Japan Invites U S Fleet to Visit Its Ports in Pacific Cruise
The Navy announced the President accepted Japan's invitation for the Pacific leg of the U S battleship fleet's around the world voyage. Ambassador Takahira conveyed the offer, with Bacon at State approving. The fleet will sail from San Francisco July 6, visit Melbourne or Sydney, then Yokohama, Manila, and return, time and coal limits guiding stops.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Japan
Takahira
Washington
United States
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Elihu Roof
Robert Bacon
Atlantic
Bureau of Navigation
Hawaii
Melbourne
Sydney
Australia
Philippines
New Zealand
Manila
Yokohama
New York
Europe
Callao
Magdalena
Thia
San Diego
Japanese contributors fund fleet entertainment drive in San Diego
In San Diego, the Japanese committee presented a total of 211 to the fleet entertainment committee. The sum came from Japanese city residents, with contributions from servants and laborers ranging from twenty five cents to five dollars.
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San Diego
Cal
Britain Could Muster Fleet of Battleships in 1911
In the House of Parliament Lord Tweedmouth asserted that Great Britain would nearly assemble a battleship fleet by 1911 that would be unmatched by all other powers in the world.
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Great Britain
Lord Tweedmouth
Duel in St Petersburg Ring Ends in Wounding
General Smirnoff is severely wounded by General Fock in a pistol duel held in the riding school ring at St Petersburg Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smirnoff
Fock
St. Petersburg
Russia
Bourke Cochran Drops From Tammany Halls Committees
The article notes Bourke Cochran’s removal from all Tammany Hall committees. It also mentions international topics including the American battleship fleet, Japanese arms import regulations, and a Japanese tobacco monopoly in Korea.
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Bourke Cochran
Tammany Halls
New Zealand
Tasmania
Japan
Youngest U S Senator William J Bryan Dies in Providence
Washington mourns as William James Bryan of Florida dies in Providence Hospital after seven weeks of typhoid fever at age 31. He served briefly in the Senate, took his seat January 9, 1907, and was admired by President Roosevelt for his pleasing manner and athletic youth. He was born October 10, 1876 in Orange County Florida and trained at Emory College.
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Washington, D. C
United States Senate
Tardnis
William James Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospital
Mr. Bryan
Senate
William Pinkney Whyte
Maryland
Whyte
Mr. Gore
Oklahoma
Mr. Whyte
Bryan
Senato
Senator MaNory
Fnd
Roosevelt
Wiliam James Bryan
Shenry Clay
Kentucky
Clay
Orange County
Emory College
Georgia
Jacksonville
Fla
Bonnard
Mallory
Duval County Criminal Court of Record
Janet, Allan
Lexington
Supreme Court backs federal review of state rail rate laws
Minnesota and North Carolina rate laws were ruled unconstitutional as they imposed heavy fines and long sentences on railroads, challenging state control. Justice Harlan dissented, arguing states cannot be barred from their own courts by federal orders. North Carolina case upheld a jail discharge of a railroad agent, with similar federal scrutiny of state law.
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Washington
D. C
Supreme Court of the
United States
Lawa
Minnesota
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Tam
Justice Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
James Wood
Southern Railroad
Hdward Young
Federal Court of
Young
Bishop Fowler Dies in New York City at 71
The Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Fowler, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his New York home at age seventy one. Health prompted retirement plans for the Baltimore General Conference session. A long serving missionary, he was born in Burford Ontario and graduated valedictorian from Genesee College in 1859.
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New York City
Charles Henry Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference of the Church
Baltimore
Fowler
Burford
Ontario
Canada
Genesee College
Lima, N. Y
Infant's Fatal Fall Tied to Accidental Scratch
Maurice White and his wife pulled at their infant on March 7 in Cincinnatii-O. in the scramble the child nearly tumbled down stairs. Mrs White's nail scratched the husband's nose, and the cut later led to his death.
