Week of political and legal action across the nation
The week covers tariff debates in Congress with a vote set for April 9, Senate confirmation of Charles Dyer Norton as assistant secretary of the treasury, and moves against Standard Oil in St Louis. Other items include lynchpin news on Taft favors a tariff bureau, a Missouri court action, Oklahoma land fraud suit, and multiple fatal or notable incidents across cities including fires, trains, and drownings.
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Clark
Florida
Aie
William J. Bryan
House of Representatives
Senate
Charles Dyer Norton
Chicago
Treasury
Norton
Finance Committee
Lowden
Illinois
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Scott
Sherman
Taft
Mayfield
Count Zeppelin
Germany
Thomas Hite
Samuel Mertsbaugh
Ligonier
Ind
Richard Croker
Oak Branch
Punta Arenas
Chile
James Kreiger
Pennsylvania
Fargo
N. C
Gov. Haskell
Oklahoma
Allyn Sampson
Lyons
N. Y
Morton
Supreme Court
Boston
Andrew J. Davis
Montana
Massachusetts
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Tex
Virginia Carter
Yellow House
Winchester
Michigan
Internal Revenue Department
South
Harold Moon
Flint
Mich
Niagara Falls
Luna Island
Woodward
Okla
Stock Exchange
John Dickinson & Co
New
Michigan City
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Heyn
W. Wiley
State Department
United States
International Congress of Applied Chemistry
London
Jacob H. Schiff
Tissot
Knox
Root
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Leopold
W. Vernon Booth
Frederick R. Robbins
Fish Trust
Washington
Notable U S Officials Mix with Exposition Guests in Naples
Secretary Knox hosts a dinner for Wada and Sakai Japanese exposition officials visiting the United States. A German consul greets the guests with a Kaiser’s special welcome as the event draws a large crowd.
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Knox
Wada and
Sakai
Roosevelt
Naples
Kaiser
Treasury
Coolidge
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Civic Federation
Gen. Kuroki
First football accident claimed in Norwich season
Norwich New York reports the season's first football accident as 12 year old Ray Conklin is injured during a ward school rivalry game to settle last fall’s supremacy. Other items note England plans airship fleet for war, and various political and legal developments across the country.
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Norwich
N. Y
Ray Conklin
Young Blackmailer Nabbed In Atlanta Black Hand Plot
Daniel W. Johnson Jr., 18, a Sunday school pupil of Dr. Candler, confessed to writing letters demanding 35000 from Asa G. Candler, head of the Atlanta chamber of commerce. Officers trapped him after he seized a dummy package on Moreland Avenue, aided by post office inspectors and two detectives.
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Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Daniel W. Johnson
Dr. Candler
Fulton County
Johnson
Candler
Inman Park Methodist Church
Post Office
Sutton
Moreland Avenue
Annabel Street
Walker Alley
Tornado Toll Reported Across Multiple States
Aberdeen Mississippi reports five dead four injured and others buried under debris at the Illinois Central depot after a tornado. In Kokomo Indiana a storm wrecked the Masonic temple and farm homes injuring six including a girl killed. Marion Illinois sees two dead and numerous injuries as a tornado hits Pittsburg and surrounds.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Illinois Central
Kokomo
Ind
Miami
Masonic Temple
Gammons
Clara
Marion
Ill
Pittsburg
Here
Ban Placed on Castro Landings at Trinidad
Port of Spain Trinidad reports the British government will not permit Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan president to land there. A dispatch from Basse-Terre Guadaloupe says Castro, unable to land, will depart at Fort De France Martinique aboard ship. Paris France is noted in Washington communications.
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Venezuela
Trinidad
Port of Spain
State Department
Washington
London Foreign Office
Cipriano Castro
Paris
France
Basse-Terre
Guadaloupe
Castro
Fort de France
Martinique
Prohibition Defeated in Little Rock Mayor Re-elected
In Little Rock Arkansas the prohibition forces were defeated yesterday in the municipal election. Mayor R C Daley was re-elected by a majority of 1941 votes.
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Little Rock
Ark
R. C. Daley
Pittsburg Freight Tonnage Tops Major World Ports
Pittsburg, Pa. freight tonnage for 1907 surpasses New York London and Liverpool combined according to statistics released by the local chamber of commerce.
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Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce
New York
London
Liverpool
Ex President Roosevelt Visited Naples Amid Warm Welcome
Naples crowded with cheering crowds as former President Roosevelt toured the city. The Hamburg steamer greeted by whistles and flags as he met officials at the Hotel Excelsior and dined with dignitaries. He visited Capodimonte, thanked hosts, and prepared to depart on the Admiral with flowers from friends including the German emperor.
