Roosevelt Extends Goldfield Troop Stay Three Weeks
President Roosevelt telegraphed Governor Sparks that federal troops may stay in Goldfield for three more weeks if a Nevada special legislative session is called within five days. Sparks argued mining district violence and insurrection between miners and mine owners necessitated state relief and a possible constabulary. The exchange cites the 1907 unrest and the need for arbitration over dynamite and gun violence.
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Carson
Nev
Washington, D.C
Nevada
Goldfield
Texas Rangers
Haywood
Senate
Les
Specia Sesxeion
Courmoil
Nevada Governor wrestles with legislature call over troop use
President Roosevelt demands Nevada convene a special legislative session to decide on requesting federal troops or forming a state peace force. Senator Newlands urges swift action to preserve order at Goldfield as Taft orders troop withdrawal unless Nevada acts within five days.
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Cave
United States
Nevada
Goldfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Funston
Department of California
San Francisco
Newlands
Sparkes
Propper
Carson City
New
Dee
Roosevelt
Sparks
Colorado Aldermen Face Loss of Office
Four Fort Collings aldermen were arrested on warrants from Mayor Clammer for failing to file itemized election expense statements with the county clerk. They voted for an ordinance allowing liquor sales by drug stores under limited conditions. Conviction would mean removal from office. each was released on a $500 bond.
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Fort Collings
Colo
Clammer
Crammer
Welly
Durango Banker Placed Under Bonds
Durango Colorado December 28 Charles F E McConnell president of the Smelter City bank once closed its floors was placed under arrest charged with accepting 1600 after he knew the bank was insolvent. The warrant was sworn to by Fred Strunb a one armed man of Durango Nell McConnelly was arraigned and released on a 3000 bond.
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Durango
Cota
Charles FE. McConnell
Smelter City Bank
Fred Strunb
Myr McCon
Nell
Plague Campaign Reports Rise in San Francisco
San Francisco reports 14 verified plague cases in August, 53 in September, 30 in October, and 20 in November, with six cases so far in December. Health officials credit measures under Dr Koyert Blue of the U S Public Health Service for partial containment as rats remain diseased in several quarters.
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Ares
Kansans Endorse Taft for President in Stormy Topeka Session
In Topeka on December 28 the Kansas Republican central committee unanimously backed William F. Taft for president and set a March 4 state convention in Topeka. A motion to use primaries for state officer nominations was tabled 13 to 1. W R Stubbs Cyrus Lel and bp St. Anthony spoke.
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Morning Journal
Topeka
Kan
Republican State Central Committees
William F. Taft
Kansas
United States
W. R. Stubbs
Cyrus Leland
BP. St. Anthony
State
Republican Central Committee
North Carolina Gov Refuses Payment On Repudiated Bonds
Governor Robert Glenn replies to Edward L Andrews of bondholders, stating the North Carolina legislature twice repudiated the 11 million dollars in special tax bonds three years past and the state will not pay. He argues creditors were treated fairly but the bonds were conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity.
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New York
Robert RB. Glenn
North Carolina
Edward L. Andrews
Glenn
Pardon Denied for Kinch Mullins by Governor Curry
Special Dispatch from Santa Fe reports Governor Curry refused the pardon for Kinch Mullins, brother of Miss Mullins of Roswell, who is serving time in the territorial penitentiary for the murder of Tony Stauffancher in 1903. The sister had sought clemency in Santa Fe after a persistent campaign.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
Curry
Miss Mullins
Hoswell
Kindi" Mullins
Territorial Penitentiary
Tony Stauffancher
Roswell
Kinch
Baltimore and Ohio manager resigns effective January 1
Thomas Fite gerald, general manager of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, resigns. L. Potter, the third vice president and head of operating departments, to assume duties as general manager. The railroad denies reports of friction between the two officials.
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Baltimore
Thomas Fitegerald
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
L. Potter
Third View
Roads
Bar Association Selects Seattle as Next Year Meeting
The American Bar association executive committee chose Seattle as the meeting site for the convention scheduled for August 25 next year The decision was announced in Chicago with Jacob M Dickinson presiding Alton Parker stated he will not engage in politics in future campaigns.
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Seattle
American Bar Association
Jacob M. Dickinson
Alton Parker
Police trap bookmaker taking cash at San Francisco track
At Everyville race track on December 28 a bookmaker named Crosby took in 1040 dollars during a race and then tried to leave with the money. Detectives arrested him near the gate as an automobile waited. partner Grover was also taken into custody.