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Maurice White
Pension Bill Passed After House Vote in Washington
Washington D C after hours of debate the House passed the Pension Appropriation bill carrying 150 09 000 the largest sum ever authorized by that measure The House voted 6 to 139 to retain one general agency and consolidate seventeen of eighteen pension agencies in the capital
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Washington
D. C
United States
House of Representatives
House
Committee On Appropriations
Trolleys to Carry Freight Aimed in Boston Hous
The House committee on Street Railways reports a bill to let street railways carry freight. Trolleys may haul freight with aldermanic approval by a two thirds vote and mayoral consent in each city traversed.
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Boston
Committee On Street Railways
Citlea
Coast steamer Matsu sinks after collision near Hakodate
In the collision near Hakodate at 2 30 a m the coasting steamer Matsu of Nippon Yusen Kaisha went down. Of the 244 passengers and 43 crew on board most perished while survivors were rescued by the steamer Hideyoshi.
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Toto
Japan
Matsu
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line
Hideyoshi
Hakadate
Littlefield Quits as Congressman
A sensation in Rockland Missouri followed Governor Cobb receiving a letter from Charles S Littlefield resigning from Congress effective September 30. He plans to practice law in New York City with his son C W Littlefield.
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Littlefield
Rockland
William T. Cobb
Charles 5. Littlefield
Congress
New York City
C. W. Littlefield
Opium Dens Must Go War on Drug at Shanghai China
The Shanghai Municipal Council voted to reduce opium dens by a quarter. An immediate abolition of all dens was rejected. The vote targeted foreign settlements in Shanghai.
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Shanghai
China
Municipal Council of the Foreign Settlements of
China Invites U S Battlefleet To Stop In China
China through Minister Wu invites the American battleship fleet to halt in Chinese ports during its round the world voyage. The invitation comes via its diplomatic representative in Washington D C as part of cordial talks.
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China
Washington, D. C
Pittsburg Man Arrested for Giving Away Money in St Louis
A poorly dressed man identified as James I. Taylor from Pittsburg Pennsylvania was arrested in St Louis Missouri for distributing money to bystanders. He claimed he had lost half to five thousand dollars and had the right to give the money away.
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James I. Taylor
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Rayner Nominates Gray for President at Democratic Convention
Senator Isidor Rayner of Maryland nominates Judge George Gray of Wilmington Delaware for President at the Democratic National Convention. The action signals support within the party for Gray as a presidential candidate.
Public Printer Stillings Resigns in Washington
Public Printer Charles 8 Stillings of Washington DC has tendered his resignation to the President and it has been accepted. The fiscal year shows a deficit of 568 599 dollars due to imprudent equipment outlays extravagant supply purchases and unrestrained production costs.
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Stillings
Britain to Build Warships to Meet German Program
In the House of Commons Mr Asquith forcibly reaffirmed that Britain would construct warships to match the German naval expansion, signaling a strong stance amid mounting naval competition.
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Britain
Germany
Asquith
House of Commons
Great Britain
Oklahoma Legislature Adopts State Dispensary
Both houses at Guthrie pass the state dispensary measure. The plan calls for a dispensary in every town with 2500 or more residents and in every county seat.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Evry
Global Labor Strife Across Sectors and Nations
Reports from across 1906 07 show unions pushing for eight hour days wage increases and stricter labor limits. Actions span Porto Rico Chicago Cleveland Quincy England and Oregon with court rulings and employer concessions shaping the industrial labor landscape.
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Brisbane
Musical Protective Union
Inois Supreme Court
Springfeld
Huber
England
United States Supreme Court
Oregon
Sing Ho for Our Gallant Fleet Anchors in Magdalena Bay
A wartime dispatch notes Admiral and crew bringing the Big Sixteen safely to anchor in Magdalena Bay harbor. The piece praises Fighting Bob and the men behind the guns amid the fleet's arrival at the bay.
