Italians Invite World to Rome Conference on Agriculture Institute
The Italian government proposes a conference in Rome to study creating an international institute of agriculture. Led by David Lubin of San Francisco, the plan would collect and share global agricultural data to balance information among producers, consumers, and middlemen. About 30 nations have expressed adherence. Congress and the president would determine funding and U.S. participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moble
David Lubin
San Francisco
Italy
Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
Lubin
Chronicle
Congress
Senate
Higher standards rise in American business morality
Public opinion now condemns past accepted practices as odious and criminal as graft in insurance and railroads shocks national pride. The piece notes a passing phase toward a higher corporate moral standard and a lifted national conscience driving new ideals.
Democratic Lake Mohonk Talk Sees Notable Exchange
At Lake Mohonk New York a conference on international arbitration is described as unusually democratic. A visitor on a veranda chats with a tall heavy man who offers a light and a cigar from the same box. The exchange includes a playful inquiry about wealth and ends with the heavyweight revealing himself as Dr McVickar bishop of Rhode Island.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Dr. McVickar
Rhode Island
Summer visitors flood European hotels crowds
Reporters note a surge of American travelers to Europe as crowds fill hotels and streets. The piece portrays a thriving tourism mood and busy tourist sites during the summer season.
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Europe
Seeming of Song Goes Deep In Old Writer Voice
A fragmented reminiscence from an aging writer musing on past craft and the concealment of feeling through verse. The text hints at buried emotion and the struggle to express truth through lyric prose.
Mayors Contempt Charge Ends In $1000 Fine For Rose
Kansas Supreme Court finds W. W. Rose mayor of Kansas City Kansas in contempt for holding office after ouster. He must pay $1000 within 20 days or face Shawnee county jail. Court cites violation of liquor law and permissive fines system as grounds.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court of Kansas
W. W. Rose
Kansas City
Rose
Shawnee County
Kansas Supreme Court
Auch
Federal judge halts ticket scalping in Utah
Judge John A. Marshal granted a permanent injunction prohibiting eleven Salt Lake City and Ogden ticket brokers from dealing in railroad tickets issued by the Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific railroads. The sweeping order bans scalping of railroad tickets anywhere in Utah after days of hearings.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
John A. Marshal
Ogden
Rio Grande Western Railway
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Marshal
New Jersey Takes an Advance Step Toward Municipal Utilities
Governor Stokes signed Assemblyman Jones' bill allowing cities to build acquire and operate electric light and gas plants. While aimed at Camden the measure is general in scope and viewed as a step toward municipal ownership in New Jersey.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Stokes Friday
Assemblyman Jones
Camden
Deadlocked 57th district GOP convention ends after 2479 ballots
Des Moines Iowa Thirty-seventh district Republican senatorial convention adjourned without result after 2479 ballots. For 2450 ballots there was no change and 29 ballots saw only two or three votes move. Another nomination attempt set for Iowa Falls July 19.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Falls
Haywood Heads Colorado Socialist Ticket Nomination
In Denver the Socialist party of Colorado held a Fourth of July convention and nominated a full state slate led by William D. Haywood, secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners now jailed in Idaho for murder, seeking governor.
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Socialistsa
Haywood
Denver
Colo
Socialist Party of Colorado
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Igaho
Railway supervisor killed amid discharge feud in Kharkov
Kharkov incident reports M Savonnosky, superintendent of the Kurek Sebasto railway, killed Friday in revenge for the discharge of several railway employees. The motive ties to labor actions and retaliation within the railroad company.
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Kharkov
M. Savonnosky
Kurek-Sebastopol
China Pays Indemnity for Missionary Killings at Nanchang
Mr Cao the British charge d affaires announced that China settles British claims from February rioting in Kiangsi. China pays 20000 dollars for the death of H C Kingham's child and 3500 dollars for destroyed mission property. China agrees to punish those named by the British legation and reward protectors of missionaries.
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China
Pekin
Mr. Cao
Nanchang
Kiangsi
H. C. Kingham
Mae Hayes Swallows Diamond Theft Sentence Five Years
Omaha Nebraska Mrs Mae Hayes convicted of stealing a $290 diamond from a jewelry firm allegedly swallowed the gem and was sentenced Friday to five years in the penitentiary by Judge Cotton in district court.
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Omaha
Neb
Mae Hayes
Cotton
Czar Receives Japanese Minister at Pillar Palace Audience
Dr Motone Japanese minister to Russia and his aide were received by Emperor Nicholas at the Petershof palace on Friday in St Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Dr. Motone
Bis Tiar
Nicholas
Petarhot Palace
Wreck of American Express Train Near Salisbury
An American line express carrying forty three from the New York liner Plymouth to London plunged from the track near Salisbury England at 1 57 am Sunday killing twenty three passengers and four trainmen. A dozen were injured. The crash wrecked two engines and a milk train guard was killed. Driver Robins remained in the cab as flames engulfed the wreck.
