Week's News Record Highlights From Diverse Events
A Mount Vernon hotel keeper family injures in a Black Hand dynamite bomb blast. Confederate memorial unveiled in Richmond at the veterans' reunion. In Savannah, the Greene and Gaynor fraud sentence is upheld, four years and $575,000 total. A Baltimore arrest for a marbles dispute ends in a boy's murder charge. Newport News man jailed for arson and embezzlement after burning the Old Point Comfort wharf and robbing a safe. A Cleveland suburb resident loses $500 jewelry to a burglar amid a nightmare scare. Chicago municipal courts report arrests and actions, with rising efficiency and notable docketed cases. A baseball season summary is noted.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Black Hand Society
Black Hand
Jefferson Davis
Greene and Gaynor
Savannah Harbor
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Sidney Harmond
Baltimore
William Griffin
Harmond
Griffin
United States Express Company
George P. Decker
Newport News
Thecker
Federal
Old Point Comfort
Express Company
SGU
David Ordway
Lakewood
Cleveland
Gray
Chicago
Olson
Fires wreck Kingston stores and more misfortunes strike
Fire destroys Elting and Schoonmaker stores Herman Marblestone clothier and W Scott Gillespie wholesale grocer in Kingston N Y with losses of 136000 William Steth 20 years old of Swanville Minn dead from pitched ball hit to head in a match George Tittman dairy farmer found dead with a kitchen gunshot wound Goodyear plant elevator accident in Akron injures a dozen seven critically Newark Turn Verein Hall fire claims three lives Mrs Charles Gillis Ohio widow inherits 200000 fund from Detroit nurse who cared for her Army worms halt railway traffic between Campbell Maine and Nemons Arkansas creating travel disruption.
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Kingston
N. Y
Elting & Schoonmaker
Herman Marblestone
W. Scott Gillespie
William Steth
Swanville
Minn
Steth
George Tittman
North Collins
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Newark
N. J
Verein Hall
Williamstree
Joseph Hoeneke
Charles Gillis
Crawford County
Charles K. Moore
Hague Peace Conference Proceedings Plan Stability
The Hague peace conference will follow the first congress model with committees to study Russian program items. Sessions will be secret, with daily public progress statements possible, and French as official language though English may be used in minutes. Government entertaining delegates modest and focused on work. Queen Wiech excursion and city reception planned.
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Hague
Russia
MHI
Wiech
Earthquake tragedy in Hsin Kiang reports 4000 dead
Shawmut arrives at Victoria with word of a devastating quake in Hsin Kiang Western China. Telegram from Pekin via Tokyo cites 4000 killed, many houses destroyed, widespread hunger. Empress Dowager orders relief measures as region endures harsh climate and isolation.
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Shawmut
Victoria
B.C
Hsin Kiang
Pekin
Nishi Shim- Luno
Tokyo
Sinkiang
China
Chinese Turkestan
Sungaria
Mongolian
Tibet
Russian Turkestan
Urumehi
Wall Street Reacts to Bond and Stock Moves on Major Railroads
Market observers note surprise as Eastern Pacific and Southern Pacific directors authorize STAR bonds for the former and SAGO preferred stock for the charter. Burlington Railway issues a headquarters order mandating conductor grooming and dress code changes, including white vests and ties.
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Wall Street
Ehvarsely
Eastern Pacific
Southern Pacific Roads
SAGO
Burlington Railroad Company
Prolonged Cold and Populist Rail Talks Highlight New Era
The article notes a ceremonial emphasis for the corner stone of the palace of peace funded by Andrew Carnegie with 1.5 million dollars, amid private entertainments by Dutch aristocrats and diplomats. It also covers submarine escape gear tests, railroad wage increases, steel rail debates, and a cold wave causing widespread crop damage across the United States with regional forecasts and impacts on farming.
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Wilhelmina
Hill
Palace of Peace
Andrew Carnegie
Constitution Defines the Courts in Kansas vs Colorado
Justice Brewer delivers opinion that Congress cannot limit a court's judicial power after creation and that national judicial authority extends to all controversy within the nation’s territorial limits, regardless of the parties. The stance aligns with Spooner's debate on the rate bill in the Senate.
