National Grange ends session in Des Moines Atlantic City to host next convention
Des Moines reports the National Grange adjourned sine die with New Jersey winning the bid to host the next convention in Atlantic City. Washington New York and Ohio delegates urged east coast location. A legislative push will target good roads and public health with resolutions criticizing government negligence on animal and plant care and sickness prevention. J W Helme of Michigan stands alone against the current administration amid progressive sympathy for reform.
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Des Moines
National Grange
New Jersey
Association
Washington
New York
Ohio
Atlantic City
Grange
Legislative Committee
Order
Bachelder
New Hampshire
Jones
Indiana
West Virginia
Congress
J. W. Helme
Michigan
Helme
Progressive Wing
The
Iowa Falls Becomes Dry as Druggists Surrender Permits
Iowa Falls joins dry towns as the three remaining druggists surrender liquor permits to the court clerk and exit the liquor business under Judge Albrook’s injunction. The move follows push by the W C T U and the Anti Saloon League of Iowa with plans for wider county and state action.
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Iowa Falls
Albrook
Anti-Saloon League of
Iowa
Three Men Die in Blizzard Near Hilltop Mine
The bodies of Frank Loftus William Hasty and James Hays were found four miles west of Hilltop mine in the Horseshoe District. They started for the mines Monday and were likely caught in the recent blizzard. All three men lived in Leadville and were unmarried.
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Leadville
Colo
Frank Loftus
William Hasty
James Hays
Hilltop Mine
Horseshoe
Youth Confesses Murder In Vancouver Stockman's Death
Stephen Blackwell eighteen years old confessed to police that he and a companion choked and robbed Andrew Pelligini a Vancouver stockman found dead in his hotel room here October 8. The suspect was arrested in St Louis and brought to Chicago for questioning.
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Chicago
Stephen Blackwell
St. Louis
Andrew Pelligini
Vancouver
Desertions Rise in U S Army as Record Penalty Urged
Washington on November 18 reports continued heavy desertions in the U S army for the last fiscal year. Adjutant General Ainsworth notes 4993 men deserted and warns only a severe penalty will stop the exodus. He cites abolition of the canteen monotony of garrison life heavy work and civil job prospects as causes.
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Washington
United States Army
Ainsworth
Demurrage Rules Adopted by Railway Commissioners
Washington November 18. The National Association of Railway Commissioners adopts a uniform demurrage code for state and interstate transport. Led by Commissioner Lane the report reflects a compromise with a minority favoring seventy two hours of free time on cars over 66 000 pounds instead of forty eight hours.
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Washington
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Special Commission
Irish Land Bill Passed by Lords With Amendments
London reports the Irish land bill passed the house of lords with changes to amendments the commons refused to agree to on Nov 5. The commons vote stood 219 to 54 against the Lords amendment as Augustine Birrell urged compromise to avoid a deplorable situation in Ireland. A committee was named to seek agreement between both houses.
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London
House of Lords
Lords
House of Commons
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Fortune for Former Waif Heir in Iowa Thirty Years After
Mason City Iowa November 18. A penniless youth orphaned and one of many shipped from New York to the country air has become heir to one third of four million dollars left by Ida Flagler former wife of Standard Oil magnate. Harnessmaker W W Taylor in Mason City will receive five thousand dollars annually from the fortune after a life of toil.
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Mason City
Iowa
New York
W. W. Taylor
Ida Flagler
Standard Oil
Taylor
Sioux Colony Planned in Nicaragua for Surviving Sioux
Boston Nov 18 A Sioux colony will be set up in Nicaragua early next year to save the remnant from extinction by consumption and disease. Chief Little Bison, a full blood Sioux, sails for Nicaragua to receive deeds to 16 000 acres of land granted by the Nicaraguan government for the colony.
