World and national news highlights from the era
The Bessemer Herald reports on a wide sweep of topics including medical cooperation in New York, death of Major Orlando Jay Smith founder of the American Press Association, international war rule discussions in London, social events in New York, politics with Taft Roosevelt views, graft arrests in Pittsburgh, shifts in Venezuelan leadership, university investigations, railroad leadership changes, a theatre fire in Herald Square, Carnegie in steel, and various U.S. political and legal notes from 1908.
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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 Seeks Expanded Legal Power For Appeals
Attorney General Bonaparte urges Congress to grant the United States right of appeal to the Supreme Court as a matter of right when a conviction is reversed on appeal. He cites the Standard Oil case and argues for amended laws to cover prosecutions of corporations, proposing a simple arrest process for artificial persons.
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Chytraus
Chicago
Catalone
New York
Bonaparte
Supreme Court
Standard Office
Rome
Count Muravieff
United States
Supreme Court of the
Circuit Court of Appeals
C. J. Bonaparte
Congress
Standard Oil
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Bank Hold Up in Portland Nets $15000 by Three
Three men robbed the East Side Bank in Portland Oregon taking about 15000 dollars. Prof. W J Knapp once tied to the University of Chicago is reported dead in Paris France. A library on the labor movement owned by the late Henry PD Lord of Chi has been donated to the University cousin.
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Portland
Ore
W. J. Knapp
University of Chicago
Paris
France
Henry PD
Lord of Chi
Couple Murdered in Sleep at Delaware Home
Wicentz Florezik and wife were killed at 122 Bird Street Wilmington by a hatchet blow to the face. Brother Alexander Florezik found the bodies about 6 00 am after spending the night away. Two children, a girl age 2 and a 2 month old baby, unharmed in crib. The suspect is 18.
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Wicentz Florezik
Bird Street
Wilmington
Del
Alexander Florezik
Alexander
Florezik
Former City Board Official Sentenced in Bribery Case
Fred Lied once on the Columbus board of control received a four year term in OhioPenitentiary after pleading to bribery involving Nelson Cannon, Trinidad Paying Council honor. The case links Lied to Betas and a broader bribery scheme.
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Fred Lied
Columbus Board of Control
Ohio Penitentiary
Nelson Cannon
Trinidad
Counbel Teverand
Fred
Betas
House Backing Roosevelt Seeks Evidence on Secret Service
The House voted unanimously to urge the President to provide any evidence supporting his annual message about Congress and appropriations for the government’s Secret Service. Committee members Perkins and Williams urged fair handling and said the panel would review any evidence fully during holidays. 270 Ayes 14 No on the preamble as debated.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Perkins
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Bennett
New York
Williams
Milwaukee Eyes Next Bowling Congress Victory
Percy Houghton named Harvard football coach for two more years. James R. Keene tops American turf this season with winnings of 2073 dollars. Sir Martin the top stakes earner with 73 6l value. Bartlett gym to host Cornell vs Ma roons indoor track this winter. Tommy Burns holds multiple heavyweight and all weight titles as a financier. A relay from New York to Washington carried a silver tube with a message to President Roosevelt. Patsy Dosoran likely to manage Boston after leaving Brooklin NL. Fred Bradley KOed by Al Kubiak in Philadelphia bout. HeBeva rushed to hospital.
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New York
Washington
Boss
Rudolph Foster
Roosevelt
Patsy Dosoran
Lbrookim
Boston
Fred Bradley
al Kubiak
Grand Rapggg Midh
West Edelphia
Ilebeva
Bank Failure Stuns Napoleon Ohio After Assignment
Citizens' State Bank in Napoleon Ohio posts an assignment naming I D Donovan as assignee. President Heller is hospitalized in Minnesota. Overloans by cashier Gros to Judge Michael Donnelly tied to the Ohio German Fire Insurance Company collapse. Bank deposits total 855000 with 71000 capital and 21000 surplus. Directors seek orderly assignment to satisfy all creditors.
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Napoleon
Assigaus
Ohio
Citizens’ State Bank
I. D. Donovan
Heller
Minnesota
Gros
Michael Donnelly
Ohio German Fire Insurance Companys
Donnelly
Robbers Hold Up Oregon Train and Dynamite Express
Four masked highwaymen halted the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Chicago Portland express nine miles east of Portland. They forced Express Messenger Huff to open a small local safe with little value inside and did not touch the strong box or passengers before escaping.