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Naples
Italy
Roosevelt
Hamburg
Hotel Excelsior
Aosta
Capodimonte
Mr. Roosevelt
Mombasa
Pope Hill of Macon is slain in McRae office
Police say Attorney That Pope Hill, 40, a member of Harris and Harris, was murdered by unknown parties in his McRae law office amid a struggle. A coroner's jury ruled death a homicide. The Dodge land case is linked to the suspect violence in Georgia.
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McRae
Pope Hill
Macon
Dodge Land
Hill
Dodge
Harris & Harris
Prohibition Prevails In Most Michigan Counties
Detroit reports that 27 counties voted on liquor laws with 11 remaining dry before the final tally. By midnight 7 counties were wet and Jackson was narrowly for prohibition by about 30 votes. Results list dry counties Alcona Allegan Benzie Branch Calhoun Clare Eaton Emmett Tennessee Hillsdale Ionia Josco Isabella Kalkaska Livingstone Newaygo Saline Tuscola Charlevoix and wet counties Berrien Huron Montcalm Mecosta Ottawa Washtenaw Monroe with Republican state ticket seen leading by over 75 000 votes.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
George W. Moorrow
Michigan Anti-saloon League
Ramining
Jackson
Alcona
Allegan
Benzie
Branch
Calhoun
Clare
Eaton
Emmett
Tennessee
Hillsdale
Ionia
Josco
Isabella
Kalkaska
Livingstone
Newaygo
Salinac
Tuscola
Charlevoix
Berrien
Huron
Montcalm
Mecosta
Ottawa
Wages Increase For Salem Cotton Mills Workers
Nearly 2,000 Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co. operatives in Salem Massachusetts learned yesterday that wages will rise about five percent. The announcement boosts pay across the factory workforce.
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Salem
Mass
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Cornerstone Laying at West Point Chapel
The cornerstone of West Point’s new chapel was laid yesterday in the presence of officers and cadets by Col. Hugh L. Scott, the superintendent.
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West Point
N. Y
The
Military Academy
Academy
Hugh L. Scott
Woman Dies Entering Gate Amid Riot Sound in Luxor
Mrs Lucy Petre 33 of Luxor rushed to a house when riot sounds were heard to rescue her 5 year old son but collapsed and died from heart failure as she crossed the gate. Harrisburg Gov Stuart signs bill validating real estate sales by writs of levari facias on judgments issued after 1901 act. The measure aims to correct laws governing forced sales.
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Greensburg
Lucy Petre
Luxor
Harrisburg
Gov
Stuart
March dairy and food division revenue in Harrisburg
The March statement shows the dairy and food division collected 4942.82 for the state with 2575 from oleo fines, 1783.43 from oleo licenses, 427.50 from pure food fines, 97 from meat fines, and 59.89 from vinegar fines.
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Harrisburg
Dairy and Food Division
Carelessness causes injuries to workers and children at oil well
In Bradford on School street men firing an oil well injure themselves and about 30 watching children. Twenty children are in hospitals. None will die, but several face permanent disfigurement.
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Bradford
School Street
Railroad divisions renamed to ease clerical work
The Pennsylvania Railroad changes two divisions. The Pennsylvania Northwestern from Bellwood becomes the Bellwood division. The Clearfield from Cresson becomes the Cresson division. The changes aim to simplify handling and reduce clerical work.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Northwestern
Bellwood
Clearfield
Cresson
Pennsylvania Republican State Convention June 16 in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Republican state convention will convene at the Majestic theater in Harrisburg on June 16 at 10 30 a m to nominate a state treasurer an auditor general and a judge of the supreme court Col W R Andrews chairman of the state committee issued the call attested by John R Williams secretary
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Washington, D. C
Majestic
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Col
W. R. Andrews
John R. Williams
Secrtary directs action against 15 feeding firms in four counties
Harrisburg reports that under Secretary Critchfield, George G. Hutchison has filed suits for violation of the feeding stuffs act against 15 firms in Potter Bradford McKean and Cameron counties. Goods sold into the state from New York were adulterated with up to 40 percent corn cobs.
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Harrisburg
Critchfield
George G. Hutchison
Department
Potter
Bradford
McKean
Cameron Counties
New York
Philadelphia Capitalist Ellis Ends Life at Home
Charles E. Ellis 74, president of Citizens' Passenger Railway Co. and subsidiary of Philadelphia Rapid Transit, shot and killed himself at his Philadelphia residence after years of neuralgia and rheumatism.
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Philadelphia
Charles E. Ellis
Citizens’ Passenger Railway Co
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co
Ellis
Italian American Oil Co secures oil concessions
Butler and Pittsburg capitalists have secured oil concessions from Spain and Italy and will prospect for crude oil. They formed the Italian American Oil Co and reportedly hold leaseholds on several thousand acres. Drilling will use American machinery.
