Week's News Record Highlights From Across the Nation
A sweep of local and national items includes United States Steel giving 3 million in Christmas gifts to workers. Boxing match Hugo Kelly vs Billy Papke ends in a ten round draw in Milwaukee. A woman's body identified as Agnes Young of New York near Harrison New Jersey. Dresden Heights flood washes away Economy Light and Power dam, state sues the company. A dove hunt accident in South Carolina leaves a man dead, later suicide attempt. Train robbery thwarted on Great Northern rails near Deer River Minnesota. Secretary Taft defends financier methods in Boston speech. Wealthy New Yorker James McBride elopes with Winifred O Donnell at Colorado Springs Mayhurst. Toledo tobacco magnate J Franz Zahni commits suicide amid health fears. Nevada Governor Sparks calls extra legislative session to tackle labor troubles. Thieves loot a Percy pane home after assaulting residents. Pottsville plant to run five days a week as Eastern Steel restarts. Reverend William Thubbel suffers explosive coat incident but escapes injury. DOJ to sue American Sugar Refining Company on government fraud claims. Senate Military Affairs committee spent over 30000 on Stewnsyville shooting inquiry. Ute bands raid southern Utah, Taditans attack cowboys in San Juan County. Iowa National Guard captain Oliver Kulp convicted for Davenport prize fight disobedience. Lincoln Nebraska death of Aimin Pwiggins, former banker and founder in Chicago banks. F. M. Woys Company boots and shoes reopen in East Manchester with 750 workers.
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United States Steel Corporation
Hugo Kelly
Billy Papke
Milwaukee
Harrisan
N. J
Agnes Young
New York
Economy Light and Power Company
Dresden Heights
Ill
Aiken
Tyler
Great Northern Railroad
Deer River
Minn
Taft
Boston
James McBride
Winifred Q.donnell
Mayhurst
Colorado Springs
J. Franz Zalim
Toledo
Ohio
Zahni
Sparks
Nevada
Wil- Tintin Yauger
Percy
Pan
Yauger
Oliver W. Kulp
Iowa National Guard
Davenport
Navy
Coutramartial
Cummins
Pravenport
Lincoln
Nob
Aimin Pwiggins
Rensselaer
Ind
Columbia National Bank
Chicago
FP. M. Vwoys Company
Manchester
Harrison
Northfield
N. H
Enos Pieno
Pittsburg
W. E. Corey
Mabelle Gilman
John Clark
Watertown
Sosten
Clark
Hughes
Frank Ames
Hastings
Clearfield County
C. Oliver Iselin
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Ernest G. Stedman
Jackson Stilley
West Elizabeth
James R. Rensley
Poughkeepsie
Rensley
Mellecesport
Glassport
Jraquesne
Monongahela Valley
Monessen
Hudson River
New York City
Ioboken
Lydia M. Durkee
Edward Butterfield
Barton
Tle
James TH. Conkling
Thrall Hospital
Middletown
N. Y
Conkling
Tie
Albert G. Beauisne
Chicago Daily News
Enterprise Jewelry Company
Denver
C. C.J. Wachendorf
Sioux Falls
James Garden
Henrietta
Okla
Albert Bates
Oklahoma
Mary Colcott
Youngstown
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Simeavent
Arthur Leclaire
Great Northern
Neche
N. D
Lis
Aio River
Annie M. Bradley
Salt Lake
United States
Arthur Brown
Anton Garsch
Ffth United States Artillery
Fort Tancock
New Jersey
Akron
William Bello
Kansas City
Dell
Pexas
Kajal
Ely
Nev
Thomas Worrall
Rain Trust
Neb
Allen
State Central Committee
Grand
Charles H. Morris
I Des Moines
Cain
Fort Madison
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Marshall
J.C. Garrett
Longmont
Colo
Cora Arnold
Albino Chavarria
Chavarria
Mountain and Plain
Miss Arnold
J. B. Currier
North
Dover
Michael Veltrie
Joseph
Ladivagi Rakieh
Bedford
Rakich
Lodz
Multiple Disturbing Incidents Reported Across States
A series of tragic events including a woman's murder near Harrison New Jersey, drowning of Enos Pieno family in Northfield New Hampshire, and arson deaths in Watertown New York are reported. Additional items cover political changes in New York insurance, suicides and disappearances, robberies, bankruptcies, and notable accidents across towns and cities.
Numerous incidents reported in Ohio and beyond show national turmoil
Reports detail a wave of violent crimes and disasters across multiple states. Notable items include a fatal home fire in Vinton County, hangings and killings in Oklahoma and Nebraska, a murder suicide in Sioux Falls, and extensive fire and train accidents in Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco.
