Two-Cent Rate Law Declared Unconstitutional in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by 4 to 3, struck down the two-cent railroad fare law, upholding a lower court ruling that it unjustly reduces railroad returns. Dissents argue rate supervision is a state power. a U.S. Supreme Court appeal is possible. Harrisburg expects the new Railroad Commission to draft a bill addressing objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court of
Theophion
Supreme Court of the United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
New State Railroad Commission
Navy Prizefight Inquiry In Newport On Cumberland
On the training ship Cumberland at Newport Rhode Island witnesses including Commander James H. Oliver Major William H. McKelvy Assistant Surgeon Harry F. Hull and Gunner Edward T. Austin examined many witnesses about a prizefight on board between naval apprentice D M Manning and H A Hartnet which caused Hartnet to die Manning remains under arrest awaiting Navy Department ruling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R.1
Cumberland
James H. Oliver
William H. McKelvy
Harry F. Hull
Edward T. Austin
D. M. Manning
H. A. Hartnet
Hartiet
Manning
Navy Department
Tis
Editor Found Frozen to Death on Kansas Tracks
Kansas editor George Satterthwaite formerly with the Wichita Eagle was found nude beside railroad tracks near Syracuse. The body showed signs of freezing. clothes lay two miles away. Authorities believe a temporary mental lapse led him to wander off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Hkan
George Satterthwaite
Kansas
Wichita Eagle
Here
Deaths in Campton Fire Lamp Accident
Couple George Morrison and his wife perished in a Campton New Hampshire home blaze caused by a lamp overturning or exploding. Mrs Morrison carried a lit lamp downstairs when it ignited her clothing and she cried for help as her husband rushed to aid her. both suffered fatal burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campton
N. H
George Morrison
Japan Cabinet Under Fire From Progressive Party
In Tokyo the Progressive party denounces the Cabinet over finance and diplomacy, adopting no platform and attacking the government during a heated political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Progressive Party
Otaim
Tokio
Canada restricts immigration to limit Japanese workers
Washington officials were informed that Canada proposed a temporary restriction on all aliens, aiming to shut out Japanese laborers without overburdening Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Washington
Japan
Recovery in Iron Trade Shows Partial Pricing Upswing
In the iron trade a partial recovery from extreme demoralization is noted with occasional announcements of higher prices, signaling renewed market activity after a period of weakness.
Merchant slashes sister then kills self in Coldwater
Ver non L Nettieton a Coldwater Michigan merchant attacked his sister with a carving knife and then killed himself. Police report a violent family tragedy linked to his business troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon L. Nettieton
Coldwater, Mich
Ex Empress Eugenie and Notable Figures in Transit and News
Ex Empress Eugenie and her suite travel from Marseilles to Colombo as other notable figures face personal and public shifts. Writings, studies, and resignations reshape careers from Boston to Lowell. Queen Alexandra planned royal yacht cruises, while a Break-Tou agent and a smoking-woman restaurant shift signal changing social norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie
Napoleon III
Marseilléy
France
Colombo
Ceylon
Mra
W. H. Leavitt
Paris
Omaha
Eleanor
Hollowell Abbott
Edward Abbott
Boston
Lyman Abbott
Lowell
Mass
Wil
Ireland
Queen Alexandra
Margaret McNamee
New York
Mme
Anna
America
Belmont Transfers Realty In Major Manhattan Bronx Holdings
August Belmont transferred over 6 million dollars in real estate in Manhattan and the Bronx to Lord Nathaniel Meyer Rothschild and partners. The properties include the Park Row Building valued at 5 million dollars and several other offices and vacant lots. The Park Row Building carries a 2.5 million dollar mortgage to Mrs. Russell Sage who advanced 2.6 million cash earlier. Belmont also held large interests in a pool underwriting Interborough Metropolitan Railway stock, with a crash erasing about 12 million dollars from the pool’s exposure as insiders moved stocks amid a market decline.
