Seven German Electric Firms Hold Large Capital
The seven principal German electric companies and their related financial and construction firms total a capital of 109 million dollars. C T Dodd has resigned as general solicitor of Standard Oil Co and likely earned the largest annual salary in the U S at 250000 dollars. A South Shields policeman saved a girl by administering powder as an emetic after she took poison.
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Germany
C. T. Dodd
Standard Oil I Co
United States
South Shields
Eng
Estimated Russo Japanese War losses Reach 370 000
Unofficial reports place total casualties in the Russo Japanese war at not less than 370 000 men, though no official tally has been released.
Aged Cecil County Blacksmith Completes 117 Bible Readings
Ambrose S. Ottey, a Cecil county Maryland blacksmith, has read his Bible through 117 times and just begun his hundred and eighteenth perusal. The Bulgarian government contemplates creating several monopolies similar to Greece, covering salt matches cigarette paper tobacco petroleum and playing cards.
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Ambrose S. Ottey
Cecil County
Maryland
Greece
Plight of the Indian Rhinoceros Across Continents
The Indian rhinoceros faces near extinction with only four specimens in continental zoos. Jungle populations are vanishing, making sightings rare even for keen hunters.
High speed trains reach continental records
The Northern of France Railway operates 11 trains timed to cover 57 miles per hour platform to platform. Last year an electric train on the Berlin Zossep Military railway reached 181 miles per hour on a 147 mile route.
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France
Berlin & Zossep
France Encourages Sailors With Small Pensions
The republic sustains a naval militia through government supported pensions for sailors. In wartime, French seamen must leave private work to serve under the national flag.
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France
French Republic
Simplon Tunnel Seen as Historic Engineering Marvel
The completion of the Simplon tunnel through the Alps captivates global attention as one of history’s greatest feats. At 12 miles long it is a double compartment bore, dwarfing ancient wonders of the world.
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Simplon
Alps
Divorce sentiment grows as courts limit dissolutions in England and Wales
Population figures show about 33 million, yet only one petition for dissolution of marriage appeared in 1902 courts. The text notes experimental or trial marriages are not encouraged, and public sentiment, backed by the courts, leans against divorces or the divorced.
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England
Wales
Panama Canal Plans With a Sea Level Route Proposed
The Isthmian canal commission backs a sea level canal following the purchase of French rights. They propose a minimum depth of 35 feet costing about 230.5 million dollars. A 60 foot level would cost 178.0 million but require costly lock operations.
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Panama
Land hunger drives opening of Indian lands to settlement
The United States faces mounting pressure to open more lands for settlement. Commissioner W A Richards notes about 482000 acres remain vacant and unappropriated besides Alaska, while Congress is urged to open Indian reservations and grant farms in severalty to aboriginal occupants who wish to adopt white living arrangements.
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United States
General Land Office
W. A. Richards
Alaska
Congress
Copper lead search shifts as US dominates world supply
The United States vastly exceeds other nations in copper output reducing urgency for new foreign sources while Europe Asia and Russia push development. Separately Prof Jacques Loeb reports a method to create sea urchin membrane with vinegar and salt and birth insurance plans gain traction in Boston as American Birth Insurance Co recruits sponsors and files 500 policy applications.
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United States
Russia
Turkestan
Jacques Loeb
University of California
Roosevelt selects plan for Santo Domingo customs revenue
President Roosevelt approves a plan to collect Santo Domingo customs until Congress reconvenes under the American minister. Fifty five percent will be sent to the United States and held in American banks for ratification led distributions to creditor nations, while forty five percent goes to the Dominican government. A U S citizen collector will be named from nominees submitted by Secretary Taft with several assistants across the island. Ross Gould of Baltimore is recommended as a customs collector at San Domingo, with scope to assign him general charge or limit to specific ports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Congress
United States
Morales
Taft
Republic
Ross Gould
Baltimore
San Domingo
Connors Indicted For Interfering With Witnesses
Thomas J. Connors senior official for Armour & Co. and ally of J Oyden Armour was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of interfering with witnesses in the beef trust inquiry. Conviction could bring a fine up to 300 dollars, up to three months in prison, or both under section 6399 of the U S Revised Statutes.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Conners
Armour& Co
J. Oyden Armour
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Beef Trust
Connors
Roosevelt party sails for cruise from Washington
Mrs Roosevelt and her children Miss Ethel Kermit and Archie left Washington on the Atlantic Coast Line Morida special at 8 40 pm for Jacksonville Florida. They will board the yacht Sylph for several days on the water near Jacksonville and do not plan port calls. They expect to return to Washington in about ten days.
