Attack on Orientals Triggers Vancouver Riot and Indemnity Fight
A Vancouver riot damaged Chinatown and Japanese quarters with losses around 15000 dollars as mobs attacked with bricks and bottles. Japanese officials Ishii and Wisamidzu escaped amid violence, 4000 workers rioted later, police made about twenty arrests, and indemnity of 25000 dollars faces Dominion dispute with Major Bethune signaling possible international fallout.
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Vancouver
B. C
Chinatown
Wichiiro Ishii
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Saburo Wisamidzu
Seattle
Ishii
Hisamidzu
Tokio
Burrard Joler Sill
Ishil Baye
Kaneko
London
Bethune
Dominion
Western Canada
Wreck aftermath leads to receivership of rail lines
Sequel to the fatal Central Illinois Traction wreck near Charleston where seventeen died and many injured, the Central Illinois and Mattoon City Street Railway companies are placed in receivership by Judge W. T. Avery. The action targets damage suits and mortgages totaling hundreds of thousands. receivers will oversee property while debt claims to Colonial Trust Company are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion Illinois
Charleston
Mattoon City Stailway Company
Duilze Craig
Cole County Covent
Ww. T. Avery
Mattoon Savings Bank
Colonial Trust Company of
Chicago
Central Illinois
Hoste Ee
Alareye E Berraer
Man
My Toon Electra Hight Pn VE Doen Gas Works
Infant homicide case and village brief items
A long East Spring village news recap notes an infant homicide verdict involving Mary Lappale and a drowning incident. The column lists multiple Chicago and Illinois incidents including suicides, murders, accidents, and public notices with names such as Lappale, Mary E. Funk, Frederick Fish, Silas Cook, and Eva Flynn, plus events in Springfield and Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Spring
Lillian +Maouk
Jamestown
Kewanee Y. W. C
Herbert Thompson
East St. Louis
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Ottawa
Mary E. Funk
Wedding Anniversary Notice From Bardolph Family
The Bardolph family marks a long marriage of four Gand Old Rush and Fornishys Herries with a gooseberry pie celebration at the wedding anniversary feast. Relatives including children and barton guests joined the party, recalling events from the half century prior and noting the couple’s strong ties to their homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fornishys Herries
Mietzel
Bardolph
Hind Chaldren
Great Barttron
Tos Ems
Wealthy farmer's suicide attempt in Chicago hotel
The wealthy farmer Preston from Itehview leapt from the Virginia hotel's fourth story in Chicago. He landed on a skylight, breaking glass and injuring himself with a broken hip and head injuries. He claimed pursuers sought his murder and said he came to find his sister unseen for years. doctors deemed him likely insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falla
Laula Ford Treston
Itehview
Virginia
Chicago
Preston
Chicago union official arrested for large theft
Clareniy J Camp president of MK Drivers Union in Chicago and secretary of the Milk Drivers Union was arrested by a traveling auditor of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on a charge of stealing 19500 from the union. The shortage surfaced after a Boston bank check was marked No ads and Camp was released on bond. He refused to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MK Drivers’ Union
Chicago
Clareniy J Camp
Milk Drivers U Union
Woman Foils Train Crew in Melon Patch Heist
Mrs. Sehrue of Granite City confronted a Clover Leaf freight crew trespassing on her melon patch. She brandished a shotgun and demanded payment, collecting 250 dollars before allowing the men to escape over the fence. The incident occurred near the Hlinos Central and Clover Leaf tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
John Sehrue
Granite City
Sehrue
Hlinos Central
Mother Sues Her Son Over Alleged Kidnapping
Bloomington woman Lidia B Schroyder sues her son William B Schroyder in Rock Island court for 300 dollars accusing him of kidnapping and deception to confine her in a hospital’s insane department for a week. She says her husband, in poor health, transferred property to the son and was tricked into thinking she was insane. The case draws attention due to the principals’ prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Lidia B Schroyder