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Brewer
Supreme Court
Kansas
Colorado
Congress
Spooner
Senate
Shortage of Horses and Men in the West Hinders Industry
A St Paul dispatch notes scarce horses and labor in the West. Draft horses once worth four dollars now fetch two to three hundred dollars, making a strong team worth around five hundred. Lumber woods, railway work drive demand though supply remains tight. Woods workers earn about seventy dollars monthly plus board, while skilled men with teams command nine dollars daily.
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St. Paul
Boston Transcript
Grood
The Faker’s Seance Led Gordon To Ruin And Death
A Maine farmer Samuel Gordon fell for a daytime patent cure scammer who claimed second sight. The faker promised Indian gold in a nearby woods and directed Gordon to a bowlder. Gordon mortgaged his farm, dug for treasure, neglected duties, and lost his health, farm, and family. he died recently.
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Samuel Gordon
Maccwahoe
Gordon
Jong
Vast Growth Since 1800 Shown in U S Statistics Volume
The Commerce and Labor Department reports a panoramic series of U S conditions from 1800 to 1906 in area population production and wealth. It notes population density rising to 28 per square mile by 1906 and per capita wealth increasing from 307 in 1850 to 1510 in 1904.
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United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Continental
Square Mile
Brain Injury and Speech Theory Challenged by Marie
Pierre Marie argues against the idea of a single brain region governing speech. He notes aphasia tests show comprehension of word meanings but poor idea linking, suggesting word deafness lacks localization. His radical stance calls for modifications to established language localization theories.
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Pierre Marie
Literary Digest
Supreme Court rules Georgia forest protection against smelters
The Supreme Court held Georgia may enjoin the Tennessee Copper Company and the Ducktown Sulphur and Tron Company from smelting on the Tennessee side that would destroy Georgia forests. Georgia given until October term to submit a decree form. Meantime plants may intensify fumes, but ruling stands for forest protection. companies largely Standard Oil owned. Also reports of Detective Hamilton dying after being shot in Smithfield Alabama and federal medals awarded for rescuing Larchmont passengers.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
Tennessee Copper Company
Ducktown Sulphur and Tron Company
Tennessee
Standard Oil
Chicago Business Gains Pace as Banks Show Strong May Activity
Dun's Review notes no grounds for declining confidence in the outlook. May bank payments indicate higher activity, with money supply better and discount rates lower. Breadstuff markets calm, prices steady, crop conditions improving, and demand rising in distributive trades especially for light-weight apparel footwear and house furnishings. Bank clearings up 14.2 percent vs last year. district failures 17 versus 14 prior week and 20 a year ago.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
Unseasonable Weather Affects Retail Trade May Closure
New York reports unseasonable cold and wet weather restraining retail trade across the northern half of the country. May ends with large stocks unsold as shoe and leather markets stay quiet. Pig iron prices hold firm while foreign imports rise slightly. Steel rail demand grows with 1908 delivery in view. May sees heavy structural steel tonnage and loud short-term outlooks. Business failures: US 140, Canada 14, against prior weeks and years. Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
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Rocky Mountains
Washington Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Siberia
British Columbia
Middle West
Great Lakes
New York
New England
Kansas
H. O. Frankenfeld
Arctic
American
Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleveland
Wabash
Ind
Keokuk
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Wolverine
Birmingham
Structural Steel
United States
Historic Midwestern Commodities Price Report
A dense listing of farm market quotes by city across the Midwest and Northeast. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other staples with ranges for multiple grade classifications and shipping terms.
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Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
Ste
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Judge Woodruff Says No Photo Since Appointment
Notes from current events report Judge Charles T. Woodruff of the Maine Supreme Court has never had a portrait taken since his appointment. Greenville Mississippi police chief William Quinn died by self-inflicted act in the presence of his daughter. Sam Moor, a Black man, was arrested in Roanoke Virginia on poisoning charges involving two men and two women. Mike Markovitch and John Toutzbat died in a sand bank collapse at Youngstown Ohio. The National Medico Psychological Association, in session at the Jamestown Exposition, plans to meet in Cincinnati. Captain Harry Bowen, who hires strike breakers for New York steamship firms, was attacked by striking longshoremen. Grain handlers joined the longshoremen in sympathy, and the strike spread to Mentzen.
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Charles T. Woodruff
Maine Supreme Court
William Quinn
Greenville
Miss
Sam Moor
Roanoke
Mike Markovitch
John Toutzbat
Youngstown
National Medico Psychological Association
Cincinnati
Harry Bowen
Steamshi Combine
New York
Mentzen
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St. Paul Railway
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Whang the Miller
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