Democratic National Committee Sees Quiet Convention Ahead
Washington reports on the looming Democratic national committee meeting with Tom Taggart arriving early to shape the reception. Factional talk centers on Chanler and Bryan, with whispers of olive branches and concealed knives as rival plans unfold.
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Washington
Democratic National Organization
Tom Taggart
Congress
Bryan
Lewis Stuyvesant Cagaler
Republican Committee
Chanler
Brother Caanler
Bryanite
Beecky Mountain Tea and Blue Ribbon Butter Ad
An advertising snippet touts Hollister's Beecky Mountain Tea as a nightly tonic and Blue Ribbon butter from Botetourt Creamery, with product mentions including fresh country honey and coal or drugstore outlets like Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co and West End Drug Co. Local shop Sublette & Barnes is cited for butter and honey.
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Jack Frost
Hollister
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
West End Drug Co
W. J. Peters
Freeman
Senate and House Meet Only to Adjourn
Washington reports the Senate and House adjourned after brief sessions. The Senate postponed consideration of bond issue information due to Aldrich's absence while Tillman urged a finance committee probe. A resolution to seek details on swamp land reclamation was adopted. The House adjourned with no business beyond bill introductions.
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Washington
Senate
Clay
Culberson
Secretary of the Treasury
Aldrich
Tillman
Committee On Finance
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
House
National Civic Federation Opens Annual Meeting in New York
The National Civic Federation begins its annual meeting in New York with delegates from across the country. Key topics include currency reform wage earners insurance and postal savings banks. Reports on public ownership commissions welfare department investigations and child labor committee plans are also to be discussed.
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New York
National Civic Federation
Panyuma
Welfare
Industrial Economics Department
Chicago
Joint Child Labor Committee
National Manufacturers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Millionaire Brewer Backs Local Option and Sunday Partial Closing
Kansas City reports Adolphius Bush a St Louis millionaire brewer expressed support for local option and a partial Sunday closing plan. He proposed closing from midnight Saturday to two PM Sunday to allow morning church attendance and said prohibition moves spread to the south and even Oklahoma, costing him a million dollars.
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Kansas City
Adolphius Bush
St. Louis
Bush
South
Oklahoma
Three Bank Officials Held in Embezzlement Case
James Dasel Brown vice president and general manager of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company and W. J. Barnett a director are jailed for allegedly embezzling Colton estate stocks and bonds. President David F. Walker is under arrest in Santa Barbara awaiting transfer to San Francisco. Bail set at Brown and Barnett 75000 each, Walker 200000.
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San Francisco
Cal
James Dasel Brown
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
W. J. Barnett
David F. Walker
Santa Barbara
Colton
Dunne
Brown
Barnett
Walker
Assassination Plot in Lisbon Targeted The King at Opera
A plan to blow up King Carlos and his family during an Opera House performance was uncovered. Two bombs were planted under the royal box and wired to explode from under the stage. The theatre’s chief electrician killed himself as police closed in, with several other suspects arrested.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Carlos
Opera House
Cotton Crop Report Shows Decline in 1907 Ginnings
Washington December 9 census bureau reports 8,338,854 bales ginned through December 1 from 1907 growth versus 10,027,868 a year earlier. Active ginneries number 26,876 as reported by the bureau.
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Washington
Census Bureau
West Virginia Weather: Rain and Cold Tuesday
The forecast warns of rain and cold for Tuesday with clearing by Wednesday. Temperatures drop further with snow likely in the mountain districts.
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West Virginia
Mountain
Favorable Showing for Railroads as a Whole
New York reports a very favorable four month showing for railroads led by Philadelphia and Reading, Norfolk and Western, and Chesapeake and Ohio in gross and net earnings. Copper and steel cutbacks dampen mood as US Steel trims 45,000 workers and Amalgamated Copper contemplates mine closures. Gold from abroad tops 100 million with three quarters shipped. Lusitania brings 3 million to New York. Market opens weak with declines in Missouri Pacific and Western Union Telegraph. smelters, coppers and steels hardest hit. Norfolk and Western surplus for four months ending Oct 31 tallies higher than earlier years despite rising costs from 1904 to 1907.
