Congress urged to census agriculture every five years
Washington hears discussion on new legislation to improve crop reports with a decennial census plus a proposed five year census of agriculture. Advocates seek better acreage statistics and a link with the International Institute of Agriculture, weighing annual or representative county returns for accuracy and cost.
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Washington
Congress
International Institute of Agriculure
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Statistics
Wilmington gunboat explosion sparks inquiry request
In Pittsburg the district attorney seeks Navy Department records to aid a second trial of steel tube company employees charged with furnishing defective boiler tubes. The Navy replies it has no knowledge of the specific Wilmington tube involved, noting the boiler uses three tube sizes and makes. The Bureau of Steam Engineering remains noncommittal pending inquiry.
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Wilmington
Pittsburg
Navy Department
Navy
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Mississippi Expert Delegation Arranges Specialists
Following the lead of Representative Hobson of Alabama and Representative Watkins of Louisiana, Representative Candler of Mississippi has organized to bring in several experts from the ...
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Hobson
Alabama
Watkins
Louisiana
Candler
Misissippi
Woman challenges customs officer over Havana cigars
A woman entered Assistant Secretary Reynolds’s office alleging insult by a customs officer who questioned cigar use. Reynolds noted the cigar clause causes trouble, as women often hesitate to declare cigars for personal use and face duty if over the limit.
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Assitant
Treeney Reynolds
Reynolds
Cuba
New York
Mr. Reynolds
Havana
Library gifts to Isthmian Canal employees
Joseph Ducalin Bishop will sail from New York to the Isthmus as secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Libraries totaling about six thousand volumes each were purchased for the four recreation buildings at Cristobal, Colon, Empire, and Culebra, with standard reference works, history, biography, travels, and fiction. A similar library was bought for the University Club on the Isthmus of Panama, funded by Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard of New York City.
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Joseph Ducalin
Isthmian Canal Commission
New York
Isthmus
Cristobal
Corgona
Empire
Culebra
University Club
Panama
Thomas H. Hubbard
New York City
State Department seeks Mexican aid to curb Japanese immigration
The State Department has pressed Mexico to stop Japanese laborers from entering the United States across the Mexican border. Officials cite past action against Chinese workers and expect Mexico to enact similar head taxes or restrictions to ease immigration enforcement burdens.
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State Department
Mexico
United States
Immigration Service
British Columbia
Woman Mine Worker Unmasks as Susie Poyle in Cecil Accident
Susie Poyle, a woman posing as a man named Liza or Joe Poyle, worked three years beside her husband Steve Povle in Washington county coal mines. She was injured in a Cecil mine accident and hospitalized. Povle was jailed for employing female help in a mine and for acting as her employer and accomplice.
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Washington County
Joe’? Poyle
Susie Poyle
Cecil
Steve Povle
Polve
Povle
The Pope's Jubilee Declined in Rome Amid Crisis
In Rome the Pope's decision to forbid his sacerdotal jubilee is not final. observers believe he may act to curb celebrations as the church faces anti clerical campaigns in Italy, persecutions in France, and revived anti religious sentiment.
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Rome
Italy
France
Draschet
Standard Oil Fine Tops Record in U S History
Judge Landis in Chicago federal court fined the Standard Oil Company of Indiana 29.24 million dollars for rebates paid by railroads. The verdict covers 1,462 counts of illegal rebates from 1903 to 1905. Additional fines up to 88.44 million may follow under seven further indictments totaling 4,442 counts.
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Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Elkins
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Whiting
East St. Louis
Til
St. Louis
Paris Note Proposes French Spanish Force for Casablanca
A semi official Paris note says Morocco cannot control Casablanca disorders and France and Spain may send troops to protect citizens of all nations and punish the guilty in line with the Algeciras framework. Tangier reports 400 refugees from Casablanca and tribal violence against Europeans as they attempted to depart, followed by firing and dispersal of attackers.
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Paris
Casablanca
France
Spain
Algeciras
Tangier
Galilee
Arkansas Diamond Field Discloses Local Riches
In Pike county near Murfreesboro Arkansas a volcanic diamond bearing deposit has yielded 140 diamonds. John Wesley Huddleston first found two stones on his farm and sent them to Little Rock jeweler Charles Stifft for verification. Tiffanys vice president Dr George F Kunz confirmed genuineness but cautioned many U S finds are drift or glacial. Land owners Chas A Stifft A D Cohn Sam W Reyburn acquired the area and core drilling confirmed a volcanic pipe. This is the first American discovery of diamonds in significant quantity within a volcanic bearing soil.
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Little Rock
Pike County
Arkansas
Murfreesboro
John Wesley Huddleston
Charles
Stifft
George F. Kunz
Tiffany & Company
New York
America
Crime Wave in New York Strikes Women and Children
Acting Police Commissioner O'Keefe orders all plainclothes officers to focus on crimes against women and children. He mandates house to house visits on regular beats and urges parents to tighten supervision of youngsters as murders and assaults emerge in the city.