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Salisbury
England
London Southwestern Railway
American Line
New York
Plymouth
London
Europe
Fisherton Street
Robins
Liquor Reopens at Soldiers Home Canteen
The Soldiers' Home canteen near Leavenworth will reopen Wednesday morning after a Saturday closure. Liquor will be sold there until March 4, 1907, and the canteen clears about 15,900 dollars yearly.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Murphy
Board of Managers
Bowersock
Washington
Illegal grain rate challenged by interstate commission
President Wattles of the Omaha Grain Exchange received a telegram from Chairman Martin A. Knapp of the interstate commerce commission. The commission ruled that the grain rate set by the St. Louis and San Francisco road between Kansas City and Memphis is illegal, creating a four cent discrimination against Omaha in favor of Kansas City.
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Omaha, Neb
Wattles
Omaha Grain Exchange
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
San Francisco
Kansas City
Memphis
Omaha
Missourian Promoted to U S Court in China
Washington D C Attorney General Lebbeus R Wilfley of the Philippine Islands has been appointed judge of the United States court in China replacing the consular court. Wilfley, a St Louis native, was a 1901 appointee as judge of the court of the first instance of the Philippines and soon after became attorney general of the islands.
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Washington, D. C
Lebbeus R. Wilfley
Philippine Islands
United States Court
China
Wilfrey
St. Louis
Court of the First Instance
Philippines
Islands
Protest Against Sale of Flour In California Disaster
Governor Johnson of Minnesota telegrams Governor Pardee protesting the sale of flour donated by Minneapolis citizens for California disaster relief. He states fifty thousand sacks were given for free distribution to the needy and urges distribution as intended, joining in the protest.
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St. Paul
Minn
Johnson
Gov. Pardee
California
Minneapolis
John A. Johnson
Heir to German Throne Born in Berlin
A son was born Wednesday morning to the Crown Princess Frederick William. He is the eldest son of Emperor William and the heir to the throne. The child will, in time, become emperor. Prince Frederick William wed Duchess Cecile Mecklenburg Schwerin on June 6, 1905.
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Berlin
Frederick William
Emperor William
Germany
Cecile Mecklenburg- Schwerin
Policemen Killed in Warsaw Street Murders Sparks Police Pullback
A Tuesday evening shooting in Warsaw Russia left one policeman dead and a patrol unit firing on a bystander who died. Citizens describe a wave of unrest as all officers are withdrawn from streets and demand the authorities’ dismissal.
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Warsaw
Russia
Acquittal in 1905 Saratov assassination attempt
Mozzloff, who tried to kill Interior Minister Stolypin on August 4 1905 during Stolypin's governorship of Saratoff, has been acquitted.
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Saratov
Russia
Mozzloff
Stolypin
Saratoff
Fireworks Barred for San Francisco Holiday Parade
San Francisco observed the national holiday without fireworks as officials banned them. The city dedicated a new stadium at Golden Gate Park, touted as the finest athletic venue in America, while a 1500‑strong military parade from the Presidio under Col. Morris marched through the park.
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San Francisco
Calif
Golden Gate Park
America
Presidio
Morris
Golden Gate
Death on Stairway Fatal Fall at Jett Mercantile
William Mc Clure a carpenter at the Jett Mercantile Company store in Kingman Kansas died Wednesday morning from an accidental four-foot fall on a stairway breaking his neck. The incident occurred during work at the store. He was taken to his home and pronounced dead at once.
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Kingman
Kansas
William McClure
Jett Mercantile Company
Revolutionists Stockpile Ammunition in Kostroma
Armed revolutionists in Kostroma European Russia secured ammunition on Tuesday as authorities reported a growing insurgent presence. Details on quantities or groups were not disclosed.
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Kostroma
European Russia
Cholera Strikes Manila Americans Amid Philippines outbreak
Cholera of a virulent type hits Manila and surrounding provinces with four Americans stricken and one death. Twenty-one cases and 16 deaths reported Tuesday in the islands. 26 cases and 25 deaths in the provinces. Officials impose quarantines near Fort McKinley and warn natives to report cases.
