Warship Yankee Sinks After Lengthy Rescue Effort
New Bedford Mass December reports the United States cruiser Yankee sank six fathoms deep off Bustards Bay while being towed for repairs. Six rescued crew members, including Commander Marsh and Captain McAllister, escaped by rigging as heavy seas and repeated tow-line failures doomed the vessel. Divers may attempt refloatation with Lebanon and John Harlan assisting.
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New Bedford
Mass
Spindle Rock
Bustards Bay
Penikese Island
Yankee
John Harlan
Powhatan
Lebanon
James T. McAllister
Penikece Island
Charles C. Marsh
McAllister
Wetherspoon
Marsh
Chase
White Death Threat Targets Grace Church Rector
Rev Dr William O Waters of Grace Episcopal Church in Chicago appeals to federal authorities for protection after receiving threatening letters signed The White Death demanding $5000 left near the Lincoln Park High Bridge. The letters warn of death if not complied with, and resemble a Black Hand style warning.
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Chicago
William O. Waters
Grace Episcopal Church
South Side
High Bridge
Lincoln Park
Launch Collier Prometheus in Vallejo Navy Yard
Mare Island navy yard across the straits from Vallejo was in holiday dress Saturday for the launching of the great steel collier Prometheus. The ship will carry fuel to the fighting ships of Uncle Sam's navy and the docks were thronged with spectators.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island Navy Yard
Uncle Sam
Ex Redskin Chief Rolly Mac Intosh Dies at 75
Stidham Oklahoma December 7. Rolly Mac Intosh former chief of the Creek Indians aged 75 has died at his home. He served as a representative of the tribe in Washington for the past decade.
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Stidham
Okla
Rolly MacIntosh
McIntosh
Washington
Aged Couple Die in Smoke in Willimantic Conn
Timothy Sullivan and his wife, both advanced in years, were suffocated by smoke during a house fire on Saturday in Willimantic Connecticut.
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Willimantic
Conn
Timothy Sullivan
Admiral Coghlan Dies At New Rochelle Home
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan died suddenly at his New Rochelle residence while awaiting a new home to be prepared. He commanded the New York Navy Yard from 1904 to 1907 and served with Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay. Coghlan was known as a fearless and popular officer and teller of stories. His recital of Hoch Der Kaiser once drew German authorities’ attention but was resolved after his explanation.
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New York
Joseph B. Coghlan
New Rochelle
N. Y
New York Navy Yard
Coghlan
Charles Chamberlain
Sutton Manor
Washington
Dewey
Manila Bay
Olympia
Philippines
Hoch der Kaiser
Manila
Navy Department
London Suffragettes Riot at Lloyd-George Meeting
London suffragettes disrupted a suffrage meeting by chancellor David Lloyd-George at Albert Hall on Saturday afternoon. The militant demonstrators shouted, chained themselves to seats, and fought stewards and police amid a chaotic scene before order was restored and the chancellor resumed his talk.
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London
David Lloyd-George
Albert Hall
Westinghouse receivers discharged by court ruling
In Pittsburg on December 7 Judge James S. Young discharged the receivers of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company and the Securities Investment Company. No accounts are required to be filed. Receivers appointed October 23, 1907 were T. H. Given H. S. A. Stewart and B. M. Herr for Westinghouse and Fidelity Title and Trust Company for Securities Investment Company.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Securities’ Investment Company
United States
James S. Young
Ewing
T. H. Given
H. S. A. Stewart
B. M. Herr
Fidelity Title End Trust Company
Fumes Kill in Dos Brotas Oil Flow Fallout
Fumes from the Dos Brotas oil well flow in Mexico cause widespread effects into the United States. Metals blacken in a town 65 miles away while birds such as buzzards and parrots die in large numbers and many people report vision impairment across the region.
