Founding an Empire in the Far North
North Battleford Saskatchewan July 14. A new railroad frontier town rises as settlers arrive by Canadian Northern line. Skulls of buffalo, tepees, elk crossings, and sod huts mark rapid growth with hundreds of carloads of settlers goods and dozens of temporary depots. Population soars in Manitoba and the Northwest as rail progress urges Hudson Bay access.
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North Battleford
Saskatchewan
Canada
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Northern Pacific Railroad
Battleford
Saskatchewan River
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Canadian Northern Railroad
Wadena
Warman
Cy Warman
Humboldt
Banford
Northwest
Manitoba
Territories
Saskatoon
Hudson Bay
McLeod
Prince Albert
Liverpool
Twelve New Equitable Directors Chosen Today
New York July 14 twelve new directors named for the Equitable Life Assurance Society include D Cady Herrick President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University Congressman Charles B Littlefield of Maine and N Stranahan port collector New York resignations of General Fitzgerald Horace C Deming and Frederick G Bourne accepted all replacements recommended by the board after trustee correspondence with policy holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
D. Cady Herrick
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Charles BE. Littlefield
Maine
N. Stranabn
Port of
Equitable Life Assurance Society
General Fitzgerald
Mercantile Trust Company
Horace C. Deming
Frederick G. Bourne
Equitable Society
Lawson's Tour Ends Amid Revolt and Policy Edicts
Reports from Tiefus Caucasia and St. Petersburg detail a segment of Russian Sappers murdering their officers and rumors of joining the revolution. In St. Petersburg government censorship tightens as Trepoff directs a revived office enforcing a blanket ban on news of strikes and disorder. Witte meets the emperor to discuss peace, plans a July 26 departure for the United States. Warsaw rail workers to use Polish in all transactions. Thomas W. Lawson closes a swing through Minnesota and surrounding states urging action against corporate capitalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caucasia
St. Petersburg
General Trepoff
M. Witte
Witte
United States
Albert Lea
Minn
Thomas W. Lawson
Chautauqua Assembly
Boston
Mr. Lawson
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Canada
Humidity Heat Kills in New York as Deaths Rise
New York July 14. Humidity drops from 86 to 53 after a hot day keeping temperature at 86. Three deaths and about twenty prostrations attributed to the weather by noon. Separate note from Honolulu reports Walter Sullivan missing overboard from the steamer Manchuria. Sullivan, Yale 1903 graduate, banking with Wa. D. Sullivan of San Antonio Texas.
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New York
New York City
Honolulu
Manchuria
Walter Sullivan
Yale
Wa. D. Sullivan
San Asifonso
Texas
Natives Lynch Murderer McGill Headline From Ceiba Dispatch
Mobile reporters relay that the negro McGill who killed the Olympia crew and eight passengers has been lynched by natives near Ceiba. Paris also notes Bastille Day celebrations with a grand military review and festive streets.
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Mobile
Ala
Doe
Condor
Ceiba
McGill
Olympia
Passenger and Suburban Trains Fatal Collision
Chicago July 14. A passenger train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois line leaving St Louis at midnight collided with a suburban train at Steiger Il. The fireman was killed the engineer badly hurt and several passengers injured. The dead are James Lyke engineer Ferdinand Heyn and George Epstein. Open switch caused the through train to strike the suburban.
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Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
St. Louis
Steiger
James Lyke
George Epstein
Ferdinand Heyn
White River road completed links Arkansas to Missouri
St Louis July 14 official notice that the White River railroad from Newport Arkansas to Carthage Missouri is completed and open to traffic. The line runs through Northern Arkansas and Southeastern Missouri, crossing the Ozarks and tapping a rich fruit and timber region. A future Newport to Wynea branch will shorten travel by avoiding Bald Knob. Also today jockey W W Robbins suffered probable fatal injuries when his horse Derision broke its neck at Brighton Beach.
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St. Louis
White River
Newport
Ark
Carthage
Missouri Pacific System
Arkansas
Missouri
Ozark Mountains
Wynea
Bald Knob
W. W Robbins
Brighton Beach
Art
Vanderbilt Defeated by Grocer for Fire Chief
In Great Neck votes for chief of the fire department split two companies. Vanderbilt Jr. was nominated by the Viewlant Engine and Hose, while Egbert L. Clue won for the Alert Hook and Ladder. The agreement called for alternating chief elections between the two companies.
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Vanderbilt
New York
William K Vanderbilt, Jr
Great Neck
Alert Hook and Ladder Company
View Lant Engine and Hose Company
Manhasset
Vigillante
Mr. Vanderbilt
Egbert L. Clue
German Swedish alliance denied in foreign office statement
Berlin reports that Stockholm claims the German Swedish alliance was never proposed or discussed with the foreign office. The issue arose after talk of a potential alliance by Emperor William and King Oscar and the Gefe interview noted as not addressing the matter.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Foreign Office
Germany
Sweden
William
Oscar
Gefe
Ghali
Private Berlin report on Wilhelm and Oscar Gefle visit
Berlin notes no public result from Emperor William and King Oscar meeting at Gefle Sweden yesterday. Officials say the visit was strictly private with no immediate statements likely. The emperor seeks early insight into the Swedish-Norwegian situation and Germany’s policy stance remains cautious.
