Various 1907 items span politics and crime in brief
Civil service clerk and letter carrier exam set for April 15. Governor Frasier vetoes Tennessee salary raise. Roosevelt receives Armenian church praise. Louisville & Nashville to issue bonds. Canada to grant steel shipbuilding bounty. Lord Norton dead at 90. Armenian situation worsens. Judge Foote dies of pneumonia. Russian Pacific squadron leaves Madagascar. Sloss Sheffield reports earnings drop. Norwegian house rejects gender equality in public office. Tennessee signs anti race track betting law. Hawthorne man murders family then suicide. Nebraska City Methodist church to celebrate 50th anniversary. Nevada legislature repeals liquor and gambling laws. Peoria murder plea at death. Uintah reservation opened to settlement. Gorky’s health raises concerns. Chicago cigarette papers ordinance upheld. Tampa hotel sale injunction dissolved. California tax on corporations approved. Nevada nurse to receive $40,000 estate reward. Hay-Bunau-Varilla envoy visits White House. London Times notes Russian ship purchases. Poignant confession after child poisoning case in Paducah. No proclamation for Jamestown exposition trip. Eureka man identified as wanted killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Storting
Norway
Frasier
Tennessee
Zachariah Hamilton
Hawthorne
Nev
First Methodist Church
Nebraska City
Neb
Nebraska
Nevada
Peoria
Otis Botts
Uintah
Utah
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Maxim Gorky
Riga
South
Russia
Chicago
Wall
Tampa
Fla
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Tampa Bay
Kauffman Syndicate
Pardee
California
Muree
Alicia H. Gray
Middletown
N. Y
Bunan-Varilla
Panama
United States
White House
London Times
Libau
Mary Brockwell
Paducah
Noonevelt
Hampton
Packer Officials Urged to Stop Tampering with Witnesses
A public call accuses Packers of pressuring witnesses amid ongoing investigations. Authorities warn against intimidation tactics and vow to pursue all legal remedies to protect witnesses and uphold the integrity of inquiries.
Efforts to Influence Testimony Stated by District Attorney
Federal grand jury investigations into meat packing companies face renewed threats of witness tampering. Assistant Attorney General Pagin vows action under conspiracy statutes to halt interference. Fifteen witnesses, including three women from National Packing, testify as Meade of Boston and Dimpon of Omaha describe industry views. District Attorney Morrison shifts waiting witnesses to downtown hotels to shield jurors from discovery of secret service presence. Ten railroad workers from Michigan report to the jury room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pagin
Swift and Company
Morrison
Secret Service
Michigan
Illinois Legislature Advances Anti Loan Shark Bill
Springfield sweeping anti loan shark measure moves to third reading in the Illinois Senate by unanimous vote. The bill bars any wager loan unless both spouses join and requires three days notice to the employer. Attorney General Stead and Chicago Merchants Club back the bill. Senator Dickson says homes are wrecked and men harmed by loan sharks.
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Ilnois
Springfield
Ilinois
Stead
Merchants’ Club of Chicago
Dickson
Senate
Cattle Growers Offer Help to Break Beef Trust
President W W Turney of the Inter State Cattle Growers association says 99 percent of U S cattle growers oppose a legal combination meant to stifle competition and control 98 percent of cattle shipped to Chicago Kansas City St Louis Fort Worth Omaha and Los Angeles. They are ready to assist the government to break up the monster.
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EL Paso
Tex
Texas
Beef Trust
W. W. Turney
Inter- State Cattle Growers’ Association
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Omaha
Los Angeles
Plans toward Vladivostok emerge in press dispatch
ST PETERSBURG reports that Japanese strategic focus may shift to Vladivostok. A dispatch claims Japanese withdrawal from the Manchurian front for 35 miles south, with mobilization rumored and wartime leadership changes possible as war continues. Chinese bandits disrupt the Siberian railroad amid patrols seeking a possible turning move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viadivoastok
ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Vladivostokh
Associated Press
Gunkehu
War Office
Sakhardff
Ridiger
Polivanoff
Siberian
Linevitch
Prize Lands at Omaha as Rural Delivery HQ Shift
The post office department issues an order establishing the rural mail delivery service headquarters in Omaha and moving the district headquarters from Kansas City. Postmaster General Cortelyou appoints Charles E. Llewellyn of Nebraska as division superintendent to oversee the new Omaha headquarters starting April 17. The current force of three clerks under J R Harrison will transfer to the new administration. The district remains Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Omaha
Kansas City
Post Office Department
Cortelyou
Charles E. Llewellyn
Nebraska
Postofice
J. R. Harrison
Postmasters in Nebraska to serve four-year terms
Washington reports that fourth class postmasters in Nebraska may keep their jobs for another four years if proficient and free of political activity. Postmaster General Cortelyou says the policy applies to all presidential postmasters in the state, a move likely to upset Nebraska congressmen who depend on patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nebraska
Cortelyou
minister probes river transport for vast Siberian rail plan
ST PETERSBURG during his forthcoming inspection of the Siberian railroad minister of railroads Hil hoff proposes an exhaustive inquiry into organizing a large river transport system to complement rail links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Siberian
Hilhoff
Monument to Cervantes Approved by Havana Council
The provincial council voted to erect a monument honoring Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra author of Don Quixote in Havana. The decision marks a public tribute to the Spanish novelist and his literary legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cervantes
Havana
Don Quixote
Dowager Duchess of Abercorn Dies in Sussex
London reports the dowager duchess of Abercorn Lauren Jane Rwe sell died of gastritis at Coates' castle in Sussex. She was the daughter of the sixth duke of Bedford and lived in royal circles.
