Praised for His Good Work Address to Envoy at St Petersburg
M Witte arrived in St Petersburg to a large official reception. He thanked the crowd for their warmth and said his duty was done by obeying his sovereign and because he found world opinion in sympathy with his country and its cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
M. Witton
Wilte
Baron Nolde
Congress of Ministers
General Durnova
Interior
M. Wyshnestadsky
International Commercial Bank
M. Kobeko
Press Reform Commission
M. Witte
M Witte
Nicholas
Roosevelt
William
Washington Homestead
Mount Vernon
President Roosevelt Praised for Peace Work by Friends
At the Indiana yearly meeting of Friends in Richmond 20,000 members adopted a resolution thanking President Roosevelt as an instrument of Providence in bringing peace between Russia and Japan. They express national and world support for him as a peacemaker and urge continued promotion of world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Roosevelt
Japan
Cheaper living soon coming says Secretary Wilson
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture predicted lower prices for meat dairy products and poultry during the coming winter season. He cited enormous yields of small grain and corn in the grain belt including Minnesota the Dakotas Iowa Nebraska and Kansas as the reason for relief to households and a return to normal agricultural conditions. He noted meat products have lost money for three years and high grain costs have hindered feeding. The heavy oats crop will support a larger grass crop this year and influence horses beef pork dairy and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Uhnols
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Objectionable Post Cards Prompt Postmaster Action
Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock renewed the campaign against objectionable postcards in a Friday directive to postmasters. He cited the rule barring obscene or indecent material and noted the department has extended the comic valentines season across the year due to widespread use of pictorial cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitchcock
Packers Plea of Abatement Heard in Chicago
Judge Humphreys heard closing arguments on the plea of abatement by the Packers against the Indictment accusing them of illegal methods of business. He suggested a ruling may come Friday but it is not certain. Grounds include improper grand jury drawing, juror challenges, Bethea’s jurisdiction, a juror’s status, and use of unsworn government transcripts before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Chicago
Humphrey
Ilegal
Bethea
Ilinois
Grand Jury
Stedman orders probe into Western Life Indemnity
Chicago attorney general William H. Stedman orders an official investigation into the Western Life Indemnity company. He insists on quo warranto proceedings to determine if the company pursued improper business practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
William H. Stedman
People of
Ilinois
Western Life Indemnity Company
Ang Miy
Army Surgeon Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot at Fort McPherson
Atlanta dispatch reports Capt. G M F Godfrey United States Army assistant surgeon at Fort McPherson shot himself in his residence on post. A West Point graduate 35, son of Col FE Godfrey commander of the Ninth Cavalry at Fort Riley. Cause unclear but blamed on temporary mental aberration by fellow officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
G. M. F. Godfrey
United States Army
Fort - Mé-Pherson
Godfrey
Desperate Duel On Wabash Train Ends In Wounds
John E. Ryan of Chicago and Edward C. Greene, also of Chicago, were seriously wounded in a gunfight aboard a Wabash railroad express car between Forty-seventh Street Chicago and Decatur. The quarrel began over drinking and robbery suspicions with both men firing as the train neared Decatur. Greene fled the car, Ryan remained until the end. Both are hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
John E. Ryan
Chicago
Decatur
Edward C. Greene
South State Street
Betz & Co
Hammond
Ind
Greene
Forty-seventh Street
Pittsfield
Ryan
Bemont
Cerro Gordo
Cerro Cerdo
Alabama Raises Quarantine Against Jackson Mississippi
The state of Alabama raised the quarantine established a few days ago in response to a suspicious illness case reported from Jackson Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
Fire Loss Estimated at 600000 in Butte Montana
A careful estimate places the recent fire loss in Butte at 600000 with 500000 covered by insurance. Symons Dry Goods leads with about 300000 in losses, fully insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Mont
Symons Dry Goods Company
French laborers clash with Panama police over canal work