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Manila
Charles’ Sheehan
Fort McKinley
Christian G. Dright
Sixteenth Infantry
Kansas fire insurance report may banish firms from Kansas
The Timea cites C H Luling in Los Angeles as praising California Insurance Commissioner Myron Wolf's report on fire insurer promptness. He says the findings will serve as final judgment for Kansas, and any unfavorable report would force the company to close its Kansas offices permanently.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Timea
C. H. Luling
Kansas
FE. Myron Wolf
California
United States
State of
Gifts to Cooper College Library in Sterling Kansas
Cooper College library received 12000 dollars from William Hamilton of Hanover Indiana and 1000 dollars from John Hamilton. The week brought a land gift valued at 10000 and a 10000 note. Friends work to raise sixty thousand dollars to secure twenty thousand from Andrew Carnegie.
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Cooper College Library
Sterling
Kan
William Hamilton
Hanover
Ind
John Hamilton
Andrew Carnegie
Supreme Court Rejects Review in Mrs Myers Murder Case
The Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City overruled Tuesday morning the motion to have the case of Aggie Myers reviewed. Myers is under sentence to be hanged September 3 for the murder of her husband. Her only hope now is a commutation by Gov Folk or a writ of error to the Missouri court for appeal to the United States Supreme Court.
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Jefferson City
State Supreme Court
Aggie Myers
Bancrs
Myers
Folk
Missouri Court
United States Supreme Court
Los Angeles Land Fraud Suspects Ordered to Oregon Trial
Judge Wellborn ruled that Los Angeles men charged with land fraud be moved to Oregon for trial. Attorneys for the defendants vow to appeal to the appellate court.
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Mest
Oregon
Los Angeles
Calif
Wellborn
Russian court master Paul Kisseleff dies in France on trip
Annenmesse France reports Count Paul Kisseleff, court master to Emperor Nicholas I, died suddenly at the station on Tuesday while en route to Vichy. The death ends his official duties on the journey.
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Annemasse
France
Paul Kisseleff
Emperor Nicholas of
Russia
Vichy
Lee Trest Attorneys in Contempt
Toledo judge Kinkade sentenced Clarence Brown and the judge for misconduct in a contempt case.
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Lee Trest
Toledo
Ohio
Kinkade
Clarence Brown
Salton Sea Rising Forced Move of Southern Pacific Line
Los Angeles reports the Salton Sea rising rapidly with the Southern Pacific near to shifting its main line for a fifth time. Waters threaten the track as it advances at over two inches daily, with the canal intake allowing water from the Colorado River to flood the area.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Salton Sea
Southern Pacific
Stig
Colorado River
Busy Session Reveals 4501 Bills Passed by House
Washington report shows 4501 bills passed during the first session of the 59th Congress, with 362 left indisposed. Laws enacted total 3989, excluding public and private resolutions, while the 58th Congress enacted 2160 laws in its two sessions. Public and private resolutions numbered 54 this session and 39 in the previous Congress.
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Washington
D.C
House of Representatives
Winthrop C. Jones
House
Populists Nominate Keefer for Governor and Wright for Lieutenant
At the Kansas populist convention in Topeka, Horace Keefer of Leavenworth County was named for governor and J A Wright of Smith County for lieutenant governor. Other nominees include Robert Helserman Riley for secretary of state and D C Kay Graham for treasurer. The chair and secretary were elected as the convention opened with under 100 delegates present.
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Horace Keefer
J. A. Wright
Topeka
Kan
Leavenworth County
Smith County
Robert Helserman
Riley County
D. C. Kay
Graham Coun
George H. Bailey
Charles A Southwick
Clay County
George W. Hanna
Clay Meaty
Central Committee
E. C. Fowler
Shawnee County
W. J. Babb
Hanna
New York
Kansas
Jerry Simpson
Mr. Hanna
Five more bodies pulled from Lake Manawa disaster in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska five more bodies were recovered from Lake Manawa after a fireworks display incident at 10:40 Wednesday night. Eight people were injured and five remained missing. The recovered dead include Lena Rosenblom and Mary Sheehan among others.
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Omaha
Neb
Lake Manawa
Lena Rosenbloom
Mary Sheehan
Bessie Hyland
Marvy West
Roosevelt and Bryan Invited to Press Club Convention
Invitations extended in Denver for the sixteenth annual International League of Press Clubs meeting from August 27 to September 1. Theodore Roosevelt is urged to attend as author and William J. Bryan as editor and publisher, with the Denver Press Club hosting the event.
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League of Press
Roosevelt-Invited to Preside at Bryan Reception in New York
William Hoge president of the Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust league sent a letter to President Roosevelt inviting him to preside at a reception for William J. Bryan on his arrival from Europe in September. Hoge stressed the league is nonpartisan and views Roosevelt as opposed to trusts, like Bryan.
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Roosevelt
New York
William Hoge
Commercial Travelers’ Anti-Trust League
William J. Bryan
Europe
Hoge
Commercial Travelers Anti-Trust League
Mr. Bryan
Gov Folk Pardons Two Prisoners in Missouri
Governor Folk granted pardons on a state holiday to Marion Hedg peth and to Richard Lear. Hedg peth, 44, was serving 25 years for the Glendale train robbery and had served 12 years. Lear, 69, was convicted in St Louis in 1895 of second degree murder and sentenced to life.