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Magdalena Bay
Bob
Atlantic Fleet Voyages South Coast Ports and Logistical Plans
The Atlantic fleet plans a April departure from Magdalena Bay to proceed via San Diego Los Angeles Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz anchoring off Long Beach San Pedro Redondo Venice and Santa Monica. Target practice will span four ranges with four ships per pass and coal and provisions maximizing endurance to San Francisco. The Magdalena Magdalena Bay area town sees limited growth amid the fleet visit with water shortages and a Curacao landing bringing additional Mexican workers.
U S Soldiers Arrested in Cuba for Desertion and Murder
In Havana the United States Corporal Cooper and privates Grineelly and Farley were jailed at Pinar del Rio on charges of murdering two lugger crew members after deserting on March. A gunboat rescued the lugger as it drifted off the coast. The missing boatmen have not been found and the soldiers were turned over to Colonel Parker.
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Havana
Cuba
Cooper
Grineelly and
Farley
United States Armysa
Pinar del Rio
Parker
Lawmakers Debate Subsidy and Banking Probes in Congress
Mr Simmons of North Carolina spoke for the ship subsidy bill while Mr Bacon of Georgia argued executive encroachments on legislative power. Lilley testified before a House committee. The House Appropriations Committee reported a pension bill merging agencies into a central Washington distributing office. Postoffice funds rise by 1 225 000. Tilman urged an investigation into speculative loans and banking abuses. Hobson on a submarine boat inquiry cited alleged employment of bribery for support. Sims of Tennessee cited a reign of terror in Washington and blamed police violence for crime.
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Bacon
Georgia
Lilley
House Committee
House Committee On Appropriations
Anong Side
Hobson
Howse
Am Submarine Bout Concern
Sims
Tennessee
Washington
Crowd cheers former mayor as Schmitz greets crowd
At the Lyceum Theatre in San Francisco the audience of Robert Emmet booed graft prosecutions while cheering former Mayor Schmitz as he walked the aisle between acts. About a hundred patrons rose to shake his hand or cheer him, expressing support amid the unrest.
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San Francisco
Lyceum Theatre
Schmitz
Robert Emmet
Jottings About Sports And Club Changes
The New York Yacht Club season opens June 11. The Automobile Club of America resigns from the American Automobile Association. A J Joyner named trainer for HFL Whitney race horses replacing the late J J Rogers. Baseball disputes stir fans as pennant races unfold in the American League. John Evenson of Duluth sets a new American record for sit jump at the Ishpoming Ski Club event. George Davis reports from California regarding Vandate and polo conditions.
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The
Automobile Club of America
American Automobile Association
A. J. Joyner
Hfl
P. Whitney
J. J Rogers
Ban Johnson
John Evenson
Duluth
Ishpoming
George Davis
Caliifornia
Chicago Americans
Tnt
Purchase of Two Grops Ends Tobacco War
The American Tobacco Company reportedly agreed with Kentucky White Burley planters to settle the dispute with a 1906 crop price of sixteen cents a pound and 1907 at eighteen cents, plus a no crop for 1908. The planters say they will not plant this year while the deal covers White Burley districts and avoids dark tobacco regions.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
American Tobacco Company
Kentucky White Barley Tobacco
American Society of Equity
Planters’ Society
Kentucky
West Virginia
Kennedy
Tennessee
Night riders attack in Golden Pond injure man
Night riders estimated at twenty five to thirty invaded Golden Pond in Trigg County and dragged Thomas Weaver, an African American worker, from his bed. They forced him to run to the road and shot him, with two bullets striking his body. He was found dying later. No motive is known.
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Hopkinsville
Golden Pond
Trigg County
Thomas Weaver
Judge Refuses Reward in Night Rider Killing
Carlisle Kentucky Judge McNea county judge declines to offer a reward for arrest and conviction of night riders who shot and killed Harlan Hedges an independent tobacco farmer near Carlisle noting he will act only if the fiscal court meeting sanctions. Lexington Kentucky residents petition President Roosevelt for Federal help urging action by the Governor and President to address outrages by night riders.
