Review of a Week's Events Across Nations and Local News
A wide recapitulation covers court cases in Idaho against William D. Haywood and Harry Orchard, mine explosions, trolley wrecks in Los Angeles, notable deaths from Richmond to St. Louis, and various incidents nationwide. It notes railroad probes, political appointments, and social tragedies, with multiple regional events and notable figures.
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William D. Haywood
Harry Orchard
Vindicator
Federation of Miners
Denver
Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Steunenberg
Haywood
Moyer
Pettibone
Alfred Horsley
Boise
Idaho
Western Federation of Miners
James H. Hawley
Viscount Tani Calls for War If Diplomacy Fails
A political flare in Japan sees Viscount Tani leading opposition demands war with the United States unless reparations are obtained for the San Francisco attacks. An alliance among Japanese pacific coast factions and the progressives seeks to topple the ministry and remove the immigration clause.
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Viscount Tani
House of Peers
America
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Progressives
Japan
United States
Root
Diaz
Mexico
Thomas Heffner
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
James Sweeney
Saratoga
N. Y
Kentucky
Illinois
Iowa
Roosevelt
Jamestown Exposition
Georgia
National Editorial Association
Indian Territory
Herman Koeh
Beaver Dam Lake
Wisconsin
Minnie Haag
Delphia Koerring
Belvidere
John Puepura
Utica
Minnesota
Granite Falls
Minn
Dooley
Lee Reynolds
Lee Fox
Indianola
Miss
Mexico City
Cabrera
Guatemala
Toledo
Toledo Railways and Terminal Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Tripoli
Port Zarziss
Wisconsin Assembly approves public utility regulation bills
A 77 to 19 vote passes the Wisconsin assembly on public utility regulation. Other items report shootings, deaths, arrests, and notable incidents across the U S and abroad, including saloon looting, a New York theft via false checks, a cyclone in India, and political notes from Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Venezuela.
Missing Middies and Sailors Aboard Minnesota
Six midshipmen and five enlisted men from the Minnesota went ashore after a ball at Jamestown Exposition grounds and disappeared. The Navy suspects the launch struck something and sank near Discovery Landing, with an admiralty investigation ordered after a duty box from a missing fireman was found afloat.
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Norfolk
Minnesota
Hampton Roads
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Field
Ulrich
Holden
Murfin
Stevenson
Holcomb
Connecticut
R. H. Dodson
H. L. van Dorn
F. R. Plumer
G. W. Westphal
Jesse Conn
Discovery Landing
Exposition Grounds
Washington, D. C
Annapolis
Navy Department
Navy
Evans
Government to file suit against anthracite coal monopoly
The Justice Department announced a petition to be filed in the U S circuit court at Philadelphia against the Reading Company and sister railroads plus subsidiary mines. It charges a conspiracy to restrain competition in coal transport and sales and seeks an injunction to halt the monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
United States Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Reading Co
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Erie Railroad Co
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Co
Pennsylvania
New York, Ontario & Western
Delaware & Hudson
Tidewater
President Roosevelt Opens Jamestown Exposition Visit
President Roosevelt tours the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk with Georgia day highlighted by the Bulloch Hall opening replica home. He speaks to editors on tax reforms and warns against demagogues while urging child labor laws and faster worker damages collection.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
Georgia
Bulloch Hall
Roswell
Georgia State Building
Government Pier
National Editorial Association
Exposition Auditorium
New York
Hampton Roads
Lee
The Volunteer’s Wife and Civil War Martyrs
Ada C. Sweet recalls the courage of soldiers wives in the Civil War era. She highlights their sacrifices as husbands went to war and women managed homes, farms, and work to sustain families, praising their contribution to the Union and urging remembrance of mothers of ’61.
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Chicago
Ada C. Sweet
Chicago Journal
Senator Morgan Dies at 83 in Washington
Senator John Tyler Morgan of Alabama, a 30 year member of the Senate and former brigadier general in the Confederate army, died at his Washington home at 11 15 PM after years of angina pectoris. He chaired the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals and was a prominent public figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
John Tyler Morgan
Alabama
Congress
Senate
Nicaraguans Capture Acajutla in Central American Conflict
In a rapid development, Nicaraguans aided by Salvadoran revolutionists seized Acajutla Salvador after a morning bombardment by the gunboat Momotembo. General Manuel Rivas now holds the town following troop landing coordinated with Salvadoran forces.
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Salvador
Mexico City
Central America
Acajutla
Figueroa
Manuel Delgado
Momotembo
Manuel Rivas
Tornado Ravages DuQuoin Area Destruction Reported
A destructive tornado struck DuQuoin Illinois Tuesday night causing heavy damage. A man and a child sought shelter under a church as the storm peaked and are believed crushed when the building collapsed.
