Jeffries Beats Roblin In Surprise Five Round Victory
In San Francisco James J. Jeffries defeated Gus Roblin in the fifth round of a planned twenty. Roblin wilted and surrendered amid the crowd’s astonishment and Jeffries’ surprise at the easy win. The bout drew intense reaction as the Akron giant failed to land decisive blows.
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Rahim Finked
San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Gus Roblin
Akron
Roblin
Jeffries
Ruhlin
Ask For Larger Rural Delivery Funds In Annual Report
Postmaster General Smith will seek a raise of rural free delivery funds from 3.6 million to 6 million dollars and push for rapid extension. He defends the program’s utility and urges liberal congressional support, outlining department actions on second class mail and favoring newspaper subscribers.
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Smith
Congress
Department
Railway War Ends With Northern Securities Created
A new $400 million security holding company based in Trenton forms the Northern Securities Company to unite Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Burlington systems. The move ends a brutal railway war and aims to stabilize control affecting Union Pacific under Harriman influence, with implications for markets in London Paris and Berlin and a potential expansion to more railroads.
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Trenton
N. d
Northern Pacific Gght
London
Paris
Berlin
Inde Dent
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
New York Dispatch
Enme
Union Pacific Company
E. H. Harriman
Northern Securities Company
Newell C Rathbun the Insurance Swindler Arrested in Louisville
Newell C Rathbun a claimed dead man faced arrest in Louisville on an insurance fraud charge. Disguised as W L Ten Eycke he registered with a Jeffersonville hotel, a body bearing Rathbun’s name surfaced, and arsenic was found in the deceased. Rathbun confessed to attempting a life insurance swindle after enlistment under an assumed name and was taken to Jeffersonville on a murder charge.
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Newell C. Rathbun
Jeffersonville
Ind
Louisville
Rathbun
Little Rock
W.L. Teneyke
Unitedites Army
Warren D. Melendy
Pennsylvania
van Wert
Ohio
Ita
Melendy
Toledo
U. S
Wagner
W. L. Ten Eycke
Ten Escke
Little Tock
Ten Byoke
Hathbn
Mayfield
Clark County
Ndiana
Rethbun
Inewell C. Rathbun
Farmers Not Jubilant Over Western Crop Prospects
Farmers in the great grain districts report a disappointing season. The corn crop is poor with a projected yield near 1.4 billion bushels, far below last year. Oats and potatoes also show declines, while other staples run lighter than in recent years. Government data reflect a hard year for western agriculture.
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Great West
West
Threatened disaster averted in mis of Northern Pacific panic
A London settlement day eased speculators short of Northern Pacific shares. A $400 million group plans to take control of Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads, with shares exchanged at set values. Wheat and barley yields rise as European famine fears fade, western farmers report stocked barns and good prices amid strong harvests.
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London
Northern Pacific
Western Congressmen Push Re enactment of Chinese Exclusion Law
Western lawmakers prepare to urge re enactment as the law expires in March amid strong opposition led by Chinese representative Wu in Washington. The piece notes calls to allow the law to lapse and to reassess immigration from China based on labor market conditions.
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Congress
Ita
Washington
Chi
Charles M Schwab Salary Debate and Contingent Fees
Reports show Charles M Schwab as president of United States Steel earning a nominal salary of 100 dollars a year with a contingent share. Analysts estimate one quarter of one percent on earnings above charges could yield Schwab about 125000 dollars per year, amounting to 225000 including contingent income. It notes his past income at Carnegie Steel and his role as a stockholder.
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Charles M. Schwab
United States Si Corporation
Steel Corporation
GM Schwab
Schwab
Carnegie Steel Company
Caustic exchange between governors over requisitions
Kentucky Governor Beckham writes to Indiana Governor Durbin defending Kentucky officials regarding refusals to honor requisitions for Taylor and Finley. Durbin replies that he will not respond, deeming the incident closed. Beckham accuses Durbin of involvement after the fact in an assassination and of a pre election compact.
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Indiana
Durbin
Beckham
Kentucky
Taylor and
Finley
William Goubel
Gov. Durbin
Beckham Sinell
New Dining Cars Put In Service On Loulaville Line
A number of fine dining cars have been added to the Loulaville and Nashville coach. Santa Re ollicera predict heavier business than last year despite Kansas corn crop failure. A new limited passenger train between Chicago and San Francisco via the Northwestern is now in effect.
