Immigration Pressure Forces Stricter U S Border Checks
The Associated Press reports rising Japanese immigration into the United States in 1907. Chief Secretary Straus expands immigration inspector presence on the Canadian border to curb Asiatic labor intake, noting thousands of arrivals from Japan and Hindu immigrants via Victoria and Vancouver.
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Washington
America
United States
Straus
Canadian
Mexico
Canada
British Columbia
Victoria
Vancouver
Honolulu
British Accept Raisuli Terms For MacLean Release
Sir Harry MacLean eyed release as Raisuli’s ransom terms gain British approval. The plan includes a $150,000 payment and British protection for Raisuli and family, with Sultan Abdul Aziz guaranteeing the ransom. MacLean’s brother travels to Rabat to finalize negotiations with the sultan.
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Sultan Abdul Azziz
Harry Maclean
Rabat
Terrific Seal Stagger Stalwart Ocean Liners
Queenstown Oct 6 The Cunard liner Umbria arrived after a voyage from New York Sept 26 amid terrific weather. A huge sea damaged the forward bridge but no one was injured aboard though a boatswains boy broke a leg and a woman was injured Saturday. Cherburg Oct 6 The American Line steamship St Paul reached port seven hours late after fierce storms that swept decks and salted funnels.
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Associated Press
Queenstown
Cunard
New York
Cherburg
St. Paul
First football victim killed in Salt Lake
Salt Lake City October 6 Eugene M Bourne aged 35 died here yesterday after a football injury from a game last Monday. The attending physician cites contusions inflammation and hemorrhage of the brain as the causes of death.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake
Emugene M. Bourne
British Army Controls Novel Aerial Balloon Flight Over London
London reports show practical progress in aerial navigation as a British army dirigible flies from Aldershot to London and back. The 100 by 30 foot craft with a one ton lift carries three men, uses an aluminum canvas car, and features gas-recirculating exhaust and a large stern sail. It passes over Blackfriars Bridge Fleet Street Trafalgar Square and Westminster, moving at about 15 mph under complete control.
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Associated Press
London
Trafalgar Square
War Office
Westminster Abbey
Houses of Parliament
Ter
Taft Upset by Drunken Japanese Passenger Incident
Nagasaki October 6 On the steamer Minnesota carrying Secretary of War Taft and party a Japanese passenger was imprisoned in his cabin by order of the captain for suspicious conduct claiming to be part of the Taft party. He confessed to drinking and was handed to local police, an episode the report says was blown up into an attempt to injure Taft.
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Associated Press
Nagasaki
Minnesota
William H. Taft
Kobe
Taft
Jews Suffer Attacks by Russian Enemies in Odessa
In Odessa on October 6, after the funeral of Dalfinsky, assistant chief of the secret police killed while breaking up an anarchist meeting, unionists renewed anti semitic outrages. Jewish tea rooms were ransacked and many Jews beaten, 18 sent to hospitals as police dispersed the mob with no arrests. Citizens fear further violence as streets empty.
Federal Judge in China Faces Serious Charges
Honolulu October 6. Lorrin Andrews sailing from here on the Manchuria to urge impeachment of L. R. Wilfly judge of the United States court of China on charges of violating his oath of office. Seven grounds for impeachment alleged.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Lorrin Andrews
Shanghai
Manchuria
San Francisco
Washington
L. R. Wilfly
United States Court of China
Jury acquits physician and wife of murder
Raleigh jury returns a verdict of acquittal in the Rowland murder trial. Dr. and Mrs. David Rowland were charged with poisoning the woman's former husband, Charles R. Strange.
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Associated Press
Raleigh, N. C
Rowland
David Rowland
Charles R. Strange
Washington pioneer Dr George F Whitworth dies at 91
Rev Dr George F Whitworth, a long time Puget Sound pioneer and public figure, died at 91. Born in England, he came to America as a youth, graduated from Hanover College in 1838 and New Albany Seminary, practiced law, then theology. He arrived in Oregon country in 1858 and held multiple territorial roles including deputy surveyor and Indian affairs chief clerk. He helped found the Tacoma college named for him.
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Associated Press
Seattle
George F. Whitworth
Puget Sound
England
Hanover College
New Albany Theological Seminary
Plains
Oregon Country
Washington
United States
Territorial University
Indian Affairs
Lapwai
Whitworth
Tacoma
Metal pot explosion devastates Butler steel plant
A cupola accident at Standard Steel in Butler Pennsylvania on October 6 killed four workers and fatally injured twenty more with twenty others seriously hurt. The molten metal showered workers as a 5000 pound pot broke spilling iron and triggering a rapid blast. Many were burned mutilated or killed with clothing blown off and some buried under debris in a plant near the wheel department.