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New York City
August Belmont
Nathaniel Meyer Rothschild
London
Manhattan
Bronx
Park Row
Fifth Avenue
Eightyfirst
138Th Street
Exterior Street
Mott Haven
Mott Avenue
Russell Sage
Belmont
Anarchist Plot Averts Attack On American Fleet In Rio
Rio de Janeiro police report an anarchist conspiracy to damage ships of the American fleet lying in the harbor. Chief says conspirators led by Jean Fedder fled to the interior, with investigations extending to Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Washington
Paris
France
Germany
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Jean Fedder
Petropolis
United States
Beieved
Fedder
Ss. Paulo
Manitoba Takes Over Bell Telephone System in Manitoba
The Manitoba provincial government acquires the Bell system forming the first Canadian government telephone monopoly. Purchase price listed at 3 300 090 dollars. A three member commission to run the system includes FP Patterson as chairman with W Hayes and H J Moran as the other members. Patterson Nayes and Moran bring long Bell Company experience.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Manitoba
Bell System
FP. C. Patterson
W. Hayes
H. J. Moran
Patterson
Bell Telephone Company
Northwestern
Nayes
Bell Company
Horan
Porto Rico Legislature Opens as Governor Urges Reforms
Governor Post outlines broad program in message calling for simpler land registration, more schools, property tax transfers to municipalities, judiciary changes, higher judges salaries, and more roads. The recommendations were well received by lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P. R
Governor Post
Walsh Found Guilty on Fifty Four Counts in Bank Misuse Case
John R. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank which closed in December 1905 was found guilty on fifty four counts of misapplication of bank funds. The verdict returned in Federal District Court as Walsh remained free on bond pending a motion for a new trial set for January 28. Each count carries a potential penalty of five to ten years imprisonment.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Federal District Court
Walsh
Troops to Stay in Goldfield for a Reasonable Time
The President received Nevada legislature resolutions requesting the troops remain in Goldfield until an adequate police force is organized. He telegraphed Governor Sparkes approving a reasonable period and urged rapid action to organize police and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
Nevada
Goldfield
Sparkes
Heat Wave in Victoria Causes 32 Deaths
Unusual heat across Victoria forces people to sleep outdoors and theaters to close. Thirty two deaths have been recorded in recent days due to sunstroke amid the severe heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Melbourne
Australia
Train murder victim’s killer slain in Lawton ambush
Dr. FP D Beauchamp who killed Charles Thomas of Chico Texas on a train at Hobart a year earlier was shot and killed in Lawton Oklahoma by two brothers named John Thomas and Wil Nam Thomas of Lawton and Chico respectively.
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FP. D. Beauchamp
Charles Thomas
Chico
Texas
Hobart
Lawton
Oklo
John Thomas
Wil Nam Thomas
Wealthy New Hampshire recluse dies of starvation
David N. Couch, one of Webster New Hampshire's wealthiest residents, died at his home from starvation and lack of proper care. He had lived alone for months despite owning more than $20,000 in property and was believed to be very wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster, N. H
David N. Couch
Billiard and College Sports Headlines of 1907
George Sutton and Jacob Schacter share the world billiard honors for 1907. Roger Bresnahan signs to catch for New York NL. Mountain the jockey suspended by Crescent City Jockey Club stewards. Harvard defeats Columbia 14 to 1 in hockey. Owen Moran and Abe Attell draw 25 rounds in boxing. Danny Maher wintering in England with hounds. Jim Driscoll crowned England featherweight champion after Moran defeat by Bowker ten years prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sutton
Jacob Schacter
Roger Bresnahan
New York
Mountain
Crescent City Jockey Club
Howard Jr. Jones
Yale
Syracuse University
Jones
Sheffield Scientific School
Harvard
Columbia
Owen Moran
Abe" Attell
England
America
Danny” Maher
Lynting
Hounds
Jim Driscoll
Owen
Moran
Joe Bowker
Driscoll
Bequest for Lectures On Spiritualism At Clark University
The will of Joseph A Battles of Fitchburg and Worcester provides five thousand dollars to Clark University Worcester Mass to establish a course of lectures on spiritualism occultism and general psychic phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Mde
Joseph A. Battles
Fitchburg
Earl Jacques Confesses to Greenville Killing and Robbery
Nineteen year old Earl Jacques told two detectives in Providence Rhode Island that he killed and robbed Mary Eddy in Greenville Rhode Island on January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Jacques
Providence
R. 1
Mary Eddy
Greenville
R.1
Poet Banker Stedman Dies in New York Home
Edmund Clarence Stedman known as the poet banker died suddenly of heart disease at his New York City residence. He was born in Hartford Connecticut on October 8 1833 and was a noted poet critic essayist and banker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banker Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman
New York City
Hartford
Conn
Women Suffragettes Arrested in Downing Street Attack
Suffragettes invaded the residence of Premier Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in Downing Street London. Five women were arrested and sentenced to three weeks imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Downing Street
London
Wheat Burned as Maple Leaf Mills Fire Rages in Kenora
Fire destroyed the Maple Leaf Mills at Kenora Ontario owned by Hedley Shaw Company. The blaze consumed the elevator housing over 300000 bushels of wheat, with losses estimated around one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedley-Shaw O Company
Kenora
Ont
Harvester Company Fined in Kansas Anti-Trust Case
In Topeka Kansas Judge Dana of Shawnee District Court fined the International Harvester Company 300 dollars on each of forty two counts totaling 12600 dollars for violation of the Kansas anti trust law. An appeal was taken.
