Diplomat W Stevens Shot by Korean Assassin
In San Francisco the ex counselor to the Japanese embassy W Stevens was fired on by J W Chang a Korean, three shots hitting Stevens and wounding two Koreans nearby. Chang confessed saying Stevens helped Japan and Korea seeks revenge over Korea’s reorganization.
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San Francisco
Dr. W. Stevens
Washington
Seoul
Stevens
J. W. Chang
M. W. Chun
Korea
Fairmont Hotel
Chang
Hawaii
Associated Press
Japan
Brown Sues Illinois Central Over Tunnel Injuries
Tarleton Brown files in circuit court for 20000 damages against the Illinois Central railroad claiming he suffered during confinement in a railway coach in the St Louis tunnel. He alleges forced inhalation of dense smoke and sulfurous fumes damaged his hearing and caused great pain.
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St. Louis
Tarleton Brown
Illinois Central Railroad
Brown
Turtle with FIFTY marked on its back caught at Unger farm
In Frankfort Indiana a large pond resident turtle was drained and caught. The creature bore the inscription Fifty on its shell, a mark believed to indicate its age or a count related to its years in the pond.
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Frankfort
Ind
0. C. Unger
Two Children Die in Barn Fire Near Geneva Nebraska
In Geneva Nebraska on the 23rd the two children of John Hoff aged six and four were burned to death when they played with matches and started a hay fire in a barn. Rescuers could not save them as the blaze spread rapidly.
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Geneva
Neb
John Hoff
IOWA MINERS IN CONVENTION IN DES MOINES MEET
Delegates from 100 local coal miners unions in district 13 attend the biennial convention in Des Moines Iowa to name a conference committee. They seek a wage scale increase while operators push concessions and propose changing a strike death fund clause to benefit the operators.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Three Switchmen Arrested for Freight Train Robberies
East St. Louis police say Roy Armstrong Charles Clark and William Brown confessed to robbing a Louisville and Nashville freight train at night over several months and securing more than $5,000.
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East St. Louis
Roy Armstrong
Charles Clark
William Brown
Louisville and Nashville
Armstrong An Brown
Frantic Appeal for Wife Murderer McDonald
Pittsburg march 24. James McLeod McDonald the wife murderer begged An drew Carnegie to seek a reprieve from Governor Stuart. Shortly after he learned that an appeal by Ambassador Bryce secured a respite until April 28.
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Pittsburg
James McLeod McDonald
Andrew Carnegie
Stuart
Bryce
Ten Pleasure Seekers Drowned In German Lake Accident
Ten members of a pleasure party drowned when a motor ferryboat capsized on the Lake of Ratzeburger near Lubeck Germany on March 24. Rescue attempts continued as authorities investigated the cause.
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Lubeck
Germany
Ratzeburger
Ex Presidents Made Honorary U S Senators for Life
Washington March 23 Coudrey Mo introduces a bill granting all ex presidents a lifetime honorary U S Senate membership and an annual compensation of 25000 dollars the measure aims to recognize former leaders with this stipend and status.
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Washington
Coudrey Mo
United States
United States Senate
General Strike Called in Douglas Island Union Row
In Juneau on March 28 a special meeting of Douglas Island total 109 percent Western Federation of Miners ordered a general strike and issued notices to keep union men and sympathizers away.
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Alaska
Juneau
Douglas Island
Western Federation of Miners
Indiana man dies by own action in New Orleans hotel
March Babbington of Franklin Indiana died by self inflicted fall from a window at the Ho tel Grunewald in New Orleans after pacing a corridor in agitation. He jumped from a sixty foot drop to his death.
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Indiana
New Orleans
Babbington
Franklin
Ind
Grunewald
Diplomatic Moves Highlight Early 20th Century News
Reports from St. Petersburg applaud a US fleet invitation by Japan as a shrewd diplomatic move. Haiti's President Nord Alexis claims absolute tranquility in Port au Prince. Canton protests Beijing's handling of the Tatsu Maru affair, while Britain and China discuss opium imports. King Edward hosts a private Biarritz dinner with John White law Reid and daughter.
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United States
Japan
St. Petersburg
Nord Alexis
Haiti
Port Au
Prince
Republic
Canton
China
Peking
Great Britain
Edward
Biarritz
Whitelaw Reid
Miss Jean Reid
Mann Versus Sulzer Sparks in House Rivalry Over Speech
In Washington on March 24 a heated House clash arose as Mann of Illinois charged Sulzer of New York with inserting a speech in the record that he did not deliver. The dispute centered on who authored the law creating the commerce department with a party vote expunging the speech from the record.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Mann
Sulzer
N. Y
Department of Commerce and Labor
Robbery ends in fatal shooting at Grandyville shop
Grand Rapids on March 23 reports Simon Kapp fatally shot during a store holdup on Grandyville road. The intruder ordered surrender of cash. Kapp fired back, missing, and the burglar shot him through the lungs before fleeing.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Simon Kapp
Grandyville Road
Kapp
Sulzer Denounces Mann as Alter Ego of Speaker in House Clash
Sulzer attacked Mann by reading excerpts from Saturday's speech and declaring him the alter ego of the speaker, claiming he carried orders from the speaker's room to the house in a heated confrontation.
