Pittsburg graft arrests reach five top financiers
District Attorney Blakely orders warrants for Max D Leslie F A Griffin Edward H Jennings and four others in a bribery scheme to choose Columbia National Bank as city depository. Sworn confessions alleged but denied by targets as graft cases move toward trial amid a corruption fund of about forty thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
Max D. Leslie
William Flynn
Flynn
Edward W. Jennings
Columbia National Bank of
Pure Oll Company
Colonial Trust Company of
BE. H. Jennings Bros. Company
Frank A. Griffin
The
Columbia
Jennings
Frank F. Nichola
Monster
Nicola Brothers
Nicola
Charles Stewart
William Schompp
Blakely
Henry Muth
Max G. Leslie
F. A. Griffin
E. H. Jennings
Columbia National Bank
Max G Leslie
F. F. Nicola
Jennines
Griffin
Leslie
William A. Blakely
Banting House
New York
Nantucket lightship Parted Moors Off Newport
Wireless telegraphy reports Nantucket lightship No. 85 broke from moorings near Newport. Captain Deane commands a crew of fifteen sailors and two wireless operators aboard the steam-powered vessel. Weather improved as snow ceased and wind showed a drop.
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Newport
Nantucket
Deane
Sugar Officials Indicted in U S Sugar Trust Case
New York January 15 Charles R Heike secretary of the American Sugar Refining company faces a federal grand jury indictment for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Heike and five subordinates are charged with false weights on raw sugar and overweights tied to duty theft. Six counts and fourteen overt acts cited.
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New York
Charles R Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry O. Havemeyer
Grand Jury
United States
Heike
Trust
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Havemeyer and Elder
James &. Bendernagel
Harry W. Walker
Jean M. Molker
James F. Halligan
Custom House
United States’ District Attorney’s Office
Secretary of the Trust
Gerbracht
Bendernagel
Wilker
Voelker
Halligan
Walker
Gebracht
Spitzer
Boyle
Coyle
Hennessy
Kehoe
Joseph Chamberlain Unable to Take Seat Due to Ill Health
Joseph Chamberlain remains unable to assume his parliamentary seat as ill health prevents him from participating in proceedings. The condition has impeded his ability to attend sessions and fulfill duties awaiting recovery or replacement plans.
Estrada Army Now Marching to Battle
Washington reports Jose De Olivares certifies an imminent clash near Acoyanqu on the Nicaraguan frontier as the Estrada army advances on the town. President Madriz sends Managua troops and artillery to bolster government forces. Officials say Madriz allies, including Senor Irias and General Toledo, influence the regime. A confiscation of an American’s house in Rivas prompted a protest and pledge of return.
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Washington
Jose de Olivares
Managua
State Department
Acoyanw
Estrada
Madriz
Senor Irias
Toledo
Zelaya
de Olivares
Rivas
Tropical Mexico Hit By Unprecedented Cold Wave
From Vera Cruz to Yucatan, tropical Mexico endures six days of severe cold with residents wearing heavy wraps. Frost also struck the highlands of Oaxaca Puebla and Hidalgo causing substantial crop damage and concern across the region.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Mexico
Yucatan
Oaxaca
Puebla
Hidalgo
Arthur Shibley Sinking After Park Shooting Incident
The condition of six year old Arthur Shibley deteriorated overnight after he was shot in High Bridge park days after Robbie Lomas was killed. Doctors said a blood transfusion might be needed as the last chance to save him.
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New York
Artur Shibley
High Bridge Park
Robbie Lomas
Sycheb
Chicago Girl 15 Takes Poison On Street Car
Stella Mange a fifteen year old girl tried to end her life on a south bound Halsted street car by swallowing insecticide. Detective E W Sharp had her taken to the Juvenile court from the Harrison street station. A physician's prompt action saved her life.
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Chicago
Stella Mange
E. W. Sharp
Harrison Street
Shirtwaist Strike Hits City Wages And Profits
New York January 15 The strike of shirtwaist makers has caused over 74 million in wages lost to workers and profits lost by employers, according to L B Ihman president of the Manufacturers association. The dispute shows no near solution since the strike began.
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New York
L. B. Ihman
Manufacturers’ Association
Foot warmer fires sleigh in Beaver Falls accident
Mrs. August Schwartz heated a hot flatiron to warm her feet in a sleigh carrying farm produce. A mile from home the iron ignited straw, starting a blaze that trapped the sleigh before she could unhitch the horses.
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Beaver Falls
August Schwartz
Denver presses shut as workers strike over pay
Denver reports a citywide newspaper disruption with the Republican and News possibly not issued. The Times and port pressmen refused duties in solidarity after a wage dispute. Pressmen demand a 26 percent raise and a 10 hour day.
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Denver
Republican
News
Port
Times
Fire destroys Elk Park center in Mitchell County
Elk Park North Carolina a town of 1200 people suffered a major blaze that swept the town center destroying twenty buildings with an estimated loss of 76000 dollars firefighters battled flames through the night authorities investigated the cause and assessed the extent of damage to shops homes and public structures
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Artetes
Elk Park
Mitchell County
North Carolina
Trewn Eshes
Princess Patricia Paris Hears King Manuel Wilf Wedding
Princess Patricia of Paris hears news of a royal wedding between King Manuel Wilf and a British princess. The engagement marks a notable alliance between their two realms.
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Paris
Manuel
Lisbon dispatch confirms Portugal royal marriage soon
A Lisbon dispatch reports King Manuel of Portugal will wed Princess Victoria Patricia, youngest daughter of the Duke of Connaught. Her elder sister Margaret is wed to Gustavus Adolphus, crown prince of Sweden.
