Congressmen to raise their own salaries in 1911
Washington dec 5 representative bingham of pennsylvania the father of the house by service was celebrated on his sixty fifth birthday as he closes his thir teenth term while speaker cannon lags in eligibility another pennsylvania veteran pig iron kelly and others head the list of prior fathers of the house speaker cannon may back a pay raise and a proposed increase would lift members pay from 5000 to 7000 and top officials from 8000 to 10000 with bipartisan support expected in the house
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Bingham
Pennsylvania
House
Cannon
Mr. Bingham
Philadelphia
Congress
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Joe
Senate backs Algeciras treaty ratification in Morocco
The senate committee on foreign relations favors ratifying the Algeciras treaty regarding Morocco. Littauer of New York notes a March 4 1909 start if approved and cites increased expenses as the reason. Roosevelt hosts luncheon for British Ambassador Sir Mortimer Durand and Lord Curzon in Washington.
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New York
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Algeciras
Morocco
Roosevelt
Sir Mortimer Durand
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
Wwashington
Bruce Appointed to Supreme Bench in New York
Albany December 5 Governor Higgins appointed M Linn Bruce lieutenant governor of New York to succeed Judge Morgan J O’Brien of the first judicial district who resigned Bruce resigns the lieutenant governorship and takes effect immediately serving until January 1908 Senator John Raines becomes lieutenant governor until Chanler’s inauguration
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Higgins
M. Linn Bruce
New York
Morgan J. O'Brien
First Judicial District
the Supreme Court
Bruce
John Raines
Chanler
Madame Gould Won't Pay for Boni's Extravagancies
Paris December hearing in Boni de Castellane creditors suit. Madame Gould's counsel says she will pay all debts tied to the household but refuses debts from money lenders providing Boni with cash for extravagant living.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Illinois Breaks Ground for Jamestown Building
Ground breaking ceremonies for the Illinois state building at the Jamestown exposition were held today in Norfolk. Governor Swanson and staff welcomed Illinois representatives as the governor and K A Humphrey of the Illinois Exposition Commission turned the first sod.
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Swanson
K A. Humphrey
Togethe
Treasurer of Equitable Life Will Resign
Henry Rogers Winthrop, treasurer of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, will resign at the next board meeting and end of the year. He plans a partnership to run a brokerage business in New York and Chicago.
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New York
Henry Rogers Winthrop
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Chicago
Graft Exposures Tied to New York Police Department Figure
Albert M. Falk, ally of gambler “The” Allen who owns pool rooms, is said to have given a grand jury statement amid forthcoming graft disclosures in Greater New York. The report situates Falk as a key figure in the widening probe involving the police department.
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New York
Albert M. Falk
Allen
Grand
Uncle Sam Prepaying Interest on bonds for early months
Secretary Shaw announced that interest on United States bonds from January 1 to May 1, 1907 will be prepaid without rebate starting December 15. The prepaid interest is expected to total about twelve million dollars.
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Sam
Washington
Shaw
United States
Son of a Lord Mayor Arrested for Stealing
Frederick Hoy, son of the lord mayor of Manchester, England, is in custody in Winnipeg pending investigation into charges of stealing from a piano company. His father sent money to cover debts and pay his fare home.
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Man
Frederick Hoy
Manchester
England
Canada’s Finest Hotel Destroyed by Fire in Regina
A fire devastated Wascona Hotel, the city’s finest, nearly destroying the building. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 150000 dollars.
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Canada
Regina
Wascona
Tidewater Mystery Is Solved At Last
H Rogers Jr declare Tidewater railroad fully owned by his New York family with no corporate ties. He plans operation within eighteen months and will report back after inspecting Norfolk terminals.
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Tidewater
Mr. Rogers
Fifth Avenue Hotel Sold for Over Seven Million
New York reports the Fifth Avenue Hotel has been sold for more than 7 million dollars. Once built by Amos R. Eno in 1853 on the hippodrome site it served as Republican party headquarters and hosted the Prince of Wales in 1857. Possible demolition for a skyscraper or resale profit is debated.
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Fifth Avenue
Amos R. Eno
New York Hippodrome
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Prince of Wales
King of
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Race Riot Narrowly Averted in Memphis Parade
Memphis Tenn Dec 5 A schoolboy’s rude remarks during a negro minstrel parade sparked a tense altercation. Edward Winter aged 14 was fatally injured and many white boys were bruised as rocks flew. The sheriff, revolver drawn, forced both sides to disperse and a riot narrowly averted.
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Tenn
Edward Winter
Taft Defends Dismissal of Negro Troops
President Taft releases an official defense justifying dismissing black soldiers. He states the only way to rid the military of alleged murderers of women and children is to discharge the entire battalion. The statement appears as an advance copy from his annual report focusing on the issue.
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Washington
Taft
Southern Railroad Names Finley President After Spencer Death
W. W. Finley elected president of the Southern Railway at a special directors meeting to succeed the late Samuel Spencer who was killed in the Sawyers Virginia wreck on Thanksgiving day. Finley had served as second vice president for about ten years and led the Southeastern Passenger Association. He has extensive freight experience with several railroads.
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The
Southern Railway
W. W. Finley
Samuel Spencer
Sawyers
Finley
Southeastern Passenger Association
Freicht
Goal and Wood Dealers at Danville Indicted
Danville Virginia December 5 grand jury indicted four leading coal and wood dealers on criminal conspiracy to control and regulate prices.
