Guerra Defies Armistice As Cuban War Persists
Havana reports insurgent leader Pino Guerra in Pinar del Rio refuses any armistice. His 3,000 to 4,000 men attack rail links and San Juan de Martinez while government forces, led by Colonel Avalos, push to contain the rebellion. The Liberals grow crusty, citing surveillance and prosecutions as they reject peace under current conditions.
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Havana
Pino Guerra
Pinar del Rio
Guerra
Pinar del Rio City
San Juan de Martinez
Avalos
Clews
Labor Scarcity Influences Trade Outlook
R G Dun Weekly Review of Trade notes money market stability despite imports, but emphasizes labor scarcity as a key drag on production and harvests. Interior buying boosts demand for apparel while overall prices hold. optimism rises from steel, iron, and crop prospects. Glass production delayed due to stock, and failures trend lower in the U S and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun &Os Weekly Review of Trade
Iron and
United States
Canada
Memphis Police Commissioner Indicted for Nonfeasance in Office
Memphis Tennessee police commissioner H J Bruce was indicted by the Shelby county grand jury on charges of nonfeasance for allowing his sale stables to be used as a passage to a saloon. The saloon owner had been indicted for keeping the business open on Sunday. Bruce was elected on a reform movement ticket.
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Memphis
Tenn
H. ‘J’. Bruce
Shelby County Grand Jury
Bruce
Reform Movement
Woman Shoots Self Beside Husband in Hospital
Boston officials report Mrs. David T. Sharretts, wife of a Washington War Department cashier, shot herself at Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital beside her husband’s body, who died moments earlier.
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Boston
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
David T. Sharretts
David E. Sharretts
War Department
Washington
Rockefeller Case Motion Overruled in Cambridge Boat Victory
Judge Banner overruled the motion to quash the information against John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Old cases. Cambridge defeated Harvard in the boat race by two lengths, leading whole way after winning the toss. Francis Xavier Wernz, a German, elected to succeed Father Martin as general of the Company Jesus.
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Findlay
Ohio
The
Evening Journal
Banner
Rutney
England
the Evening Journal
Cambridge
Harvard Today
Rome
Francis Xavier Wernz
Ceed
Father Martin
Congregation of ‘‘Company Jesus
Boy Saves His Own Life at Rail Switch
In Belleville Newfoundland on September 8 nine year old Emil Siefried kept calm as a freight train backed toward him his foot caught in a switch frog. He leaned away to avoid being cut in two but the wheels crushed his foot. His foot was amputated after hospital care.
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Belleville
Emil Siefried
Hmil
Roof Playgrounds on New York City Schools
Roof playgrounds atop city schools face leak control and pavement testing challenges during the experimental stage. About a dozen schools report happy children at recess, enjoying sports as much as the old red schoolhouse while noting a drawback that boys cannot play hookey on the roof yard.
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New York
Sullivan Responds to Bryan with Challenge and Denial
New York dated Sept 8 report that Roger C Sullivan Illinois Democrat and NCD member issued a long abstracted reply to William Jennings Bryan. Sullivan denounces Bryan as autocratic and shifts blame for Illinois Democratic losses while challenging Bryan to prove his claims and defending his own business and associations with Ogden Gas.
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New York
Roger C. Sullivan
Ilinois
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Sullivan
Jefferson Club
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
United States
Court of Inquiry Recommends Court Martial in Alabama Collision
Secretary Bonaparte releases the court of inquiry opinion on the July 1 collision of the Alabama and Illinois off Brenton's reef. The court recommends court martial for Captain Samuel P. Comly of the Alabama and Lieutenant Alfred W. Pressey, the Alabama's officer of the deck, for negligence in hazarding a United States vessel.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Alabama
Illinois
Brenton’s Reef
Samuel P. Comly
Alfred W. Pressey
United States
Miner Perishes Crushed Between Coal Cars in South Danville
Danville Illinois Sept 8 Frank Galle a mine engineer with seven years at the Daniel Jenkins coal mine in South Danville was crushed to death after being caught between two coal cars. He was a Salvation Army sergeant major at the time of his death.
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Danville
Frank Galle
Daniel Jenkins
South
Galle
Salvation Army
King Edward Leaves Marienbad for London
King Edward has completed a cure at Marienbad and departed for London.
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Edward
Marienbad
London
Airship man missing after Wisconsin ascent
William Mattery of Chicago ascended at Oconto Wisconsin and was blown out over the lake and has not been heard from since. Electioneer, Futurity winner, has been sold in New York. Cannon recovered from a chill in Rockland Maine and continued his stamping tour. Shaw barred banks from sending funds to New York for speculative loans. Bishop McCabe dropped from the international policyholders committee after missing meetings and criticism.
