Arbitration Offered by Dock Men in Duluth Strike
Dock workers vote to present a written return to work offer with arbitration panel of two company men two union men and one chosen by all. Company leaders oppose arbitration on pay and recognition while signaling possible resumption if men do not return. Hibbing reports show ore production and strip mining operations beginning with armed guards observed.
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Duluth
Olcott
Thomas F. Coley
United States Steel Corporation
Associated Press Law
Urces
Allonez
Superior
Death of Miss Laura Matthews In Colorado Springs
The body of Miss Laura Matthews a 19 year old New York musical comedy actress was found near Ivy Wild with a bullet wound. Initially suspected murder but later developments indicated death by her own action. She had stayed at the Acacia Hotel with a maid and rode a saddle horse toward Ivy Wild the last time she was seen alive. She was reportedly engaged to a wealthy Chicago man whose broken promise of marriage left her despondent.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Laura Matthews
New York
Ivy Wild
Miss Matthews
Acacia Hotel
Chicago
Man suffers severe electrical injuries at power house pole
Bay City Michigan July 30 Former Alderman Harmon Yon employed by the street railway company climbed a power house pole to cut a bare copper wire. His ear and one finger were burned off by high tension mains and his gold ring melted. He slid down the pole unaided despite severe injuries.
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Bay City
Mich
Harmon Yon
The
Street Railway Company
Man’s attempt to pull tooth ends in fatal collapse
Detroit July 30. Samuel Kelley, trying to remove a troublesome tooth, tied a string around it and yanked. He collapsed and died a minute later from a weak heart, after losing consciousness in the chair.
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Detroit
Samuel Kelley
Kelley
Steamboat Whistles Curbed by Government Decision
The newly formed society for suppressing unnecessary noises wins a ruling via Captain Ira Harris and the steamboat inspection service. Whistles to attract tug crews or signaling private parties are restricted on rivers and in the bay, with siren use limited and movement reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Society For the Suppression
Ira Harris
Steamboat Inspection Service
Will Die Under Arrest General Pickett Near Death
Worcester Massachusetts July 30 General Josiah Pickett 85 a Civil War veteran and former colonel of the Twenty fifth Massachusetts is near death and officially a military prisoner. He has been under arrest since Cold Harbor and vowed to die under arrest. The arrest record has stood for over forty years despite Stannard praising his gallantry. In Crisfield Maryland a mob tied to the lynching of James Reed desecrated the corpse of police officer Daugherty burning and firing it after exhuming the body.
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Worcester
Mass
Josiah Pickett
Cold Harbor
Pickett
Twenty-fifth
Massachusetts
Stannard
General Pickett
Crisfield
James Reed
John H. Daugherty
Fire destroys full business block in Mellen Wisconsin
Fire in Mellen Wisconsin July 30 destroys a complete business block with eight named buildings including M J Collins saloon Phil Norbert saloon C Carlstrom grocery C A Poundston general store Frank Cleve land grocery Hugh Weir saloon Rank Shepard saloon Gibbs Cash store and the Ladies and Gents Furnishing store. Insurance covers about 30 thousand of an eighty thousand dollar loss.
Michigan's Man of War Sails From Portsmouth to Boston
The former Spanish cruiser Don Juan de Austria, loaned to Michigan for its naval brigade, sailed from Portsmouth toward Boston. It is manned by Michigan militiamen and a detail of twenty U S Navy men.
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Michigan
Portsmouth
N. H
Don Juan de Austria
Boston
United States Navy
Foraker Opposes Taft Candidacy in Letter
United States Senator Foraker states in a letter that he cannot support Secretary of War Taft for president under current circumstances. He opposes Taft’s tariff revision stance, which he says he strongly dislikes at this time.
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Foraker
Taft
Cincinnati
Sec’y
United States
Iuka Civil War veteran finally receives back pay
John F. Eddings of near Iuka, after over forty years, received a war department voucher for 26.19 dollars for Civil War services forgotten until now.
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Carmi
John F. Eddings
Iuka
War Department
Eddings
Fire in six story tenement kills eighteen in New York
A six story tenement at 222 Christie Street New York burned claiming eighteen lives and injuring fifteen others with few victims identified. Robert McCormick ex ambassador to Russia and Mrs McCormick arrived at Newport Rhode Island. Henry Huntington son of Major Huntington shot his sister Elizabeth and brother Alonzo wounding Edith and Douglas. Major Huntington is dead. Seoul remains garrisoned by Japanese troops. Britain and Germany near agreement on an international prize court at The Hague. Mrs Taft ill at Millsboro Massachusetts. Charles H Ralston elected mayor of Oskaloosa Iowa to replace an outgoing official.
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Christie Street
New York
Robert McCormick
Russia
McCormick
Newport
Louisa M. Taft
Taft
Moyer Freed on Bail in Miners Case at Boise
Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, is ordered released on 25000 bail by Judge Wood in Boise. Pettibone remains in jail with Oct 1 trial date set, while Haywood’s acquittal and broader labor triumphs spark widespread congratulations from unions and socialist leaders.
