Mexicans Demand Expulsion of Foreigners in Anti Yankee Drift
The Mexican press amplifies anti foreign sentiment with La Patria calling for "Mexico for Mexicans" and urging Americans to leave. It condemns Yankees and supports a proposed mining law to bar foreigners from owning mines in frontier states and restrict foreign company mining nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
la Patria
Argentine
Chile
Brazil
Union
Grocers Elect Officers At Southern Wholesale Session
The Southern Wholesale Grocers Association closed its three day Asheville convention electing J. Van Hoose as president H A Forcheimer first vice president W B Mallory second vice president 8 W Lee treasurer and Robert Moore secretary. An advisory board was named Adolph Seyer L D Cooper A Pendleton James Handy L B Rogers J K C Walbern W J Dobbs J R Williams with Hot Springs Ark chosen as next meeting site after 700 delegates toured the Biltmore estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
J. van Hoose
Bimingham
Ala
H. A. Forcheimer
Mobile
W. B. Mallory
Memphis
Birmingham
Adolph Seyer
Arkansas
L. D. Cooper
Florida
A. §. Pendleton
Georgia
James Handy
Monroe
L. B. Rogers
South Carolina
J. K. C. Walbern
Charleston
W. J. Dobbs
Tennesee
J. R. Williams
Lynchburg
Hot Springs
Ark
Biltmore Estate
China’s Thanks for Boxer Indemnity Remittance Plan
The United States plans to remit part of the Boxer indemnity to China. China expresses gratitude and says it will annually educate many Chinese students in America until the award is fully paid. A high commissioner will visit Washington to convey thanks. The bulk of the funds will fund education for Chinese students in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
China
Peking
America
Washington
Mexico Delivers Walker to United States in Embezzlement Case
William F. Walker, a $500000 embezzler from New Britain Connecticut, was brought to the United States aboard the steam er St Denis from Ensenada. He was in custody of State Superintendent Hlan of Connecticut and detective H J Hoffman. Walker appeared a pitiable figure ashore and offered little beyond a dour shake of the head. Newspaper men received few answers as he and his guards moved to the Santa Fe station and departed for Los Angeles.
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Mexico
Walker
United States
San Diego
Cal
St. Denis
Ensenada
William F. Walker
New Britain
Conn
Hlan
Connecticut
H. J. Hoffman
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Ruef to Face Third Trial Over Bribery Allegations
Abraham Ruef once dominated San Francisco politics and built a labor alliance that helped elect three mayors. He faces trial for the third time on charges of bribing fourteen of the eighteen members of Schmitz's last board of supervisors to grant franchises to public service companies, amid seventy eight indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Abraham Ruef
Union Labor
Eugene BE
Schmitz
Ruef
Schmitz Board of Supervisors
Railroad presidents oppose general freight rate hike
President McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad said after the New York meeting that the time is not opportune to raise all class freight rates in the territory represented. The statement followed discussions among railroad presidents on freight rate increases.
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Eastern Railroad
Philadelphia
New York
McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Nineteen Islander Slavery Survivors Return Home
Nineteen South Sea Islander survivors, kidnapped about 18 years ago and sold into peonage on Guatemalan coffee plantations, arrived on the City of Para. They travel as tourists with British government support, recounting their forced voyage aboard Captain Blackburns Montzeratt, which sank in December 1894 with all hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peonage
San Francisco
Cal
Guatemala
Para
Blackburn
Montzeratt
Man Claims He Was Bitten by Three Thousand Dogs
Dr. F R Jackson of the Pasteur Institute examined David Steinfeldt of Montclair who says he has been bitten by many dogs during six years as town dog catcher. Steinfeldt reports occasional hydrophobia symptoms and fears New York tests.
