Bomb injures Mount Vernon family in Black Hand plot
A dynamite bomb placed by a Black Hand agent exploded in a Mount Vernon, New York store wounding a hotel keeper's mother wife and daughter who refused to pay $500 in blackmail. Other items note memorial for Jefferson Davis in Richmond and a Savannah court ruling on a $500000 fraud case.
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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
Narmond
Griffin
United States Express Company
George P. Decker
Newport News
Decker
Federal
Old Point Comfort
Express Company
David Ordway
Lakewood
Cleveland
Otway
Chicago
Olson
Comuc
Fire and accidents reported in Kingston and across towns
Fire at Kingston wiped out Elting and Schoonmaker stores Herman Marblestone clothier and W Scott Gillespie wholesale grocer and liquor dealer with losses around 130000 A Minnesota youth William Steeth 20 died after being struck by a pitched ball A North Collins dairy farmer George Dittman found dead with a gunshot wound Akron Goodyear plant elevator accident injures a dozen with three feared dead A Newark Turn Verein Hall fire killed janitor his wife and a child Mrs Charles Gillis inherits 200 from Michigan lumberman Charles Moore nursing ties Army worms disrupt rail traffic between Campbell Missouri and Nemours Arkansas and clog tracks on the St Louis Kenneth and Southeastern Railway causing delays
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Kingston
N. Y
Elting & Schoonmaker
Herman Marblestone
W. Scott Gillespie
Wiliam Steeth
Swanville
Minn
Steth
George Dittman
North Collins
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Newark
N. J
Turn
Hague Peace Conference Plans and Proceedings Outline
The second Hague conference will mirror the first, with committees formed to study Russia’s program and a possible early focus on disarmament. Sessions are to be secret with daily progress statements, French as official language, potential bilingual minutes, and modest official entertainments.
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Hague
Russia
the Knights
Wiech
Earthquake Devastates Hsin Kiang In Western China
A Shawmut report from Victoria details a deadly earthquake in Hsin Kiang with 46 killed and many homes destroyed. Urgent telegraphs from Pekin urge relief. The province, bordered by Mongolia and Tibet, is sparsely settled with diverse ethnic groups and a dry, mountainous climate.
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Shawmut
Victoria
B. C
Hsin Kiang
Pekin
Nishi Shimbun
Tokyo
Shawmur
Hsin Niang
Sinkiang
China
Turkestan
Sungaria
Mongolia
Tibet
Andijan
Tee
Wall Street Sees Bond and Stock Issues At Surprise
Sagan Wall street was surprised o Thursday to learn that the directors of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific reads dua au thorized new issues of STAR bonds for the former and SOG 00,00 of preferred stock for the latter. Burlington Railroad orders conductors to remove whiskers by a deadline and to wear white vests and ties.
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Wall Street
Usion Taccific
Southern Pacific
Dua
Burlington Railroad Company
Tt Tas
Dutch aristocracy guests entertain delegates at peace palace ceremony
Wilhelmina will entertain delegates from a private purse as the Dutch aristocracy and diplomats socialize beyond official duties. Minister Hill seeks to hold the corner stone ceremony of the palace of peace funded by Andrew Carnegie’s 1.5 million dollar gift before the conference ends. Submarine test progress at Newport features an oxygen-producing diving jacket, the Octopus and Lake set records with 24 hours underwater. West horse scarcity drives up prices. draft horses now fetch 200 to 3000 dollars.
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Wilhelmina
Hill
Palace of Peace
Andrew Carnegie
Newport
Lake
St. Paul
Boston Transcript
Grood
Cold Weather Forces Regional Crop Shortfalls Across States
Unseasonably cold conditions across the eastern and midwestern states have damaged crops. Reports from Washington to Omaha show halted growth, with wheat and oats yielding poorly in Illinois and Michigan, fruit and berry crops hurt, and projections for a late, meager harvest nationwide.
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Peoria
Illinois
la Crosse
Wis
Minnesota
St. Paul Railway
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleveland
Wabash
Ind
Keokuk
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Wolverine
Maine farmer ruined by second sight fraud seeks buried gold
A Maine farmer Samuel Gordon near Macwahoe fell for a fake second sight seer who promised Indian gold hidden near a peculiar bowlder. Gordon mortgaged his farm to dig for wealth, neglected duties, and after years of vain search, lost his farm and health, dying in a distressed, deranged state. His children left home as the fever persisted.
