Co operation sought for hospital sick clearing house
The Bessemer Herald reports calls for hospital cooperation in New York to create a clearing house for the sick. Major Orlando Jay Smith of the American Press Association died at his Dobbs Ferry home. Delegates in London submitted ten powers views on rules for a new international code. F. A. Heinze hosted a dinner for actresses in New York and a noted dance followed.
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New York
Orlando Jay Smith
American Press Association
Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
London
F. A. Heinze
J. C. Martin
Dayton
Taft
Roosevelt
Bonaparte Calls for Expanded Legal Power and Appeals
Attorney General Bonaparte urges Congress to grant the United States an automatic right to appeal to the Supreme Court after a circuit court reversal, citing the Standard Oil fine case. He argues for broader amendments in criminal cases involving wealth defendants and notes DOJ efforts to curb restraints of trade and improper carrier practices.
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Chytraus
Chicago
Catalone
New York Harbor
Bonaparte
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Rome
Count Muravieff
Cupid
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
J. Bonaparte
Congress
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Couple Murdered in Sleep in Wilmington Home
In Wilmington Delaware an assassin hacked faces of Wicentz Florezik 38 and his wife 24 at 12 Bird Street. Their bodies were found by Alexander Florezik and a lodger who is detained. The suspect, 18, is believed to have acted for revenge. The two children, a girl age 2 and a 2 month old, were unharmed.
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Wicentz Florezik
Bird Street
Wilmington
Del
Alexander Florezik
Alexander
Florezik
Bribe Brings Columbus Official Prison Term
Fred Lied, former member of the Columbus board of control, received a four year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary for taking a bribe from Nelson Cannon of the Trinidad Pary ing Co Sleveland in a related matter. The case ties to the city board actions and a bribery scheme exposed through court proceedings.
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Fred Lied
Columbus Board of Control
Ohio Penitentiary
Nelson Cannon
Trinidad Parying Co Sleveland
Fred
House Demands Evidence On President Secret Service Charges
The House adopted by unanimous consent a resolution requesting the President furnish any evidence to support his annual message about Congress attitudes toward government secret service appropriations. Chairman Perkins and John Sharp Williams said the special committee would fairly consider any such evidence and would remain in session through Christmas to receive it promptly. A division vote on the preamble yielded 270 Yes and 14 No.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Perkins
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Special Committee
Secret Service
Bennett
New York
Williams
Milwaukee aims for next bowling congress success
The item notes Milwaukee’s strong bid to host the next bowling congress. It highlights Percy Houghton remaining Harvard football coach for two more years and James R. Keene as the season’s top American turf winner with 2832 75 dollars. Also mentions Cornell track vs Ma roons, Tommy Burns as multiweight champion financier, Sir Martin as top stakes earner, a New York to Washington mail relay, Patsy Donovan likely Boston manager, Fred Bradley knocked out by Al Kubiak in Philadelphia, and a hospital trip after the bout.
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Milwaukee
Percy Houghton
Harvard
Cornell
Maroons
Bartlett Gymnasium
Tommy Burns
United States
Sir Martin
New York
Washington
Rudolph Foster
Roosevelt
Patsy Donovan
Brooklyn
Boston
Fred Bradley
al Kubiak
Grand Raid
West Addelphia
Bank in Napoleon Ohio collapses amid assignment
Citizens' State Bank in Napoleon Ohio posts an assignment naming J. D. Donovan as assignee as crowds gather in the street. President Heller is hospitalized in Minnesota. The failure stems from overloans by Cashier Groll to Judge Michael Donnelly, president of Ohio German Fire Insurance. Deposits total 835000, bank capital 71000, surplus 21000. Directors seek assignment to protect all creditors.
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A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western
Helene E. Annis
Husband
Peter C. Hains
Thornton J. Hains
Tittsburg
Union City
Tenn
Ranken
Gomez
Venezuela
Castro
Order of the Fifteen
University of Pennsylvania
W. H. Newman
New York Central Lines
Herald Square
New York
Wall Street
Andrew Carnegie
Schwab
Bethlehem Works
Chicago
Morris & Co
Napoleon
Ohio
Citizens’ State Bank
J. D. Donovan
Heller
Minnesota
Groll
Michael Donnelly
Ohio German Fire Insurance Companys
Donnelly
Hold Up on Oregon Rail Line by Four Robbers
An Oregon Railroad and Navigation Chicago Portland express train No. 1 was held up nine miles east of Portland by four unmasked robbers after 9 PM. They dynamited the express car doors with nitroglycerine and forced Messenger Huff to open a small local safe containing only a few small packages. The strong box was untouched and passengers were not harmed. the robbers escaped with little loot.
