Roosevelt Acts to Curb Railroads and Encourage Honest Operators
President Roosevelt pins punitive aims on stock jobbers and overcapitalization while praising honest railroad operators. In Chicago Dr. Mary Crosby, who had lost mental balance, drowned herself in Duluth after seeking a brother who identified the body. Elkton fires prompt belief of arson in the business district. Monduras Lottery others face guilty pleas and $300,000 in fines. The Chicago Chronicle suspends publication for unprofitable reasons. US moves to acquire Danish West Indies is discussed but likely blocked. Forts Assiniboine and Keogh in Dakota are abandoned. Guy D Haviland faces a secret marriage scandal and a fortune. A ship brings word of a Ta Wang Miamy festival disaster drowning many in Soo Chow creek. A baseball standings summary follows.
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Mary Crosby
Chicago
Duluth
Minn
Federal Grand Jury
Monduras National Lottery Company
New Orleans
Chicago Chronicle
John R. Walsh
Guy
Haviland
China Menufactaurer
Empress of India
Shanghai
Soo Chow Creek
Eastern News Highlights From New York and Beyond
Lulu Glaser marries R C Herz in New York. Churchill declines NH governorship candidacy. Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction car barn at Blaisdell burned with 25 cars, $100000 loss. Burrage summer home in Slanson Mass burned, $75000+. James Henry Smith will probate estate valued at $25M to $50M. Priest murdered in New York body found in trunk. two suspects sought. Pittsburg dyeing plant fire kills Fred Rose, others injured. US corporate June payouts total $70M. NYC Mayor McClellan vetoes public utilities bill. Brownsville raid witnesses questioned in Senate. Hornell terrorized by yeggs. guards shot. Rev Edward Payson Terhune dies at 77. Richmond murder conviction. Bell to die week of July 1. Mergenthaler freed on $25000 bail. father invented linotype. Orleans house Joan of Arc lived in to be saved for NYC gift. Harry Sellers 20 found dead. likely suicide. Lottie Dawson, 12, kills cousin in Scranton playhouse. Iroquois theater trials delayed to October. Bank of Man stou fails. Bengal tiger at Twin Falls killed a girl. others injured. Nev plaintiffs lose fire damage suit. Kansas Nebraska freeze threatens wheat. Europe rains aid crops. Ap pleby loses appeal over Wilder charity. Edna Wilson drowns in Columbus hotel. Presbyterian assembly ends in Columbus, next in Kansas City. Kansas National Guard to Fort Riley for encampment. joke about no girls there. Missing Solway boy feared killed by wild animal. Cincinnati to hold municipal house cleaning June 11. Citizens to clear debris from streets.
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Lulu Glaser
R. C. Herz
New York
Winston Churchill
New Hampshire
Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company
Blaisdell
N. C
Albert C. Burrage
Boston
Slanson
Mass
James Henry (Silent) Smith
Goshen
Wrylie Avenue
Pittsburg
Fred Rose
United States
McClellan
Major Blocksom
Senate Military Committee
Washington
Brownsville
Hornell
John Wendy
Thomas Kelly
Edward Payson Terhune
D. D
John Bell
Richmond
D. J
Charles Townsend
New Brighton
Bell
Eugene Mergenthaler
Baltimore
Karlsruhe
Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Orleans
France
Joan of Arc
E. Y W. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Central Park
Harry D. Sellers
Tittsburg
Sellers
John Black
Dawson
Scranton
Lottie Dawson
Verna Davis
Lottie
United States Circuit Court
Smock
State Bank of
Manstou
Okla
Twin Falls
Idaho
Main Street
Lovelock
Nev
Kansas
Nebraska
Europe
Minnesota Supreme Court
T. E. W. V. Appleby
Wilder Charity
Edna Wilson
George M. Wilson
Babes In the Woods” Company
Bryden Hotel
Columbus
Ohio
Presbyterian General Assembly
Kansas City
Kansas National Guard
Fort Riley
John Shepherd
Solway
Minn
Board of Public Service
Cincinnati
Wage increases at Amoskeag mill spark gains and disputes
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester New Hampshire announced a five percent wage raise affecting its fifteen thousand operatives. In other news a farmer near Norfolk Nebraska shot his brother then killed himself over a family feud. A 75 year old woman fighting two burglars in Alliance Ohio was fatally stabbed while defending her home and husband. Wealthy Rockford Illinois clubwomen aided a mother accused of murdering a twin by helping her escape hospital with a car to the train. Charles M Carson aged 49 killed himself at his mother’s home in Painesville Ohio after illness in Omaha. An eleven year old alleged burglar was arrested leaving a shop through a transom on Staten Island. A masked robber shot and killed a Portland Oregon conductor C L Nevins after robbing a streetcar.
