Union printers gather in Boston for convention
Union typesetters from across the United States converge on Boston for the International Typographical Union annual meeting. They push for old age pensions, better pay, shorter hours, and advocate government ownership of telegraphs while highlighting the Colorado Springs home for sick members and a thriving correspondence school.
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Boston
United States
International Typographical Union
Paul Revere
Congress
New York Union
Pasand
American Fleet Arrives at Auckland Under Storms
The American fleet of battleships under Rear Admiral Charles Sperry was sighted off Auckland at 4 o'clock and anchored by 8 40 this morning. A rifle match between American and Dominion Volunteers was canceled as the imperial law forbids landing armed parties from warships.
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Auckland
Charles
Sperry
Dominion
Atlantic fleet reaches Auckland amid storm record praised
Rear Admiral Pillsbury hails arrival of the Atlantic fleet at Auckland New Zealand after enduring a violent northeast storm. Sperry increased speed by 2 knots to press through the voyage from Honolulu. Navy officials express great gratification at the fleet's efficiency after weathering the most severe storm since Hampton Roads.
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Washington
Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Auckland
Sperry
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Moonshiner Miss Fouts Fights Off Officers in Kentucky
Mary Fouts a 27 year old moonshiner from Beaver Creek near the Knott Letcher line held off U S Marshal Blair and a deputy posse for thirty minutes. Sixty shots were fired and Deputy Marshal Hiram Day was mortally wounded before the officers retreated. The hillside standoff marks her third battle with authorities over eight years. She fought with a 44 caliber rifle during the clash in a ravine overlooking the public road.
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Commercial Tribune
Sergent
Mary Fouts
Beaver Creek
Knott
Letcher Counties
United States
F. M. Blair
Hiram Day
Equity Leaders Set 1907 Crop Price and Growth Policy
In Winchester Kentucky the Society of Equity plans to allow next year’s tobacco crop with eighteen cents a pound as the target price for the 1907 crop and to admit former growers to the pool. Leaders aim to broaden the group and keep growing tobacco, while collectors face delayed payments for the 1906 crop.
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Equity Leaders
Equity Society
Burley
Equity
Equity Bars 1908 Growers Refused Society Admittance
Lexington, August 8. J R Clark secretary of the Fayette County Board of Control a branch of the American Society of Equity says tobacco growers who defied the no crop edict of 1908 will not be allowed to join. About two hundred growers in Kentucky grew tobacco this year seeking higher prices and protection from night riders.
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Lexington
J. R. Clark
Fayette County
Sensational Testimony in Trial of Alleged Night Riders
Wiley Stewart testified in the Jake Ellis trial at Murray on August 8 describing an oath of the night rider order. The oath swears secrecy to the group, obedience to the Captain, and acceptance of penalties for betrayal, with conditions about family illness affecting service.
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Ingram
Kelsey Kirk
Jasper Garland
Center Ridge Church
Willie Dyer
Smoot Hendricks
Golden Pond
Captain Walker
State Guard
Commercial Tribune
Murray
Jake Ellis
Wiley
Stewart
Davila Stands Firm as Honduras Faces U S Pressure
President Davila vows to defend his decree revoking the exequatur of U S consul Drew Linard and Dr Reynolds. He fears US threats and aims to avoid war while seeking internal support to resist revolutionary pressure, complicating State Department efforts to mediate.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Drew Linard
United States Cnsul
Reynolds
Davila
Honduras
Root
State Department
Mexico
Wrights Airplane Flight Ends European Wait
Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, flies his aeroplane near Lemans, France, covering about two and a half to three and a half kilometers in 1 minute 46 seconds. He demonstrates mastery of the air as spectators cheer. Wright expects further trials next week.
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Lemans
France
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Wright
America
Europe
Paris
Wright Brothers
Wrights
United States
Associated Press
Taft Camp Push for Worys to Succeed Foraker in Ohio
Cedar Point Ohio August reports Taft supporters pressing A L Worys to win the Senate seat vacated by Foraker. Dick and State Chairman Williams reportedly agreed on backing Worys with Dick aiding the campaign though the exact arrangement was not public. The night fireworks display featured a portrait of Governor Harris drawing strong applause and Harmon supporters seeking visibility.
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Commercial Tribune
Cedar Point
Taft
A. L Vorys
Senate
Foraker
Ohio
Harris
Williams
Nator Foraker
Senator Foraker
Roosevelt
Congress
Camp Perry
Harmon
Cincinnati
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Green Brier County
C. C. Watts
Dover Named Secretary of Advisory Committee
Elmer K. Dover of Ohio resigns as Secretary of the Republican National Committee and is named Secretary of a new nine member advisory committee to coordinate fund-raising and Western headquarters in Chicago. The panel will work with George R. Sheldon and others to organize campaign finance and strategy.
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New York
Elmer K. Dover
Ohio
Republican National Committee
George R. Sheldon
William Hayward
Nebraska
Chicago
Hitchcock
Sheldon
National Committee
Dover
Hayward
West
Indictments in Boston Bid Conspiracy Case
The Suffolk Grand Jury returned indictments charging six Boston steel firm men with conspiracy in alleged collusive bidding on city contracts. Named defendants are David H. Andrews Charles N. Fitts George P. Bullard John E. Lynch Duncan D. Russell and Charles Koopman. President Roosevelt referenced the cases in a recent message to Congress.
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Boston
Boston Steel
Suffolk Grand Jury
David H. Andrews
Charles N. Fitts
George P. Bullard
John E. Lynch
Duncan D. Russell
Charles Koopman
Roosevelt
Congress
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Smoot
Judge Cook
Commonwealth
Will Ingram
Mont Daniel
Wrights Airship
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Indorse Drake
Renner
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Liquor League
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Wheeler
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Drake
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