Harriman Involved in Immense Albion Lumber Deal
The Examiner reports Edward Harriman has paid between 800000 and 1000000 for Albion Lumber Company saw mills and timber lands in Mendocino County California. The property lies northwest of Ukiah between Willits and Albion, with mills on a railroad line to Wendling, part of the Northwestern Pacific system owned by Harriman and the Santa Fe.
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San Francisco
Examiner
Uber
California
Edward Harriman
Albion Lumber
Ukiah
Willers
Albion
Wendling
Northwestern Pacific Sytem
Harriman
Santa Pe
Illinois delegates selected for general conference
Bloomington dispatch notes yesterday's session of the Illinois dispatch at the Mer odiet church naming lay delegates M C Hamilton J G McKinney W Cochrane Edm James WT Dwire Quinney Samuel A Bullard W C Ross Joseph R Harker and Roseville. ministerial delegates include Rev Christian Galoner Rev W Davidson and Rev Theodore Kemp with five more to be chosen.
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Bloomington
Genera
Ualtinn
M.C. Hamilton
J. G. McKinney
Barry
W. Cochrane
Sullivan
James
Champaign
Dwire Quinney
Samuel A. Bullard
Sprinefield
W. C. Ross
Roseville
Joseph R. Harker
Jacksonville
Christian Galoner
W. Davidson
Decatur
Theodore Kemp
France Will Reap a Fine Harvest
Official figures show France will have bountiful harvests this year with wheat at 180.577 million hectolitres and rye at 20.642 million. A mixed wheat and rye crop totals 2.474 million hectolitres, while the first year supply stands at 1.01 billion francs.
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France
Paris
Missouri Day Highlights at Jamestown Exposition
Missouri Governor Folk led a Municipal Day celebration in Norfolk on September 21 with hundreds of prominent figures. The Missouri building hosted events, an address by Folk, and a public reception after the speech.
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Norfolk
Folk
League of American Municipalities
Folks
Missouri
Henry T. Kent
St. Louis
Missouri Jamestown Commission
Y Re
Escapes by Leap From Tree to Train
Orville Frock fled from a police officer near Tipton after a struggle. He climbed a tree by the Lake Erie tracks and refused to come down. A freight train passed at about two miles an hour as he dropped and grabbed the running board to escape. The pursuing officer unsuccessfully sought to arrest him in Tipton.
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Tiwood
Orville
Nile
Tipton Cousin
Lake Erie
Tipton
Burton Rejects Johnson Plan in Cleveland Campaign
Cleveland reports show Congressmen Burton a Republican candidate for mayor refuses to file a campaign contribution statement before the election. He says no law requires the filing and he will not accept funds from public service corporations. Separate notes cover a mystery in Tennessee of a $7,520.70 Express loot and a Paris peace negations update with Moors failing and General Drede to resume offensive. Japan confirms ambassador postings with Aoki remaining in Washington.
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Cleveland
Johnson
Congressmain Burton
Republian
Manyor
Burton
Intoretreat
Leading Standard Oil stockholders by records last month
A New York list shows major Standard Oil holders with their shares and estimated values. John D Rockefeller heads a group totaling about 537,507 shares worth several million dollars, followed by Charles W Pratt and others such as H H Rogers and William Rockefeller, collectively commanding a dominant stake.
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New York
Standard Oil
Standard
John D. Rockefeller
Charles W. Pratt
Db Harkness
Oliver R. Payne
Henry M. Flagler
B. Jennings
H.H. Rogers
A. Bostwick
W. F. Worden
Sas
University of Chicago
Charles M. Pratt
Ele
Daniel O'Day
Beers Topic Sparks German Socialist Conference Debate
Berlin on September 21 reported a temperance debate at the socialist party convention. A near unanimous opposition backed by the factory system criticism of beer drinking during work hours. The Berlin electrical works cited by Americans is noted for banning beer during shifts.
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Berlin
Germany
Socialiv
Oil Combine Admission Reported in Pittsburg
A. J. Miller Jr of Miller & Sons admitted last night that an agreement existed between independent dealers and Standard Oil, though he refused to discuss details. In New York, Standard Oil books sought by government counsel remain partly unseen as Kellogg presents 1902 agreement linking independents to sell output to Standard. Detective Lynn has conferred with Kellogg amid the dissolution hearings.
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Pittsburg
A. J. Miller, Jr
A. D. Miller & Sons
Standard Oil Company
Tilford
Standard
New York
New Jerse
Sandard
Standard Oil
Frank B. Kellogg
Kellogg
Lynn
United States Secret Service
Big scandal at Capital rumored
A Washington rumor claims a major scandal in the war department surrounding a quartermaster purchase of lifeboat handling apparatus claimed as someone else’s patent. Acting Secretary Oliver denies knowledge of any improper conflict and says the matter was thoroughly investigated.
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Washington
War Department
Rn Ln
Post Office Graases
Oliver
Quartermaster Department
Te Department
Disputed Affection Sparks Chicago Wife in New York
Mrs. Robert O'Brien of Chicago confronted her husband and Rose Wall in Manhattan after pursuing him to New York. A scuffle followed with blows to the jaw and hair pulling before Magistrate Wahle, who suspended sentence for both O'Brien and Wall.
