Harriman railroads to widen accident publicity inquests
The Harriman system orders full public reports on all Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Oregon lines accidents with prompt press disclosure. Outsiders may attend board hearings to present formal or opposing findings as critics note most US rail crashes stem from train crew negligence. Union Pacific also advances open hearth steel rails to reduce breakages next year.
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New York
Harriman
K E. H. Tharriman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Mak
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Railways
Whock
Julius Kruttschnitt
Great Northern Pleads Not Guilty in 2 Cent Fare Case
In New York the Great Northern Railway seeks to overturn Elkins anti rebating indictments by pleading not guilty and filing a demurrer arguing the law lacks offense and is unconstitutional. Judge Hough overruled the demurrer as the case proceeds. In Norfolk Virginia ticket offices halt 2 cent mileage tickets while others issue receipts for potential refunds if the law stands.
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New York
Great Northern Railway Company
United States Circuit
Great Northern
American Sugar Refining Company
Hough
Norfolk
Allroad
Corporation Commission
Norfolk and West
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Chesapeake and Ohio
Holdsere
The Great Auto Race Won by Italian on Fiat Machine
United States Marshal Chandler and a deputy visited Forest Hill this morning seeking Rockefeller. Officials were admitted to Rockefeller grounds and searched the residence area before returning downtown. The Rockefeller whereabouts remain unclear as Chandler inferred he was at Forest Hill.
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Cleveland
Ohio
The
Evening Journal
United States
Chandler
Forest Hill
Rockefeller
They Would Serve the Lepers Mission Offer Shocks Oakland
Mrs. Colonel French wife of the Salvation Army commandant on the Pacific coast offers to go to Molokai leper island for mission work and to consecrate her life to the cause Colonel French confirms he plans to open a leper mission in Honolulu and supports spending the remainder of his life with the lepers The couple has five children aged 9 to 16 years.
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Oakland
Cal
Colonel French
Salvation Army
Pacific Coast
Molokai
French
Honolulu
Old Banking Firm to Wind Up
The banking and brokerage house of McKim and Co at 522 Park Avenue has been placed in the hands of receiver Charles Morris Howard who posted bonds for 300000 dollars. Liabilities likely about half that amount as withdrawals and retirement motives are cited. The firm was established in 1852.
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Baltimore
McKim & Co
Park Avenue
Charles Morris Howard
Morris
Hollins McKim
Italian Nazzaro wins Grand Prix on Dieppe course
Nazzaro, racing a Fiat, won the Grand Prix on the Dieppe course in 6 hours 46 minutes 33 seconds. Francois Szisz, the 1906 Grand Prix winner, finished second.
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Paris
The
Evening Journal
Nazzaro
Fiat
Francois Szisz
Will Play a War Game in Narragansett District
Preparations for war practice start at Narragansett coast defenses under Washington orders. Over two weeks the plan includes encampments of eight coast artillery companies at Fort Adams and five at Fort Greble with state militia, regulars and volunteers in camp practicing day and night land and sea assaults.
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Newport
R. L
Narragansett District
War Department
Washington
Coast Artillery
Fort Adams
Fort Greble
Hague Peace Conference Heads Receive Welcome From Queen Wilhelmina
The leaders of the Hague peace conference were welcomed by Queen Wilhelmina. In Denver a monument to late Head Consul Falkenburg was erected by the Woodmen of the World, though his daughter objects to interment there. Washington seismic scientists seek yesterday's world earthquake. The Western Federation of Miners adopts a socialist program with political action. John D. Rockefeller is reported to arrive in Cleveland for business engagements.
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Wilhelmina
Falkenburg
Denver
Washington
Western Federation of Miners
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Harry Orchard and His Guards In Boise Trial
The states chief witness Harry Orchard was closely guarded during Haywood murder trial testimony in Boise. A courtroom escort and trips to and from court were described with warden E L Whitney, detective R Barthel, Penitentiary guard Ackley, Edward T Hawley, Orchard, and a Pinkerton agent among the escort.
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Harry Orchard
Haywood
Boise
Orchard
E. L. Whitney
Idaho Penitentiary
R. Barthel
Colorado
Ackley
Edward T. Hawley
Pinkerton
District Tax receipts shown for year and 1906 comparison
Collector G Rennick reports district business total at 25.577 million 448.10 dollars versus 33.587 million 653.08 dollars collected in 1906, highlighting a decline in yearly revenue.
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BP. G. Rennick
Belleville Man Claims Record Cherry Tree Yield
Danville Indiana July 2 Arthur Brewer of Belleville picks fifteen gallons of cherries from a tree he calls the county’s best yielding in Hendricks. He reports there are at least fifteen gallons more remaining on the tree.
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Danville
Ind
Arthur Brewer
Belleville
Hendricks County
Weather Forecast for Five States
The official forecast up to 8 PM calls for fair conditions across Illinois Indiana Lower Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. Clear skies and light winds expected with no precipitation indicated.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa—Fair
Rapes and murders stun towns as arrests follow
A 16 year old girl Jennie Rehle was raped and murdered near her Wausau home after leaving church in Stratford. Suspects Irvie Bartlett and James Hackey were arrested on suspicion. Also noted, Ezekiel Halstead of Owosso will mark his 96th birthday on July 4 with six surviving children, and Dock Posey in Dalton confessed to abusing his 9 year old stepdaughter and was moved to a railroad duct amid a county jail transfer.
