Forest Lands Purchase Bill Survives Senate Debate
The Senate passed a five million dollar measure to acquire lands for national forests in the southern Appalachians and White Mountains despite strong opposition from Senator Teller. He argued the federal government lacks authority for such acquisitions.
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Washington
BP. C
National Forests
Appalachian
White Mountains
Senate
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
United States
Fire destroys Fort Worth and Denver railroad shops
Early Saturday fire consumed the machine, blacksmith and boiler shops of the Fort Worth and Denver railroad in Fort Worth. Faulty wiring is blamed. Sixteen box cars burned and several locomotives damaged. Total loss estimated at 200000 dollars. Two hundred workers will lose jobs.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Childresail
Fort Wo
Denver
Conference of Governors Ends in Washington
The first conference of the governors of the states of the American union ended Saturday in Washington D C. Presidents Roosevelt and the participating governors hailed its immediate results as ample and significant, though time will reveal the epoch they foresee.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
States of the American Union
Roosevelt
Tillman Leaves Boston for Europe Seeking Health
Senator B R Tillman and his wife sail from Boston on the White Star liner Canopae for Europe for his health. He discusses the political situation and predicts that if Secretary Taft secures the Republican nomination the Democrats will win the presidency.
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Boston
Mass
B. R. Tillman
Scots Carolina
Europe
Canople
Tillman
Taft
Two New Battleships Planned For Navy Yard and Contract
Washington reports one of the two battleships authorized by congress will be built at the Brooklyn navy yard under orders from Acting Secretary Newbury. The second battleship will be constructed by contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Newbury
Date for first cotton report announced by bureau
The Department of Agriculture announces the first cotton report of the season by the Bureau of Statistics will be released Tuesday June 2 at noon Washington time. It will provide estimated acreage planted this spring and the crop condition as of May 25.
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Bureau of Statistics
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Fistern
Senators in Fist Fight on Senate Floor in Guthrie
In Guthrie Oklahoma Senators Morris and Roddie fought on the senate floor after Roddie called Morris a liar. Senator Oldie suffered serious head bruises and Senator Brook was struck during the melee as intervening officials attempted to separate them.
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Guthrie
Okla
Morris
Roddie
Senate
Oldie
Brook
Governor Glenn Receives Praise for Urging Congress Action
Governor Robert R. Glenn of North Carolina urged immediate congressional steps to preserve a great industry. Speaking at a White House conference, he lamented northern promises made after the Civil War and said North Carolinians have been rebuffed in seeking aid for their industry. Governors nationwide voiced sharp applause and concern over the handling of the request.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
North
Tme
Robert P. Glenn
North Carolina
White House
United States
Importer Ranking Shows US Lead in 1907 Brazilian Trade
The United States is ranked first as an importer of Brazilian goods in 1907, with Germany second and Britain and Germany following. The list highlights the US surpassing other nations, while Brazil maintains strong export ties and Rio de Janeiro appears among leading trade centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beret Magestaneiro
Serhan
Secota
United States
Germany
Britain
Rioting Halts Cleveland Street Cars During Conductors Strike
Early hours of a Municipal Traction strike in Cleveland see rioting and violence. Police faced stone throws and rough assaults at Lakeview and St Clair avenues as cars were derailed and tracks torn up. Many hurt as mobs stopped traffic and windows broke while workers walked to work.
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Cleveland, O
Municipal Traction Company
Lakeview
Kohler
Payne Avenue
St. Clair Avenue
East Ninetieth Street
Debs Nominated Again by Socialists in Chicago Convention
Eugene V. Debs was chosen as the Socialist party presidential nominee during an all night session at Brand’s ball in Chicago. The convention, ongoing for about eighteen hours, faced charges of gag rules and near riotous excitement as the nomination was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Eugene V. Debbs
Socialist Party
British mills curtail due to slack trade
At a conference of the spinnery of American cotton the mills will close for Whitsuntide week starting June 7 and every Saturday and Monday after for four weeks. The shutdown is attributed to slack trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Nine Victims of Wreck on Canadian Grand Trunk
A westbound Grand Trunk train was wrecked at Dustin, Hamilton Ont, Saturday morning. Nine people are confirmed dead and more may be trapped in the wreckage. Over twenty five were injured, some seriously.