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Maine
Samuel Gordon
Macwahoe
Gordon
Constitution Defines the Court in Kansas vs Colorado
Justice Brewer's opinion argues Congress cannot limit judicial power after creating a court and that national judicial authority covers all controversies within U S territory. The piece notes former Senator Spooner's debate stance on the rate bill in the Senate.
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Brewer
Supreme Court
Kansas
Colorado
Congress
Spooner
Senate
Vast Growth Since 1800 Shows U S Change Across Spheres
A Department of Commerce and Labor statistical abstract presents a panoramic view of U S changes from 1800 to 1906 across area population production commerce money circulation wealth and education. It traces population density per square mile rising from 6.5 in 1800 to nearly 28 today and notes surges in per capita income bank deposits imports exports cotton sugar corn and manufacturing values.
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United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Brain Injury and Speech Theory Challenged by Pierre Marie
Pierre Marie argues against the idea of a single brain region controlling speech. He cites aphasia experiments showing patients understand word meanings but struggle forming connections of ideas. He concludes word deafness localization is untenable and that theories of speech localization require modification.
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Pierre Marie
Literary Digest
Georgia Forests Protected From Smelter Damage In Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled Georgia can seek to enjoin Tennessee Copper Company and Ducktown Sulphur and Iron Company from smelting on the Tennessee side if their operations destroy Georgia forests. Georgia must submit a decree by October term. companies reportedly install a plant to dense fumes. The case, tied to Standard Oil interests, has dragged for over a year and a half. Detective Samuel A. Hamilton, shot during a custody incident in Smithfield Alabama, has died.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
Tennessee Copper Company
Ducktown Sulphur and Iron Company
Tennessee
Standard Oil
Government honors awarded to Elsie crew at Block Island
Federal medals and certificates were presented at Block Island Rhode Island to the captain and crew of the schooner Elsie and crews of several fishing schooners for rescuing passengers of the steamer Larchmont in February.
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Block Island
R. I
Elsie
May Bank Clearings Signal Strong District Trade
The Dun's Review notes no grounds for declining confidence as May bank clearings reach 196,517,104, up 14.2 percent from the previous year’s week. Breadstuffs markets steady with little price change while crop conditions improve and distribution demand rises.
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Uie
Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Unseasonable weather pins retail trade as May ends
New York reports cold wet conditions hinder retail sales across the northern states while May closes with large stocks unsold. Shoe and leather markets quiet though orders rise. Pig iron prices firm, early delivery scarce, foreign iron steady. steel rails and structural steel demand strong for 1908 deliveries. Business failures: US weekly total 140, Canada 74. Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.
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Birmingham
Structural Steel
United States
Asx
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Prices by City Listings
A dense compilation of early 20th century market quotes across U S cities detailing cattle hogs sheep and various grains. Prices are given per unit with ranges for each commodity in locations including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo along with specific grade distinctions and unit measures.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Kansas City
Toledo
Milwaukee
Louisville
Des Moines
Lincoln
Denver
Sioux City
Omaha
Oper
Pueblo
Ste
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste. Detroit
Ste To Sie
New York
Clover Seed
Notable Events and Unrest Across the Nation
Notes report Judge Charles T. Woodruff to Maine Supreme Court has no portrait on file. Greenville Mississippi police chief William Quinn died by own hand before his daughter. Sam Moor, a Black man, is arrested in Roanoke for poisoning two men and two women. Mike Markovitch and John Toutzbat die in a sand bank accident in Youngstown. The National Medico Psychological association plans to meet in Cincinnati after Jamestown expo. Captain Harry Bowen, a strikebreaker hire, was attacked by strikers in New York. Grain handlers join the strike. longshoremen widen the action to Bentese.
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Charles TI. Woodruff
Maine Supreme Court
William Quinn
Greenville
Miss
Sam Moor
Roanoke
Mike Markovitch
John Toutzbat
Youngstown
National Medico Psychological Association
Cincinnati
Harry Bowen
Sees Combine
New York
Bentsen
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