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New York
Philadelphia
Reading
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Copper Company
Boston
Montana
Lusitania
Missouri Pacific
Western Union Telegraph
Well Street Journal
Monongah Death List Grows as Rescue Extends
In Monongah West Virginia by December 9 a total of 66 bodies were recovered from two mines with rescue work continuing despite slow progress. Officials debate mine casualty figures while relief efforts surge as crowds mourn and health authorities order rapid burials.
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Monongah
W. Va
Nho
Hall
Paul
West Virginia
Goldfield to Open Mines as Union Strikes Rise
Mines at Goldfield Nevada will reopen Thursday with a reduced wage scale and no Western Federation of Miners employed. Non union workers will be brought in to replace strikers while Gov Sparks plans to visit. Troops will guard the camps and a street brawl occurred when a miner insulted a federal officer. The town buzzes with rumors and tension grows over possible trouble.
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Goldfield
Nev
Western Federation of Miners
Mine Owners’ Association
Sparks
Main Street
Uncle Sam
Diamond Field
Jack Davis
Mine Owners Association
President and dog owner quarrel in canyon tale
A president asks a dog owner who he is and the owner replies he does not care if he is the president. The president realizes the owner is right about his dogs and returns to camp recounting the humorous exchange with amusement.
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United States
T. Washington
Sectional Strife in Mine Workers' Union
Indianapolis Ind Dec 6 The struggle between William B Wilson secretary treasurer and Tony Lewis vice president to control the United Mine Workers organization sparks bitter clashes among miners. West versus East tensions rise with charges against Lewis and a pledge to miners that wages and influence remain unchanged. Ohio Indiana and Illinois miners accuse the administration of aiming to line up eastern workers to gain control through a class less loyal except during wage struggles.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William B. Wilson
Tony Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Lewis
Ohio
Indiana
Hineis
Contrel
King Oscar's Funeral Observed in Stockholm
December 19 is set for the funeral of the late king in Stockholm Sweden. King Gustave received homage from troops at the palace and urged readiness to follow the country’s welfare. Dowager Queen Sophia plans retirement at Ulriksdal Castle.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustave
Noom
Denmark
Sophia
Ulriksdael
New Jersey Adopts Electric Chair for Executions
New Jersey joins a growing list of states using electric chair for executions. Electricians had installed the device at the state prison after legislative action last session. The first execution is set for today in Somerset county where Sancho Giovanni was convicted of murdering barber Jose Sansome by firing repeatedly into his prostrate body.
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Trenton
N. J
Giovann
From $11 a Week to Possession of Wealth
Pittsburg, Pa. Charles H. von Cremers, a German nobleman who came from Montreal last January, worked at $11 a week in a hosiery department. He met a Bonn lawyer who offered a $400,000 share from an estate, claiming an inheritance split with two cousins. He spent his $11 after a night of celebration.
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Pittsburg
Charles H. von Cremers
Montreal
Bonn
von Cremers
America
von Cremer
Large East Union Railroad Strike Preparations Stir Minds
About 75 000 train workers on 65 lines east of the Mississippi and Western Canada plan a January strike if wages are not raised and uniform working rules adopted. Balloting began today with results due December 26. Railroads will face simultaneous demands including pay increases and limits on double header practice.
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Altoona
Mississippi River
Canada
Arethusa to convoy torpedo flotilla to Pacific
Norfolk dispatch reports the Arethusa the big supply and refrigerator ship will convoy torpedo boat destroyers to the Pacific. She sails from the navy yard and joins the flotilla at Trinidad next week to accompany them to San Francisco in May carrying supplies and machinery for emergencies. She will serve as the commodore's ship and carry all the money.
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Norfolk
Arethusa
Pacific
Navy Yard
Trinidad
San Francisco
Nyamaster
Buffalo Bill Tells Roosevelt Bear Dogs Story
Buffalo Bill Cody recounts an unpublished Theodore Roosevelt tale from a press club appearance in Denver. The president, during a westward bear hunt, sends guide Goff to find bear dogs but the owner initially refuses, prompting Roosevelt to visit personally.