Dr Hewett Dies Suddenly at 77 in Bloomington
Dr E C Hewett longtime president of Illinois State Normal School died suddenly on Friday in Bloomington. He served fifteen years as head of the institution and was 77 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hewett
Bloomington
E C. Wewett
Ilinois State Normal School
DeKalb man wins $20,000 judgment against Huron
Isaac L. Ellwood of DeKalb Illinois wins a federal court judgment for $20,000 against the city of Huron a case arising from bonds issued in 1890. Ellwood claimed the bonds were issued to fund a state capital fight rather than genuine refunding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls, & D
Carland
United States Court
Isaac L. Eilwood
DeKalb
Huron
D. Ellwood
South Dakota
Whiteman Released on Bail in New York Case
Whiteman was released on bail set at $10,000 after a New York court appearance. The defendant, identified as Ruffai O, faces pending charges in the case described in regional legal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteman
Ruffai
N. Y
Alones J
Armour Man Indicted for Interfering with Witness
Federal grand jury in Chicago returns an indictment against Thomas J. Connors, general superintendent of Armour & Co., for interference with a witness in the beef trust investigation. Connors, Ogden Armour’s confidential employee and head of a major packing firm, was arrested on a bench warrant and brought to the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
Thomas J. Connors
Armour & Co
Mr. Connor
J. Ogden Armour
United States
Violence Erupts in Deska Street Protest in Warsaw
A 7:30 p m clash on Deska Street between police military patrol and a 1000 strong Bund demonstration left four dead and forty wounded. Proclamations warn crowds away from public buildings amid school strike threats and arming volunteers. Governor Maximovitch faced editors as tensions rise in this unrest marked by red flags and calls for ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Deska Street
The
Bund
Party of Violence
Maximovitch
Dzika Street
Washington picks American members for Great Lakes study commission
The president selects American members for the joint international commission to study how deep waterway project level changes affect Great Lakes navigation. Members include George Clinton, H Ernat, Gardner S William. Canadian appointees are P Maybe, W King, Louis Acoste, with Thomas Cole as secretary. The Americans will organize and then coordinate with Canada to set a meeting likely in Toronto to begin work.
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Washington
Joint International Commission
Great Lakes
George Clinton
New York
H. Ernat
Corps of Engineers
United States
Gardner
William
Cornell
P. Maybe
Toronto
W. King
Ottawa
Louis Acoste
Thomas Cole
Newspapers in St Petersbuгg go quiet on peace talks
St Petersburg papers, once pro peace, fall silent after government warnings on airing views. The press split shows peace advocates silent while a minority reprints foreign articles arguing peace demands abandoning Russia's Pacific stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Russia
Pacific
Hamburg-American Chief Rules Out Community of Interests
At a Hamburg general meeting director general Herr Ballin stated there are no plans to form a community of interests between the Hamburg-American Line and North German Lloyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intererss
Hamburg
Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company
Herr Ballin
Lloyd Lines
Girl Goes to Penitentiary for Perjury in Damages Claim
CHICAGO Inga Hanson a former Salvation Army girl was convicted of perjury denied a new trial and sentenced to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary. She sought $50 000 in damages from the Chicago City Railway claiming injuries in a street car crash left her deaf dumb blind and unable to walk. She alleged a sudden healing by prayer at a revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inega Hanson
Salvation Army
Chicago City Railway
Miss Hanson
Magoon Named Governor of Panama Canal Zone
Lincoln man Judge Charles E. Magoon, long a law officer in the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, is slated as the new governor and minister to Panama canal zone. He brings senior executive and diplomatic duties, joining the reorganization of the canal commission announced by the president and Secretary Taft. Morgan to act as governor in place of General Davis and to assume the duties as minister plenipotentiary to Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Canal Zone
Washington
Charles
Magoon
Neb
Bureau of Insular Affair
War Department
Panama Canal
Wie
Isohmian Canal Commission
Taft
Philippines
Charlies EK. Morgan
General Davis
United States
Panama
John Barrett
Will of Mrs Jane Stanford probate leaves legacy splits
San Jose California will and codicil of Mrs Jane Stanford proven and admitted to probate executors named without bonds. The 1903 will leaves 2 million in trust for Ariel Lathrop and descendants of D S Lathrop 1 million for Jennie Lawton Amy Hanson and Christine Gunning heirs 125000 to charities.
