Indictment Total Near Five Million in Car Fraud Case
Frank B Harriman John M Taylor Charles L Ewing and Joseph B Baker face a two count conspiracy indictment for car repair frauds against the Illinois Central Railroad The blanket indictment includes a confederate game charge They allegedly defrauded the railroad of 4825650 with bonds set at 26000 and a December 10 1909 date Ostermann Manufacturing Company Blue Island Car and Equipment Company and American Car and Equipment Company named as co conspirators
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Chicago
Frank B. Harriman
John M. Taylor
Charles L. Ewing
Joseph B. Baker
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Ilinois Central Railroad
Hiiness Central Railroad
Baker
Henry Ostermann
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
Ostermann
Celebrate Bigelow's Birthday at 92nd Year
New York celebrates John Bigelow's 92nd birthday at his Gramercy Park home with family and hundreds of friends. The lawyer writer and diplomat is noted for Civil War era consul in Paris and minister to France, with numerous books since 1850.
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New York
John Bigelow
Youths Confess to Murder in Chicago Robberies
Earl McDonald alias Bird aged twenty and Ray Cannon twenty one confessed to Inspector Healy and Lt. Larkin their role in the hold up murder of John Ostorzwsky thirty five and in robberies of a dozen citizens on the northwest side. Police believe they know details of the killing of Adolph Lowry a saloon keeper wounded November eleventh and dying later at Alexian Brothers hospital.
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Chicago
EF Earl McDonald
Bird
Ray Cannon
Cleveland
Stephen Healy
Charles Larkin
John Ostorzewsky
McDonald
Cannon
Adolph Lowry
North Western Avenue
Alexian Brothers’ Hoswets
Woman wins $3500 in Terre Haute Brewing case
In Greenfield Indiana on November 26 a jury awarded Alta M Ward $3500 in a suit against Terre Haute Brewing company saloon keeper Claude D Miller and bartender David ODonnell. The suit alleged liquor sales led to her husband’s intoxication and a man named Thomas McIntyre being shot. he is serving a life sentence. The case came from Marion county.
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Greenfield
Ind
Alta M. Ward
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Claude D. Miller
David O'Donnell
Big blaze at Swift and Co stock yards in Chicago
A large crowd watched a spectacular fire at the Swift & Co grease refining plant at the stock yards. One fireman was killed and $150,000 of property burned. John Juday, Swift & Co fire marshal, died after rescuing his brigade from a smoke trapped room on the second floor. his body was later recovered.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
John Juday
Farmer Finds His Wife Dead Near Maysville
A farmer found his wife, 55, suspended to a bed post with a towel as a noose near Maysville in Allen County. Police believe illness may have contributed to the act and the body was discovered by the husband on November 26 in Fort Wayne.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William Andrews
Maysville
Allen County
Andrews
Rats Bother Jasonville Firefighters in Hose Nests
Rats built nests in hoses hampering efforts to fight a South Washington Street fire in Jasonville Indiana. The blaze endangered several residences and destroyed the Samuel Cullison home.
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Jasonville
Ind
Washington Street
Samuel Cullison
Markets Update Wheat and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Chicago cash grain quotes show No 2 red at 98 93 1/2 cents and No 1 northern spring at 1.07 1.09 dollars. Live stock in Chicago lists hogs 6.95 7.10 and cattle 6.90 7.20 with sheep at 5.75 6.60. Omaha notes cattle 4.25 6.75 and hogs 6.60 6.90. Buffalo area reports mixed cattle, hogs, and lambs with prices and motion.
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Chicago
Omaha
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
George H. Moses Port to Washington in Person
George H. Moses travels to Washington in person to discuss port operations. The move signals attention to harbor traffic, cargo handling, and potential policy talks with federal officials. Moses aims to secure funding and notify stakeholders of upcoming planning steps.
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Washington
Death of Circus Elephant Queen After Ten Murders
New York reports Queen the elephant was killed by cyanide after being charged with ten murders during her circus career. At Frank Robbins shows winter quarters in Jersey City, twelve grains of poison in apples were fed to her as keepers watched. She staggered for minutes before collapsing and dying.
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New York
Frank Robbins
Jersey City
Amnesty Granted to Brazilian Mutineers in Rio Harbor
Washington reports complete amnesty for Brazilian sailors who seized four warships in Rio de Janeiro harbor. The mutineers controlled the Minas Geraes and Sao Paulo, two of Brazil's most modern battleships, prompting leniency to avoid threatening Brazil's naval supremacy. The embassy cited the mutineers' telegram stating they repent and seek amnesty.
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Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Minas Garaes
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Baron Rio Branco
Fonseca
Two youths held for stealing turkeys and eggs
In Marion Indiana on November 26 two underage suspects confessed to stealing two turkeys and sixty dozen eggs from Grant Bras packing house. Ray Brooks and Nate Parks were arrested and charged.
