Senator Resents Dictation in Ohio Republican Choice
Washington May 20 Senator F oraker of Ohio rebukes Chairman Brown of the state central committee over dictation on the presidential candidate He says his choice will be named by the next Ohio Republican convention and will be bound by that decision He asserts voters should have a chance to be heard before final action and distances himself from party bosses and forced choices.
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Clares
Ohio
Washington
Formaker
Columbus
Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Harris
Senator Foraker
Taft
Neice
State Central Committee
Mr. Brown
Canton
Ohio Taft Support Says Brown Breaks With Imbroglio
Toledo May 20 Chairman Walter F Brown of the Ohio state central committee declares unqualified support for Taft. He says Ohio Republicans are solid for Taft and that Foraker and Dick should settle reports of secretly backing Fairbanks. He warns continued opposition could trigger a popular convention that could remove Foraker and Dick from politics.
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Toledo
Walter F. Brown
Ohio State Central Committee
Taft
Ohio
Foraker
Fairbanks
Foraker and
Oust Lighting Company Sues Laclede Gas and Union Electric
In St. Louis on May 20 Circuit Attorney Sager files an ouster suit in circuit court against Laclede Gas Light and Union Electric Light and Power alleging a Missouri anti trust violation. The filing claims a formed monopoly on local lighting utilities and a special commissioner may be appointed to hear evidence.
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St. Louis
Sager
Laclede Gas Light Company
Union Electric Light and Power Company
Missouri
New Ambassador to Japan Named by State Department
Thomas J. O'Brien United States minister to Copenhagen will be ambassador to Japan in September upon Luke E. Wright’s retirement. Wright of Tennessee gave notice to leave the service then. A successor for Copenhagen has not yet been chosen.
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Washington
State Department
Thomas J. O’brien
Michigan
United States
Copenhagen
Japan
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
O’brien
Cape Breton ports blocked by heavy ice pack
The ice barrier spans miles over Cape Breton blocking all ports. Montcalm has struggled to rescue trapped vessels as fishing boats are taken off and feared lost with forty sailors aboard. Coal and iron ore shipments halt, delaying local industry until the ice breaks.
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Cape Breton
Montcalm
Nso
Nitroglycerin in a Cell
Chicago May 20. A jail delivery plot linking outside help was exposed at the county jail. Charles Hansen serving life for murder of Luke Fitzpatrick revealed a can of nitroglycerin in a cell as plans to blow a hole in the wall. About sixteen men involved, five outside defendants and eleven prisoners.
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Chicago
Whitman
Charles Hansen
Luke Fitzpatrick
Hansen
Joliet
Clubman Under Arrest After Nightclub Shooting
Gaston C. Philip of New York and Washington shot Frank B. Mockabee a night carriage driver after a quarrel over a claimed commission. Mockabee is dangerously wounded in the left breast at Arlington hotel. Philip is arrested.
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Washington
Gaston C. Philip
New York
Frank B. Mockabee
Mockabee
Philip
Arlington Hotel
Whisky destroyed after largest seizure in state
May 20 in Bismarck North Carolina Temperance Commissioner Murray led a picnic at the state capitol grounds as $1000 worth of liquor unearthed in a cave was destroyed. The seizure marks the largest under the prohibition law with no resistance from the owner. Murray plans action against three drug firms over alleged excessive medicine sales of whisky and vows to revoke licenses.
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Bismarck
N. C
Murray
State Capitol
Ality
Deaths by Own Action Across State Linked by School Ties
Reports from Iowa and Idaho describe multiple suicides by strychnine or self-inflicted gunshot, linked by alleged group oaths formed at schools and involving families in Birmingham and nearby areas. The cases include Elizabeth Fletcher Kate Farrell Kitty Broell Lilly Milburn and others, each echoing a deadly pact among peers. Adjournment in the Steunenberg murder trial allows time to assemble a new juror venire, with seat No 9 currently vacant and jurors questioned for bias.
