City of Traverse license revoked for gambling vessel
Washington July 9 Acting Secretary Murray ordered revocation of the City of Traverse sailing license and the passenger certificate after Chicago and Illinois authorities described the steamer as a gambling den aboard a lake excursion. The ship allegedly operators racing bets and card games at an anchorage near the Illinois Indiana Michigan lines.
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Washington, D. C
City of
Traverse
Lake Michigan
Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
City of Chicago
State of Illinois
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Ilinois
Busse
Representative Mann
Roosevelt
Department of Commerce and
Gar
Steamboat Inspection Service
Anarchists Arrested in Barcelona After Explosions
In Barcelona on July 9 twenty three suspects were placed under arrest following a wave of anarchist acts and recent explosions. An informer seeking revenge was implicated in the arrests as authorities deem the actions significant.
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Barcelona
Boat Capsizes. Woman Drowns on Lake Manawa
Mrs. Clarence Stallard drowned during a storm on Lake Manawa while she and her husband were rowing across the lake. The boat capsized and Mr. Stallard was rescued.
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Council Bluffs
Clarence Stallard
Lake Manawa
Stallard
James Oliver Seriously Ill in South Bend
James Oliver, millionaire plow manufacturer of South Bend, Ind., is seriously ill again. His advanced age makes his recovery doubtful and his family remains concerned about the outcome.
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James Oliver
South Bend
Ind
Leach to Succeed Roberts as Mint Director
Secretary Cortelyou recommends to the president the appointment of Frank A. Sae as director of the mint to replace George E. Roberts who has resigned. Sae is the present superintendent of the San Francisco mint.
Child Falls on a Knife in Lebanon Farm Scene
In Lebanon Indiana on a July day a six year old boy, Harold Brouchard, son of Earl Brouchard, a well known farmer, fell from a cot onto a pocket knife. He suffered injuries as a result.
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Lebanon
Ind
Harold
Earl Brouchard
Deseronto Man Found Dead at 38 in Bed
Dr. Ackland Oronhyatekha son of the late supreme chief ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters was found dead in bed in Deseronto Ontario on July 9. He died of heart failure at age 38.
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Deseronto
Ont
Ackland Oronhyatekha
The
Independent Order of Foresters
Indictments Against Lewis in Bank Fraud Case
Seven federal indictments allege Edward G. Lewin president of the People's United States bank used the mails to defraud stockholders. Co-defendants include cashier Francis V. Putnam and others in schemes against the government over postage rates and bank activities. All defendants posted bonds. Katherine Clemmons Gould wins action to strike out adultery and mail tampering allegations in Howard Gould separation suit.
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St Louis
Federal Grand Jury
Edward G. Lewin
People’s United States Bank
Lewis
Francis V. Putnam
Frank J. Cabot
William N. Miller
New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Supreme Court
McCall
Gould
Saloon keeper Henry Cunningham fined in Algonac case
Port Huron Michigan July 9 Henry Cunningham an Algonac saloon man was fined 25 by Judge Law and 50 by Judge Tappan after pleading guilty to keeping his saloon open on Sunday and to obstructing the view of his place with screens resulting in two separate penalties totaling 75.
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Port Huron, Mich
Henry Cunningham
Law
Tappan
Cunningham
Prairie Choice Rates and Prices for Livestock in East Buffalo
East Buffalo New York July 8 Dunning Stevens Live Stock Commission Merchants quotes cattle hogs sheep and lambs market movement receipts and prices. Cattle ex port steers and best shipping steers range from 5.75 to 7.00 with heifers and cows noted, hogs around 6.20 to 6.35, sheep and lambs strongest with best lambs 8.25 to 8.50 and yearlings 6.75, wethers 5.75 to 6.00, owes 4.75 to 5.00. Years market lower with best 4.50 to 8.00.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Dock Strikers Riot at Rotterdam Port Over Unloading Elevators
Dutch dock laborers strike against elevator use in grain ship unloading causing frequent attacks on dissenters and threats to damage ships. A cavalry force guards quays while police patrols protect loading steamers as the ironclad Reinier Klaeszen and cruiser Noord Brabant guard the port.
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Rotterdam
Holland
Reinier Klaeszen
Noord Brabant
Weather Forecast for Illinois Indiana and Nearby States
Illinois and Indiana fair in the south with showers in the north. Lower Michigan showers with fresh winds shifting to variable. Wisconsin fair in the north and showers in the south. Iowa showers and likely thunderstorms.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin—Fair
Iowa
Market quotes from Chicago Board of Trade
July wheat opens at 98 percent with a 92 close. Corn July 55 percent to 54 percent in Sept and Dec with mixed bids. Oats July 48 percent, Sept 39 percent, Dec 40 percent, May 42 percent. Park and Lard futures shown with July at 16.00 and 8.77 percent respectively. Hogs cattle and sheep receipts listed with price ranges and ranges for calves and feeders. Cash grain quotes include winter and spring wheat and corn by samples. Hay prices and live poultry figures included.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Not So Easy a Mark at Hotel Crews
Martha Crews, owner of Hotel Crews in Alton Illinois, confronted a 200 pound hobo who demanded food before work. She armed herself, forced him to work for half an hour, and stood guard over his labor until he finished. Since then no tramps have visited the hotel.
Blueberries to Break the Record in Upper Michigan
Negaunee Michigan July 9 The blue berry harvest in upper Michigan this season promises to be a record breaker. Cold weather kept the crop back and blossoms did not appear until about June 1 since which time no frost has fallen. Last season blossoms on bushes in open spaces were destroyed by late frosts and only plants in heavy timber lands bore fruit.
