Business Leaders Sentenced Under Anti Trust Law
Twenty three Toledo businessmen were sentenced by Judge Lindley Morris to six months in the workhouse and fines of 1000 dollars each for violating the Valentine anti trust law. The judge suspended sentences for ten days due to a smallpox epidemic in the workhouse. Some fined 1000 dollars escaped prison. They pleaded guilty and cannot appeal, hoping the law challengers reach the Supreme Court.
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Toledo
Lindley W. Morris
Supreme Court
Morris
Ile
Tce
Striving for the Pennants in Principal Baseball Leagues
National League standings show Chicago and Boston atop the standings with New York and Pittsburgh close behind. A separate report notes a family selling 1,000 acres of coal land and raising 2 million dollars, with the Thaw heirs pooling cash to fund Harry K. Thaw’s defense against Stanford White killing charges. The land transfer involves Mount Pleasant Coke Company in Westmoreland county, Pa., with proceeds attributed to Mrs. William Thaw and other family members.
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National Lague
Chicago
Boston
New York
Pittsburg
Cincinna
Philadelphia
St. Fait
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Westmoreland County
Mount Pleasant Coke Company
William Thaw
Harry
Countess of
Yarmouth
Edward Thaw
George Lauder Carnegie
Oeal
White Pa
George Tander Carnegie
Leach Named New Director of the Mint
President Roosevelt appoints Frank A. Leach of Oakland California as director of the mint to replace George F. Roberts who resigned to head the Commercial National Bank of Chicago after the death of James I Eckels Leach currently serves as superintendent of the San Francisco mint.
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Roosevelt
Frank A. Leach
Oakland
Cal
Mint
George F. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
James I. Eckels
Mr. Leach
San Francisco
George E. Troberts
James H. Eckels
Leach
Robbery Victim Identified in Manhattan Case and Local Crime
In New York the victim identified as Mrs. Charles W. Rand of Los Angeles suffered a January robbery at the Holland House. A $2,000 diamond bracelet was recovered from pawnbrokers. In Bucyrus Ohio a 15 year old boy was killed by a power saw accident. Naval leaders Evans and Yamamoto met in New York to ease war tensions.
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Joseph Arurek
Charles W. Rand
Los Angeles
Cal
Holland House
New York
William DeWitt
Bucyrus
Ohio
Evans
Yamamoto
United States
Japan
Joseph Svarek
Cali
Irolland House
William de Witt
Murphy Estate Filed for Probate in Los Angeles
The will of Francis Murphy also known as the apostle of temperance was filed for probate in Los Angeles. The petition states the estate is valued at twenty thousand dollars.
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Francis Murphy
Apostle of
Temperance
Los Angeles
Murphy
Praceil Murphy
Girl Arrested for Murder in Worcester Massachusetts
Mary Brennan twenty is arrested in Worcester for the murder of Charles Burnap. Police say she confessed. A remark about unwritten law appears. A Ta Pinta grand jury acquitted Mrs Bowie and Henry Bowie in the Posey case. the murdered man had betrayed the woman’s daughter under a promise of marriage.
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Mary Brennan
Worerster
Mass
Charles Burnap
Ta Pinta
M. Bowie
Henry
Herbert Posey
la Viata
Mib
Worcester
Supreme Court to Rule on Unions and Anti-Trust Liability
Case from Danbury hat maker D E Lowe v Martin Lawlor and 200 AFL members asks if unions violating anti-trust law can be sued for trebled damages. Lowe seeks 240000 dollars after circulars warn patrons to avoid his hats, prompting the certification to the high court.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals For
Second Circuit
D. E. Lowe
Danbury
Lowe
Fairbanks Rescues Waitress From Lake During Stay
Vice President Fairbanks risked his life at Yellowstone Lake to save Lena Waters from drowning after seeing her in the water from the hotel veranda. He tore in with a man from the pier to pull her from the lake, awakening a sense of danger to assist.
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Fairbanks
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone Park
Lena Waters
Widow Cleared by Letter in Poison Death Case
Mrs. Ierman Ritter, 29, was cleared after letters found from her husband James Ritter, former Madison County Illinois county attorney, describe fear of mental collapse and choose death by own action to avoid being a public charge. Ritter died June 2, formerly an undertaker in Edwardsville. Separately, government challenges tobacco trust practices as James McReynolds files suit against American Tobacco Company and affiliates for market control and suppression of competitors.