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Canadian Grand Trunk Railway
Hamilton
Matteawan Acting Superintendent Says Thaw Is Insane
Dr Amos T Baker acting superintendent of the Matteawan state hospital testifies in the Thaw case that he believes Thaw is insane and that it would be dangerous to public safety if Thaw were at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matteawan Asylum
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Amos T. Baker
State Hospital
Matteawan
Baker
Packing Plant Fire Destroys Omaha Facility
The Omaha Packing company’s large South Omaha plant was totally destroyed by a Friday night fire. Estimated loss runs to 1.26 million dollars with Cudahy Packing also hit, facing about 200 thousand dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Omaha Packing Company
South Omaha
Cudahy Packing Company
Minnesota Democrats back Johnson for president nomination
The Minnesota state democratic convention endorsed Governor Johnson unanimously after an initial 772 to 166 vote. The endorsement moved to unanimous, signaling strong support for his presidential nomination bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Johnson
Seven Years For Harvey Embezzlement Case
Pittsburg bank teller Thomas W. Harvey surrendered to federal authorities and was sentenced to seven years in the western penitentiary for embezzling nearly two million dollars from the Enterprise National Bank, which failed years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Thomas W. Harvey
Enterprise National Bank
Western Penitentiary
Dakota Divorces Void In Scottish Estate Case
The claimant Stirling, son of a woman once married to a Canadian minister, failed in chancery court as Dakota divorces were ruled illegal. The case centered on a $500,000 Scottish estate and questioned Stirling’s birth legitimacy due to the Dakota divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
London
Eng
Chancery Court
Stirling
Ballot Recount Underway in Gotham Mayor Case
A recount of ballots from the last city election will begin May 25 before Justice Lambert in a quo warranto challenge to test George B. McClellan’s right to be mayor of New York.
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New York
N. Y
Lambert
Supreme Court
George B. McClellan
Vreeland Currency Bill Passed Amid Congressional Debate
The Washington bill to expand currency by 500 million dollars cleared the House 184 to 145 under a special rule. Insurgent Republicans and Democrats opposed the measure, while Democrats largely abstained. The plan requires banks with large reserves to join clearing houses and deposits securities with the Treasury to back issued notes up to 75 percent, with Gold or lawful money reserves against added notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Bryan
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Family of four murdered on New Jersey farm
A brutal shooting spree on W. B. Sheppard’s Wickatunk farm leaves Sheppard, his wife, servant Jennie Bondy, and their 10 month old child dead. A farmhand is missing as hundreds scour the area. motive unclear, with rumors of hidden money.
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Matteawan
N. J
W. B. Sheppard
Wickatunk
Sheppard
Jennie Bondy
Sheppards
Confession Tells of Slaying a Sweetheart in Utah Canyon
Alvin Heaton aged 18 confessed in Kanab Utah that he murdered his sweetheart Mary Stevens two months ago in a canyon near Orderville. The case mirrors the Grace Brown Chester Gillette tragedy in detail.
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Kanab
Utah
Grace Brown
Chester Gillette
Alvin Heaton
Orderville
Mary Stevenus
After long years of waiting disinherited son inherits
Rev Dr David Gregg formerly pastor of Lafayette Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn receives 750000 dollars from his mother Mrs Margaret Gregg of Pittsburgh, following years of estrangement due to his change of faith.
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New York
N. Y
David Gregg
Lafayette Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Margaret Gregg
Pittsburg
Hollowell awarded damages against Caldwell night riders
Paducah Kentucky jury awarded Robert Hollowell 35 000 in a suit against his brother and 27 other alleged night riders from Caldwell county for driving him and his family from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollowell
Paducah
Robert Hollowell
Caldwell County
Roosevelt’s power upheld in Brownsville case
Judge Hough rules President Roosevelt may dismiss negro soldier Oscar W. Reid of the Twenty-fifth Infantry for alleged riot involvement. Reid sued for $122 in wages from dismissal to end of enlistment. verdict favors the government as District Attorney Stimson argued the president’s right to dismiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
New York
N. Y
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Texas
Hough
United States District Court
Oscar W. Reid
Stimson
Judge Hough
Railroad Official Warns Of Wage Cuts At Convention
W. G. Brown vice president of the New York Central lines warned at the Chicago Manufacturers' convention that railroads may cut wages for about 1,590,000 workers if they cannot raise freight rates. The statement sparked strong debate at the Auditorium annex.
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Chicago
Auditorium Annex
W. GC. Brown
New York Central Lines
Southern Baptist Convention Opens in Hot Springs
The fifty third annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention began in Hot Springs Arkansas with large crowds in the Eastman hotel hall and overflow pavilion. Joshua Levering of Baltimore was unanimously chosen president after a welcome by Rev W T Amis and messages from Jerusalem by president Edward W Stehens. Dr Lansing Burrows reported 1084 delegates with about 500 more arriving. Levering, known as the 1896 prohibition ticket candidate, assumes high honor among Southern Baptists.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Eastman Hotel
Southern Baptist Convention
Edward William Stehens
Columbia
Jerusalem
Joshua Levering
Baltimore
W. E. Hatcher
Virginia
The
Baptists
W. T. Amis
Lansing Burrows
Tennessee
United States
Last of Supply Bills Reported to House in Deficiency Act
The general deficiency appropriation bill, the last of the regular supply measures, was reported to the House by the appropriations committee. It totals 17,342,572 dollars with 10,000,000 for pensions under the widows pension act of 1907. Naval costs totaling 3,156,209 include higher enlisted and officer pay and coal for around the world voyage, coal and transport at 5,000,000 dollars. Military establishment costs total 1,310,901 to cover pay increases for active and retired Army personnel.
