Roosevelt witnesses for U S Steel inquiry in 1907 panic
Former President Theodore Roosevelt testified before a congressional inquiry about United States Steel's absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron during the 1907 panic. He read a prepared statement, explained his actions to avert a panic, and defended the transfer as in the public interest. He praised openness and expressed satisfaction in aiding the committee.
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New York
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
The
Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Aldermanic
Stanley
Tennessee
Root
White House
Bonaparte
Stock Exchange
Mr. Roosevelt
Messra
Gary
Frick
General Trust
United States
Germany
New York Flyer Wrecks Near Indiana Harbor
A Pennsylvanian eighteen hour special to New York derailed one mile east of Indiana Harbor at speed. The engine tender and baggage car left the tracks while sixty wealthy passengers in Pullman and observation cars were badly injured. The engineer and fireman escaped after jumping the cab.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana Harbor
Maryland Biocratists to campaign against Boy Scouts
The Maryland branch of the Biocratist party plans a campaign denouncing the Boy Scouts as an organization harmful to laboring classes. The article labels the move as a political effort before a likely public reception.
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Boy Scouts
Baltimore
Maryland
Biocratist Party
Wll
Family Tragedy in Mammoth Springs Man Kills Wife Then Himself
Samuel Cypret aged forty five in Mammoth Springs Arkansas shot and killed his wife and then killed himself at their home east of town. Authorities described domestic trouble as the motive for the double tragedy.
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Mammoth Springs
Ark
Samuel Cypret
Here
Japanese Admiral Togo Arrives in New York Welcomed Aboard Lusitania
Admiral Count Togo, the Russo-Japanese War hero, reaches New York aboard the Lusitania at quarantine. A delegation from state, war, and navy departments greets him and he proceeds by tug to the Seneca, then to his hotel. He meets Mayor Gaynor and plans many official calls, with a White House dinner noted as unusually grand.
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New York
United States
Ihe
Count Hoshashiro Togo
Lusitania
State
War and Navy Departments
John A. Diz
Seneca
Twenty-third Treet
Hudson River
Togo
Chandler Hale
T. M. Potts
Navy
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the Coast
Department of the Coast; Adjt
William Verbeck
National Guard of
Washington
Templin M. Potts
Admiral Togo
Gaynor
White House
Sherman
George Dewey
Presdent
Spy Charge Rouses Army Over Austrian Secret Agent
Captain Watson at Indianapolis reports affidavits accusing Private George Petr of being an Austrian spy. Miss Clara A Dyer says Petr stationed at Fort Totten New York with the Coast Artillery Corps sought U S explosive secrets. She claims Petr used the name Count Windischgratz and came from Prague Bohemia.
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Coast Artillery Corps
United States
United
Fighting in Port au Prince Leaves 20 Dead
In Port au Prince clashes between factions of the revolutionist army killed twenty in street fighting. General Firmins troops opposed those under General Leconte. Foreign warships landed marines as anarchy grew and rebels threatened to pillage the city. The Dutch steamer Prinz der Nederlander carried ex President Simon and his wife to Kingston amid a departing salute from the international fleet.
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Port-au-Prince
Firmin
Leconte
Prinz der Nederlander
Simon
Kingston
Jamaica
International War Feet
Premier Asquith Upheld in House Split Vote
In a crowded commons Ar thur J. Balfour moved a censure over the government for courting new peers to pass the veto bill. The opposition vote of 465 to 246 defeated the proposal and was seen as a setback for the Unionist cause.
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London
House of Commons
Arthur J. Balfour
House of Lords
Train Kills Four in Wagon Crossing Near Utica
Northbound Adirondack train from here struck a two seated wagon eight miles north of Utica killing four persons outright and injuring one or two others.
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Utica
N. Y
Pasteur Institute Head to Recover After Crash
Dr. George Reambaud head of Pasteur Institute in New York was severely injured in an automobile accident last week and is expected to recover. He is hospitalized in Poughkeepsie New York where doctors monitor his condition.