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Ierman Ritter
Galveston
Madison County
Ilinois
Ritter
Tobacco Trust
Tobacco Combine
James ©. McReynolds
United States Circuit Court
New York
American Tobacco Company
Cigar Poisoning Case Brings Centerville Farmer to Court
Edward Lindig of Centerville township Minnesota is charged in St Paul police court with attempting to poison neighbor Philip Nadeau by urging him to smoke a poisoned cigar Nadeau claims. Lindig is held to the grand jury. James T Bradley receiver of Topeka First National Bank says settlement within six weeks will pay creditors and depositors 90 cents on the dollar.
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Edward Lindig
Centerville Township
Anoko County
Minn
St. Paul
Philip Nadeau
New Canada Township
Nadeau
Lindig
Devlin Bank
James T. Bradley
First National Bank
Topeka
Kan
C. J. Devlin
Duluth Nun Takes Vows After Kidnapping Incident
Emily Diegel embraced her religious calling and became a Benedictine Sister in Duluth. The departure followed a past event when her father, then in St Paul, abducted her from her Duluth schoolroom, a moment noted in local history.
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Emily Diegel
Duluth
St. Paul
Rope and Trees Used as Jail in Deering Kan
A deputy sheriff arrested several men for drunkenness in Deering Kansas last week. With no jail, he tied the prisoners to trees with ropes so their comments would not disturb residents. They were released at night without ceremony or court costs. Four Die in Burning Home in Suisun Valley Cal The Campbell children perished in the fire while their parents were severely burned. Investigators suspect a coal oil lamp explosion as the cause.
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Deering
Kan
Charles L. Campbell
Suisun Valley
Cal
Seven Miners Die From White Damp at Honeybrook
Seven mine workers, all from Stalans, were killed in an abandoned slope of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Honeybrook, Pennsylvania, by deadly white damp. Three others are missing, but officials have not confirmed whether they remain in the mine.
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Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Honeybrook
Bride earns money from wedding kisses in Trevorton
In Trevorton Pennsylvania Mrs Andrew Lu Caske a young bride earned 385 dollars by allowing all wedding guests to kiss her after arriving from church at her husband home. Each kiss cost one dollar. The Praceil Murphy Estate valued at 20000 dollars is listed at 820000.
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Trevorton
Andrew Lucaske
Toledo Lumber and Brick Dealers Sentenced in Wealth Case
Twenty three of Toledo's wealthiest business men were sentenced by Judge Lindley W. Morris to six months in jail. Seven others were fined one thousand dollars each in related charges from the famous lumber, brick, and lecture combine cases. The judge announced the sentences after the trial and noted the conduct of the defendants.
Failed Banker Indicted in Ohio Bribery Case
A special grand jury in Pomeroy Ohio indicted banker E C Fox of Middleport for attempting to bribe Prosecuting Attorney Albert P Miller. Fox, arrested and bonded, tied to the Middleport bank wreck last September in which 115000 dollars vanished. Miller says Fox offered 2000 dollars to drop indictments. two witnesses overheard.
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Pomeroy
E. C. Fox
Middleport
Albert P. Miller
Box
Fox
Miller
Cash for Defense of Thaw Raises Funds in Land Sale
A fragmented report notes a family selling 1000 acres of oil land to raise about 2 million dollars for Harry Thaw's defense. The second trial for the murder of Stanford White is cited, with proceeds directed to defense, and mentions Mount Pleasant and Carnegie involvement.
Leach Named to Succeed Troberts as Mint Chief
The appointment follows the resignation of George E. Troberts to take a different post as James H. Eckels leaves the position. Leach will assume the duties as president.
Bracelet Theft Leads to Arrests in Los Angeles Case
A robbery at the Irol involved a stolen bracelet valued at $2,000. Police report indicates Joseph Svarak and Charles W. Rand of Los Angeles were arrested in connection with the incident. The recovered property included a diamond among the items taken.
Gospel Hymn Writer Dies in Ohio at 67
Professor James McGranahan famed hymn writer linked with Moody and Sankey dies at his Kinsman home. The 67 year old authored numerous sacred songs featured in gospel hymn collections.
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James McGranahan
Moody and Sankey
Evangels
Kinsman
Tle
McGranahan
Traitor Sproge Met Brutal Fate in Revolt Murder
A former conspirator named Sproge betrayed revolutionaries near Riga at an old mill used by Courland Livland and Estonia committees. Surrounded by officers, the conspirators opened fire, killing thirty. Sproge was captured, bound, suffocated with a flour-filled sack, and left as a warning to other traitors.
