Notable Doings Across the Nation From The News Notes
A New York police search closes with Miss Kay Singer found alive in a closet after four days. Wheat shipments stall as rail car shortages cripple trade. A 16 year old, George Spoor, is shot by Carl Carlson in Galeton Pennsylvania. Reverend Charles G Adams dies in California amid past fame. Margaret Gallagher dies at 104 near Pittsford New York. Viola Sondine sues for marital expenses after fraud claim in New York annulment. A rare Lamb manuscript sells for 530 dollars in New York. A murder in Atlanta and a Chicago fire loss of 200000 highlight the crime and disaster items. Total Greater New York registration reaches 688775 with borough gains. Major stock sale talks surround the New York Ontario and Western and New York New Haven and Hartford railroads. A Chicago man is fatally shot defending against highwaymen. A man crushed by an elevated train in New York. A two million dollar damage claim against Amalgamated Copper arises in Butte. The Tullahoma bank cashier Allen Parker surrenders after admitting a $35000 loss.
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Five Boroughs
New York
Kay Singer
Oregon
Washington
Chicago
George Spoor
Galeton
Carl Carlson
Carlson
Spoor
Charles G. Adams
San Francisco
Catskill
N. Y
Adams
California
Margaret Gallagher
Pittsford
Viola Sondine
Irvine Flickling
Supreme Court of
New York State
United States
Charles Lamb
New York City
Lamb
Mary
Ewleanora Woodcock
Richard Woodcock
Waterloo
Ill
Durand & Kasper Co
Superior Court
William E. Pierce
Portsmouth
N. H
Arthur S. Johnson
Barber Asphalt Paving Co
Pierce
Johnson
W. D. Grant
Grant
Atlanta
Samuel F. Ring
W. E. Hopen
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Co
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
L. Hertfield
A. M. Tubin
Forty-second Street
Parrott
Amalgamated Copper Co
Butte, Mont
Allen Parker
First National Bank of
Multiple unconnected events reported in a city paper
A wide range of incidents including deaths from gas, a prisoner killed by a guard, a hospital escapee wandering the city, a suicide in a jail cell, a hotel fire, a wife's shooting and suicide, political court decisions, robberies, a streetcar wreck, a self-inflicted death, Klondike gold output, broker suspensions, and a postmaster appointment are listed with brief details from cities such as Chicago Baltimore Fort Wayne Sumter Opelousas Madison Wheelersburg Roxbury and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkinsoe
Baltimore
Frederick Schorn
Cecelia
Chicago
Fred C. Mathews
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Mich
Frank H. Hilla
Hilla
Mathews
M. F. Weyman
St. Joseph
Frank Gustafson
Tombs
New York City
New Kanahwa
Charleston
W. Va
van Telburn Hoffman
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Sumter
S. C
Hayes
Opelousas
Donald Guillory
Madison
Wis
Republican
Supreme Court
Winslow
la Follette
Party Committee
National Committee
Ohio
Wheelersburg
W. H. McCurdy and
McCoy Brothers
Boston & Worcester
Boylston Street
Boston
Charles Melzard
Roxbury
Mass
Klondike
F. S. Colton & Co
New England
New York
William P. Tenry
Mary E. Surratt
John Connelly
Pitsburg
Laranche
Sahel Kabyles
Tangier
Morocco
South Royalston
George E. Whitney
Congregational Church
Mechanics’ Hall
Peter Fitzwilliams
Baltimore & Ohio
Sarah Walters
Pittsburg
Gainesville
Henry P. Farrow
Farrow
Manchurian Dispatch Reports Heavy Russian Losses
Tokio reports through Manchurian headquarters that by October 22 Russian dead and buried total 10 550 with estimated casualties over 60 000. Japanese capture 45 guns during Shakhe operations and enumerated spoils include prisoners about 500, 6 920 shells, 78 000 small arms, and other equipment. Mukden notes no pitched battle but ongoing contact and daily outpost clashes. Che Foo details October 16 Japanese assault on Rihlung mountain trenches and hill capture after four hours.
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Tokio
Shakhe
Mukden
Che Foo
Rihlung
Russians Push Forward Near Mukden In Trenched Advance
Russian forces crossed the Shakhe river on October 21 and pushed toward Japanese positions, entrenching as they advance. Russian batteries bombarded Japanese lines while both sides worked to dig in. The armies are less than four miles apart as Kuropatkin eyes a forward move despite weather and potential Japanese reinforcements.
