Record of the week notes diverse world events
The summary lists multiple items: bishops appointment in San Francisco. Roosevelt hosting a conservation conference. Ethel Roosevelt’s Washington debut. Carnegie on worker joint ownership. Gilman on home conditions. Washington inspectors overrule Dr Wiley on benzene soda. Italy and Sicily earthquake tolls. Abraham Ruef’s sentence. Castro's Venezuela fighting. Ensley Alabama mine collapse. Italian quake death toll. Pittsburgh bribery trials. Gompers and others jailed in Buckstove case. Venezuela and Dutch coast friction. Missouri Supreme Court oil company fines. New York Stock Exchange suspensions. St Paul Montana coal discovery. Cyrus Teed’s death. Bishop O’Connell retirement. Gates betting losses. Paris attack on President Fallieres. Pretoria voyage delays. Racine hospital death. New York picture men protest. Claus Spreckels death. H W Poor & Co collapse. Venezuelan revolution bloodless. Katherine Mikins engagement break. Roosevelt on Gompers case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Roosevelt
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
American Sociological Society
Board of Food and Drug Inspectors
Wiley
Italy
Sicily
O Charley” Gates
John W. Gates
Los Angeles
President Fallieres
France
Paris
Pretoria
New York
Mary A. Hardy
St. Mary's Hospital
Racine
Wis
Moving Picture
McClellan
Claus Spreckels
Pacific Coast
H.W. Poor & Co
Venezuela
Castro
Katherine Mikins
Duke of Abruzzi
Roosevelt
Gompers
Chattanooga Chamber Seeks Taft Reappointment of War Secretary
Notes of current events report the Chattanooga chamber adopting resolutions urging President elect Taft to reappoint Secretary Wright of the War Department. The fragmentary item also notes damages at religious and industrial sites, including the Church of St. Dominic in San Jisco and facilities in Vestments and furnishings damaged at unknown locations. a West Virginia boiler house and a Fairmont Coal property were destroyed, with an estimated loss of 75,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
Taft
Wright
War Department
Devastating Italian Earthquake Ravages Calabria Messina and Sicily
A massive quake and ensuing tidal wave devastate three Calabria provinces and large parts of Sicily. Death toll likely exceeds 70 000 with Mesina and Catania heavily hit. Looting, martial law like conditions, and widespread property loss accompany relief efforts as reports trickle in from ruined towns and ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Sicily
Messina
Cosenza
Catanzaro
Reggio di Calabria
Calabria
Catania
Caltanissetta
Mineo
Calia
Paniie
Agosta
Syracuse
Lindua Glossu
Santa Saverina
Noto
Earthquake Wrecks Sicily Towns and Calabrian Areas
A list of Sicilian and southern Italian towns severely damaged or destroyed by an earthquake and tidal waves. Messira Medd Astunia Paterno Puamme Vitoria Sicly Minean Castorval Tak Ali Basnara Scilla Reezin Calabria and other coastal communities report widespread destruction and large loss of life or population impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Italy
Messira
Papakttiesa
Medd
Astunia
Paterno
Catania
Vitoria
Sicly
Camarine River
Calabria
Messina
Scilla
Basnara
Reggio
Sugar King Claus Spreckels Dies in San Francisco
Claus Spreckels the sugar magnate died at his home in San Francisco at 4 30 am on Saturday in his eightieth year following a pneumonia attack. Born in 1828 in Lamsstadt Germany he built a sugar empire on the Pacific coast creating refineries and beet industries and investing in Hawaii and ocean shipping. His son Rudolph reportedly disposed of many Hawaii interests on a recent trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus Spreckels
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Lamstadt
Germany
United States
Charleston
S.C
New York
Bay
Hawaii
Philadelphia
Oceanle Steamship Company
San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Rudolph
Islands
New Coal Supply in Far West
Cleveland Tilson, manager of Montana Coke and Coal Company, Eb ridge, says Yellowstone Park sits above a vast coal deposit. He notes outcrops several thousand feet long and estimates millions of dollars in coal and minerals locked in the reserve may be opened within twenty to forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Tilson
Montana Coke and Coal Company
Ebridge
Yellowstone Park
Theater Panic Injures Many at Keith Theater
Fire on stage at the Keith Theater in Altoona Va follows an act ending. Fumes spread quickly as spectators rushed for exits causing many bruises and injuries before flames consumed the stage and much of the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koona
Murry
Keith Theater
Altoona
North American Conference Invites Formal Plan at White House
A plan for a joint North American conservation conference was activated at the White House. President Roosevelt sent invitations to Canada and Mexico, to be delivered by Gif ford Pinchot, outlining a meeting to discuss shared natural resource protection and cross border cooperation. Pinchot will visit Canada before delivering Diaz’s invitation in Mexico City. The conference follows prior Washington agreements and aims to align policies across nations for mutual conservation interests. Life Term Given Boy of Seventeen. The jury in the case of Harveys Hazel, 17, convicted of first degree murder for killing his mother in Toledo, Ohio, returned a verdict of second degree murder, meaning life imprisonment with potential pardon or parole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. O'Connell
Catholic University At
Washington
San Francisco
Rome
Canada
Mexico
Roosevelt
White House
North America
White Hous
Diaz
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Commission
United States
Pinchot
Harveys Hazel
Toledo
Ohio
Trade of World Falls Off in 1908 Commerce
The United States shares a global downturn in 1908 with most nations. Imports fell across twenty-five leading countries except four, while exports declined in North American trade. Argentina Spain Greece and Sweden bucked the downward trend. Overall imports dropped by about 500 million dollars and exports by around 150 million as world commerce slowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Argentina
Spain
Greece
Sweden
Europe
North America
Beaten and Robbed Boy Cremated in Broad Ford Home
J A Gallabon aged 13 of Broad Ford Virginia was beaten robbed and cremated in his house which was set on fire by tramps who are thought to have known the man had money on the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Gallabon
Broadford
Entombed Miners Feush Deed
Entombed in a Mount Carmel Pennsylvania coal mine, Frank Logan and Stannulaus Mortsvage were recovered by rescuers after an avalanche trapped workers. The disaster area faced a grim rescue effort as bodies were located in debris.
