Burglar Strikes Noble Street Businesses Across City
A street thief roamed the city last night targeting multiple shops on Noble and nearby streets. The Comer meat market lost 60 cents from a robbed cash register while gum slot machines were torn from Lloyd's and Scarborough's drug stores.
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Noble Street
Alabama Supply Company
East Tenth Street
Held’s
South Noble Street
FE. L. Summer
West Tenth Street
Lloyd’s
Scarbrough's
Douglas Weller Dies in Gadsden
Douglas Weller son of W H Weller formerly of this city died yesterday in Gadsden at 10 30 as a result of an operation for appendicitis He was well known here and many Anniston friends went to Gadsden for his funeral held at 2 30 in the First Methodist Church Forest cemetery burial.
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Douglas Weller
W. H. Weller
Gadsden
Anong
Anniston
First Methodist Church
Forestmetery
Weather Forecast for Anniston and Vicinity
Forecast for Anniston and vicinity calls for rain and warmer tonight followed by Thursday fair skies.
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Anniston
Cannot Avoid Clash With Japan Warns Labor Leader
Special to the Star Boston December 5 Andrew Furseth of San Francisco chairman of the AFL national legislative committee and Pacific region writer says war with Japan is eventual and inevitable. He argues the United States will face conflict sooner or later and opening the country to Japan would not prevent war.
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the Star
Boston
Japan
Andrew Furseth
San Francisco
National Legislative Committee
American Federation of Labor
Pacific Slope
Pacific Coast Split Over Roosevelt Japanese Policy
The nation reacts to President Roosevelt on the Japanese question as labor unions stir. California and the Pacific coast risk shifting from the Republican fold with Oregon Washington and others backing exclusion. The Chronicle argues the president overstepped authority by threatening to shift California’s commercial interests to foreigners.
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The
Star
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
California
Oregon
Washington
Chronicle
Prosperity in Alabama Shown in Industrial Growth
Columbus Ga December reports detail Alabama's week of progress with new trust company plans in Birmingham, a 350 ton daily furnace at Ensley, a foundry, oil mills, fertilizer plant, phosphate development near Greensboro, rail road safety device plant in Montgomery, and over 100 new residences.
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Columbus
Alabama
Birmingham
Ensley
Montgomery
Selma
Greensboro
Union Springs
Bessemer
Sheffield
State Agricultural College
Athens
Huntsville
Cough Remedy Ad Warns Against Uncertain Medicines
An old notice cautions readers not to seek unverified remedies for coughs and colds. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a genuine treatment that cures coughs and colds and helps prevent pneumonia, warning to avoid substitutes. The ad ends with Elam, rdway & Houser.
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Foley
Elam
Rdway & Houser
Secretary Shaw reports 1906 federal receipts exceed expenditures
Washington Dec 5 The Treasury report shows 1906 revenues from all sources 762 386 904.62 and total expenditures 736 717 582.01 with a surplus of 25 669 322.61 The cash in the treasury rose slightly by 1 020 due to 4 percent bonds issued to liquidate interest on refunding certificates The essay outlines currency reform ideas and nine recommendations including trusts law savings banks customs reform and a merchant marine plan.
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Shaw
Customs Department
United States
District of Columbia
President's nominations sent to Senate
The president today transmitted nominations to the Senate for W. Morgan Shuster of the District of Columbia to be member of the Philippine commission and to serve as secretary of public instruction in the Philippine islands.
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The
Star
Washington
Senate
Philippine Commission
Startling graft exposures loom in New York police case
New York December 5 a confession by Albert M Falk ally of Theo Allen gamblers and pool room owner is expected to reveal high handed graft in the police department according to grand jury testimony today Falk is described as Allen's right bower in connection with the case a flood of disclosures reportedly awaits public scrutiny
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The
Star
New York
Dee
Albert M. Falk
Right Bower
Theo? Allen
Grand
Ambassador Reid's Newfoundlands Visit Sparks Fishing Case Talks
Washington officials show keen interest in Whitelaw Reid's crossing from England to the United States. He is expected to bring data on Newfoundland fishing cases that could clarify arrests of sailors aboard American vessels for bait act violations.
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The
Star
Washington
State Department
Whitelaw Reid
England
United States
Newfoundland
Witness Testimony Ties Dark Tobacco Case to Armed Pledge
Price Morse testified at a Dark Tobacco Growers' association meeting that a member urged pledging to take up arms and shed blood for the association, with many standing and others excluded. Marshal Ayers has traveled to Hopkinsville for depositions.
