Fire Menaces Timber Supply Says Weyerhaeuser
Congressman J R Mann and the congressional timber committee toured Northern Minnesota to study spruce timber supply and its impact on paper manufacture. They met Frederick Weyerhaeuser who warned fires threaten forests and noted vast western timber reserves as future sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Weyerhaeuser
Congressional Pulp Committee
J. R. Mann
Congressional Committee
Minnesota
St. Paul
Frederick W. Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser
Defense to murder case relies on temporary insanity for Hains
In Flushing Supreme Court Judge Garretson overruled a demurrer in the case against Capt. Peter C. Hains Jr. The indictment charges him as principal and accessory before the fact in the killing of William F. Annis at Bay Ridge Yacht Club last August. Jenkins Hains, brother of the captain, pleaded not guilty after the ruling. John F. McIntyre entered a not guilty plea for Capt. Hains on insanity grounds, with District Attorney Darrin not objecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter C. Hains
U. 8S
William FE. Annis
Bay Gide Yacht Club
Supreme Court
Flushing
L. J
Garretson
T. Jenkins Hains
Hains
Jenkins Hains
John F. McIntyre
Capt. Hains
Annis
Darrin
Father not fashion dictator in family dispute
Cleveland man Hildebrand faced assault charges after attempting to stop his 16 year old daughter Viola from wearing a hair net and using hot coffee to enforce obedience. Police Prosecutor Feniger persuaded the couple to forgive and forget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Tlldebrand
Cleveland
Feniger
Viola
Hildebrand
Bluecoats Hurt in Riot After Greek Colony Arrest
A riot in St. Louis at the Greek colony near Second and Plum streets injures twenty five men and women and two policemen after the arrest of William Sarkis on fighting charges. Police fire on the crowd, reinforcements arrive, and rioters are dispersed. A dozen Greeks are taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
William Sarkis
Second
Plum
Anniversary of Roosevelt Birth Reflects on Presidency
The text recalls President Roosevelt turning 40 on a Tuesday and reflects his view of nearing the end of his term. He says he has had a splendid time in the White House with no regrets, noting he has done things and is counting the days until he leaves office, and mentions plans for Africa next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
Africa
Water in Ohio River Again Sparks Coal Shipment to Cincinnati
Heavy rains raise the New river district water level allowing the shipment of over 1,000,000 bushels of Kanawha coal to Cincinnati. Local packet boats between Gallipolis Cincinnati and Louisville resume trips and many idle workers across the area gain employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
New River District
Cincinnati
Gallipolis
Louisville
Widow S D Meredith Takes Lethal Shot At Mothers Home
Mrs S D Meredith widow of Dr S D Meredith killed in Carthage Missouri January 2 1907 by Arthur Sanderson attempted suicide by shooting at her mother Mrs Amelia Saunders home. Meredith has lived in retirement in Richey Missouri since her husband’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Meredith
Carthage
Arthur Sanderson
Amelia Saunders
Meredith
Richey
Destructive hurricane hits Nicaragua coast towns
A cable from Bluefields Nicaragua reports a disastrous hurricane sweeping the coast last Friday and Sunday destroying the towns of Rio Grande and Prinzapulka with extensive interior damage and many deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Rio Grande
Prinzapulka
Senator Crane Home Burglarized in Dalton Massachusetts
Burglars broke into Senator W. Murray Crane and his wife in Dalton to steal about $1,000 in silver, including wedding presents. A watch and several pins and rings were among the stolen items while the Cranes slept on the floor above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Crane
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
Mass
Laurier Returns to Power with Reduced Majority
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal party have secured a return to government in Canada, experiencing a fall in majority from 66 to 40 seats while maintaining control. The outcome signals continued Liberal leadership amid a changed parliamentary balance.