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Butler
Standard Steel Company
Nick Dorna
Nicholas Elotar
John Verid
German Alliance Pays Respects
New York Oct 6 The German American Alliance adopted resolutions on personal liberty protested church intrusion into law and politics criticized J Frank Hanly for temperance appeals commended Henry Watterson for anti prohibition stance backed reestablishment of the army canteen and treated Fairbanks as attacked by the Prohibition failure. A committee will oppose laws against desirable immigrants and a permanent peace committee led by Dr Ernest Richard of Columbia University was formed.
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New York
German American Alliance
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Henry Watterson
Fairbanks
Methodist General Conference
Ernest Richard
Columbia University
Preacher Accused of Alienating Wife’s Affections
Elmer R. Poole of Boston sues Rev. W. G. Jones, pastor of Emanuel Baptist Church in Seattle, for $2,000 claiming Jones alienated Poole’s wife’s affections in 1896 and 1897 while Jones was with a Boston church. Jones is a prominent Seattle minister and well known pulpiteer.
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
Seattle
Wash
W. G. Jones
Emanuel Baptist Church
Elmer R. Poole
Boston
Jones
Platt Denies Marriage With Miss Mae Wood
New York Oct 4 United States Senator Platt formally denied today that he ever married Mae Wood who is suing him for divorce alleging a 1901 marriage The denial came in an application by his lawyers to examine papers in the case He says she claimed marriage only after Dec 24 1906 and that she sought money from him backed by a Richmond Va law firm to press breach of promise claims
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
New York
United States
Platt
Mae Wood
Richmond
War Secretary Taft Welcomed in Kobe During Japan Visit
Nagasaki Oct. 5. Secretary of War Taft arrived in Kobe aboard the Minnesota and was welcomed by the mayor and city officers. He attended a banquet before the Minnesota sails at midnight for Manila. Taft expressed pleasure with his Japan visit and favorable press on his Tokio speech.
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Associated Press
Nagasaki
Japan
Taft
Kobe
Minnesota
Manila
Tokio
Plague Cases Reported in Oran After Precautions Doubled
Official dispatches from Oran Algeria confirm two fresh plague cases have developed there and that precautions to prevent spread have been doubled, signaling intensified health measures and vigilance.
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Associated Press
Paris
Oran
Algeria
Railroads Struggling for Supremacy in the West
The Oregonian reports rapid surveying by Harriman, Union Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande into Oregon and Colorado, aiming to control routes parallel to the Moffat road. It suggests a fierce contest to block rivals in Northwestern Colorado and Southeastern Oregon, with Mt Hood railway tying into a new transcontinental system.
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Oregon
Union Pacific
Natron
Walker
Cascade Country
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado
Utah
Oregonian
Harriman
Mt. Hood Railway
Portland
Mt. Hood
Salt Lake
Moffat
Rockies
Mormons Choose Apostle Ivins After Teasdale Death
Salt Lake City October 6. After sustaining authorities and electing a new apostle to succeed the deceased Teasdale, the seventy eighth Mormon conference adjourned. Anthony W Ivins, president of Juarez Stake in Mexico, filled the apostolic vacancy. A man attempted to speak against President Joseph S Smiths re election and was quickly ejected.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Teasdale
Seventy-Eighth
Anthony W. Ivins
Juarez Stake
Mexico
Joseph S. Smith
BEARS BEGIN TO STAMPEDE
Stamboul Louisiana October 6 the president spent the day quietly in his camp on Tensas bayou with plans to begin his hunt tomorrow. Assistant Secretary Latta located nearby said he had not heard from the president since landing yet noted there is no church for him to attend. A canvas village of seven tents lies at the camp with the president occupying a 15 foot square walled tent.
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Associated Press
Stamboul
Tensas Bayou
Latta
Lusitania Completes Rapid Atlantic Passage to Queenstown
The Cunard steamer Lusitania, sailing from Liverpool to New York, reached Queenstown swiftly after departing at 10:25 this morning. The ship averaged about 24 knots during the voyage.
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Associated Press
Queenstown
Cunard Line
Liverpool
New York
Flagman Killed by M P Engine Near Butte
John Corey a railroad flagman was fatally injured when Northern Pacific switch engine 914 struck him on a curve east of the Braund house in Butte at 7 am. He died two hours later at Murray’s hospital. Coroner Cleven’s inquest set for 7 pm. Corey recently left NP yards and was reportedly preparing to depart. He carried two loaves of bread under his arm and other eatables. He suffered fatal internal injuries with a badly broken jaw and scalp wounds. All details stem from the accident scene and physician examinations.
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John Corey
Braund House Jin Butte
Northern Pacific
Murray's Hospital
Corey
Hill Astonishes Washington on Railroad Matters
Washington observers quote James J. Hill saying Congress may be asked for funds to continue railroad building. Officials fear no further extensions due to lack of money, stressing need for better terminals and rapid transport facilities. The piece links Hill’s views to government ownership debates and cites other press comments on Harriman lines and rail investments.
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
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Minneapolis
James J. Hill
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hill
Wli Bryan
New York
Harriman Lines
Selatae
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