Netherlands Prep for Any Eventuality in Venezuela Crisis
Willemstad reports the Netherlands fixed November 1 as the deadline for Venezuela to revoke President Castro's May decree blocking trans shipments to Curacao ports. Castro refuses, no decision announced yet. Curacao officials say preparations are ample, ships may be reinforced, and a statement on Holland’s action is expected soon. Naval officers doubt direct steps within a week. A telegram from Holland reached Curacao to the council and warship commanders after an Oct 24 report of Castro mobilizing 50 000 troops for November 2.
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Netherlands
Venezuela
Castro
Curacao
Willemstad
Holland
Is Council
Senlia
Caracaibo
Centenarian Captain Seeks Charity Aid In San Francisco
Captain G Ed Diamond, famed San Francisco Oakland lecturer on health and vegetarian advocate, appeared at a San Francisco hospital seeking admission to the county poor farm. He claims 112 years of age born in 1796 near Plymouth Rock and recalls War of 1812 and Barbary voyage. He adopted a regitarian diet in 1828 and promotes turnips and onions though he walks with a heavy stick.
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G. Ed. Diamond
San Francisco
Oakland
Cal
Plymouth Rock
Gas main bursts cut gas supply to three Kansas cities
A gas main on the Kansas Natural fumber burst three miles north of Leavenworth Sunday afternoon due to pressure, igniting gasoline and cutting gaslight and heat for Lawrence, Atchison, and St. Joseph. The break was soon repaired.
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Kansas
Independence
Atchtson
Kan
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Atchison
Cadet G Coug Ferebee Dies From Football Injury
Cadet G Coug Ferebee of Norfolk Virginia dies from brain concussion after an injury in a football game between Virginia Military Institute and Roanoke College in Lexington Virginia. The first half score was 57 to 0 for VMI. the second half was not played.
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G. Coug Ferebee
G. &. Ferebee
Norfolk
Virginia Military Institute
Roanoke College
Lexington
Virginia Institute
Julia A Carney Poetess Dies in Galesburg After Illness
Julia A Carney author of Little Drops of Water and many hymns died in Galesburg Sunday after a long illness. She was born April 6 1823 in Lancaster Massachusetts.
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Julia A. Carney
Galesburg, Sr
Lancaster
Mass
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Saturday's Sioux City live stock market quotations show top beeves at 4.00 and top hogs at 5.75.
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Sioux City
Fatal Political Quarrel in Foraker Store
In Foraker Oklahoma a heated political debate within a hardware store led Frank S. Seward a prominent Democrat and merchant to shoot and kill John Millam a well known Pawhuska farmer. Seward fired five shots into Millams head before fleeing the scene.
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Foraker
Okla
Frank S. Seward
John Millam
Pawhuska
Seward
Millam
Mrs. William Astor Dies at 82 New York Social Leader
Mrs. William Astor, longtime social leader of New York, died at her Fifth Avenue home from heart disease at age 82. She had been in declining health since 1907, retired from active society last year, and left a legacy of legendary balls and the famed 406 visiting list. Her Beechwood Newport summer home had been closed, and her annual gatherings were renowned for grandeur and noted jewels, including the famed Astor emeralds.
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William Astor
New York
Fifth Avenue
Astor
Mrs. Astor
Col
John Jacob Astor
Beechwood
Newport
Paris
Boston
Steamer S. V. Luckenbach Reaches San Juan After Fire
The S. V. Luckenbach arrived at San Juan from New York with a still burning fire. Passengers and crew were unharmed and awoke after discovering the blaze on October 26, about 580 miles south of Sandy Hook. They stored provisions, readied lifeboats, and praised Capt. McLean and the crew for brave conduct.
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S. V. Luckenbach
New York
San Juan
Sandy Hook
Philadelphia
Luckenbach
Capt
McLean
Bomb strikes gambling area in Chicago alley blast
A 24th bomb in a series exploded Friday night behind a Cottage Grove avenue saloon owned by F F Brennan. Windows shattered and residents startled as police again fail to capture the anonymous attacker amid ongoing gambling suppression tensions.
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Chicago
F. F. Brennan
Cottage Grove Avenue
Whitmore Proved Alibi in New Jersey Murder Trial
Theodore Whitmore of Jersey City was found not guilty after jurors accepted his alibi. Witnesses testified to seeing him in New York during the time of the crime, and the foreman praised the attorney as the verdict was read. In a separate incident, a coal train collision in Dorranceton injured about thirty people, several seriously.