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Pennsylvania
Mount Carmel
Frank Logan
Stannulaus Mortsvage
New
Australian tennis team wins Dwight F. Davis Cup final
The Australian team defeated Messrs Wright and Alexander of the United States to win the Dwight F. Davis international cup. Alfredo De Oro of Cuba dominates the world three cushion billiards, defeating Thomas A. Hueston 150 to 107 in the final score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Wright
Alexander
Alfredo de Oro
Cuba
Thomas A. Hueston
St. Louis
de Oro
Hueston
Te Barest
Chicago
Cornell
Yale
Harvard
Lake Washington
State Board of Control of
Iowa
Des Moines
Gaeron
Kiem
Johnstone
New York
New York Polo Grounds
Neace League
Provisional Cuban Government to End Jan 28 1900
Washington directs Magoon to convene the Cuban Congress to certify members elect and tally the electoral college. It orders the President and Vice President inaugurated January 28 1900 and the provisional government terminated at noon same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
Magoon
Washington
Havana
Secretary of War
Senate
House of Representatives
Cuba
Congress
Edwards
Indian Commissioner Leupp to Retire March 4
Francis E Leupp commissioner of Indian affairs will retire from service March 4 at the end of the current administration. A veteran newspaper correspondent and Indian affairs student he has long represented the Indian Rights Association locally. Leupp predicts his bureau will be legislated out of existence and that federal work for Indians will soon end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis FE. Leupp
Indian Affairs
Mr. Leupp
Indian Rights Association
Leupp
Cardinal Lecot of Bordeaux Dies in Chambery France
Cardinal Victor Lucian Sulpice Lecot archbishop of Bordeaux dies in Chambery France as dated notes report. The obituary notes his death in the Alpine town and marks a significant clerical loss for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Lucian Sulpice Lecot
Bordeaux
Chambery
France
Blind man with $200000 saved sells shoestrings on street
George Davis, aged 70, a blind shoe string peddler, was found unconscious in St. Louis and later claimed he had been blind six years. He described earning about $150 a month after expenses, with occasional gifts and as much as $5 for a single pair of shoe strings. He estimated city property and wife’s assets at substantial totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis
City Hospital
St. Louis
Efe
Pastor Ends Life with Razor in North Dakota Town
Rev. Robert Dougherty, pastor of the Congregational church at Buchanan, N. D., failed to appear as his congregation gathered. A search found him dead in his apartments above the Buchanan State Bank, a razor in his hand and a rambling note on a table. The note, dated December 23, refers to an earlier gun attempt after borrowing a neighbor’s revolver. Dougherty was formerly in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert (. Dougherty
Congregational Church
Buchanan
N. D
Buchanan State Bank
Dougherty
Kansas City
Jurors Deadlocked in Beach Hargis Murder Case
The Irvine Kentucky jury in the Beach Hargis murder case could not reach a verdict. It was discharged after being split nine for acquittal and three for conviction in the killing of Judge James Hargis.
Cholera Strikes St. Petersburg as Outbreak Persists
Authorities report eighteen new cholera cases and five deaths in St. Petersburg over the past Sunday. The daily average has continued for a month as the Asiatic outbreak persists in the city.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
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Ensley
Ala
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Missouri Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Republic Oil Company
Waters- Pierce Company
Commonwealth
New York Stock Exchange
W. H. Martin
T. W. Moorhead
St. Paul
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Cyrus R. Teed
Koresh
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O'Connell
Baltimore
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San Giorgo
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QUAK
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Sugar King
Spreckels
Ways and Means Committee
House
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Francis E. Leupp
Imperial Valley
California
J. W. Jennings
Court of Special Sessions
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