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Carlisle
McNea
Us County
Harlan Hedges
Carisle
Lesington
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Lexington
Labor Injunction Permanent Against A F of L
In Washington the temporary injunction against the American Federation of Labor by Justice Gould was made permanent by Chief Justice Clabaugh. It restrains the AFL from any interference with Buck Stove and Range Company business and the costs were charged to the Federation of Labor.
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Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Gould
District Supreme Court
Buck Stove and Range Company
Clabaugh
Federation of Labor
German Cruiser Bremen Rescues Haiti Refugees
Port au Prince reports the German cruiser Bremen will sail to board refugees at Port de Paix and Saint Mare in consulates and convey them to Kingston. Septimus Marius, judge of the Supreme Court, remains at the French Legation.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Bremen
Port de Paix
Saint Mare
Kingston
Septimus Marius
R Supreme Court
Conservatives Win Peckham Victory In Parliamentary Election
Conservatives claim Peckham constituency victory as Mr Gooch polled 6970 votes against Liberal Mr Gauntrey's 4476. The Liberal majority in 1900 was Sua.
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London
Peckham
Wnloresult
Phen
Gooch
Gauntrey
Drury Lane Theatre Fire Destroys Famous London Hall
The Drury Lane Theatre in London was destroyed by fire with the entire interior burned out and outer walls damaged. No loss of life reported. The theatre dates from the early era of stage entertainment and had a long-standing reputation.
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Drury Lane
Drury Lane Theatre
London
Lowell
Mass
Field Machine Company
Victnoi
La Follette Attacks Financiers in Senate Speech
Senator La Follette wraps up a three day address opposing the Aldrich bill accusing Standard Oil and Morgan in combination of dominating all other financial powers.
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la Follette
Congress
Standard OU
Morgan
New York Central and Hudson River Yearly Earnings Rise
The annual report shows a large gain in boss earnings with no material fall in net earnings. Operating expenses increased by almost $14 million while a loss of nearly $9 million is noted. The figures relate to the year ended December 31.
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New York Central and
Jaids
Duke of Devonshire Dies Suddenly in England
Obituary notes the death of the Duke of Devonshire after a brief illness. It records his title, estate leadership, and sudden passing prompting tributes from British aristocracy and public figures.
Record shipments of farm machinery to Europe
New York reports 7000 tons of reapers mowers harvesters and other farm implements aboard the steamship Timrekte bound for the Baltic. Value about 750000 dollars. Other items include labor demands seen by Fairbanks and Cannon.
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Russia
New York City
Europe
Timrekte
Baltic
Saito Seeks Japanese Admission to Labor Unions
Seattle readers report that former Japanese Minister of Commerce Saito has arrived from Tokyo to campaign among union labor leaders for admitting Japanese workers to union membership. He aims to win inclusion in American labor unions.
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Seattle
Wash
al. Saito
Tokyo
Prussian Rail Development Bill Details Large Outlay
The Diet in Berlin considers a loan funded program totaling about 125.76 million dollars for Prussia's secondary railroads. Funds cover new lines, double and triple tracking, completing current lines, extensions, rolling stock, reserve funds, and local branches. Other items report global events from Lisbon to Buenos Aires including vaccination, drought relief, plague, and political changes.
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Denin
Diet
Prussia
Girl Spies Used to Get Evidence in Ouster Suit
At a Cleveland hearing in the government's ouster suit against Standard Oil, former employee Charles Kercher testified that on December 1 he sent girls to Decatur to entice independents by showing lamp efficiency. He claimed he posed as an employee of Paragon Oil Co during the operation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Ol
Charles Kercher
The
Standard
Decatur I
Kercher
Paragon Ol
Bankers Hunted by Mob in Dowagiac Bank Closure
President Miani W. Lyle and Vice-President Ira Gage of the closed City Bank of Dowagiac were escorted by about a thousand angry citizens who hurled stones and lemons as they were driven through town. Lyle faces embezzlement charges for $1457 of Elks Lodge funds and a separate warrant accusing him of taking deposits after knowing the bank was insolvent.