Death by self at Craiova of Romanian beauty Baroness von Schwitzer
The 50 year old Baroness von Schwitzer, once famed Romanian beauty and millionaire, died by suicide with a revolver in Craiova. A letter left behind said she could not bear to survive her good looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baroness von Schwitzer
Craiova
Railroads Put In Receivers’ Hands Amid Court Action
Two large American railroads, the Seaboard and the Great Western, were placed in receivers’ hands during the first six business days of the period, signaling a major shift in operations and financial control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Seaboard
Great Western
Merchants Anticipate Strong Business in 1908 Outlook
A New York City canvass of twelve trades and trade journals finds a hopeful outlook for 1908. Early 1907 improvements give way to a fall decline, but dry goods and retailers report renewed demand, replenished stocks, and improving collections as money loosens. European demand and export centers indicate efforts to hold prices and curb production to avoid price declines, aiding both producers and American importers.
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New York City
York
Ligse Buvery
Europe
United States
Christus
San Francisco
Portland
Los Angeles
Taccoma
Minneapolis
St Paul
Milwaukee
Middle West
San Antonio
Atlanta
Cirees
Justice Harlan Foresees Race War and Naval Giantism
Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan warned in a Navy League address that a future conflict between white and yellow races could shake the earth. He urged a navy large enough to guard Pacific and Atlantic ports, and called for fortifying seaports as war can arrive suddenly. He spoke on immigration trends, Japan and China, and the need for a strong martial spirit to deter conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John Marshal Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Navy League of the United States
Washington Post
England
Germany
Pacific
Atlante
Asia
Japan
Europe
Justice Harlan
Tases Life Deciding w Fifty-cent Wager
Harrington of the Western Union Telegraph Company climbed a steel pole on the Drainage Canal power line at Rockwell Street and touched a 44 000 volt wire. He was not instantly killed. A discussion over wire clearance interrupted their downtown trip as Harrington investigated the distance between the wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harrington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Rockwell Street
Labor groups push organizing drives across cities
The report notes the Manitoba Government debates licensing bar tenders while organized women pursue union roles in bookbinding in Germany and San Francisco aims to place a woman organizer through the American Federation of Labor. Brooklyn clothing cutters seek universal unionization, Chicago forms a hospital superintendents union, Sydney Trades and Labor Council pushes affiliated unions, and New York State Farmers Unit plans an August convention to seek better prices for farm products.