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Pasteur Institute
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
George Reambaud
New York
Taft Urges Moral Influence To Ratify Peace Treaties
President Taft traveled 400 miles by special train to Maryland and West Virginia to address the Mountain Lake Park Chautauqua and urge the nation to use moral influence to push the senate to ratify British and French arbitration pacts. He underscored the Central American treaties with Honduras and Nicaragua as equally vital for hemispheric peace and praised Theodore Roosevelt for his Cuba intervention.
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Mountain Lake Park
Taft
Maryland
West Virginia
United States
Senate
Senate of
Honduras
Nicaragua
Roosevelt
Cuba
Nations for Peace Compacts From Taft Speech
The United States Great Britain and France signed arbitration treaties at the White House and in Paris to promote peace. Secretary Knox and ambassadors Jusserand Bryce signed for their nations as Taft sent the measures to the Senate. The agreements set Hague arbitration or commissions for unresolved disputes with potential delays for diplomatic settlement.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
White House
Ministry of Foreign Affaires
Paris
State Knox
James Bryce
Senate
J. J. Jusserand
A&b
Taft
Hague
Wnless
Commission of Inquiry
American Society For the Judicial Settlement of
Stimson Visits Cuba Amid Quiet Political Climate
Secretary of War Stimson arrived by rail from Santiago and was greeted by Cuban officials. He met with President Gomez as predictions of intervention faded, and the Gomez administration appeared gratified while agitators were discouraged.
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Haryana
Stimson
Santiago
Gomez
Tragedy on Texas Tracks Leaves Boy Dead
An unidentified Mexican boy was killed after being tied to a railroad track near Elgin Texas. Walter E. Sims suffered severe injuries when his arm was trapped under the locomotive while trying to rescue the boy.
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Austin
Tex
Elgin
Walter E. Sims
Lockout Hits Leipne and Thuringian District Workers
Report from Leipne Saxony states 19,000 metal workers were locked out after a strike. Ten thousand in Leipne and 9,000 in the Thuringian district faced lockout actions as industrial labor disputes escalated.
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Leipne
Saxony
Thuringian
Peace Near as Germany and France Reach Settlement over Moroccan Issue
Berlin reports a breakthrough in the Moroccan dispute with Germany and France agreeing to a settlement framework. French ambassador Jules Cambon and German foreign secretary Maj. von Kiderlin-Waechter reached common ground after weeks of tense diplomacy. Russia aided by mediating between London and Paris to ease sharp English positions.
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Berlin
Europe
England
Germany
France
Jules Cambon
Maj. von Kiderlin-Waechter
Russia
London
Paris
Rescuer Drowned Off La Jolla After Rescue
San Diego reporter Cecill Carberg drowned at La Jolla seven miles from the city after saving Dorothy McGraw a twelve year old girl. The incident occurred during a rescue at sea leaving the town in mourning for the local journalist.
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San Diego
Cal
Cecill. Carberg
la Jolla
Dorothy McGraw
Building a Great Steam Boat for 6000 Passengers
A side wheel steam boat the largest of its kind in the world nears completion. It will be operated by the Hudson River Dayne and carry 6000 passengers.
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New York
Hudson River Dayne
Hay Prices Rise Urged by Stock Yards Manager
The stock yards manager testified that hay prices must be increased to cover rising costs. He cited tighter supply and higher freight rates as main factors driving the proposed raise.
Shippers Protest Against Proposed Feed Price Hikes
The Nebraska railroad commission heard earlier requests from Union Stock Yards of South Omaha to raise corn from 1 dollar to 1 108 bushel and hay from 20 to 26 a ton. Callaway Shipping Association manager O H Maze and Callaway stock yards critic G Nansel protested high feed costs while stock yards general manager Buckingham defended the increases citing market conditions and Kansas City and Sioux City precedent.
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The
Railway Commission
Union Stock Yards Company of
South Omaha
O. H. Maze
Callaway Shipping Association
Maze
G. Nansel
Callaway
Frank T. Ransom
Buckingham
Stock Yards Company
Kansas City
St. Woe
Sioux City
Wear
Buckingham Teaf
Faw
Koneng
Nebraska
Nebraska cattle and horse valuations show little change this year
County assessors report cattle numbers rising to 3 209 776 with total value 10 052 238 and per head 15 00. Horses listed at 922 840 head with total value 13 941 450 and average 15 00 per head. Last year values and counts are lower overall.
