Various World and U.S. Events Reported Across Nations and States
Secretary Knox seeks peace in Central America and Taft pushes merit based diplomatic reform. Reports cover strikes on Eastern railroads, Illinois special session calls, insurance fraud probes, deposement, and royal or political upheavals. Notable items include fire insurance investigations, hypnotist revival, and a prisoner escape at Joliet.
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Knox
Central America
China
William J. Calhoun
Chicago
Peking
Sweden
Taft
Northwest
Congress Opens With Heavy Agenda and Memorials
The Sixty-first Congress convened amid crowded galleries and a flood of bill deposits. Vice President Sherman and Speaker Cannon prepared to preside as Congress set proceedings in motion. Deaths of Senator Johnson and Representatives Lassiter DeArmond prompted adjournments in respect. A House resolution urged use of the army to restore order in Nicaragua, naming Zelaya for murder and demanding redress.
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Washington
Sixty-first Congress
Sherman
Senate
Cannon
Congress
Johnson
North Dakota
Lassiter
Virginia
DeArmond
Missouri
Fountain L. Thompson
W. W. McCredie
W. J. Moxley
Ilinois
Sulzer
New York
House
Nicaragua
United States
Zelaya
Million Dollar Theft Charged in Phenix Insurance Case
Phenix Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn president George P. Sheldon is charged by State Superintendent Hotchkiss with misappropriation of funds forgery of reports to the Insurance Department and wash sales of assets. The official report warns that the loss to the company may reach $1,000,000 while Sheldon reportedly lies dying at his home from dropsy and general breakdown.
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Congress
Switchmen
Deneen
Illinois
Phoenix Insurance Company
Brooklyn
George P. Sheldon
Hotchkiss
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Insurance Department
New York County
Sheldon
Cook Said Hiding in Sanitarium Near White Plains
Reports place Arctic explorer Dr. Frederick A. Cook in a sanitarium near White Plains New York where statesmen and actors seek rest A man resembling Cook has been seen on horseback at dawn and returning on foot at dusk Police say they would be unaware if he is indeed there.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
White Plains
N. Y
Cook
Deputy Sheriff Shot While Defying Striking Workers at Steel Plant
Deputy Sheriff Conway Crowley was wounded near Pittsburgh when he attempted to remove a black flag erected by striking workers at the Colonial Steel Company plant in Monaca. The mob had taken down the American flag and displayed the black banner, challenging police to act.
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Colonial Steel Company
Monaca
Pittsburg
Conway Crowley
Cherry Miners Deserted Inquest Focuses On Rescue Efforts
Testimony at the coroner's inquest into the cherry mine disaster centered on alleged delays in rescue by mine officers and on insufficient protection and safety measures provided by the mining company.
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Cherry
Cherry Mine
Woman Charged With Murder in Poisoning Case
Mrs Dora E Doxey is charged with first degree murder in the death of William J Erder in St Louis. The warrant cites arsenic poison detected by William H Warren after Erder's body was exhumed for analysis at sister Kate Erder's request. Doxey, under guard in Columbus Nebraska, faces extradition resistance and is linked to a prior bigamy charge.
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W. J. Erder
William J. Erder
St. Louis
Dora E. Doxey
William H. Warren
Medical Department of Washington University
Erder
Kate Erder
Ruef Bond Set at 300000 for San Francisco Release
Abraham Ruef was ordered released from custody on $300 000 bail by Judge Cabaniss in San Francisco after a medical report by three court appointed physicians. Ruef, confined since Nov 13 last year, had his prior bail forfeited the day Prosecutor Heney was shot in the courtroom. He remains sentenced to fourteen years in the State prison for bribery related to a trolley franchise for the United Railroads.
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San Francisco
United Railroads
Connellsville Fire Kills Mother and 3 Children
A fatal house fire in Connellsville Pennsylvania cremated Myrtle J Johnson five years old and killed her mother and two younger brothers. The blaze destroyed the family home and investigators work to determine the cause.
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Home Burna
Myrtle J. Johnson
Connellsville
Chicago capitalists back plan for 260000 speedway
Trade and industry notes report Chicago capitalists backing a company to build a 260000 motor speedway for the city. Kentucky tobacco crops in 1909 reach near 400000000 pounds per banks in Louisville gathering county figures. Snow drifts bury corn around Huron South Dakota delaying harvests and risking losses. James Wilson says US corn total this year stands at 2767316000 bushels with varied average yields and farm-hand retention.