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Marion
Ind
Grant Bras
Ray Brooks
Nate Parks
Recluse Slugged May Die in Holiday Attack
In Goshen Indiana on Thanksgiving day Austin Gellett a wealthy Seacon township farmer living alone was struck at his door by thieves. He staggered into his house and crawled to a nearby farm for aid. He may die. The robbers left with nothing.
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Goshen
Ind
Austin Gellett
Seacon Township
General Pino Guerra: Who Is Conversing From Wound
General Pino Guerra discusses his recovery after a wound inflicted by a would be assassin. The article reports on his condition, statements to reporters, and the political implications of the attack.
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Havana
Cuba
Pino Guerra
Guerra
Crippen Letter Claims Wrongful Conviction and Pays Tribute
Lloyds News publishes Crippen letter via Miss Le Neve arguing he was wrongly convicted and that new facts will prove innocence. He rebuts identification of remains from Hilldrop Crescent cellar and blames public prejudice from sensational flight story. He ends with affection for Miss Le Neve and asks her be allowed to join him.
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London
Lloyds News
Crippen
Bride of 16 Married in Canada After Boston Arrival
Among forty eight Chinese aboard the steamship A. W. Perry from Halifax to Boston one bride aged 16, wife of Moy Tung Hoy, a Chicago merchant, is listed. The couple married in Canada days earlier and the girl wore wedding garments, noted for her beauty on the voyage.
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Boston
A. W. Perry
Halifax
Wong Shee
Moy Tung Hoy
Chicago
Canada
Gas Kills Three Greeks in New York Rooms
Three Greeks were found dead in their Third Avenue rooms from gas flowing from an open jet. Police report the incident as an accidental death.
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New York
Third Avenue
Market notes from Chicago hog and cattle trades
The Chicago market reports receipts of about 13000 hogs with leftovers from yesterday at 2919. Prices show steady to yesterday with light hogs 5 to 7 dollars, mixed packers 6 65 to 7 10, heavy shipping 6 65 to 7 15. cattle around 1000 and sheep 30000 steady.
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Chicago
Hog market extends receipts and shipments data
The hog market shows today’s estimated receipts at 14 000 and yesterday’s official receipts at 25 564 with shipments totaling 4 080. Official-ilett over yesterday stands at 2 914 and tomorrow’s estimated receipts are 32 000. Market tone is strong to 5 higher with bulk grades 685 to 700, light 660 to 705, mixed 6 90 to 7 176, heavy 6 65 shipping grades, 6 65 to 6 80, porkers 6 85 to 7 00, pigs 6 25 to 6 85.
Farm Market Report Shows Mixed Movements across Tiers
Market notes list bulk prices 690 to 705, light 665 to 707, mixed packers 670 to 717, heavy shipping 670 to 720, rough 670 to 655. Cattle steady, sheep steady with gains overall.
Grain Market Update from Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company Chicago with market data for grain trading. Provides a brief overview of prices futures and market activity as reported from the Chicago exchanges and related telegraph sources.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Orders to Take No Prisoners in Mexican War Gather Toll
Galveston Tex Nov 26 with orders to take no prisoners and shoot any and all revolutionaries the Mexican troops have left a trail of dead across Parral San Antonio and other towns where troops fired into buildings and roads. Officials say many leaders will remain at large or be killed when captured. A reward of 5000 is offered for Francisco I Madero dead or alive and Diaz may add 10000 if Madero is alive.
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Galveston
Tex
Parral
San Antonio
Francisco Lldero
Can Army
Diaz
Madero
Reyes Defines Position in Mexico Revolt News
Gen Bernardo Reyes issued a Paris sourced statement defending Diaz administration and denouncing the uprising. Widely published across Mexico, it is seen as a blow to revolt leaders and raises hopes the army will stay loyal. Rumors claim Reyes may be restored as minister of war upon new administration.
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Mexico
Reyes
City
Bernardo Reyes
Paris
France
Sfirms
Diaz
Republiana
Ding
Dee
Twenty Suffragettes Sentenced at Bow Street Court
Twenty suffragettes arrested for smashing government offices windows were sentenced to two months each at Bow Street police court. Sir Albert de Rutzen, chief magistrate, declared the women had been treated with too much leniency in the past.
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London
Bow Street
Albert de Rutzen
Metropolitan Police Courts
Lost painting found at Schwarza estate
The Wiemer Journal reports the discovery of an equestrian portrait of Phillip V of Spain at the Duke of Parma's Schwarza residence. Painted in 1623 by a German artist, the work had been missing for about 160 years before the find.
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Vienna
Wiemer Journal
Duke of Parma
Schwarza
Phillip V
Spain
A Quez
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