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Gov
Folk
Jefferson City
Marion
Hedgpeth
St. Louis
San Francisco
Glendale
Richard Lear
Heegpeth
Lear
Must Stay Closed at St. Joseph
A telegram from Governor Folk orders arrest of all St. Joseph dramshop keepers who try to stay open Sunday and to prosecute under the Sunday closing statute. Dr. T H Doyle, president of the board of police commissioners, is directed to refuse license renewals to those arrested for opening on Sunday.
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St. Joseph
T. H. Doyle
Board of Police Commissioners
Folk
All the Natives Not Killed
British columns clashed with rebel natives in Durban Natal. The fighting left 350 Zulu dead before the vanguard contact, while the main Zulu force of about 8,000 remained at large.
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Durban
Natal
Russian Pianist Gabrielovitech Comes to U S Tour
London based H L Mason of Boston announces a concert tour featuring Gabrielovitech the Russian pianist. The program spans United States and Canada starting in November with engagements arranged through Boston management.
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London
Eng
H. L. Mason
Boston
Gabrielovitech
United States
Canada
Hit Ice Trust Suits Filed by Arkansas AG
Arkansas Attorney General filed anti trust suits against Consumers Ice Co L Krafts Ice Co and Retail Grocers Ice Co alleging a combination to restrain trade and seeking 5000 a day since March 25 totaling 65000 per company plus 1915000 and costs against Morris Co New Jersey for alleged complicity.
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Ice Trust
Little Rock
Ark
Rogers
Consumers’ Ice Company, Co. L. Kraft
Ice Company
Morris & Co
New Jersey
Warrant Issued For Carrie Nation In Oklahoma
A federal warrant issued by U S Attorney Scothorn charges Carrie Nation with sending obscene matter through the mails in her temperance publication The Hatchet. Nation is lecturing in Texas. federal officers have been notified to arrest her after a recent Hatchet issue included a blunt lecture to young men and boys.
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Carrie Nation
Guthrie
Okla
United States
Scothorn
Lenin reports 100 injured in city birthday celebration
Police statistics show over 100 people were injured during the nation's birthday celebration in St. Louis Missouri with no fatalities reported. The report notes the event occurred as part of Independence Day festivities and reflects crowd safety outcomes.
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At. Lenin
St. Louis
Son of a President Arrested in Washington
Alfonso Zela, son of Nicaragua's president, was arrested Thursday in Washington and jailed at the first precinct station on a warrant charging petit larceny.
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Washington, D. C
Alfonso Zelaya
Nicaragua
Prisoner Sentenced Woman's Resolve at Tambov Station
At Tambov railway station spectators urged Thereseay to keep a stout heart as she was sent to Siberia with other prisoners. She answered, We shall soon be back, reflecting defiant courage amid the transport.
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Sky
Tambov
Therseay
Siberia
Spectaors
Shaving With Hot Steel Tips From a Century Ago
In New York a veteran shaver shares advice after nine years away from the trade. He touts a swing-strop and keeping the blade heated with hot water to improve edge and comfort, claiming the method prevents dull razors and eliminates shaving paper. He notes personal pride in aiding over 16 thousand men.
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New York
Pacific
Atlantic
Rural Norway is Honest and Frugal
An English tourist once lost 15 to 20 sovereigns on a road between Trondshem and Christiania and received every penny back from Norwegian peasants who found the coins. Norwegians exhibit thrift and egalitarian social structure with small death rates. homes rely on self production and many buildings, yet interiors remain sparsely furnished.
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Trondshem
Chrisiania
Christian
Norway
Electric motor chair fights seasickness on ships
An article in Everybody's Magazine describes an electric chair device installed on English Channel steamers and ocean liners. A motor under the seat provides vib rhythmic motion to reduce nervousness believed to cause seasickness. Most need one treatment. some require a second. a few remain seasick after treatment. It is a preventive, not a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody’s
Strains of Modern Life in the City
A fragment reflects on the growing strain of modern life. It notes how constant lights disturb the senses and street noise and fumes offend the nose, pushing individuals to seek relief away from urban bustle.
Grimsey Islanders Benefit From Willard Fiske Fund
Grimsey residents are set to receive income from a 12000 dollar fund created by Willard Fiske. The source notes the money aims to improve living conditions for islanders, with an unspecified number of inhabitants mentioned.
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Grimsey
Willard Fiske
Fiske
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Ewning
Missouri
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Mrs. Myers
Dock of Pleasure Resort
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