Europe Wins View Of Admiral Chadwick At League Meeting
Norfolk, Sept 20. At the Jamestown exposition convention of the League of American Municipalities Rear Admiral Chadwick urged adoption of Newport system of municipal government and criticized American graft and short terms for city officials. He warned our national backbone and public spirit lag, and called for more permanent, technically skilled leaders. William A. Allen cited intelligent misgovernance in machines of Pennsylvania and New York.
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Norfolk
League of American Municipalities
French KB. Chadwick
United States Navy
Newport
R. I
United States
William A. Allen
Bureau of Municipal Research
New York City
Pennyylvania
New York
Chicago
Rabbi Attacks the Pope on Modernism Encyclical
Rabbi Joseph Silerman of Temple Emanu-El delivered an atonement day address denouncing the pope s encyclical against modernism. He urged governments to fund more laboratories and schools to advance human knowledge and oppose a decree that would push civilization backward.
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New York
Joseph Silerman
Temple Emanu-El
Submarine eruption suspected after Yucatan coast fish deaths
Progreso Mexico September 20 evidence shows the entire Yucatan coast ten miles offshore littered with dead fish. Officials say the casualties likely stem from a submarine volcanic eruption or similar underwater event.
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Progreso
Mex
Yucatan
Father and Son Reconciled In New York Prison Visit
A wealthy physician Dr. Charles A. Whitney and his son Lloyd Whitney 22 reconciled after the son, a night court prisoner on a begging charge, was examined by Magistrate Breen. The father secured the son’s release and they met in the prison, embracing after a lengthy talk.
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New York
School for Would-Be Consuls in Washington
The state department plans to end the practice of thirty days unpaid leave for new consuls. A model United States consulate room will be used for training, and appointees must report for duty at once, spending hours there to learn practical daily duties and receive instructions.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Counsular Service
Vladigmostok
Russia
Daniel F. Feehan
St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church
Fitchburg
Mass
Fall River
Magoon
Penn-American Plate Glass workers strike over pay days
About 500 employees at the Penn American Plate Glass plant walked out in Alexandria Indiana to protest a shift in pay dates to the 10th and 25th of each month. Company officials say they will close the plant and not attempt to operate.
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Alexandria
Ind
Penn-American Plate Glass Company
Fatal gas deaths in Baltimore sewer excavation
In Baltimore on September 20 Peter Joyce and Howard Smith died after entering a deep sewer trench. Joyce was overcome by gas, followed by Smith who tried to rescue him. Two other workers also risked their lives in the futile rescue effort.
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Baltimore
Peter Joyce
Howard Smith
Joyce
Smith
Indigestion Claims Cow Near Clio Michigan
A cow owned by farmer Alexander Mur between Clio and Taymouth fell ill and died after treatment for indigestion. An examination found sand in the stomach amounting to a barrel’s load, with the material hardened like stone. The cow had been drinking from a shallow creek with a quicksand bottom.
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Clio
Mich
Alexander Mur
Taymouth
Mrs. Pinmel Found Dead in Alpena Home
Mrs. Oscar Pinmel, 49, was found dead of dropsy by her daughter on her return from a grocery errand in Alpena Michigan. She leaves a husband and five children. The family had moved here from Au Sable.
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Alpena
Mich
Oscar Pinmel
Au Sable
Legation Planned in Washington by Grecian Government
The Grecian government plans to establish a legation in Washington. A freight steamer, likely the Majestic, burned to the waterline on Lake Erie about 25 miles west of Long Point. Delegates to Odd Fellows Grand Lodge visits Minneapolis.
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Washington
Majestic
Lake Erie
Long Point
Rae
Japan
Korea
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Minneapolis
Prussia
Dr. Robert Koch Studies Sleeping Sickness in Africa
Dr. Robert Koch, famed physician and scientist, travels to Africa to study sleeping sickness decimating populations. Once created a lymph preparation for tuberculosis that failed to cure, yet his patient, tireless work advances understanding of disease causes and potential cures.
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Robert Koch
Africa
Koch
Trustees Elected by Those Who Held the Certificates
Testimony in the government suit against Standard Oil ties Corsicana Refining to Texas and names Folger and Payne as Standard Oil officers. Kellogg traced trust origins from 1882 to 1899 noting Rockefeller owned over a quarter of trust shares and profits neared 125 million in eight years.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Corsicana Refining Company
Texas
Wesley H. Tilford
H. €. Folger
C. M. Payne
Frank Kellogg
Corsicana Company
Kellogg
Combine
Tilford
Folger and
Payne
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
St. Louis
John D. Rockefeller
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil Trust
Rockefeller
McCarthy Ferguson Davidson Webb Seated at Iron Workers Convention
Judge Hanga of Marion county superior court ruled the local union No. 40 delegates Jeremiah McCarthy Harry Ferguson Robert Davidson and Frank Webb validly elected to the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers convention. The convention had previously refused them seats.
