Taft Quizzed By Crowd On Labor and Capital at Cooper Union
Secretary of War William H. Taft faced a large New York audience at Cooper Union, defending his stand on labor and capital and responding to a rapid-fire, often controversial Q&A. He urged cooperation of capital and labor and warned against misusing wealth, while deflecting questions on Brownsville and tariffs, drawing renewed ovations from about 2,000 attendees.
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Cooper Union
New York
William H. Taft
People’s Institute
Smith
Taft
Brownsville
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Ohio
Moores & Co
Moores
United States
Standard Oil Company
Thaw Jury Completed as Trial Schedule Set
The second jury for Harry K. Thaw's trial over Stanford White's killing is filled with twelve business men. The jurors will hear the prosecution's direct case starting Monday with opening by Francis Garvan and defense by Martin Littleton. Court hours are 10 to 1 and 2 to 6, with adjournment at 5.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Charles F. Gremmels
Arthur R. Neathing
George W. Cary
George C. Rupprecht
John H. Holbert
David E. Arrowsmith
William F. Doolittle
William H. McHugh
Frank J. Howell
William Burck
Francis Dovale
James A. Hooper
Messrs
Martin W. Littleton
Epidemic in Lansing Shows Diminishing Severity
The Lansing strange epidemic, which emerged a few nights ago with undetermined cause, is nearly over though many new cases are reported and several children remain seriously ill.
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Lansing, Mich
Lansing
Ravenna Father Shoots Son Then Learns Fate
Edwin Colier murdered his eight year old blind son Edwin at the wife's Ravenna cemetery grave, then shot himself in the chest. He survived, the boy died, authorities report a fatal domestic tragedy in Ohio.
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Ravenna, O
Edwin Colier
Edwin
Ravenna
Socialist Election Turmoil Ends as Mounted Police Disperse Crowd
The Berlin scene shows a Socialist rally turning chaotic as mounted police form a line at Wilhelmstrasse and disperse the crowd within two minutes. Women Socialist members brandish Vorwärts editions while cries of rage echo, but no political results are expected. The Socialists remain a strong faction yet outside government influence continues to wane after earlier election reverses.
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Sian
Wilhelmstrasse
Landtag
Rising Panama Canal Cost Near Two Hundred Million
Washington reports that due to changed conditions the Panama Canal project may cost about 200000000 dollars, higher than the 1905 estimate of 139,765,200 dollars. Incidental items and zone expenses in Panama and Colon, to be refunded by the Panama government, are included. Some commissioners now favor 200 million as the near final figure.
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Washington
Board of Consulting Engineers
Panama Canal
Panama
Colon
Socialist Demonstrations Rally for Universal Suffrage in Berlin
German Socialists organize suffrage demonstrations before the Prussian land tag building. A radical resolution demands universal suffrage. Demonstrators gather in Berlin on January 1 with calls for broader political rights and parliamentary reform.
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Berlin
Landtag
Rus
Killed by the Cars In St Paul Rail Lines
Four men killed on area railroads in two days with another seriously maimed. B Reserves of Minneapolis run over at Minnesota Transfer yards. Roumania laborer John Ostean dies instantly near Western Avenue bridge. William Fischer dies at city hospital after being struck at Grace and Oneida. Frank Faribault dies after being squeezed between freight cars at West Side yards. George Clark of Chicago suffers a broken knee after a fall from a train under Third Street bridge.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota Transfer
John Ostean
Northern Pacific
Western Avenue
William Fischer
St. Paul Road
Grace
Oneida Streets
City Hospital
Frank Faribault
West Side
Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Joseph's Hospital
George Clark
Chicago
Third Street Bridge
Absconder Surrenders to Police in Washington
Willard H. Myers, who fled in May 1904 with $11,000 in negotiable securities from the National Safe Deposit Saving and Trust Co, walked into police headquarters and surrendered. He returned stock valued at $2,000, claiming the remaining $9,000 was spent evading capture.
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Washington
Willard H. Myers
National Safe Deposit Saving and Trust Company
Woman Commits Suicide in Front of Train Near Roseville
Newark Jan 11 Mrs Henry Boehme of Orange N J killed herself by kneeling before an approaching Lackawanna express near Roseville after a three month period of mental derangement following childbirth.
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Newark
N. J
Henry 0. Boehme
Orange
Lackawanna Railroad
Roseville
Boehme
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Charles Sprague Smith
Harry Thaw
Defendant
Piso’s
St. Paul and Vicinity
Absconder
Foleys Honey
IAR
C. Unger
Maple St
Champaign
Ill
FOLEY
A. M. Ake
Wood
Ind
Ley
ED. Schiever
Austin
Golden Eagle
Melton Kersey
Vienna
the Golden Eagle
OG. F
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wallace Gregson
W. Mill St
Austin. Minn
William Donovan
South Kenwood
Edward
Taisor
E. Mill St
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