Startling figures appear in railroad accident bulletin
Washington reports startling figures from the Interstate Commerce Commission for July through September 1907. Total casualties reached 25 063 with 4 839 killed and 21 724 injured, up from 1906. Collisions and derailments totaled 4 279, including 2 246 collisions and 2 034 derailments, 320 collisions and 222 derailments affecting passenger trains. Damage amounted to 3 605 696 dollars. The worst incident killed 26 and injured 33, a head-on collision caused by an error in dispatching train numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bell Seeks Repeal of Army Canteen Ban
General Bell chief of staff urges repealing the abolition after a study of army canteen effects. He notes fewer desertions fines and court-martial penalties and less alcoholism and venereal disease when the canteen operated though he cautions that morals and discipline are not solely due to its presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bell
Press Seats at 1908 Republican Convention Limited
Indianapolis editor Maurice Splain announces seats in the press section will be scarce at the Republican National Convention of 1908. Editors are urged to apply soon, with only newspapers providing full special telegraphic reports considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
New
Republican Committee
Maurice Splain
Post Building
Washington, D. C
Shaw Resigns Carnegie Trust Presidency in Dispute
Leslie M. Shaw withdraws from the presidency of the Carnegie Trust Company of New York. He had served since early March after leaving the treasury at Washington. Shaw cites "small differences" with organizer Charles C. Dickinson as the reason for his resignation.
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New York
Leslie M. Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company
Treasury
Washington
Shaw
Charles C. Dickinson
Public Service Commission plan endorsed for constitutional convention
Lansing Mich A plan for a public service commission to regulate transportation telegraph and telephone lines as well as concerns furnishing heat light water and power to the public either directly or indirectly was favorably reported to the constitutional convention by the committee on the public service corporations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Public Service Commission
Committee On the Public Service Corporations
Bank at Boise Suspends Operations After Withdrawals
Boise Capitol State Bank of Idaho held closed by decision of its directors due to heavy depositor withdrawals. The Boise institution, temporarily suspended, did not open for business in the city.
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Bank At
Boise
Idaho
Capitol State Bank of Idaho (Limited
State rail panel seeks grain rate cut to St Louis
The Nebraska State Railway Commission prepared a complaint to the Interstate Commerce Commission to force the Missouri Pacific to lower grain rates from interior Nebraska points to St Louis by about two cents per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Lincoln
State Railway Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
Wetmore Wins U S Senate Seat On First Ballot
Providence reports George Peabody Wetmore elected to the United States Senate on the first ballot in both chambers, with 68 votes. Robert H S Goddard secures 36 votes and Samuel P Colt 5 votes. In Jackson Mississippi, John Sharp Williams is elected to the United States Senate.
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Providence
George Peabody Wetmore
United States Senate
General Assembly
Robert H. S. Goddard
Samuel P. Colt
Bristol
Jackson
Miss
John Sharn Williams
Law Held Void Missouri Foreign Railways Suit Transfer
Judge Smith McPherson ruled the 1907 Missouri statute forbidding foreign railway companies from moving suits to federal court unconstitutional. The order granted Rock Island Santa Fe St Louis Kansas City Colorado Milwaukee St Paul Chicago Alton an injunction to stop secretary of state Swanger from enforcing the law. The decision reviews eleventh amendment issues and contract impairment claims with extensive citations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Rock Island
Santa Fe
St. Louis
United States
Secretary of State
McPherson
Ridgeley Rules Out National Banks Paying Guaranty
Comptroller of the Currency Ridgeley argues national banks may not use funds to guarantee deposits in other banks. He clarified in a letter to Governor Hoch of Kansas after an inquiry about mutual guaranty arrangements. The correspondence echoes an earlier note to G. C. Robertson, cashier of the First National Bank of Lawton Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ridgeley
Hoch
Kansas
G. C. Robertson
First National Bank of
Lawton
Okla
Taft Gets the Big Four Plan for Ohio delegates
United States Senator Foraker returns from Washington and proposes a campaign plan to fight for national convention delegates from Ohio's twenty one congressional districts. He wants Taft to have four delegates at large without a contest and denounces the state convention call as illegal, saying he will not participate in selecting its delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Foraker
Washington
Pennsylvania 2-Cent Fare Law Declared Unconstitutional
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the 2 cent railroad fare law unconstitutional, affirming the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court decision from September. The 4 to 3 verdict was joined by majority, with Justice Mestrezat penning the dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia
Mestrezat
Hitchcock Bill Seeks New Railway Mail Division at Omaha
Representative Hitch cock introduces a bill directing the postmaster general to establish an additional railway mail division at Omaha. It would appoint a division superintendent at 3000 dollars annually and an assistant division superintendent at 1800 dollars. Hitchcock discussed the proposal with McCleary, the second assistant postmaster general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitchcock
Omaha
McCleary
Night Riders Burn Tobacco Barn in Christian County Farm
A band of about 100 night riders set fire to a large tobacco barn on the James A. Cole farm in southern Christian County Hopkinsville witnesses report the blaze and authorities investigate the arson plan and suspects sought by local law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
James A. Coleman
Christian County
Fined for Obtaining Rebates in Federal Court
Kansas City residents Davis Kresky and William McGowan pleaded guilty last December to obtaining rebates in violation of state law and were each fined $1,000 in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Davis Kresky
William” A. McGowan
Sentence Confirmed in Court Martial for Lt Allan Le Fort
Washington reports the president confirmed the court martial sentence against First Lieutenant Allan Le Fort of the coast artillery now at Fort Jay New York. The case follows a recent post at the military tribunal and the order stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Allan le Fort
Coast Artillery
Fort Jay
Rural Carriers to Get $900 Annual Pay
Washington Representative Hinshaw introduced a bill stipulating that after July 1 next, rural carriers serving routes of twenty four miles or less shall receive nine hundred dollars per year.