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Theodore Whitmore
Jersey City
N. J
Harrison
Whitmore
New York
New Jersey
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Wyoming Valley Traction Company
Dorranceton
James Kerr Dies at 72 Democratic Committeeman
James Kerr a Democratic national committeeman from Pennsylvania died at 12 40 o clock Friday morning at his country home in New Rochelle New York.
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James Kerr
Pennsylvania
New Rochelle
N.Y
Blake Confesses Bribery Plot Aimed at Ruef Jury
E A Blake of San Francisco testifies in court confessing to offering bribery to secure Ruef’s acquittal. He says Ruef promised notes for $10,600 and his wife would receive $100 a month while in prison. Attorneys Newburgh and Murphy allegedly offered $1,000 to influence juror J M Kelley. The confession shocks the courtroom as sentencing looms.
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Blake
San Francisco
John M. Kelley
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
Frank J. Murphy
A. S. Newburgh
F. J. Murphy
J M. Kelley
Kelley
Newburgh
Fire panic in eleven story Cincinnati building injures workers
A blaze in the Pittsburg Calcium Light offices on the fourth floor of an eleven story Cincinnati structure caused panicked female workers to leap from windows on the eighth through tenth floors. Firemen worked amid bursts of hose as several women suffered injuries and one firefighter fell two stories.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburg Calcium Light Company
Train Derailed Near Augusta Injures Many
A Chicago-Duluth limited on the C. and N. W. northbound jumped the track near Augusta Wisconsin on Thursday. Several passengers and crew were injured though none seriously. The engine toppled, cars left their beds, and the train, moving at about forty miles per hour, narrowly avoided fatalities. rail removal is suspected as the cause.
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Augusta
Wis
LA High and Polytechnic Students Suspended Over Fraternity Initiation
In Los Angeles two polytechnic high school students were suspended and three more face potential discipline after they branded the foreheads of two Los Angeles High School students with nitrate of silver during Kappa Delta fraternity initiation ceremonies.
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Polytechnic High School
Los Angeles
Cal
Kappa Delta Fraternity
Mineral Products Value in the United States for 1907
The geological survey reports a calendar year 1907 total of 2,069,289,000 in mineral products. Nonmetallics reach 1,166,165,000 and metallics 903,024,000, with 190,000 nonspecified. The prior year totaled 1,904,007,000.
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United States
Geological Survey
New York Pool Rooms Raided. 280 Arrested
Police carried out two raids on alleged pool rooms on the east side of New York City. The operations resulted in the arrest of 280 individuals across the two locations.
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New Yor
New York
Carnegie Returns from Europe to New York
Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie and famous soprano Mary Garden arrived in New York on Thursday after a trip in Europe.
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Carnegie
Europe
Andrew Carnegie
Mary Garden
New York
Brakeman Charged In Mobridge Bridge Toll Graft
T J Stack a former Milwaukee brakeman is jailed in Brown County awaiting circuit court trial on obtaining money under false pretenses Immigrants crossing Mobridge bridge were forced to pay a toll while Stack punched their railroad contracts The graft ended when a victim questioned the conductor about the toll and Stack was arrested shortly after
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Mobridge
T. J. Stack
Milwaukee Railroad
Stack
Brown County
Missouri River
Stock
Death of Capt. Jack Foster After Prairie Fire
Reports spread about Capt. Jack Foster dying from wounds while arresting fugitives, or from heart failure. The heart failure was triggered by his heroic effort to fight a monster prairie fire on the Rosebud reservation, where he served as a special deputy United States marshal. He collapsed during the effort to save lives and property on the reservation.
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Rosebud Indian Agency
Jack Foster
United States
Rosebud
Foster
Trouble Over Paupers Sparks Sioux Falls Rift
Sioux Falls officials allege northwestern Iowa counties dumped paupers into Minnehaha County. A case found a woman and three children in a hovel near the Sioux Falls brewery in destitute condition. Investigation shows the woman had been a county charge in Iowa and was shipped to Sioux Falls.
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Sioux Falls
Towa
Minnehaha County
Iowa
Iowa County
Potatoes In South Dakota Attract Eastern Buyers
Reports say neighboring states face light potato crops while South Dakota yields a large harvest. Iowa and Nebraska buyers tour Aluron offering prices above last fall, but local farmers already sold much of their surplus. South Dakota’s crop is abundant and superior to 1907 in quality.
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South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Aluron
South Dakota Sportsmen Elect Officers at Alcester Meet
The South Dakota Sportsmen's Association wrapped its Alcester convention and set the next session for Aberdeen in July. Elected officers include President R G Taylor Meckling Vice President Fred Slosum Alcester Secretary J L Buckman Aberdeen and Treasurer Fred Dray Beresford.
