Great Lakes Ore Strike Threatens Regional Traffic
Duluth and Two Harbors dock workers strike halting ore shipments and closing half the Mesaba range mines. About 750 Duluth workers and late-night Two Harbors crews demand 25 cents more per day amid rising living costs. The company says a previous agreement grants higher pay for the year. Shipments stopped since Saturday. train crews laid off. stockpiled ore remains. Superior docks may face spread of the strike risking marine operations.
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Duluth
Great Lakes
Two Harbors
Harbors
Superior
Wis
Allouez
Docks Seek to Move Ore Boat Crews amid Walkout Risk
Docks handle boats turned away from other ore docks as crews threaten to strike. If Superior crews join the walkout, ore carriers may be left without cars, causing many ships to tie up.
Preparations for Telegraphers Strike By Western Union
Western Union officials place fifty cots and 100 mattresses in the main building at 196 Broadway New York signaling possible strike action. Operators' president Ahearn pledges to file a health board complaint while awaiting arbitration.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Broadway
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union
Joseph F. Ahearn
Health Board
Ae Western Union
Chicago
Telegraph Company
United States
Neill
Pacific Coast
Engineer Dies in Northern Pacific Wreck Near Garrison
The North Coast limited westbound on the Northern Pacific derailed three miles east of Garrison Montana. Locomotive overturned. Engineer James Graham of Butte was found dead at his post with hand on the brake lever. No other injuries reported. Train moved back to Garrison for investigation.
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Butte
Mont
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific Railway
Garrison
James Graham
Ruler Again Pressed to Abdicate Over Japan Tensions
Seoul July 18 cabinet deliberations stretch into the night as Premier to Emperor to abdicate in favor of the crown prince amid Korea's crisis over a delegation to The Hague. The emperor has not yet replied. ministers reportedly push abdication while public mood remains calm. The emperor is said to have withdrawn 400000 yen from the Bank of Shanghai.
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Seoul
Korea
The
Hague
Japan
II Ching Hoi Progressive Association
Marquis Ito
Geting
Bank of Shanghai
Vote on immunity of private property at sea reaches majority
The Hague July 18 delegates at the Geneva convention committee approved the principle of immunity for private property at sea by 21 to 11 with one absentee. Britain France Russia Japan and others opposed. Belgium proposed a compromise rejected by Choate who said majority support does not yield unanimity as populations against the principle outweighed supporters. Professor de Martens noted the voting split despite a majority in votes.
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the Hague
Great ‘Britain
France
Russia
Japan
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Belgium
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
de Martens
War on Greek peonage opens in Chicago
Federal officials announce a government action against a suspected system of Greek peonage. Indictments against offenders are promised after evidence collected by immigration authorities and forwarded to the District Attorney Sims.
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Chicago
Greece
America
Prac
Sims
Sereiy of Immigration
Washington
G& Dealis A. Fr
Attorneys seek stay after Valentine act ruling
In Toledo on July 18 attorneys for lumber and bridge workers sentenced for violating the Valentine anti trust law appeared before Judge Morris seeking a stay of sentence. The judge overruled the motion.
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Toledo
Morris
Frisco Installs Third Mayor Amid Turmoil
San Francisco installs Dr. E. K. Taylor as mayor after Eugene Etz is jailed for bribery. The city remains split as ex-mayor Eugene Schmitz and graft prosecutions loom, with Schmitz asserting continued authority until appellate confirmation.
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San Francisco
Eugene Etz
E. K. Taylor
Hastings Law College
University of California
Eugene Schmitz
Samuel Sawyer
Typographical Union
Charles Buxton
Schmitz
Taylor
Court of Last Resort
Hearst Setback as Recount Law Declared Unconstitutional
Justice Ingraham of the appellate division announced a unanimous ruling that New York City mayoral recount law is unconstitutional. The court will send the case to the court of appeals for final decision and issue a stay of proceedings. Hearst’s counsel argued against court authority to stay the law. The appellate division’s ruling delays any recount until October.
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New York
Ingraham
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
New York City
Brooklyn
William R. Hearst
Court of Appeals
Clarence J. Shearn
Hearst
Lever Wins 250000 Damages in Libel Case In UK Soap Fight
William H. Lever, Liberal MP for the Worl ow division of Cheshire, secured 250000 pounds in damages and costs against the Harmsworth newspapers the Daily Mail and the Evening News over libels tied to the failed 1906 soap combine in Britain. The defendants withdrew their plea of justification and agreed to pay after a two day hearing. This verdict is said to be the largest libel award in the country.
