May Go On Strike Over New Locomotive Handling Rule
About 4000 Missouri Pacific engineers and firemen face a potential strike as the railroad refuses to renew the contract on the old terms. Engineers would have to move engines to the roundhouse themselves, a task now done by hostlers, creating delays from half an hour to five hours. Some Omaha crews already oppose the change, with votes expected at the next union meeting.
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Omaha
Missouri Macifie
Anty Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
State Fair Pony Race Lights Up Huron Crowd
Miss Pauline Hamilton of Highmore rode a runaway pony around the half mile at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron. She won the first heat before the pony bolted again. police halted it and she claimed second prize. Josephine Dinneen led the big purse pace with Linthrop taking first. Coronet Liam and Pointer also placed. Attendance ranged 12 000 to 15 000. Weather was fine and order good with minor thefts and a balloon fire incident. Tomorrow Aberdeen and six towns day. a stranger lost a leg attempting to board a freight train.
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Hurion
S. D
Pauline Hamilton
Highmore
Agai
Miss Hamilton
Secon
Josephine Dinneen
Huron
Kittie Armstrong
Linthrop
Ed Jones
Britton
Coronet
Liam
Cree
Miller
Pointer
W. Brale
Sioux Falls
Bob Niles
Jol McCormick
Marshall
Minn
Aberdeen
Bix
Lusitania Sets New Transatlantic Record for New York Voyage
The Lusitania reached New York after departing Queenstown, making the fastest crossing yet at four days nineteen hours. Frank Cramer of Sandy Hook piloted the ship through the channel. The voyage surpassed the prior Queenstown to New York record but did not exceed the Kaiser Wilhelm II’s overall speed.
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New York
Lusitania
Fire Island
Sandy Hook
Frank Cramer
Queenstown
Lucania
Plymouth
Vancouver plan to ship Hindus to Ottawa
A Vancouver effort organized to transport East Indians aboard the Montague to Ottawa for relocation. Mayors and citizens pledge funds to reach needed money, with $1,500 reportedly raised including a $100 pledge from Mayor Bethune as of last night. The plan aims to move 800 arriving Hindus to Canada’s capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Fromancouver
B. C
Bethune
Ancouver
Montenalo Ai Board
Ottawa
Orientals Arrivals Spark Vancouver Tensions
Hundreds of Chinese Japanese and Hindus were involved as Vancouver fears unrest over an Ottawa bound shipment. Japanese were landed at Victoria while Hindus faced crowd intimidation and were kept aboard the steamship. White labor unions issued 30 days’ notice to replace foreign workers with white labor, threatening strikes and boycotts if refused.
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Ottawa
Vancouver
The
Steamship Company
Victoria
Reward Offered for Oriental Limited Robbers
Great Northern offers 5000 dollars for capture of each of the train robbers who held up the Oriental Limited near Rexford Montana. The gang failed to find valuables in the express safe but took the registered mail. They fired repeatedly to intimidate passengers and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Oriental Limited
Rexford
Mont
Great Northern
Warden Seeks Probe Into Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Warden Parmley requests thorough investigation by the state board of charities and corrections after a weekly paper published series of cruelty charges against the penitentiary’s management. The articles prompted Parma to forward copies for review.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Parmley
Penitentiary
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Boar
Big Time in Sight for Hardy Trailblazers
Billings Montana September 13 pioneers visit Billings for the convention September 26 27 and 28. A special train to the Custer battlefield is planned with a possible sham battle against Crowndiane. Automobiles will shuttle pioneers to local points of interest for speed making a grand barbecue a picnic and a reception at the Billings Club. At least 60 members are believed to attend.
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Billings
Custer Battlefield
Crowndiane
Two G A R Men Die Since Grand March
Saratoga September report states two G A R veterans died after the grand army parade at the encampment due to overexertion from marching. The deaths spur debate to limit encampments and turn annual meetings into delegate affairs. Charles G Burton of Nevada Maine elected commander in chief. Kate B Jones of New York City elected president of the Woman's Relief Corps.
