Agriculture saved day in low mood markets
Washington reports from the bureau of statistics show January 1908 livestock receipts at Interior markets rose almost 20 percent year over year, with grain receipts up and Atlantic coast city movements about 2 percent higher. Railcar traffic in agri food regions improved while secondary products held losses to a minimum, signaling a broad, hopeful revival in agriculture and related commerce.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Great Interior
Atlantic Coast
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
King Alfonso Arrives in Barcelona Amid Cheerful Welcome
King Alfonso arrived in Barcelona after leaving Madrid and took residence with General Linares. Large crowds greeted him with enthusiasm as the king, flanked by Senor Maura and Captain Fernandez Nino, prepared for his visit. Madrid reports described opposition to the trip, but the king pursued it with Bourdon courage and optimism.
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Barcelona
Alfonso
Madrid
Linares
Catalonia
Kingfonso
Hei
Switzerland
Geneva
Alfonso Uraueen
Victoria
Iton
Senor Maura
Fernandez Nino
Mérino
Evelyn Thaw To Stage Comeback After Divorce Offer
New York reports Evelyn Thaw faces a divorce suit backed by her husband’s family. She may accept 25 000 to end the case and return to the stage, trading stardom for poverty and a constrained life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Seeks Separation Amid Estrangement
New York reports state Evelyn Nesbit Thaw desires a separation from Harry K. Thaw while Colonel Franklin Bartlett, her mother Mrs. William Thaw’s counsel, denies shadowing or coercive tactics. He says the mother aims for fair treatment and reconciliation possible between spouses. The article notes an estrangement but disputes sensational claims.
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Evelyn
New York
Franklin Bartlett
William Thaw
Harry ‘K. Thaw
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Evelyn ‘Nesbit Thaw
Myelf
Cruiser South Dakota Arrives at Magdalena Bay
Magdalena Bay March 12 The cruiser South Dakota arrived from San Francisco on a shake down voyage. She averaged 11 to 12 knots with wet boilers. The Albany steamed 7th Sunday evening flying a cruiser by. The ship broke all previous records in rapidity of fire and speed. performance deemed wonderful.
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Magdalena Bay
South Dakota
San Francisco
Albany
Night Riders Suspect Shot Youth in Public Road
Clarkville Tennessee March 12 A Brown Bennett son of An association tobacco appressor was found early today in a public road dying with a bullet hole through his head It is believed the young man was shot by night riders and this violent incident highlights ongoing mob violence in the area
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Clarkville
Tenn
Woodford
Brown Bennett
Night riders burn tobacco in Brooksville and shoot in Paducah
In Brooksville Kentucky on March 12 fifty or more night riders burned about 15000 pounds of tobacco owned by Robi Stanton outside the town after driving in heavily armed. They did not attack a warehouse. Earlier in Paducah shots were fired into a negro cabin with six wounded and one fatally. five others were whipped.
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Brooksville
Robi. Stanton
Paducah
Birmingham
Shouting Suffrage Declared Misdemeanor in Berlin
Berlin court ruled that shouting Hurrah for Suffrage on the streets is a misdemeanor after three socialists challenged police arrests from January 1 street demonstrations. The court contrasted peaceful homage to leaders with fanatical masses and noted the defendants sang a workman’s Marseillaise. Fines ranged from five to eight and three quarters dollars.
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Arres
von Buelow
Chancello
Cour
Winslow Defends Rojestvensky's Ship Condition
Captain C Mel Winslow testified before the Senate naval affairs committee defending Admiral Rojestvensky amid charges of defects in battleship construction. He argued maintaining full coal bunkers and at least three fourths capacity were prudent for Japanese engagement, praising the Russian admiral's course.
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Washington
C. Mel Winslow
Bureau
Navy
Senate Naval Affairs
Rojestvensky
Gernnea
Winslow
Wealthy Chicagoan and New Yorker Wed in Rush Philadelphia
Frank M. Tracy, a Chicago millionaire, secretly married Genevieve A. West of New York in under an hour after a lunch proposal at Bellevue Stratford. The couple sped to Bron Street station for a European honeymoon, Tracy son of the late Isaac Tracy banker.
