Centenary of Poe Birth Marks National Observance
Lentenary of Edgar Allan Poe opens with Poe museum at University of Virginia and Jefferson Society events. Separate celebrations occur in Boston Providence New York and Baltimore through Jan 19 with readings by notable figures at Fordham Cottage and NYU. A Poe Cottage reception and tablet dedication in Poe Park precede memorial events led by Dr Mabie and Henry MacCracken plus a poem by Edwin Markham.
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Washington
Edgar Allan Poe
University of Virginia
Jefferson Society
Jefferson Literary Society
Boston
Providence
R. I
Sarah Helen Whitman
New York
Baltimore
University
Poe
New York City
Columbia University
Thomas Nelson Page
Fordham Cottage
New York University
Fordham
Poe Park
George E. Woodberry
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Henry Noble MacCracken
Edwin Markham
THAW TO FACE NONJURY TRIAL ON MENTAL CONDITION
Nyack New York January 16 Harry K Thaw will be tried in New York City to determine if he is sane or insane An order by Justice A S Tompkins confirms a nonjury proceeding with or without a referee as the judge decides Thaws mother appealed for the trial venue and sequence.
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Nyack
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
New York City
A. S. Tompkins
Thaw
Tompkins
Spokane Suburbs Strike Over Telephone Rates
Five hundred Spokane area households protest Pacific Telephone and Telegraph rate hike from 12 to 16 dollars per year. Residents sign a petition and plan to remove instruments unless the company retreats, with talks of forming an independent local line and seeking court aid if needed.
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Bryan Morning Eagle
Spokane
Wash
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
W. Stocker
Spokane County Court House
J. A. Hughes
Five Mile Prairie
J. A. Grove
Moran Prairie
Earthquake Shocks Delight Arkansas Center of Diamond Fields
An earthquake struck Delight Arkansas Friday night with tremors felt for three minutes. No damage occurred but residents were excited as the ground rattled around Pike county diamond fields with the epicenter in Delight.
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Delight
Ark
Pike County
Opposition to Keefe as immigration commissioner grows
In Washington 16 reports mounting senate opposition to Daniel Keefe of Michigan for the immigration post to succeed Frank Sargent. Senator Gore leads the fight after labor leaders alleged Keefe was rewarded for breaking with Samuel Gompers during the recent presidential campaign.
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Washington
Daniel Keefe
Michigan
Frank Sargent
Senate
Senator Gore
Gore
Keefe
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Canadian Pacific Train Hits Snowslide in Frazer Canyon
A westbound Canadian Pacific passenger train being hauled by two locomotives struck a snowslide in Frazer canyon 110 miles east of Vancouver and plunged into the Frazer river. Engineers Foster and Kincade were killed and thirty-three others injured as the locomotives and four cars plunged eighty feet into the river.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Frazer Canyon
Here
Frazer River
Foster and Kincade
Catholic guest allowed possum at Taft banquet
Father Gunn of Sacred Heart church joined Taft banquet guests. Friday meat was tabooed by Catholics but Bishop Kelley of Savannah granted a dispensation allowing him to eat possum with the other attendees.
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Atlanta
Father Gunn
Sacred Heart Church
Kelley
Savannah
Noted Composer Reyer Dead at Toulon
Toulon January 16 Louis Etiene Ernest Rey composer Reyer known for La Statute Er estrate Sigurd and Salambo died in Toulon He was born in Marseilles in 1873.
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Toulon
Louis Etiene
Ernest Rey
of Reyer
Reyer
Marseilles
Erestrate
Sigurd
Salambo
Senator Milton proposes miscegenation crime bill
Washington reports Senator Milton of Florida introduced a bill to make miscegenation in the District of Columbia a crime punishable by ten years in prison and a $1,000 fine. The proposal aims to criminalize such marriages in DC through new court action.
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Washington
Milton
Florida
District of Columbia
Planter Slays Salesman in Artesia Shootout
Artesia New Mexico Jan 16 traveling salesman A Lau rent formerly of Nashville Tennessee was shot and killed here by Charles R Smith a prominent planter.