Fleeing Broker Is Captured After Disappearance
Wallace H. Jopkins, a Chicago broker linked to a mining stock merger scheme, who vanished last April, has been arrested in Seattle amid investor mournings and legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace H. Jopkins
Chicago
Seattle
American Consul Kills Himself on Berlin Train
Silas C. McFarland, Iowa born consul general at large for Europe, shot himself aboard a railroad train between Hamburg and Berlin in Germany and died instantly. His body was removed at Ludwigslust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas C. McFarland
Iowa
Hamburg
Berlin
Germany
Indians Kill Game Warden Near Swan River Camp
Deputy Game Warden Charles S. Peyton was killed in a confrontation with Indians while attempting to arrest them for breaking state game laws. A 13 year old Indian boy fired. Peyton shot him as he fell. Rudolph and others reported multiple shots as squaws watched and fled with their dead braves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Scott
Henry A. Wass
Missoula
Mont
Charles S. Peyton
Swan River Country
Herman Rudolph
Peyton
Rudolph
Sanaws
Flood Devastates Cagayan Valley Killing Hundreds
A typhoon and torrential rains in the Cagayan Valley Luzon caused widespread flooding with rivers rising up to thirty feet. Officials expect about 300 deaths as refugees suffer cholera while residents flee inundated towns. American aid workers from Aparri, led by Lieuts. Treadway and Clark, rescued many from submerged homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
P. 1
Aparri
Treadway
Clark
Foss
New Plan to Reach Pole by Arctic Floe Drift Idea
Explorer Evelyn B Baldwin seeks White House audience to present a plan for reaching the North Pole. Backed by Admiral Melville and Admiral Schley, the concept would use a drifting Behring Sea ice floe to traverse to Greenland, a journey estimated at about three and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn B. Baldwin
White House
Mr. Baldwin
Roosevelt
Arctic
North Pole
Admiral Melville
Admiral Schley
Sir Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Behring Sea
Greenland
Executions in Russia in 1907 Total 627
The Rec publishes official statistics showing 627 executions in 1907 by military district courts. Of these, 81 were soldiers and 543 were civilians. The figures are far lower than earlier unofficial estimates based on press dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rec
Russia
Writ to compel Warry Thaw’s testifying in Pittsburgh revoked
A federal judge in Scranton issued a writ for Warry K. Thaw to testify in bankruptcy proceedings at Pittsburgh against Superintendent Lamb of the New York hospital for the criminal insane. Judge James S. Young dismissed the writ, thawing the asylum case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
United States
Archhbald
Scranton
Lamb
New York State Hospital
Pittsburg
Warry K. Thaw
Stanford White
James S. Young
Fires Devastate Vincennes Elevators and Paper Mill
A blaze in Vincennes Indiana destroyed Bartlett Kuhn & Co grain elevators of Terre Haute along the river front and the Empire Paper Company plant. Losses exceed 100000 with over 50000 bushels of wheat and 1500 of corn burned as flames threatened to spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Bartlett, Kuhn & Co
Terre Haute
Empire Paper Company
Nebraska blue laws upheld ban on Sunday work
The Nebraska Supreme Court sustained the legality of the blue laws prohibiting almost all Sunday business. The ruling arose in habeas corpus proceedings for John Ryan, an Omaha cigar dealer, and Jacob Caldwell, an Omaha barber, arrested under a state statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Nebraska
John Ryan
Jacob Caldwell
Getz Auto Explosion Likely Fatal Near Hawthorne
George F. Getz president of Globe Coal Company and two unidentified men may have died in a large touring car explosion near Hawthorne Illinois. The incident ties Getz to Chicago club and social circles as authorities probe the blast site and cause.
Black man killed in North Georgia quarry incident
An African American man, Charlie Mitchell, was fatally struck by Dock Rogers in a quarry cabin at Lithonia North Georgia. Mitchell, accused in a serious case, had fatally injured a white man and was pursued by members of his own race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Mitchell
Dock Rogers
North Georgia
Lithonia
Mitchell
Captain dies saving dog on Lake Erie barge
Captain John Robinson of the barge Cutter was killed at Kelley Island Lake Erie after leaping into the water to rescue a pet dog. He was crushed between the vessel and the dock in the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robinson
Kelley Island
Lake Erie
Robinson
Colorado Beached After Fire Damages Mallory Line Steamer
A Mallory Line steamer named Colorado bound from Tampa to New York ran aground in Hillsboro Bay after a fire damaged the forward hold. Passengers were saved and accounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallory Line
Colorado
Tampa
Fla
New York
Hillsboro Bay
States to Meet Over Night Riders After Election
Governors of tobacco and cotton growing states plan a conference after the election to devise measures against night riders. proposed by Tennessee Governor Patterson, sparked by Reelfoot Lake outrage, and to be called in the coming days with attendees from Tennessee Kentucky Missouri Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Tennessee
Gov. Patterson
Reelfoot Lake
Patterson
Snow Holds Trains Six Days to Medicine Hat
Snowbound trains reach Medicine Hat Saskatchewan from the East after six days of isolation. William Mitchell reports a second fatality from the storm while Donald Cameron and two others endure exhaustion seeking safety. A 3,000 sheep band was driven into Many Islands Lake with only 30 saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Sask