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Liverpool
United Kingdom
William H. Lever
Worrall
Cheshire
Harmsworth
Daily Mail
The
Evening News
Lever
Soap Combine
Kitson
Dr. Playfair
Telluride Riot Era Details Tied to Haywood Trial
Rebuttal evidence in the Haywood trial centers on Telluride 1901 to 1906 conditions before martial law. Witness O M Sackett testifies about a 1901 agreement between Edward Collins and Vincent St John to curb violence, and describes deportations and armed clashes amid mine unrest.
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Edward Collins
Union
Vincent St. John
Western Federation of Miners
St. John
Mr. Collins
Sackett
Richardson
Wood
Clarence Darrow
Edgar A. Collins
Woolf
Miners’ Union
W. St. John
Smuggler Union Company
Arthur Collins
Telegraphers Seek Chicago Meeting After Oakland Session
In West Oakland on July 18 President Small stated plans to leave for Chicago within forty eight hours. He will urge the executive board to convene there next Tuesday, amid speculation over internal tensions and motives within the union.
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Oakland
West Oakland
Small
Chicago
Drunken spree ends in double fatal shooting in Indiana
In Belleville Indiana on July 18 Marda Brokazinwitch thirty wounded two others fatally and took a self inflicted shot after a posse surrounded him. Joseph twenty eight was killed Michael Lopere twenty six wounded seriously.
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Belleville
Ind
Marda Brokazinwitch
Joseph
Michael Lopere
Taft Plans Stop in Oklahoma City for Political Speech
Secretary Taft will speak in Oklahoma City on August 24 as he travels from the East to the coast. He leaves Seattle on September 10 for the Philippines, three weeks before the constitution election.
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Washington
Taft
Oklahoma City
Okla
Seattle
Wash
Philippines
International sanitary convention called for Mexico City
At the request of Surgeon General Wyman and the international sanitary bureau chair, Director Barrett of the bureau of American republics issues a call to assemble a third international sanitary convention in Mexico City from December 7 to 10, 1907.
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Washington
Wyman
International Sanitary Bureau
Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Mexico
Noted Scientist Heilprin Dies in New York Home
Professor Angela Heilprin, a Philadelphia resident and renowned scientist, died at his sister’s New York City home. The brief blip notes other incidents including a Lexington Kentucky automobile crash with several injured and a memorial reference to Roosevelt’s gift to the University of Berlin.
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Angela Heilprin
Philadelphia
New York City
Ray McCarthy
Lena Wilburn
Lexington
United States Army
Logan
San Francisco
Manila
Nagasaki
Honolulu
Seventh Cavalry
Nineteenth Infantry
Philippines
Michael Sullivan
Samuel J. Randall
National House of Representatives
Delaware River
Roosevelt
University of Berlin
Roosevelt Library
John William Burgess
Market Quotations Wheat Prices On Track For July
Wheat quotations from Minneapolis on July 17 show Sept at 98 1 2 cents and Dec at 98 3 4 cents. On track No 1 hard trades at 1.00 5 8 dollars, No 1 Northern at 99 1 4 cents, No 2 Northern at 96 3 4 cents, No 3 Northern at 93 1 2 to 95 cents.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Wheat and flax prices on track for July delivery
In Duluth on July 17 traders noted wheat futures for No. 1 hard at 1.01 and No. 1 Northern at 1.00 with different July September and December maturities. Flax prices for July and September hovered around 1.19 and 1.1944 with October at 1.17 per bushel.
Livestock Prices Reported in St Paul Market
Cattle good to choice steers bring 5.50 to 6.00 with fair to good at 4.00 to 5.00. Cows and heifers 3.50 to 5.00. Hogs 5.35 to 5.75. Sheep wethers 5.50 to 6.00, good to choice lambs 5.75 to 6.50 and spring lambs 6.75 to 7.25.
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St. Paul
Market prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Pork in Chicago
Chicago reports July and September futures for wheat at 91 and 93 4 cents per bushel, corn at 53 and 53 4 cents, oats at 43 and 38 4 cents. Pork prices at July 16.12 and Sept 16 32 dollars, butter creameries 20 25 cents, dairies 17 22 cents, eggs 24 14 cents, poultry turkeys and chickens 12 cents, springs 16 18 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Prices Report for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago markets show cattle ranges by class from cows and heifers to steers and stockers with prices $1.60 to $7.75. Hogs move from light to heavy with values $5.25 to $6.10. Sheep and lambs listed from $3.70 to $7.70.
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Chicago
St Paul Chicago Passenger Rate Set at $8 After Aug 15
St Paul officials announce a flat $8 passenger rate to Chicago after August 15, to be adopted by all Chicago St Paul lines once tariffs are compiled. The change follows Wisconsin law reducing mileage rates and appears likely to be matched.
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St. Paul
Chicago
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Kille
International Sanitary Congress
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