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Oines
Cox Creek
Elizabeth Fletcher
Kate Farrell
James Farrell
Birmingham
Kittie
Broell
Boise
Ida
Talesmen
Steunenberg
John Fisher
Levi Smith
Orrie Cole
William D. Haywood
Bar
Thomas B. Gessal
Isaac Bedell
Samuels. Gilman
Daniel Clark
George Powell
John Whitlock
George H. McIntyre
Lee Scrivener
A. P. Burns
Samuel Russell
Accused of Land Frauds Reported by Federal Grand Jury
May 17 report from the federal grand jury details land fraud cases in progress in the United States district court. Names withheld pending arrests. Bonds set at 2500 dollars each. warrants expected to be served over several days.
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Federal Grand
Unit States District Court
Fifty Men Resume Work as Kenosha Strike Eases
Fifty strikers in Kenosha Wisconsin return to work under police protection as hopes rise for an end to the Allen strike. The move suggests more workers may follow from the ranks to resume duties soon.
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Kenosha
Wis
Governor Steunenberg Assassination Ties Found
Were boyhood friends in Boone Iowa on May 17 as evidence links Governor Frank Steunenberg who was assassinated in Idaho to a local connection.
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Boone, Ia
Steunenberg
Idaho
Movement to bring national conventions to Chicago
A May 17 movement proposes Chicago host the national conventions for both parties. The plan would go to the convention committee of the association and then be submitted to national committees of the parties soon.
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Chicago
Republican
Thenhrough
Des Moines Man Earns Death in Philadelphia Incident
Philadelphia on May 17 reports Frank A. Bre aged forty a salesman for the Egar Packing Company who died by his own hand aboard a Pennsylvania railroad car. He is said to have resided in Des Moines.
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Philadelphia
Frank A. Bre
Egar Packing Company
Oines
Pennsylvania Rails
Des Moines
Change of venue denied in San Francisco graft case
In San Francisco Mayor Schmitz faces trial for allegedly extorting money with Abraham Ruef. The large crowd packed the superior court as Assistant District Attorney Heney read affidavits denying defense motions for a trial judge substitution. Judge Dunne denied the change of judge request.
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San Francisco
Superior Court
Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Heney
Dunne
Committee of Seven resigns in San Francisco graft crisis
The committee of seven formed by five San Francisco business groups to assist Mayor Schriftz resigned after failing to secure cooperation from graft investigators Rudolph Spreckels and Francis J. Heney. Governor Gillette tried to prevent the move after an all afternoon meeting.
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San Francisco
Schriftz
Rudolph Spreckels
Francis J. Heney
Gillette
Emigrants resist Bertillon measures in Scandinavia
In Copenhagen on May 22, authorities across Scandinavia began using the Bertillon system to identify emigrants by government instruction at the behest of the United States. Migrants protested, saying they were free citizens not criminals and demanded refunds for transport costs. several were refunded.
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Copenhagen
Scandinavia
United States
Railroads Protest Postmaster General Order Change
All major railroads in the country united to protest an order issued March 2 by former Postmaster General Cortelyou. The rule uses the total weighings of mail days as a divisor for average weight, lowering per diem pay. The protest to Postmaster Meyer seeks revocation, arguing it alters the law, penalizes routes with frequent high service, and rewards less frequent service, reducing annual mail revenue by about 6.6 million dollars.
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Chicago
Vanneneen Feneral
Cortelyou
Ae Rence
Meyer
Cortely
Wreck Kills One. Nine Injured In Panhandle Railroad Accident
In Hollidays Cove near Steubenville, a Panhandle railroad wreck crushed a stationary freight train and a work train caboose. One man was killed seven fatally injured nine teens and others suffered minor hurts.
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Pittsburg
Panhandle
Hollidays Cove
W. Va
Steubenville
Diverse 1907 News Briefs From Across the Nation
Bank robbers loot Winnebago City Nebraska bank taking about 1200 dollars. Spanish naval budgets project 10 million in 1907 and 13 million later years. W F Luxton former St Paul Globe editor dies at Winnipeg aged 63. Sir Joseph Fayron dies aged unknown born 1824. Frost grips eastern Kentucky fruit crop. Buffalo-Cleveland wreck near Little Falls kills one and injures two. Harold T Anderson and wife drown in Atlanta canal locks. Four others survive. German Atlantic Cable Company wins Spain's consent for third cable Emden to New York via Teneriffe. Mauser unveils auto-reloading mechanism for rifle. Chicago Chief Shippy bans red flag parades citing Moyer Haywood sympathy display.