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Washington
Dos Brotas
Mexico
Fatally Hurt in Crash on Seattle University Line
Gus Olsen motorman died and about 30 people injured when two heavily loaded trolley cars collided head on in a dense fog on the University line Saturday. Fronts were smashed to splinters as crews and passengers were buried in debris.
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Seattle
Wash
Gus Olsen
University Line
Alderman Guilty of Offense in Georgia
Thomasville reports W H Mitchell an alderman and former county treasurer was found guilty Saturday of assault and battery on Miss Lucile Tinton, his former ward and wife’s close confidant, in a case that drew local attention.
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Thomasville
W. H Mitchell
Lucile Tinton
Taft’s tariff push and extra session program outlined
Hot Springs Va December 7 1908 reports that President elect Taft has prepared a primary legislative agenda for his administration centered on tariff revision and amending the Sherman antitrust act to allow railroad rate agreements under ICC supervision. He favors reorganizing major departments and broad reforms in finance resources and infrastructure.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cairo
Barge and Seven Men Lost in Atlantic Tow
The oil barge No. 101 and its seven crew members were lost after foundering off Seal Island while towed from Boston to Halifax. The tug John Hughes reported the disaster to Shelburne Nova Scotia on a Saturday.
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Shelburne
N. S
John Hughes
Hughes
Boston
Halifax
Seal Island
Life position created for Dr Findlay in Cuba decree
Havana December 7. The Official Gazette publishes Gov Magoon decree creating honorary president of the national board of sanitation with Dr Carlos Finlay as life incumbent at a salary of 2500 dollars in recognition of his discovery on yellow fever transmission by mosquitoes.
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Findlay
Havana
Official
British workers urged to refuse overtime amid hard times
Washington reports Consul General Wynne in London says over 7,000,000 Britons are enduring hardship and unemployment. The General Federation of Trades Unions has advised all union men to refuse overtime as a measure to ease strain.
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CGO English
Washington
Great Britain
General Federation of Trades’ Unions
Wynne
London
Johnsons Daughter Divorce Granted in Cleveland
Mrs Elizabe th Johnson Mariani daughter of Mayor Tom Johnson was granted a divorce from Frederico Mariani of New York. She testified that her husband had never supported her since marriage.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Elizabeth Johnson Mariani
Frederico Mariani
New York
Mariani
Lin
Wealthy Boston Youth Attempts Suicide in Santa Barbara
Leonard J Boutwell a member of a prominent Boston family attempted suicide in Santa Barbara California by taking chloroform on December seventh. He is reported to have acted alone and was found unconscious but saved. Local physicians treated him and he is expected to recover.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Eonard J. Boutwell
Boston
Port au Prince Rebels Enter City Led by Gen. Simon
In Port au Prince 8000 revolutionaries led by Gen. Antoine Simon entered the city to an ovation. He heads to establish headquarters at a private house amid rumors he may proclaim himself president, with rival generals in Cape Haitien Canalves and Jeremie ready to protest and risk civil war.
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Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Revolutionary
Antoine Simon
Simon
Committee of Public Safety
National Palace
Champ de Mars
Republic
Leconte
Cape Haitien
Firmin
Canalves
Fouchard
Jeremie
Alexis
Duguay Trou
Sarnia
Kingston
Jamaica
Beaten Davis murder trial testimony continues in Omaha
In Omaha on December 4 the trial of Charles E. Davis for the Dr. Austin murder was delayed to Monday morning by defense strategy. Prosecution witness Abbie Rice faced impeachment as witnesses tied her to the Rustin home earlier. A watchman and a streetcar motorman corroborated movements around one o'clock that morning. Council Zimman placed Dr. Austin at Fourteen and Farnam around one. Evidence suggested Davis reached his Chatham hotel apartment before three, with vomiting noted in his room and another in the toilet room earlier. The defense aims to wrap its case by Monday.
