State Wins Passenger Rate Case In North Carolina
North Carolina Governor and railroad representatives reached an agreement to enforce a 2 cent rate pending court appeals. The Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line will comply while cases progress, with indictments to be dismissed and no new prosecutions until the rate takes effect on August 8.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Glenn
Ila
Supreme Court of the United States
Wake County
North Carolina Supreme Court
Senator Pettus of Alabama Dies at 86
Senator Pettus died at Slot Springs Alabama from a stroke at breakfast. He was 86, celebrated his birthday at Tate Springs recently, and had been in the Senate for ten years. His death follows that of Senator Morgan, marking the loss of two veteran Southern statesmen. Pettus served as a Confederate brigadier general in the Civil War.
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Asheville
N. C
United States
Pettus
Alabama
Slot Springs
Kalem
Senator Pettus
Tate
Senator Morgan
Senate
Henry Watterson
Watterson
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Louisville Courier-Journal
Deputies Mobilized in Minnesota Ore Strike Spark
A telegram from Itasca county sheriff Hooli than orders deputies to arms at Bovey and Nashwauk. About 150 men camp near the city hall ready to entrain in ten minutes. Holman location adds 100 men to be routed to Nashwauk to curb miners. Mayor Cullum expects a settlement today. unresolved strike risks mine closure due to lack of ore disposal.
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Duluth
Minn
News-Tribune
Bovey
Hoolithan
Itasca County
Nashwauk
United States Steel Corporation
Holman
Rce
Cullum
Shurtleff seeks GOP gubernatorial nomination in Illinois
Edward D. Shurtleff of Marengo, speaker of the Illinois lower house, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He bases his campaign on reducing Cook County representation in the general assembly through a constitutional amendment.
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Chicago
Edward D. Shurtleff
Marengo
Cook County
General Assembly
Shurtleff
Mining Camp Destroyed in Mount Baker District Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Post Lambert mines stamp mill saw mill and camp buildings in the upper Mount Baker mining district causing a large loss of equipment and facilities in Bellingham Washington during July.
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Bellingham
Wash
Post Lambert
Mount Baker
Constitutional party backs quick Korea convention conclusion
In Tokio on July 29 the constitutional party in the house passed a resolution urging a speedy end to the new convention with Korea. They argued this would root out present evils, secure peace in the far east, and advance Korea toward civilization.
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Tokio
Constitutional Party
House of Representatives
Korea
Far East
Carter Indicted for Receiving Stolen Goods in Windsor Trust Theft
Laura M Carter, linked to the Windsor Trust bank heist that yielded $96,000, faces indictment for receiving stolen goods. Runyan, the paying teller, testified he gave her $15,000 of the $80,000 he stole and that she took another $10,000 when he wasn’t watching.
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New York
Laura M. Carter
Chester B. Runyan
Windsor Trust Company
Runyan
Lumbermen pledge 100000 to oppose rail rate hike
In Tacoma Washington lumbermen pledge 100000 to oppose an announced Oct 1 freight rate increase on lumber. The Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers association meeting in session passed a resolution to fund the drive.
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Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Haywood Acquitted After Lengthy Idaho Jury Deliberation
William D. Haywood, secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, is freed after a 33 hour jury deliberation in Boise Idaho. The twelve jurors find him not guilty of the charges following a trial where the judge's charge and a socialist jury influenced the outcome.
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Haywood
Steunenberg
Boise
Ida
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Thomas B. Gess
of Idaho
Orchard's Testimony About Farm Laborers in Elwood
Elwood Indiana July 29 Cristie Wright a wealthy Tipton county farmer says he needs two stout laborers for four weeks at nine dollars weekly plus board and a horse and buggy. He notes his daughters are attractive and could accompany the men for company and to prevent running off with the horse, joking about potential losses or gains.
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Elwood
Ind
Cristie Wright
Tipton County
Wright
Nine women and children drowned after Frontenac fire
The steam boat Frontenac burned and beached opposite Farley's point on Lake Cayuga, July 20. Nine passengers, all women and children, died. several others were badly burned. The crew of twelve fought the blaze as life preservers were deployed and Captain Brown led escape efforts.