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Meanenger
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Portland
Ore
O. H. Huff
Huff
The Other John D Archbold and His Letter Files
A collection of newspaper quotes notes Archbold's early life as an office boy and his reliance on incomplete letter files. Reports discuss an unexplained $22 million paid for adjustments and speculate connections to plumbing work for Standard Oil. References suggest the Archbold letters may be a permanent investment while avoiding an autobiography.
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John D
John D. Archbold
Augusta Chronicle
Archbold
Washington Star
P. S. Trainer
Trainer
Standard Oil Company
Kannas City
World Sunday School Plan Outlined at Washington Meet
The World Sunday School executive committee met in Washington to outline the sixth World Sunday School with a May date or in 1910.
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World Sunday School
Commit International Sunday School
Washington
Swiss Elect President In Federal Assembly Vote
A. Deucher, minister of commerce, is elected president of the Swiss federal council by the Federal Assembly, succeeding Dr. F. Brenner whose term expires January 1.
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A. Deucher
Real Fauy
Federal Assembly
F. Brenner
Knox Named Secretary of State in Taft Cabinet
Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania accepted the post of Secretary of State in the Taft administration. He would resign his Senate seat, having previously served as Attorney General under McKinley and as a Senator after Quay's death, with Gov Stuart poised to receive his resignation.
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Taft
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Washington
Knox
Senate
Stuart
MecKinley
Roosevelt
Matt Quay
One Body Recovered From Clemson Ship Disaster
Investigators report one unidentified body of a Clemson crew member hauled from Lake Superior surf after the Wolvin Line steamer D. M. Clemson disaster. Life savers and Clemson crewmates have patrolled the beach for a week, seeking the other victims among 23 missing sailors.
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Wolvin Line
D. M. Clemson
Lake Superior
Clemson
Missouri to cast electoral vote for Taft says Gov Folk
Missouri politics and cabinet rumors dominate the dispatch. Governor Folk declares the state’s electoral vote should go to William H Taft. Taft holds a 1076 plurality in Missouri. Theodore E Burton of Ohio is courted for treasury secretary with Senate ambitions rumored for J J Sullivan of Columbus. Sullivan resigns Nebraska Supreme Court post after a one day oath. La Follette campaign finances show receipts and expenditures of 17020.10 each. Roosevelt era appointments and reassignments surface in several items.
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Folk
Missouri
William H. Taft
Taft
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Treasury
Senate
J. J. Sullivan
Columbus
Nebraska
Sheldon
Sullivan
Congress Debates Bank Bill and DC Government Plan
The Senate debated the postal savings bank bill for over an hour with Senator Burkett urging its passage and considered a message from the President on reorganizing the District of Columbia government to a single executive. The Senate adjourned at 2:30 PM until Saturday. The House, short of quorum for Christmas holidays, passed war claim bills and other measures then adjourned until Jan 4 1909 after approving a Southern Pacific railroad right of way 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 Military Reservation
California
Payne
New York
Progress of Surgical Grafting At Rockefller Institute
Dr Carrel describes dog leg grafts healing in three weeks and cats kidneys transplanted after sixty days in storage. Arteries and jugular veins have been interchanged with patients not noticing the difference. A key obstacle remains finding healthy organs for life saving transplants.
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Carrel
Rockefeller Institute of
Hman
Keon
Lockjaw Tale From St Louis Man’s Recovery Story
Dr KF OW Grandman of St Louis describes his battle with tetanus after a knee cut from a streetcar fall. He details fever, neck muscle contraction, jaw locking, and the gradual improvement after antitoxin serum was administered.
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KF. OW. Grandman
St. Louis
Post Card Panic Hits Markets Worldwide
The post card business faces deep downturn due to over production and speculation. Countries like Germany suffer as large orders are canceled and imports surge, signaling a thriving yet unstable souvenir card industry reshaping retail stands nationwide.
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United States
Germany
Minor Notes from a Press Roundup
Twenty men injured in a railroad collision near Brussels Belgium. Columbia University trustees vote to add alumni representation to the board. Clashes between artillery men and citizens injure several at Port Townsend Washington. Hawaii reports a record pineapple crop far exceeding prior records. Woman suffragists prepare for a Albany crusade as New York Legislature convenes. Rear Admiral Mason states big guns on U S warships equal to any in the world in his annual report. Frederick J M Rhodes cousin Cecil Rhodes says war between England and Germany is certain in Mexico City interview. Dr Cyrus Northrop president University of Minnesota to retire after twenty five years.
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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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Venezuela
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Order of the Fifteen
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