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Philadelphia
Bellevue Stratford
Frank M. Tracy
Chicago
Genevieve A. West
New York
Thi Aity
Bron Street
Europe
Mr. Tracy
Isaac Tracy
Sterling Tl
Nickel Theaters Closed In Chicago
Chicago authorities order six cent theaters shut in parts of the city for failure to meet building codes. Missing exit signs overcrowding and blocked doors cited. The building department also probes privat and parochial school structures with notices issued to correct faults.
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Chicago
Privat
King Edward Boasts London Times in Letter to Kaiser Wilhelm
A March 12 dispatch claims King Edward sent a cordial letter to Emperor William condemning The Times for revealing private correspondence between the emperor and Lord Tweedmouth. The king argues Parliament and the public, along with most English press, disapprove the Times action.
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King Edward
London Times
Kaiser Wilhelm
Bertin
Edward
William
Lord Tweedmouth
England
Times
Victim of City Jail Fight Dies in Des Moines
Des Moines on March 12 Mike Hertney once wealthy but ruined by drink died this morning from a severe beating by Tom Cooney while jailed together ten days earlier. A murder charge has been filed against Cooney. Hertney was a special protege of Judge C C Cole, the noted Iowa jurist who had tried to reform him repeatedly.
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Des Moines
Mike Hertney
Tom Cooney
Cooney
Hertney
C. C. Cole
Iowa
China and Japan Mark Time Over Tatsu Affair
Tokyo reports no new developments as Japan weighs potential actions under Premier Saionji and Foreign Minister Hayashi. Japan may delay decisions, while Sasebo naval activity rises and preparations for training continue. China presses for cargo recall and bans shipments of arms to the mainland.
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Tokio
Japan
Saionji
Hayashi
China
Associated Press
Japanese Foreign Office
Chinese Foreign Board
Canton
Tatsu
Sasebo
Chicavoda
Office of the Admiralty
Seizure of Tatsu Maru by Chinese ships sparks diplomatic protest
Tokio reports Chinese warships seized the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru outside Macao harbor and escorted her to Canton on arms smuggling charges. Chinese authorities hauled down the Japanese flag, replacing it with the Chinese dragon ensign. Japan demands release and punishment of officials.
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Tokio
Macao Harbor
Canton
China
Japan
Kobe
Ataka Shokai
Osaka
Kwong Yo & Co
Macao
Macau
Tatsu Maru
Motal
Well Known Surgeon Dr. Hal C. Wyman Dies
Detroit report notes the death of Dr. Hal C. Wyman a renowned surgeon and author of a prominent abdominal surgery book. The obituary highlights his medical career and contributions to the field.
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Detroit
Hal C. Wyman
Melodrama crowd witnesses stabbing at Have Lin theater
Patrons in St. Louis watched an ex citing melodrama turn violent as Louis Echazarius stabbed Hugh Bradley after a fight in the gallery. The scuffle caused cries, a stampede, and near panic as the audience abandoned the play.
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St. Louis
Havelin's Theater
Louis Echazarius
Hugh Bradley
Another School Horror Averted in Ohio
Bloomington, Ill March 12 The laundry building of the Soldiers and Orphans home was destroyed by fire today near the main building sheltering 100 boys and girls All were removed safely through fire escape The loss is 10 44
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Soldiers and Orphans Home
Napoleon Union School Destroyed by Fire in Toledo Area
Fire gutted the Napoleon union school in Toledo, the county’s largest remodeled building costing 110000, with 54 rooms and 800 pupils enrolled. Superintendent Benner and Principal White escaped as flames spread from a defective furnace flue, the attic and east wing burning before firefighters could respond. The bell fell within 15 minutes. total loss.