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Auburn
N. Y
Frontenac
Farley
Lake Cayuga
Homer Genung
Freeville
Carl Genung
Genung
Zalia McCreary
Cohoes
Lida Bennett
Frankfort
Stella Clinton
Ithaca
Maretta Sullivan
Syracuse
Howard Able
South Bloomingburg
Able
Eliza Tuttie
Middletown
Brown
Blackmailer Stockwell Paroled From Jackson Prison
Joseph W. Stockwell ex stenographer for Genesee county court was paroled after an attempt to blackmail Jacob Raquet a wealthy Saginaw brewer. The parole forbids him from returning to Genesee county until his 1908 sentence expires. His wife, living in Flint, rushed to Jackson after the news.
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Jackson, Mich
Joseph W. Stockwell
Genesee County Court
Jacob Raquet
Saginaw
Jackson
Stockwell
Genesee County
Flint
Parole Sought for Husband of New Orleans Fugitive
The article notes she was married to Stockwell while he was a fugitive in New Orleans where he was captured after information she gave. Stockwell's first wife divorced after the trouble and later married David Reid of Zion City. she was killed two years ago, and Reid then died by his own hand. Stockwell plans to settle in Jackson and start anew.
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Stockwell
New Orleans
David Reid
Zion City
Reid
Jackson
Admiral Dickens Predicts No War With Japan
Rear Admiral Francis W. Dickens retired U S N says after traveling from Liverpool aboard the Arabic there is little likelihood of trouble with Japan. He notes the United States introduced Japan to the society of nations about fifty years ago and that the San Francisco incident is not war threatening. Dickens, who lives in Washington, spent six months touring Europe.
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New York
Francis W. Dickens
Liverpool
Japan
United States
Society of Nations
San Francisco
Dickins
Washington
Fatal Auto Ride at Seventeen-Mile Drive Loop
A July 29 incident on the Seventeen-Mile Drive loop in Pacific Grove California killed Mrs C Deamer and seriously injured Mrs B Shaw and broke Edith Dempsey's jaw. A Zimmerman of Hollister drove the auto with four women two men and two children aboard. The car slipped over the bank twenty feet below after stopping near the rock at the loop.
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Pacific Grove
Cal
New Monterey
A. Zimmerman
Hollister
C. Deamer
B. Shaw
Edith Dempsey
Markets Hogs and Cattle Steady to Slow in Chicago
July 29 1907 Chicago markets report hog receipts estimated at 33000 left over from yesterday 1769 market prospects 5 to 10 higher light 86 15 to 86 50 mixed packers 86 05 to 6 45 heavy ship s grades 85 40 to 6 30 rough 5 60 to 5 95 cattle 23000 steady sheep 20000 slow
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Chicago
Market Report for Cattle Sheep and Hogs July 29 1905
Chicago market notes show receipts and prices across cattle sheep and hogs with steady to strong trends. Hog prices range from 6 15 to 6 66 mixed packers 6 95 to 6 50 shipping grades. cattle steady to strong with beef steers light to westerns 4 10 to 5 75. sheep natives 3 50 to 5 95 westerns 3 50 to 5 95 lambs 5 50 to 7 30.
North American Commission Company Ad Promises Square Deal
Ad copy from The North American Commission Company touts honest service and a square deal to customers. It emphasizes reliability and prompt attention to inquiries.
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The
North American Commission Company
Foraker Attacks Tillman and Roosevelt in Bellefontaine Speech
In Bellefontaine Ohio on July 20 Senator Foraker denounced Tillmans plan on the negro question and challenged Taft to explain revision hints. He critiqued Roosevelt’s leadership and warned Herrick and Burton on tariff revision while asserting social equality stops at political equality.
Reconstruction fault lies with seceding states says Tillman Foraker
Tillman Foraker argues that southern resistance to the fourteenth amendment forced Reconstruction and spurred the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. He says northern pressure and southern mistreatment of freedmen created public support for extending voting rights regardless of race.
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Foraker
Tillman
United States
Tillman Foraker
North
Old Blue Law Cited in Montana Divorce Trial
In a Butte divorce case an attorney cited an old blue law that makes marriage within two years of divorce a felony and invalidates the ceremony. It is said hundreds of Montana marriages are invalidated.
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Cain
Butte
Mont
Montana
Housewives of Morris Town plan housekeepers protective union
In Morris town New Jersey women organize a housekeepers protective union to curb rising wages as mistresses complain of rapid price increases for help. In Wabash Indiana two youths Burkholder and Lutz embark on a hunting trip after obtaining groceries for a nomadic life.
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New York
Morristown
N. J
Wabash
Ind
Jesse Burkholder
Luther Lutz
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