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Nebraska
Asessors
Lancaster county fair 1911 premium catalog announced
The premium catalog for the West of the Lancaster county agricultural society 1911 is ready for distribution. It highlights more prizes than previous years and invites Lancaster residents to compete for both county and state premiums in a joint display. It urges Lancaster to seek a leading prize in the county collection exhibit against all state counties.
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Lancaster County Agricultural Society
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Stock Yards Seek Higher Hay Price Due to Shortage
W C Lambert assistant city attorney of Omaha files with the railway commission a World Herald clipping dated August 1. It notes South Omaha Stock Yards seeks leave to raise hay price from 20 to 25 a ton citing crop shortages and rising future market price forecasts. Clipping says August 1 hay market was overstocked with over fifty cars, the year's largest shipment of new crop arriving.
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W. C. Lambert
Omaha
Railway Commission
Omaha World-Herald
South Omaha Stock Yards Company
Advise Release for Two Prisoners by Pardons Board
The pardons advisory board recommends releasing Joseph McCoy and William McPhail after commutations. McCoy was convicted inClay county of horse stenting and McPhail in Douglas county of forgery. Both have been in the prison hospital since arrival. McPhail’s Michigan relatives will fund transport home and care due to his illness.
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Advisory Board of Pardons
Joseph McCoy
Clay County
William McPhail
Douglas County
Forcery
McPhail
Michigan
Lincoln residents plan to buy land for university site
Citizens in Lincoln seek to raise 136000 to buy two blocks east of the current campus for a new 85000 structure. A city council resolution would appropriate 65000 from city funds to purchase the land with the stipulation the university stays at its present site.
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University
University of Nebraska
State Farm
Citizens of Lincoln
Alto
Pacific Express ceases operations in state at midnight July 31
The Pacific Express company informs the state railway commission that its tariffs in the state end at midnight July 31 and Wells Fargo tariffs will replace them. Wells Fargo then takes over Pacific business in the state.
State Board Grants Full Authority Over Health Vital Stats
The state health board removes power from its secretaries and assigns complete control of all vital statistics gathering to State Health Inspector Wilson. He also gains authority over the use of funds appropriated to suppress epidemics.
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State Board of Health
Board of Health
Wilson
Presson Named Recording Clerk in Executive Office
Governor Aldrich appoints Rev. J. H. Presson of Omaha to fill the vacancy in the executive office recording clerk post created by the death of C. C. Husted.
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J. H. Presson
Aldrich
Rev
Omaha
C. C. Husted
Officers Detailed to National Guard Encampment near Omaha
Captain Lawrence Frazier of the corps of engineers and Captain J De Campbell of the Fourth Infantry United States Army have been detailed to attend the national guard encampment near Omaha from September to October 6.
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Omaha
Lawrence Frazier
Corps of Engineers
J. de Campbell
Fourth I Infantry
United States Army
National Guard
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Retires From Public Spotlight
A biographical sketch describes Evelyn Nesbit Thaw living in a quiet flat away from Broadway spectacle. It recalls the 1906 murder of Stanford White, Harry Thaw’s insanity defense, and the Thaw case’s fallout on White, Thaw, their families, lawyers, and the era’s public memory.
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New York
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Evelyn Thaw
Harry Thaw
Ig Divina
Broad Way
Nemesis
Alice Felf
Hudson
Wall Street
Thaw
Toll Ia Thirteen
Gun Kills Boy by Shot at Quarry Cliff
Howard Hemminger aged eighteen of Homestead found an old shotgun in his attic and fired at a tree target near an abandoned quarry. The weapon kicked hard, knocking him over a 200 foot precipice onto a country road. He suffered fractures to both arms and his left lip.
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Pittsburg
Howard Hemminger
Homestead
Hemminger
Minera
Arme
Farm Capitalist Bequeaths 3600 For Pet Rot In Will
Thomas Billingaly of Oklahoma City leaves 3600 dollars in his will for the support of his pet dog aged about twenty years. The bequest is dated in Bird Oklahoma City Oklahoma.
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Bird
Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas Billingaly
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