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The
Star
Princeton
Dee
Trust
Price Morse
Tobaccco Growers’ Association
Marshal Ayers
Hopkinsville
Justice shop era ends as Chicago reopens courts
Chicago announces the justice shop system is a relic of the past. The new municipal courts begin operation under Chief Justice Harry Olson with 27 associate justices, all Republicans except one, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with Cook county's circuit and superior courts.
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Star
Chicago
Cook County
Harry Olson
Gillette Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Chester E Gillette, 18, convicted of first degree murder in the death of his sweetheart Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake on July 11. After over five hours of deliberation, the jury delivered the verdict as District Attorney Ward detailed their troubled romance and read Gillette's letters shifting the mood from defiance to tears.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Chester E. Gillette
Gweetheart
Grace Brown
Big Moose Hake
Ward
Jillette
Electric Oil Promises Quick Pain Relief for Burned Child
Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson of Hamburg New York testifies that her child was burned on the face neck and chest and after applying Dr Thomas Electric Oil the pain ceased and the child slept peacefully.
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Nancy M. Hanson
Hamburg, N. Y
Cannon to back higher congressional salaries
Washington reports Speaker Cannon will not block bills raising pay for lawmakers. The plan would lift members from 5000 to 7000 dollars and leaders from 5000 to 10000, with 32 millionaires exempted. The amendment to the legislative bill could pass and take effect March 4, 1909.
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Star
Washington
Hagatelle
Congress
Cannon
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Uncle Joe
House
Littauer
New York
Former Montgomery Postmaster Charles Buckley Dies
Charles A. Buckley longtime Montgomery postmaster for twenty years and former probate judge died after a brief illness. A native of Indiana he served in a Union regiment during the Civil War era before moving to this city in the South.
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Montgomery
Charles A. Buckley
Indiana
Federal Grand Jury Sits in Incomplete Court Session
The United States circuit and district court met yesterday but lacks full organization. Only the grand jury is sworn and working, with a list of 18 members including J. A. Edwards as foreman. Two petit juries were drawn but dismissed until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The court takes a recess until then to prepare for full operation.
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United States Circuit and District Court
Federal Court Room
Grand Jury
J. A. Edwards
Foreman
J. B. Stephens
J. J. Bowman
John Brown
J. A. White
W. D. Campbell
L. B. Miller
B. A. Phillips
B. Bh. Vield
P. Foreman
John D. Burchfield
Phillips
J. R. Castleberry
Cy Horne
Turnipseed
Idus Nixon
Mack Stilling
A. Walden
New Pastor Arrives At First Presbyterian Church
Dr J G Anderson the new pastor arrived today from Tampa Fla and will preach at the First Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning and evening. He will stay with Mrs James Lapsley on Tyler hill and receives cordial welcome from city churches.
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J. G. Anderson
First Presbyterian Church
Tampa
Fla
James Lapsley
Tyler Hill
Anderson
Bnt
Algeciras Treaty Ratified by Senate Committee
Washington December 5 The senate committee on foreign relations reported in favor of ratifying the Algeciras treaty concerning Morocco outlining approval of the accord and its terms.
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the Star
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Today
Algeciras
Morocco
Flood Devastation Hits Clifton Arizona Inestimable Loss and Dead
A violent flood on the Gila and nearby creeks devastates Clifton Arizona causing 20 to 60 deaths and widespread property loss. The main business district is wrecked as saloons homes and small buildings are swept away. The Coronado railway to Longfellow is destroyed delaying recovery. Clifton, Graham County, home to The Copper Era, faces weeks of disruption.
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Star
Clifton
Ariz
Gila
San Francisco
Chase Creek
Coronado
Longfellow
Graham County
Arizona
Surprise appointment of Oscar R Hundley as district attorney
Birmingham report notes Oscar R Hundley’s sudden appointment as district attorney for the Northern District of Alabama to succeed Thomas Kt. Roulhne who will stay until Hundley is sworn in. Roulhne says the duties grew with new division courts and increased work impact his private practice.
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Birmingham
Monlay
Oscar R. Hundley
Alabama
Thomas Kt. Roulhne
Handley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roulhne
Sheffield
Anniston
Tuskaloose
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Andrew
Furseth
Dent
Teddy
Uncle Sam
Sensation
Kentucky
Justice Shop System
Gannon
Federal Court Grand Jury
DR. Anderson
Roushac
Hundley
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