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Wausau
Wis
Jennie Rehle
John E. Rehe
Stratford
Irvie Bartlett
Nashville
James Hackey
Chicago
Owosso
Mich
Ezekiel Halstead
Ier
Dalton
Dock Posey
Whitfield County
Friedman Letters Spy Plot Near Cheyenne Trial
Morris Friedman, the ex Pinkerton stenographer, testified at the Steunenberg murder trial about secret agent reports on the Western Federation of Miners and United Mine Workers. Witness Jas T. Wallace described militia misuse and gunfighter imports, while M F E White recounted militia arrest antics. Defense plans to finish witnesses soon. Friedman defends his actions as virtuous public service.
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Boise
Ida
Morris Friedman
Pinkerton
Denver
Steunenberg
Friedman
Cripple Creek
Victor
Globeville
Colorado City
Trinidad
Western Federation of Miners
United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
Federation
Jas. T. Wallace
K. C. Sterling
Independence Station
M. FE. White
Western Federation
Woodman
Haywood
Moyer
Darrow
Pinkertons
Borah
War on the Clubs Targetting illicit liquor sales in Grand Rapids
Prosecutor McDonald vows to crack down on Sunday and after hours liquor sales at clubs and back room joints. He accuses the Peninsula club of serving as a front for saloons and notes many wealthy members tied to liquor, despite its claimed literary and scientific purpose.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
McDonald
Markets Hogs and Cattle Prices in Chicago Report
Chicago July 2 1907 official hog cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges for today and tomorrow show steady markets with light and mixed packers bids and heavy shipper grades. Cattle and sheep supplies are large and prices mix with some weakness noted ahead of Thursday July 4 markets.
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Chicago
Borah Presses for More Records in Denver Case
Senator Borah urged the witness to name records in the Pinkerton office at Denver related to the case. The witness could not specify items but recalled numerous letters by Detective McParland describing all manner of crimes.
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Senator Borah
Pinkerton
Denver
McParland
Curiosity Tragedy at Tobias Sawmill
Wilford Knox aged 50 of Grand Rapids raised himself on a elbow near a buzz saw at the Tobias sawmill in Lacey. The blade tore a hole in his left side exposing his lungs and nearly severed his arm requiring amputation if he survives.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Wilford Knox
Grand Rapids
Tobias
Lacey
Bantam Rooster Growns Spur on Head Near Elwood
One of the most peculiar chicken freaks reported by local raisers is a bantam rooster owned by Charles Wright two miles south of Elwood on the Pleasant Hill pike. The bird has a spur on its head where the comb should be, larger than the spurs on its legs.
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Elwood
Ind
Charles Wright
Pleasant Hill Pike
John A. Babcock Chicago Ad Urges Honest Deal
An ad from John A. Babcock of Chicago Illinois invites readers to contact him any time and promises a square deal as the core message. The brief notice stresses reliable service and straightforward dealings.
Big Revenue Collections in Fifth District
Peoria Ill July 2 The internal revenue collections of the Fifth internal revenue district for the fiscal year ended June 30 are the largest in the district’s history surpassing prior totals and highlighting strong tax intake nationwide.
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Peoria
Ill
Internal Revenue District
City garbage strike ends as drivers return to work
New York officials report the garbage collection strike is over after a meeting between drivers and Mayor McClellan. The men agreed to restart work, working overtime to clear piles of refuse amid continued health concerns and police protection.
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New York
McClellan
Health Department
Father Vartarian's Slayer
Commissioner Bingham will ask the state department to seek extradition of Boghos Farkani from Marseilles to New York. He is suspected in the murder of Armenian priest Father Kasper Vartarian, whose body was found in a trunk May 23. Captain McCafferty identifies Farkain as Paul Sarkisian, linked to John Mooradian in the crime. The trunk bearing the priest’s body was discovered in the room shared by the two alleged killers.
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New York
Bingham
State Department
Boghos Farkani
Marseilles
France
Kasper Vartarian
Low registration in Manila election drive
Manila July 2 The registration for the coming election closed with just 7,300 voters registered including 800 U S citizens. Native leaders expected about 19,000 voters and the crowd at the booths on opening day dwindled as many did not qualify.
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Manila
United States
Indictment Filed Against Umbrella Trust Groups
United States grand jury returns a three count indictment accusing National Umbrella Frame Co Newark River Works and Newark Tube and Metal Works of forming a conspiracy to restrain trade in Philadelphia.
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Umbrella Trust Now
Philadelphia
United States Grand Jury
Umbrella Trust
National Umbrella Frame Company
Newark River Works
Newark Tube and Metal Works
Paralyzed Kansan Leader Webb McNall Suffers Stroke
Webb McNall former state superintendent of Insurance under Governor Leedy has suffered a stroke at his Jaylord Kansas home. His condition is reported as critical and he is receiving medical care. He was known for ousting several insurance companies from Kansas.
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Jaylord
Kan
Webb McNall
Leedy
Kansas
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John
Coast Defenses
His
Texas
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
New York City
William Duggan
Father Vartarian
Marsailles
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