McClung Resigns as United States Treasurer
President Taft accepted the resignation of Lee McClung as treasurer of the United States after a morning conference at the executive mansion. Carmi Thompson will succeed him pending Senate confirmation. The change will require expenses for plate corrections and counting, estimated at about ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
Lee Mc Clung
United States
Taft
McClung
Carmi Thompson
Senate
Romanones Chosen to Form New Spanish Cabinet
Madrid Nov 14 Count Alvaro de Romanones the president of the Spanish Chamber of Deputies has been selected by King Alfonso to form a new cabinet after the assassination of Premier Canelejas.
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Madrid
Spain
Alvaro de Romanones
Chamber of Deputies
Alfonso
Canalejas
Fiance With Miss Myers Among Those Grieving
United in their grief the father J R Myers brother J R Myers Jr and fiance T Blair Dillard of Miss Elizabeth Myers arrived in Philadelphia to be with her at a city hotel after she accidentally shot and killed her mother on a Bristol Pennsylvania railroad train. The girl remains prostrated and near a breakdown as authorities review the tragedy.
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Philadelphia
Elizabeth Myers
Bristol
Penn
J. R Myers
Newburg
J. R. Myers, Jr
T. Blair Dillard
Salem
Miss Myers
Missionary Congress Planned by Catholic Church Extension
Chicago news confirms the Catholic Church Extension Society will host its second missionary congress in Boston next May. Cardinal William H. OConnell will preside. Prelates from across the United States attended the meeting.
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Chicago
Catholic Church Extension Society of the
United States
Missionary Congress of the Church In
Boston
William H. O'Connell
Final Catho lic Union meeting before Cardinal O Connell reception
Committees organizing the Cardinal O Connell reception at Copley Plaza hold final meeting at the Union rooms Boston tonight chaired by Joseph H O Neil. Cardinal O Connell will join the receiving line at 8 PM with Monsignor Splaine and Union officers. O Neil will welcome the cardinal, who will respond.
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Catholic Union
Cardinal O’connell
Copley Plaza
the Union
Washington Street
Worcester Square
Joseph H. O’neil
M. J. Splaine
D. D
Dunn Makes Thirteenth Trip to Island Jail
Cornelius Dunn yesterday pled guilty to larceny of 167 dollars from the flat of Mrs. Anna T. Lomasney, where he served as janitor at 94 Worcester Street. He was traced to New York and brought back by Sergeant Irwin after an October incident.
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Cornelius Dunn
House of Correction
Deer Island
Anna T. Lomasney
Worcester Street
Dunn
New York
Sergeant Irwin
Metropolitan Opera Loser in Manuscript Theft Suit
A New York Supreme Court jury awarded composer Albert Mildenberg $760 after finding the Metropolitan Opera Company liable for the loss of his manuscript. The case stemmed from a $10,000 contest prize and involved testimony that the libretto and score were stolen from an express wagon while en route from Walter Damrosch’s home to another judge’s home. Mildenberg sought $25,000.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Company
Supreme Court
Albert Mildenberg
Mildenberg
Opera Company
Walter Damrosch
Abscounding Manager Given Four Years
Robert G. Larimer a Winnipeg society man and manager of the Detroit Electric Company was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary for absconding with $50,000 five weeks earlier. He is a native of Johnstown Pennsylvania where his wife now resides.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Robert G. Larimer
Larimer Automobile Company
Detroit Electric Company
Boston
Larimer
Johnstown
Scheme Will Aid Students
A Boston Dispensary and the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital linked with Harvard Medical School enacted a board approved plan. Tufts and Harvard medical students will share dispensary clinical benefits, while the staff becomes more permanent.
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Boston Dispensary
Peter Bent Bigham Hospital
Arvard Medical School
Dispensary
Tufts
Harvard
Vermont Votes Taft by 361 in 1908 Election
Vermont’s official returns show Taft carried the state by 361 votes over Roosevelt on Nov 5 with Wilson third, and Taft totaling 23,344 votes, Roosevelt 22,973, Wilson 15,354, Debs 928, Chafin 115.
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Montpelier
Taft
Vermont
Roosevelt
Guy W. Bailey
Wilson
Debs
Chafin
New Treaty With Russia In Sight
Washington November 14 A prospective agreement to replace the 1832 commercial treaty and void by January next appears close to completion. Officials say details are not announced but expect a satisfactory settlement for both nations before the old treaty expires.
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Russia
Washington
United States
Negotiations Hinge on Delicate Passport Policy
Source notes the parties avoid exposing details of a proposed agreement amid fears of public criticism and possible collapse. It states Russia maintains its policy of denying passports to American and other non Russian Jews, claiming US citizens must obey Russian laws to enter.
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Russia
Quarrel Over Salt Cellars Ends in Fines
Edward D. Finnegan and Peter S. Landers were found guilty in Police Court of mutual assault in a South End restaurant. Each was fined five dollars after a quarrel over a peppers cellar during beef stews. a toppled salt cellar led Finnegan to grab the pepper cellar and punches followed.
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Edward D. Finnegan
Peter S. Landers
South End
Finnegan
Landers
Indictment Against Engineer Dropped
Corning New York November 14 The manslaughter indictment against William Schroeder Elmira engineer of the Lackawanna express train rear collision near Corning last July killing 39 was dismissed by County Judge Burrell on district attorney Smiths application.
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Corning
N. Y
Willkam Schroeder
Elmira
Burrell
Smith
Woman Slaps Lawyer in Club Quarrel Over Cards
In Kansas City on November 14 Judge Burney ruled that card parties run as clubs without membership or invitations violate gambling laws. Mrs. Laura Setzer faced disturbing the peace charges after a quarrel with Mrs. Frances Thompson at a Progressive High Five Club meeting. Thompson slapped her attorney, George Birmingham, in a display of the dispute, and both women were reprimanded and discharged.
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Kansas City
Burney
Laura Setzer
Frances Thompson
Progressive High Five Club
Connie Stewart
Old-Time Actor Guilty Of Larceny In Police Court
Thomas McVictor, a noted West End actor, was convicted in police court yesterday of larceny involving a $50 bill and sentenced to six months in the House of Correction.
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Thomas McVictor
West End
House of Correction
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