Roosevelt Visits Memphis for Deep Waterways Rally
President Roosevelt arrives aboard the steamer Mississippi to a warm Memphis welcome with bands children and governors. He meets Confederate veterans guards the crowd cheers as he speaks from the auditorium platform praising the Union and southern ties.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rooseyvelt
Mississyi Sal c
Mississippi
Allen
Patterson
Tennessee
Marone
Memyphis
Main Street
Second Street
Jrink
Roosevelt
Geveral
Tuye
Malcom Patterson
Confederate Guard of Honor
South
North
Salt Price Talks Reach Understanding in Salt Industry
A tacit agreement between the International Salt Company, the salt trust, and independent makers aims to regulate the future price of evaporated salt. The Journal of Commerce notes the move reflects higher labor and supply costs and overall overproduction.
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New York
International Salt Company
The
Salt Trust
Journal of Commerce Today
Platt Denies Marriage to Mae Wood in Divorce Case
New York Senator Platt denied in court papers that he ever married Mae C Wood who sues for divorce claiming a 1906 marriage. His attorneys ask authority to examine papers in the case as he contends she only asserted the marriage on December 24 1906 and has sought money from him.
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New York
United States
Platt
Mae C. Wood
Cotton Handlers Strike Paralyzes New Orleans Port
In New Orleans the vast cotton trade halted as 8 000 dock and cotton handlers join a labor strike. Exchanges warn the port’s commercial life hinges on the dispute with 10 000 to 12 000 workers likely involved due to railroad freight handlers refusing non union labor.
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New Orleans
Cabinet Members Speak at Cotton Manufacturers Convention
Washington closes the national convention of cotton manufacturers with addresses from Secretary Straus and Postmaster General Afeyer. Both Roosevelts cabinet members spoke on industry issues and policy implications during the two day session.
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Washington
National Conversion of Cotton Manufacturers
Roosevelt
Straus
Afeyer
Renewed Riots Rage in Calcutta Streets
Rioting in Northern Calcutta escalated with seditious agitation on Thursday night leaving about forty policemen wounded and renewed again on Friday as clashes continued through the streets.
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Calcutta
Mexican legislators honor Secretary Root with lavish reception
At Mexico City, Secretary of State Elihu Root received the highest foreign honors. A special deputy chamber meeting and a Jockey Club ball followed, with Calero welcoming Root and Root affirming friendship and peaceful engagement between the United States and Mexico. He urged that nations should abandon wealth-grabbing force, noting a shift toward mutual respect.
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Mexico City
Elhn Root
Mexico
Chambr of Deputies
Jockey Club
Root
Chamber of Deputies
United States House of Representatives
House
Senor Calero
Rool
United States of Mexico
Republcc
Proxies Delegated to Charles M. Beach at Illinois Central Meet
Hartford stockholders of the Illinois Central railroad unanimously voted to transfer all proxies of present stockholders to Charles M. Beach, a Fish supporter, at the local meeting.
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Fish
Hartford
Conn
Illinois Central Railroad
Charles M. Beach
Registra tion Drive For Lower Brule Lands Starts Soon
Pierre eight year old boy notes a D judge J Witten of the Interior Department arrived to organize clerks for the registration and drawing process for Lower Brule lands. The work begins next Monday.
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Pierre
J Witten
Interior Department
Brule
Reward Up To 11000 For Sheriff Brown Killers
Governor Chamberlain announced an $11000 total reward for the capture and conviction of the murderers of Sheriff Brown in Oregon. The fund combines a $2000 state offer with previous rewards to reach eleven thousand dollars.
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Baker City
Ore
George E. Chamberlain
State of
Oregon
Brown
Senator Borah Acquitted After Quick Ballot
Senator Borah was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud after a single ballot. The verdict drew cheers and a crowd in Boise. He was escorted from the court by a brass band as the fire department staged a dramatic response. Borah spoke, reaffirming friendship for Governor Steunenberg, calling the prosecution unfounded.
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Free
Boise
Idaho
Borah
Steunenberg
Chinese Loot Valued At Seventy Thousand Dollars
San Francisco business leader A. E Chamot testified before Bankruptcy Referee Green about a collection of curios bought in Peking during the allied entry into Beijing. The inquiry concerned Chamot's assets as president of Peters Machine Co which is creditor to the estate.