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San
Pauper Horde Invades New York City
New York city charity groups face a rising homeless crisis as more than 660000 strangers are homeless and as many as 25000 wanderers sleep on benches or floors nightly. Lodging houses are full Bowery saloons serve as barracks while officials plan measures to deter wanderers amid an approaching cold wave.
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Morning Journal
New York
Bowery
Banfils on Trial for Slugging Patterson
Denver records Fred G. Banfils one of the Denver Post owners pleading not guilty to assault on former Senator Thomas M. Patterson, principal owner of the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Times. Trial opened in Justice Taltons court with adjournment till Monday. Patterson named merchants as alleged targets of Post blackmailions.
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Morning Journal
Denver
Fred G. Ronitils
Denver Post
Thomas M. Patterson
Rocky Mountain News
The
Denver Times
Thomas Carlatons
Bontils
Patterson
Kontils
Bottom
Conference on primaries for Taft and Foraker held in Columbus
Senator Dick of Akron met with Arthur Vorys and Chairman Brown to seek an agreement on the coming primaries for selecting delegates to the national convention and the state convention. The talks produced no definite result and a second meeting is planned with proposals for late March or February timing.
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Columbus
Akron
Foraker
Arthur Vorys
Taft
Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Vorys
Eclipse of the Sun January Third
An eclipse of the sun will occur January 3 and be partly visible in the southern United States and western North America. The total eclipse will be at Flint Island in the Pacific observed by a Lick Observatory party led by Professor W. W. Campbell aboard the ship Annapolis, with no official government parties dispatched. In the United States the view will occur near sunset and be brief.
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Washington
United States
North America
United States Naval Observatory
Flint Island
Pacific
Lick Observatory
W. W. Campbell
Tahite
Annapolis
Mountaineers In Fatal Duel Reported From Collinsville
News from Collinsville Caldwell county describes a deadly duel between four mountaineers two named Clark and two Raders. Weapons were rifles and knives and the fight lasted an hour with both Clarks killed one Rader brother slain and the other badly injured.
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Morgantown
Collinsville
Caldwell County
Clark
Radey Knves
Clarks
Rader
Tenement Dwellers Protests and Rent Struggles in New York
Tenants press for lower rents as landlords issue dispossess notices to those who withhold payment. In Brooklyn Brownsville and Manhattan East Side mass meetings were held to bolster the campaign, while police dispersed two protest meetings lacking permits.
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New York
Brownsville
Brooklyn
East Side
Former Mistress of White House Dies
Washington, Dec. 29. Mrs Letitia Tyler Semple niece of President James Tyler and mistress of the White House during his term died tonight at the Louise home aged 65. She was granddaughter of President Tyler and a clerk in the navy department. Earlier, Miss Letitia Tyler Semple was assaulted on the street and robbed of her purse while returning from a visit to her dying aunt Mrs Semple.
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Washington
Letitia Tyler Semple
James Tyler
White House
Louise Home
Letitia Tyler
Tyler
Mrs. Semple
Miss Tyler
Navy Department
Distinguished Scientist Dr Coleman Sellers Dies in Philadelphia
Dr Coleman Sellers, renowned engineer and scientist, died at his home in Philadelphia tonight after a general physical breakdown. He was 61 years old.
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Philadelphia
Coleman Sellers
Senator Declares New Mexico Admission Likely
Special Dispatch to the Morning Journal Santa Fe New Mexico December 28 Willam Miller a Bedford Pennsylvania state senator says New Mexico has better prospects for admission to the Union than ever and urges a strong citizen push He called on Governor Curry and is allied with Delegate William HA Andrews based on his knowledge of Pennsylvania politics he sees no obstacle to admission this year if voters act vigorously.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Willam ¢. Miller
Bedford
Miller
Pennsylvania
Curry
William HA. Andrews
Pensylvania
Nebraska trust buster dies by poison in Lincoln
Lincoln Neb Dec 29 Thomas Worrell prominent Nebraska reformer who exposed a grain trust in the state died last night by his own hand taking poison. He left a letter to Chairman Allen of the Democratic state central committee citing unbearable head pain and copies were sent to his son and Mr Worrell. Friends say his health had faltered for months but was not considered serious.
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Lincoln, Neb
Thomas Worrell
Nebraska
Allen
Democratic State Central Committee
Worrell
Oklahoma City Placed Under Guard As Black Residents Leave Henrietta
Reports say armed citizens guard Henrietta after bands of Black people were seen in the area. Authorities note the danger has passed as the migrants depart town tonight.