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Washington
Hinshaw
Anarchist Plot Frustrated in Rio de Janeiro Case
Brazilian police disclosed an anarchist plot to damage ships of the American fleet in Rio de Janeiro harbor. The scheme centered in Rio and Petropolis with reach into Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes. Chief conspirator Jean Fedder, a Petropolis resident, is believed to have fled to Sao Paulo as police pursue him.
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Rio Janeiro
Petropolis
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Jean Fedder
Fedder
Associated Press
Washington
Paris
France
Germany
United States
Barker Hanged After Long Legal Delays
Lincoln Nebr news reports Frank Barker Webster County double murder was executed at the state penitentiary Friday afternoon at 2:57 pm, nine minutes after. The governor and Judge Hamer sought stays and a rehearing on insanity. Barker, calm, walked to the gallows with 60 75 witnesses present. Only one Webster county resident attended the death room. Governor Sheldon said no interference with the law was to occur.
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Lincoln
Frank Barker
Webster County
State Penitentiary
Barker
Charles Walker
Alice Barker
Beemer
Inavale
Red Cloud
Sheldon
Hamer
Unidentified Dead Buried After Opera House Fire
Twenty four unidentified victims of the Rhoades Opera House fire were buried in Fairview cemetery in Boyertown with over 10 000 mourners attending. The bodies were laid to rest in one long circular trench following Sunday services.
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Boyertown
Rhoades Opera House
Fairview
Aldrich bill morale gauges on currency extension
Washington senators on the Aldrich financial bill foresee a report next week after further amendments. The extra currency limit may rise from 250 million to 500 million with a 6 percent tax cap. A Bailey proposal to lower county population eligibility to 10 000 is expected to pass, while Dolliver may seek to curb railroad bonds as security.
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Washington
Senate‘committee
Bailey
Dollivers
Kansas legislature opens fifth special session
Topeka Kansas fifth special session convened with nearly all members present. Senate led by Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald and House by Speaker Simmons. Lawmaking focus includes guaranty deposit, primary election, assessment and taxation amendments, a 2 cent fare law, and changes to the prohibitory law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Senate
W. J. Fitzgerald
House of Representatives
J. 8. Simmons
House
Soldiers raid Gem resort in Leavenworth after death of comrade
A mob of about thirty Fort Leavenworth soldiers raided the Gem resort in Leavenworth Kansas following the discovery of a comrade's body in a burning building and assaults on another. They drove out inmates and demolished the structure in the early Sunday hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kas
Fort Leavenworth
Tenderloin
Cholera Appears in Mindanao Amid War News
War Department reports unease after Manila headquarters sends word that Asiatic cholera has struck Mindanao. One soldier died as a result of the illness, prompting officials to review health measures for troops stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
Chase
Army
Manila
Mindanao
Three-Cent Fares Policy Endorsed by Detroit Mayor
Detroit Mayor William Thompson, in his annual message to the common council, declared that railway companies can obtain no new lease of life except upon the fundamental basis of 3-cent fares. The statement frames future city transport policy and rail access conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
William ¥. Thompson
Common Council
Ufe
Revolutionists in Hayti seize Gonaives in exile expedition
Port au Prince Hayti reports the first actual operation of a revolutionary movement against the government succeeded Thursday. An expedition of Haitians in exile led by Jean Jueneau landed near Gonaives sixty five miles northwest and occupied the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Jean Jueneau
Gonaives
Here
Nakashoko Resigns as Vice Minister of Communications
Tokico Nakashoko, vice minister of communications, resigns from his post. He will be succeeded by Muzuka from the railroad bureau.
Iowa Man Named Assistant Commissioner in Land Office
Samuel V. Proudfit of Iowa, first assistant attorney in the office of the attorney general of the interior department, has been appointed assistant commissioner of the General Land Office in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington
Samuel V. Proudfit
Attorney General of
The
Interior Department
General Land Office
Lockwood Seeks Republican Nomination for Congress
Peru Ind announces George B. Lockwood private secretary to Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks has declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Indiana Eleventh District congress race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Peru
Ind
George B. Lockwood
Charles W. Fairbanks
Eleventh
New Presbyterian church at Glidden dedicated
The Glidden Presbyterian church has been dedicated and is debt free. An eleventh-hour look at the community’s progress shows Anglican tone, with a note on the church’s financial standing and community support. The article also mentions regional events and notable local happenings in eastern Iowa.
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Glidden
Iowa
Odd Fellows
Waterloo
Burlington
Sidney Commercial Club
Hodges & Gay
Walter Canady
Melbourne
Robert E
Harry E. Porter
Poweshiek County
Rhodes
Manning
Methodist
Des Moines
James M. Webb
David Hommeric
Hiteman
D. A. Hoffman
Oskaloosa
Seerley
State Normal School
Davenport
Frank Farrell
Goodby
Coal Valley Crossing
Farrell
Santa Fe
Prairie Oil and Gas Company of
Independence
Kan
State of Iowa
Duluth
Louis Parisoe
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Towa, Corn Growers’ Association
John Sundberg
Whiting
J. W. Coverdale
Elmwood
C. W. Crossley
Council Bluffs
Fred McCulloch
Hartwick, Conner & Lally
Joseph
Solomon Hassen
Denison
Hassens
Fred Nawfill
W. D. Jamieson
Shenandoah
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State Board
Missouri
Ridgeley ON Guaranty Fund
Timony
Gonalves
LeMars
A. A. Alline
James Ross
William Ross
B. F. Adams
A. D. Smith
Akron
Big Sioux River
W. M. Vesey
Webster” City
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