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House
Washington, D. C
Committee On Appropriations
Naval Establishment
Navy
San Francisco
New York
Army
Deadly cyclone devastates northwest Louisiana towns
A devastating tornado in northwest Louisiana left an estimated thirty dead and about two hundred injured. Gilliam, Bolinger, and Elmore suffered heavy damage with few houses standing in Gilliam and partial destruction near Elmore. The path spanned about fifty miles with a mile wide impact zone.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Gilliam
Bolinger
Elmore
Steel Trust Enters Cement Making to Fight Prices
United States Steel enters cement production due to alleged exorbitant prices by independents. A new plant near Pittsburg cost $1,000,000 and will produce 3,000,000 barrels a year, aiming to push small cement makers out of business.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Burrows Named Temporary Chairman for National GOP Convention
United States Senator Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan was chosen by the Republican National Committee sub committee as temporary chairman for the national convention in Chicago. John R. Malloy of Columbus Ohio was elected general secretary.
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Michigan
Chicago
United States
Julius Caesar Burrows
Republican National Committee
John R. Malloy
Columbus
Ohio
Indians unearthed bones while grading Newbern street
Workmen digging for pavement in Newbern North Carolina uncovered human bones two feet below the surface likely indicating Indian graves buried before settlement. The find follows a similar dig on the street as crews prepare to lay pavement.
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Newbern
N. C
Daniel S. Tuttle
Missouri
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Lst
University of Cambridge
Congressman's lobby confrontation with ex Governor in Jacksonville
In the Hotel Aragon lobby Congressman Frank Clark faced ex Governor W S Jennings who accused him of insulting his wealth. A cane was snatched and three blows were struck before bystanders intervened. Clark claimed Jennings sought graft and questioned his wealth. Jennings is said to be related to William Jennings Bryan.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Frank Clark
Florida
W.S. Jennings
Hotel Aragon
Clark
Opera House
Jennings
G. A. Nunnally
Columbia College
Lake City
William Jennings Bryan
Taft Talks of Canal During Charleston Visit
Secretary of War William H. Taft arrived by cruiser Prairie in Charleston Harbor and, after a lengthy stop in the city, left for Washington at 555 PM. He spoke of progress on the canal project, enjoyed a reception at the Charleston Hotel, and declined to discuss U S Panama relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Waterway
Charleston
William H. Taft
Prairie
Washington
Taft
Panama
Rhett
United States
Railroads Indicted Over Cotton Shipment Rebates
Federal grand jury returned indictments Saturday against the Illinois Central and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads for accepting rebates on cotton shipments.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
New Scheme of Night Riders Shoot and Destroy Tobacco Beds
Night riders from Owen county led fifty men through Grant into Scott county Kentucky destroying numerous tobacco beds. They forced owners to set cash values then paid and destroyed the beds while warning against further crops. In East St. Louis the Sendelbach Wheel plant burned causing 110000 loss. In Pittsburgh a cashier at Allegheny National Bank faces defense alleging insanity and money obsession.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Owen County
Grant County
Scott
East St. Louis
Ill
Sendelbach Wheel Company
Dividend and dispatches as late news notes
The Standard Oil company declares a $9 per share quarterly dividend payable June 15, matching the prior three years. A new revenue division for South Carolina, Eastern Georgia and Florida is set with EB W Screven in charge from Columbia SC. Also reported are various fires, deaths, political moves, court actions and tariff inquiries.
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Standard Oil Company
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
EB. W. Screven
Columbia
8. C
Minneapolis
Omaha
J. M. Lindman
Chicago
A. Branski
Arthur R. Ehrnbeck
Mindanao
Philippines
Malabang
Federal Coal and Coke Company
Fairmont
W. Va
New York
J. H. Rowell
Bloomington
Tfl
United States Signal Corps
Nome
Fort Gibson
Fort Egbert
Wrangel
Petersburg Cannery
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
McCunnan
Kansas City
William Barton
Great Western Insurance Company Agency
Raphilla Burgroff
Los Angeles
Cal
Mexico City
Richmond
W. C. Butler
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
J. J. Hairfield
Reserve Trust Company
Cleveland
Superior Savings and Trust Company
Joseph Ottuse
Passaic
N. J
Louise Paci
Guy
Stratton
Seattle
Wash
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Uncle Sam
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Minnesota
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Gotham
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Steel Trust
William F. Stewart
Raynor
Schley
Schley-Samson
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Edward T. Sanford
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Nebraska
Committee On Ways and Means
Mack Sweet
Bristol
Pierce County
George Rodenberry
Jones
Richardson
Alabama
Ellen Bernard Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
Edward D. Haussig
George F. Elliott
Internal Revenue
Fletcher Maddox
Montana
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