United States
William Mitchell
Donald Cameron
Cameron
Harvard Economist Warns Against Marriage for Sub $15 Earners
Harvard economist Thomas Nixon Carver argues that men earning less than 15 dollars a week should not marry or raise a family in cities like Boston. He warns such a policy would produce more unskilled workers, worsen labor markets, and calls for labor adjustment and limits on unskilled foreign labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Thomas Nixon Carver
Harvard University
Boston
Soldier disobeys orders and eats green apples
Private Leiser of Battery D Third Field Artillery US Army is dishonorably discharged for eating green apples after a lawful order to throw them away. He forfeits all pay and allowances and is sentenced to six months hard labor. The case cites conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline under the sixty second article of war. The sentence will be served at Fort Myer Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Leiser
Battery D
Third Field Artillery
Leiser
Fort Myer
Robbery by Three Masked Men at Morristown Residence
Three masked intruders cut outside telephone wires at the Perkins home in Morristown New Jersey. They entered, knocked down a maid, attacked and choked Mrs H W Miller sister of the Perkins sisters, and ransacked the house. They fled with jewelry valued at 2600 dollars and some cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Morristown
N. J
H. W. Miller
Misses Perkins
Cholera Rise in Manila Despite Public Gatherings
Seven new cholera cases were reported in Manila for the day ending Sunday night. Authorities attribute the increase to many public gatherings and feasts on Saturday night and Sunday. The situation is not considered grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Camp Till resident Hugh McGuire killed by highway robbers
Hugh McGuire a well known resident of Camp Till a Wittsburg suburb was killed by highway robbers between Camp Till and Carnegie. He was knocked unconscious with a blow to the head then thrown into a creek where he drowned. Authorities believe he had about 30 dollars in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McGuire
Camp Till
Wittsburg
Carnegie
McGuire
Promise of 500000 for Missions at Philadelphia convention
The Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church pledged 500000 for mission work in the United States and its possessions at its convention session in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphia
Cleveland Mayor Loses In Referendum Over 3-Cent Street Car Plan
Mayor Tom Johnson faced a decisive setback as the city voted against his 3-cent street car proposal by 875 in the referendum outcome. The result marks a clear rejection by Cleveland voters of the transportation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Bank Examiner Trial Over Stenographer Fraud Charge
New York trial cites bank official W. Morse accused of using a stenographer as a dummy to borrow $125,000 from his own bank. The case concerns an embezzlement scheme tied to the bank’s funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxey
New York
W. Morse
Two Die in Harbor Crossing Attempt at New Haven
Howard B. Welch and Charles A. Prindle attempted a harbor crossing from Morris Cove to Savin Rock in a small boat. Wind and tide drove them into Long Island Sound. Prindle died from exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Cove
Savin Rock
New Haven
Conn
Howard B. Welch
Charles A. Prindle
Long Island Sound
Prindle
Bank at Virgil robbed of 4400 dollars
The State Bank at Virgil in South Dakota was robbed of 4400 dollars early the other day. The bank carries burglar insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Virgil
S. D
Oklahoma Land Drawdown Shrinks Unappropriated Acres
The commissioner of the general land office reports only 86,389 acres of unappropriated public domain remain in Oklahoma at fiscal year end. Of 45,115,200 total acres, mountains, streams, and sandhills limit homestead opportunities. By comparison, 22 of 26 states have more vacant land, with Nebraska and others holding multi‑million acre surpluses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
Kansas
Alabama
Florida
Michigan
Louisiana
Arkansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
South Dakota
Oregon
Colorado
Idaho
California
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Nevada
Boy and older robber use boy to rob Frisco train
Two men aged 50 and a 14 year old boy boarded a Frisco freight train at Olathe Kansas City bound. They forced conductor Elmer G. Butcher and brakeman William M. Smith to surrender belongings. The boy searched pockets yielding 22.50 dollars and watches before the robbers fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kan
Kansas City
Elmer G. Butcher
William M. Smith
Sonny
Caboose
New Mexico Storm Kills Three in Sixty Mile Sweep
A cyclone ravaged Tucumcari and surrounding areas killing J. S. Owens’s eight year old daughter and injuring his wife and 12 year old son. Four others including Thomas Jones and Mrs J C Hawkins died in Hartford and Quay Valley as shanties were destroyed. An area sixty miles wide was left bare with extensive property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumucari
N. M
J. C. Hawkins
Quay Valley
T. C. Williams
San Francisco City Funds Shortage Under AG Investigation
Experts appointed by the Attorney General found a city treasury shortage of 60,000 dollars, with 14,000 owed to the State. The deficit occurred during the term of City Treasurer Banters surrounding the 1906 disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Banters