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Central Revolutionary Committees
Courland
Livland
Estland
Riga
Sproge
Hancock Is Not Guilty Pastor Wife Died of Natural Causes
A London Kensington coroner’s court verdict found Mrs. Hancock death from natural causes after her body was exhumed amid suspicions by her lawyer son. The autopsy showed no poison, and she died March 23 of appendicitis. Stan cock, born in England, later held pastorates including Montreal’s St. John’s Church and married Grace Jones in 1897.
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London
Hancock
Walter Swinburne Hancock
Chicago
Stancock
England
America
St. John’s Church
Montreal
Grace Jones
Paul Townsend Jones
New York City
Farmer blocks train to pressure debt claim
Vernon county Missouri farmer Robert Walton halted a Missouri Pacific passenger train for about thirty minutes by staying on the track and refusing to dismount. He had previously damaged livestock after a prior incident and sought settlement from the railroad, which did not respond, prompting the protest.
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Robert Walton
Vernon County
Missouri
Missouri Pacific
Walton
Val
Four Children Die in Fire at Rogersville Wisconsin
An early morning stove explosion at the Jason Field house in Rogersville Wisconsin ignited a fatal fire. Four children perished as parents, milking in the barn, failed to rescue them before the house burned. The report notes the tragedy as a deadly blaze with the household losing all four youngsters.
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Jason Field
Rogersville
Wis
Post Office Introduces New Card Style After August First
Postmaster General Meyer promulgates an order allowing messages to be written on the front side of postal cards after August 1. The change introduces a new card style for correspondence and delivery.
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Meyer
Bowery Savings Bank Tops World Deposits At $100 Million
The Bowery Savings Bank of New York announces total deposits of 100 million dollars, claiming the title of the world’s largest savings institution. The report highlights a growing financial stature amid global and domestic news.
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Bowery Savings Bank of
New York
Government Crop Report Praises Soil Prosperity of 1907
The government estimate values the 1907 grain yield at 2.458 billion dollars with wheat at 617.8 million bushels and corn at 2.517 billion bushels, noting higher prices offset a smaller output. Farmers in the Northwest welcome the figures while oats rye and barley forecasts exceed prior estimates, signaling broad optimism for the nation’s lenders and landowners.
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America
Simlar
Poetics and Politics in Early 20th Century Addresses
Senator Allison of Iowa seeks another term while denying age concerns. William Jennings Bryan cites Jefferson on equal rights. Senator Knox argues federal commerce power limits, citing Brewer's Colorado-Kansas decision. Bryan praises Oklahoma's constitution and proposes "Let the people rule" as campaign motto.
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Iowa
Bryan
Jefferson
Pennsylvania
Knox
Yale Law School
Beveridge
Congress
Supreme Court
Justice Brewer
Colorado-Kansas
W. J. Bryan
Oklahoma City
Union
United States
Oklahoma
Chronology of notable events from 1495 to 1905
Summary of events listed in The Weekly Historian detailing milestones across centuries. Includes battles, explorations, political acts, and notable appointments such as 1776 Continental Congress independence resolution. 1868 Horatio Seymour nomination. 1898 press strikes. 1901 Cornell boat race victory. 1905 Elihu Root as Secretary of State.
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de Soto
Alabama
Boston Bay
Prince Rupert
Marston Moor
Montrose
Alford
Lord Howe
Ticonderoga
Crown Point
Washington
Cambridge
Continental Congress
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New Haven
Tyron
New York
Congress
David Porter
Fort Erie
Battle of
Chippewa
Algiers
United States Congress
National Bank
Hamilton County
N. Y
Grand Junction
Liverpool
Birmingham
America
Lexington
Mass
Queen Victoria
Bean
Texas
Boston
Buffalo
House of Representatives
Kansas
Sherman
Fassaw Mountain
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Horatio Seymour
Garfield
Charles Guiteau
Bardsley
Philadelphia
Ravenna
Ohio
Prince of Wales
Princess Victoria
United States
People’s Party
Springfield
Ill
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Elihu Root
Ice Trust Breaks Strike Ends as Drivers Return to Work
New York City ice wagon drivers quit over wage restoration demands but return to work after shortages left funds thin. President Oler of the Ice Trust blamed union leaders for the stoppage, claiming the move lacked broad support among workers and aimed to win recognition for union agents.
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Ice Trust
American
New York City
Oler
The
Chaos in Guatemala sparks protest as arrests trigger crisis
Diplomats in Guatemala City except the American minister join a protest against President Cabrera after 160 prominent citizens are arrested and tried. Preparations for war grow while chaos dominates. In Pennsylvania a new milk trade law takes effect with strict penalties, redefining disposal receptacles amid a regulatory push.
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Guatemala
Guatemala City
Cabrera
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Milk Exchange
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