Doctor Flexner Claims Cure for Spotted Fever
Dr Simon Flexner head of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research announces an anti toxin serum to combat cerebrospinal meningitis once called spotted fever after years of study and hundreds of experiments. The breakthrough follows reports of thousands of deaths in New York City in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Flexner
Dutch cabinet resigns after army estimates fail
Reports to St. Petersburg police reveal baby abandonments and infant bodies found, with numerous school-aged youths missing. Royal toasts at Port of Spain honor Sir Thomas Moore Jackson and Rear Admiral Evans while King Edward and Roosevelt are praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Thomas Moore Jackson
Evans
Port of Spain
King Edward
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Minnesota
Austin
Kobe
Japan
Seattle
Yokohama
Punjab
Morocco
Abd-el-Aziz
Rehamnas
Mulai Yafid
Mulai Safid
Alfonso
Latin America
el Imparcial
American
Mexico
Argentina
Financial and immigration notes small under current market conditions
Wheat prices stay high amid global tensions and coal shortages while provisions ease from last year. Immigration to the United States rises in November 1907 led by Russia with 25 218 arrivals. Internal revenue data show few stills under a new law, with farmers able to produce denatured alcohol cheaply for domestic use from by products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Taft
Japan
Roosevelt
United States
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Washington
Bureau of Immigration
Russia
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Department of Agriculture
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bill in Congress Aims to Curb Gambling in Commodities
Washington reports a surge of letters from traders and boards of trade reacting to two bills by Senator Culberson and Representative Burleson to wipe out cotton futures speculation. The Burleson measure would regulate interstate commerce to stop telegraph and telephone firms from relaying cotton futures contracts and bar the mails from notices of such trades. Practitioner Hepburn also seeks stock dealing regulation. France and Germany have adopted strict margin controls as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaere
Washington
Congress
Culberson
Texas
Burleson
New York
New Orleans
Hepburn
Iowa
France
Germany
Steel Exports Rise Across Eastern Ports in November
Reports from New York and eastern seaboard ports show November steel product shipments at 10,199 tons, up about 609 percent from October and the heaviest for the period in two years. Rail, nails, pipe moved to the Far East, while wire sales surged to South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eastern Seaboard
Carerorus
Far East
South America
New York Brewers to Raise Beer Price After Jan First
Brewers announce a one dollar per barrel price increase effective after January 1. The Swedish steamer Uppland, en route from Philadelphia to Vera Cruz, grounded on Chester Island in the Delaware River but has been floated. Miss Mary Elizabeth Lewis, heir to 1.5 million dollars, is released from a New York insane asylum after twenty five years and will manage her estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uppland
Philadelphia
Vera Cruz
Chester Island
Delaware River
Mary Elizabeth Lewis
Chicago Trade Review Notes Mixed 1907 Recovery Signs
Dunn's Review of Trade reports year end preparations and inventories under way in Chicago businesses. Banking conditions improve with freer money flow and rising Christmas trade. New York exchange smooth and local discounts easing to seven percent. Manufacturing slows, but pig iron and structural steel show inquiries while rail and wire mill bookings advance. district failures total 22 with seven liabilities above 5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
New York trade quiet as year‑end disbursements lift finances
Trade overall is quiet and industry slackened while the financial situation eases except for New York where large year end disbursements are due. Mild weather hurts seasonable retail goods like clothing and shoes. January sales occur in December in many cities. Jobbing trade slows and shipments are delayed amid a weak wholesale and jobbing market. Bradstreet's records 246 US failures for week ending Dec 26, 50 in Canada, with prior weeks lower or higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Market rundown of livestock and grains in major cities
Chicago cattle and hog prices run from $4.00 to $6.15 for cattle and $4.00 to $4.70 for hogs with sheep listed up to $5.25. Indianapolis and St Louis show mixed ranges for cattle, hogs, and sheep. wheat mostly around $0.97 to $1.05, corn $0.53 to $0.68, oats $0.47 to $0.58, rye up to $0.62, with regional variations and commodity notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
Usc
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Davis seeks third term over Lailey issue after Dallas conference
Attorney General Davis of Texas plans a third term run on the anti Lailey platform following a Dallas meeting. A schooner named Jesse Barlow was struck near Cape Cod, with six crew members narrowly escaping. Seth Low was elected president of the National Civic Federation to succeed August Belmont at a New York meeting. Admiral Dewey hosted a birthday dinner in Washington. Ex Senator W A Clark mediates in Butte labor union disputes with Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone. The national arbitration board met in Indianapolis to discuss printer sales paid in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Texas
Dallas
Jesse Barlow
Lollock
Cape Cod
Seth Low
Columbia University
National Civic Federation
August Belmont
New York
Admiral Dewey
Washington
W. A. Clark
Montana
Butte
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
National Board of Arbitration
New
International ‘‘Ypographical Union
Indianapolis
Priners
Chicago
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Astern Steel Company
Pottsville
Cottamany
William TE. Thubbel
Incyverec
Dalton
Oho
American Sugar Refining Company
United States Department of Justice
Treasury
Senate Committee On
Stewnsyville
Vio Progress
Secretary of the
Senate
Colorado
Utah
Salt Lake City
John CL. Cutler
Verdure
San Juan
Cutler
Rosalbina Miazzi
Hamburg
America
Jacob Kriesfeld
Worcester
Mass
Jad
Charles Schroff
International Hall
East Genesee Street
Buffalo
Charles
Schroff
Charles IL. Perry
Providence
R. L
Perry
Eugene Feralte
New Bedford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Camden
George Tloenshilt
Scranton
Stroudsburg
Lewis
Westeen
Markowitz
Dayton
Layton
Ilines
Anna Markowitz
Abe Cohan
Dana Gilman
Thomas Chamales
Savoy
Levee
Chamales
William Tetter
Carey
Catherine Teeple
Sycamore
J. W. Ellsworth
Itudson
Old Western Reserve College
T. C. Woodbury
Department of the Columbia
Pacific
Idea
C. A. Culberson
W. P. Hepburn
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