Telegraph Operators Strike Spreads to Nine Cities
Telegraph operators in Chicago lead a walkout affecting nine cities with 500 Postal Cable workers in Chicago quitting as part of union action. About 35 Chicago telegraphers remain to handle work for both companies while talks continue and the union signals restraint on further action.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Los Angeles
United States
Postal Cable Company
Commercial Union
Western Union
Salt Lake City
Helena
Kansas City
Dallas
Fort Worth
Tex
Colorado Springs
Denver
New Orleans
Postal Telegraph Company
United
Small
Tyigraphers’ Organization
Russell
Walkout at Helena Union Office Halts Western Union Work
Western Union office in Helena Montana faces a total strike as about forty workers, excluding the chief operator and assistant, refuse to operate the Chicago wire after an operator is marked off. Electrician McKissick from Chicago allegedly called a receiver and a regular man refused to take the Chicago position, prompting mass walkout.
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Chicago
Helena Mont
Western Union
McKissick
Ferse
Navy Chartering Coal Ships For Pacific Fleet
Navy Department agents in Baltimore and Newport News chartered fourteen vessels to carry coal to Pacific coast ports. The coal supports the great battleship fleet to be sent west this fall. Most ships have sailed. about 76,000 of 100,000 tons dispatched.
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Navy Department
New York
Ganton Opium Dens Shut Under Imperial Decree
In Canton, China, all opium dens were closed without disturbances following a recent imperial decree. The measure sparked widespread protest and unrest across the city as residents reacted to the crackdown.
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Ganton
Canton
China
Bonaparte Dining With Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay report notes Attorney General Bonaparte joined President Theodore Roosevelt for a luncheon Friday. Other guests included journalist William Allen White in the gathering at Roosevelt’s residence.
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Bonaparte
Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt
William Allen White
Stocks Slide as Standard Oil Hits New Low
New York stocks fell to fresh lows on Friday led by Standard Oil which traded down to 4.66 before rebounding to 4.75 with no bids at the latter level. The market showed widespread weakness across several issues as traders watched prices decline.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Company
Next Meeting at St Louis Norf s Va
The next convention of the Snights of Columbus will be held at and adjourned sine die.
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St. Louis
Norf
Gos
Alabama Wins Railroad Fight and Reinstates License
Governor Comer and Southern Railway officials reached a late Thursday agreement in Montgomery restoring the railroad's Alabama license. Beginning September 1, 1907 the line will implement a 2.4 cent passenger fare and reduce freight rates on 110 commodities, subject to final court rulings on constitutionality and reasonableness. The pact mainly benefits the state and applies to the Southern system only.
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Montgomery
Ala
Comer
Southern Railway
Alabama
Court of
Jones
United States
Southern
Russell
Talladega Court
Railroads Face Law Over Fare and Charter Matters
Governor Comer defends 2 percent fare rule, asserts railroads must obey law, and hints at possible state federal court clashes. Arkansas notes include injunction blocking Rock Island charter revocation and Attorney General Kirby saying revocation can proceed.
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Little Rock
Ark
McHaney
Vandeventer
Rock Island
Arkansas
Gneral Kirby
MceHaney
Bombardment of Casablanca Opens Moroccan Coast Crisis
French and Spanish forces landed at Casablanca after Moorish resistance. exchange of fire left six French wounded and extensive destruction in the native quarter. French cruisers Galilee and Du Chayla bombarded from offshore with heavy shelling, while Moors suffered heavy casualties. The action follows the killing of eight Europeans and fits into a broader European effort to police Moroccan ports under the Algeciras agreement without wider powers’ protest.
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Tangier
Casa Blanca
France
Spain
Algeciras
Morocco
Europe
Casablanca
Anatole
Local creameries favored over centralized plants in rate case
Lincoln Neb Food Commissioner Wright of Iowa testified at the railroad commission hearing on creamery rates. He opposed long haul rate cuts and a horizontal cut in express and freight rates, arguing for local creameries and against centralized plants. Wright faced sharp cross examination as express and railway firms push higher cream rates amid dairyman protests.
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Lincoln, Neb
Wright
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
Hainer
Express
American Boy Thrown In Jail In Mexico
Henderson Ky. Patrick Haffey a locomotive engineer from Henderson is jailed in Jiminez Mexico after a trainee fell from a train and died. A mob nearly lynched him amid anti American sentiment and an appeal has been made to the American ambassador.
