Rate Law Discussion Delays Tariff Filings by Railroads
A Washington conference on the rail rate law drew 34 railroad officials and shipper representatives. Railroads urged more time to file tariffs, preserve posting methods, oppose changes to export and import rates before hearings, and require joint rate agreements. Shippers pushed against railroad classification changes that would raise rates.
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Strikebreakers En Route to San Francisco by Farley Trains
A New York led effort under James Farley is dispatching multiple special trains loaded with strike breakers toward San Francisco to quell the streetcar strike. The operation plans several cross‑country runs in four days, with ammunition medical supplies surgeons and staff coordinated from New York through Chicago and beyond.
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San Francisco
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Golden Gate City
Farley
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Chicago
Opium Den Raided in Fashionable Chicago Society
Detectives raided a six room third floor flat at 2828 Calumet Avenue finding numerous jeweled opium pipes and mounts. Four people were arrested and about a dozen others escaped through a hidden exit after the raid.
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Calumet Avenue
Iceland Plans Direct Import of American Goods
Reykjavik telegrams indicate Icelanders aim to import American goods directly bypassing British ports. Imports from the United States, notably petroleum, wheat and tobacco, have risen in recent years. Iceland’s legislature invites 40 Danish MPs to join the king on his slated 1907 Iceland visit.
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Why Not Teach Esperanto at Naval Academy
Washington August 30 The Naval Academy board weighs a letter from William Baff Worcester Mass proposing a daily one hour Esperanto lesson for five months. He argues midshipmen at Annapolis could acquire fluent reading writing and speaking ability as a supplementary language.
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Naval Academy Board
William Baff
Worcester
Mass
Annapolis
Strikers Destroy Mine as Reign of Turmoil Spreads
Strikers at Camargo in Santander Spain intensify actions as mine is destroyed and railways stripped of dynamite. Mine owners request urgent troop reinforcements as strike worsens.
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Spain
Camargo
Insurgency Grows in Cuban Countryside Amid Amnesties
News from Havana reports rising insurgent sentiment in Havana Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara as officers organize rapid fire artillery under American supervision. Insurgents seize arms horses and disrupt telegraph lines while talks of peaceful settlements surface amid mixed loyalties.
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Label on meat marks inspection with blue gelatine tag
Washington August 31 The new meat inspection act doubles inspector labels from 10,000 to 15,000 monthly. A gelatine tag printed United States Inspected Passed 207 adheres to beef and dissolves as heat and moisture erase threads, leaving only blue print. The tag is harmless and cannot be removed except by cutting.
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Agricultural Department
United States
Planning Immense Dam to Irrigate Million Acres
Denver reports a private plan to redeem nearly 1,000,000 arid acres with a 24 square mile reservoir 35 feet deep using Platte river surplus water. Engineer Frank J. McCarthy drafts plans aiming to irrigate land for 100,000 people. Police raid Riga kills and wounds rebels and a Lettish student. police, troops clash. Washington adopts phonetic spelling for all government printing. Stillings leads committee to set rules.
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Colorado
Frank J. McCarthy
Platte River
Washington
Stillings
Wilson Inspects Chicago Stockyards During Aug Visit
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson toured the Chicago stockyards inspecting packing plants and voiced great pleasure with the sanitary conditions observed. He spent part of the visit evaluating facilities and discussed aspects of meat handling and industry safety.
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Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
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