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Buffalo Bill
Roosevelt
Denver
Theodore Roosevelt
Buffalo Bill Cody
Press Club
West
Goff
Pere Marquette Plans Reorganization After Arbitration
Pere Marquette Railroad stockholders approved an arbitration backed reorganization with the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway. The plan cancels the lease of the Pere Marquette by the Cincinnati group and settles claims via judges Judson Harmon and W. W. Crapo. Of 280000 shares outstanding, 276545 were cast in favor.
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Detroit, Mich
Pere-Marquette Railroad Company
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Rairoad
Pere-Marquette Railway
Cincinenati
Hamilton
Dayton
Judson Harmon
W. W. Crapo
Pere-Marquette
Convention city split between Louisville and St Paul
Democratic National Committee member Norman E. Mack said the national convention would be held in either St Paul or Louisville, Denver and Chicago not selected. He urged William J. Bryan for president and noted interest in former Governor William J. Douglas of Massachusetts for vice president.
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New York
Norman E. Mack
Warhington
Si Paul
Louisville
Denver
Chicago
William J. Bryan
William J. Douglass
Massachusetts
Child Raised from Dead Cleveland, Woe
Mrs. Sarah Goldstein, grieving at her six year old daughter Ida's death, reportedly revived the child in a trance for two hours. Ida then died again as the mother spoke to the dead child and doctors nourished her by artificial means.
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Cleveland
Sarah Goldstein
Ida
Mr. Goldstein
City Health Board Recommends Boiling Water After Typhoid Inquiry
The city health board met at Bernard McClaugherty's offices to review a sanitary expert H Staber report on typhoid causes. Discussion covered water supply, cows drinking water, milk standards, and sanitary precautions. the expert urged boiling drinking water and ongoing monitoring as measures.
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City Beced of Health
Bernard McClaugherty
H Staber
O.S. Hare
Bernard McClaughertvy
Carter
William McCcoarthy
Ford
H. O. Wilds
W. Poutz
Bard of
Daily Telegraph
Board of Health
Oelock
Locet
Shot Bride for Devotion to Church Ends Tragedy
In Lisbon Ohio, a wedding four weeks old ends in tragedy as Harry Webber shoots his wife at the Disciples Church threshold during morning service. Webber then shoots himself, dying later. the wife is gravely wounded. Neighbors say the couple had quarrels over church attendance and religious meetings.
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Lisbon
Harry Webber
Relighia
Webber
Secretary Taft Hears of Mother's Death
On the steamer President Grant in the English Channel a wireless telegram from Fairmouth to London relayed the death of Secretary Taft's mother. Taft, awake at 1:30 am, was greatly affected and had hoped to reach the family before the worst news.
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President Grant
English Channel
Dees
London
Fairmouth
Dee
Taftother
Arom
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Francis B. Gessner
Superior Supply CO
Bluefield, W. Va
Camden
Democratic Party
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National Committee
Vorys
Verys
Mark Hanna
Sublette & Barnes
R. E. Bolling
W. B. Hicks
L. E. Tierney
W. H.jhames
Flat Top National Bank OF
Bluefield
Thomas E. Peery
Col
L. EB. Tierney
W. D. Thornhill
R. M. Garrett
P. J. Kelly
BE. L. Bailey
E. 8. Pedigo
W. H. Thomas
J. D. Honeker
C. O. Wright
C. B. Hancock
B. A. Heller
E. E. Carter, Pres
D. R. Wood
Union Bank and Trust Company
Edwin Mann, Pres
W. C. Pollock
L. A. Hooper
Asst
First National Bank of
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BENT
Cotton Crop Report
Fairmont
Wo Va
Mine Workers’ Union
King Oscar
New Jersey
Pere Marquette Road
Louisville Or
St. Paul
Staber
Telegraph Business Office
Sublette Burnes
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