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Artesia, Mies
Hains to Write Novel on the unwritten law
Thornton Hains states he will soon write a novel focusing on the unwritten law in a New York report datelined January 16. The announcement signals a literary project by the author.
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Hains
New York
Thornton Hains
Question scheduled for Monday in Prohibition amendment test
In Auvetin January 16 filing, the house set the prohibition amendment question as a Monday 3 PM special order. The vote hinges on adopting the majority favorable or minority report. A majority report adoption allows house debate. a minority report adoption kills the resolution. A salaries plan fixes $5 daily for officers. Grayson county citizens petition to allow garnisheeing 25 percent of wages. Several bills listed for consideration. Senate not in session.
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Auvetin
House
Constitutional Amendment Committee
Grayson County
Robertson
Travis
Senate
Ballangee
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Jenkins
Legislative Commission
Bureau of Information
Maxwell
Waco
Strickland
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Death Toll Rises From Colorado Train Crash
Glenwood Springs Colorado January 16 death list from a collision between a freight and a passenger train near town grows to sixty eight in the chair car all passengers die and six railroad employees are killed one survivor a six year old girl found under her mother as bodies are severely mangled making identification very hard an additional relief train was halted by a freight derailment en route to the city.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad
Alice
House Rivers and Harbors Unit Votes Against General Appropriation
Washington reports the house committee on rivers and harbors rejected the general appropriation bill for improvements. A new bill will fund ongoing work, urgent project surveys, and emergencies, likely under 10 million dollars. Burgess of Texas seeks four surveys for Galveston Sabine Port Arthur Aransas Pass and the Intercoastal canal.
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Washington
House Committee On
Burgess
Texas
Galveston
Sabine
Port Arthur
Aransas Pass
assaults and shooting in Roanoke man wounded
W. C. Conrey shot and is believed to fatally wound J. L. Butler in Butler's Roanoke home. Butler's daughter and others attacked Conrey with a hatchet, cutting him in the head. Conrey jailed, possibly fatally injured, reportedly intoxicated during the incident.
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Roanoke
W. C. Conrey
J. L. Butler
Butler
Conrey
Butler House
Naval Stores Leaders Oppose Senate Inspectors Bill
Gulfport Mississippi January 16 Naval Stores operators association representing about 90 percent of the Mississippi business voted unanimously against a pending United States senate bill to provide a system of national inspection for naval stores.
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Gulfport
Miss
Naval Stores Operators’ Association
Mississippi
United States Senate
Consul Cheney and Wife Found Dead in Messina Ruins
In Messina on January 16, rescuers recover the bodies of A. S. Cheney the American consul at the time of the earthquake and his wife from the consulate ruins. Local authorities confirm the discovery as search efforts continue.
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Messina
A. S. Cheney
Fraudulent Mail Use Indicts Bank Officials in Dallas
Dallas January 16 Indictments charging fraudulent use of the post office department were returned against Fred Fleming former president of the Western Bank and Trust company D A Templeton former vice president and A J Elliott former assistant cashier They appeared in court and gave bonds each for three thousand dollars except Elliott for fifteen hundred The trial date is set for January 25 by Judge Meek The indictment cites a January 11 1908 circular letter to depositors who had notified withdrawals promising interest if notices were cancelled The letter signed by Templeton allegedly netted the defendants twenty five thousand dollars The bank failed and Fleming lost his fortune Templeton faced multiple pressures in the year The maximum penalty on conviction is eighteen months and five hundred dollars fine.
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Dallas
Post Office Department
Federal Grand Jury
Fred Fleming
The
Western Bank and Trust Company
D. A. Templeton
A. J. Elliott
Elliott
Meek
Myrtle Stain
Fleming
Templeton
Fire hits Granbury business district causing $14000 loss
Granbury Texas fire on January 16 damaged the Tin non grocery and widespread business area. Losses focus on I C Tinnon Aston and Juliff Odd Fellows T Rainwater Dr A Carmichel J F Nutt and Knights of Pythias while a strong wind hampered containment.
