Chicago Society Women Join Garment Strike
Chicago society women and settlement workers join the 30,000 garment workers in a strike. Mrs. Raymond Robins leads for aid and protection of strikers, with plans for picket duty and bail for arrested protesters. A conference with Hart, Schaffner & Marx continues as terms are debated. Receipts show market activity for livestock and calves.
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Chicago
Chicago Society
Raymond Robins
Trade Union League
Robing
New York
Philadelphia
O. H. P. Belmont
Anna Morgan
Potter Palmer
Lake Shore Palace
Jane Addams
Woman's Trade Union League
Hull House
Agnes Nester
League
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Labor Committee
Markets Record Wide Hog and Cattle Quotations
Chicago and Omaha live stock markets show large receipts and varied prices for hogs cattle and sheep with ranges from heavy good to prime levels. Buffalo quotations note slow market for cattle hogs with heavy and yorker prices around nine dollars and a list of related items in the East Buffalo market.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Boy shoots brother dead in Salisbury township kitchen
Lancaster Pa Oct 29 A gun misfire by 12 year old Kline Phenninger struck his 17 year old brother Hiram Phenninger in the side as he aimed at him with a supposed empty gun in the kitchen. The loaded weapon caused fatal injuries to Hiram.
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Lancaster
Kline Phenninger
George Phenninger
Salisbury
Hiram
Straus Resigns as Ambassador to Turkey
Oscar S Straus of New York has informally resigned as ambassador to Constantinople after serving since May 1907 and is in the United States on leave. Taft and Knox have not accepted the resignation, which is held in abeyance. The post gains interest due to a $500 million railroad concession sought by the Ottoman-American Development Co. opposed by Germany and now awaiting Turkish parliamentary action.
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Washington
Oscar 8. Straus
New York
Turkey
Taft
Straus
Constantinople
United States
Knox
Asia Manor
Germany
Council of Ministers
Ella Park Lawrence chosen state regent of D A R
Decatur Ill Oct 29 Mrs Ella Park Lawrence of Galesburg was unanimously indorsed as state regent to succeed Mrs John C Ames of Streator Chicago chosen for the next convention the last week of October 1911 Other officers named include state vice regent Mrs Lewis De went secretary Mrs Thomas C White treas ures Mrs John W Rowcliffe historian Mrs BE L Pegram consulting registrar Mrs Noble Shumway and Bloomington Mrs M T Scott unanimously indorsed for re election as president general
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Decatur, Ill
Ella Park Lawrence
Galesburg
John C. Ames
Streator
Chicago
Lewis Dewent
Kewanee
Thomas C. White
Oak Park
John W. Rowcliffe
Peoria
BE. L. Pegram
Decatur
Noble Shumway
M. T. Scott
Bloomington
Fire destroys Fort Worth warehouse and homes
A warehouse belonging to the Storage and Furniture company burned, destroying property valued at $200,000. Fort Worth residents reported loss as smoke and flames consumed the structure, with the building damage estimated at $50,000.
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Fort Worth
Con Storage and Furniture Company
First Place Proves Fatal in Electric Work
Maurice Hammon aged 21 of Nappanee Indiana died in South Bend after contact with a heavily charged electric wire while removing a ground wire for the Indiana Michigan Electric company. He had moved to South Bend four months earlier and was at his first job when the accident happened.
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South Bend
Ind
Maurice Hammon
Nappanee
Indiana Michigan Electric Company
Fire destroys Rockford Wholesale Grocery building
In Rockford Illinois on October 29 the Rockford Wholesale Grocery building burned to the ground. Firefighters rescued workers on the second and third floors who could not use the stairs, with some sliding down ropes. Loss set at about 250000 dollars.
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Rockford, Ll
Rockford Wholesale Grocery Company
Illinois Supreme Court Sends Tax Case Back to Circuit Court
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the State of Illinois may pursue a back tax claim against the Illinois Central Railroad, remanding to LaSalle County Circuit Court for a merits hearing. The state contends the railroad shifted gross earnings to lines not chartered, reducing tax payments over decades.
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Springfield
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Ilinois Supreme Court
Circuit Court
LaSalle County
Deheen
Deneen
Supreme Court
Bribery Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Illinois Case
Springfield Illinois October twenty ninth. The jury in the cases of Senator Stanton C. Pemberton of Oakland and Representative Joseph B. Clark of Vandalia charged with conspiracy to secure bribes in the awarding of a contract for refurnishing the two houses of the Illinois legislature failed to agree after nineteen hours of deliberation.