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Paris
Lisbon
Manuel of
Portugal
Victoria Patricia
May
Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Margaret
Gustavus Adolphus
Baby Poison Fatal to Infant in Buffalo Incident
Mrs. Frieda Buckert, found unconscious after a fall near the Lackawanna via duct, witnessed bystanders say her baby aged about eighteen months drank tincture of opium and remains in danger of death as authorities report. The incident occurred January 15 in Buffalo, New York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Frieda Buckert
Lackawanna
Disastrous wreck narrowly prevented on Pennsylvania train
East bound train No 14 on the Pennsylvania near Woodberry Illinois derailed when a defective mail coach truck left the track. Two sleeper cars left the rails with passengers badly bruised and two seriously hurt. The engineer halted the train within twenty feet of Muddy creek bridge, and all passengers moved to Terre Haute to continue their journey.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Pennsylvania
Woodberry
Muddy Creek
Taft Plans New Peace Pact and Dem Caucus
Washington January 15. House Democrats hold caucus to pick minority members of the House committee on inquiry into the Ballinger Pinchot controversy.
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House Democrats
Washington
House
Committee On
Noted educator John Prentiss Hopkinson dies at 69
John Prentiss Hopkinson a leading American educator and founder of the Hopkinson school died at his Cambridge home on Craigie street aged sixty nine. He was brother of Mrs. Charles W. Eliot wife of Harvard University president emeritus. Hopkinson was born in Lowell and moved to Boston in childhood.
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Boston
John Prentiss Hopkinson
United States
Hopkinson School
Craigie Street
Cambridge
Charles W. Eliot
Emeritus Eliot
Warvard University
Hopkinson
Lowell
Unionists Lead in British Election After First Day
London January 15 unionists led by three to nothing as the tally closed the first day for King Edward's third parliament. MP elects included Joseph Chamberlain for Birmingham though ill health bars seat, John Waller Hills for Durham city and Hon Walter Guinness for Bury St Edmunds. Next polling shift to twelve London constituencies and major industrial centers.
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London
King Edward's
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
John Waller Hills
Durham City
Walter Guinness
Bury St. Edmunds
Manchester
Bolton
Wolverhampton
Roosevelt party shoots white rhino at Camp Rhino
In Uganda on January 15 Colonel Roosevelt’s group killed a white rhino cow and a young rhino during their first night at Camp Rhino. The party has moved to the Koneo side of the Bar-el-Jebel river.
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Kongo
Butiaba
Uganda
Roosevelt
Camp Rhino
Koneo
Bar-el-Jebel River
Hogs and cattle market roundup from Chicago January 15 1910
Estimated hog receipts nine thousand with yesterday’s leftovers. market features light to heavy hogs and mixed packing to heavy shipping grades with gains. Cattle around eight thousand and sheep two thousand show strength. grain firm as Beach Wickham Grain Company issued prices.
Market Report Yields Mixed Hog and Cattle Prices
Estimated receipts today 9000 official receipts yesterday 14007 shipments 3960 left over 10251 and tomorrow 30000. Market shows lower averages across bulk light mixed heavy packing grades with porkers pigs and sheep receipts noted. Cattle and sheep markets steady with hogs down from opening.
John A. Babcock Case at North American Live Stock Co
Legal notice regarding the case involving John A. Babcock and the North American Live Stock Commission Company at the U S Stock Yards in Chicago, Illinois. Proceedings outline filing, action sought, and court authority for resolution.
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North .American .Live .Stock Commission Company
Market Prices at Washington City Local Goods Row
Prices listed for hay in two forms, straw by load, bran per hundred, shorts and buckwheat weekly reference, flour per sack and corn meal per ten sk. show typical market rates with small discrepancies between similar items. The snippet records commodity costs for the week across farm staples and feed.
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Sean Ee
Ois Vince Otdho Sr Biek
Liver and the Conscience Detected in a Dinner Theory
A wry take links Shakespeare’s pale countenance to a tired mind with a joke that a disordered liver from pork chops explains cowardice. The piece playfully suggests digestion influences conscience and mood.
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Shakespeare
Frequent Party Caucuses to Govern Action in House
Washington January 15 The plan from President Taft moves control from Speaker Cannon’s Rules Committee to party caucuses to unite regulars and insurgents. Dwight says the reconciliation ends past fights and ensures fair treatment in caucus while voting for organization on party questions. Credit for the compromise goes to Taft and Vice President Sherman.
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Washington
House
Sinmon
Taft
White House
Cannon
Dwight
New York
Representative Hayes
Sater
Sherlman
Editor C. A. Noble Dies at Age 35
Cedar Rapids report announces editor C. A Noble of the Union Belleplaine died of typhoid fever. He was a prominent young newspaper man in the state.
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Cedar Rapids
C. A Noble
Union Belleplaine
Death of ex justice Charles H. Truax at Savoy
Charles H. Truax former justice of the New York County Supreme Court died at the Hotel Savoy after a two week confinement with grip. He served on the New York bench for nearly twenty nine years. Born in Durhamville New York on October 31.
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New York
Charles H. Truax
Supreme Court of
Hotel Savoy
Truax
Durhamville
N. Y
Fortification appropriation bill advances in House
The House passed the fortification appropriation bill carrying 5,617,209 dollars. The measure funds fortifications with emphasis on Hawaii and nearby areas as part of the fiscal proposal.
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Washington
Jan
Hawaii
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C. A. Heike
Thomas F. Walsh
Thomas Walsh
Colorado
Walsh
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Camp Bird
Arthur Shibley
Evening Post
N.C
Princess Patricia
Wilf
White Rhino
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
U. S
Washington City
Reister & Son
Committee On Rules
C. A. Noble
Iowa
H. Truax
Istice
New York County
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