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University
San Jose
Cal
Jane Stanford
Charles G. Lathrop
Timothy Hopkins
Joseph D. Grant
Whitelaw Reid
Thomas B. Crothers
F. Iib
Mountford Wilson
Charles K
F. Lieb
Ariel Lathrop
D. S. Lathrop
Jennie L. Lawton
Amy L. Hanson
Christine I. Gunning
President Roosevelt heads west for two month hunting trip
President Roosevelt will leave Washington Monday for a two month trip to the west and southwest. The outing centers on reuniting his Rough Rider regiment at San Antonio on Friday April 7 and includes brief en route stops with addresses. After San Antonio he stops at Fort Worth before hunting in Texas Panhandle and Colorado. He will stay connected to public affairs during travel and hunting with plans for a long anticipated vacation.
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Texas
Colorado
Washington
Roosevelt
Rough Rider
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Bunting
Ten Years in Prison for Mrs Chadwick
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick faces a decade in the Ohio state penitentiary after United States district court judge Robert Taylor overruled a bid for a new trial. Convicted on seven counts, she received two year terms on four counts and one year terms on two counts, totaling ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Cleveland
Austria Demands Rigorous Inquiry Into Utah Killing
The Austrian consul in San Francisco asks Oath authorities to investigate the death of Jacob Oman an Austrian citizen killed by a Castlegate Utah policeman on January 27. Oman among several Austrians was quarantined for smallpox in a pesthouse guarded by Officer R A Lewis. Oman allegedly tried to break quarantine and was shot in the head with the shooting claimed accidental.
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Austria
East Lake City
Ths
San Francisco
Jacob Oman
Castlegate
Utah
Oman
R. A. Lewis
Lewis
Russians and Japanese Fight Near Mongolian Frontier
Reports from St Petersburg describe Oyama pushing a main force with flanking wings while heavy reconnaissances test the Russian center. Linevich reports no change in the front but notes enemy activity east of the railway and snow. Gunsha Pass notes restrictions on Harbin workers amid rising anti foreign agitation among Chinese societies aided by Japanese influence.
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ST. Petersburg
Oyama
Linevitch
Gunsha Pass
Lineviteh
Harbin
Hun Yuanmin
Mukden
Kirin
Teal Li
Tsitsihari
Manchuria
China
Admiral Barker Retires From North Atlantic Fleet
Rear Admiral A S Barker hauls down his flag on the Kearsarge and is placed on the navy retired list after long service. A veteran of the Spanish War strategy board, he commanded the New York navy yard before taking supreme command of the North Atlantic fleet in 1902. Rear Admiral Evans succeeds him and selects the Maine as flagship.
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Washington
A. S. Barker
North Atlantic
Navy
Spain
Barker
Strategy Board
Navy Yard
New York
Massachusetts
Naval Academy
Evans
Maine
Mrs Maybrick Seeks State Department Help in Legal Case
Mrs Florence Maybrick met with Acting Secretary Atlee in Washington to resolve issues blocking her testimony in ongoing legal proceedings affecting large property interests. She seeks British papers to reestablish her status, with the State Department likely to engage the American embassy in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Florence Maybrick
Atlee
State Department
London
Has No Proof of Marriage in Paris Case
The civ4 tribunal of the Line rejects Carrie Swain and Frank Gard her marriage claim. The court finds no marriage existed from the correspondence and holds the defendant's obligation was moral. It also dismisses the counterclaim for inmates for lack of proof of bad faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
of the Line
Carrie Swain
Azalet Frank Gardher
Mr. Gardher
Architect Cora Gilbert Wins Suit Against Exposition Company
In St Louis a federal circuit court awarded Cora Gilbert a New York architect $6.40 against the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. Gilbert had sued for 31000 claiming the sum was for drawing plans for certain world’s fair buildings. Officials say the verdict will not be appealed.
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ST. Louis
United States Circuit Court
Cora Gilbert
New York
Gilbert
William H. Thompson
The
Exposition Company
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Lord Norton
Charles Adderly
Van
Armenia
Henry 8. Foote
Foote
Mississippi
Senator Stewart
Madagascar
James Griffith
Eureka
Benjamin Pettis
Montclair
N. J
Rein
BIG Packers
JAPG
Admiral Barker
Admiral Evans
England
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