Kingman Star World Roundup Highlights From 1906 Dispatches
Fire destroys the W. K. Morison hardware stock building in Minneapolis causing losses around 150000 and is suspected to be spontaneous. Denver lumber-yard fire causes similar damage. A jury in Washington frees former statistician E S Holmes Jr on charges of fraud related to crop data. A Youngstown accident claims multiple lives as workers shelter under a moving train. New York coroner reports 498 June deaths with 52 homicides and 29 personal crisis cases. Roosevelt reshapes navy policy, shifting ships to the Pacific. Carl Boyd Livingston, seven, placed under care of New Jersey Children’s Home Society after abandonment. heir to West Indies estates. Kansas seeks rapid wheat-harvest labor via a rate appeal. Baseball clubs’ standings summarized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardwood Lumber Company
Denver
E. S. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Washington
New York
Jacob E. Bausch
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific
Asiatic
Far East
New Jersey Children’s Home Society
Trenton
Carl Boyd Livingston
Philadelphia
Carl
West Indies
R. N. Livingston
T. B. Gerow
Kansas Free Employment Bureau
Gov. Loch
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. S. Black
Santa Fe Railway
W. L. Mcleod
Western Passenger Association
Kansas
Free Employment Bureau
Mint Director Rob erts to head Commercial National Bank
News notes George E Rob erts, director of the Mint, has accepted the presidency of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago. The Newport News Virginia Casino building by James River front was destroyed by fire. Raisuli captains the Sultan's army commander and demands a large ransom in exchange for governor of Tangier. Thirty seven dead and 153 maimed after a Thursday excess of patriotism in the United States. five drowned not included. Mrs James Bradley, wife of the chief engineer of the battleship Kansas, vanished from Philadelphia. police hunt. No love affair suspected. The public debt statement shows 878 596 755 debt at June 30 1907, down 16 185 775 from prior month. cash in treasury up nearly 11 000 000.
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Mint
George E. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
James River
Newport News
Raisuli
Tangier
United States
James Bradley
Kansas
Philadelphia
War on Sparrows to Save Cotton and Swallows
Government urges nationwide campaign against the English sparrow to protect insect eaters like swallows critical to cotton farming. Boll weevil threatens the South’s cotton belts. sparrows harass swallows and kill young, prompting calls for extermination methods including poisoned grain and bird nesting aids.
Dirigible and Plane Test at Paris Ends in Destruction
The Santos-Dumont experimental craft, a cigar shaped balloon 23 yards long and 314 inches wide at the center, attached to two aeroplanes under it, and a 50 horsepower motor, struck the ground after liftoff. The rear wing lifted causing the front to hit, collapsing the entire machine and destroying it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos-Dumont
Paris
Famous Doctor Opposes Drugs At London Hospital
Sir Frederick Treves, physician to the Wing of England, told opening remarks at a London hospital that bottles on doctors shelves would shrink to few and people would abandon medicines when ill. He urged simple living, diet, sun and air, predicting future deaths from infectious diseases could reach zero with bacteriological advances.
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Frederick Treves
England
London
Unions Grow Worldwide and Labor Reform Moves
Union actions span Cleveland, Cairo, and Oregon with events such as barbers enforcing Sunday closings, Cairo printers seeking better conditions, and a new branch of the National Farmers Education and Co operation Union in Oregon. Initiatives include Dutch sick insurance plans and coal field unionization efforts in England.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Germany
Egypt
Cairo
Chicago
Anastasia O’meara
Cambridge
Mass
T. V. Powderly
Knights of Labor
Bureau of Information
Bureau of Immigration
National Farmers’ Education and Co-operation Union
Oregon
Hudson Bay
South Yorkshire
England
Holland
States General
Wall Street Melon: July Dividends Hit Record High
July dividend and interest payments of corporations total 180,881,849 dollars, with railroads leading dividends at 36,750,089 and industrials at 41,017,273. Interest payments total 85,328,808, up from last July. notable increases among railroads include Van derbilt lines and New York Central. Banks and trust companies boost payouts with higher rates, such as Fifth Avenue Bank and New York Trust Company, while several companies announce new or raised dividend rates.