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San Francisco
Cal
A. E Chamot
Peking
China
Green
Chamot
Peters Machine Company
Fort Crook to Get Water Reservoir in Army Budget Push
Gen Aleshire backs a reservoir project at Fort Crook after Nebraskan Senator Burkett’s day long inspection. Aleshire orders plans for an eight thousand to ten thousand dollar reservoir to curb night water waste and improve fire protection, with bid preparation urged.
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Washington
Burkett
Tofts Crook
Omaha
Millard
Senate
Brown
Ft. Crook
House
War Department
Aleshire
Bell
Oliver
Allen
Signal Service
Nebraska
Fort Crook
Harriman Out As Director On Chicago & Alton Board
Chicago & Alton Railroad shareholders met at the company's offices in Chicago with 340,315 shares voting. Robert Mather was re elected to the board while B A Jackson and Edwin Hawley were chosen to replace J H Harriman and James Stillman. The year ended June 30 showed gross receipts of 12,809,426 an increase of 1,223,332 from the prior year.
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Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
S. M. Felton
Robert Mather
B. A. Jackson
Edwin Hawley
Fifty-One Plague Cases Reported in San Francisco
San Francisco records show fifty-one verified bubonic plague cases with thirty deaths. About thirty suspects remain under observation as Dr. Robert Blue oversees eradication efforts at the marine hospital. In Brooklyn, Claude Perry, a coast artillery soldier, killed his wife Elizabeth and then died by suicide, leaving a note blaming fear of separation due to transfer.
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San Francisco
Robert Blue
The
Marine Hospital
Omaha
New York
Claude JH. Perry
Coast Artillery
Elizabeth
Brooklyn
Perry
No Contract for Guns From Krupp Works
Berlin A board member of Krupp says no contract with Japan on 12 inch guns has been signed. Japan had been negotiating for months on the subject but no binding agreement exists.
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Berlin
Krupp Works
Japan
Capitol Graft Indictments Hit Dauphin Grand Jury
Dauphin county grand jury handed up six true bills in thirty two cases with ten of fourteen involved men indicted on conspiracy charges. Indictments split: three returned Monday evening and three more Tuesday.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Dauphin County
Grand Jury
Taft Pays Glowing Tribute in Tokio Banquet
Taft told Tokio banquet crowds that war between the United States and Japan would be a crime against modern civilization and insane. He praised U S relations, downplayed immigration talk, and urged sensible diplomacy to resolve tensions from recent San Francisco events.
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Tokio
Taft
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Japan
Imperial Hotel
Viscount Shibusawa
Mr. Taft
O Brien
Viscount Shibusawa, In, Welcoming Mr. Taft
America
Flo
State Department
O’brien
Department of State
San Francisco
Mae Wood Sues for Divorce from Senator Platt
Mae Catherine Wood, ex government clerk, sues for absolute divorce in the supreme court naming United States Senator Thomas C. Platt as the respondent She alleges marriage at the Fifth Avenue hotel New York in 1901 J D Lee represents Wood and calls the action Platt against Platt to frame an issue
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Mae Wood
Mae Catherine Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Supreme Court
Fifth Avenue
New York
J. D. Lee
New Orleans Longshoremen Strike In Cotton Wharf Clash
About 500 longshoremen and teamsters walked off the job at the river front as Leyland and Austro American steamers began loading cotton. Agents failed to reach an agreement with the cotton crews, signaling possible involvement of up to 8,000 workers across related unions.
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New Orleans
Teeamsters
Leyland
McKinley Monument Unveiled in Canton Tribute to President
The United States marks a somber dedication in Canton Ohio with President Roosevelt delivering addresses at the unveiling of a monument to William McKinley. The tomb cost over 600000 funded by more than a million Americans, housing McKinley and his wife with infant children interred in wall niches. The ceremony drew 60000 attendees and dignitaries from across the nation and abroad. The land is described as rolling prairie near the city, with Cedar Creek and Medicine Creek nearby.
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Canton
William McKinley
United States
McKinley
Ida
Mary
Roosevelt
William St. Day
Medinley
Harris
Ohio
America
Horstmann
Cleveland
William Mellinley
Lyman County
Land Openings Drawings Start October 7 in South Dakota
Increasing inquiries flood the local land office as the Lower Brule reservation in Stanley and Lytle counties prepares for opening. Drawings for selected lands will begin October 7 and continue through October 12.
Eighteenth Infantry Bound for Philippines for Three Years
The Eighteenth United States Infantry departed Leavenworth Sunday for the Philippines where it will be stationed for three years. Colonel E. TM. Davis commands, replacing General Hall who is now in charge of Fort Leavenworth schools. This marks the regiment’s third overseas assignment in nine years. The Thirteenth Infantry will soon arrive from the Philippines to replace them at Fort Leavenworth.