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Boston
Nicaragua
Little Bison
Miss Geck Freed on Accessory Charge in Gannon Murder
Maud Geck was discharged from custody after a preliminary hearing on the charge of being an accessory to the murder of R. D. Gannon. Gannon's body was found on the roof of an Oklahoma City office building two weeks earlier. Geck was arrested in Seneca Missouri last Friday.
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Gannon
Oklahoma City
Okla
Minister Hangs Himself at Home in Maryville
The Rev. Jay D. C. Hathaway rector of St. Pauls Episcopal church in Maryville was found dead by hanging in his home cellar. No motive or cause is known.
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Maryville
Jay D.C. Hathaway
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Negro woman slays her own child in Maryland woods
Washington reports Mary Batson Harvard a Black woman lured her eight year old daughter into Palmer's woods near Seat Pleasant Maryland on November 2 and cut her throat with Raymond Carvers razor claiming he threatened to leave her. She later confessed after police interrogation and the body was found last Friday.
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Washington
Mary Batson
Harvard
Palmer's Woods
Seat Pleasant
Raymond Carver
Carver
Vail Denies Report on Postal Lines Takeover Bid
Boston November 18 Theodore N Wall president of American Telephone and Telegraph denies a New York report that the Postal Telegraph company might merge with AT and T following a Western Union affair. He says there is absolutely nothing in the story and dismisses the rumor.
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Telephone
Boston
Theodore N. Wall
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York
Postal Telegraph Company
Telephone Company
Western Union
Negroes Plan Exposition Seek Taft Aid for 1913 Celebration
Booker T Washington visited the White House to enlist President Tafts support for a nationwide colored leaders drive to hold a 1913 exposition marking fifty years since the abolition of slavery in America. Taft showed strong interest in the project.
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Taft
Washington
Booker T Washington
America
Herb Doctor Sentenced in Manslaughter Case
Taunton Massachusetts November 18 Professor Frank L Hill herb doctor of Fall River who had pled guilty to manslaughter in the death of Amelie St Jean of Woonsocket Rhode Island was sentenced to seven to ten years in state prison.
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Taunton
Mass
Frank L. Hill
Fall River
Amelie St. Jean
Woonsocket
R. L
Mitchell Declares For the Boycott at AFL Convention
Toronto report notes John Mitchell among three AFL officers under contempt sentence delivers a dramatic speech endorsing the boycott as a remedy when employers exploit workers and ordinary measures fail. The convention cheers as it adopts a report urging continued action and pledges to restore the Iowa federation charter upon legal compliance.
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Toronto
Ont
Committee On Boycott
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Gompers
Federation
Iowa Federation
Native Municipal League elects officers in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on November 18 the Native Municipal League reelected President Bonaparte and all incumbent officers. The vote maintained the current leadership slate for the organization.
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Cincinnati
Nativaa Municipal League
Bonaparte
League
Two Men Enter Burning Mine In Cherry Disaster
In Cherry Illinois on November 18 the St Paul mine refused to yield its dead after five days. State troops guarded the site while inspectors met for five hours and concluded immediate descent was too dangerous due to gas and heat. Two rescuers descended a ventilating shaft and were exhausted but recovered. Fire reportedly moved back from the main shaft, raising possibility of entry soon.
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Cherry
St. Paul
Thomas Hudson
Thomas Morris
T. R. Williams
Woman charged with receiving embezzled funds to educate son
Cincinnati reports Mrs. Jeanette Stewart Ford accused of taking $1000 from Charles J. Warriner, former Big Four treasurer, who admits embezzling $643,000. Warriner says Ford sought money to keep her twelve year old at a boarding school near Cincinnati. Ford posted bond after a night in jail. Warriner remains jailed.
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Cincinnati
Jeanette Stewart Ford
Charles J. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Warriner
Hunt
Fatal affray at Cairo over lynching argument ends in death
Henry Small shot and killed William Pope in Cairo Illinois in a dispute tied to last week’s lynching of Will James. Pope, a discharged U S Army soldier connected to Brownsville Texas, was shot by Small who was later arrested.
