Lumbermen accuse car discrimination in Northwest hearings
At Seattle hearings Commissioner Franklin Lene heard Charles H Patton of Bellaire Lumber and an Atlas Lumber VP testify that car distribution favored buyers, with mill officials recounting insurers paying for priority. A Tacoma car was switched for a bribe offer, conductor asking $14 to secure it and denying the sale.
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Franklin KK. Lene
Seattle
Charles
H. Patton
Bellaire Lumber Comdpn
Austin E.fern
Mr. Patton
Taroma
Tim
Ave
Protection of Women and Child Labor Spark United States Debate
A mass meeting at Carnegie Lyceum, New York, organized by charity and labor groups, compared U S protections for women and child workers unfavorably with Britain’s 1844 laws. Speakers urged Congress to fund a thorough investigation of women and child labor in the United States, accusing eleven years of retrograde progress.
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United States
Carnégie Lyceum
New Yourt
Apaakers
Great Britain
Congress
Indian Girls Debauched by Indian Schools Alleged
Former Indian Commissioner Hix McConnell of Utah charges mismanagement of Indian schools and a system that removes girls from relatives to attend schools. He alleges cruelty and open debauchery by teachers, blaming Interior Secretary Hitchcock and Interior Department officials for concealing the true conditions from the president.
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Hix
McConnell
Salt Lake
Utah
Grosa
Prac
Hitcheock
Interior Department
Red Sunday Anniversary Commemorates Gapon Demonstration
In St. Petersburg the term Red Sunday marks the anniversary of Father Gapon leading a demonstration before the Winter Palace where troops killed many. The event is remembered as a pivotal moment in the 1905 upheavals and remains tied to his tenure in public discourse.
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Tueaday
St. Petersburg
Gapon
Winter Palace
Teklo Government Building Burns
Fire swept the Teklo government building housing the department of communications on Tuesday morning, with estimates around $600,000 and most documents destroyed. Officials cited an overheated stove as the likely cause in a blaze that damaged essential records and disrupted operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teklo
Department of Communications
Train explosion wrecks freight and passenger cars
A freight train carrying powder exploded near Sanford, Indiana, blowing the entire train from the track and destroying two passenger coaches. At least 25 bodies recovered, with injuries reaching 35 or more. Survivors and the dead were rushed to Terre Haute, Paris and Sanford hospitals as investigators weigh theories of ignition from the passing passenger train, a gas leak, or a possible act of sabotage.
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Louis
Terre Haute
Paris
Sanford
Islas
Sandford
Destructive Gale Ravages Buffalo Niagara Region
A weekend storm battered Buffalo N Y and Niagara frontier with winds the fiercest in a decade. Two deaths reported and overall damage estimated around two million dollars with Lake Erie levels rising and the Niagara River overflowing. Shipping losses include $1500 in Buffalo harbor and docks along North Tonawanda destroyed. Several lake steamers aground amid widespread property damage and outages.
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Buffalo
N. J
Niagara Frontier
Lake Erie
Niagara River
North Tonawands
Buffalo Harbor
Great Lake
Niagara Falls
Calgary tannery owner's family perishes in gas tragedy
Police report a Calgary, Alberta incident where Edward Ferdinand, his wife, and two newborns died from coal gas exposure. Two young brothers survived briefly but died en route to hospital. Cause suspected as accidental gas poisoning amid failed plumbing.
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Edward Ferdinand
Calgary
Alberta
Can
Ferdinand
Ferdinand Las
Episcopal minister deposed for switching to Catholic mission
Rev. Dr. F. E. J. Lloyd, former rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Uniontown Pennsylvania, resigned last Sunday to pursue Catholic mission work. He has been formally unfrocked and deposed from ministry by the bishop of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Diocese.
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Episcopal
F. E. J. Lloyd
St. Peter's ‘Episcopal Church
Uniontown
Pittsburg Episcopal Diocese
Appeal Gillette Case Notice Filed for Murder Conviction
Notice of appeal filed in the Ches ter Gillette murder case of Grace Brown. Gillette, under a death sentence, remains at Auburn prison with the capital judgment under review during the week beginning January 28.
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Gillette
Chester Gillette
Grace Brown
Auburne
Dan
Ninety Marines Ordered Locomotives for Burlington
The Burlington road orders ninety new locomotives for 1903 delivery. Fifteen are for passenger service and seventy five for freight. Passenger engines will be the largest type at 376000 pounds and over 75 feet long.
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Burlington Road
Chicago Faces 40 Degree Cold Wave After Rain
A Sunday cold wave hit Chicago with a 40 degree temperature drop following a twelve hour rain storm. The low late Sunday stood at 8 degrees above zero as residents prepared for freezing conditions.