Six hundred fifty laborers from Martinique aboard the Versailles refused to disembark or submit to vaccination under American sanitary rules. Panama police used clubs as they moved to eject about 150 remaining on board. After protests and consul Bonhenry's appeals, most were forced ashore and sent to Corozal to work, some leaping into the sea during the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Martinque
Versailles
Martinique
Panama
Canal Zone
al’ ‘Colon
M. ‘Bonhenry
Corozel
Crow Reservation Lands Open to Settlement After Survey
Helena reports inspector J Scott Harrison completed four months of field work at Crow Reservation. The survey will be sent to the General Land Office and then to Eastern Montana offices for President's proclamation opening lands, including Custer Battlefield, to settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
J Scott Harrison
Crow Jovian
Montana
Custer Battlefield
Memorial urges 1-cent postage and parcels post opposition
Secretaries and representatives of commercial and trades groups in St. Louis formed the Association Presidents and Secretaries of Commercial and Trades Organizations. They drew up a memorial to Congress urging postal law revision and the rate to 1 cent per ounce. A resolution opposed a parcels post system as unwise and injurious to business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Louis Mo
Association
Congress
Hearing Set in Private Car Line Inquiry
Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on private car line inquiries begins in this city October 18 and may last over a week. Cases involve railways including St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern, Kansas City Southern, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, St. Louis & San Francisco, Armour Car Lines and American Refrigerator Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern
Kansas City Southern
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Armour Car Lines
American Refrigerator Dispatch
Authorities close on alleged 1904 05 double murder suspect
Topeka authorities believe they have located Joseph Kropek a Bohemian now in the Kansas Insane asylum as the man guilty of the 1904 Mrs Nickum and 1905 Mrs Caroline Job murders in Ottawa both victims found mutilated in similar fashion to Whitechapel crimes. Kropek is partially identified and was sent to the asylum from Holton on April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Nickum
Caroline Job
Ottawa
Joseph Kropek
Kansas Insane Asylum
Kropek
Holton
Job
White Chapel
Gould Gives 150000 For St Louis Y M C A Building
Miss Helen Miller Gould pledged 150 900 for a Railroad Y M C A building in St. Louis to memorialize her father the late Jay Gould. The six story brick fireproof structure will be opposite Union Depot on Eugenia street and is planned for completion by September 1 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Helen Miller Gould
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
St. Louis
Railroad Department
Oldest Iowa Woman Marcaree O'Brien Dies
Davenport reports the death of Keokuk resident Mrs. Marcaree O'Brien at age 101 years and six months. A Civil War nurse, she drew a pension for mental disabilities and spent time in Mercy hospital's ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Marcaree O’brien
Keokuk
Iowa
TWO PULLMANS WRECKED
A Soo Line accident near St Paul Minnesota left two Pullman sleepers derailed after leaving the station. One car landed upright and the other on its side. a woman died in hospital and nine others were seriously injured with many more hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
St. Pawl
Ooies
Enclett Pullman Gleepers
St. Jeoseph’s Hospital
Harvard Lecturer Found Dead Near Chocorua
Dr Jas R Chadwick of Boston was found dead Sunday near his summer residence in Chocorua N H by a servant. Authorities believe he fell from the cottage piazza roof during the night while moving to get air. The incident occurred a few miles from West Ossippe New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Ossippe
N. H
Jas. R. Chadwick
Boston
Chocorua
Chadwick
Highwayman Shot Dead in Berkeley Bank Robbery
Berkeley, Cal. Four footpads ambushed policemen early Friday. Officer John J. Lestrange shot and killed one assailant. the others fled. The killed highwayman lay at the morgue with the body unidentified. Lestrange opened fire after being ordered to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley. Cal
John J. Lestrange
Lestrange
Hampton capitalist Harriman killed in auto wreck
Fred A. Harriman a Hampton capitalist and lawyer died after an automobile crash on a country road. Fred Reed suffered a broken collarbone and minor injuries while Art Beed was badly crushed and bruised as the car pitched into a gully after striking a bridge edge. Harriman, about 35, died an hour after removal, while Reed and Beed survived with injuries.