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Washington
Massive Federal Counterfeiting Ring Unearthed in Denver
Federal agents reveal a nationwide counterfeit operation with headquarters in Denver. Secret service teams pursue leads across the United States as they dismantle the gang and trace its wide network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
United States
Wisconsin Senate Backs Evans Anti Cigarette Bill
Madison March 10 The Wisconsin senate after a long debate passed the Evans anti cigarette bill banning sale and manufacture of cigarettes or cigarette paper. It has already cleared the assembly and now goes to the governor.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Assembly
Springfield
House of Representatives
Michigan Wins Debate On Primary Elections At Wisconsin
Michigan defeated Wisconsin in a Friday night debate held in Madison about primary elections. Wisconsin backed the primary system while Michigan defended the caucus and convention method for party nominations.
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Michigan
Madison
Wis
University of Michigan
Wisconsin University
Wisconsin
Fire destroys Our Lady of Help of Christians Church
Italian Catholic church Our Lady of Help of Christians on Meadow Street Pittsburg burned Friday night. Loss estimated at about $60,000 with partial insurance coverage.
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Pittsburg
Our Lady of Help of Christians
Meadow Street
Flat $10 Corporate Tax Approved by California Governor
Gov. Pardee approves a bill fixing a flat tax of ten dollars yearly on all corporations doing business in California. The measure is projected to raise about $500,000 in revenue over the next two years.
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Sacramento
Cal
Pardee
Two Local Women and Cousin Drown in Canoe Accident
Lucy and Helen Baker of San Diego and their cousin Harry Hayes of Iowa were drowned when a canoe overturned. The tragedy occurred in San Diego on March 28.
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San Diego
Cal
Lucy and
Helen Baker
Harry Hayes
Iowa
Dominican customs settlement gains U S approval
Washington reports Minister Dawson received the state department approval of the Dominican customs financial agreement. President Roosevelt acquiesced in the plan, and formal ratification in San Domingo was expected. American collectors will assume charge of Dominican custom houses, with dispatch to posts.
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Washington
Dawson
State Department
San Domingo
Department
San Juan
P. R
Santo Domingo
Prof. Hollander
Chattanooga
Promises Rate Action By Senate Committee
Senator Elkins, chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, told the president the railroad rate investigation would continue during the president's western trip. The panel will meet on April 17 with a witness list to be completed, enough to run into June 1. A working bill is expected ready for October consider at the next session.
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Washington
Elkins
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Veto by Governor blocks anti Christian Science bill
The governor vetoed the McMullen bill regulating medical practice, citing constitutional religious toleration. With only a small majority in the legislature, observers expect no attempt to override the veto. Also in brief notes, Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans assumed command of the North Atlantic Fleet at Pensacola, and Pullman VP Thomas H. Wickes died of heart disease in Chicago.
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Lincoln
Mickey
McMullen
Fighting Bob
Washington
Robley D. Evans
North Atlantic
Pensacola
A. S. Barker
Kearsarge
Evans
Maine
Pullman
Chicago
Thomas H. Wickes
Pullman Company
Drexel Boulevard
Great Corporation
Dam Break Triggers Severe Rock River Flooding
Milwaukee report from Jefferson Wisconsin notes damage from high water as dam chutes fail in the Rock River. Hundreds of acres of nearby land are flooded and the flood is the worst in years with more damage feared to the dam.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Jefferson
Wis
Rock River
Four Die From Explosion at Schaghticoke Mills
The Schaghticoke powder mills blast near Troy New York killed three men outright and left a fourth mortally injured who died hours later. Corresponding reports note three more items including the release on bail of Stewart A Felton known as Big Frank for murder charges and a duck hunting drowning near Owosso Michigan.
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Troy
N. Y
Schaghticoke Powder Mills
New York
Stewart A. Felton
Big Frank
Toombs
Guy Roche
Proclamation Invites Nations to Jamestown Celebration
Washington invites all nations to send military organizations and naval vessels to the Jamestown celebration near Jamestown Virginia from May 18 to November 1907. The president urges international representation at the events and related ceremonies.
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Washington
Jamestown
Central Pennsylvania coal talks fail to reach wage deal
Altoona March 30 central Pennsylvania coal operatives and miners could not agree on a wage scale. meeting adjourned and suspension of work expected to begin April 1.