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Wall Street
New York
Bank and Trust Companies
Vanderbilt Lines
Chicago & Northwestern
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
New York Central
United States Steel
Anaconda
American Telephone & Telegraph
General Electric
Western Union
Trust Company of America
Metropolitan
United States Mortgage & Trust Company
The Cost of Crime and Religious Expenditures
A 1907-era summary notes grim figures for crime costs in the United States and contrasts them with vast sums spent on religious and humanitarian work. It cites totals for Greater New York, other states, and national losses, then compares crime outlays to combined church and social expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Greater
New York
Greater New York
Parole System Highlighted at National Corrections Congress
Harris R. Cooley described Cleveland’s expanded parole program under Mayor Tom Johnson. Since Johnson’s term began over 4,000 have been pardoned or paroled, with only 14 percent returning to punishment. He argued against fines as sole punishment and noted moves to rural prison labor to reduce escapes.
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National Congress of Charities and Corrections
Minneapolis
Harris R. Cooley
Public Service
Division of Charities and Corrections
Cleveland
Ohio
Tom Johnson
Johnson
House of Correction
Cooley
Cleveland House of Correction
Fisherman and Boy Die in Separate Kansas Incidents
Roy Nankin of Peabody Kansas drowned in Big Sugar Creek while with a fishing party. In Dill Connecticut a 10 year old son of William Larner was killed attempting to halt a runaway team.
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Roy Nankin
Peabody
Kan
Big Sugar Creek
William Larner
Dill
C. T
Farm labor shortage drives New York statesmen to study immigration
Rep Bennett leads a congressional study abroad to attract more agricultural workers as New York loses 15 000 farms since 1890 and the state advertises in 11 foreign papers. Bolton Hall links farm decline to rising land values and large estates near cities with thousands of acres near NYC becoming buildable plots.
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New York
Bennett
Congress
Europe
Immigration Commission
United States
Bolton Hall
New York State
Long Island
New York City
Trade strength remains solid through midyear in leading industries
Trade gains persist as production remains strong in core industries with forward work secure. Merchants report fewer defaults, higher bank payments, bigger dividends, and a wave of grain activity. Good weather boosts retail sales and stock depletion signals brisk wholesale demand with dry goods and clothing matching last year.
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Chicago
Dun
New York Trade Gains Amid Seasonal Weather
Seasonable summer weather improves the crop picture and boosts retail and reorder trade with manufacturers. Six months' wholesale results and leading industries show gains of 3 to 10 percent vs 1906. Business failures: U S week 150, Canada 29. Wheat exports reach 3,598,724 bushels. corn 1,173,375 bushels. Fiscal year to date 71,693,688 bushels. Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
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United State
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Grain and livestock price listings across major markets
This roundup compiles bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep with grain and dairy prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo markets. Highlights include cattle mostly $4.00 to $7.00, hogs $4.00 to $6.60, wheat near 90c to 99c, corn around 50c to 60c, oats 40c to 50c, and butter 22c to 25c across sites.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Boston Teens
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Ee Phildelphia
St. Louis
Ww. L
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Columbus
Louisville
Toledo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Des Moines
Sioux City
Lincoln Ne
Omaha
Denver
Pueblo Alerate Ss
Bsc
Brazilian chamber approves Sao Paulo coffee loan guarantee
The Brazilian chamber approves a guarantee for a Sao Paulo coffee loan totaling 15 million dollars. Advices from Washington indicate the US Colombia Panama treaty may not be finalized until next autumn. Utica Forge and Tool Co in Utica New York reports a fire loss of 200 thousand dollars. Governor Henry of Indiana spoke at a West synod gathering in Pittsburg. A plot to steal 30 million dollars from a Russian office at Tuxhita is uncovered and Russians are arrested. The attackers reportedly stretched a 120 yard line from a hotel to the wife.
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Sao Paulo
Washington, D. C
United States of Colombia
Republic of Panama
Utica
West
Young People’s Societies
United Presbysternan Church
Pittsburg
Tuxchita
Siberia
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