Clever Albuquerque Boy Wins Morning Journal Song Contest
The Morning Journal awarded Walter Shutt first prize of ten dollars for a trade excursion song to tune of Auld Lang Syne. G. F. Brown won three dollars and Lula M. Palmer two dollars for other entries. Judges praised ninety two submissions from Albuquerque and around New Mexico for rhythm and fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Shutt
Morning Journal
G. L. Brown
Lula Palmer
Tve
South High Street
G. F. Brown
North Second Street
Lula M. Palmer
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Gentle Annie
Claude Edgar
Kent Avenue
Rachel Lott
West Concare
Democratic Leader Advises Ho Party To Not Field City Ticket
A letter from R. W. D. Bryan, Democratic leader, urges Democrats to refrain from nominating a city ticket in the upcoming municipal election. He credits Republican unity and fusion for their likely victory and argues saving strength for county and territorial races. Bryan suggests voters support the existing Republican slate to avoid bitterness and maintain focus on national issues like irrigation. He dates the note March 7, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. D. Bryan
Fusion
Bryan
Morning Journal
Quy City
Congress
Four Men Die From Gas In Baltimore Tunnel
Four men are dead and ten wounded after gas in the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel near the John Street entrance incapacitated workers. The exhaust fan failed, allowing gas and smoke to accumulate as trains used the tunnel. The dead include a white foreman and four black laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
John Street
New York Committee Endorses Gov Hughes for Presidency
The New York Republican State Committee unanimously endorses Charles E. Hughes for the presidential nomination at the Chicago convention. The body adopts a resolution praising Theodore Roosevelt and schedules a state convention at Carnegie Hall on April 11 to elect delegates and nominate presidential electors. All members were present or represented.
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New York
Republican State Committee of
Charles E. Hughes
Chicago
W. H. Douglass
Roosevelt
Carnegie Hall
New York City
M. Lynn Bruce
Daylight Bank Robbery Duel Ends In Fatal Shootout
In New York a daylight bank robbery attempt by Francesco Pellatro, aided by accomplice Michaelo Dogistino, ended with Pellatro shot five times and dying in hospital. Pasquale Patti and his son-in-law Louis Cartiar fired in a pistol duel after Pellatro drew a revolver. Police arrested Dogistino while fleeing the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
New York
Pasquale Patti
Elizabeth Street
Louis Cartiar
Francesco Pellatro
Guiseppe Sapio
Michaelo Dogistino
Pellatro
Patti
Imposter Posing as Morning Journal Agent Warned
A man named H. Collins, active in the eastern or southeastern territory, is identified as an imposter. He carries an alleged letter of credit from the Morning Journal, which is a forgery and grants him no authority to solicit subscriptions or represent the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ©. Collins
Morning Journal
Bank Shooting Sparks Pursuit After Double Crossing Incident
Louis Cartiar, who ran the branch post office inside the bank, drew a revolver and fired. Pellatro died from five wounds after entering to kill Patti but reportedly fired none. Degostino fled the scene as Patti was detained by police for further questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Cartiar
Pellatro
Degostino
Patti
Gompers Calls Labor Conference in New York
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor issues a call for an executive council meeting in New York the week of March 16. He urges international union executives attend March 18 to discuss Supreme Court labor decisions and coordinate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
International Trade Unions of America
Executive Council
Railways Must Comply With Law Says Interstate Commission
Washington report on the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling that railroad requests for time extensions to meet a congressionally mandated act are denied. The commission held granting extensions would rewrite the law and that financial distress offers no definite standard for postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Berdichev Police Captain Shot Dead in Street
Russian police captain Carp Timishoff of Berdichev was fatally shot on a street today. The assassin escaped, and authorities launched an investigation into the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stain
Berdichev
Russia
Mr. Cartimishoff
Hundred Dollars Price of Murder at Jackson Trial
Jackson Kentucky March 7. John Abner charged in Cockrill murder testimony links price paid for killing. Asbury Spicer says $160 paid for Cockrill murder. same amount for Dr Cox. John Smith testifies of plan with Judge Hargis and Abner. Curtis Jett, Jett and Abner fired from courthouse windows. Smith admits firing and receiving $85 and a pistol.