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Berlin
William
Oscar
Gefle
Sweden
Associated Press
King Oscar Named Grand Admiral of German Navy
Kiel July 14 Emperor William appoints King Oscar as grand admiral of the German navy amid formal noting of broader imperial military leadership changes.
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Oscar
Kiel
Willian
Prince Charles of Denmark Expected to Accept Norwegian Crown
Copenhagen July 14 ministers in full agreement that Prince Charles of Denmark should accept the crown of Norway if approval comes from King Oscar and other royal courts. King Vensthagtenn and other Danish members are favorable to Charles becoming king of Norway.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Charles
Norway
Oscar
Vensthaggtenn
Chas
Prince Chales
Doane Answer Conventions and Lyons Murder Case
Doane, charged with the Lyons murder, was arraigned in Gallup and waived preliminary hearing. He’s bound over to await the next McKinley county grand jury. New evidence ties him to Lyons and links a weapon to the victim. Separate items note mineral surveys ordered by Surveyor General Llewellyn in New Mexico.
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Claude Doane
Walter Lyons
McKinley County
Taos Canyor
Gallup
Doane
Coddington
Lyons
Indidie Doane
M. O. Llewellyn
C.T. Brown
Crestone Group
Crestone
Golden Sunrise
Jode Mining
Silver Mountain
Socorro County
United States
O. RK. Smith
Socorro
Burro Mountain Copper Company
Burro Mt
Gran County
Geor O. Brown
Sampson Group
Sampson
Clara
John H. Lester
McKinley
Roosevelt
Bryan
Panay
Last Chance Lode
Sampson Milake
Burro Mountain
Toining
Grant County
A Brown
Manipulated Reports Stir Tobacco Growers Inquiry
In Washington on July 14 Secretary Wilson began an inquiry into claims that Agriculture Department tobacco statistics were being manipulated to aid the tobacco trust. In San Francisco on July 14 Commissioner F P Baremalen reported a large Japanese and Chinese emigration from Hawaii, with nearly 1,000,000 immigrants for the year ending June 30, 1906, mostly to the mainland. A Harvard Medical School blood expert, Professor Edward S Wood, is dead at Pocasset Mass after serving as an expert witness in murder trials. born in Cambridge in 1848.
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Washington
South
Department of Agriculture
Tobacco Trust
Wilson
San Francisco
F. P. Barement
Washington, D. C
Korea
Honelulu
Mawaii
Maui
Honolulu
Mr. Bargeal
Horton
Mass
Edward & Wood
Harvard Medley School
T Pocassa
Hencs
Cambridge
Charles L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Detroit Prepares Welcome for International Press Club Delegates
Detroit gears up for the International League of Press Clubs annual convention with a reception and smoker. Delegates from Cuba and Canada join about 200 U S delegates for an auto tour of the city and visits to several industries.
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Ohio Democrats
Detroit
League of Press Clubs
Mid
International League of Press Clubs
United States
South Carolina Editors Convene In White Stone Springs
The South Carolina State Press Association met with strong attendance. Principal speaker was S I Hardwick Southern Railway traffic manager discussing The Story of the South The Impetus and Progress of Its Development. Drowned 600 Chines e near Canton at dragon boat festival as crowd watched.
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White Stone Springs
8. C
South Carolina
Victoria
B.C
Empress of India
West River
Canton
Themoely
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Trepoff
Lawson
Warsaw
Vienna
Lodz
Kalicz
Taft
Philippines
Denver
Paris
Bastile
France
Atlantic
Husineas
Longchamps
Loubet
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Star, Miné
M & Texas Road
Guthrie
Muskogee &Texas Railroad Company
Cushing
Okla
Honey Grove
Muskokee
Porter, I. T
Grand Farmers’ Institute
Jackson
Miss
State Agricultural College
the Tobacco Trust Inquiry
Colo
Grand Army of the Republic
Borog Geisha
BSF
Grand Army
National Woman's Relief Corps
National Daughters of Veterans
National Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies of the G. A. R
The
Army Nurses's Association
National Association of Naval Veterans
National Association of Ex-Prisoners of War
W. R. Blackmar
Massachusetts
White River Road
Robbins
Manila
Bt. Louis
Judea Mellbenny
Clayton
Peoples’ United States Bank
Hadhey
Gentry
Saenger
Cook
Chicago Board of Trade
St. Paul
Westwatem Ind
ARICA
Outlaw
Columbus
Ohio
Democratic State Central Committee
John R. McLean
Pattison
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Frank Harper
Mt. Vernon
Harvey Garber
Presbyterian Church
Passy
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