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New York
Robert O'Brien
Chicago
Third Ovethne
Twenty-third Street
Mrs. O'Brien
O'Brien
Mrs. O'Brie Lair
Long sheets to curb disease rule in Pennsylvania trains
Harrisburg Sept 21 Dr Samuel G Dixon state health commissioner issues order requiring berth sheets in sleeping cars to cover at least two feet over the blanket to avoid contact with passengers faces and directs that porters on parlor cars not brush passengers' clothing in aisles but work at the end beyond seats to prevent disease spread.
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Harrisburg
Samuel G. Dixon
Pennsylvania
Wife and Child Drown in Austria
A postal card from Tetna Austria reports that on Sept 3 Mrs. Alexander S. Wolf and her 3 year old son drowned in a river near Iglau. Mrs Wolf was the wife of Dr A S Wolf a St Louis physician.
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St. Louis
Tetna
Austria
Alexander S. Wolf
Iglau
Fearless Fort Gunners Stand Between New York and Warships
General Frederick D. Grant says army gunners in the forts can sink hostile ships as fast as they appear, ensuring New York homes are safe even if the navy is away. Navy and army marksmanship are debated, with Grant praising gunners yet noting army skill as a hobby. Separate dispatch notes shipboard passenger movements and emigration patterns from England and Ireland, including many unmarried women boarding for America and Canadian ports.
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New York
Frederick D. Grant
Department of Castile
Grant
Army
Navy
England
Americcas
Canadian
White Star Line
Baltic
Ireland
Canadian Northwest
Family friction leads to attempted murder and self harm
Curt Klein, 16, was wounded in a Second Avenue furnished room as he tried to stop his mother from shooting herself after a domestic dispute over house management. Mrs Klein was locked up on felonious assault charges. In a separate incident Theresa Canning, a Yolline operator, died after jumping four stories when surprised during an attempted gas inhalation by her mother following a quarrel with her sweetheart.
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New York
Curt Klein
Second Avenue
Mrs. Klein
Theresa Canning
Miss Canning
Mexico in Line for International Court
The Hague September 21 The fifth peace conference session drew a large audience with delegates discussing an international prize court Proposal. Senor Esteva of Mexico announced Mexico would not vote for the plan arguing the option allowing a country to appoint its own judge removes the objection to equality of nations.
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Hague
Mbers
International Seismological and
Coneeses
Senor Esteva
Mexico
Last Hanging in New Jersey at Cape May
Joseph Labriola, condemned for killing his brother-in-law John Buiglio with a club, was executed by the noose in New Jersey. The electric chair law did not apply as the crime occurred before its enactment. Buiglio had refused Labriola's wife a dance, triggering the killing.
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Cape May
Labriola
N. J
Joseph Thurderer
New Jersey
John Buiglio
Buizito
Grievances Against U P Filed Overland Train Rules
The Travelers' Protective association filed complaints against Union Pacific Railroad in St. Louis on September 21. They accuse the railroad of denying baggage space on overland trains and failing to add chair cars on the Overland and Los Angeles Limited, forcing local passengers to buy Pullman cars. They cite agent and operator indifference and provide multiple instances to support their claims.
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St. Louis
Travelers’ Protective Association
Union Pacific Railroad
Overland
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Murderous fanatics removed to jail in Chicago case
Walter and Jennie Greenhaulgh with Harold and Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Smith were moved from Zion City to the Waukegan jail to prevent unrest after they were arrested on charges of causing the death of Greenhaulghs invalid mother. The inquest resumes tonight and more arrests are expected as alleged cures for demoniacal possession are tied to patient deaths. Money news notes on New York call and time loans with 60 days and 90 days at five to five and a half percent.
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Chicago
Walter
Jennie Greenhaulgh
Harold Mitchell
Mitchell
Louise Smith
Greenhaulgh
Zion City
Waukegan
New York
Joy for the Tots on the Parmonia
Emma Calve the prima donna on the Parmonia crafts rag dolls and reshapes hats for immigrant children aboard the ship en route to America. Mme Basservine notes Calve makes thirty dolls and alters several hats to provide headwear for the girls, raising seventy five dollars for seamen's benefit from ticket sales.
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New York
Mme
Emma Calve
Gibraltar
America
Basservine
Mmro
Campaign to end Mississippi river fish slaughter meets resistance
Local fishing clubs petition Congressman Esch protesting U S commission on the upper Mississippi. They accuse government workers of exhausting black bass stocks by shipping minnows inland and leaving many to die on riverbanks. Wardens fail to stop the practice amid mockery by federal staff. Separate New Jersey city convention fight leaves two tickets. London reports over 177000 British and Irish emigrants head to the United States and Canada last year, the highest since 1887.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New Rors
Sepeci
Ine Novokel
N. J
London
United States
Canada
Board of Trade
Tobacco Combine Found Guilty in Monopoly Verdict
A Henry county jury from Nee Castle Kentucky convicted the American Tobacco Company of restraint of trade and imposed a 2700 dollar fine. The case alleged the firm conspired with others to fix tobacco leaf and manufactured product prices.
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Louisville
Henry County
Nee Castle
American Tobacco Company
25000 Out In Shoe Strike Meets Demand Standstill
In St Louis on September 21 an estimated 25,000 shoe factory workers are on strike. Letters went to the 18 affected manufactories outlining demands for a 9 hour day while pay stays at the 1 hour baseline. Company officers refused to concede.
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St. Louis
Sae
Nebraska Frost Causes No Damage To Crops
A light frost in Nebraska dropped to 40 degrees and posed little risk to corn. Authorities expect further frosts tonight but predict no damage to crops.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
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