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Hampton, Ta
Fred A. Harriman
Hampton
Fred Reed
Art Beed
Harliman
Rates in cattle freight clash with live stock pricing
President E P Ripley of the Santa Fe rail road testified before the interstate commerce commission on freight rates from Missouri river points to Chicago. He urged that dressed beef rates be 150 percent higher than live stock rates, arguing packing houses are highly consolidated and prices reflect service value more than transportation cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
Missouri River
Ripley
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Probable Murder Case at Des Moines Iowa
The body of Frank Callahan of Peosia was found in the Des Moines river eight miles south of the city with his temple crushed by a blunt instrument. Papers in his pockets identified him. his watch and money were missing after the pockets were cut open. The discovery follows the recent death of insurance man George R. Griswold in the river, stirring local concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frank Callahan
Peosia
George R. Griswold
Bomb Thrown at Tenement in New York City
A bomb filled with dynamite and flammable oil exploded at the rear of a crowded tenement on Eight Avenue and One Hundred forty third Street in New York. More than twenty sleeping residents were hurled from their beds. two were carried away unconscious. Flames quickly swept the rear hallway as police investigated the Black Hand theory and the target of the attack, a barber shop on the ground floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eight Avenue
Fortythird Street
Wreck of British Steamer Chatham Blasted by Mines
The British steamer Chatham carrying ninety tons of dynamite and blasting gelatin was blown up this morning by mines inside the hull. Explosions set off by an electric current from Ras elech five miles away caused a tremendous displacement of water. No serious canal damage. passage expected to clear in four days. The adjoining railway and Sweet Water canals remain intact.
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Port Said
Egypt
Chatham
Raselech
Sugar Trust Effort Gathered in Hanover Germany
Northern and western German sugar refiners moved toward a formal trust after a meeting of leading manufacturers in Hanover. A definite plan of combination is expected to be submitted to the ruling sugar interests around October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Germany
Engineers Sail for Panama to Inspect Canal Work
The board of consulting engineers and Panama Canal commission members sailed from New York on the Havana to Colon to inspect completed work and the proposed route. The party includes Theodore P. Shonts chairing the commission, Rear Admiral M T Endicott, Colonel Ernst, and B M Harrodd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
New York
Board of Consulting Engineers
Panama Canal Commission
Colon
Havana
Theodore P. Shonts
M. T. Endicott
Ernst
B. M. Harrodd
Canal Commission
Alliance Terms With Britain and Japan Stated
London reports reveal a compact defensive alliance signed August 2 by Lord Lansdowne and Baron Hayashi. The eight articles form a pledge of mutual defense extending to East Asia and India, with Britain and Japan promising aid against any foreign aggression. The letter to St Petersburg and Paris emphasizes cooperation for regional prosperity and deters hostile intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Japan
Lord Lansdowns
Baron Hayashi
Foreign Office
Lord Lansdowne
St. Petersburg
Paris
East Asia
India
East
Cattlemen Convicted Under Fence Law in Omaha Case
The Krause brothers were convicted at the May term of the United States district court for illegally fencing public land and intimidating settlers. John Krause fined 800 dollars plus half the costs and 24 hours in custody. Herman Krause fined 500 dollars plus half the costs and similar imprisonment. Both to pay total costs of 1,175 dollars and were given ten days to raise funds. sentence suspended pending payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Munger
Krause Brothers
United States District Court
John Krause
United States
Herman Krause
Douglas County
Livestock Rates Cheaper for Railroads Than Passenger Runs
J M Tittemer freight traffic manager testifies before Federal Judge Bethea in ICC rate discrimination cases. He says livestock shipments from Missouri river points to Chicago cost railroads more to receive handle and care for than passenger service, due to scales windmills brick yards and shelter needs at stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa Central Railroad
J. M. Tittemer
Minneapolis & St. Paul
Iowa Central Railway
Tittemor
S. H. Bethea
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri River
M‘st
Stevens Making Progress at Panama Canal Project
Panama report from La Boca confirms work led by John F. Stevens is advancing. A 1900-foot dock at La Boca is to be finished by September 30, Cristo Bal dock slated for mid October completion, and railroad connections to the canal zone are moving ahead smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
Associated Press
la Boca
Stevens
O ‘Canal
Wages Raised for 6000 Boston Carpenters
In Boston and vicinity on Monday 6 000 union carpenters will receive a 28 cent per day wage increase. The rise follows a municipal court arbitrator Judge George L Wentworth decision made about a month ago. The Master Carpenters association accepts the ruling, though some non member employers have not agreed and a small strike may result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
George L. Wentworth
Municipal Court
Blven
Master Carpenters’ Association
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Crow Indian Reservation
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Hampton, la
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