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Altoona
Central Pennsylvania
Peace talks possible as Russia hints on terms with Japan
Reports from St Petersburg and London indicate Russia has signaled negative peace terms to Japan no cession of territory and no indemnity. Japan must decide whether to open negotiations or refuse. Japanese officials say cession and indemnity are non negotiable, while costs of the war are estimated at 250 to 300 million dollars for the first year and 350 million more this year.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
London
the Times
Roosevelt
Imperial Commission
Nicholas Nicholaievich
M. Takahashi
Tornado Rips Louisburg Town in Minnesota
Tornado wrecked Louisburg Minnesota injuring seven people including a fatality. Most businesses and homes were destroyed or heavily damaged with the Lutheran church demolished and the depot damaged. Fred Moen was hurled 200 feet from his cellar but expected to survive as hail preceded the storm. Grain elevators Interstate Northwestern & McCaul Webster were demolished and contents scattered.
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Appleton
Minn
Louisburg
Fred Moen
Interstate
Northwestern & McCaul
Webster
EmploYES Wreck A Bank In Lorain
In Lorain Ohio three bank employees caused a defalcation of about 97 thousand dollars at Citizens' Savings Bank. The bank has closed, and the defaulting staff have handed over bonds and property totaling 52 thousand to cover losses, leaving an estimated net loss of 45 thousand dollars.
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Lorain
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Honeker
Likely October 16 Special Session Called for Congress
Washington March 1 Senators who urged Roosevelt to set a new session were told a special session may be held October 16. The plan would allow members leaving for the Philippine trip to return for the session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Writ of Habeas Corpus Sought in Kidnap Plot
Cincinnati attorneys for J Morgan Smith and wife filed a writ of habeas corpus late Friday. The writ was served on Chief of Detectives Crawford and returns Monday. Their lawyer claimed an arrangement was being made to kidnap them. Ann Arbor student drowns canoeing on the Huron river. James A Logan Jr, 17, convicted of murder and given life in Chicago.
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Cincinnati
J. Morgan Smith
Crawford
Ann Arbor, Mich
Frank Byers
University of Michigan
Harlan
Iowa
Huron River
Chicago
James A. Logan, Jr
Delia Howe- Tracey
Brentano
Resignation of Shurtleff College President McKay Accepted
Rev. Dr. Stanley A. McKay resigns as president of Shurtleff College in Alton Illinois. The resignation was accepted due to growing cares of the institution.
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Alton
Stanley A. McKay
Shurtleff College
Mrs Chadwick Sentenced to Ten Years in Ohio Penitentiary
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick faces a decade behind bars after a US district court judge imposed ten years on six counts and two two year terms on four, following overruled motions for new trial. Trial connected to Citizens National Bank Oberlin failure and bank check conspiracies.
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Cleveland
Cassie L. Chadwick
Ohio State Penitentiary
Robert W. Taylor
United States District Court
Chadwick
Francis J. Wing
Mr. Dawley
Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Grand Jury
Federal
Citizens’ National Bank of Oberlin
C. T. Beckwith
A. B. Spear
Beckwith
Spear
Illinois Tragedy in Collinsville Three Die in Saloon Shooting
In Collinsville Illinois a three person shooting left Mrs John Berta and Barney Vassallo dead and John Berta wounded. The fight arose from a quarrel at a saloon where Mrs Berta confronted Vassallo who fired first. Mrs Berta shot back and fatally wounded Vassallo. Berta killed Vassallo and was later released after a coroner's inquest ruled justifiable homicide.
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Collinsville, I
John Berta
Barney Vassallo
Berta
Vassallo
Caught in Cincinnati In Murder Conspiracy Case
Cincinnati March 31 J Morgan Smith and wife were arrested on a telegraphic request from New York District Attorney Jerome accused of conspiracy to murder Nan Patterson the actress linked to Caesar Young slaying. New indictments were found in New York Thursday.
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Cincinnati
J. Morgan Smith
Jerome
New York
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Smith
Miss Patterson
One Man Killed in Saloon Powder Explosion
In Omaha on a Friday afternoon Albert Butler was instantly killed while taking a flashlight photo. William Coffee W. J. Murray and M. Levey were seriously injured when a photographer’s powder grip exploded after Butler touched off the flash powder. Butler’s grip held a large powder supply and the blast threw them against a wall tearing Butler’s breast. The injured men are expected to recover.