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Duquoin
Trolley Car Crash Kills Two in Indianapolis
Two women died and three others were seriously injured when a trolley car struck and wrecked an automobile in the city's northern section last evening. The collision left fatalities and multiple injuries, prompting investigations into the cause and safety measures.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Milliken Brothers files for receivership in NY court
Miliken Brothers Incorporated a major structural steel and bridge contractor seeks receivership. McDonald Bostwick filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition as Judge Holt considers the case. The firm operates offices in London Antwerp Johannesburg Cape Town Havana Mexico City San Francisco Portland and Honolulu with 1906 NY incorporation and 5.5 million capital.
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New York
Miliken Brothers, Incorporated
Holt
United States District Court
McDonald & Bostwick
Bar Association
Milliken Company
London
Antwerp
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Victory for Next Friends in Eddy Suit
In Concord New Hampshire the plaintiffs acting as next friends of Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy head of the Christian Science church won a ruling from Judge Chamberlain Merrimack superior court to appoint a master within a week to conduct hearings and hear testimony on Eddy's competence to manage her own affairs
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Next Friends
Concord
N. H
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Denomination
Senate votes to override mayoral recount veto
Albany officials report the state senate approved an 82 to 17 veto override on a measure for a judicial recount of the 1905 New York City mayoral election ballots over Acting Mayor McGowan’s veto.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
McGowan
New York
New York City
La Jalouse Sinks Off Barbadoes With Twenty-Eight Lost
The French schooner La Jalouse sank off Barbadoes last Friday night. Twenty eight passengers perished including twelve women and children. The captain and 21 crew members reached Barbadoes safely.
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Barbadoes
Car hits over two miles a minute on Long Island roads
Walter Christie prepares for the Grand Prix in France next month after his car achieved speeds exceeding two miles per minute on Long Island roads Monday. Christie will drive in the international race, showcasing the high performance of his vehicle.
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New York
Long Island Roads
Walter Christie
France
Irresistible Sand Hills March Across Pomerania
Vast sand hills rise along the Pomeranian coast driven by the wind and moving eastward at 39 to 56 feet per year. They span hundreds of yards in breadth and 60 to 120 feet high, destroying pine woods in their path as trees are stripped to bare stems and eventually die.
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Pomerania
Market roundup of grain and livestock prices across cities
Market notes from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg dated June 12 1907 show prices for flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs. Highlights include Minnesota spring patent flour $5.10 to $5.60 in New York and Chicago style quotes, cattle and sheep ranges across regions, and steady hog markets with varied city figures.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
East Buffalo
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Los Angeles
Cal
L. S. Peckham
Iown State Baseball League
Marshalltown
Julia Magruder
Richmond
James Black
James Black Masonry & Construction Company
St. Louis
Cromwell Dickson
Columbus
William Mohne
Shoals
Dan Coughlin
Mobile
Ala
Yazoo City
University of Industry, Science and Art
Grand Junction
Col
Carnegie Foundation Fund
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Philippines
Buford
F. K. Dunn
Charleston
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Jacob W. Wilkin
Danville
Artman
Lebanon
George Rhodius
James M. Berryhill
Rhodius
Louisville
Elma Dare
Dare
Post Office Department
Lieut
Mack Richardson
San Antonio
Tex
Dempsey Timber Company
Tacoma
Edward C. Delano
Missouri
Lillia Davis
Princeton
Wellington
Kansas City
Hammond
Teamsters’ Association
John A. Grant
Atlanta
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Illinois Central
Texas & Pacific
H. G. Bamber
McKinley
McKinley Homstead
Memorial Association
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Leavenworth
Kan
Paul
W. Kampien
Capitol National Bank of
Wisconsin Assembly
Columbus Ciay
Shirley City
William McMahon McCraig
Cumberland
Thomas Battle
D. M. Ber *O
August Dolin
S. Baumann & Brother
Isaac Greenbaum
J. J. Reynolds
Andrew Simonson
Racine
Wis
Simonson
Kurrachee
India
Far East
Emma Leahy
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Cowan House
Philander C. Knox
Fred Hatting
Reddick
Austin Stockdon
John Fraser
Chicago & Southern Railway
William V. McMacklin
Helen W. Gougar
Lafayette
Lodz
Russian Poland
Springfield
Wabash Road
Oscar
Sophia
Sweden
Clarence McKenzie
Standard Brake Company
Eugene A. Sittig
Brewer and Maltster
Ernest O. Sweetzer
Washington University
Gov. Harris
Ohio
James Cornelius
Canton
Castro
W. W. Russell
L. H. Blanton
Central University of Kentucky
Oliver Leibenguth
William Leibenguth
Oscar Schwank
Allentown
Charles N. Holt
Montgomery
Mary Baker Eddy
G. W. Jackson
Americus C. Daily
Indiana
Lebane National Bank
Coal Trust
Combine of Railroads and
Anthracite Mining Companies
Jamestown Expo
Senator Morgan
Washington
BIG Firm
Miliken Bros
Bridge Builders
Pittsburg
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