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Indianapolis
Hanga
Marion County Superior Court
Jeremiah McCarthy
Harry Ferguson
Robert Davidson
Frank Webb
New York City
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Dietz settles Log and Boom dispute over Cameron hall logs
A settlement in St Paul ends the two year log ownership dispute between John Dietz and the Log and Boom company over Cameron hall on the Thornapple river Wisconsin. W L Moses of Chippewa Falls arranged a transfer to Chippewa Log and Boom for 30000, with 15000 paid to Dietz for logging rights.
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St. Paul
Rice Lake
Wis
Rele
John Dietz
Log and Boon Company
Moses
Dietz
Anxiety at Vatican as anti clerical unrest grows
Rome reports anxiety at the Vatican over demonstrations marking the thirty seventh anniversary of the fall of the temporal power. Anti clerical tone fears reach serious complications with hints of French backed money. Pope Pius expresses hope Italians avoid a trap while Leon A Clark resigns to move to Oakland to practice law. Franco Canadian convention signed in Paris. Governor Post departs San Juan for New York.
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Rome
Vatican
Pope Pius
Leon A. Clark
Metcalf
Oakland
Cal
Foreign Office
Paris
Governor Post
Porto Rico
San Juan
New York
HOGS RECEIPTS AND MARKET STATUS IN CHICAGO
Chicago market report dated September 20 1907 shows hog receipts estimated at 12000 with 72 percent carried over from yesterday. Cattle 1500 steady and sheep 5000 weak. today receipts expected 12000 with six over from yesterday and tomorrow around 11000. Market described as slow to strong at yesterday's averages with top 647 and bulk 570 to 615. Furnished by J W Culver Co Washington IA phone 741.
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J. W. Culver & Co
Washington
Iowa
Chicago
Harahan Keeps ICC Presidency Despite Fish Challenge
In New York on September 20 J T Harahan was cleared by the Illinois Central directors of any misconduct as Stuyvesant Fish faced challenges. The board announced Harahan will continue as president and showed a clean bill of health for he and his administration.
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Harahan
New York
J. T. Harahan
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Strike Hits St. Louis Shoe Factories
In St. Louis on September 20 an order for a strike of shoecutters led 500 of 1,400 workers to walk out demanding shorter hours and higher wages. Nearly all local shoe factories are affected except one.
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St. Louis
Plan of the Combination Trust Arrangement
The article describes a plan to transfer all assets of the embraced corporations to the Standard Oil companies. The Standard Oil entities issue their own stock in exchange, with stock delivered to nine trustees who issue trust certificates equal in par value to the depositing stock.
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Standard Oil
Body of John Cook Found Dead Near St Louis Cahokia
The body of John Cook an elderly shoemaker from St Louis was found on the road between St Louis and Cahokia. He appeared to have been struck by a club in a fatal assault.
Board Burns School Bonds in Evansville
Evansville board of education burned 11500 in school bonds bearing 6 percent interest. The bonds dated 1802 were issued for Blankenburg school.
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Board Burns
Evansville
Ind
Board of Education
Blankenburg
Five Acres That Paid Well in Greenfield Indiana
Elijah A. Henley of Greenfield Indiana harvested five acres of potatoes and plans selling them at three dollars a bushel to local buyers, highlighting a profitable farm venture in September.
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Greenfield
Ind
Elijah A. Henley
Sohel
Democrats Win Big In Oklahoma Vote And Constitutional Approval
Territorial Oklahoma results show adoption of the constitution and prohibition, election of the Democratic state ticket and four Democratic representatives with one Republican. Governor Frantz, a Republican candidate, plans to meet President Roosevelt as Oklahoma canvasses the results for submission to the president.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Burford
Oklahoma
Clayton
Indian Territory
Territorial
Wilson
Frantz
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Robert S. Owens
United States
First National Bank
Muskogee
William J. Bryan
Johnson set for renomination as Cleveland mayor by acclamation
Returns from ward primaries indicate Mayor Tom J. Johnson will be renominated for mayor by the Democratic city convention on Saturday. Indications also show that all mayor endorsed council candidates, including Councilman F. E. Haserodt, won their seats.
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Meveland
Tom J. Johnson
Council
FE. B. Haserodt Repo
Johnson
Fort Nominated by Republicans for Governor
Prenton New Jersey September 20 Supreme Court Justice John Franklin Fort was nominated for governor on the Republican ballot by the state convention. Justice Fort received a portion of 1159 total votes cast.
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Prenton
N. J
John Franklin Fort
Vention
Justice Fort
Rail wreck near Aguas Calientes kills dozens
A disastrous collision occurred between a freight train and the El Paso express at Encarnacion near Aguas Calientes. Reports say about thirty people were killed and many injured. The express had departed from its namesake city Tuesday.
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City of Mexico
Mexican Central Railroad
Encarnacion
Aguas Calientes
el Paso
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