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New York City
F. R. Jackson
Pasteur Institute
Montclair
N. J
David Steinfeldt
Haseen
Steinfeldt
New York
Blacksmith H R Williams seeks Texas governor’s chair
Texas Democrats choose at the primary whether to elevate blacksmith H R Williams of Crumby or reelect Governor Campbell. Williams, who served in the legislature eight years ago, rails against Campbell’s anti corporation policy while hammering at the anvil and shoeing stubborn animals during his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Democrats of
Campbell
H. R. Williams
Crumby
Williams
In Touch With Ministry Not Recognizing Paraguay Government
The United States has not recognized Paraguay's new government after a recent revolution. Minister O'Brien is in touch with the ministry as a contingency to protect American interests. Recognition will depend on the new ministry's ability to maintain peace and honor treaty relations. Also notes campaign plans and candidates including Hitchcock, Taft, Kern, and Bryan, with party strategies and endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Paraguay
O'Brien
United States
Prohibition Party Nominates Chafin and Watkins in Columbus
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago is the presidential nominee and Aaron S. Watkins of Ada, Ohio the vice presidential choice after a three ballot process at the national convention in Columbus. Palmore opposed the ticket. Watkins won with an overwhelming first ballot majority for VP. The party platform calls for nationwide prohibition, direct senatorial elections, income taxes, postal savings banks, and strict enforcement of law. Carrie Nation spoke on tobacco abstinence and party unity.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eugene W. Chafin
Chicago
Aaron S. Watkins
Ada
Chafin
William H. Palmore
St. Louis
Palmore
Watkins
T. R. Demaree
Kentucky
Holler
Indiana
Prohibition Party
Prohibition Party of the
United States
Oho
Congress
District of Columbia
Territories
Internal Revenue
Post Office Department
Carrie Nation
Churchill weighs action on American beef combine control
In London Winston Churchill, president of the board of trade, told Lord Robert Cecil in the house of commons that the government is carefully watching the six firms that form the American beef combine to curb retail trade dominance in Great Britain. He said current inquiries have not proved the need for a house of commons committee of inquiry.
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England
London
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Board of Trade
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
Churchill
House of Commons Committee of
Money to Move Crops Mississippi Farmers to finance cotton
Mississippi bankers say farmers will need little, if any, outside aid to market this season's cotton. Banks are in better shape to finance the crop, and the Mississippi branch of the Farmers' Union will play a prominent role in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Farmers’ Union
Shriners Elect Officers and Pick Louisville for 1909 Conclave
The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine elected officers for the 1909 conclave and chose Louisville Ky as meeting place. Selections include imperial potentate Edwin I. Alder man Marion Iowa and others from major cities. A Shrine temple Nile will be established in Seattle with dispensations granted while denied for Macon Dawson Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
St. Paul
Min
Imperial Council
Imperial
Edwin I. Alderman
Marion
Iowa
George L. Street
Richmond
Rabban
Fred A. Hines
Los Angeles
Cal
William J. Cunningham
Baltimore
Imperial Oriental Guide
William W. Irwin
Wheeling
W. Va
Jacob T. Barron
Columbia
Henry F. Niedringhans
St. Louis
William 8. Brown
Pittsburg
Imperial Recorder
Benjamin F. Rowell
Boston
Moss
Masons
Seattle
Wash
Nile
Macon
Dawson City
Yukon
Cairo
Mlineis
Workingman Feeds Unemployed at Christopher Street
John Morgan, a poor workman, feeds scores of hungry men free soup bread and coffee each morning at 102 Christopher Street New York City. About one hundred men per day line up before 7am for a free breakfast and dinner as Mr Morgan and his daughter manage limited space and rent. They rely on donated provisions from bakers butchers and grocers as they seek work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
John Morgan
Christopher Street
Morgan
Nine Persons Blown Up by Powder Magazine Blast
An explosion at the North Western Improvement Company powder magazine in Cle Elum Washington killed nine people and seriously injured others. The deceased include George Mead store manager Gifford McDowells clerk Andy Grill Mrs Perry Moffatt infant child of Mrs Moffatt Joe Rossi miner and two miners. Mead and two store clerks went to assist unloading a carload of powder. Cause of the accident is not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleolum
Wash
Northwestern Improvement Company
George Mead
Gifford McDowells
Andy Grill
Perry Moffatt
Moffatt
Joe Rossi
Joe Pogliappi
Mead
Boy and mother wounded in train shooting near Atlanta
Eight year old Hiram Jamieson and his mother Mrs Jamieson were seriously wounded when a bullet from a passing freight train struck the boy in the head and then entered his mother’s neck as they rode a suburb an car returning from an outing for Fulton county orphans. The train crew was later arrested pending investigation.
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Atlanta
Hiram Jamieson
Jamison
Decatur
Railway doubles track Washington to Atlanta link
The Southern railroad will start double tracking the Danville Virginia to Greensboro North Carolina segment. About one thousand workers will be employed. The project costs around 12 million dollars and is expected to take about two years, forming a key link in the Atlanta to Washington double track system.