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Saratoga
Sept
Herwo
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Woman's Relief Corps
Kate Be, Jones
New York City
Women confess to smuggling goods at Port Iluron
Miss Anna Olsen of Chicago and two other women detained by customs officers confessed to smuggling goods worth 5 000 dollars found in three canvas trunks. They admitted involvement and stated the others invested money and assisted with use of their firms and Chicago business connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Iluron
Mid
United State
Harris
Anna Olsen
Chicago
Linby Rapp
A. Hulbert
Hulbert
Rapp
Royal Chinese Girls to Attend College at Wellesley
Three Chinese girls, wards of the emperor, two of royal blood, arrive at Wellesley College to study and use the education for China’s social uplifting. They are the first Chinese women sent by their government for schooling in America.
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Woston
Mass
America
Wellesley College
China
South Dakota Institutions Report Population and Values
The Pierre Daily Dakotan lists state charitable institutions at June 80 1907 totaling 1 168 derelict and defective individuals from a population under half a million. It notes 15 job openings at the Yankton Hospital for the Insane and details lands and building values across several schools and the penitentiary, totaling 1 157 000 in investments.
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Pierre Daily Dakotan
South Dakota
Plankinton
Redfield
Gary
Sioux Falls
Hospital For
Yankton
Red Men to Recon sider Liquor Action
Norfolk Va Sept 1 The great council of the Independent Order of Red Men recon siders the liquor dealer ban. Louisville chosen as permanent location for the $100000 Long House. Finance committee recommends next great council in a middle western city to cut costs. Funeral ritual changes noted.
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Norfolk
Great Council of the
Independent Order of Red Men
Louisville
Great Council
Woman Dies After Accidental Gunshot During Pajama Hide and Seek
Denver report details the death of Edna Calloway at 21 oclock in J M Ellis home on Madison street. William Lisle Alderson, engaged to Miss Calloway, allegedly pointed a loaded revolver during a playful pajama raid. a misfired cartridge killed her instantly.
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Denver
William Lisle Alderson
Edna Calloway
J. M. Ellis
Madison Street
Alderson
Kansas City
Ellis
T. M. Ellis
Pune
Y. M. Ellis
Marshall Ellis
Robert EB. Stone
David Alderson
Bradley, Alderson & Co
Tragedy Tied to Ellis as Calloway and Family Affected
Mrs Ellis claims Ellis fired the shot. Only Miss Calloway Alderson and Mr and Mrs Ellis were present when the tragedy unfolded. Miss Calloway’s mother Mrs Stone fears for her health upon learning of her daughter’s death. Mrs Alderson, mother of the slain young man’s fiancée, mourns beside her daughter’s fiancé as the shock binds the family. Dr Hopkins ruled the death instant.
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Ellis
Miss Callaway
Denver Police Chief Accused by Mother in Fatal Crash
Mrs. T. S. Rowland alleges Denver Police Chief Delaney killed her son, Charles J Rowland, when his car struck him at night while responding to a burglar alarm. She describes Delaney and chauffeur Gray as cold blooded murderers and details delays in notifying her after the accident.
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Denver
Chhief
Delaney
T. S. Rowland
Lincoln Avenue
Charles J Rowland
Gray
Feuding over grain rates heightens state showdown with railroads
In Lincoln Nebraska citizens rally against railroads as injunctions block new grain rates. Governor Sheldon calls lawmakers leaders to craft action plans. Senators Aldrich Sackett and Reps Keifer and Brown attend, warning of a special session if delays continue. Railroads fear statewide pressure and contend the state railroad commission lacks authority.