Rock Island
Bus
William B. Schrovder
E MAST ER MASONS END SESSION AT ALTON
The Illinois Council Royal and Select Masters Mason adjourned at Alton to meet next year. Retiring grand master Orr To Tis of Springfield received a jewel for the grand council. Elected officers include Wall Reed as grand master and Ches ter Ty Clarkson as deputy grand master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil C. Rood
Chicago
Hmllinois Council
Minois Grand Council
Mason
Alten
Canton
Aoort
Tis
Springfield
Grand Council
Wall Reed
Chester Ty Clarkson
J'voria
Henry T. Wubbhard
Urbana
Joc Smith
Vaeaga
Cal W. Barnard
Chico
Henry R. Hopkins
Chicazo
Caplin
Lord
Chiago
Edwin A. Vaughai
Princston
A. . Kiao
G. W. Vaujgell
Gurney
W. J. Delancey
Centralia
Sentinel
Parsonias Two Wives Former Illinois Minister Convicted
Albert Minton once pastor at Effingham was found guilty of bigamy by a St. Louis jury and sentenced to two years in prison. He used the name Charles Anderson when arrested at Villa Grove and was married to Frances Allen Minton and Isabella Dfister Minton in separate ceremonies performed by distinct clergymen. Minton also worked as brakeman and barber alongside his preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Nosto
Alhambra
Charles Tis
William Morrisy
Marion
Frederick M. Fish
Evanston
Ahnois Mayors’ —Association
Bloomington
Silas Cook
Fast St. Lows
Mount Vernon
Mount Carmel
Great Western Railroad
St Charles
Woodcock
Maters’ National Federation
Alo
Soe
Springfield
Canton
Frank G Smithanager
Waukegan
United States
Quancy
Bethen
Chicago
John Pier
Augusta
Lew
Gov Deneon
Parrdens
Janes Ablen
Frankfort
Tdber Ngual Company
Calback
Seitler
Poulwomen
Seder
Elizabeth Lesenfeld
George Cook
Cook
Baltimore
Hunter
Illinois
Eva Flynn
Vermilion County
Norah Gravel Kraft
Kankakee
Eraft
Elsie Gravel
Ernest Weibel
Nvo
Albert Minton
Efingham
St. Louis
Villa Grove
Charles Anderson
Frances Allen Minton
Isabella Dfister Minton
Minton
R. B. Haughton
St Loonis
R. J. Benton
St. Josephus Convent
Illinois Christian Churches Elect 2010 Ble Gathering Leaders
The Illinois Christian Churches state convention wrapped in Jacksonville with speakers A L Orcutt C S Weaver and James H Shields. Oliver W Stewart of Chicago spoke on drunkenness. H L Willett of Chicago was chosen president for the next gathering with Edsar D Jones N G Waggoner J P Durst J A Harrison and G Kindral named directors and Chicago slated to host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. OL. Willett
Christian Churches of Illinois
Jacksonville
A. L. Orcutt
Indianapolis
C. S. Weaver
Osaka
Japan
James H. Shields
Chicago
Oliver W. Stewart
H. L. Willett
Edsar D. Jones
Bloomington
N. G. Waggoner
Hamilton
J. P. Durst
Peptia
J. A. Harrison
G. Kindral
Englewood
Illiniois State Charities Bulletin Shows Inmate Costs
The quarterly charter bulletin reports total per capita costs for state charitable institutions at 42.68 dollars with 248 inmates at St Charles Boys School paying 73.45 dollars each. The Lincoin asylum for the feeble minded houses 1207 inmates at 42.84 dollars per person. A separate note mentions Miller, son of James Weidener, of Farmer Olty, surviving Taudanum poisoning after prompt medical aid.
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Charities Bulletin
Ilinois
Bulletin of
The
Board of Charities
St. Charles
Lincoln
Miller
James Weidener
Olty
Alps Claim 17 Victims In Harsh Swiss Climb
Seventeen deaths and thirty injured mark the Alpine climbing season as heat and recent earthquakes raise hazards in Switzerland. Avalanches from glaciers threaten routes on the Gothard line near Lucerne and at Jungfrau Matterhorn Piz Bertna and Aiguille du Charmoy.
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Switzerland
Alps
Simpson
Gletschorn
Bodmer
Gothard
Lucerne
St. Bernard
2-Cent Rail Fare Law Declared Unconstitutional
Pennsylvania Judges Willson and Anderrced in Common Pleas Court Philadelphia ruled the 2-cent rail fare law unconstitutional. The decision will be appealed to the State Supreme Court as railroads led by Pennsylvania and Reading challenge the measure enacted last campaign. The law set to take effect Oct 1 and aimed to curb transport costs amid broad party pledges.