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William Mattery
Chicago
Oconto
Wis
Electioneer
New York
Cannon
Rockland
Shaw
Bishop McCabe
Methodist Church
International Policyholders’ Committee
Sullivan Attacks Bryan Over 1908 Convention Fraud Claims
Sullivan rejects Bryan's assertion that he held his national committee seat by fraud. He says Bryan knew the claim was false and forged many signatures, denies Springfield fraud, and accuses Bryan of insincerity and seeking profit from politics. Bryan reportedly aims to boost lecture revenue.
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Sullivan
Bryan
National Committee
St. Louis
Springfield
Bryan and Sullivan Face Sincerity Challenge Over 1900 Delegates
Sullivan challenges Bryan to a public test of sincerity by polling Springfield delegates from two years earlier to decide who lied about party integrity. He proposes resigning if the majority affirm fraud in his election to the national committee. If Bryan prevails, Sullivan promises to quit.
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Bryan
Sullivan
Mr. Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Springfield
Tilinois
St. Louis
Supreme Court of Illinois
Delegates Pressure Bryan Over Fraud Claim Outcome
The passage outlines a political maneuver where if most delegates from two years ago oppose Bryan's fraud allegation, candidate C will demand Bryan renounce his bid for the presidency under the Democratic party. It reflects intra-party pressure and succession maneuvering.
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Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Democratic Party
Man leaps from moving train in chase near Watson
Passengers on the Chicano Milwaukee and St. Paul describe a man leaping from a moving coach to escape after a theft report. Mrs. Giddings, who had identified the suspect in Minneapolis, chased the fugitive from the rear platform as the train approached Groton.
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St. Paul
Sept
Milwaukee
Watson
Here
Giddings
Minneapolis
Groton
Baseball Scores From League and Associations
Scores list from the day includes League games in Philadelphia Boston 0 1 Philadelphia 1 and St Louis Cincinnati 7 4 with Brooklyn New York 4 2 and Chicago Pittsburg 1 9. American Association games feature Boston Washington 1 4 and New York Philadelphia 2 3. Western results cover Pueblo Lincoln 6 7 Denver Omaha 7 11 and Des Moines Sioux City 4 2.
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Chicago
Sept. S&s
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Western
Pueblo
Lincoln
Denver
Omaha
Des Moines
Sioux City
Brackett Files Republican Run For New York Governor
State Senator Edgar E. Brackett of Saratoga announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of New York as Secretary Shaw departs Washington on a campaign tour through Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Missouri and other states.
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Shaw
Washington
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Edgar E. Brackett
Saratoga
New York
Chicago livestock market reports September 1906 trends
Market notes show steady to unchanged cattle and sheep receipts around 800 cattle and 2000 sheep. Hog figures indicate light hogs 86 10 to 86 60, mixed packers 85 85 to 86, heavy shipping grades 85 30 to 40, with a daily official receipt total around 133,509 yesterday and estimated 10,000 today and 34,000 tomorrow.
Fisheries Bureau Aids to All: Lake Erie Boundaries and Hatchery Output
The United States Fisheries Bureau discusses Lake Erie boundary demarcation with buoys and a revenue cutter proposal. It notes hatchery fry output reaching 1,564,000, an increase from 1905, and highlights broad benefits of fish culture for farmers, private ponds, clubs, and communities across regions.
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Washington, Sept
Lake Erie
Seizue
United States
George M. Bowers
United States Commissioner of Fisheries
Department of Commerce and Labor
Doubt Arises Over Death Of Smooth Stranger
New York hotelkeepers report: a supposed swindler who defrauded 32 inns in August sent a farewell address claiming he would take his own life. The note names victims including Hotel Brelin Hotel Seville Bretton Hall in New York and is dated Sept 2 from Wayne hotel Detroit to Edgar A. Walz president of the National Hotelkeepers Protective association.
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New York
National Hotelkeepers’ Protective Association
United States
Brelin
Seville
Bretton Hall
Wayne Hotel
Detroit
Edgar A. Walz
Sugar duty payments on Philippine sugar in San Francisco
Western Sugar refinery paid 97 876 dollars in San Francisco customs for raw Philippine sugar aboard the British steamer Seminole. Total duty 103 876 dollars, with 5 400 dollars paid at Manila as export taxes. The 97 876 dollars, at 25 percent, goes to the Philippine fund, not the U S treasury.
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San Francisco
Custom House
Philippines
Manila
United States Treasury
Philippine Fund
Representative Nevin Declines renomination in Third Ohio
Dayton Sept 8 Representative Nevin now serving his third term from the Third Ohio district has positively declined to accept renomination Public announcement of Nevin’s withdrawal appears in The Daily News and shocks district Republicans.
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Dayton
Nevin
Ohio
Daily News
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John D. Rockefeller
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Roger Sullivan
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Theodore Nelson
Judge Thompson
M. F. Dunlap
Henry T. Rainey
Ogden Gas Company
John YP. Altgeld
Judge Moran
Thomp
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Shhep
Grain Market
ASTO
Great Lakes
Fisheries Bureau
Nature
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