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Mukden
Shakhe
St. Petersburg
Far East
Kuropatkin
Standard Oil Denies Ties to Non Petroleum Ventures
New York Oct 26 S C T Dodd counsel for Standard Oil Co issues statement to shareholders denying any involvement in non petroleum businesses. He lists copper steel banks railroads and gas as misattributed, asserts no party official formed a political slate, and warns against misuse of the company name in stock market manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
S. C. T. Dodd
Standard Oil Co
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Episcopal bishops and deputies reach divorce canon agreement
The Episcopal general convention's house of bishops and house of deputies settle the remarriage canon after days of debate. The new rule bars ministers from solemnizing marriages for divorced spouses except for the innocent party in adultery cases, after a one year wait and formal written declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
House of Bishops
House of Deputies
Episcopal General Convention
Ecclesiiastical
Japan Reports 15879 Casualties At Shakhe River Battle
Tokyo reports Field Marshal Oyama says Japanese total casualties reach 15879 in the Shakhe river battle. A Harbin dispatch notes Viceroy Alexieff’s imperial decree naming Gen Kuropatkin commander-in-chief of eastern forces with Alexieff retained as viceroy. London dispatch cites Telegraph on Port Arthur defences, noting evidence the fortress may resist with high losses to attackers.
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Tokio
Oyama
Shakhe River
St. Petersburg
Harbin
Alexieff
Kuropatkin
Long Lost Father Reunited With Son After Dream
Henry Ashley of Cook's Corners, N Y, dreamed of finding his father Frank Ashley in Ogdensburg. He traced him to a city hospital where the 76 year old veteran, once in Colton mills, recognized his son after 43 years apart. The father, pensioned and recovering, will return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Frank Ashley
Cook’s Corners
Colton
Henry Ashley
Mr. Ashley
City
Frank Johnson
Ferry
Ransom Post
St. Louis
Ashley
Meets Death In Odd Way In Corydon Indiana
Ona Watson twelve year old son of Carrie Watson died of lockjaw after a fractured arm. He was riding a playful calf in a field when tossed to the ground. The arm buckled with the bone protruding, pinning him where he lay unconscious for hours until a laborer found him. Specialists failed to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona
Carrie Watson
Corydon
Ind
Blood Will Tell How Blood State Shapes a Woman’s Health
An old medical advertisement claims female health hinges on blood health. It recounts Miss Mattie Griggs’s recovery from four months of halted feminine functions using Dr Williams Pink Pills. It promotes pills for anemia, pallor, and menopause related issues and offers a free booklet from the Dr Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Griggs
Indiana Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Colorado Navy Cruiser Completes Test Run At 22.26 Knots
The armored cruiser Colorado built by William Cramp & Sons on her official trial covered 88 nautical miles in 3 hours 57 minutes 7 seconds. She maintained an hourly average speed of 22.26 knots, surpassing the contract requirement of 22 knots by over a quarter knot, with potential tide corrections expected to raise the average further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Colorado
United States Navy
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Death by own action in Kokomo ends in arsenic suicide
Verne Krall a well dressed former Zion City resident died after taking arsenic at the Lake Erie & Western station in Kokomo Indiana. Authorities identify him, state he formerly held a trust position in a Dowie industry and had recent legal troubles including an arrest. He left a letter to a Chicago newspaper explaining family and church conflicts over money and separation from Dowie. he asks for a photo to be printed for his relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Lake Erie & Western
Verne Krall
Zion City
Hoopston
Chicago
Dowie
Krall
Dow
Voice from the pulpit praises Dean's Kidney Pills
Rev Jacob D Van Doren of Fond du Lac Wisconsin testifies to kidney disorder attacks keeping him housebound. He says Dean's Kidney Pills improved his health, reduced pain and corrected kidney secretions. Pills sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob D. van Doren
Sixth Street
Fond du Lac
Wis
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Supreme Court hears bid to halt Panama Canal funding
Washington October 26 An effort to restrain the secretary of the treasury from making payments or issuing bonds for the acquisition and construction of the Panama canal was made Tuesday in the supreme court of the District of Columbia. W S Wilson of Hinsdale Illinois is the author of the suit and presented his own argument Justice Stafford who heard the case has not rendered his decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
W. S. Wilson
Hinsdale, Il
Stafford
Window glass trade pact limits direct sales and channels
Pittsburg October 26 report on a joint meeting of manufacturers and jobbers in window glass. An agreement binds jobbers to buy only from manufacturers and prevents manufacturers from selling directly to consumers. About three quarters of national jobbing firms attended, with manufacturers represented by 1,000 of 1,800 plants capable after a recent fire event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States Steel declares 13 percent dividend
Directors of the United States Steel Corporation announced a regular quarterly dividend of 13 percent on the preferred stock payable November 30. The quarter ended September 30 shows net earnings of 18,773,932 after repairs and maintenance, below conservative estimates, with nine months earnings totaling 51,709,689 versus 94,133,970 in 1903 and 101,523,004 in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Explosion at Abbott & Son powder house rattles Marshalltown
The Abbott & Son powder house in Marshalltown suburb exploded Monday, shaking the city and blowing out windows for blocks. The building stored many tons of powder and dynamite. Two tramp suspects were seen near the site but not located. A nearby woman was knocked down by the blast and several minor accidents followed.
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Marshalltown
Abbott & Son
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Dochelles
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Canadas
OP Immigration
Ottawa
IBM
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
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Iowa
J. F. Merry
S Pass
Crest Trading Company
West 37Th St
Douge
W. L. Douglas
Breckton
Massaretts
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