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Omaha
Neb
Sears
Charles E. Davis
Austin
Abbie Rice
Rustin
Dr. Rustin
Clara Gleason
Council
Zimman
Dr. Austin
Fourteenth
Farnam Streets
Charles BE. Davis
Chatham Hotel
Miller Directory Entry for Sulte 2 Gillespie Building
G R Miller listing in Sulte 2 Gillespie Building with Musson office phone 396 and Atlantic reference.
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Sulte
Gillespie Building
Musson
Atlantic
Res
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Atlantic phone and office listings note contact details for a former interne at the State University of Iowa, with addresses at 461 Black and 263 Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Atlantic
Wills drawn and probated in atlantia general law firm
Wills are drafted and probated with reposte made for administrators and guardians and their appointments secured. Probate practice highlighted as a specialty in general law business transacted by Atlantia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantia
Two Slain in Fierce Battle Near Webb on Big Sandy
Huntington West Virginia December 7 Deputy Sheriff Littleral and moonshiner Bill Vinson died in a desperate Saturday clash near Webb on the Big Sandy river forty miles south of town. Dozen U S deputy marshals clashed with Vinson allies as authorities arrested Joe Vinson head of the moonshiners Morris Bates and Will Vinson Jr after a long defiance of arrest.
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Huntington
W. Va
Littleral
Bill Vinson
Webb
Big Sandy River
Here
United States
Joe Vinson
Will Littleral
Louisa
Morris Bates
Will Vinson
Vinson
Not Demonstration Says Holland Naval Exercise Off Venezuela
The Netherlands government refuses to call the coast run of the battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk and cruisers Gelderland and Friesland a naval demonstration. It says the voyage from Puerto Cabello to La Guaira was merely an ordinary exercise cruise.
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Holland
The
Hague
Netherlands
Jacob van Heemskerk
Gelderland
Friesland
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
la Guaira
Fire damages Bellevue Hospital wing in lumber-yard blaze
Fire swept through a lumber yard between Twenty-ninth and Thirty-first streets and first avenue, threatening the east wing of Bellevue Hospital in New York. Patients watched the flames along the East River, somewhat panicked but quieted as crews fought the blaze.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Twenty-ninth
Thirty-first
First Avenue
East River
Cunning Ruse of Aged Woman Escapes Hospital
Mrs Marion Hooper escaped from the East Mississippi insane hospital by disguising herself as a black woman using shaved pencil lead to write a note. She was recaptured after the attempt.
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Meridian
Miss
Marion Hooper
East Mississippi Insane Hospital
Missing valuables from Mrs. George Wood residence
Jewelry valued at 75000 and furs plus a copy of an old masterpiece valued at 15000. Paris gowns hats and opera cloaks form part of the inventory reported missing from the late Mrs. George Wood's Philadelphia residence where she was found dead.
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Philadelphia
Paris
George Wood
London man hurt in New York taxicab crash
Dec 7 collision involving two New York taxicabs injured Rupert Higgins of London son of Henry V Higgins director of the Covent Garden Opera Company.
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New York
Rupert Higgins
London
Henry V. Higgins
Covent Garden Opera Company
Four Found Murdered in Colorado Home
Four Cosino Garcia family members were found dead in their beds at Corriso Creek, 85 miles east of Trinidad, with their heads split by an ax. The victims were identified by Nicholas Fernandez.
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Trinidad
Col
Cosino Garcia
Corriso Creek
Nicholas Fernandez
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Dr. Waters
Admiral Coghlan
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Warrior
Westinghouse
Congress
Bureau of Corporations
Sea Island
Dispatch
OLD
Nord Alekis
Port AU Prince
Haytian
Davis
Watchman
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
4Th
Chestnut
G. R. Miller
C. G. Clark
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic and Medical Physician
Opera House
Orrice Poole
Allantic
Iowa
T. B, Swan
DR. C. L, Campbell
Ben A. Wood
U. S. Mullins
X-Ray Laboratory
Charles D. Finley
Josephine Cook
Finley
Chestnut St
Nels Brown
Butler
M. H. Butler
G. J. Litterst
Walnut Street
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