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Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Manchester
N. HE
Wenry Knees
Norfolk
Xeb
George
Thomas Tull
Allance
Ohio
Rockford
Charles M. Carson
Painesville
A. M. Carson
Omaha
Stapleton, L. I
Albert Skyweile
New Rise City Park
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Portland
Ore
C. L. Nevins
McKinley Kinship Claim and National Education Meeting Plans
A mixed set of items notes William J. McKinley claiming relation to the late president, preparations for a National Educational Association convention in July emphasizing music, a shooting at a dance hall in Choska, Oklahoma Territory injuring a floor walker and a child, and various political, legal, weather, and crime updates from across the country.
May Irwin Weds Kurt Eisfeldt At Summer Home
May Irwin married her manager Kurt Eisfeldt at the star’s Thousand Islands summer home on Sunday. The Red Cross stopped accepting contributions for Chinese famine relief after amassing 320000 dollars. A general retrenchment order may cost 100000 railway employees their jobs due to reduced business.
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May Irwin
Kurt Eisfeldt
Star
Thousand Islands
Red Cross
Noted Figures and Global Unrest Hit Headlines Abroad
Theodore Tilton dies in Paris after a life of reclusiveness amid a string of international shocks. Hungary floods devastate Rudolsgnad. 260 homes collapse as troops aid the distressed. Rumors swirl about Prince Heirl Friedrich's destiny and a possible abdication in Sweden. Oscar II faces health and age pressures, while Copenhagen expels a German anarchist. A vast fire destroys Ciudad de Mexico in Buenos Ayres with $1.5 million in damages. Wongkong rebellion seizes Wongkong officials and violence spreads to Chinchu province as local revolutionaries attack and burn officials yarens.
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Theodore Tilton
Henry Ward Beecher
Paris
Danube
Rudolsgnad
Hungary
Torontal County
Berlin
London Daily Mail
Hitel Friedrich
Copenhagen
Nieziergh
Oscar II
Sweden
Gustave
Oscar III
Tie
Bernadaette
Ciudad de Mexico
Buenos Ayres
Wongkong
Aping
Chinchu Prefecture
China
Mrs. McKinley Dies in Canton at 1847-1920 Era
Mrs. Ida McKinley widow of President William McKinley dies at Canton Ohio after a long illness. Born June 8 1847 in Canton she supported her husband through campaigns and public service. Her body to rest in West Lawn vault awaiting national mausoleum dedication on Monument Hill.
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Canton
McKinley
Famine in China Reaches Desperate Depths and Cannibalism
Report on a catastrophic Chinese famine affecting 15 million, with up to 5,000 daily deaths. Details describe starvation, disease, and acts of cannibalism while noting rare acts of heroism and curiosity toward aid workers.Captain Kirton of the Foreign Relief Committee recounts a village scene where biscuits prompted a desperate rush of starving villagers, narrowly restrained by guards.
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Captain Kirton
Foreign Relief Committee
Go es Up In Smoke Fire Losses And Insurance Costs
An analysis of fire damage in the United States estimates billions in losses from fires and firefighting costs. It contrasts annual construction with fire losses, insurance premiums, and post fire reimbursements, citing San Francisco as a costly extreme case and noting eventual insurance payouts offset only a portion of total devastation.
