British Premier Resigns Office in Cabinet Line
London April 6 Great Britain faces an unprecedented situation with no Premier or Ministry as Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman resigns on medical advice. The Cabinet resigns with him and King George V must select a new head after Asquith, summoned to Biarritz, meets the King. Sir Henry remains in unchanged condition.
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London
Great Britain
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Herbert H. Asquith
Biarritz
Sir Henry
Physicians
Populists Name Ticket Watson and Williams for President and Vice President
The People’s party convention in St Louis nominated Thomas E. Watson of Georgia for President and Samuel W. Williams of Indiana for Vice President after two stormy sessions. Nebraska and Minnesota delegates, backing W J Bryan, pressed for adjournment but were outnumbered and withdrew as Jay A. Forrest of Albany sought Watson’s nomination.
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St. Louis
United States
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Samuel W. Williams
Indiana
People’s Party
Nebraska
Minnesota
W. J. Bryan
Jay A. Forrest
Albany
N. Y
Mr. Watson
Vancouver milk poison claims prompt council probe
Dr Jakendall told the Victoria BC City Council that Vancouver’s milk supply sickened 140 babies under one year last summer with a hundred deaths likely from rotten milk. He urged bacteriological tests and the council ordered an investigation.
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Victoria
B. C
Vancouver
Jakendall
Wives Sweep Easterly District Trustee Elections
In Easterly District near Fresno on Friday, the wives of three men nominated for trustees won the election with no opposition. The husbands, unaware of the contest, returned home after polls closed to find their spouses had secured victory on the opposing slate.
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Fresno
Cal
Rioters Fight Police After Lisbon Election
In Lisbon on election day peace gave way to violent clashes as rioters attacked streets with clubs and stones. Troops were deployed and fired on crowds, resulting in fatalities and injuries while Monarchists maintain government control.
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Lisbon
Minors Sue For Land Over Oregon Claim
Washington-Webster Ballinger files mandamus in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to force the Interior Secretary and the General Land Office to grant a patent to Gustav Olsen Standin and Nels Gerard Standin, minors of Marie Stejernstrom, for 160 acres in Clatsop County Oregon. The case challenges transfer of the land by the dead entrywoman and tests rights of minor heirs under section 2292 of the revised statutes.
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Washington
Webster Ballinger
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Gustav Ossian Standin
Nels Gerard Standin
Marie G. Stejernstrom
Clutsop County
Oregon
Acetylene Tank Explosion Harms Two At Schoolhouse
In Spokane Washington on April 6 a schoolhouse near Palouse shattered as an acetylene gas tank exploded during an election period. Owner Richard McIntyre was badly hurt and Mrs. John Utt broke a leg while a moving picture show was planned for the evening. Windows and stoves were destroyed and all inside were knocked down.
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Spokane
Wash
Richard McIntyre
John Utt
Princeton
Palouse
MclIntyre
Loss of Tiger and Crew in Isle of Wight Collision
In Portsmouth six dozen and more men perish when torpedo boat destroyer Tiger collides with British cruiser Berwick off the Isle of Wight. Lieutenant Middleton, commander of Tiger, is among those killed as the destroyer is cut in half and sinks swiftly after crossing the Berwick's bow.
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Portsmouth
England
Middleton
Tiger
Isle of Wight
Berwick
Portland Markets report with 1907 grain and dairy prices
Portland markets list wheat track prices for Club Valley bluestem and red Russian. oats vary by grade. Hay wholesale values span Valley Timothy to alfalfa and mixed grasses. Butter eggs honey hops wool prices by region and crop. Prices reflect market rates in Portland on April 7.
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Portland
Ore
Valley
Valley Timothy
Oregon
Seattle Markets Report Wheat and Staple Prices
Seattle market day notes prices for grains hay and butter with regional variations. Wheat Bluestem 87c club 85c, oats Puget Sound 26.50 28 per ton, Eastern Washington 28, hay timothy 14 16 Puget Sound 10 12 Eastern Washington, alfalfa 10 11, butter Washington creamery 30c, ranch 20 22c, eggs local 19 20 per dozen, honey 2.75 per case.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
Washington
California
Eastern
Oregon
Fleet's Coming Signal Peace and Brains Not Guns
Admiral Robly D.vans argues Pacific focus and 16 battleships show US power, predicting a future war fought commercially with brains and dollars, not ten inch guns. He credits fleet cruises for peace, notes improved fleet efficiency, and cites Magellan Strait passage and target practice as proof.
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United States
Pacific
Atlantic
New York
Far East
Harriman
Straits of Magellan
Magdalent Bay
Carnegie Adds 5 Million for State University Professors
New York April 6 Andrew Carnegie announced he would add to the Carnegie Foundation fund to cover pension benefits for eligible professors at state universities. The original $10,000,000 fund has exhausted its earnings and an extra $5,000,000 is needed, which Carnegie said he would provide.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Foundation
Carnegie
Man Fast Climbs Sierra Madre to Mount Wilson Return
Day H. Elmore of Los Angeles completes his thirty ninth day of a continuous fast by a foot journey from Sierra Madre to Mount Wilson and back. He reports weight drop from 205 to under 170 pounds and plans to fast a few more days.
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Mountain
Los Angeles
H. Elmore
Sierra Madre
Mount Wilson
Elmore
Salmon Pack Tops Seven Hundred Thousand in 1907 Report
State Fish Commissioner Riseland filed the annual report with Governor Mead showing the 1907 salmon pack at 697,880 cases valued at 2 642 146. Fresh and cured fish total value 2 642 500. Fisheries employ nearly 10 823 workers with earnings 3 193 040 and total output value 6 816 700.
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Bellingham
Riseland
Mead
Kennewick Push to Lose Pasco Stop on No 2 Train
Local business interests urge Northern Pacific to stop eastbound No 2 at Kennewick for better connections with Walla Walla Waitsburg Dayton and other way points. Currently travelers must overnight in Pasco three miles away on the Walla Walla branch.
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Kennewick
Northern Pacific
Walla Walla
Waitsburg
Dayton
Pasco
Forest claims debated by government official in Wenaha reserve
Pomeroy T. P. McKenzie deputy surveyor visited to review forest claims filed by homesteaders former squatters. Bona fide settlements remain with settlers while noncompliant claims revert to the government.
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Pomeroy
T. P. McKenzie
Wenaha
Anti-saloon forces win in Puyallup council vote
In Puyallup the anti-saloon faction claimed victory as the city council refused to grant new licenses and did not renew licenses for saloons already operating after a petition signed by more than 400 voters and property owners.
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Puyallup
Facts for Sick Women From Lydia E Pinkham
The notice promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and back pain. It invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts and asserts many have found health through her guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinlkeham
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