York reports Frank H. Warner convicted of second degree murder for the July 23 killing of Esther C. Norling in Porty second street. He shot Norling and then John C. Wilson in a nearby hat shop. Wilson died. Patrolman Thomas Walsh was discharged on cowardice charges for not pursuing Warner into the office building. Warner claimed insanity.
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New York
Frank H. Warner
Esther C. Norling
Warner
Miss Norling
Porty Second Street
John C. Wilson
Wilson
Thomas Walsh
Miss NorJing
Boulder
Col
J. W. Reeve
Colorado & Southern Railway
Reeve
New Jersey
Colorado & Southern
Éirike
Peoria Fire Totals $200,000 In Destruction
A Tuesday dawn blaze in Peoria Illinois started in the Kircher Carriage and Wagon shop on South Washington street and spread to the adjacent Browlee Brothers and Wheelock Wholesale Crockery buildings. By 2 pm the fire was out of control, walls collapsed in the Leuthner building, and explosions of alcohol and liquor products occurred as crews fought the blaze.
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Peoria
Washington Street
Kircher
Carriage & Wagon Company
Browlee Bros
Switchmen are enjoined in Buffalo injunction
Buffalo, N Y Judge Haset granted a temporary injunction for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad restraining the Switchmen's Union of North America Buffalo lodge No from breaking an existing wage scale and threatening a strike that could jeopardize the contract. The order is returnable November 23. Officials said mercantile interests urged action to avoid tying up a trunk line during peak crop shipments to the coast.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Haset
United States Circuit Court
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Buffalo Lodge No
Switchmen’s
Bryan Blames Wall Street For Financial Strain
William J. Bryan spoke before the Jackson club in Lafayette Ind saying Roosevelt should not be blamed for the current financial stringency and blaming Wall Street gamblers. He urged that common people handle the situation and praised the postal savings bank as a better plan than an asset currency. He noted fatigue from campaigns and the possibility of a 1908 nomination if drafted.
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Lafayette
Ind
William J. Bryan
Jackson Club
Roosevelt
Bryan
Wall Street
Mr. Bryan
Postal Savings Bank
Roosevelt invites governors to meeting on natural resources
The president invited governors of states and territories to a White House gathering May 13 14 and 16 to discuss conserving the nation's natural resources. Invitations were extended to members of both houses of Congress and the Inland Waterways Commission. A separate report notes a murder verdict in Grand Haven Michigan finding William Shimmel guilty of murder.
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Washington
Roosevelt
States
Territories
White House
Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
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Knickerbocker Company
Self
Oklahoma
Gov. Haskell
Wabt
Duck Hunters
Caghier
Nin
United States
Bae Arney
Colorado
Natural ‘Resources
Haven, Mich
Fridey
William ‘Shimmel
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