Wholesale Robbery of Big Cargo Vessels Charged to Pirate Band
Six alleged thieves named Charles Mattock Curtis Garden Edward Edwards Henry Perry Joseph Wilson and James Kelsaw were arrested in Chicago after resisting capture. Police recovered six trunks packed with silks laces dry goods jewelry and other loot from vessels bound for Chicago stores. The gang reportedly robbed holds of ships carrying merchandise and netted between 100000 and 150000 in plunder from Paris Berlin Constantinople and other trade hubs. Goods were hidden in clothing then stored in trunks for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Black Belt
Charles Mattock
Curtis Garden
Edward Edwards
Henry Perry
Joseph Wilson
James Kelsaw
Paris
Berlin
Constantinople
Girl in man's clothes narrowly escapes lynching in Pa
Catherine Rooks 23 of Lawrence county is chased by a sheriff posse seeking a Negro who fatally stabbed his wife. Mistaken for the wanted man in darkness, she nearly dies before her voice reveals her gender and saves her. She had planned to ride freight to Chicago to aid a sick brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Rooks
Lawrence County
Miss Rooks
Chicago
Memorial Baptist church to open baby bureau in Hartford
Deacons plan a baby bureau to let infants be cared for while mothers attend services. The church seeks to curb dwindling attendance of married women by providing infant care as comfort and a solace in worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Baptist Church
Hartford
Hundreds Drown After Japanese Ferry Collision in Dense Fog
In the early dawn collision near Hakodate, 275 people perish when the 8,000 ton Matsu Maru sinks after being struck by the Hideyoshi Maru. Survivors are rescued as crews battle darkness and panic, with the wreck occurring near the same dangerous reef as the Dakota disaster last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line
Dakota
Hokkaido Straits
Hakodate
Hideyoshi
Matsu
Broward Drives Everglades Drainage Plan Forward
Florida Governor Broward advances reclamation by dredging two sixty foot canals to Pine Island to drain 10 000 acres. Experts say Everglades soil is richest and could yield sugar and other crops. Canal work aims to prove the big plan viable despite railroad land claims and opposition. Engineers expect completion in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everglades
W. B. Broward
Florida
Europe
Broward
Lake Okechobee
People Authority
Pine Island
New River
Vast wreck rescue calls and lighthouse heroics unfold
Naval destroyers rush to aid the wrecked Hideyoshi after a collision near Hako date. None of the Japanese crew aboard the damaged steamer are believed lost. Rich merchants were among those aboard. Meanwhile Miss Ida Lewis, longtime keeper of Lime Rock lighthouse, contemplates a rare vacation after decades of service. She recently earned the Cross of Honor and Carnegie pension for saving eighteen lives. Also noted, Everglades reclamation costs and land values, plus claims about Stradivarius varnish secrets by Prof. Horvath.
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Hakodate
Hideyoshi
Ida Lewis
Lime Rock
Newport
R. I
Washington
Miss Lewis
Carnegie Hero Fund
Rudolph Lewis
Two Hungarian counts in the Vanderbilt family
A compilation of satirical lines referencing the nickel trust, female wages, weather lore, and humorous quips about public figures. It notes a contrast between moonshine era scenes and modern finance while poking at endurance tests and a railroad camp cook dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moving Picture Combine
Nickel Trust
Vanderbilt
Weather Bureau
Georgia
Kentucky
Panama Canal
North Carolina
Embezzlement Totals and Concrete Innovations Chronicle
The 1907 embezzlement total reaches 10 424 820 dollars with banks suffering 4 988 605 and public officials 787 466. A yearly sketch from 1894 to 1907 highlights large losses, while concrete car bumpers and reinforced concrete flywheels emerge as new industrial feats replacing iron due to transport costs.
County to repay funds after court ruling
District Court orders St. Louis County to pay 17 157 74 to the Minnesota State treasury for money lost in 1894 and 1896 due to bank failures and to cover forwarded tax settlement funds. County plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. Five Detroit women form a stork club in January 1907 and have welcomed a baby each since.
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District Court
St. Louis County
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Detroit
Roosevelt urges Congress to act on tariff labor and anti trust reforms
President Roosevelt sends a special message urging swift action on tariff reform including wood pulp duties, labor injunctions, and antitrust amendments. He calls for permanent injunctions in labor disputes, stricter receivership rules, postal savings banks, child labor prohibition, and a revised Interstate Commerce Law with railroad traffic agreements and securities oversight. He also backs limited moves to modify the antitrust statute and to expand government power to regulate contracts and labor unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Congressional
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Inter. Te Commerce Commission
Iity
Commissioner of Corporations
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Anthracite Strike Commission
House of Representatives
Theodore Roosevelt
Wisconsin drubs Nebraska 43 to 4 in Madison
In Madison Wisconsin routed Nebraska 43 to 4 in basketball. The item notes other sports results including Minnesota defeating Purdue 34 to 25 at Lafayette and Grinnell winning the Iowa basketball title 33 to 14 on its floor.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Joe Gans
Madge Gans
Baltimore
Lafayette
Ind
University of Minnesota
Purdué Quint
Grinnell College
Iowa
State University
Grinnell
Wisconsin University
Minnesota
Jake Schaefer
Willie Hoppe
Chicago
Vincent Smith
Emeryville
Oakland
I. J. Handy
Illinois Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
New York
Senate Adopts Expunging Move as Currency Bill Advances
A large Washington session centers on the currency reform push with Aldrich moving to grant it exclusive Senate and House priority. In tense exchanges, Mann and Sulzer clash over a speech and President Roosevelt is attacked amid broader debate on fiscal policy and agricultural appropriations.
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Aldrich
Senate
House
Fowler
la Follette
Iouse
Congress
Williams
Mississippi
Sulzer
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Stanley
Kentucky
Alexander Hamilton
Pryan
Willett
John Walter Smith
Maryland
Smith
T Roosevelt
Bea
Texas
Kansas
Virginia
Michigan
Vermont
Missouri
Indiana
Gorge III
Deikema
Deikeme
Judiciary Committee
Wilfley
United States Court
China
Day Confirmed U S Attorney for Northern Ohio
The Senate confirmed William L. Day as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Day is the son of Associate Justice Day of the Supreme Court. Taft supports lighthouse funding at Point Judith Rhode Island harbor of refuge and a national referee board of scientists will assist the Agriculture Department in evaluating preservatives used in foods.
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Orchard
Harry Orchard
Sieuenberg
Idaho Board of Pardons
National Capital Notes
Senate
William L. Day
United States
District
Ohio
Mr. Day
Day
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Treasury and Commerce and Labor Departments
Point Judith
R. I. Harbor of Refuge
Department of Agriculture
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City Hospital
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Anthony Sicilia
North Halsted Street
P. D. O'Brien
Detective Bureau
John Jordan
North Avenue
Ridgely
Reorganized National Bank of Commerce of
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Lawrence C. Murray
Commerce and Labor
Wichita
Millner Elevator Company
Kan
Llaning
Dakota Prairie
Pukwana
Kimball
Gov. Johnson
Mexico
Chilapa
Southern Pacific
Texas Central
Houston
Ponson C. Chu
Shanghai
Yale College
Psi Upsilon
John Kendrick Bangs, Jr
New York City
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Germany
Gators
Eden
John Horvath
Philadelphia
Stradivarius
Horvath
John Temple Graves
Lackawanna Railroad
Johannesburg
South Africa
Vto
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Spicion
Work OF Congress
William James Bryan
Mann
Ilinois
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