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Winnebago City
Neb
W. F. Luxton
St. Paul Globe
Winnipeg
Joseph Fayron
King Edward
Kentucky
Little Falls
N. Y
New York City
Harold T. Anderson
Atlanta
Atlantic Cable ‘Company
Emden
New York
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Herr Mauser
Shippy
Chicago
Moyer and Haywood
Market Quotations Wheat Prices Reported
Minneapolis market update shows wheat on track with No. 1 hard at 1.06 to 1.08 dollars, No. 1 Northern 1.054 to 1.05, No. 2 Northern 1.02 to 1.03, and No. 3 Northern 0.99 to 1.00 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Market Report St Paul Live Stock Prices May 21
Cattle good to choice steers fetch 5 1 2 to 6 1 4 dollars per hundredweight. fair to good 4 to 5 dollars. cows and heifers 3 1 2 to 4 3 4. veals 4 2 5 dollars. Hogs 6 10 to 6 37 a percent. Sheep wethers 6 50 to 7 00. good to prime lambs 7 75 to 8 50.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices listed with futures in Duluth
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 1 hard at 1.06, No 1 Northern 1.05, No 2 Northern 1.03, May 1.04, July 1.06, Sept 1.05. Flax to arrive on track with May 1.25, July 1.26, Oct 1.26.
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Duluth
Northern
Chicago Market Prices for Wheat Corn Pork Butter Eggs Poultry
Wheat May 99 1 99 July 1 01 Corn May 55 47 Pork May 16 72 16 92 Butter Creameries 15 22 Dairies 17 20 Eggs 15 Poultry Turkeys 2 Chickens 12
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Chicago
Market quotes for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago
Chicago market notes cattle and hog prices with ranges for cows heifers calves steers stockers and feeders and calves. Hogs show light mixed heavy rough and pigs price bands. Sheep and lamb prices are listed with per head figures in dollars.
President Roosevelts plan to prosecute Harriman
President Roosevelt intends drastic action to dissolve Harriman's railroad combinations. He fears present prosperity could be affected and delays suit to near term end. The Commerce Commission and Justice Department were to act, with timing and approval by the president guiding proceedings.
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Washington
E. H. Hannan
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Int State Commerce Commission
Harriman
de Acomsemihane Dangi Commerce Commission
Messrs. Logg
Severance
Supreme court enjoins liquor dealers in Topeka list of firms
In Topeka on May 17 the supreme court issued temporary restraining orders against 11 foreign corporations in warranto actions by General Jackson. It bars 1 several companies and their agents from handling disposing of or removing property or using liquor within the state. Receivers for some firms have been sought and argument set for May 28.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
New General Jackson
Dick Bros.’ Brewing Company
Tihnois
Fred Miller Brewing Company
Wisconsin
William J. Lemp Brewing Company
Missouri
M. K. Go
Soldier seen with gun near Brownsville post gate
A Brownsville Tex. man, manager of Western Info Telegraph, testified a black soldier seen near the post carried a gun around the time of the August 13 fire. He described the man walking deliberately, not hurried by fright, and occupying a room across from the main gate.
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Western Info Telegraph Company
Brownsville
Tex
Brownsville Officer Testifies on Aug. 13 Town Shooting
Ramirez a Brownsville policeman testifies before the Senate Military Affairs Committee he saw soldiers firing at Lieutenant Dominguez and had his hat shot off while fleeing. He recalls the remark there goes one is it a soldier if not give him hell as the gunfire erupted. Interpreting his Spanish testimony, senators pressed for clarity in questioning.
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Washington
Brownsville
Senate Coen
Cedoni Ramirez
Dminguez
Ramirez
Domiguez
Overman Immediat
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Oust Lighting Company
Clubman
Gires
Iowa
Lilly Milburn
Lilly Farrell
Harry Milburn
Kitty
Denver
Kenosha, Wis
Moyer
Lowar
Judge Dunne
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Senate
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