Illinois Central frauds exposed in train repair scheme
The Illinois Central Railroad faced a $1,500,000 fraud case revealed at a hearing in Chicago. Harold A. Sims testified that the railroad funded dismantling of new cars for plant construction and padded bills for parts, labor, and materials, with repairs charged to the railroad itself.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Roswell B. Mason
Harold A. Sims
Sims
Illinois Central
Memphis Car Company
Illinois Central Road
Illinois Central Company
Memphis
Four Convicts Escape Sing Sing Then Recalled
Ossining New York July 29 four inmates escaped Sing Sing briefly as a gate to the ice house was opened for a cart. A keeper closed the gate and recaptured four of the four who had slipped outside. One man hid in an abandoned shop, another in the ice house, a third elsewhere on the grounds, and the fourth was seized near Scarborough after riding a freight train.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Scarborough
Mount McKinley Expedition Returns After Summit Failure
The Mount McKinley expedition is returning to Seward Alaska after failing to reach the summit. The team departed from Seward in July and did not achieve the ascent.
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Seward
Alaska
Committee to Pass on Beauty of Government Buildings
D C French heads a committee charged with judging design quality of government buildings. The panel will assess aesthetics, harmony with surroundings, and public utility to guide future construction standards.
Train Hits Auto Killing Three Near Warsaw Indiana
West bound Pennsylvania passenger train No 8 at fifty mph struck an automobile carrying six people at West Warsaw Indiana. Three occupants died Mrs Frank Brooks Frank Brooks and Mrs Edward Thoring of Lima Ohio. The car’s occupants were hurled fifty feet. Frank Brooks drove and tried to cross before the limited train arrived.
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Warsaw
Ind
Pennsylvania
Frank Brooks
Edward Thoring
Lima
Ohio
West Warsaw
Here
Brooks
Thoring
WIRE MEN GIVEN LARGE RAISE
Little Rock Arkansas July 29 The board of arbitration under the Erdman act announced a wage settlement for the Missouri Pacific railroad telegraphers 1200 workers receiving an average increase of five dollars per month and six percent overall.
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Little Rock
Ark
Board of Arbitration
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Wendling Surrounded After Flight From Kentucky
Captain J P Carney of Louisville reports janitor Joseph Wendling, linked to the murder of Alma Kellner, is surrounded in San Francisco after a chase across multiple states and Central America. The victim, a 14 year old girl, was found in the St John’s school basement on May 30. A $6000 reward was posted by the Kellner family.
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San Francisco
J. P Carney
Louisville
Joseph Wendling
St. John’s
Alma Kellner
Kentucky
Wendling
Captain Carney
South States
Mexico
Central America
Suspect Murder Mystery Box Found With Bodies Near Italy
A large square box unloaded at Italy freight house contained the bodies of a woman and child, sparking a murder mystery. Police say the box was found in a freight yard and an investigation is under way to identify the victims and determine the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
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Italy
Tex
Mystery Box Found with Mummified Woman and Child
A freight house find reveals a long forgotten box containing the mummified remains of a woman and child. Unlabeled package unloaded from an express car at Italy prompted police to search for clues to a possible murder mystery with no identifiable clothing or documents.
Five Men Die In Railway Blast Near La Tocque
Five workmen were killed in an explosion 126 miles west of La Tocque while blasting for a railway project contracted by Donovan & Deheney of Belleville. A worker attempting to open a tin of powder with an ax triggered ignition, causing a large blast that mutilated the victims and injured others.
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Ottawa
Ont
la Tocque
Donovan & Deheney
Belleville
Weather forecast for Illinois and Indiana showers today
The forecast calls for showers across Illinois and Indiana today with cloudy conditions tomorrow. Light variable winds accompany the unsettled weather.
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Illinois
Indiana
Baseball Results and Standings for National and American Leagues
National and American League results summarize recent games, highlighting winners and losses, with updated team standings and key run totals across scheduled matchups.
Baseball Scores and Standings From Day's Games
Immense box score details show results from Brooklyn New York St Louis Cincinnati Cleveland Boston Philadelphia Washington Detroit and Chicago. It lists team records W L Pet and game by game lines with pitchers and scorers for eleven innings and extra innings contests.
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W. L. Pet
Phil
Pitts
St. L
Brook
Bos
Brooklyn
Rhe
Boston
Curtiss
Graham
Barger
Bergen
Erwin
New York
R. H.E. Philadelphia
McQuillen
Davis
Matthewson
Dickson
Meyers
St. Louis
R. H.E
Kling
Willis
Bresnahan
Cincinnati
R. HB. Pitts
Cin
Adams
Gibson
Suggs
McLean
R. H.B
Quinn
Mitchell
Collins
Hall
Carrigan
Philadelphia
R. H.E Washington
Reisling
Henry
Morgan and
Livingstone
Detroit
R. H. EB
Chicago
Olmstead, Young and Payne
Mullin and Stanage
Milwaukee Milwaukee reports sparse meet schedule.
Local sports brief notes only event listed in Milwaukee area with no additional matches scheduled after Tole do.
International Cotton Mills names 10 000 workers and 22 mills
New York July 29 the International Cotton Mills corporation announced by Myron C. Taylor will employ more than 10,000 persons and own twenty two mills and about 10,000 acres of land. Offices will be in New York Boston Baltimore Chicago St Louis San Francisco London Manchester with agencies abroad.
