Immigration record set in fiscal year ending 1906
Washington reports a new immigration record with 1 100 735 immigrant aliens and 1 65 618 non immigrant aliens admitted, totaling 1 166 352. The 1905 figure was 1 659 755, with 12 452 aliens rejected this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank. Sargent
United States
Department
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Sicily
Sardina
Russia
Finland
China
Japan
West Indies
Europe
Park Cannot See Strike Affecting Union Pacific
General Superintendent Park of the Union Pacific says firemen on his line remain loyal to their organization and have a two year wage agreement. He cannot imagine the Southern Pacific strike spreading to Union Pacific lines and notes no local or along-line support for such extension. Park adds coal supplies are adequate across stations and only severe weather or a strike could create a shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Park
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Texas
Scandia Journal Compilation of scattered quotes and notes
A fragment from Scandia Journal cites a Turkish trade rule banning crescent trademarked goods, quotes an American author on education and character, notes San Francisco’s relief fund, criticizes grafters, and mentions a Chicago preacher advocating ending Christmas with a remark about slippers for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chicago
Paris paper claims clock shielding method by Leroy
A Paris scientific periodical reports a workable method to shield watches and clocks from magnetic influences. It credits the innovation to a watchmaker named Leroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Leroy
Queen Wilhelmina’s cattle shipped to Mecklenburg blocked
Queen Wilhelmina had cows sent from Holland for her husband’s Mecklenburg-Schwerin estate but customs stopped the shipment at the German frontier due to a law prohibiting foreign cattle imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina
Holland
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Chrysanthemums As Salad In Chinese Cuisine
Leaves from the large chrysanthemum plant are prepared as a salad and valued in Chinese cooking. The plant’s leaves resemble cabbage in texture and can be eaten when properly prepared.
Wealth and stinginess linked for duchess of Connaught
The Kansas City Times asks whether people become rich because they are stingy or whether they grow stingy after becoming rich. It notes the duchess of Connaught, wife of King Edward's brother, is described as very rich and very stingy.
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Connaught
Edward
The
Kansas City Times
Submarines Debate Persists Over Cruelty of Warfare
The piece argues submarines are uncanny vessels capable of drowning crews in peace or war and criticizes their role as cowardly weapons striking below the belt. It notes calls to ban submarines and even floating mines from civilized warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
University to establish biological laboratory in Pacific Grove
The Pacific Improvement Company has donated the Chinatown area in Pacific Grove to the University of California. A biological laboratory will be built at a cost around a quarter of a million dollars, with 400 student accommodations. Professor Loeb will head the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Grove
University of California
Pacific Improvement Company
Loeb
Engineers Eye Power Link From Victoria Falls to Transvaal
Engineers accept the feasibility of transmitting power from Victoria Falls to the Transvaal 750 miles away and contracts show the work will proceed. It is described as the most extraordinary electric power scheme ever attempted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Zambesi
Transvaal
Lipton mocks Americans on money in Britain
Sir Thomas Lipton tells Britons that Americans are obsessed with money, contrasting with British prosperity. He suggests Americans seem ridiculous abroad for counting change, a comment seen as unkind by some readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
Tommy
Auto wins fresh triumphs in polar travel idea
An enthusiastic motorist gained fame by a tour toward the frozen north. Henry Arctowsky, an Antarctic explorer, has devised a runners mounted auto to reach the South Pole more easily than current methods. He suggests Peary might replace traditional ice travel with such autos for exploration and sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Arctowsky
South Pole
Peary
North Pole
London Parks Expand Butterfly Promotion With Farm
Last year dozens of splendid butterflies were released in London parks to charm promenaders. The experiment was so successful that this year a butterfly farm was established near the metropolis. The plan aims to supply tropical butterflies to parks in summer. Reports say around 20,000 butterflies were released in London parks and 40,000 chrysalises cultivated at the start of the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ummer
Train Wreck in Kansas Kills 33 and Wounds 55
A head on collision of two Chicago Rock Island & Pacific passenger trains near Wol land Kansas kills 33 people and injures 55. Most victims are Mexican laborers en route from Columbus Junction Ohio to Mexico. Telegraph operator John Lynes blamed for failure to stop train 29. Rescue efforts aided by volunteers and medical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Wolland
Kan
Chicago
el Paso
Columbus Junction
Ohio
Mexico
John Lynes
Volland
McFarland
Link
Stormont Hospital
Joe Gans Wins Fight at Casino Athletic Club Tonopah
Joe Gans fought Tuesday at the Casino Athletic Club in Tonopah Nevada. After eight rounds with Herman, Gans landed a full right swing on Herman’s jaw, knocking him down and seizing control. It was clear from the outset Herman stood little chance against the champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gans
Casino Athletic’ Club
Tonopall
Nev
Herman
Chicago
Indictments Against Standard Oil Overruled in Chicago Court
Judge Landis in United States district court Wednesday overruled the demurrer of the Standard Oil company to eight indictments pending against that corporation, due to technical defects. two other indictments remain pending.