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Omaha
Neb
Albert Butler
William Coffee
W. J. Murray
M. Levey
Butler
Stay Granted for Milwaukee Baseball Official in Bribery Case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Charles S. Havor, president of the Milwaukee American Baseball Association team. He was an alderman in Milwaukee, convicted of bribery and sentenced to two years in the house of correction, and is released on $10,000 bail.
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Madison
Wis
Supreme Court
Charles S. Havenor
Milwaukee American Baseball Association
Havenor
Milwaukee
House of Correction
Police Board Orders Sunday Saloon Closures Citywide
Kansas City police board issues an order effective April 2 requiring all saloons to close on Sundays. Many small grocers and butchers say they will also close on Sundays to support keeping saloons closed.
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Kansas City
Sawmill Burned at Summerfield Major Loss Reported
Fire destroyed the large sawmill plant of H. M. Goeth & Co at Summerfield Marion county wiping out saw and planing mills a dry kiln and about 200000 feet of lumber. Loss estimated at 100000 with no insurance.
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Jacksonville
Mla
H. M. Goeth & Co
Summerfield
Marion County
Global schools and scholars cited in early 20th century notes
The article surveys educational trends with Bangkok primary schools over ten thousand pupils, a $200000 donation to Harvard from the late James C Carter, and notable academics such as Prof Trombetti at Bologna, Ludwig Boltzmann in California, and Sir Oliver Lodge faulting arithmetic as folly. It notes Berlin University’s large enrollment and broad European representation in German university yearbooks.
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Bangkok
James C. Carter
New York
Harvard College
Trombetti
Bologna
Robert Friesen
Iceland
Sweden
Norway
Bavaria
Ludwig Boltzmann
University of Vienna
University of California
Berlin University
Germany
Europe
Sicily
Ireland
Russia
Oliver Lodge
Birmingham University
Who Owns the Railroads Reveals Broad Investment Ties
H. T. Newcomb reports that 5,174,718 savings bank depositors in six eastern states rely on $442,354,086 of steam railroad securities. Massachusetts insurers hold $845,889,038 in railroad stocks and bonds, while 74 educational institutions depend on $47,468,327 of similar investments. Total railroad holdings exceed $1.5 billion, about one sixth of all railroad capital, funded by masses with twenty million life insurance policyholders and many more bank and trust depositors.
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H. T. Newcomb
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Our shoes speak for themselves joke misprint
A humorous exchange notes a shoe dealer’s ad misprinting “Our shoes speak for themselves” as “Our shoes squeak for them selves.” The quip highlights a paper error in ad language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
Dumley Bewildered by Brix Ton Drift Away
Quote from the Boston Transcript shows Dumley and Barrass discussing a man named Brix ton who evades questions by claiming others have grown rich by minding their own business. The exchange underscores confusion and suspicion around the subject under discussion.
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Dumley
Brixton
Barrass
Asg
Boston Transcript
Dumley Studies Jiu Jitsu Says Philadelphia Press
The Philadelphia Press notes Dumley has begun studying jiu jitsu and is progressing well. It remarks he has nearly learned to pronounce the technique, highlighting humorous progress in a lighthearted item.
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Dumley
Philadelphia Press
Pusheck's Kuro Promises Health and Vitality Remedies
An advertisement extols Pusheck's Kuro as the ultimate tonic for general debility overwork and nerve fatigue. It claims to restore vigor cure weakness and improve appetite while urging readers to mail $1 to Dr. Pusheck in Chicago for a mail order bottle and illustrated booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusheck
Pusheek
Washington St
Chicago
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Advertising copy notes a guaranteed cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It claims all druggists refund money if it fails and bears E. W. Grove's signature on each box. The piece ends with a quoted line from Chicago Daily News.
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Lane
Buyitto
Imne
le Roy
E. W. Grove
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Mich
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Illinois
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Portland
Ore
Greene
Hartford
Conn
Jacob L. Greene
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Michigan Regiment
Bedjime
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Charles F. White
Rochester
Hla
Gov't
Swan Brothers, Dept
Streator
Chicago Daily News
George G. Warren
No. 8 Chemical
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Buffalo
Western
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Ottawa
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Quincy
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Panhandle
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Colo
Asests
Nevermyas
New York Elevated Railway
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Fitzgerald & CO
Box K
Washington, D.C
Lion Coffee
Grocers Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
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