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Oklahoma City
Sailors Union Appeals to U S Supreme Court
Washington December 28 A petition for writ of certiorari in the case of the Sailors Union of the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Marine Firemen's Union versus the Hammond Lumber Company of California was tiled to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Sailors’ Union of the
Pacific Coast
Pacific Marine Firemen’s Union
Hammond Lumber Company
California
Supreme Court viewed case on discharged workers union interference
A lumber company sought to bar a union from interfering with its business after dismissing union members. Judge Morrow granted a temporary injunction in the Northern District of California, the Ninth Circuit affirmed, and the union appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court for review.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Lumber Company
United States Circuit Court
Northern District of
California
Morrow
United States Court of Appeals For
Ninth Circuit
Union
Attell Firm Favorite in Moran Bout at 7 to 10
San Francisco bookmakers report Abe Attell has been installed as the favorite at 7 to 10 in the Moran fight betting. Moran had held around 10 to 1 earlier, but Attell strengthened his position after a week of fluctuating odds.
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Atte
San Francisco
Owen Moran
Abe Attell
Attell
New England Cotton Mills Close
Uncasville Manufacturing Company posts notices at its Montville and Versalles mills stating a temporary close from today until January 6 to ease conditions in the cloth market. The move marks the first production curtailment in twenty years with about 500 workers affected.
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New England
Uncasville
Conn
Uncasville Manufacturing Company
Montville
Versalles
Rio Janeiro Welcomes American Fleet with Festive Events
Rio de Janeiro on December 28 reports preparations for the arrival of Rear Admiral Evans and the American battleship fleet. President Penna hosts a dinner for admirals and officers. Ambassador Irving Dudley attends a promenade lunch on Corcovado. naval club events at Tijuca park. Dudley to host a reception January 23 at Petronelis residence.
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Rio
Corcovado Mountain
Rio Janiero
Naval Club
Tijuca Park
Dudley
Petronelis
Children’s Home Burns. Inmates Escaped Safely
A two story building housing the Norwegian Lutheran Children's Home at Fifty-eighth Avenue and West Irving Park Boulevard in Chicago was burned to the ground this afternoon. Both child inmates, two in number, escaped unharmed as flames engulfed the structure before fire engines arrived. Loss estimated at 7 500 dollars.
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Chicago
Fifty-eighth Avenue
Irving Park Boulevard
Switch and Signal Company Resumes Operations in Pittsburg
The Kion Switch and Signal company orders employees to report January 2 after a December 2 closure. The plant had been expected to reopen January 20. The firm secured a $7,000,000 Pennsylvania tunnel contract for New York and landed a large Hartmann Lines order. Two children perished in a Seattle fire at the Washington Children's Home with the matron Minnie Myers badly burned rescuing them.
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Pittsburg
Kion Switch and Signal Company
Pennsylvania
New York Tunnel
Hartmann Lines
Seattle
Wash
Washington
Minnie Myers
Rock Island Train Wreck in Duncan Kills Engineer
Rock Island passenger train No. 23 wrecked near Duncan Oklahoma this afternoon. Engineer Henry White was killed and two mail clerks and two express messengers injured. Assistant baggageman Otto Koonty of Kansas City may die. White’s two children perished in a Fort Leavenworth fire days earlier.
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Duncan
Okla
Henry White
Rock Island
Otto Koonty
Kansas City
Engineer White
Fort Leavenworth
Powers Fate Rested With Jury In Murder Conspiracy Trial
Georgetown Kentucky special wire reports Judge Morris instructed the Mowers jury on a conspiracy to murder Cloebel. If proven beyond reasonable doubt Powers faces death or life imprisonment. The morning featured read transcripts and testimony contradictions. defense sought to exclude portions as immaterial, but the judge allowed them citing appeals court rulings.
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Morning Journal
Georgetown
Down
Morris
Robbins
Cloebel
Yourmey
Mores
Court of Appeals
Darden Lawsuit Details Large Money Gifts in New Mexico
Mrs. Fanny Van Riper Darden seeks injunction to block James G Darden from disposing of property claimed bought with her money during their divorce case in Las Cruces New Mexico. The hearing reveals gifts totaling about one hundred thousand dollars and notes of alleged misrepresentations as to ownership.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Darden
Parker
Fanny van Riper Darden
New York
James G. Darden
Albuquerque
New Mexico
James Parsons
Phelps-Dodge
Maryland
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Old Point Comfort
Hewer
Iveree
Antoinette
van Dyke
President Roosevelt Joins Wild Turkey Hunt in West Virginia
President Roosevelt near Pine Knot West Virginia accompanied by Dick McDaniel heads to a wild turkey hunt on a mountain scene from last December. Wind hindered the chase as the flock flushed but no shot was taken.
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Chariettesville
W. Va
Dick McDaniel
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
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