Ship in distress tests loyalties on stormy voyage
A crippled cargo ship driven by unparalleled wind nears shore as Captain Vasco faces a mutiny by Gaspari and a desperate passenger Oliver Graith and Oliver’s father figure, Ambrose, confront a tangled past and trust amid peril at sea and on land.
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Tia
Captain Vasco
Vasco
Gaspari
Spain
M’sieur
M'Sieur
France
Gaspard
M'Siear
Biscay
Baltimore Bets Banks Suspend Two Large Trust Firms
The Maryland Trust Company and Union Trust Company were placed in receivership by consent, with joint liabilities near 10 million dollars. Allan McLane and Miles White Jr were named receivers, bonds set at 2 million and 1 million respectively, amid petitions by stockholders. The Maryland Trust faced bad Mexican railroad holdings and failed to secure a 2 million London loan, triggering the action as Union Trust faced a run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Financial World
Maryland Trust Company
Union Trust Company
Allan McLane
Miles White
Vera Cruz and Pacific
Tehuantepec
Mexico
London
President Roosevelt Proclaims Congress Meet November 9
The President calls extraordinary session of the Fifty-eighth Congress in Washington at noon on November 9 to consider whether to approve the reciprocal commercial convention with Cuba signed in Havana December 11, 1902. The proclamation, dated October 20, 1903, is issued in Washington with the seal.
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Congress
United States of America
Senate
United States
Repubic
Cuba
Havana
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress of the
Washington
John Hay
Rescue at Sea on the Lively Peg Ends in Ambiguity
A battered crew member on the Lively Peg clings to survival after a casket falls and the ship lurches. He crawls to the deck beneath black cliffs near Porthfyre and calls for mercy while fearing rescue or arrest. Human eyes appear above as he gasps for aid.
Montana Bill Makes Entertaining Entrance Into Deadwood
An old tale describes Montana Bill riding into Deadwood on a cayass, declaring his danger and letting off shots to impress townsfolk. The scene unfolds on the public square before a late night celebration, with no one challenging the notorious figure.
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Montana Bill
Deadwood
Cayass
Pertikler
Gineral
Cheyenne
Eias
Bhl
Bill
Not a Social Fqunat. En Regle-How did you happen to know that Mrs
Mrs Fitz Quiggs and Mrs Sayoir Faire are characters in a Brooklyn Life style vignette. The dialogue hints at sociable church connections without identifying a concrete event or outcome.
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Fitz Quiggs
Sayoir Faire
Brooklyn
Life
Elijah's Invasion at Madison Square Garden Fails in New York
Report notes Elijah Moody Dowie event in New York drew a half empty Madison Square Garden as crowds fled his religious invasion. Public reception mixed with skepticism and waning attendance marked the show.
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Elijah
New York
Dowie
Madison Square Garden
Canadians Bitter as Alaska Boundary Commission Breaks
Dominion officials withdraw from the commission after Canadian representatives refuse to sign the award. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone cancels a public London meeting and transfers decisions to American and Canadian agents Foster and Sifton. Telegrams from Premier Laurier reveal widespread sentiment across Canada. The Alaska award awards Kannaghunut and Sitklan to the United States, altering control of access to the Portland Canal and Port Simpson.
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Dominion
Alverstone
London
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Messrs. Foster and
Sifton
Froudwl
Laurier
Canada
Alaska
Portland Canal
United States
Kannaghunut
Sitklan
Port- Ian Channel
Ocean Passage
Port Simpson
Wales
Pearse Islands
Russian Zionists Hinted for Autonomous State in Manchuria
Berlin telegrams report Russia, under British Uganda proposal influence, hints to Zionists of granting territory in Manchuria for an autonomous Jewish state under Russian protection. The suggestion signals possible Russian policy shifts amid imperial negotiations.
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Berlin
Uganda
East Africa
Manchuria
Boston Attorney Clarence Seymour Confined in Denver Hospital
Clarence L. Seymour a young Boston attorney and stepson of Governor Bates is confined in the Insane ward of Denver Colorado county hospital. He went to Denver for his health.
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Clarence L. Seymour
Boston
Gov. Bates
Massachusetts
Denver
Colo
Dowie Sermon Appealed To Lock Doors Doors Opened Anyway
Crowds swarmed into a service led by Dowie in white robes and Zion choir. He begged police to seal the doors but an inspector said there is no law to force attendance. Docielles urged retreat to hear the healer, yet the audience dispersed only slowly amid taunts and criticism.
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Dowie
Zion
New York
Docielles
Chicago
Dowle
Salina barbers prepare to test Kansas license law
INAS groups North Central Kansas prepare a constitutional challenge to the Kansas barber license law. Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina receives a further $25 000 gift from Mary Johnson of Barton County.
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Salina
Kansas
Kansas Wesleyan University of
Mary Johnson
Barton County
Gan
William Smith
Geneva
Illinois District Telegraph Company
Chicago
Bluefields
Nicaragua
American Steamship Company
Nashville
Pensacola
Oberlin
M. Carter
Wrill
United States
Fort. Leavenworth
Trade and finance review notes mixed signals amid crops and industry
The Sweeny Review of Trade reports contraction in trade and industry not matching the 20 percent drop in pig iron output. Railways show October earnings up 6.2 percent from last year and 12.7 percent above 1901. Grain shipments rise, wheat and corn markets shift, and bank clearings reach 185 million dollars, with currency movement steady and money firm at 6 percent.
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Gi Donn & Co
New York
Sweeny Review of Trade
Ifany
Chicago
International Report on North American Trade and Wheat Prices
Telegraphic advices summarize easing money for mercantile uses in Boston Philadelphia Chicago and Pittsburgh with St Louis bankers expecting similar conditions. In Canada strong demand for heavy winter goods and an exceptionally large wheat harvest with growers receiving about 75 cents a bushel.
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International
International Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Canadian
Grain and live stock prices across major markets
Market notes show Chicago hogs at 3.00 to 5.25, cattle 4.50 to 5.65, sheep 3.00 to 3.80 while Indianapolis reports hogs 4.66 to 6.30 and cattle 3.00 to 4.75. Additional entries list wheat No 2 ranges, oats, rye, and dairy and produce figures for Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with varied bid prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Siceora
St. Louis
Soccora
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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Matthew
Vascco
Oliver Graith
Tancelot
Ambrose
Oliver
Susan
Peg
Olver
Redruth
Mable
Baltimore
Maryiland Trust
Union Trust
John 8S
Gittings & Co
Belvidere
Minneapolis Journal
INAS
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