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Chicago
Beauford Disaster Prompts National Interest Tour
Mrs Muaybrick and Mrs Florence Maybrick of New York accept offers from a Chicago bureau and will tour the country. Heavy loss in South Carolina Pirr. The most disastrous site in Beauford South Carolina history occurred Sunday afternoon. Loss estimated between 500 000 and 700 000 dollars with about one third covered by insurance.
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Muaybrick
Florence Maybrick
New York
Chicago
South
Curolna Pirr
Beauford
8. C
Japanese pupil barred from school in segregation ruling
A board of education decision maintained segregation by barring a Japanese child from the orientel school, asserting no equality between Japanese and European students. The boy protested, saying he would stay and pursue university preparation rather than return to Japan.
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Board ‘of Education
Orientel School
Ignality
Japan
North Dakota Peril Great as Snow Paralyzes State
North Dakota endures unprecedented deep snow isolating whole communities and halting rail traffic. No trains have reached St Paul for days as officials fear when service may resume. Mountain districts report snowdrifts fifty to seventy feet blocking lines. Great Northern and Soo railroads struggle to clear main lines as branch lines are abandoned.
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North Dakota
St. Paul
Northwest
Great Northern Road
Great Loss in Storm Hits New York State
A historic storm in New York caused two deaths at Dunkirk and Buffalo and huge property damage. Estimates place Niagara Falls damage from 1.5 to 2 million dollars, with the Great George railroad and city buildings suffering about 50 thousand dollars. Reports from lakefront towns show widespread destruction and marine losses loom large.
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New York
Erie
Dunkirk
N. Y
Mra Hoentietta Soldwick
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Great George
New York Insurance Chief Faces Forgery Charge
William A. Brower Jr of New York president of Washington Life Insurance Company must stand trial on indictments for perjury and forgery. Justice Newberger denied a motion to dismiss the indictment. The case stems from a 101 report to the state insurance department alleging $400,000 worth of policies had lapsed and were later re entered in the company's books.
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New York
William A. Brower, Jr
Washington Life Insurance Company
Justice Newberger
State Insurance Department
Cport
Navy yards hit for overwork in ship building
The eight hour law was allegedly violated at New York and Norfolk navy yards as workers were reported to log up to twelve hours daily including nights Sundays and holidays while preparing warships for the Atlantic fleet near Guantanamo. The charge claimed yard crews ignored presidential orders.
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New York
Norfolk’ Navy Yards
Guantanamo
Colorado House Passes Libel Law Shaping Cartoon Provisions
The Colorado house approved a libel law framed after the Pennypacker act of Pennsylvania and including an anti cartoon clause. The measure passed by 24 to 138 and moves to the senate for consideration.
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Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Colorado House
Senate
Warships to Leave Tangier
Nations at Tangier announce withdrawal of squadrons from Moroccan waters after agreeing states France and Spain. Signatories of the Algeciras convention will be notified of the decision.
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Tangier
Snow Blockades Paralyze Transcontinental Traffic In Cascades
Snow and snowslides halt Great Northern travel as Cascades endure the worst-season snowfall. A large steamer, likely British, grounded near Morro Castle at 12 39 Monday morning while attempting to enter Havana harbor.
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Cascades
Morro, Castle
Hayana Haree
Wills case and multiple divorce actions in city court
In city court, IF. L. Laarts seeks 6000 damages against Prank Collatz alleging alienation of his wife’s affections. Mrs. Sadie Kirchoff seeks divorce from Albert Kirchoff. Mrs. Margaret Brown petitions for legal separation from Lawrence Brown. Mrs. J. M. Wolf files for divorce from BE. M. Wolf. All three cases allege adultery and cruelty.
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Pran
Brockima
IF. L. Laarts
Name City
Prank Collatz
Sadie Kirchoff
Albert Kirchhoff
Maregret Brown
Lawrence Brown
J. M. Wolf
BE. M. Wolf
Ottumwa Lawyer B W Scott Commits Suicide
Prominent Ottumwa attorney B W Scott aged 54, a well known criminal lawyer in southern Iowa, killed himself Sunday night by shooting the right temple in his office. The instant death followed a period of ill health. He leaves a wife and one daughter.
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Ottumwa
B. W. Scott
Iowa
Ecott
Wapello County
Safe Young Must Settle. Town Wins Seven Thousand
The Supreme Court reversed the district court ruling in the state against Lafe Young of Des Moines Capital. The case involved about 7000 claimed as overpaid to Young during his time as state binder. The court held that payments ordered by the secretary of state and an auditor's warrant do not relieve Young of mobility, warning such logic would shield corruption.