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Kentucky
Louisville
James Wilson
United States
Calhoun Named Minister to China by State Department
William J. Calhoun of Chicago is appointed minister to China and has accepted the post. The Chinese government has indicated pleasure in receiving him. Calhoun was born in Pittsburgh in 1848.
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State Department
Washington, D. C
William J. Calhoun
Chicago
China
Calhoun
Pittsburg
1848
Cal
Illinois statesman Calhoun shaped McKinley rise and policy
Calhoun long guided Illinois and national politics. He backed McKinley in 1896, influenced Illinois delegates to the McKinley column. He could have run for Governor in 1900 but chose not to. A Danville native, admitted to the bar in 1875, he joined the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1898 and moved to Chicago in 1900. In 1905 he served as special commissioner to Venezuela shaping Monroe Doctrine policy.
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Houn
Illinois
McKinley
Calhoun
Danville
Ill
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Venezuela
America
Fifteen Umatilla Citizens Pay $45,000 in Land Fraud Case
Fifteen residents of Umatilla County Oregon paid a total of $45 000 in fines at a Portland federal court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to defrauding the government of part of the public domain Col J H Raley a leading eastern Oregon attorney paid the largest share of 10 000 The others are listed as stockmen ranchers and business and professional men
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Umatilla County
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Umatila County
Col
J. H. Raley
Auto Victim Found in Chicago River Identified as Max Cohen
The body of Max Cohen was recovered from the Chicago River near the Loonis street bridge, confirming he died in the same car crash that killed chauffeur Ernest Camp and Beatrice Shapiro. Cohen’s coat was arranged as if he tried to remove it while attempting to rescue Shapiro, who remains missing.
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Max Cohen
Beatrice Shapiro
Miss Shapiro
Fire Rips Through Baltimore Wholesale District
A major blaze swept Baltimore's wholesale district near the Lombard and Sharp streets Thursday night causing estimated losses of at least 1 million dollars. Five firefighters suffered serious injuries though control was achieved by 9 o'clock. Authorities noted the fire lacked the extraordinary factors of the 1904 catastrophe and did not request aid from neighboring cities.
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Baltimore
Lombard
Sharp Streets
Bryan plans world tour to Panama and South America
William J. Bryan travels from Arizona to Texas then to Panama for a personal inspection of the canal project. He will tour South America, return for a Scotland engagement next June, and keeps open the possibility of a Senate race if demanded. Justice Brewer comments in Ladies' World on women voting advancing in steps, defending suffrage as uplifting to political life and the home.
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William J. Bryan
Arizona
Texas
Gulf Coast
Panama
South America
Scotland
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
Ladies’ World
Central Canada farms yield riches from land near Regina
A Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta farming tale shows 640 acres bought at $18 an acre produced 19 875 bushels of wheat and 4 750 of oats in two years. Wheat and oats sold for 16 695 and 855 dollars respectively with land value rising to 22 400 dollars and total crop earnings plus land increase reaching 28 540 dollars.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian West
James Bailey
Regina
Bailey
Grand Coulee
Telepathic phantasm appears to woman from a distant city
The Rev. Clarence Godfrey planned to telepathically project his image to a lady in another part of the city. After about ten minutes he slept, and hours later she awoke unsettled, then saw him standing on the staircase before he vanished.
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Clarence Godfrey
H. Addington Bruce
Success Magazine
Mr. Godfrey
An Annual Luxury and a Christmas Oatmeal Joke
A light anecdote from Success Magazine about an English boy visiting his Scotch cousins. The boy tires of plain oatmeal and asks if milk with porridge is common, prompting his brother to remark the lad thinks it’s Christmas.
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Jack
Tom
Success Magazine
Break Coffee Habit with Postum Says Indiana Reader
A reader narrates relief from coffee linked dyspepsia after switching to Postum. She describes lifelong coffee craving, health decline, and improved digestion after following directions to prepare Postum, concluding breakfast cravings faded and illness subsided. The ad notes a small book titled The Road to Wellville and hints at genuine reader letters.
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Indiana
Wellville
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National Rivers and Harbors Congress
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