Washington Notes and World Happenings 1907
Recap of naval movements led by Rear Admiral Hivans from Hampton Roads to the Pacific under Roosevelt. currency emergency measures urged. Congressman Tillman attacks administration. canal survey proposed between Toledo and Chicago. new national forests proclaimed. Santa Claus letters redirected to charities. Indian land fraud exposed. various policy, legal, and international notes. notable deaths and incidents across the U.S. and abroad.
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Washington
Hivans
Hampton Roads
Pacific Ocean
Roosevelt
Congress
Ridgely
Tillman
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Justice
Ansberry
Ohio
Toledo
Chicago
Maumee River
Lake Michigan
New Vegas National Forest
Nevada
Aquarius National Forest
Utah
Meyer
Santa Claus
Shawnee
Okla
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
William C. Bristol
United States
Oregon
Department
Indian Affairs
Leupp
Alice Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Central America
Denver
Col
Democratic National Committee
Explosions and closures mark broad regional distress
An explosion hit a coal mine in Yolande Alabama with about 60 believed dead. Schools in Farmington Big Falls and New Ulmlinn shut due to diphtheria and scarlet fever. Bernard BE Wallace killed Elsie Kerlin and himself in a Brooklyn taxi. Insurance licenses for Commonwealth Fire Texas and German Fire Indiana revoked by State Superintendent Barnes Kansas. Gov Willson Kentucky ordered Company H First Kentucky militia from Louisville to Tophinss ule.
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James Bryce
United States
Washington
London
Alexander Gilmour
Ethel Watterson
Col
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Portland
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National Civic Federation
New York
Laurel
Miss
Edward Bragg
B. W. Sharborough
Sian
Dupont
Bowling Green
Germany
Prussia
James
William Campbell
Illinois Central
Epworth
Frank Frankenberg
Colonial Savings Bank of Columbus
Harmony Knitting Mills
Troy
N. Y
Mary Elizabeth Lewis
Geological Survey
Pittsburg
W. M. O. Dawson
West Virginia
Fairmont Coal Company
Monongah
Louis B. Stenberg
Kansas City
Kan
Mattie Sternberg
Korea
Tokio
Abraham Hummel
Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
Dodge-Morse
Ned H. Starmer
George Blakely
St. Joseph
America
Yolande
Ala
Farmington
Big Falls
New Ulmlinn
Bernard BE. Wallace
Elsie Kerlin
Brooklyn
Commonwealth Fire Insurance Company of Texas
German Fire Insurance Company of
Indiana
Barnes
Kansas
Adjt
Johnston
Gov
Willson
Kentucky
First
Navy Communications Report From Georgia to Rhode Island Fleet
Norfolk reports first fleet contact with Battleship Georgia at sea off North Carolina as conditions improve. Washington informs Capt. Murdock of a wife’s improvement while Peru prepares welcome events for the American fleet led by Rear Admiral Evans.
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Norfolk
Georgia
Beaufort
N. C
Charleston
S. C
DeForest
Connecticut
Washington
Navy Department
J. B. Murdock
Rhode Island
Trinidad
Lima
Peru
Callao
Pardo
Evans
Ile
Croya
Train Hold-Up Frustrated Near Spokane
An attempted robbery of a westbound Northern Pacific train near Spokane failed after the engineer did not stop. Harry Draper led a posse with bloodhounds to Trent. one fleeing man was caught, another possibly wounded, and officers found five dynamite bombs and a safe-cracking tool under a nearby bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
Harry Draper
Trent
D. H. Murphy
Draper
Prominent banker found dead in bathtub
Frederick E. Sargeant cashier and vice president of the Jewelers' National Bank of North Attleboro was found dead in his bath tub Tuesday night. Medical Examiner Holden ruled the death an accidental drowning and attributed it to misadventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Attleboro
Mass
Frederick E. Sargeant
Jewelers’ National Bank
Providence
R. I
Holden
Lord Kelvin Dies in Glasgow Noted Scientist and Mathematician
The renowned scientist Lord Kelvin died on Tuesday in Glasgow. Born June 26, 1824 in Belfast, Ireland, he served as professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow University from 1846 to 1899. He was knighted in 1866 and created Baron Kelvin in 1892.
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Glasgow
Lard Kelvin
William Thornton
Lord Kelvin
Belfast
Ireland
Glasgow University
Baron Kelvin
Cartelyou Denies Involvement in Political Activity
Secretary Cartelyou denounces rumors of friends pushing a presidential movement in his interest as false and declares he has not sought any office beyond public confidence. He says if he later decides to run he will state it plainly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Lewis
Peoria
Inl
Lewis
Cartelyou
Washington
Equal to the occasion in playful family scene
A caller recalls a lighthearted exchange between a father and mother about a young man named Smith. The father remarks on his pace and the son’s witty reply, “I’m holding my own,” followed by the mother’s amused reactions.
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Young Smith
Maria
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Marhet
C. J. Broughton
Quincy
Chicaca
W. A. Rogers
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
T. O. Currie
Callahan Block
Milwaukee
Wis
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Toledo Firm
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only constitutional remedy for catarrh claiming to cure by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Promises one hundred dollar test and invites readers to send for circulars and testimonials. Also plugs Hall's Family Pills for constipation with a French quote.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Michigan
Omaha
Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
Charles P. Neill
Herbert Knox Smith
Goldfield
Nev
Gen. Funston
Chicago Lumiber Company
Manistique
Mich
Saginaw Produce & Cold Storage Company
West Saginaw
Otto Schmigler
Caroline Webster
Myrtle Spence
Columbus O
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Archdiocese of Chicago
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Mount Vernon
Lad
Eightieth Indiana Regiment
W. A. Simonson
St. Louis
Union of Souls
Boris Minoff
Jessie Schroeder
Cleveland
Teheran
Persia
Parliament
Volunteers of America
Wall Street
Leighton Coleman
Episcopal
Delaware
Wilmington
Siberia
Memphis
William Gordon
Fairbanks Banking Company
Fairbanks
Alaska
Chamberlain
Old Point Comfort
Admiral Evans
Martha A. Campbell
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Congregational Sunday School
Steubenville
Greenfield Township
Sandusky
Carola
Albert
Saxony
Paris
James Hoatson
Calumet
Augusta
Edward L. Fulkerson
Mississippi River
St. Charles
William Shields
Parkersburg
W. Va
Clarence Darrow
George A. Pettibone
Boise
Harry Orchard
Mad
William Bliss
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston
Gov. Folk
Missouri
Martin Paulsgrove
Mary Newman
Lillian Wulff
Momence
John Thompson & Sons Manufacturing Company
Beloit
Cooke
Francis E. Leupp
George P. Harpst
Mary Volek
M Harpst
Richard IE. Walton
Lillian Grant White
Warner
Bird
Chelsea
Justice Burr
Supreme Court of
Kings County
Trent, Wash
North Attleboro, Mass
Dodds
Theumat
Aia
Guar
Carters
Investments and Securities CO
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