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Manitoba
Germany
San Francisco
Calo
Women's Union League Fo
American Federation of Labor
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chicago
Sydney Trades and Labor Couneil
Si Wn
Couneil
New York State Farmers’ Unit
Hard Times For New York Workhouse
Extra cots sent to Blackwell's Island to house the largest prison population in New York history. The Workhouse is ill and long term vagrants are moved to Blackwell's Island Penitentiary and Raymond Street Jail to make room for as many as 100 daily arrivals. Over 700 women and nearly 900 men remain in the metropolis Workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Taft Endorsements Mount Ahead of Republican Convention
Reports show Taft receiving endorsements from California Republican groups and Oklahoma lawmakers while Roosevelt undecided amid party maneuvering. Senate confirms Richmond Pearson as Greece envoy and New York dispatches note Hughes declines to comment on presidential plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Harlan
Hughes
Albany
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Senate
Richmond Pearson
North Carolina
Greece
Washington
League of Lincoln and
Roosevelt Republica Clubs of California
Taft
St Loui Congress
Guthrie
Oklo
Wiliam HH
Entombed Niners Free After Seven Weeks at Ely Mine
Five miners A D Batley P J Brown Fred McDonald Bailey and two Greeks were entombed nearly seven weeks in the Alpha shaft two thousand feet below Ely Nevada. After a cave in December 4 they crawled up ladders as rocks and timbers crashed, feeding pipes and a portable telephone enabled contact and rescue advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Nev
A.D. Batley
P. J. Brown
Fred McDonald
Giroux
McDonald
Brown and Bailey
Grecks
Bailey
Brown
Sur
Three Victims Fall Through Ice on Newark Pond Tragedy
Newark New Jersey residents Leonard Smith Augustus Hartman Louis Hartman and Edward Rowle all ten or younger plunged through thin pond ice on Nineteenth Street. Michael Healey and Harry Blacksmith aided others as Blacksmith pulled the boy from the water. Later bodies were recovered. In Tenafly New Jersey Arthur Morgan Horace Weeks both fifteen and twelve died after ice broke on a quarry pond. In Worcester Massachusetts Peter Caplett and Miss Annie Marrier aged twenty two and nineteen drowned skating on Webster Pond. Other drownings included Robert Armstrong twelve at Crystal Lake Newtonville and Edward Tremaine thirteen in the Cocheco River Rochester New Hampshire after ice broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
WN. J
Leonard Smith
Augustus Hartman
Louis Hartman
Edward Rowle
Nineteenth Street
Michael Mr. Healey
Healey
Harry Blacksmith
South Eighteenth Street
Howie
Smith
Arthur
Harry Morgan
Horace Weeks
Tenafly
N. J
George Wheyman
Worcester
Mass
Peter Caplett
Annie
Marrier
Webster Pond
Robert Armstrong
Crystal Lake
Newtonville
Edward Tremaine
Cocheco
Rochester
Boy Pies From Fear Of Knife In Detroit Tragedy
Charles Frank Watson sixteen anxious to save his parents went to a physician for an operation without telling his kin. He died within an hour after leaving home and returning with his body. The operation was not performed despite the deadly outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Warry
Charles Frank Watson
Watson
Four Children Die After Ice Breaks on Indiana Reservoir
Four children skated onto the ice near the Joseph Wharton coke plant reservoir in Coro Indiana Pa and broke through. The victims were Sandle Kinley twelve Rente Wiley eleven Charlotte Kinley eight and Roy Stokes thirteen. Rescue crews under superintendent T G Murray located the bodies within twenty minutes using grappling hooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Joseph Wharton
Coro
Sandle Kinley
Rente Wiley
Charlotte Kinley
Roy Stokes
T. G. Murray
Fort Governor Fort Sworn In At Trenton Opera House
Governor Fort is sworn in by Chief Justice Gummere in Taylor's Opera House Trenton N J amid four generations of the Fort family. He vows to enforce Bishops law on Sunday liquor sales and calls for abolition of County Boards of Taxation. He urges central regulation of railroads and public utilities to restore public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
John Franklin Fort
Taylor
Opera House
Gummere
Stoker
Fort
Andrew Fort
Mount Holly
Unla
Boards of Appeal
Jail for Ice Trust Men in Toledo Court Error
More than thirty Toledo business men will be confined in the county jail due to a Supreme Court ruling. The court held the Valentine anti trust law constitutional and remanded ice case sentences from the workhouse to the jail. Five men who pleaded guilty and several lumbermen will serve their terms as ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Supreme Court
Columbus
Lee
Valentine
Parade of Hungry People Looking for Work
More than 1000 unemployed men paraded the streets of New Britain led by a man carrying a banner reading Parade of Hungry People Looking for Work. Organizers explained that hunger meant desire for work rather than physical starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain, Co i
Twenty Four Bodies Buried In One Circular Grave
In Boyertown Pennsylvania the unidentified victims of the Rhoades Opera House fire were buried before 10 000 mourners in one long circular trench. Four ministers conducted a plain service as each body lay in a simple coffin separated by brick walls. A central monument will bear the missing names in the circular mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
Rhoades Opera House
Curzon Elected Irish Peer in Dublin Vote
Lord Curzon of Kedleston a former Viceroy of India won a clear majority of votes in Dublin to fill the vacancy among Ireland's representative peers caused by the death of Lord Kilmalne in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
India
Dublin
Ireland
Lord Kilmalne
Horse Trade Ahead In Chicago Market 1907 Review