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Toledo
Napoleon Union School
Collinwood
Benner
White
Fire injures many as six story building burns in New York
A March 12 blaze in New York injures many firefighters, drives hundreds from homes, and threatens the Siegel Cooper department store. A six story building at 28 West Highteenth street is destroyed and the loss is estimated at 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Highteenth Street
Siegel- Cooper
Fire at San Francisco almshouse kills three patients
A fire at the city and county almshouse in San Francisco trapped 200 residents, mostly recently moved patients, with five injuries reported. Three patients died, including two elderly men from fright and Edward Korn who had just undergone an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edward Korn
Lincoln Society Man Holds Divorce Record
Dr. R. Emmett Giffen a Lincoln society figure and former surgeon major was divorced for the fourth time. The case followed a contentious pattern with two prior divorces from the same wife and a reconciliation attempt after she sought a divorce on grounds of neglect and cruelty. Mrs. Giffen, Helena Lau by birth, was once heiress to a Lincoln wholesale grocer and later ran her father’s business with her brothers. The decree was granted by Judge E. P. Holmes with Judge W. E. Stewart involved as attorney for Mrs. Giffen in a later appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
R. Emmett Giffen
Nebraska National Guard
West
Giffen
Helena Lau
Lincoln
Stewart
Holmes
Gould and children sail for New York from Cherbourg
Mme Anna Gould and her children will depart Cherbourg on the Kron Prinz Wilhelm to New York, expecting a two month stay in America. Prince Helio De Sagan reportedly plans to follow, while a forgery case against Count Boni De Castellane is being inquired into over alleged letters signed with Castellane’s name.
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Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Cherbourg
New York
America
Prince Helio de Sagan
United States
Mme. Gould
Prince de Sagan
Count Boni de Castellane
Prince Helie de Sagan
Boni
Castellano
Governor Sheldon Probes Drug Smuggling at Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincoln March 12 Governor Sheldon asked the state board of public lands and buildings to investigate reports that morphine was smuggled into the Nebraska penitentiary. He cited Prison Physician Giffen who said many inmates were addicted to narcotics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Sheldon
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Nebraska Penitentiary
Giffen
Life convicts attack jailers at Montana penitentiary
Deer Lodge Montana March 11 three life convicts George Rock W H Hayes and another unnamed assaulted warden Conley and deputy warden Robinson in the penitentiary office Robinson was killed with his throat cut Conley was wounded and fired four shots from his revolver wounding Hayes and Rock Both convicts were shot and wounded while attempting to escape officials say the plot was long planned and the outcome remains uncertain with both attackers severely injured and in hospital
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Ehort
Congious Winges
Rock
Conley
Hayes
Robinson
Robinson Hayes
Gus Hayes
Haynes
Remarkable wireless link with Atlantic battleship fleet
The Navy reports Pensacola wireless station established direct contact with the Atlantic battleship fleet, a feat given signals crossed the Gulf of Mexico and vast distances. The message from Rear Admiral Thomas asked, Have you any important news from home.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pensacola
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Thomas
Coast Fleet Communications via St Louis Report
Vallejo Cal March 11 The fleet message network with Admiral Evans fleet ran through the cruiser St Louis commanded by Commander N Usher. St Louis at Magdalena bay for target practice reported the fleet 1300 miles south. The Connecticutt message relayed to Mare Island stations as coast efforts push top communication records.
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Vallejo
Cal
Admiral Evans
St. Louis
N. Usher
Magdalena Bay
Connecticut
Nouls
Mare Island
Pilgrims in Filthy Hovel Routed Near Fort William
A doukhobor pilgrimage group of 76 men women and children was rounded up by investigators in Fort William Ontario after a march from Saskatchewan. They lived in overcrowded heated rooms described as filthy with a shared 24 by 30 foot dwelling plus a 14 by 16 addition. One death exposed harsh conditions and ages ranged from 6 to 13 in a single room. The group is noted for beliefs in free love.