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Goal
Danville
Danville, Va
Sure Beats the Band Bluefield Growth West
The piece argues that graded streets and filtered water attract attention in Bluefield as real estate prices rise from 325 to 275 dollars before the 15th. It contends that Bluefield will grow west, a fixed fact as the hills rise, while other areas see little buying.
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Bluefield
Tragic Train Accident Costs Conductor Both Legs
Roanoke Virginia reports Captain Samuel C. Jennings, a Norfolk and Western freight train conductor, fell from a locomotive near Lowry yesterday afternoon. He suffered the loss of one foot and the other was mangled beyond saving, necessitating amputation. Jennings had just married three weeks ago and had recently returned from his bridal tour to resume work.
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Roanoke
Samuel C. Jennings
Norfolk and Western
Lowry
War with Japan Seems Inevitable Says Labor Leader
Andrew Forseth of San Francisco, head of the AFL legislative committee, insists war with Japan is certain and that opening the U S to Japan will not prevent conflict. The Pacific coast reacts to Roosevelt's stance on Japan, with labor unions alarmed and California considering political shifts away from the Republicans.
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Japan
Andrew Forseth
San Francisco
National Legislative Committee
American Federation of Labor
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
California
Coast
Remarkable Berlin Thumb Replacement Operation
In Berlin a youth lost his right thumb in a chaff cutting accident. Surgeons amputated a big toe and grafted it to the stump, keeping the patient in a bent position for 17 days as the graft fused. After four months healing, the toe was severed from the foot, leaving a nearly real and useful looking thumb.
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Berlin
House of Delegates Exceeded Its Power
In the Supreme court Judge Brannon writes the Caldwell Blizzard case ruling the house of delegates cannot appoint a committee of investigation with power to sit during the legislative recess or after adjournment. The decision clarifies limits on independent action by the body.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Brannon
House of Delegates
Tracks of the Panama Railway Under Water
A Panama Canal Commission cablegram reports the Isthmus water level at its highest since 1889. The Panama Railway tracks are flooded from two to ten feet, disrupting transportation.
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Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Panama Railway
Policyholders urged to vote against company directors
New York December 5 Richard Olney chairman of the international policy holders committee issued an appeal to policyholders to vote against the company candidates for directors.
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New York
Richard Olney
International Policyholders Committee
Boar Hunt Turned Near Fatal For Portuguese King
King Carlos I and Crown Prince of Portugal barely escaped a deadly incident when a herd of wild boars charged during a hunt near Arronches Portugal yesterday. The king and crown prince remained unharmed, officials reported.
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Portugal
Carlos I
Arronchesi
Knightly Hunt Ends in Tragedy and Rescue
The chase by a royal party led to panic as the king escaped unharmed and the crown prince rode fast to safety. A cavalry squadron arrived to scatter the boars, but Count De molina and the Marquis De Ferrera were badly hurt with three killed.
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Carlos
Demolina
Marquis de Ferrera
Ambassador Reid's US visit fuels Newfoundland fishing talks
Washington reports state department officials show interest in Ambassador Whitelaw Reid's return from England as possible progress on Newfoundland fishing cases. No official communiqué yet but belief centers on an accord over arrests of colonial fishermen and restrictions affecting American vessels.
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State Department
Whitelaw Reid
England
United States
Newfoundland
Charges Against E. E Smathers Dismissed
New York report says the National Trotting Association concluded Major Delmar defeated Lou Dillon for the world amateur cup at Memphis and charges that Valor Delmor’s owner doped the mare were dropped.
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National Trotting Association
Major Delmar
Lou Dillon
Memphis
Dhares
Lisa There
Valor Delmor
Smather
Orfer
Nine Miners Burned in Rose Bud Mine Explosion
Seelyville Indiana December 5. A dust blast in the Rose bud mine tonight sent nineteen men to be burned. One died before extraction and two cannot live past midnight. Of the survivors three are fatally burned and seven seriously hurt.
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Seelyville
Ind
Rosebud
Clarence Hagy Fatally Shot by Cousin in Virginia
Wytheville Virginian December 5 report says Clarence Hagy and his cousin Iron Hagy were rabbit hunting on Sand Mountain six miles north of Wytheville when an accidental gunshot wounded Iron Hagy. Both parties are boys. The wound is believed fatal.
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Wytheville
Sand Mountain
Iron Hagy
Boye
Moral on not investing in remote property in Fairview
The notice mocks coercion into investing in distant property while better home sites await in Fairview. It promotes frugal breakfast bacon slices from Sublette and Barnes and urges readers to place want ads in Telegraph for quick results, highlighting Bluefield Book and Stationery Co and W P Hawley Mercantile Co for gifts and classifieds.
Man shoots tenant then surrenders claiming unwritten law
An Eskridge shot Dexter Burton in Montgomery county Virginia and surrendered to a justice of the peace claiming the unwritten law. Eskridge broke into his wife’s home after domestic strife and fired through Burton as he left the doorway. Burton was wounded through the back and kidney. a physician removed the bullet and efforts to save him continue. Eskridge, a Montgomery county property owner and son of former state senator J B Eskridge, fights domestic dispute context and awaits trial with sensational potential. Mrs Eskridge, Rosa Terrell of London, England, claims Burton was her tenant and that he sheltered by the fire during the night. The case unfolds amid conflicting alibis and personal histories.
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Montgomery County
Edgar P. Eskridge
Dexter Burton
Eskridge
New River
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Burton
J.B. Eskridge
Montgomery
Eadjuster
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