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Boise, Ida
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Wood
Haywood
George A. Pettibone
Pettibone
Moyer
Borah
Darrow
Peter Breen
Butte, Mont
Butte
Breen
Butte Union
First National Bank
Boise
Boise Bank
Western Federation
Butte Union Is Bondsman Puts Up $25,000 for Moyer
The Butte Union is bondsman posting twenty five thousand dollars in cash for Moyer’s release. Attorney Darrow of Chicago filed the formal application for Moyer’s release with no word of objection received.
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Butte Union
Moyer
Darrow
Chicago
I. Ena
Note in the Bottle Romance Ends in Fairfield Nuptials
Miss Jennie C. Jayne daughter of Amos Jayne farmer near Newton Lil married Henry C. Howell of Oak side Maine in a romance sparked by a bottle note. Howell found the note ten months after it floated on Jack's Fork river and they courted by letter before meeting on her wedding day.
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Fairfield
Jennie C. Jayne
Amos Jayne
Newton
Lil
Henry C. Howell
Oakside
Clara Jayne
Mountain View
Jayne
Jack’s Fork
Howell
Funeral for a Pet Dog in Evansville
An elaborate funeral for Foxie the Fox Terrier, belonging to Samuel Trowbridge, drew about 200 mourners in a rain soaked service. Trowbridge built a satin lined casket and spoke at the grave as women and children cried beside the community’s beloved pet.
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Evansville
Ind
Foxie
Samuel Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Rooster Attacks a Little Child
A rooster attacked a small child in Indianapolis on July 30 according to local reports. The incident prompted medical checks and police were notified to review the animal's behavior.
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Rooster
Indianapolis
Rooster Attack Wounds Child In West Indianapolis
In West Indianapolis a child was badly wounded on the face and head after a rooster attacked during a street incident. The parents witnessed the rooster standing over the child and pecking at its face as Stein responded to the scream.
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Indianapolis
Stein
Tragedy in Warsaw. Otis Winkler shoots wife then himself
Otis Winkler killed his wife in Warsaw and then fatally wounded himself. He is in critical condition. Family difficulties are cited as the cause of the tragedy.
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Neels
Warsaw
Cil
Otis Winkler
Redmen official John A. Zuck Dies in Madison
John A. Zuck of Madison Indiana cashier of the National Branch bank and chairman of the finance committee of the National Order of Redmen has died here in July.
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Madison
Ind
John A. Zuck
National Branch Bank
National Order of Redmen
Baseball Scores From Chicago July 50
Scores list for leagues and associations with multiple city match results. Highlights include New York over St Louis 4 3 in eleven innings and Chicago over Brooklyn 2 1 in ten innings. Other games feature Pittsburg Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia Washington weather notes.
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Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Washington
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Toledo
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Western
Denver
Pueblo
Trenver
Omaha
Markets HOGS Chicago July 30 1907 Receipts and Prices
Estimated receipts show 14000 hogs with 4253 left from yesterday. Market prospects are strong with light hog prices at 86 15 to 86 60, mixed packers at 86 05 to 86 50, heavy ship's grades 5 60 to 6 40, rough hogs 5 60 to 5 95. Cattle 3000 and sheep 10000 remain steady.
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Chicago
Market receipts and hog cattle prices in early 1905
Chicago market reports show yesterday receipts of cattle hogs sheep with totals and price ranges. Official receipts 2512 hogs 4468 cattle 2510 expected. market strength noted with bulk hogs at 8620 to 8650 and mixed packers 619 to 655. Sheep receipts 15000 with slow market and lambs steady. cattle steady and Westerns varying.
Congo Question Sparks Lords Debate on British Duty
Lord Monkswell denounced the Congo independent state as tyrannical and greedy urging Britain to consider its special responsibilities. The Lords heard bishops and officials warn against rash action while calling for international oversight and more consuls, then Monkswell withdrew his motion.
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Congo
Earl of Mayo
Upper Congo
Lord Fitzmaurice
British East India
House of Lords
House
Hold Up Near Kenosha on Chicago Train
Police report a robbery on a western division train leaving Kenosha at 4 PM Saturday. Five pickpockets allegedly moved through the crowded coach and stole more than 200 dollars in cash. Hans Harbert, a Kenosha county official, was the only local victim. five Chicago passengers also reported robberies. Detectives from railway security arrived to pursue the crew.
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Kenosha
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Hans Harbert
Chicago
Nervy Stage Robber Holds Up Ukiah to Water Springs
A lone bandit stopped a stage leaving Ukiah for Water Springs and robbed eighteen passengers of jewelry and valuables. Moments later a second Ukiah stage arrived and the thief lined up its ten occupants with those of the first stage.
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Ukiah
Cal
Watter Springs
Son shoots father in defense of mother in Ohio
In Zanesville Ohio on July 380 Charles Sweed was killed by his son William Sweed 15. The youth fired a shotgun as the father allegedly abused and threatened the mother. William surrendered to police. The Sweeds are colored.
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Zanesville
Charles Sweed
William Sweed
Sweed
Sweeds
Cannot Sue the Gas Company
New York on July 30 Attorney General Jackson applied for permission to bring action to annul the corporate existence of the Con- company and seek dissolution.
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New York
Jackson
Con
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Is WiTt
North American Commission Company
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