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Dowagiac
Mich
Miani W. Lyle
Ira 3. Gage
Lyle
Elks’ Lodge
Engine crews killed in head on collision near Haverhill
Two Boston and Maine freights collided head on on the White Mountain division about a mile south of Haverhill. The dead are Brown and Cross and Davis and Dow, all from Concord or Woodsville, with Wilfred Noonan seriously injured.
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Woodsville
N. H
N. W
Boston and Maine
White Mountain
Haverhill
Brown
Concord
Elmer E. Cross
Allan T. Davis
Guy Dow
Wilfred Noonan
Woodeville
British Diplomacy Praised For Fleet’s Japan Visit
London reports the American battleship fleet’s planned visit to Japan. The Mail claims British diplomacy averted serious Pacific friction, welcoming Japan’s invitation as a tactful and hopeful sign for the future.
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Fleet
London
Japan
Mail
Pacific
Plainfield Court Overturns Lottering Ruling and Dismisses Loitering Charge
In Plainfield Judge William N. Runyon directed police to ignore a Common Council ban on street loitering. He warned arrests of taxpayers in the business district would be risky. Barnard Tracey was acquitted. the judge called the resolution distempered and defended street usage as public property rights.
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May Tlotter
Plainfield
Wiliam N. Runyon
Common Council
Sle
Barnard Tracey
Runyon
Rogers Estate Named for Family in Probate
John S. Rogers Moorestown contractor died March 5. Surrogate Lipincott admitted his will to probate. Emily F. Rogers and Collins B. Rogers granted letters testamentary. Widow gains residence and shares equally with seven children. remainder not divided until youngest reaches age. Night Riders Rout Burglars. Beverly bound for home on midnight train. Gus Higgins William E. Harvey and others saw a man near a window. Parson's works with window open. Intruders forced entry through a side window. they escaped as they reached the stallion. Mrs. Mary Hardy, sixty five, attacked at her Swartswood home by her son William Sheldon thirty five. Sheldon in county jail strapped to cot for safety. Mrs. Hardy bears a knife wound and a gun wound from her son.
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C Beverly
Gus Higgins
William E. Harvey
Parson'’s
Mary Hardy
Swartswood
William Sheldon
Sheldon
West Jersey Railroad Orders Pole Removed After Death
The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company ordered removal of a pole near the track after the death of David Gilbert of Millville. The pole stood under three feet from the rail and had long been deemed dangerous by firemen leaning from locomotives.
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West Jersey & Seashore Railroad Company
David Gilbert
Millville
Fire guards to patrol Atlantic City schoolhouses
The Board of Education will station firemen in all Atlantic City schools. The Fire Department will furnish the personnel who will inspect each school at opening each day and oversee daily fire drills.
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Atlantic City
Board of Education
Fire Department
Pastor Declines World Wide Baraca Union Secretary Post
Rev. Frank Anderson pastor of the First Baptist Church in Millville has been invited to become national secretary of the world wide Baraca Union. He declines noting his pastor duties are not finished despite a higher salary offer.
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Frank Anderson
First Baptist Church
Millville
Worldwide
Baraca Union
Williamstown Water Works Sparks Local Clamor
A string of town notes reports Williamstown residents clamoring at water works. Clement Budd of Woodbury farms potatoes, and Dennisville sees poultry raising become an important industry.
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Williamstown
Clement Budd
Woodbury
Dennisville
George King
Glabstown
Whitney Glass Works
Glasstowo
Wenonah
William P. Finlan
Frank A. Grier
Salem
Mayville
Worsanry
Orazor
John H. Warner
Deverly
Admiralty drops issuing American canned meat to fleet
An official London report on naval stores says persistent fleet sentiment against American canned meat led the Admiralty to suspend and not reissue such meat. All stocks have been sold following the June 1906 suspension.
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U.S
London
Admiralty
New Petroleum Fields Found at Noonah Queensland
Crude petroleum discovered at Noonah Queensland at 100 feet depth. Prospectors expect deeper finds with potential payable shale or pay zones below 600 feet.
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Noonah
Queensland
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