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Washington
Atlanta
Greensboro
N. C
Southern Railroad
Danville
Heavy peach crop in Delaware to reach record 1.78 million baskets
Reports from Delaware and Maryland indicate a bumper peach season with Delaware railroads estimating 1 779 030 baskets. Traffic managers along peach growing routes plan swift movement as harvest begins to swell shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Delaware
Maryland
Smith to die for sister's murder in Florida court
Otis D. Smith, a young white man, sentenced to death by the circuit court for the murder of his sister Cora Belle Smith. Witnesses testified to cruel treatment and threats. The execution date has not been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Otis D. Smith
Cora Belle Smith
Shippers Prepare Fight Over Freight Rate Hike
Executives from major rail systems meeting in Louisville decide on a 4 to 10 cent per hundred pound rate increase in the Southeastern Freight Association and Southeastern Mississippi Valley territory. Rates expected to file by August 1 and take effect September 1, with Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers’ Association resisting. A Chicago conference of shippers’ associations planned, possibly in Indianapolis, to coordinate nationwide opposition.
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Louisville
Southeastern Freight Association
Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association
Ohio River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Mississippi River
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers’ Association
Central Freight Association
Chicago
United States
Car Robber Gang Captured in Pensacola Florida
Eleven men jailed after a police raid uncovers a highly organized gang of wholesale grocery drivers in Pensacola. Loot including butter lard beer whiskey and champagne found at a restaurant and two stores. One gang member possibly fatally wounded by an officer.
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Pensacola
Florida
Fla
Louisville and Nashville
Tribute to General S. D. Lee Echoed in Maine Historian Letter
Dr. Henry S. Burrage, Maine historian, writes to Jackson Mississippi director Dunbar Rowland seeking a copy of Burrage’s sixth annual report. He pays tribute to the late General S. D. Lee, recalling Lee’s 1903 Vicksburg address and a subsequent gracious reply, praising his patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrage
Maine
Jackson
Miss
Dunbar Rowland
Department of Archives and History
Henry S. Burrage
Grant
Vicksburg
Massachusetts Monument
General Lee
Democrats Nominate Gard ner for Governor in Maine Prohibition Push
In Bangor Maine Democrats at a convention nominate Obediah Gardner of Rockland for governor and Everett M Mower of Augusta for state auditor. Electors for president and vice president are named. The platform calls for resubmission of the prohibitory law repeal of the Sturgis law abolition of the state liquor agency a fifty eight hour work week for women and children prohibits child labor in factories and backs the national ticket and platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Maine
Obediah Gardner
Rockland
Everett M. Mower
Augusta
BILL POSTERS CONVENTION AT ATLANTA NEXT YEAR
The Associated Bill Posters of the United States and Canada elected officers for the ensuing year. George L. Chennell of Columbus is president, W. Burton of Richmond vice president, Charles Bernard of Chicago secretary, and C. A. Philley of St. Joseph treasurer. The next annual meeting will be at Atlanta in July 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Colorado Springs
Cal
William H. Taft
Hot Springs
Cincinnati
John W. Kern
Kokomo
Ind
Alabama
The
Independence League
Chicago
M. W. Howard
United States
Virginia
John Temple Graves
William Randolph Hearst
Atlanta
Detroit
Mich
Associated Bill
Canada
George L. Chennell
Columbus
Ohio
W. §. Burton
Richmond
Charles Bernard
C. A. Philley
St. Joseph
Wreck on Western Maryland Express. many injured
Numerous West Virginians among passengers hurt when the Elkins to Baltimore Western Maryland express wrecked near Keyser. Two caskets opened. bodies recovered amid riverbed debris.
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Southern Republic
Grocers
LO ii
Thomas E. Watson
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Ollie James
Hawaii
William A. McKimmey
Honolulu
Messrs, Bryan
Kern
PROHI
Eugene Chafin
A. S. Watkins
Rev. Palmore of
American Beef Combine
Shriners
White
Lee
Bill Posters Convention
Elkins
Keyser
Chiapas
Mexic
Bell Guinness
LaPorte
K. M. Camé
Germany
Annie Morgan
Pierpont Morgan
Berlin
Santa Barbara
William Awbry
South Tokio
Japan
London Times
Boston and Maine
Yokosuka
Kure
Manila
P. L
Corregildia Island
Molokia
H. H. Rodgers
Wall Street
Cleveland National Forest
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Juan Herzgeld
el Potrero Cordova
Vera Cruz
Interstate Comme! Commission
Signal Corps Office
Board of Ordnance
Army
Jamestown Position
Federal Court
Norfolk, Va
Guam
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