Jap Sealers Raid Alaskan Village Reported
A report to United States Consul Smith in Vancouver cites Captain Muro of the Schooner Casec alleging a Japanese sealing schooner crew plundered Litak Bay on Southwest Kodiak Island.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Smith
Vancouver
Muro
Casec
Litak Bay
Kodiak Island
Roosevelt Won’t Seek Another Term Stated Here
Elihu Root, secretary of state, spent a brief stop in Little Rock on the way to the City of Mexico. He stated President Roosevelt is absolutely sincere in refusing to run again for the presidency.
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Little Rock
Ark
Elihu Root
Mexico
Roosevelt
Taft Party Arrives In Yokohama On Minneosta
The steamer Minne sota carrying Secretary Taft and his party reached Yokohama at 7 o clock Thursday morning.
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Taft
Yokohama
Minnesota
Pure Food Law Test Targets Richmond Butter Scales
Lincoln State Food Commissioner Johnson filed a complaint through the county attorney at Lincoln charging a Raymond firm in Richmond with selling butter in packages without weight marked. The test of Nebraska Pure Food Law proceeds.
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Raymond
Lincoln
Johnson
Nebraska
Richmond
Burkett Arrives in Capital to Link with Family
Senator Burkett arrives in Washington from Lincoln to join his family for a few days. He will settle his family and attend to departmental matters requiring his attention during the stay.
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Washington
Burkett
Lincoln
Breeders Bring 9000 Sheep from Montana
Garretson S T J Baker and George Millard, stock breeders, have just moved 9000 head of sheep from Montana after traveling there to purchase the animals.
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Montana
Garretson
S. T
J. M. Baker
Creorge Millard
Open Air Stone Laying At St Peter’s Cathedral In Washington
Two major events marked a Washington Sunday for the religious world. The foundation stone of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul was laid at Mount St Alban with President Roosevelt and dignitaries present. The open air service closed the Brotherhood of St Andrew convention with the same notable attendees and church leaders.
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Washington
Episcopal Church
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
Mount St. Alban
Wisconsin Avenue
International Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Episcopal Church of
A .P. Winington-Ingram
London
Bishop Satterlee
Roosevelt
England
Nuttall
West Indies
Recovery of a Hundred Drowned in Malaga Floods
Renewed rain in Malaga floods the Dicturesqui valleys and halts rescue efforts. The city lacks gas and electricity as crews recover about one hundred bodies nearby.
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Malaga
Spain
Roosevelts Southern Trip Heads Westward On Special Train
President Roosevelt left Washington on a special Pennsylvania Railway train at 7:40 PM for a western and southern tour. He is accompanied by Secretaries Loeb Latta Garfield Wilson, Surgeon General Rixey, press representatives, and Dr. Alexander Lambert. The party plans a stop in Canton Colorado for Monday to dedicate the McKinley monument. John Parker and John McIlhenney join as hunting trip guests in Louisiana.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railway
Loeb
Keokuk
Latta
T. H. Netherland
Rixey
Wilson
Garfield
Canton
Alexander Lambert
Ohnnas Parker
John
McIlhenney
Civil Service
Louisiana
South
McKinley Monument
Indictments for Rebating Charged to Two Rail and Shipping Firms
A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned 124 count indictments against Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail Steamship Company for violating interstate commerce law. If convicted, fines would total from 124 000 to 2 480 000 with minimum 1 000 and maximum 20 000 per count. The firms are accused of secretly cutting published rates.
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San Francisco
Federal
Southern Pacific Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Labels Are Turned Down By Washington Board
The board of food and drug inspection at the department of agriculture refused to recommend an extension of the privilege to use labels already in stock until October 1, 1908. The decision cites that manufacturers jobbers and wholesalers have had sufficient time to adjust to the pure food law.
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Washington
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt letters praise rifle champions from Washington state
President Roosevelt sent congratulatory notes to Sergeant W A Berg of North Yakima and Midshipman Harold T Smith of Tacoma for their victories in the President's Match and the National Individual Match at Camp Perry, as the National Rifle Association event concluded.
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New York
Roosevelt
W. A. Berg
North Yakima
Wash
Washington National Guard
Harold T. Smith
Tacoma
United States Navy
National Rifle Association of America
Camp Perry
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Wi Oper
Bewie
Senator Burkett
Gen
Harriman
Alton Road
Viscount
Mkinley
Philippines
St. Peter’s Cathedral
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