Dakota Southern Railway Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation filed at Pierre South Dakota for the Dakota Southern Railway Company with headquarters in Lemmon South Dakota and Dickinson North Dakota. The company plans to build from Rapid City South Dakota to Williston North Dakota via Lemmon and is capitalized at $00,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Dakota Southern Railway Company
Lemmon
S. D
Dickinson
N. D
Rapid City
Williston
Oil Man Arrested for Buying Votes in August Primaries
Albert Wesner a Standard Oil foreman at Sugar Creek near Kansas City was arrested on an capias for buying votes at the August primaries. Indicted by the grand jury recently he is a school board member and a man of influence in the oil company’s service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wesner
Standard Oil
Sugar Creek
Kansas City
Wesner
Teacher Cleared in Cruelty Case Against Miss Edith Wirt
The case in Kansas City Kansas against Miss Edith Wirt, accused of cruelty for sticking a pupil’s lips with court plaster, was dismissed by Prosecuting Attorney Taggart. Harvey Galloway, a 9 year old student, has been withdrawn from school by his parents due to his conversational propensities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wirt
Kansas City
Kan
Taggart
Harvey Galloway
Bomb Explodes in East Eleventh Street Tenement
A bomb exploded in a hallway of a tenement on East Eleventh Street New York causing alarm among eighteen families. It marks the fourth blast in the same block in a short period. Pasquale DisCardi, owner of the building, has received black hand warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Eleventh Street
New York
Pasquale Discardi
Cause of Bank Failures Per Federal Examiner
Edward P. Moxey, a federal bank examiner, says the epidemic of bank failures is caused by New York, the Great White Way, high finance, and lax enforcement of the law by some judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Moxey
Federal Bank Examiner
New York
Rewards for Night Riders in Texas Requested
Gov Campbell confined to his Palestine Texas home due to illness authorizes rewards for the arrest of night riders or anyone trying to burn cotton gins in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Palestine
Texas
Coshocton County Votes Dry In Local Option Fight
Coshocton County Ohio votes dry by 594 in a bitter local option contest. The City of Coshocton votes wet by 886, reflecting a split outcome between county and city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio County
Coshocton County
Ohio
Coshocton
Bank Cashier Indicted for Bank Failure Losses
Federal grand jury in Pittsburg returns three indictments with thirty eight counts against William Montgomery former cashier of Allegheny National Bank. Bank failed for over 1 000 000 dollars recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Tragic Canadian River Flood Kills 120 in Oklahoma
A cloudburst overflow of the Canadian River in Oklahoma kills about 120 people and leaves many missing. Survivors crowd trees or higher ground overnight, with boats used for perilous rescues as farms, buildings, and railway tracks are washed away along valleys between Shawnee and McLoud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Canadian
Canadian Valley
Shawnee
McLoud
Rock Island
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Santa Fe
Rail rate battles and coal supply woes dominate railroad news
Judge Wood declares unconstitutional a railroad tax measure pushing railroads to federal courts. Eastern coal shortages loom as output trails last year by two million tons. Philadelphia and Reading sues to strike down the two cent rate law. Western railroads seek stay on ICC order lowering cattle rates. Expertise disputes over the commodity clause and enforcement spark Supreme Court appeal. Witnesses discuss price fixing and output limits in Reading case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Wood
Mississippi Chancery Court
Louisville and
Nashville
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the State
Pennsylvania Railroad
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Western and Southwestern
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Joseph
New Orleans
Federal Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Congress
Circuit Court
Buffington
East
Delaware and Hudson
Ontario and Western
Guilbert
New York
J. S. Harris
Reading Road
Weekly Review of Chicago Trade Signals Gradual Recovery
The Weekly Review notes ongoing recovery in Chicago trade with rising bank payments and lower commercial mortality versus 1907. It reports broader distribution of goods, good agricultural conditions, and heavy flour sales, while wholesale buying remains lighter and currency movement slows ahead of elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Review of Chicago Trade
Rk, G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Trade outlook mixed as drought bites and harvest moves shape activity
Bradstreet's report notes cautious retail demand amid warm weather and election year conservatism, while manufacturers increase raw material buying and wheat shipments boost Northwest distributive centers. Ohio river steamboat traffic slows, coal moves stall, and forest fires persist as drought impacts commerce. U S weekly business failures total 231, Canada 81, with variances from prior periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Ohio River
Chicago
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Wholesale Market Prices Across U S Cities
Chicago cattle bids range 4.00 to 7.09, hogs 4.00 to 6.50, sheep 3.00 to 4.75, with grains and produce listed by class. St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo show varied cattle hogs wheat corn oats rye and related prices by grade and month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Hains’ Defense
Bluecoats
Explorer Baldwin
President
Scheme
Conference of Governors
Dakota Southern
Ynlra
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