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Fort William
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Roosevelt Indignant Over Thaw Escape Claim
Butte Montana March 11 The statement that President Roosevelt is indignant over the escape of Harry K Thaw from extreme punishment is made by Jesse B Roote formerly private secretary for Senator W A Clark who has just returned from Washington where he had an interview with the executive to urge a pardon for Judge Sheperd of Salt Lake The president refused the pardon and became enraged at the request He branched off into an attack upon the heads of trusts and said that all such male factors should be in prison He finally reached the Thaw case He declared that Thaw ought to have been executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Roosevelt
Harry K. Thaw
Jesse B. Roote
W. A. Clark
Washington
Sheperd
Salt Lake
Roote
Unidentified children buried after Lake View School fire
In Cleveland on March 11 twenty one white caskets were lowered in Collinwood cemetery. Seventeen held unidentified child remains from the Lake View school fire last Wednesday while four caskets carried identified children.
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Cleveland
Collimwood
Lake View
Train Derailment Injures Twenty Near Kansas City
Burling ton passenger train derailed at Kearney Missouri twenty miles north of Kansas City and rolled down a 15 foot embankment. Twenty people injured four seriously including J. D. Guyton and R. E. Wilcox of Kansas City and Chappell a Liberty Mo student. Cause cited as spreading rails.
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Kansas City
Burlington
Chicago
Kearney
J. D. Guyton
R. E. Wilcox
Chappell
Liberty
Fire Driver Kills Horses to Save Children
New York March 10 In a Brooklyn fire call Patrick Mullin driver of a fire engine killed both his horses to prevent them from trampling children leaving a school. He swerved onto a sidewalk, was knocked unconscious but unharmed overall, and the horses died.
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New York
Patrick Mullin
Mullin
Brooklyn
Floods Hit Indiana and Cut Off East Toledo Section
Indiana reports floods with Wa bash river out of banks near LaFayette and Plymouth Elkhart Warsaw areas while South Peru is submerged. Adjacent rivers rise flooding homes and disabling interurban rail for 80 miles. East Toledo loses light and fire protection after Cherry street bridge collapse. no car service between city halves for weeks as shuttle trains operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Wabash
LaFayette
Peru
Plymouth
Elkhart
Warsaw
Toledo
Ohio
Maumee
Cherry Street
Trolley Cars on Ocean Greyhound
New York reports a quarter mile long ocean greyhound as the coming ship. It will feature trolley cars to reach staterooms and moving sidewalks across the deck. Vaudeville acts and opera troupes will travel aboard, with a stock ticker for London and New York quotes. The White Star line plans a 1000 foot liner keel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ocean Greyhound
Lewis Nixon
London
White Star Line
Greyhound
Nixon
Grave indictment against fraterities in Chicago high schools
Chicago March 10. The gravest indictment against secret societies in Chicago high schools is in the hands of President Schneider of the board of education. Detectives report charges of gross immorality at several houses with six cited instances where women connected with the houses and boys who were fraternity members were involved.
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Chicago
Schnieder
Board of Education
Schneider
Germany's First Great Warship Nassau Launched
Wilhelmshaven March 10 Germany's first mammoth warship Nassau was launched and christened by the grand duchess of Baden. Emperor William, Prince Henry of Prussia and other officials attended. Nassau is said to exceed prior German warships in size, armament, and speed, displacing 17 960 tons and built entirely of hardened steel. Details of dimensions and armor are kept secret. two similar ships will be launched soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelm’s Haven
Germany
Nassau
Baden
William
Grand Duke
Prince Henry
Prussia
Netherlands
Major fire devastates Peoria shop district
Peoria Illinois March 10 a large blaze struck Bart Minder aeepee companys name shop causing 5000 damage to stock and building The HE Grain Weigher company Nichols Shepherd company and International Harvester company suffered losses of 110000 15000 and 45000 respectively in the affected area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Bart Minder Aeepee Company
Pilin
HE. Grain Weigher Company
Nichols & Shepherd Company
International Harvester Company
Dual Tragedy in a Denver Hotel
In Denver on March 10 Harry Asler of Pueblo and a woman believed to be his wife were found dead in a Waldorf hotel room locked since Wednesday. It appears the woman killed Asler and then died by suicide, lying across his body.
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Denver
Harry Asler
Pueblo
Waldorf Hotel
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Berlin
Chicasg
Pekin
Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs
Board of Foreign Affairs
Baron Hayashi
Lincoln Society
FLEET
Ocean Greyhounds
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