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Springfield
Stanton C. Pemberton
Oakland
Joseph 8. Clark
Vandalia
Illinois
100 Pianos Fuel For Fire Fort Worth Blaze
Fire roared through a Fort Worth residence consuming household goods including 100 pianos as flames gutted the building. Fire crews battled the blaze into the night, with damage estimated at unknown, no injuries reported.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Electricity Lights Tarsus City Streets
Tarsus in Asia Minor gains electric illumination with power from the Cydnus river. The city now has 450 electric street lamps and about 600 incandescent private lights, marking a modern advance for the ancient urban center.
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Tarsus
Asia Minor
Apostle Paul
Cydnus
Remanding Case Sets Stage for Trial on Evidence
The remanding of the case means a trial on the evidence. The date for this will be determined by the LaSalle County circuit court.
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LaSalle County
Greek Revolt A Myth Dispatch From Athens
London reports from October 29 claim rumor of Greece revolting or a king fleeing. Dispatches fade, Athens states quiet as elections approach. Supporters of Mavromichalis and Raili vow not to run. Venezelos gains uncontested path in the assembly.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Greece
George
Athens
Theotakis Mavromichaelis
Raili
Venezelog
Venezelos
Former Chicago inspector jailed for graft conviction
Chicago, Oct 29 Former Police Inspector Edward McCann of Chicago was denied by the Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield. The court affirmed the Cook County criminal court judgment, requiring McCann to serve a term of one to five years as sentenced by Judge Barnes on Jan 31. He was indicted for graft tied to a saloon and resort keepers.
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Chicago
Edward McCann
Hilnels Supreme Court
Springfield
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Barnes
McCann
Caloon
Chicago Markets Oct 29 1910 Receipts and price ranges
Market report from Chicago notes estimated receipts of 7000 with left overs from yesterday at S688. Hogs are weak with light, mixed, heavy and rough categories at 8.40 to 8.85, 7.90 to 8.85, 7.65 to 7.70, and 7.65 to 7.80 respectively. Cattle count 400 unchanged, sheep 2000 weak.
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Chicago
Second Report on Chicago Hog Receipts Oct 29 1910
Chicago reports estimated receipts today at 7000 with official receipts yesterday at 13653 and shipments 2723. Officials left over yesterday 5655 and estimated receipts tomorrow 26000. Market shows shade higher with bulk 800 to 870, light 845 to 895, mixed packers 795 to 895, heavy shipping grades 765 to 880, rough 705 to 785, porkers 875 to 890, pigs 800 to 870.
Market Prices and Shipping Grades Summary
Bulk goods priced from 0.00 to 8.70 per unit with light goods at 8.45 to 8.95 and heavy goods 7.65 to 4.00. Kouga range 7.65 to 7.85. Cattle and sheep noted as weak.
Kelster and Son Quotations Produce Grain Market
The Washington City market quotes Hay per hundred at 1.35 and Straw by load at 0.36, Flour per sack 1.60 to 1.70, Corn Meal unknown, Oats and Straw by load listed, prices furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Co in Chicago. Local market figures include hay flour and other staples with various per unit costs.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Washington City
Oscar Boccasss
Chinese loan to fund currency reform and railroads
New York reports a $50,000,000 loan from a syndicate of American bankers to the Chinese government. Proceeds to support currency reform industrial development and the building of state railroads. Bonds will be issued to meet the loan and placed in Europe and the United States, with Morgan Co Kuhn Loeb National City Bank and First Bank among financiers.
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New York
Americas
Orient
Bankers
J. P. Morgan Co. Kuhn, Loeb & Co
National City Bank
First Bank
Europe
United States
Separation Causes Murder in York Household Tragedy
York, Pa. Oct 29 Peter Senft 40 shot his wife in a doorway on Washington Avenue after a separation two weeks earlier. He then killed himself at her feet. The wife is reported to die.
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York, Pa
Peter Senft
Senfts
Senft
Washington Avenue
Indiana State Bank Robbery in Wolcott
Wolcott Indiana October 29 1920? burglars entered the Wolcott State Bank by forcing the back door. Cash funds of 600 to 700 dollars were taken but the safe remained untouched. No trace of the burglars found.
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Wolcott
Ind
Lewis Hinckman
Wolcott State Bank
Bride Becomes Insane After Marriage in Monticello
Miss Minnie Jemp of Monticello marries Ames Curry in a Methodist ceremony conducted by Rev. J. J. Billingsley. The bride, after declaring the ceremony valid, insists the physician performed the rite and bans further marriage until lawful nuptials. She is later taken to Middletown asylum in a violent fit.
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Monticello
Minnele Jemp
Jemp
Ames Curry
J. J. Billingsley
Methodist
Curry
Middletown
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Belmont Park
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BD. A. R
Circuit Court of
Pemberton and Clark
Springfield, Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Sherp
Tee
Kelster & Son
Reese
Ry As
Kges
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
Indiana State Bank
Minnie Jemp
Amos Curry
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