Week in Review Highlights Financial Turmoil and Global Events
Financial crisis in New York contained with trust clearing houses forming and $25,000,000 in government funds moved. J P Morgan led a pool lending millions. several banks closed but system stabilized. Notable events include lynching in Georgia, automobile fatality near Chicago, a New York hospital note, and various fires, deaths, and trials across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Stock Exchange
Trust Company of America
Morgan Pool
Union Trust Company of
Providence
R. I
Pawtucket
R. L
Chicago
Byron
James Reddick
Half Day
Roosevelt
Santa Monica
Cal
John M. Thayer
Nebraska
Lincoln
Don Carlos Buel
Airdrie
Green River
Nome
Alaska
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Dallas
Tex
Railway Commission of
Mexico
Denis J. Hogan
Ilinois Democratic Committee
Geneva
Joseph Cenino
Perry
Peking Gazette
Iames McElvain
McElwain
Dr. Molzalin
Ravenwood
John Welborn
Missouri
Lexington
T. N. Moorehouse
Roseburg
Seattle
R. E. Lockwood
Idaho
Reggin
Ellen E. Kenyon-Warner
Flavius Packer
Sidney D. Wingus
New York City
N. Y
Middletown
Italian earthquake toll and global shows of force in 1906
A wide range of reports include 600 lives lost in the Italian earthquake, embezzlement convictions in Illinois, a spy arrest in Toulon, a fire sale confession in Chicago, a dynamite blast near Ashland Wisconsin killing four, an Indian outbreak scare on Cheyenne River, and Navy signals from Marconi in Glace City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Illinois Supreme Court
John A. Cooke
Cook County
George S. McReynolds
M. Inber
Odessa Novasto
Elizabethgrad
Charles B. Ulmo
Toulon
Morris Paul
Chicago
Atlantic Dynamite Company
Ashland
Wis
Helen Miller Gould
Fort Leavenworth
Oshkosh
United States Express Company
Union
Milwaukee
Ruth Anderson
Vincennes
Ind
Cheyenne River
Hennepin Canal
Sterling
Count von Moltke
Harden
Berlin
William
New Orleans
Catharine Cullom Ridgely
Phelps Brown
Indianapolis
Levellon Brown
State Department
Washington
Thomas C. Jenkins
Central West
Allegheny
Santa Cruz
Mexico
Woolwich
Dayton
Wheeling
W. Va
John Mitchell
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Hitchman Coal Company
Glendale Coal Company
Richland Coal Company
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Steel Company
William Lepper
Laramie
Wyo
Charles W. Brammell
Brammell
Westinghouse
Pittsburg
Pommern
Asbury Park
St. Louis
Roosevelt
White House
Marconi Wireless
Glace City
C. B
Clifden
Ireland
International League of Press Clubs
State Bank and Trust Company
Nevada
Carson
Goldfield
Tonopah
Manhattan
Blair
J. N. Teal
Portland
Ore
Charles S. Cameron
Elections 10 bt Held In 12 States The Municipal Contests
Elections span 12 states with governor seats in Massachusetts Rhode Island Maryland Mississippi Kentucky and others. New York County voters choose several judges and a sheriff amid factional lines. a Hearst led Independence League dominates the sheriff race in New York but GOP heads the supreme court nomination. Cleveland sees Burton challenging Tom L. Johnson in a council race aligned with Bryan on utilities. Salt Lake City hosts four tickets including anti Mormon and Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maryland
Mississippi
Kentucky
New Jersey
New York
Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
State University
Ohio
Utah
California
New York County
Cincinnati
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Ballot Law Commission
Henry M. Whitney
House of Delegates
Senate
Republicans and Independence League
Hearst
M. Linn Bruce
Supreme Court
Independence League
Max F. Ihmsen
William R. Hearst
Ihmsen
Thomas F. Foley
Second Assembly
East Side
James W. Gerard
Justice of the Supreme Court
McClellan
Tammany Machine
Hearst Combine
Cleveland
Theodore E. Burton
Tom L. Johnson
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Salt Lake City
Kidnapped Russian Heiress Missing in London
Barbara Laponkhin daughter of ex governor Alexander Laponkhin and Russian princess mother vanished in London after leaving the Aldwych Theatre with her sister and governess Miss Russell. A note from Barbara claims she was kidnapped and held in a northwest London cellar. Russian embassy contacts and Scotland Yard search continue.