Chicago wholesale horse trade in 1907 totaled around 15.25 million dollars for horses plus 12.6 million for carriages and wagons and 8.2 million for harness and saddles, 4.9 million for automobiles. The overall horse and equipment value exceeded 36 million dollars, seven times the automobile trade, while horse drawn vehicles rose about 2.1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
the Tribune
Two Senators Elected Wetmore in Rhode Island Williams in Mississippi
In Rhode Island, George Peabody Wetmore of Newport won a United States Senate seat on the first ballot in the General Assembly. In Mississippi, Congressman John Sharp Williams was chosen to the U S Senate to succeed N D Money, whose term ends March 4, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. J
United States
George Peabody Wetmore
Newport
United States Senate
General Assembly
Here v . Jackson
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
N. D. Money
Insurance Chief Recommends Swift Prison Term
Colorado Insurance Commissioner urges direct and swift read to the penitentiary for high financiers amid a report arraigning mis rangement of the Provident Life Savings Assurance Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insurance Commissioner of
Colorado
Provident Life Savings Assurance Society
Charles Tinery Smith Dead at 65 in Philadelphia
Charles Tinery Smith, editor of the Press and former Minister to Russia and Postmaster General, died suddenly at his Philadelphia home at age sixty five. Death was caused by heart trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tinery Smith
Charles Emory Smith
the Press
Russa
Philadelphia
Indicted for Murder in Chenango Area
Indictment charging murder in the first degree was returned against William Scott for the killing of his stepmother Mrs. Delia M. Scott near Chenango New York. She was found shot to death in a patch of woods days after she went driving with her stepson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliamy Scott
Delia M. Scott
Chenango
N. Y
Hughes Hits at All Rogues at Albany Banquet
Governor Hughes addressed the Associated Callies during their annual banquet in Albany New York praising press service and truth telling He warned that if the people trusted wrong information the nation would be rid of rascals swiftly without violence or disruption to prosperity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Sandy
N. Y
Hughes
The
Associated Callies
Narrowed on Insurance Policies
Trustees of New York Life Insurance Company report 50000 policy holders borrowed 26000000 during 1907.
Fire Damages Hair During Worship Service in Wisconsin
A stove heated cellword comb ignited hair of Myre William Ranzler at a church service in Warlington Wisconsin. Worshippers quickly extinguished the small blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myre
William Ranzler
Ehuren
Warlington
Wis
Bonds to Pay Workmen at City Meeting
A town meeting chaired by the mayor approved issuing bonds worth 20000 dollars to fund city labor and to maintain notable lodging houses for workers. The resolution aims to create employment and sustain housing for the city’s men.
Canadian Bank Liquidates
The Sovereign Bank of Canada has decided to liquidate the Canadian Bank. The Canadian Bankers' Association will take charge of its interests and assets as the process proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign Bank of Canada
Aged Couple Killed Crossing Tracks at Rollins Ford
Mr and Mrs Moses Roberts both about seventy were killed by a train on the Western division of the Boston and Maine Railroad while crossing the tracks in a carriage. Mr Roberts was chairman of the town Board of Selectmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollins Ford
N. Y
Moses Roberts
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mr. Roberts
Banks Report Surplus After Eleven Deficit Weeks
New York City banks posted a surplus of 6,081,000 after eleven weeks of deficits as stocks rose on the boon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
World News Briefs Touch Global Events and Records
A 1907 Pennsylvania birth tally notes 167256 births with over 7000 boys. Haig named Sultan at Fez amid tensions in Morocco. American sailors riot in Pernambuco and clash with Brazilian police. Panama’s first flag vessel launched in England. National debt stands near 900 million dollars after new securities. Henryman wins 10000 prize in Paris for setting a distance record in a heavier than air machine. Tokio dispatches report Korean insurgents surrender arms for pardon. Federal and state reps to attend International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington this September. Garon Tahahira informed by Tokyo government of status and assignment to United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stub Endy
Pennsylvania
Muylal Haig
Fez
Anly
Morocco
Pernambuco
Republic of Panama
England
Henryman
Paris
Ning
Patt
International Congresa
Washington
Garon Tahahira
Toko
Aps Yoinimant Ae Ayobagsader
United States
Japan Bars Emigration to Dominion by Laborers
Mr. Lemieux told the House at Ottawa that Japan would restrict emigration to the Dominion. The agreement excludes all contract laborers from the migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemieux
Ottawa
Japan
Dominion
Vight to Retain Priest in Poles Fight at Ludlow
Two thousand Polish residents in Ludlow Mississippi rallied to keep their priest after the Roman Catholic Bishop transferred him to another parish. The dispute reflects community reliance on local church leadership and cultural ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Miss
Notable 1900s Figures Mention Global Affairs and Scandals
Rew Admiral Evans suffers rheumatism. President Castro of Venezuela regains health. The Sultan of Sulu threatens to visit the United States. Hudson Maxim predicts war with Japan. Congressman Sulzer weds Miss Reddhelm in Atlantic City. Hall Caine claims a Cruce mystery key but will withhold. Martha Littleton linked to Thaw defense trips in Texas. Baron Frederico de Filippis seeks American citizenship in New York. Mark Twain admits a $17000 loss from an accessible investment. Senator Clay of Georgia looms tall in appearance with striking hair.