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Butler
Pittsburg
State closes branch offices amid foot and mouth outbreak
Harrisburg reports the state livestock sanitary board has shut its Norristown Sunbury and West Chester branches. Quarantined Lancaster district business will move to local offices or the main office as efforts continue to lift the quarantine by month end.
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Harrisburg
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Norristown
Sunbury
West Chester
Lancaster
Banker in Madrid Prison Frauds Weygand Claim
Postmaster James B. Mates reports a letter to contractor Ed ward Weygand from a prisoner in Madrid who claims to be a banker. The writer seeks funds to secure release and promises Weygand a share of a fortune estimated at 160000 dollars.
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Butler
James B. Mates
Edward Weygand
Madrid
Spain
Weygand
Abbey panel of Penns treaty hung in Harrisburg
A London dispatch reports Edwin A. Abbey completed one panel for the Harrisburg capitol showing William Penn's treaty with the Indians. Penn and a young chief stand beneath a large elm as Quaker associates and attendants emerge from the shore with chiefs seated around the tree.
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Harrisburg
Edwin A. Abbey
House of Representatives
William Penn
Penn
Pennsylvania
Explosion at Emery refinery kills man and injures another
An explosion of gas in a 600 barrel crude oil still at Emery Manufacturing Co. killed Thomas Brophy and badly burned Bart Conners. The men, cleaning tar from the bottom, were trapped when the blast occurred and later evacuated with their clothes burned. Brophy died in an ambulance. Conners is in dangerous condition but may recover.
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Bradford
Emery Manufacturing Co
Thomas Brophy
Bart Conners
Brophy
Conners
Hindu Temple at Borobudur Unearthed by Raffles
The Borobudur temple in Java, built by Hindus in the eighth century, stands on a hill and rises over 100 feet. It features stone terraces, circular galleries, and a crowning cupola, with vast bas reliefs and numerous Buddha images adorning the walls.
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Stamford Raffles
Java
Pyramids
Egypt
Ivory Nuts From Palms Known As Vegetable Ivory
Ivory nuts or vegetable ivory come from a palm species and are valued for buttons counters and inlay work. Known as corozo in France and Spain and fagua in Colombia they take 15 years to mature. Major buyers include France England Germany the United States Italy Russia and Spain with Cartagena exports in 1907 totaling thousands of tons to Germany France the US and England.
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France
Spain
Columbia
England
Germany
United States
Italy
Russia
Cartagena
Bolivar
Magdalena
Atlantico
Atlantic
Cauca
Pacific
How They Do It Friendship Through Simple Showdowns
Two strangers meet and exchange bravado about fighting and biting. They twist to playful talk about goats dogs kites and marbles and within ten minutes become friends sharing a bite from the same apple.
Women at Work Linked to Higher Infant Mortality in Towns
The London Post reports that in eight industrial towns with 48 percent of married women of child bearing age working in factories, infant mortality averaged 182 per 1000 for ten years. In eight towns with only 3 percent working women, infant mortality averaged 150 per 1000. The excess mortality is attributed to the absence of the mother.
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London Post
Markets Update From New York Financial and Grain Reports
Money on call easy at 1 2 percent. Prime mercantile paper 834% 4 percent. Sterling exchange 4 87.80 for demand. Government bonds steady. Flour Minnesota patents 5.75 6.15. Wheat No 2 red 1.31 elevator. Corn No 2 white 7ic. Oats Mixed 57 58e. Hay Quiet. Cattle Steers 6.25 6.75. Sheep steady at 5.00, lambs 7.00 8.25. Hogs steady at 7.00 7.40.
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
Cleveland
Yars
Pittsburg
Grain and livestock prices from Cleveland to Pittsburg
Market notes show Apr 7 price ranges for grain and livestock across cities. Wheat and corn quotes vary by grade, with eggs and butter listed, while cattle hogs and sheep show multiple quality levels and price spans.
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Warren Mail
Deters
Congressional
Isaac Foster Mack
Sandusky Daily Register
John T. Mack
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Navy
von Fischel
von Holtzendorf
General News
Judge Krieger
Louisville
Admiral Perez
Talcahuano
Greece
M. Theolokis
Council On Medical Education of
American Medical Association
Auditorium Hotel
Roland Hinton Perry
Ludlow Street
William McMahon
St. Bridget’s Church
Catholic Universe
Fidelity Funching Company
Crazy Snake
Wolf Wordell
Reyburn
Atlanta, GA
Admiral
Georgia Sawyer
Keystone State Jets
Toledo
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