Notable World Briefs On Monarchy and Exploration
Short notes state Gen Funston collected plant specimens for the Department of Agriculture. Leopold King of the Belgians is described as Europe’s richest monarch next to the Czar. The Duke of Orleans plans an expedition to explore northeast Greenland this spring. The Sultan of Turkey reportedly eats sparingly with water as his main drink, supplied in sealed barrels to the palace.
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Funston
Department of Agriculture
Leopold
Europe
Czar
Russia
Duke of Orleans
Greenland
Turkey
One Woman in Five a Worker
Census data show 4 833 630 women at work in the continental United States excluding territories, meaning one in every five women 16 and over is a breadwinner. Divorced women largely support themselves, domestic service remains prominent, and few women hold skilled trades such as pilots or machinists across various industries.
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Census Bureau
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Religious News From 1908 United States and Europe
Centenary events at University owned college in Durham and new church leaders named across the U S and Britain. McGlaughlin named Universalist general superintendent. Foster takes Tacoma chair of theology. Baird becomes Helena presbytery pastor at large. Gipsy Smith reports vast preaching reach in America. Benedictine chaplain added to Milwaukee Sacred Heart sanitarium. Rome hosts fifth international Sunday school convention with delegates from 30 million people and messages from world rulers.
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College of St. Cuthbert
Ushaw
Durham
England
W. H. McGlaughlin
Minneapolis
Universalist Church
United States
John O. Foster
Rock River
Kimball School of Theology
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma
Wash
A. K. Baird
Montana
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Helena
New York
Gipsy” Smith
James Law
British Council of Free Churches
Smith
Trade review notes steady production and rising inputs into 1908
The report shows favorable manufacturing conditions with sustained output across industrial sectors and growing demand for rails, equipment, fur nace products, and structural shapes. Lumber and hides arrivals exceed last year while grain movement at the port rises 14.3 percent from last year and 42.6 percent in shipments.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
New York Crop and Trade Reports Show Mixed Improvement
Dradstreet's Commercial Report notes slight overall improvement in crop and trade, led by Pacific Northwest retail and wholesale gains while central and western regions trail a year earlier. Foundry pig iron markets firm, with 6 tons of malleable Bessemer sold in Cleveland for 1908 delivery at 122 per ton. Basic pig demand remains strong for late 1907 delivery. weekly business failures total 165 with Canada at 19.
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Pacific Northwest
Northwest
Cleveland
Birmingham
Grain and live stock price snapshot across US markets
Chicago cattle and hogs bid price ranges from four to six dollars with various grades. wheat, corn, oats, rye, and hay markets show mixed offers from Chicago through Detroit and Buffalo to New York. Regional figures include Indianapolis and St Louis with price bands for cattle hogs sheep and grains.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Milner Arrest Follows Death of Sirmans Storekeeper
Joseph Milner is jailed after the discovery of T Sirmans body at Sirmans station in Madison county Florida. A Lincoln New Hampshire fire left more than twenty families homeless, destroying twenty two cottages and many large residences with about 100000 dollars in losses.
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Joseph Milner
T. Sirmans
Sirmans’ Station
Madison County
Florida
Lincoln
N. H
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Fort Assiniboine
S& Postonsee
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St. Pau
L. L. Des Moines
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Pueblo li
William J. McKinley
Los Angeles
William Reid
McWkinley
National Educational Association
T Red Harte
Choska
I. T
L. M. Johnson
William McKinley
Fairbanks
Indiana Supreme Court
Missouri
Second Cavalry
Kan
Fort Des Moines
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
John Ilalpin
H. A. Lanagan
Board of Police Commissioners
Herman Klemm
John Schroers
Westliche Post
Charles Gotschall
Harrisonville
Philip Schwartz
Duke of
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Preston
Monument Hill
James A. Saxton
Ida Saxton
Delhi
N. Y
Cleveland Academy
Brooks Hall Seminary
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First Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Grant
Sherman
Shenandoah Valley
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