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Cairo
Ill
Henry Small
William Pope
Will James
Annie Kelley
Pope
United States Army
Brownsville
Tex
Small
Government Sugar Weighers Indicted in New York Fraud
Report says several government sugar weighers tied to the American Sugar Refining Company graft at Williamsburg docks face indictments. A list of 22 assistant weighers was sent to the civil service commission, with broader dismissals anticipated. Corsa, a former sampler, adds evidence of graft and obstacles to investigation, tracing help from Shaw and others, while denying resignations at the Sugar Refining company.
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New York
Customs
United States District Attorney
Wise
Special Atttorney
Stimson
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg Docks
Washington
United States Civil Service Commission
Richard Parr
Parr
Secretary of the Treasury
United States of Service Commission
Congress
New York Customs House
Edward S. Fowler
Philadelphia
W. B. Thomas
A. H. Senff
Senff
Corsa
Henry C. Corsa
Jersey City
Edwin Anderson
Wilbur F. Wakeman
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Charles H. Treat
Internal Revenue
New York Customs Service
George Whitehead
Wakeman
Shaw
Whitehead
Mr. Shaw
Make Diet Changes Gradually Says Dr Allen
Daily Diet Hints urges gradual diet changes and cautions that abrupt shifts shock the system. A former smoker’s heart trouble led to a slow tobacco withdrawal, illustrating the need for steady, well advised habit adjustments toward healthier living.
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T. J. Allen
Girl Hattie Zinda Found Dead in Milwaukee Lime Shed
The 14 year old, Hattie Zinda, daughter of Joseph Zinda of 909 Weil Street, was found murdered in a deserted lime shed in Milwaukee. Police reported she had been assaulted and killed, with no clue yet to the perpetrator.
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Milwaukee
Hattie Zinda
Joseph Zinda
Weil Street
Hog market and cattle and sheep receipts report 1909
Chicago market column notes h o g s receipts 29000 left over 4564 steady with yesterday average light hogs 7 60 to 8 00 mixed packers 7 65 to 8 15 heavy shipping 7 65 to 8 20 rough 7 65 to 7 85 cattle and sheep listings show 000 and 22000 respectively with overall tone steady or weak for cattle and sheep
Hog market report shows strong steady price range
Second report notes estimated receipts today at 20000 with yesterday’s official receipts 27925 and shipments 2812. Leftovers 4364. Tomorrow’s estimates 17000. Market tone firm with bulk 790 to 815, light 765 to 805, mixed packers 770 to 820, sound shipping grades 770 to 825, rough 770 to 745, porkers 790 to 800, pigs 610 to 765.
Market Cattle Receipts and Price Ranges Reported
Estimated receipts show Market-Steady to shade lower with cattle prices listed. Reeves quotes cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.25, Texas steers 3.75 to 4.75, stockers and feeders 3.15 to 4.39, Western cattle 4.25 to 7.60.
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Texas
Market Report on Livestock Receipts
Estimated receipts show cattle markets steady to 10 lower with native sheep at 290 to 310, western sheep 30 to 50 lower, yearlings 525 to 560, western lambs 475 to 760, and mixed Western lambs around 500. Demand appears uneven across categories with regional price gaps.
Market Report Chicago 1909 cattle and sheep trends
Chicago market numbers show cattle steady with good grades holding while other categories weaken. Bulk bulk buyers pay 10 higher for certain lots and ship's grades rise to 8 25 with heavy, rough and light classifications fluctuating. sheep weaken up to 10 lower.
John A. Babcock at Uare 01 North American Live Stock
John A. Babcock lists Uare 01 North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois in an entry.
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John A. Babcock
North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U. S. Stock Yards
Chicago, Ill
Two Killed in Wreck Double Header Freight and Passenger
Dayton Ohio reports a head on collision between a southbound freight and a northbound passenger train a few miles north of Bare. Fireman and brakeman were killed in the wreck.
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Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Bare
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