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Henderson, Ky
Patrick Haffey
Jiminez
Mexico
Haffey
Union Pacific Declares Quarterly Dividend On Common Stock
New York reports the Union Pacific Railroad directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 2 percent on common stock. The last dividend was 2.44 percent but not designated as regular. A regular semi annual dividend of 2 percent on preferred stock was also declared.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Troops Take Control of Belfast Amid Citywide Strikes
Troops seized Belfast streets and posted guards at custom house square and key centers. Thousands watched as military control was inaugurated with citizens expressing mixed feelings during the strikes.
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Belfast
Ireland
Custom House Square
Five Mysterious Assaults Turn Chicago Into Crime Scene
An epidemic of five assaults left four men dead and one fatally wounded across Chicago. Victims include Fesario Rocco on 129 Austin Ave, Edward Smith the police officer, John L. Barbour on Illinois Central tracks, John Naughton at Thirty seventh and Lowe, and William Donovan at 448 Hermitage, all under investigation with Joseph Glazebrook detained in connection to Officer Smith’s killing amid a coroner’s inquiry.
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Chicago
Fesario Rocco
Austin Avenue
Edward Smith
John L. Barbour
Hnois Central
Barbour
John Naughton
Thirtyseven
Lowe Avenue
William Donovan
Hermitage Avenue
Mary Dubois
Joseph Glazebrook
Glazebrook
Pictures inflame Negroes at Lincoln saloons claim
Mrs. Nannie Curtis of Texas, national WCTU organizer at the Lpworth assembly in Lincoln, says suggestive pictures on saloon walls inflame southern men and lead to assaults on southern women. She blames saloons for crimes against white women and claims they have robbed families and even clothed women figuratively, inciting passions of drunken black brutes.
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Nannie Curtis
Lincoln
Texas
Lpworth
Curtis
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Karakozoff Murder Stuns Piatigorsk In Caucasus
General Karakozoff ex governor general of Odessa is shot dead in the center of Piatigorsk. The assassin escapes. Karakozoff had been commander of the Lubna dragoons and was appointed Odessa governor general on July 3, 1905. He banished M Yaroschano, Odessa mayor, in August for attending the Moscow Zemstvo congress.
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Piatigorsk
Caucasus
Karakozoff
Odessa
Lubna Dragoons
M. Yaroschano
Moscow Zemstvo
Taft Skips Lincoln for Denver Speaking Engagement
President Taft will not stop in Lincoln Nebraska to adjust fair dates. He will instead speak in Denver on August 29, after authorities there could not advance Lincoln’s fair date to meet his schedule.
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Washington
Lincoln
Neb
Taft
Denver
Peary Arrives in New York to Prepare Roosevelt for Service
Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary has landed in New York and is arranging the Roosevelt at Shooter's Island. He expects to commence operations on Thursday.
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Peary
New York
Robert E. Peary
Shooter's Island
Roosevelt
Drowned in a Cloudburst Near Center Nebraska
William Elliott aged 45 and his wife were drowned while crossing a creek near Center Nebraska during a cloudburst. Their vehicle and the horses were swept away as a flood engulfed the bridge.
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Center
Neb
William Elliott
Barred Works of Horatio Alger Jr from Worcester Library
The Worcester public library has removed Horatio Alger Jr. books from its shelves, placing him among authors like Mark Twain and Walt Whitman whose works are restricted in Worcester county libraries. Officials say Alger’s books are not truthful and overly sensational.
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Alger
Worcester
Mass
Horatio Alger, Jr
Worcester Public Library
Mark Twain
Robert W Chambers
Walt Whitman
Worcester County
Largest Engine in the World Drawn for Erie Railroad
In New York the Ameri can Locomotive Company at Schenectady prepares the world’s largest steam locomotive for the Erie railroad. It will haul a mile and a half long train on grades without helpers. The engine combines two engines under one boiler with four cylinders.
