Antwerp Rioters Torch Lumber Yard as Militia Fights Fires
Antwerp reports militiamen control streets after rioters attack strikebreakers yet set fire to a lumber yard and two warehouses. About 3,000 locked-out workers protest while four anarchists suspected of inciting violence arrive. 20 rioters wounded. $800,000 damage. Petroleum tanks guarded as troops assist firefighting and labor leaders seek arbitration.
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Antwerp
Ber Yard
Miliky
Je Hubert
Dld
Ofti«s
Desperate Desert Fight Ends With Moorish Retreat
In arid Casablanca aris Sept 5 Major vost led seven hours of combat against Arabs with Moors scattered in the hills. The clash began as a scouting mission, then escalated into a fierce engagement, Drude’s Algerian cavalry repelling the Moors in a deadly volley. Prem Clemenceau praised Drude and cautioned not to credit him with defeating the Moors. In a separate report, Sullivan Indiana, a stabbing at Gil re left Leonard Patrick dead after a victim named William Allen was fatally stabbed in the jugular vein.
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Vost
Prevost
Drude
Prem- Clemenceau
Taddert
Stloner
Piert
Neral Drude
Ullivan
Ind
Leonard Patrick
Gilre
Here
Rick
William Allen
Fight for a Judgeship Divides Lenawee Politics
Lenawee county engages in a heated race for the newly created circuit judgeship. Primary contenders include T. M. Joslin backed by Attorney General Bird and John Riley supported by George B. Horton, with James H. Baker running as a Democrat. Governor Warner may appoint a temporary judge before the spring election. The fall term starts in October as Judge Chester may remain temporarily.
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Adrian
Mich
Lenaweé County
Hillsdale
T. M. Joslin
John Riley
Wlissfield
Riley
George B. Horton
Dowager Empress Reshapes High Chinese Officials
In Peking the dowager empress names Yuan Shi Kai as a fourth class grand councilor and third minister in the foreign office, and Guang Chi Tung as a fourth class grand councilor. Viceroy Chang Chi Tung is summoned to consult amid rising anti Manchu sentiment. Expected changes include Tuan Fang to become viceroy of Cuili province.
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Peking
Yuan Shi-Kai
Board of Foreign Affairs
Guang Chi Tung
Shangsha
China
Chang Chi Tung
Yuan Shi Kai
Prince Tuan
Yang Lu
Li Hung Chang
Tuan-Fang
Cuili Province
Yuan Shi Wai
Bolts Removed From Fish Plates Wreck Berlin Express
Prussian railway officials offer a reward for the culprits who wrecked the St. Petersburg Berlin express near Strassburg Reb felde just before midnight injuring eleven. Anarchy is suspected as bolts were removed from a fifty foot rail causing derailment and fires. Victims include Berlin residents postal clerks and two army officers. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievitch is expected in Berlin en route to German maneuvers with a six officer staff.
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Berlin
Prussian
St. Petersburg
Strassburg
Rebfelde
Nicholas Nicolaievitch
William
Retired Lt Colonel Elijah W Halford of U S Army
Lieutenant Colonel Elijah W. Halford of the pay department U S A has been retired upon reaching the statutory age of 64. He was attached to the headquarters of the department of California and served as private secretary to President Harrison from 1889 to 1893.
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Washington
Elijah W. Halford
Department of California
Harrison
Highwaywoman Suspect Robs Los Angeles Streetcar
In Los Angeles a second street car robbery in a week is blamed on a delicate looking highwaywoman in disguise. The robber held up the motorman and conductor with a revolver near Hopper avenue between Ascot park and Compton street, netting about 14 dollars as the conductor drove the car while the motorman ate lunch. In Bancroft Michigan Representative Charles E Ward has returned home and will travel to Detroit for Presley case examination.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ascot Park
Compton Street
Ward
Bancroft
Mich
Charles E. Ward
Detroit
Presley
DuQuoin
Ill
Delay for Immunity Sims Has Made a Discovery
Chicago dispatch reports Attorney General Bonaparte releasing a statement on the Standard Oil case in Illinois. He says Sims asked for a three week delay to review new material before reporting, delaying immunity decisions and potentially shaping indictments tied to rebates and a 1906 agreement.