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Standard Oil
Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company
Reclamation Congress Calls 1907 Convention in Denver
Gov Jesse McDonald issues call for first general convention on January 24 and 25 1907 in Denver to discuss reclamation of semiarid U S regions. Delegates named by state governors cities counties and various state and federal officials and business groups across Trans Missoui states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Cal
Jesse F. McDonald
United States
Boards of Agriculture
Trans-Missouri States
Chambers of Commerce
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Kansas Day Speakers Chosen for January Banquet
George A. Murphy, an attorney, will speak on Republicanism and the New Star at the Kansas Day club banquet set for January 29. W. H. Vernon, secretary, announced the lineup with speakers James Callis Atchison Parks Helmick Chanute EK Stevents Goodwin WD Fitzpatrick Sedan club president Maj J K Hudson Topeka Preston Coleman Clay Center among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Sedan
Maj. J. K. Hudson
Topeka
Preston Coleman
Clay
Operator Blamed for Volland Wreck Separates Blame
In Topeka officials General Superintendent W S Insman and Division Superintendent G W Rourke announced a conference ruling that John Lynes the Volland operator bore the sole responsibility for the wreck. Dispatcher J H Shumate was cleared of blame as Rock Island blamed Lynes for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
W.S. Insman
G. W. Rourke
Rock Island
Wolland
Tinsman
J. “H. Shumate
Volland
John Lynes
Standard Oil Suit Extended to April Term
The Missouri Supreme Court extended the time to file the report of the special commissioner hearing the Hadley suit to oust Standard Oil Waters-Pierce and Republic Oil from the state until the April term. Testimony remains incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Hadley
Standard Oil Company
Waters- Pierce
Republic Oil Companies
Statue of McKinley Cast Reaches Summerville
A bronze statue of the late William McKinley, cast in Trentarove, has been successfully completed and is destined for Summerville, New Jersey by Thursday.
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McKinley
Florence
William McKinley
Trentarove
Summerville
N. AJ
Train plunges from embankment near Blue Water
Santa Fe passenger No. 8 eastbound on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe jumped the track on a curve at Blue Water 107 miles west of Albuquerque. The engine and all eleven cars plunged over a 20 foot embankment. cars piled in confusion. Only three railroad workers were seriously injured but not fatally. passengers suffered bruises.
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Santa Fe
Albuquerque
N. M
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe
Blue Water
Here
Toy Republics At It Again Panama Revolution Looms
The government of San Salvador reports mobilization against rebel groups led by General Dionisio Gutierrez. In Usulutan a mutinous faction clashed with forces, resulting in one dead, three wounded, and 11 captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
San Salvador
Dionisio
Gutierrez Iimed
Prestcos
Colon
Usalatan
Passenger Steamer Damaged in Collision at Sea
Naples reports that the North German Lloyd steamer Prinzessin Irene, en route to New York, was torn by a strong wind and collided with the Moltke. Both ships sustained damage and must stay for repairs. About 950 passengers on the Irene were panic-stricken and several injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Lloys
New York
Moltke
Tragic Gas Leak Claims Vermont Family
In Winooski near Burlington a family of six the father mother and four children were killed by illuminating gas seeping into their home from a street main via a sewer pipe. The disaster occurred overnight within the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
George” Devina
Winooski
Lynes Imposter in Wreck Delay Case Revealed
Lynes, an 18 year old telegraph operator at Volland, caused a wreck with Alta Vista by failing to deliver a dispatch. He deceived Rock Island officials in his job application by falsely claiming to be born in 1883, making him 24, a fact uncovered only after his arrest and sworn statement.
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Lynes
Volland
Spatcher
Alta Vista
Rock Island
Exports Doubled in Eight Years Across World Trade
A government report from the bureau of statistics, department of commerce and labor, states that the United States ranks third in manufactured exports entering world markets. The past year’s exports exceed 706 million dollars, a figure never before approached. The report notes American trade in foreign markets is now twice as large as eight years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bureau, of Statistics
Department, of Commerce and Labor
Santa Fe's Old Office Building in Topeka
The Santa Fe railroad sold and moved its 1869 Topeka office building into the lumber yard. The two story gable main section faced East Fourth Street with a one story shed warehouse. The first floor housed waiting rooms freight and ticket offices while the upper story held the general railroad offices and operating business.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas
Santa Fe Railroad Company
East Fourth Street
Inauguration Ceremonies Planned at Topeka
Topeka prepares for a brief inauguration on January 14 with new state officers meeting retiring officers in Governor Hochs office. Oaths will be administered in Representative Hall by Justice Adrian L. Greene followed by a noon ceremony and a seven oclock reception at the statehouse. The reception mirrors the oath order with the new officers wives in attendance.
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Topeka
Hoch
Representative Hall
Adrian L. Greene
House
Supreme Court rules Kansas City owes damages in boy’s death
The Kansas Supreme Court has decided that Kansas City, Kansas must pay $5,000 to Mr and Mrs Edward Dore of that city. Their son Edward Dore Jr age 11 drowned in a pond at Ninth street and Sandusky avenue three years ago.
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Topeka
Supreme Court ‘of
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Edward Dore
Edward Dore, Jr
Ninth Street
Sandusky Avenue
Union Station for Kansas City Kan to cost at least $100000
Missouri Pacific and city officials reach agreement on a 30 year railway franchise. In return for a 100 foot right of way along the Missouri river levee at Minnesota avenue and west, the railroad may build a separate station costing at least $35000 or join in a union passenger station costing not less than $100000.
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Union Station
Kansas City
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Missouri River
Minnesota ‘Avenue
Missouri - Pacific Railroad
New KU appoints Raymond A. Schwegler as acting president
The Kansas Board of Regents elected Prof Raymond A Schwegler of Ottawa University as associate professor of education at the University of Kansas. Schwegler has been connected with Ottawa University for several years and becomes acting president following President Riggs's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U. Lawrence
Board of Regents
Raymond A. Schwegler
Ottawa University
University of Kansas
Schwegler
Riggs
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Man of the
Union Pacific General
Scandia Journal
A, B, Kimball, Publisher
Scandia
Turkey
Welland
Reclamation Congress
Gov. McDonald
Colorado
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