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New York
American Locomotive Company
Schnectady
Erie Railroad
Stock Food Law Stand Hinders Temp Restraining Order
Kansas City judge refused a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of the Kansas stock food inspection law. Marion W. Savage of the International Stock Food Company of Minnesota sought the injunction in United States district court.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Marion W. Savage
International Stock Food Company of
Minnesota
Prince Victor Mara yah to Enter Cornell College of Agriculture
Ithaca N Y Prince Victor Mara yah son of an Indian provincial ruler has announced plans to enter Cornell College of Agriculture next fall. His father was drawn by favorable stories about Cornell and believes the course will benefit him.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Victor Marayah
India
Indian Empire
Cornell College of Agriculture
Cornell
Lincoln Following Weekly Weather Bulletin August 5
Rainfall was below average overall with some heavy showers in the southwest on Tuesday and in the southeast on Sunday. The week ending August 5 was cool with scattered showers and light winds. southern counties averaged 72 degrees, northern 66 to 68. warmest day Tuesday, coolest day Friday.
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Lincoln
Marine Missing From Georgia After Night On Deck
United States Marine Henry Francis Lynch, assigned to the battleship Georgia, is listed missing after an alleged fall from the ship while hanging on Saturday night near the Hudson River anchorage. His father Daniel Lynch suspects foul play and urged police to investigate the disappearance.
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New York
Henry Francis Lynch
United States
Georgia
Hudson River
Lynch
Daniel Lynch
Arkansas Editor Shot in Helena World Incident
Helena Ark J M Scott city editor of the Helena World was found dead with two bullet wounds to the head. A prior attempted murder occurred a month earlier when shots were fired as he investigated a noise behind his office. Authorities suspect a personal quarrel sparked the fatal shooting.
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Helena, Ark
J. M. Scott
Helena
Scott
Farmer Beaten to Death Near Buda Farm
Augustus Rowe, a bachelor farmer four miles north of Buda, was killed with hammer blows between noon and 6 pm Sunday. A witness reportedly saw the tragedy at the rural sight, with no other details released.
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Kearney
Neb
Augustus Rowe
Buda
To Test 2 Cent Fare Rate In Northampton Court
The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey seeks a Northampton County court ruling to test the validity of the 2 cent fare act. The company warns it would lose about $100,000 annually if the law is enforced.
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Easton
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
Northampton County
Cause of Race Death by Own Action Address Declares Cost of Living
John Graham Brooks of Boston argues at Chautauqua assembly that rising living costs drive race deaths by own action. He frames economic strain as the chief cause affecting the community.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Graham Brooks
Boston
Chautauqua Assembly
Haywood Returns to Desk after Boise Accquittal
Denver secretary treasurer William D. Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners sits at his desk amid visitors at federation headquarters. He expresses pleasure at his reception in Colorado Springs and other cities on the journey following his Boise acquittal.
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Denver
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Federation
Boise
Haywood
Colorado Springs
Largest Fine Ever Assessed Against Standard Oil Company
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis fined Standard Oil of Indiana 29.24 million dollars for accepting rebates from railroads, the largest penalty in American criminal history. He called officials counterfeiters and thieves, urged deterrence, and ordered a special grand jury for the Chicago and Alton cases, slated for August 14.
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Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States District Court
Standard Off Company
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Rockefeller Has No Comment On Standard Oil Fine
John D. Rockefeller said he had no comment on the fine imposed on Standard Oil by Judge Landis in Chicago. He did not play golf this morning, continuing his daily routine since arriving at Forest Hill.
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Clevland
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Chicago
Rockefeller
Forest Hill
President Roosevelt silent on landis oil ruling
Oyster Bay N Y President Roosevelt received word from the Associated Press that Judge Landis in Chicago ruled against the Standard Oil Company of Indiana and imposed fines totaling 29 240 000. The President had no comment to make on the decision.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Landis
United States District Court
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Haywood Return Celebrated in Denver
In Denver a celebration marked the return home of William D Haywood, secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, who was acquitted on conspiracy to murder Governor Steunenberg. The event was cut short by lateness, and planned gatherings at Union Station and a large outdoor meeting were cancelled.
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Haywood
Denver
William D. Haywood
Western Federastion
of Allers
Bolsa
Tate
Steunenberg
Union
Army Transports to Leave for Manila Mission
Four army transports named Warren Crook Buford and Logan will depart San Francisco in August for Manila. They carry regiments destined to relieve units in the Philippines whose terms of duty have expired, to continue American military presence in the islands.
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Washington
San Francisco
Manila
Warren
Crook
Buford
Logan
Philippines
Islands
Railroads Agree to Obey Law Pending Appeal in Virginia
Virginia railroads announce they will implement the ten-cent rate by October 1 if the matter is taken to court for final decision on legality. State officials in the governor's office received the communication late Saturday.
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Richmond
State Capitol
Virginia
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