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Negaunee
Mich
Upper Michigan
Governor fatally wounded in Nganking attack in Hankow
The Nganhwei governor accompanying by the police director was shot at a school in Nganking. Several bullets struck the governor causing mortal injuries. The police director arrested the attacker and wounded him severely on the scene.
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Hankow
China
Nganhwei
Nganking
Telephone Girls Strike in Butte in Solidarity
Butte Montana July 9 tele phone girls of the Rock Mountain Bell company strike in sympathy with Utah Wyoming and Idaho linemen. A brief truce had expired and no agreement reached with the linemen. The women had quit two weeks earlier but returned to work during the truce.
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Butte
Mont
Rock Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Jilted Bride Ends Plans For Pennsylvania Wedding
Miss Grace Long of Freedom Indiana jilted Charles Byers of Chicora Pennsylvania just before the noon wedding in Martinsville Indiana. Byers helped pack the trunk. she postponed then left, sending the trunk to the station and telling Mrs Jane Curry she would not marry. She departed with Bertha Durbin at 12:30 likely on the Big Four line.
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Martinsville
Ind
Grace Long
Freedom
Charles Byers
Chicora
Byers
the Highland
Miss Long
Pennsylvania
Jane Curry
Mrs. Curry
Big Four Railway
Costly Chaw Leads to Fine by City Judge
Walter Husted of Ohio Falls was fined 25 dollars and costs by City Judge Poindexter after Superintendent Whittaker of the Indiana Reformatory prosecuted him for giving a "trusty" outside the institution a chew of tobacco.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Walter Husted
Ohio Falls
Poindexter
Whittaker
Indiana Reformatory
McClellan Removes an Official
New York July 9 Mayor McClellan dismissed William B Ellison corporation counsel citing lack of full confidence in his ability to serve city interests. Long standing political rifts with Ellison escalated into a rupture after Ellison claimed a tentative peace with Tammany.
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McClellan
New York
William B. Ellison
Ellison
Mccellan
Tammany Organization
Scrugham Demurs to Perjury Indictments in NY Life Case
George R. Scrugham manager of the international policyholders committee has demurred to two perjury indictments tied to the recent election of trustees at New York Life Insurance Co. Clerk Charles Stirrup also demurred. The court took no action.
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Scrugham
New York
George R. Scrugham
International Policyholders’ Committee
New York Life Insurance Company
Charles T. Stirrup
Woman and Her Apron Observation in Subway Scene
A New York Sun anecdote describes a subway guard noting women leave aprons on during theater evenings. He explains women dress for theater, wear aprons for meals, and forget to remove them en route, providing humorous theatertime mischief.
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New York Sun
Opening Hogs Chicago 1907 Market Report
Chicago markets show hog receipts at 18000 with 2541 leftovers. Prices mix as light hogs run 85 to 86 cents, heavy ship’s grades around 85 974 cents, and rough hogs 85 30 to 85 65 cents. Cattle at 4000 and sheep at 14000, weak and slow trading overall.
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Chicago
Market cattle and hog receipts and prices report
Official receipts yesterday 39456 shipments 6801. Estimated receipts today 18000 and tomorrow 2541. Market steady to lower. beef and cattle prices range from 84 to 87 for beeves and 400 to 600 for natives. Hog and sheep quotes show steady to weak trading with mixed packers and heavy ship grades listed.
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Chicago
John A Babcock Resigns From Witt North American
The unknown text references John A. Babcock and Witt The North American Commission Company in Chicago Illinois with unclear further context.
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The
North American Commission Company
Rockefeller at Sixty Watches Golf Masters Play
John D Rockefeller celebrated his 60th birthday by watching the Olympic Cup golf match at Euclid Club in Cleveland. He walked with spectators, praised Walter Travis and W C Fownes, and mused on age and diplomacy while applauding fine shots and Travis's daring plays.
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Cleveland, O
John T. Rockefeller
Euclid
Walter J. Travis
W. C. Fownes
Secret Service
Travis
Pittsburg Railroad President Pleads No Defense
Charles Cameron, head of the Pittsburg and Tube City Railroad, pleads no defense to conspiracy charges tied to an alleged bribe attempt to obtain a franchise ordinance. Judge Fra zier will sentence after related cases are resolved. Martin previously convicted of soliciting a bribe. appeals noted. The charges stem from a 1906 loss of a $70,000 package intended to secure passage of the ordinance.
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Pittsburg
Charles 8. Cameron
Pittsburg and Tube City Railroad Company
W. A. Martin
Criminal Court
Frazier
Martin
Cameron
Drowning at Sangamon River Dam Fatality
Edward Kiley aged 20 drowned after losing control of his boat and being swept over a six foot dam at the Sangamon river waterworks in Springfield Newfoundland and Labrador July 9 in view of a dozen companions who could not help.
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Springfield
Edward Kiley
Sangamon
Kiley
Vagrant Granted Permit to Attend Church Service
Carmi Ti July 9. Charles Carroll a vagrant tired of city confinement requested to go to church. The request was granted and he worshiped at a Methodist church. After services he returned unattended to his cell.
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Carmi
Calaboose
Charles Carroll
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Orchards
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Ile
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Alton Hotel
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Browning
Texas
Grain “Market
John A. Babcock
Is Witt
Chicago, Ill
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Jove
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