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South Dakota Sportsmen's Association
Alcester
Aberdeen
R. G. Taylor
Meckling
Fred Slosum
J. L. Buckman
Fred Dray
Beresford
Farmer injured by drove of hogs near Beresford
George Clary a prominent farmer north of Beresford suffered a badly sprained knee and multiple bruises after slipping while carrying corn to his hogs. The drove closed in on him preventing a quick fall and further injury resulted.
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George Clary
Beresford
Yankton Masonic Temple Receives New Scottish Rite Scenery
The Oriental Consistory at Yankton has added a complete set of scenery for all degrees of the Scottish Rite. The Masonic temple with its fine stage is being equipped with the new scenery to become one of the best equipped temples in the northwest.
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Yankton
State Corn Show Plans Set in Sioux Falls
Dc E Twomley of Alexandria secretary of the South Dakota Corn Growers and Breeders association has been in Sioux Falls arranging the annual state corn show set for December 22 23 and 24. He says preparations indicate the event will be the best attended ever held in the state.
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Dc. E. Twomley
Alexandria
South Dakota
Dakota Southern Railway launches large North Dakota route
The Dakota Southern Railway company is formed with $90,000,000 capitalization and immediate construction planned. Three survey crews work from Rapid City, Haynes, and north of the Missouri, mapping a Rapid City to Williston line through Adams, Hettinger, Stack, Dunn and McKenzie counties with two branch routes to Dickinson and McIntosh. Eastern investors join South Dakota capitalists in backing the project, slated to spur settlement and vast resource development across the northern plains.
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Dakota Southern Railway Company
Pierre
Rapid City
Haynes
N. D
Northern Pacific
Dunn County
Williston
Adams, Hettinger
Stack
Dunn
McKenzie
North Dakota
Dickinson
Buehelde
McIntosh
Milwaukee Road
South Dakota
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
W. A. Clark
Montana
Missouri River
South
Dakota
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Big Shipments of Wheat From Aberdeen Territory
Milwaukee railroad reports 1908 wheat shipments from James river division towns at 4,425 cars and an estimated 6,403 cars for the current year. Huron and Dakota division posts 6,193 cars last year and 7,466 cars this year. Indicates record crop yield with substantial increases.
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Aberdeen Territory
Milwaukee Railroad
James River
Huron and Dakota
New Mennonite Colony Eyes Expansion After Pierre Visit
Representatives of a Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonite colony toured Pierre seeking investment before returning east. The women joined the men drawing attention on the streets. When they settle, farming will improve the area and likely grow the colony within a year.
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Pierre
Hendrickson Found Not Guilty In Hal loween Murder Case
The state failed to convict Henry Hendrickson of murder in the Bradfield case. A prior trial had a guilty verdict, and in the latest trial Hendrickson testified on his own behalf. Bradfield, a noted young businessman, was shot during Halloween festivities.
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Henry Hendrickson
Harvey Bradfield
Ast Hallowe'en
Flandreau
Hendrickson
Bradfield
Hallowe’en
Store Looters Make Getaway at Wolsey Store
Burglars fled after stripping E. B. Hershman’s Wolsey shop of fifteen pairs of men’s shoes and other goods totaling about $100. The incident remains under investigation with no suspects named at this time. Corner Stone for Masonic Temple is laid in Redfield with Grand Master Davenport presiding. the brick two story plus basement temple is valued at $20,000.
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E. B. Hershman
Wolsey
Masonic Temple
Redfield
Davenport
New Trade Paper for Dakotas Published in Aberdeen
The Dakota Jobber and Retailer debuts as a new trade paper based in Aberdeen, serving merchants and retailers in the Dakotas with industry news and market updates.
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Aberdeen
Chicago Weekly Review notes sustained recovery in 1908 markets
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade reports evidence of recovery with rising bank payments and lower commercial mortality versus 1907 and 1906. It cites heavier flour sales, strong provisions and livestock buying, and improved rolling stock demand while noting weather and retail slowdowns. Failures in the Chicago district total 18 with five liabilities over 5,000 dollars.
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Chicago
Weekly Review of Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Business climate mixed as weather and drought shape trade
The report notes warm weather and an election mood tempering heavy buying while manufacturers show confidence in raw material demand. Wheat movement lifts Northwest distributive centers, drought chills Ohio river traffic and coal, forestry fires and water shortages loom. Textile and iron markets show cautious improvement amid regional shifts.
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Northwest
Ohio River
Chicago
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market price snapshot across major U S cities
The report lists varied commodity prices by city including Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York and Toledo. It covers cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and more with bid ranges and grade specifics.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Clover Seed
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