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London
England
Barbara Laponkhin
Alexander Laponkhin
Reval
Scotland Yard
Barbara
Russell
Aldwych Theatre
Foreign Office
M. Laponkhin
Russia
Miss Russell
Assassination of Russian Prisons Chief in St Petersburg
Gen. Maxim Mofsky, head of the interior ministry prison department, was shot and killed Monday in St. Petersburg by a woman. The senior official’s assassin was arrested, marking a high level crime against the Russian penal system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Maximoftsky
Ministry of the Interior
Dr Walter R Gillette Sentenced for Perjury
New York City Justice Dowling sentenced Dr Walter R Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life Insurance Co to six months in the penitentiary after his conviction for perjury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gillette
New York City
Justice Dowling
Walter R. Gillette
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Huge Sales of Staples Drive U S Credit Abroad
Reports from across the United States show American staples wheat copper tobacco oil meats moving to Europe, building a foreign credit of about 1 million dollars from wheat shipments and projecting tobacco exports surpassing 50 million pounds. Officials warn cash demand will persist as bankers fear currency strain while crops move west and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Europe
United States
American Tobacco Co
New York
Prosperity of Steel Trust Quarters Dividend Declared
United States Steel Corporation directors declare quarterly dividends of 1 percent on preferred stock and ½ percent on common. For the quarter ended September 30 earnings reached 43.3 million dollars, up 5.58 million from a year earlier, with 6.425 million tons of unfilled orders, down 1.512 million. Chairman Gary cites assets of 331.596 million and cash of 75.973 million, current liabilities 52.187 million, noting prior unsecured notes of 42 million have largely been paid. Production capacity to rise significantly after ongoing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Militiamen Arrest Rioters in Middlesboro Mine Trouble
In Middlesboro Kentucky a general disturbance after pay day at nearby mines led authorities to call in the militia. Two men were arrested for roles in the unrest. At Stony Fork miners attempted to seize the camp and in the Reliance mine John Settles was shot and killed by Mrs John Ilse during a dispute over mistreatment of a child. In the same camp Mrs Sim Richmond accidentally shot Henry Purvis who may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
Stony Fork
Reliance
John Settles
John Ilse
Sim Richmond
Henry Purvis
Woman blown to pieces by dynamite blast in Wisconsin
Mrs Nicho las Kitowski of Carson Wisconsin was fatally blown apart by a dynamite stick placed on a kitchen stove to dry. Two of her children clinging to her skirts were fatally injured and a third, age five, was struck by stove iron embedding it in the forehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Wis
Nicholas Kitowski
Carson
Union Pacific Discharges Thousands of Rail Camp Workers
The Union Pacific railroad began its autumn layoff in western construction and improvement camps as cold weather approaches. Thousands of workmen were discharged Tuesday as part of the annual seasonal cutback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Western Railroads
Union Pacific Railroad
Six Anarchists Executed by Court Martial in Odessa
Six men sentenced to death for founding an anarchist and communist association were hanged in Odessa on Tuesday after a court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Psychological is Just Dear In Modern Taste
A satirical note on how critics’ terms influence readers. A New York Sun excerpt recounts a streetcar overheard debate where words like psychological and emotional replace older phrases. The piece questions education and language shift in evaluating books and plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
N. Y. Sun
Hair Tube Prank Halts Store Air System
A department store floorwalker learns why pneumatic tubes stop working as a saleswoman explains that young hair braids are being fed into the tubes from the lower floors. He plans to curb the playful disruption while pondering inventive cash girl antics.
Hair-Cutting Question In Korea Sparks Escape to Countryside
The Korea Daily News reports many Koreans flee Seoul to avoid emperor edict mandating hair cuts. An imperial barber allegedly receives 300 yen, fueling controversy. Volunteers seize anyone seen with shortened topknots. soldiers or students are freed, others killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Seoul
Korea Daily News
Movements of Ocean Vessels Upset at Home
The dialogue shows Mr. Highsome ignoring Marine News after his wife questions interest in ship movements. He shifts attention to the sporting page, saying his earlier sea-crossing gave him enough curiosity about ships. A light domestic moment contrasts two reading interests.
Markets Report From New York on October 30 1907
The Market summary lists Trour-Winter patents at 4.90 to 5.50 dollars, No 2 red wheat at 1.075 dollars, No 2 corn at 70 cents, oats mixed at 58 cents, firm hay, cattle activity quiet, various sheep and lamb prices from 3.00 to 7.00 dollars, and hogs steady around 6.60 to 6.75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Market prices in Cleveland Toledo and Pittsburg markets
Cleveland, Oct 30 wholesale quotes for grains and livestock show flour at 5.40 to 5.90 per barrel, wheat 1.00, corn 0.53, oats 0.52 3/4, butter 0.29, cheese 0.16, eggs 0.24, potatoes 0.80, hay 17.50, cattle and sheep values ranging to 7.50 for calves and 6.50 for lambs, hogs 6.30. Similar reports from Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg list cash grain and live stock prices for the date.
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Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
East Buffalo
Estea
Pittsburg
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Fred A. Baron
Dollar Savings Bank
Akron
Fishery Service
Gooderich
Elgin, Sr
Booth
Salvation Army
Don G. Lovell
Tacoma
Wash
Oscar Wock
Little Falls
Bert Rapp
Laura
James Wardell
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Alfonso
Spain
Seret
Baker
Stephen L. Littler
Springfield
Town Central Railway
Marshalltown
Charles B. Allmo
Vendome
Berton
Allmo
Dreyfus
Hanson Penn Dilts
Hopkinsville
James Kelly Cole
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Dyer
United States District Court
J. C. McAllister
Columbus
Henry Pace
Samuel F. Whitlow
May Sapp
Moran
W. W. Beattie
Southern Pacific Company
United States Circuit Court
Congress
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Rotterdam
Los Angeles
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Cunard Line
Lusitania
Queenstown
F. O. Gross
Oregon
Isthmus
Panama
Count Okuma
Japan
Louis L. Seaman
United States Army
Pacific
Emerson Cole
Northwest
Minneapolis
Hartford Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Prosperity OF Steel Trust
Toledo
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