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Lenox
Mass
Bonaparte
Standard Oil
Illinois
Landis
Department of Justice
United States
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Department
Sims
Muldoon as a Greek Wrestler and Health Theorist
William Muldoon, famed former world wrestling champion who trained John L. Sullivan, runs a White Plains farm and promotes a course of eating, sleeping, and working to cure nervous breakdowns. Secretary of State Elihu Root has recuperated there from overwork. Muldoon has demonstrated the method's efficacy in several cases.
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William Muldoon
White Plains
N. Y
Elihu Root
Muldoon
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Immunity debate grips Chicago and Alton case
The Chicago and Alton immunity episode provokes crisis theories as Judge Landis seeks a three week delay while Sims and Landis travel for personal reasons. Washington officials doubt immunity will hold and cite evasive testimony as a reason to pursue prosecution. Separately New York reports a record surge of trans Atlantic travelers with 3145 passengers in one day.
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Special Alton Grand Jury
Landis
Tippecanoe River
Indiana
Sims
Michigan
Washington
Alton
Department of Justice
Standard Oil
New York
United States
Europe
Bryan to Tour New York in October for Progressive League
William J. Bryan will tour New York state in October under the New York Progressive Democratic League. He will speak at the unveiling of the Bennett statue in New Haven on October 20 before visiting New York for further engagements.
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New York
William J. Bryan
New York State
Progressive Democratic League
Bryan
Bennett
New Haven
Comley Survives Severe Burns after Shave Incident
Bedford Indiana September 5 James N Comley assistant superintendent of [organization] was badly burned on hands and face though miraculously not wounded fully after a shaving incident.
Electric Shock Fury at Cement Plant Injures Two Workers
An employee at a United States cement plant suffered severe burns when he touched an open electrical switch, his beard and hair burned off in a blaze. Eight hours later electrician Tra Anderson received a sharp electric shock with less severe burns.
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United States
Comley
Tra Anderson
Exhume Ordered in Perkins Insurance Case
Federal Judge in Topeka orders exhumation of Lu cius N Perkins of Lawrence to test stomach contents for poisoning in the $100000 policy dispute with Mutual Life. He is linked to alleged $600000 extortion plots. body rests in an airtight chilled steel vault opened only with explosives.
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Topeka
Kan
Smith McPherson
Lucius N. Perkins
Lawrence
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
Perkins
McPherson
Smith family leads in Manhattan and Bronx directory
New York reports the Smith family holds a safe margin lead in the general directory of Manhattan and the Bronx with 37 columns devoted to their listing, as the directory is distributed. The weather section before notes cool forecasts for several Great Lakes states.
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New York
Smith
Manhattan
Bronx
Tomato crop losses hit by heavy rains in Boonville
Tomato growers in Boonville Indiana report losses over eighty percent as heavy rains weeks past prevented ripening with blooms washed away and large tomatoes bursting or rotting on vines.
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Boonville
Ind
Market Notice Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices From Sept 4 1907
Western Union strike delays market reports. Journal will publish market figures once disruptions end. Chicago Sept 4 1907 hog receipts 25000 market weak to 5 lower with ranges from 5 50 to 6 40 for mixed packers and 5 30 to 5 55 for heavy shipping grades. pigs 5 50 to 6 30. Cattle receipts 24000 market steady to 10 lower with beeves 4 10 to 7 2, cows and heifers 1 30 to 5 25, Texas steers 3 50 to 5 00, calves 6 00 to 7 75. Sheep receipts 25000 market steady natives 3 25 to 5 80 yearlings 5 50 to 6 30 lambs 5 00 to 7 55.
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Texas
John A. Babcock Squatter Deal Offer
John A. Babcock messages indicate willingness to provide a favorable deal described as a squatter bargain. The note emphasizes availability at any time and asserts the deal's simplicity and finality.
Earle Divorce Plot Unfolds Aboard Steamer Ryndam
On the steamer Ryndam Mrs. Ferdinand Earle of Monroe New York sails to France to obtain a divorce so her artist husband can marry another woman he claims is his affinity. The couple pose for reporters as the tragedy plays out with mixed reactions from relatives and onlookers.
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New York
Ryndam
Ferdinand Earle
Monroe
N. Y
France
Mrs. Earle
Weehawken
Earle
Vieter M. Earle
Vieter Earle
Victor Earle
Panic at Bijou theater as film catches fire
In Kankakee on September 5 a moving picture screen fire caused a theater panic with about 1000 in attendance. Ushers struggled to restore order as spectators rushed to exits, many women and children among the crowd. Show resumed after the blaze was quenched.
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Kankakee
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