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Evans
Castro
Venezuela
Sultan of Sulu
United States
Hudson Maxim
Japan
William Sulzer
Miss Reddhelm
Atlantic City
Hall Caine
New York World
Marth W. Littleton
Ick Walker
Texas
Baron Frederica de Fillippis
New York City
Tragedy Ends Wayward Career in Hadonfield
Western Pennsylvania despatches report Mrs. Jennie Stuart Little killed by her husband A M Chamberlain before he shot himself after a jealous confrontation in their Haddonfield home. The couple had married in Atlantic City after Miss Little, from Burlington County, moved to town with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Jennie Stuart Little
Haddonfield
Bradford
A. M. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
New Richmond
Little
Ifmddonfield
Buriington County
Frank Little, Jr
Musto Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Monachino Case
Joseph P. Musto was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Michael Monachino whose body was found under brass at Garrett Mountain last June. Judge Bergen sentenced him in Paterson to thirty years in state prison, saying a first degree verdict would have been justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Muchel
Michael Monechino
Garrett Mountain
Bergen
Paterson
Musto
Robert Cortez
Express
Newark
Monachino
Cortez
Dog Catches a Thief Near Pine Brook
Sep the Newfoundland owned by Wallace Terhune chased and caught a tramp who had stolen a bundle of clothes from Terhune’s yard near Pine Brook. The dog knocked the thief down and stood over him until Terhune arrived to take him into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sep
Wallace Terhune
Pine Brook
New York City
Terhune
King of Trees in South Jersey Seeks Ground for Preservation
The State Forestry Commission asks the Gloucester Historical Society to secure right of way to the Tum Tum Oak near Mt. Royal, three miles from Woodbury, to preserve the famed tree said to be the largest within 160 miles of Philadelphia. In 1770 noted as very large, it now stands ninety feet high with a forty foot girth and a shade spread near half an acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Forestry Commission
Gloucester Historical Society
Mt. Royal
Woodbury
South Jersey
Philadelphia
Retrieves Wife From Affinity Affair Returns Husband
John Ross of Lawrenceville returns from Georgia with his wife who fled a month earlier with an affinity. She promises self harm unless forgiven within a week and brought home. Ross leaves for the South that night avoiding discussion. She claims she is with children and all are happy. Babe Unhurt in Auto Crash Reports say Mrs Edward Van Ness and ten month old escape injury while a touring car owned by John L Brock strikes the carriage in Mercerville. The infant remains unharmed and Mrs Van Ness shaken but ok as wreckage ends in a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ross
Lawrenceville
Georgia
Ross
South
Babe
Edward van Ness
Mercerville
John L. Brock
Trenton
Ongoing wakeful night routines noted in Montclair
Montclair resident Arthur Gallern, a night worker, slept briefly then left his home twice, returning after three hours. A barber shop visit yielded no shave due to long lines, leading to his departure amid unclear events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gallern
Montclair
Priest Fights Sweatshops in East End London
Father Bernard Vaughan of London after illness begins a crusade against sweatshops in the East End. He declares a social duty to aid the poor and challenge harsh labor conditions, turning away from high society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tts
Bernard Vaughan
London
East End
Woman Dies at 119 in Hillsboro County
Mrs. Wood of Tennessee dies at her daughter's home in Hillsboro Cro. at age 119. Mary Ramsey Wood, a centenarian, was the subject of a late life obituary note in the local paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ramsey
Wood
Hillsboro
Cro
Tennesseee
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