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New York
O’keefe
Amn
Sensational affidavits target Judge Robbins in Powers case
Georgetown Kentucky Caleb Powers issues a seven page statement with affidavits from four men accusing Special Judge Robbins of bias in the Powers trial. One affiant A B Bradley Jr is quoted at length. Lawrenceburg Indiana Miss Sarah Ann Daniel dies at ninety five once famed as the county’s preferred girl who never spoke to a man after her lover vanished.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Robbins
Powers
A. B. Bradley, Jr
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Sarah Ann Daniel
Indiana
Daniel
Lull in Trusts Prosecutions As Leaders Travel Abroad
Washington reports a trust crackdown lull as Milton Purdy and other top aides sail for Europe for six weeks. Bonaparte and Hoyt remain abroad, McReynolds joins Purdy, with only two suits in immediate play. Actions target Du Pont Powder and International Harvester, with possible autumn timing. Tobacco Company case may seek an injunction and receiver.
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Washington, D. C
Milton D. Purdy
Land
Europe
Bonaparte
Maryland
Hoyt
McReynolds
Mr. Purdy
du Pont Powder Corporation
International Harvester Company
Harvester Company
Department of Justice
Tobacco Company
Virginia to consider special session on railroad rates
Richmond Va. Governor Swanson may issue a call for a special session of the general assembly if the corporation commission and state legal advisers deem it necessary to address the railroad rate situation in Virginia amid uncertainty about session timing.
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Richmond
General Assembly of Virginia
Swanson
Corporation Commission
Indictments in Fish Trust Rebating Case
Indictments were returned in U S district court against A Booth & Co known as the fish trust the New York Chicago & St Louis Railroad Co charging them with violating the Elkins law prohibiting rebates.
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Fish Trust
Chicago
United States District
A. Booth & Co
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
Elkins
Saloon Closing Law Signed by Governor Comer
Montgomery governor Comer signs a bill requiring all saloons in towns of ten thousand and up to close at night. The measure applies to towns of ten thousand to fifteen thousand population at ten o clock and nine o clock for larger towns. A court decision on a Presbyterian church union is noted as legal in a separate matter.
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Montgomery
Comer
State
Fyvalle Tenn
Thes Presbyterian Church
Trio of Grandsons Born to Captain Ryan in Hours
In Louisville and Jeffersonville, Captain J. B. Ryan becomes a grandfather three times in just over a few hours. His three sons John G. Ryan and Thomas F. Ryan of Jeffersonville and William D. Ryan of Louisville are the proud fathers. John and William each have a boy, while Thomas has a girl.
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J. E. Ryan
Louisville
J. B. Ryan
Jeffersonville
John G
Thomas F. Ryan
William D. Ryan
John
William
Thomas
Tobacco Acreage Falls By About Forty-Four Thousand Acres
Tobacco acreage is down from last year by about 44,000 acres, a decline of 5.6 percent. The July 1 average condition was 81.3 versus 86.7 the prior year and 87.4 on July 1.
Farmers Hold Wheat Stocks as July First Estimate
Farmers hold an estimated 853000 bushels of wheat remaining on July 1, about one fourth of the year's crop. The figure reflects stock held by farmers and indicates the overall supply situation for the period.
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Farmera
Asteae
Murder Told by Telephone in Lowell Milliner Case
Constable Bernard J. Gately heard Mrs. Mary A. McBride cry and a gunshot over the telephone from her Dutton street millinery shop. He rushed to the scene to find her unconscious with a wound above the right eye as John Kelley, madly in love with her, was arrested after an attempted murder near the shop.
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Gately
Mrs. McBride
Miss Vanasse
Down on cartwheel hat in London fashion era
Beauty specialists attack the oversized cartwheel hat used by many women. They say it crushes figures and ruins comfort in carriages. The piece notes awkward seating, bent necks, and the push to modify this ridiculous headgear as men prefer traditional styles.
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London
Charity to honor Emperor in Vienna
The Reichsrath lower house adopted a motion to form a special committee to draft plans for the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of Emperor Francis Joseph. It proposes a 25 million dollar fund to establish an old age and sickness issue fund, with details tied to the emperor’s proclamation following abdication and renunciation events on December 2, 184.
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Vienna
Austrian
Reichsrath
Francia Joseph
Francis Joseph
Austria
Hungary
Frl and I
Three Robbers Hanged in St Petersburg Pawnshop Theft
Three men who robbed a St Petersburg pawnshop on June 12 were hanged. The case of the fourth robber is to be investigated a second time.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Labor Wages Rise as Farm Help Remains Scarce
Scarcity of farm laborers during the busy season reported in several districts. Wages of 60 dollars per month offered to attract workers remain unsatisfied.
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Gigare
Liza
Standard Oil CO
Diamond Mine
Crime IN
Macauley
New York World
Purdy
Lowell, Mass
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