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Granbury
Tex
Tinnon Grocery
I. C. Tinnon
Aston & Juliff
Odd Fellows
T. Rainwater
Dr. A. Carmichel
J. F. Nutt
Knights of Pythias
Robbers Blow Safe at Reed Mercantile Company
Hartshorne Oklahoma January 16 thieves blew the safe in the Reed Mercantile Company store to pieces escaping with 100 dollars in cash and about 200 dollars in mining scrip.
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Hartshorne, Okla
Reed Mercantile Company
Admiral Rosesvensky Interred With Full Military Honors
The remains of Admiral Rosesvensky were buried at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg with full military honors.
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St. Petersburg
Admiral Rosesvensky
Alexander Neversky
Eighty-Two Arrested After Earthquake Disorder
In Messina on January 16 eighty two persons were arrested for stealing amid the earthquake chaos. They will be tried under martial law.
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Messina
Contract Let For Station at Denison
Denison January 16 contract awarded to Stewart and Stewart for erection of the union station at Denison. The project will cost 250000 dollars and is expected to be completed within six months after work begins which will be soon.
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Denison
Stewart & Stewart
Railroad Line Nearing Completion in Palestine
Palestine Texas January 16 The state railroad from Rusk to Palestine nears finish grading within three miles of the city and track within seven miles A station is under construction and the line will be in operation in a few weeks.
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Palestine
Tex
Rusk
Directors to Rename Road as Quanah Route
Fort Worth dispatch says Acme Red River and Northern directors meet in Quanah on January 21 to rename the line the Quanah Route in honor of Indian Chief Quanah Parker. Parker owns stock in the line, which plans expansion to several cities this year.
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Fort Worth
Jan
Acme
Red River and
Northern
Quanah Jan
Quanah Parker
Widow L B Bencini Dies in Dublin at 82
Dublin obituary notes Mrs. L. B. Bencini, age eighty two, died Saturday. She leaves five children including C. H. Bencini, described as a millionaire capitalist of Fort Worth and Brownwood.
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Dublin
L. B. Bencini
C. H. Bencini
Fort Worth
Brownwood
Fire destroys Sapulpa mercantile and lodging houses
Fire in Sapulpa Oklahoma destroyed the Gillet Mercantile Company and J. P. Sutton dry goods buildings. The upper floors housed lodging rooms with forty inmates, all of whom escaped. Loss is estimated at $75,000.
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Sapulpa, Okla
Gillet Mercantile Company
J. P. Sutton
Prize Corn Brings High Price at Texas Show
Sherman Texas January 16 Ten bushels of prize corn winning at the Texas Corn show sold at auction for 110 dollars.
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Sherman, Tex, aJn
Gainesville Tex Jane Jo W Gray Dies From Morphine Overdose
Gainesville reports the death of Jane R. Gray in Gainesville Texas from an overdose of morphine. The tragedy is noted in local notices as officials investigate the circumstances surrounding her demise.
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Gainesville, Tex
Jane&Jo
W. Gray
Woods banker found guilty on five counts in misappropriation case
San Antonio report says Will F. Woods, an official of the Woods National Bank, was found guilty on five counts and not guilty on one. Judge Maxey reserved sentence.
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San Antonio
Will F. Woods
The
Woods National Bank
Maxey
McKinney Plans Push for State Agricultural College
A Collin county mass meeting in McKinney pledged united effort to secure the new state agricultural and mechanical college for the city T. B. Wilson offered 100 acres to the institution.
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McKinney
Tex
Collin County
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
T. B. Wilson
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Wagner & Co
Eyen
Telephone Company
Wilson & Derden
Drew Selby
Lawrence
O. H. Astin
R. Q. Astin
Bryan
A. F.C. Ginghams
Arkansas
Oppositon
Possum Partaker
Porter
Brookshire
Red
City National
Brazos County
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
A. W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
Asst
Riven
of Quanah Parker
Sapulpa
EE. J. Jenkins
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