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Sulzer
Mann
Supreme Court Defers Rail Rate Conflicts in Two Cases
The Supreme Court refused to grant habeas corpus in the Young case and upheld the discharge of James H. Wood, a Southern railway agent, reaffirming states' rights to fix railroad rates. Justice Peckham wrote the joint opinion with dissent from Justice Harlan in the Young case.
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Washington
Young
Minnesota
United States Circuit Court
Pritchard
Western District of North Carolina
James H. Wood
Southern Railway
Asheville
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Peckham
Justice Harlan
Harlan
Federal license plan aims to relieve unions from antitrust limits
The National Civic Federation proposes a bill introduced by Hepburn to register and license corporations, supervise railroad pooling, and limit Sherman act applicability to labor unions and granges. It seeks to bypass the Supreme Court ruling that declares hot boycott a restraint of trade in favor of organized labor.
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Washington
National Civic Federation
Hepburn
Organized Labor
Supreme Court
Senate and House in Brief Washington March 24
The senate adjourned after eulogistic resolutions on the death Sunday of Senator Bryan Florida. Mann and Sulzer clashed over who fathers the commerce department while Sulzer opposed unanimous consent. District of Columbia measures passed and the house adjourned in memory of Senator Bryan.
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Senate
House
Washington
Bryan
Fla
Mann
Sulzer
Department of Commerce and Labor
District of Columbia
Funeral for Bishop Charles Henry Fowler Held in New York
Funeral services in New York at the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church honored Charles Henry Fowler a 24 year old bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church educator and founder of universities author and missionary authorities said in press coverage of the rites and obsequies.
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Powler
New York
Charles Henry Fowler
The
Episcopal Church
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Obseunies
Emperor and family depart Berlin for Corfu vacation
Emperor William, Empress, and children Prince August and Princess Victoria depart Berlin by imperial train and yacht Hohenzollern for Corfu via Venice. The party sails to Corfu where the emperor will spend his vacation aboard the royal yacht awaiting transfer at Venice.
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Kaiser
Corfu
Berlin
Emperor William
Empress
Prince August
Victoria
Venice
Hohenzollern
Paolucci Hanged After Impartiality Claim Declined
Joseph Paolucci an Italian was executed in Washington for the September 1906 murder of his sweetheart Elizabeth V Dodge. The Italian ambassador protested alleging an unfair trial but the president refused clemency.
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Washington
Joseph Paolucci
Elizabeth V. Dodge
Paolucci
Curious Letter Received From Abraham Lincoln Address
A letter sorted from foreign mail in New York on March 24 bore the address Your Excellency, Sir Abraham Lincoln Fifth Avenue New York City U S A and was filed at the inquiry department of the general post.
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New York
Postofficw
Sir Abraham Linecoln
Fifth Avenue
New York City
U.S. A
General Post
Ottier
China Extends Invitation to U S Battleship Fleet
Washington reports that China through Minister Wu in Washington has extended a cordial invitation for the United States battleship fleet to call in China during its world cruise. The invitation signals warming naval diplomacy and potential port calls as the fleet tours foreign waters.
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China
Washington
United States
Chicago Market Hogs and Cattle Prices March 24 1908
Market notes show strong demand with hogs and cattle holding at yesterday's top quotes. Estimated receipts today about 11 000 hogs and 3 000 cattle with heavy shipping grades quoted 84 85 to 85 15 and cattle steady at early prices. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company and Postal Telegraph Bidg. Chicago.
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Elena
Byhde
Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Sompene
Chicago
John A. Babcock Square Deal Message
John A. Babcock promises a square deal and prompt service in a brief, promotional message urging readers to contact him for timely assistance. The note highlights reliability and responsiveness as key selling points.
Countess a Burglar Nabbed After Years of High Society Robberies
Paria reports the Countess of Monteil Amelia Condemine Portal, once a Paris and Riviera socialite, suspected since years of hotel robberies targeting rich U.S. citizens. Arrested in Nice, detectives found cloaks concealing burglary tools and twenty seven small nippers. Authorities tie her to a larger gang of robbers with substantial loot.
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Paria
Riviera
Countess of Monteil
Paris
France
Nice
United States
Countess of Montell
Department of French Surety
Amelia Condemine
Portal
Countess of
Montell
Prince Helle de Sagan Said to Visit Mme Anna Gould in New York
New York dispatch reports Prince Helle de Sagan believed seeking Mme Anna Gould's hand arrived in New York. A man seen as the prince checked in under an alias, dined with Gould at the Morse home, and then left for Washington. He reportedly crossed from Levis on the steamship Victorian under the name Thomason.
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Prince Helle
New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
W. T. Thomson
Mme. Gould
Tyler Morse
Prince de Sagan
Prince
Paris
Washington
Quebec
Levis
Atlantic
Victorian
Thomason
Death of Senator Bryan shocks Capitol Florida senator dies
United States Senator William James Bryan of Florida dies in Washington of typhoid fever. He had served only a few weeks in the Senate.
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Bryaa
Washington
United States
William James Bryan
Florida
Senate
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