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Lincoln
Neb
Statrhouse
Railroad Commission
Sheldon
Aldrich
Sackett
Keifer
Nucholls
Brown
Lancaster
Grand Island Road
State Commission
State House
Chidago
Minneapolis
Sioux City
Joseph
One Hundred New Banks in South Dakota
Pierre S S D September 4 The banking business of the state must be profitable if exactly 100 new state banks were organized between May 1 and May 4 1907 with a combined capital of 5045000 For the same period new national banks in the state raised banking capital by about 1 million dollars since May 1 2006 the state capital stock stood at 50450 000 and with additions since that time stands near 7 000 000
Traveling men win restoration of local service on Los Angeles Limited
Nebraska salesmen force Union Pacific to reinstate local service on the Los Angeles Limited. The railroad calls the move an experiment and will carry short distance passengers only to available seating. Trains Nos 7 and 8 use Pullmans and have limited seating despite local travelers being accepted when room permits.
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Los Angeles Limited
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Death of Young Farmer Near Highmore in Accident
Arthur Case, a young farmer eight miles south of Highmore, died after a shotgun fired through his chest while adjusting the weapon in a wagon driven by his younger brother. His wife and two small children mourn him. the incident occurred en route to the county fair.
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Highmore
S. D
Arthur Case
Lighmore
Cupid Breaks Strike in Des Moines Amid Love and Labor
In Des Moines on September 13 Cupid acts as a strike breaker as Maude McDonald and Arthur Cook, a engaged couple and union man respectively, face separation during a strike at Postal Telegraph. McDonald stays at work for income, while Cook quits then returns, the first deserter among Des Moines strikers.
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Des Moines
Cupid
Farley
Postal Telegraph Company
Miss McDonald
Cook
Telegraphic Strike Shakes Grand Junction Labor Ties
A mass labor meeting in Grand Junction aims to oust nonunion W U Telegraph operator W McCall. A 13 member city union committee to act. growers warn of losses from a closed office, threatening fruit quotations and top prices.
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Grand Junction
Organized
W. [. McCall
Western Union Telegraph Company
McCall
Western Union Company
Fruit Growers’ Association
Ann
Western Union Strike Sparks Fruit Growers Meeting
Public says the Western Union handles only 40 percent of normal business with 25 percent routed through malls and 10 percent mishandled by incompetent operators. About 20 000 operators, half of them women, are out of work. A fruit growers’ association meeting is planned for tomorrow. A Denver telegram from BE Leonard warns of closing the Grand Junction office without police protection and asks for daily updates on treatment and access to services.
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Weatert Union
Western Union
Fruit Growers’ Association
Morrow
McCall
Leonard
Denver
A.m
Fruithowers’ Association
Grand Junction
BE. E. Leonard
Man Treks With Insane Wife For Admission
J I Six and his mentally ill wife traveled hundreds of miles from Interior in Stanley County to Sioux City and back to Yankton after the wife was deemed insane and denied hospital admission. He sought state asylum entry but was blocked until Yankton county board granted proxy consent for Stanley County, allowing admission.
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Yankton
Interior
Stanley County
Sioux City
J. I. Six
Six
State Institution For
Yankton County
Landis Named for President by Democratic Backers
Washington Sept 14 Judge K M Landis of Chicago may be presented to the next democratic national convention for the presidential nomination. A movement to secure his permission to use his name has support from eastern and middle state figures. Ex President Grover Cleveland is credited as a prime mover. Landis recently visited his Princeton home, a visit tied to recent Chicago and Alton immunity case explanations.
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Washington, D. C
K. M. Landis
Chicago
Eastern
Middle States
Grover Cleveland
Juge Landis
Princeton
Chicago & Alton
Ccase
Lipton Remains Determined in America’s Cup Challenge
Sir Thomas Lipton said the Royal Irish Yacht Club will challenge for the America’s Cup and a cable to the New York Yacht Club will announce the plan from Dublin. He would not discuss details until the challenge is accepted. A new Shamrock IV design, possibly by Fife, may be used for the contender.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Royal Irish Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Dublin
Umbria
Queenietown
Fife
Shamrock UV
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Wissouri
Globe
Sweetheart
Mrs. Rowland
Union Pacific Railroad
Landis
Cleveland
Lipton
Doughty Irish Sport
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