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Supreme Court
Lafe Young
Adtter
Des Moines
Young
District Court
Secretary of State
Iowa Marines Come High in December Report
A United States Marine Corps monthly report received at the Sioux City recruiting station shows Iowa recruits cost Uncle Sam more than any other district. Each Iowa recruit required $86.85 for the preliminary processing before service.
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Iowa
United States Marine Corps
Sioux City
Sam
Farmers institute reports 20 percent corn gain in Kossuth
Experiment Station Worx describes jan 22 24 and 26 hearings at Algona with M C Mosher of Ames presenting county station results. The county corn crop climbed 20 percent from station work. Also noted are a divorce filing by John Inman and a hangings case tied to Cedar Tapia.
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Worx
Farmers Institute of
Kossuth County
Algona
M. C. Mosher
College At
Ames
Bankruptcy Probes Spark Board Meeting In Progress
A complex inquiry into the affairs of a company linked to a major case unfolds as trustees and creditors gather. Kansas City officials and several local creditors discuss totals claimed between eighty thousand and one hundred thousand dollars, with a separate claim around eighteen thousand in various ads held by the new company’s entities.
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Saarc Ved
Granacan
Af ' Cottitell
Baha, Taattat
Avtrustes
Kansas City
Canhe
Ant
Newt Company
Marshalltown Woman Shoots Herself After Quarrel
Mrs Charles J Cooks of Marshalltown aged 21 wife of a prominent businessman shot herself Sunday morning. The bullet pierced the left lung and lodged through her body. She remained alive but not expected to recover. She had quarrelled with her husband over money and was found conscious and anxious about her recovery. She was previously married to Delo Sway who died a year later. The incident caused a citywide sensation.
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Charles J. Cooks
Marshalltown
Woda
Charles H. Cook
Cook
Supreme Court frees inmate over good time ruling
The Supreme Court ruled on a habeas corpus case involving Bone, holding the district court cannot deny earned good time. Bone, sentenced to 60 years for murder and later manslaughter on a retrial, had 2.5 years served when the court attempted to cut his good time. The ruling reverses the Floyd County decision and frees him.
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Supreme Court
Bone
Anamosa Penitentiary
Floyd County
Subrame
Electric lights for farmers near Council Bluffs
Agriculturists along the proposed extension of the Council Bluffs and Omaha street railway inquire about securing electric current from the line for lighting houses and powering equipment. Officials, surprised by the demand, plan to accommodate all who may want current for lighting or heating.
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Council Bluffs
City Sues Contractor Over Water Works Contract
Lone Tree sues Cedar Rapids contractor G L Merrideth in district court for 34700 alleging failure to complete the water works system. Baltimore bonding company named joint defendant alongside Merrideth in the suit filed against the contractor for the town population center.
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Municipality of
Lone Tree
Dlstrict
G. L. Merrideth
Cedar Raeplda
Baltimore
Merrideth
Bon
Enrollment Surges as Ames College Opens for New Semester
Big enrollment at Ames with 600 students passing through the treasurer’s office Saturday. Total yearly enrollment expected to exceed 1600. Belle Plaine establishes a broom factory with 6000 capital, BF Weymer named manager. Cascade attorney Geo D Saflor leaves practice for International Harvester job.
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Ames
State College
Belle Plaine
Pierce couple mark golden welding anniversary in Ida Grove
Wed Half a Century Mr and Mrs R Pierce celebrate their golden wedding in Ida Grove on Tuesday. The pair married in Canastota New York on January 22 1867 and have lived here many years becoming well known. A Fourth of July celebration movement starts in Rae Valley under the Torch Valley Water Company for a two day event July 3 and 4 with preliminaries planned.
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R. Pierce
Ida
Grove
Ma. Pierce
Canastota
Rae Villley
Tork Valley
Labor News Across Nations and Regions 1907
Reports from Boston to Pittsburg and London discuss labor movements, wage campaigns, and mutual aid. Highlights include Seamen's International convention in Boston opposing Japan’s shipping dock policies, Arkansas Medoration meeting notes, wage demands by St Paul painters, and British unions planning strike support and bank initiatives in labor temples.
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Upton
Mirten
Rta
Ueddat
Insta
Ofan
Seamen's Interational
Uiddield
Boston
United States
Arkansas
St. Paul
Brotherton
Pittsburg
Weale
Fragmented Historical Snippets on Labor, Health, and Industry
The excerpt cites a cholera and fever risk among salt workers and notes girls among Bedouins as briefly described. It claims U S copper production in 1905 surpassed 001,000,000 pounds and mentions trench theaters giving 40 percent of income to the poor, averaging 15,000,000 annually. The turbine It Iganid is said to replace reciprocating engines, and an Ideal child is described with weight height and chest measurements.
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United States
O Weluhs
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