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New York
International Cotton Mills Corporation
Myron C. Taylor
Canada
Consolidated Cotton Duck Company
Stark Mills
Manchester
N. H
South
D. Warfield
Consolidated Concern
New Combination
Charlies M. Warner
Thomas A. Turner
P. T. Jackson Jr
J. D. Armitage
Augustus P. Loring
David H. Carroll
Boston
Baltimore
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
London
England
International
Hog Prices and Receipts at Chicago Market July 29 1910
Market reports show hog receipts estimated at 16000 with 5705 left from yesterday. Prices range weak to 5 lower with light hogs 8 55 to 8 95, mixed packers 8 20 to 8 80, heavy shipping grades 7 90 to 8 65, rough 7 90 to 15. Sheep steady with 12000 head observed.
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Texas
Chicago Live Stock Prices July 29 1910 Market Report
The Chicago market shows hog receipts estimated 18000 today with yesterday's official at 17950 and shipments 3193. Cattle and sheep prices listed with ranges for bulk light mixed heavy hogs and porkers, and cattle and sheep segments showing declines in closing markets.
Greenwood store gutted by fire on Madison Avenue
The Greenwood Indiana grocery store of T. X N Rush on Madison Avenue was gutted by fire. The entire stock valued at 3000 dollars was ruined by flames and water. Adjoining buildings suffered minor damage. Origin of blaze unknown. Insurance fully covers loss.
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Greenwood
Ind
T. XN. Rush
Madison Avenue
Grain Price List from Washington City Market
Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company Chicago the Washington City market shows prevailing prices for corn oats hay by load or bale straw flour per sack bran and shorts per hundred and corn meal with various figures and decimals amid a dense OCR line. There are multiple garbled entries and illegible totals in the transmitted table.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Grupper Nears Canadian Shores in London Case
Slain wife case unfolds as Gr uppen approaches the Canadian shores near London with authorities pursuing leads. The incident has drawn attention to the border area and ongoing investigations.
Suitor murders rival in Indiana and Canada plot unfolds
In Mount Vernon Indiana Harry Long and wife were shot by Lee Stallyfids who fled after the killings. Neighbors restrained the gunman with a brick before police arrived. Long died en route to Evansville. Separate dispatches describe a Canadian case with Rev Robinson and Miss Delaney under investigation aboard Montrose, and a plan to arrest by Quebec authorities with Crippen and Le Neve implicated, to be ferried to trials after arriving at Rimouski.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Harry Long
Henderson County
Kentucky
Lee Stallyfids
Stallyfids
Long
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Montrose
Antwerp
Quebec
Robinson
Sem
Delaney
Point Armour
Reaty
Grampian
Percy Sherwood
Dominion Police
Ottawa
The
Kendall
Robinsons
Hawley H. Pen
Miss. Neve
St of Belle Point
Scotland Yard
Renuh
King's Bench
Father Point
Rimouski
Est
Zerville
C McCarthy
Quebec Provin Force
Denis
Levin
Gauvereau
Union Police
Dew
Laurentic
Pather Point
Grosse Isle
Crippen
le Neve
Veau
Royal George
Gulf
Laurentis
Taft’s Sea Cruisers Visit Beverly Harbor
The Mayflower with President Taft and Mrs. Taft anchored off Burgess Point Beverly on July 28. 21 guns saluted the yacht as it returned from Biddeford Pool and paused at Evans cottage where Taft read papers and learned details of Ohio’s Republican governor race. He sent a telegram to Warren G Harding in Marion O congratulating him on his nomination and hoping for his election.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Burgess Point
Biddeford Pool
Evans Cottage
Cholera Epidemic Raging in St Petersburg
Cholera claimed 5 979 victims in the week of July 16 23 according to the government sanitary commission. Since May there have been 37 652 cases with 16 651 deaths. There is a daily rise of forty cases and twelve deaths. In the capital forty two provinces are stricken.
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St Petersburg
Government Sanitary Commission
University of Chicago Professor Named Emory and Henry President
Dr. John N. Brown of the University of Chicago was elected president of Emory and Henry College by the board of trustees in Bristol Tennessee. He will succeed Professor A W Milden, who departs to the University of Mississippi.
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U. of C
Bristol
Tenn
John N. Brown
University of Chicago
Emory and Henry College
A. W. Milden
University of Mississippi
Inspector Dew Returns to Laurentie on Montrose Voyage
Inspector Dew, aboard the Laurentie, passed the steamer Montrose at sea. The weather is foggy and only a meager message can be sent.
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Inspector Dew
Laurentie
Montrose
Crippen Sought in London for Belle Elmore Murder
Police pursue Dr. Crippen wanted in London for the murder of his wife Belle Elmore, a stage actress. Authorities report he boarded a vessel as the case unfolds overseas.
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Dr. Crippen
London
Belle Elmore
Huge Transfer of Finances Moves Between Banks
Chicago reports a massive funds transfer totaling 25 million dollars in gold silver and bars and 93 million in credits from Continental National Bank to Federal National Bank on Saturday. Officials say scores of policemen will be used to secure the operation as the two banks bridge a merger.
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Chicago
Continental National Bank
Fercial National
Cass County Fourth of July Outing Draws 1700
In Logansport Indiana on July 4 the Cass Day School associations held a Lake Maxinkugee outing attracting about 1700 participants. The excursion comprised train sections and car coaches for the group.
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Logansport
Ind
Cass Day School
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Scheele
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