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Pennsylvania
Willson
Anderrced
Common Pleas
Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Reading
Packers Reject Peace Plan Over NYC Wagon Strike
A drivers strike in New York City prompts a committee of wagon drivers to present settlement terms to George Moyan counsel for the Employers' Association. Moyan refuses to engage in negotiations with the men, blocking any immediate settlement.
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Packers
New York City
George Moyan
Employers’ Association
Moyan
Stowaway Dropped Overboard Near Sandy Hook Tale
A Portuguese stowaway aboard the steamer Huelva allegedly said he would be deported at New York and jumped overboard at Sandy Hook with the life buoy, with hopes of swimming to shore. A St Petersburg paper circulated a rumor of an understanding between Emperor William and President Roosevelt on Atlantic coast protection during the Pacific Fleet’s absence.
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Biie
Huelva
New York
Sandy Hook
Siove
St. Petersburg
William
Roosevelt
Pacific
Wellman Polar Trip Fails Airship Abandoned for This Year
Walter Wellman on Friday arrived with the Frithjof from Spitzbergen en route home and announced the polar voyage attempt has been definitively abandoned for the year after a disastrous trial of his airship. The planned route from Spitzbergen to the North Pole would have covered about 618 miles, with distances to Alaska and back totaling thousands of miles across Arctic waters. The airship broke loose from the main craft during ascent on Sept 2 in a northeast wind, later recovered after two days, ending the ambitious expedition for now.
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Walter Wellman
Frithjof
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Wellman
Mr. Wellman
America
Pole
Alaska
Norway
Siberia
Canada
Farmers gain cited from higher farm product prices
A preliminary report in the American agriculturist asserts U.S. farmers earn about $1 billion more this year than last, due to higher prices even as overall production drops 16 percent from 1906. It praises farmers' improved finances and expanding needs across farming life. The piece also notes a Missouri Pacific appeal challenging state control of interstate rail rates, seeking ICC oversight after a Kansas Supreme Court writ.
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American’ Agriculturist
Ife
Ile
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Larrabee Milling Company
Stafford
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arizona Nevada Union Proposed After New Mexico Rejection
Some suggest a union of Arizona with Nevada if Congress withholds statehood from Arizona. The idea gains support from those who opposed the Arizona New Mexico union, reflecting shifting political maneuvers in seeking statehood.
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Arizona
Seismograph Used In War Trials At Ostend
Dispatches from Vienna report Professor Belar of the Lalbach earthquake observatory conducted important Ostend gunnery experiments using the selsamograph to determine if earth vibrations can locate and direct distant artillery fire. Experiments were deemed satisfactory and will continue this autumn amid wartime measures.
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Vienna
Ostend
Belar
Lalbach
Artiferp
Menenger Wanken
Chicago market report shows steady gains and strong trade
Chicago avenues indicate steady production and distribution with higher pay. Government crop outlook and ample supplies support favorable trade prospects. Raw materials hold. iron wool and lumber steady. Grain movement totals 12,032,194 bushels. livestock at 280,088 head. Bank clearings reach 242,951,602 while district failures count 23.
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Rce
Yost
Chicago
Dun
Fall' jobbing trade in dry goods and apparel expands
New York reports suggest dry goods and wearing apparel trade is broadening as crops near harvest boost outlook and ag prices rise. North West orders lift and southern trade improves with better collections as cotton moves to market. Week ending Sept 12 shows 172 business failures in the United States, up from 130, with Canada at 22. Bradstreet's notes varied annual comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North- West
Orket
Bradstreet
Commodity price listings across major markets
The report compiles cattle hogs sheep and grain prices from Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Markets show wide ranges for cattle $3.00 to $8.00, hogs $4.00 to $7.00, wheat 79c to $1.02, corn 63c to 74c, oats 46c to 58c, rye 79c to 90c, and related staples with creamery butter $0.22 to $0.27 per pound.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
All Around the Globe and Noted Gov Actions
The piece notes the typewriter boosting female employment surpassing one million. A Cuban provisional governor decree demands civilians testify before army general courts martial with punishment by Hue and imprisonment for refusal. Ex-mayor Alonzo J. Whiteman moves from Auburn to Dannemora prison for covert teaching of prison labor.
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Cuba
Alonzo J. Whiteman
Daeluth
Auburn
Dannemora
Pr.son
Prizon
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Decatur
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