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Wexpress
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Portland
Ore
O. H. Huff
Huff
The Other John D Archbold and His Letters
A collection of remarks on John D Archbold, his letter files and their influence. The Augusta Chronicle notes Archbold began as an office boy and needed his letter files to remember. The Washington Star calls his files incomplete and difficult to recall. The Kansas City Star questions an item of 22 million paid to P B Trainer as for adjustments. The Houston Post suggests Archbold letters are a permanent investment in Hearst's Independence campaign. The Atlanta Constitution jokes Archbold, a man of letters, will not write an autobiography.
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John D
John D. Archbold
Augusta Chronicle
Archbold
Washington Star
Trainer
Standard Oil Company
Kansas City Star
Hearst
Houston Post
Atlanta Constitution
Plas World Sunday School Meeting in Washington
The worlds executive committee of the International Sunday School met in Washington to outline plans for the sixth Sunday school congress to be held there in May 1910. Swiss elect president A Deucher minister of commerce was elected president of the Swiss.
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Plas World Sunday School
International Sunday School
Washington
A. Deucher
Commerce
Knox to Head State in Taft Cabinet
Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania has reportedly accepted the position of Secretary of State in the Taft administration. He would resign from the Senate, having previously served as Attorney General under McKinley and continued in the Senate after Roosevelt era until 1904 following Matt Quay's death.
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Taft
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Washington
Knox
Cc. Knox
Senate
Stuart
McKinley
Roosevelt
Matt Quay
Sailor Body Recovered Amid Clemson Steamer Tragedy
One unidentified body from the Wolvin Line steamer D. M. Clemson has been recovered while two additional bodies were sighted in the Lake Superior surf. Lifesavers and Clemson crew friends have patrolled the beach for a week seeking the victims’ remains.
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Wolvin Line
D. M. Clemson
Lake Superior
Clemson
Missouri Taft Victory Planned and Cabinet Talks
Missouri under law will cast its electoral votes for William H Taft. Taft leads by 1026 in Missouri while Ohio's Theodore E Burton may join Tafts cabinet as secretary of the treasury. Sullivan resigns Nebraska Supreme Court post after one day in service. La Follette committee reports 17629.10 raised and spent. President Roosevelt reportedly moves to reappoint commissioners and officials.
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Folk
Missouri
William H. Taft
Taft
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Treasury
Senate
J. J. Sullivan
Columbus
Nebraska
Sheldon
Sullivan
Robert M. la Follette
Madison
Alfred T. Rogers
la Foillette
Republican National Committee
la Follette
John D. Pringle
Ediabor World
Pittsburg
Neill
Roose
Welt
Sue
Wright
Clark
Congress Debates Banking Bill and DC Government Change
The postal savings bank bill was set for Senate discussion with Senator Burkett speaking for its passage. A message from the President proposing a single executive for DC governance was read. The House adopted a resolution demanding proof of charges about secret service investigations. Both chambers adjourned for the Christmas holidays with much business left on the private calendar and war claim bills advancing. The Senate returned to sessions later, adjourning to Jan 4, 1909, and the House adjourned for the same date after approving a railroad right of way measure across Fort Mason.
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Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Burkett
Nebraska
District of Columbia
House
Secret Service
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Fort Mason
California
Payne
New York
Progress of Surgical Grafting at Philadelphia and New York
Dr. Carrel described successful grafts at the Rockefeller Institute including dogs’ leg transplants with healed wounds and restored use after three weeks, cats’ kidneys stored sixty days before transfer, and interchanged human arteries and jugular veins with no perceptible difference. The main hurdle remains securing healthy organs for human life saving, with Keen proposing cold storage of kidneys and other organs after a healthy man’s death. The knee joint from a donor leg has already replaced an injured joint in a living patient.
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Carrel
Rockefeller Institute of
Keen
Lockjaw Case Recalls F W Grandman’s Battle in St Louis
Dr F W Grandman of St Louis who recently recovered from lockjaw describes his illness starting after a knee cut from a streetcar fall. A week after healing the knee he had fever neck muscle pain and spasms. Jaw muscles began to contract and lock. He waited for a doctor who administered antitoxin serum, about a fluid ounce in a day, and the jaw finally loosened.
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F. W. Grandman
St. Louis
A Post Card Pantie
The post card business is depressed as over production and panic hit major markets. Supplies expand to stands nationwide and the United States imported over $6,000,000 worth of Germany made cards in one year. Germany faces the sharpest card industry panic with large orders canceled.
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United States
Germany
Minor News: Collected Items From Around the World
News briefs report twenty hurt in a Brussels rail collision. Columbia trustees grant alumni representation on the board. Port Townsend clashes leave several injured. Hawaii notes a record pineapple crop for 1908. Albany suffrage crusade looms as legislature convenes. Mason says US battleships’ big guns rival any. Rhodes cousin predicts England Germany war. Dr Northrop to retire after 25 years at Minnesota.
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Brussels
Belgium
Columbia University
New York
Port Townsend
Wash
Hawaii
Albany
Mason
Frederick J. M. Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Mexico City
England
Germany
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
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