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Iby Morning Journal
Jackson
John Abner
James Cockrill
Asbury Spicer
John Smith
Cockrill
B.D. Cox
Bach
Hargis
Mortimer Forbes
Main Street
Crawford Building
Curtis Jett
Court House
Johon Smith
Abner
Smith
Jett
Abner Pope
Collinwood Lake View Fire Toll Tops 174 Dead
Cleveland March 7 The total dead from the Lake View school fire in Collinwood is now believed to be 174 with 167 bodies found and six more missing. Several funerals occur as officials update identifications and plan a public memorial for all victims including unidentified remains.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake View
Collinwood
Glenn Barber
Richard Kelly
Walter Kelly
Cleveland Leader
St. Mary's
St. Joseph’s Catholic
McNeill
Grace Fiske
Weiler
John Krasnyak
Littl
Wallace
Lomgee
Orr
Mayflower School
Fire traps in schools compare to Collinwood disaster
Richard L. Humphrey, engineer in charge of structural materials and laboratories for the government, states in a public briefing that dangerous fire traps are as deadly as those blamed for the Collinwood Ohio school tragedy, citing ongoing concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Maren
Richard L. Humphrey
Collinwood
Ohio
Fire safety laws urged to curb fire traps in cities
A speaker pleads for laws banning construction except high fire resisting structures, especially for schools hospitals theaters and large-assembly buildings. He warns New York is full of fire traps and upcoming fires could devastate the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Schooner Wrecked Off Alaskan Shore In Gale
The John F. Milton, sailing from San Francisco November 23 for Pearl Harbor, Alaska, was driven ashore during a January gale at the Inatock peninsula Unimak Island and broke in two. Ten crew died of exposure, about twenty five survivors remain on the peninsula, two men reached Sand Point after six days, and the Martha was sent from the island to aid but had not returned when the Czarina sailed.
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San Francisco
Czarina
Pirate Cove
Alaska
John F. Milton
Pear Harbor
Inatock Peninsula
Unimak Island
Sand Point
Martha
Boats swept over dam kill three on Monongahela
On the Monongahela River at Port Perry Pa the tow boat Stella Moren with two coal flats went over dam No ? and sank in twenty feet of water. Engineers and crew named Cox Lorain Bush perished with ten others rescued. The wreck valued at about 30000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Stella Moren
Monongahela River
Port Perry
John Cox
Charles Loraln
John Bush
Cox
Lorain
Bush
Monongahe River
Foresters to Raise Insurance Rates
Toronto March 7 The supreme court of the Independents Order of Forresters will meet in June to ratify increased rates and reescalated charges dating to 1899 affecting about 260000 members. Older members pre 1898 face higher charges or payoff options and those unable to pay will have their policy face value reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
Supreme Court of the Independents Order of Forresters
National Congress
Independent Order of Forresters
Blaze damages dormitory at New Mexico College
A fire at midnight destroyed the dining room section of the boys dormitory at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Mesilla Park. Authorities attribute the blaze to a defective flue aided by high winds. No injuries reported. Loss is estimated at about 2600 for students and buildings. Students and staff contained the fire and arranged temporary meals.
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Mesilla Park
N. M
New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Spectator backs Burns for exchequer post in cabinet rise
London reports that John Burns, president of the local government board, is viewed highly enough to be a serious candidate for the chancellorship of the exchequer should Asquith resign to become premier. The Spectator, a conservative weekly, endorses this view reflecting Burns growing influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Burns
The
Spectator
Asquith
Nine Chinese convicted of murder in Boston hatchet case
In Boston on March 7 nine Chinese men including Warry Charles were found guilty of murder in the first degree for the August 2, 1907 shootings in Oxford Place. A tenth defendant, Yee Watt, died in custody during the trial. The killings stemmed from a feud between the Hip Sing and On Leong Tong factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Boston
Warry Charles
Superior Criminal Court
Yee Watt
Min Sing
Hom Woon
Leong Gong
Wong Duck
Wong How
Jee Guey
Dong Bok
Ling Yee Jung
Warry Chartes
Chin Mong Quin
Wong Shu Chung
Chin Leet
Lee Kai Nem
Brown
Pierce
McFerrick
Dwyer
C. Bartlett
H. H. Pratt
al. Woodman
Orly
Oxford Place
Poston
Shoy Fong
Warry Carles
Hip Sing Tong
Charles
Tong
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Chinese duo to be hanged in Moyamensing for Chinatown killings
Philadelphia on March 7 reports two Chinese men, Jung Jow and Mock King, condemned to hang Tuesday for killings during a Chinatown pistol battle last summer. The pair, linked to On Leong Tong and Hip Sing Teng factions, mark the first Chinese hanging in the city amid long rival clashes.
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Philadelphia
Jung Jow
Mock King
Moyamensing
Chinatown
On Leong Tong
Hip Sing Teng
Knickerbocker Trust to Resume Operations in March
Justice Clark grants order to reopen Knickerbocker Trust on March 26 after a six month suspension that followed a two day bank run and the death of president Charles T. Barney. The rehabilitation plan offers depositors ten percent on opening day with the rest withdrawn over about two and a half years. Most depositors accepted the plan, enabling the revival and a stock market gain in advance.
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New York
Justice Clark
Supreme Court
Staten Island
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Charles T. Barney
Knickerbock- Trust Company
Stock Exchange
Robbers Murder in Vain in Russian March
A band of heavily armed men attacked the post office, killing a clerk and a policeman. A posse and villagers pursued them over days, resulting in four or more wounded and two killed. The robbers fled empty handed.
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Russia
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T. F. Brown
Land of Sunshine
Long
Irrigation Congress
Tral
Mary Mathewson
Mariel Bauman
Barnett Building
Augusta
Owen Priester
Salkehatchie
S. C
HO Party
NEW York Committee
Gov
Hughes
Labor Conference
Commerce Commission
Kentucky
Alaskan
Monongahela
Foresters
the Agricultural College
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