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Nashville
Kansas
Santa Re Ollicera
Prasenger
Chicago
Bay Francisco
Northwestern
Pew
Alton
Kruger
Transvaal
Klondike
Gold flows and market signals in a volatile era
The piece notes gold shipments from New York drawing from Klondike and Australia, with about 12 million received from each source this year. It discusses Europe’s unsettled finance, American liquidity, and a need to bridge European loan maturities. It also covers domestic trade in Chicago, colder weather aiding retail, steel and needle mills, and wheat and corn price movements with weekly stock market activity and farm expectations.
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New York
Klondike
Australia
England
South Africa
Europe
America
Paris
Englnnd
Chicago
Board of Trade
West
É&C
Kansas City
Deemaker
Car famine worsens as furnaces idle amid coke shortage
The Dun and Bradstreet Review notes serious fuel shortages reducing coke supply, with twenty furnaces banked on the Isle. Pig iron markets feel the burden though prices mainly hold, except Philadelphia at 25 cents higher per ton. Industry remains strong overall as orders flood in, plants expanding, and spring structural work begins.
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Nuel
R. G. Dun & Wwlly
Isleas
Philadelphia
Market price snapshot for cattle hogs and grains across multiple cities
Chicago and major markets show wide ranges in cattle and hog prices with grains and dairy terms. Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and New York reports list No 2 red wheat 77c to 78c No 2 corn 60c to 69c oats 40c to 42c rye around 50c to 58c hay prices from 0 to 13.50 per unit butter 21c to 24c per lb.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Toledo
Milwaukee
Kat Ty
New York
Indiana Tragedy and Harrison Day Proclaimed
A Hungarian youth, Peter Matyaczko, 17, of Cleveland and Notre Dame Training School student, killed himself after an accident during a relay with Tom Canty. Harrison Day will be observed in Todiona schools on Nov 22 with a target of $100,000 for the Harrison Monument. Indianapolis detectives pursue two unknown murderers who fatally struck Mark Burnham with a poker during an assault at his home, as Burnham and his wife slept.
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Peter Matyaczko
Cleveland
Notre Dame Manoa
Eld
Young Matyuczko
Tom Canty
Young Canty
Matyaczko
St. Josephs Hall
Harrison
Fairbanks
Evans Woollen
Indianapolis
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Burghers
Mark Burnham
Burstam
Burnham
Bank Robbers Driven Away at Campbellaburg Bank
A gang wrecked the Bank of Campbellaburg with nitroglycerin and fled northward on the Manan coad as citizens swarmed the building. Fifty shots fired, one returned, ammunition spent, then the burglars escaped during a street replenishment. A wealthy widow, Mrs Sarah Conrad, aged about 10, near Flora, was kidnapped to block her marriage to Jacob Braz.
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Citizens’ Bank
Minster
Wapakonetta
Ohio
Campbellaburg
Manan Coad
Sarah Conrad
Flora
Jacob D. Brarwle
Ant
Within Our Borders. Local deaths and incidents itemized
A string of local bad news items reports Mrs. William Benner dying of lockjaw from a sore limb in Peru, a Vincennes saloonkeeper shooting himself while hunting, railroad engineer Bert Case injured at Middletown, and farmer Joseph Howell killing a golden eagle near Scotistburg. Other notes include accidental burns in Waukegan, a Jeffersonville fire at a tailor shop tied to a state reformatory inquiry, and a Rochester sawmill blaze. Also listed are a Tipton County liver cancer claim via buttermilk, a freak oil well in Sackson township, a mysterious substance like jee at Pomper sites, a fatal stabbing of 9-year-old Harley Franklin by 10-year-old Hiram Todd, and a bereaved daughter investigating her father John H. Lewis’s death in St. Louis. A baggy incident at Carmel, a horse causing fatal injuries to a rider, and property purchases near Greenfield are noted, with other scattered items and financial curiosities.
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Mra
William Benner
Peru
Tongan
Vincennes
Bert Case
Pennsylvania Central Railway
Middletown
Joseph C. Howell
Scotisburg
Joseph Steinmetz
EB Aonville
Waukegan
St. At Shoals
Hiram Todd
Harley Franklin
John H. Lewis
St. Louis
Jefferonville
Jacob Kinzer
Carmel
Greenfield
Morave Beckner
Iprane
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