Moran Defeats Neil in Fast Featherweight Bout
Owen Moran of England defeats Frankie Neil of San Francisco for the decision near the end of the sixteenth round in a fast battle. Moran lands solid rights to the jaw, Neil suffers a swollen eye, and the referee's decision ends the fight with Moran ahead. Police intervene as Neil bleeds, and the crowd pleads for the match to stop.
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San Francisco
Owen Moran
England
Frankie Neil
Neil
Chiefs of Police
Moran
Grogey
Califonian
Roach
Defense Witnesses Testify on Family Mental State
Washington reports from the trial where Mr. Shrewsbury uncle of Mrs. Bradley testifies that one sister and another relative were put into asylums. He describes episodes of rage and jealousy linked to Mrs. Bradley. Senator Sutherland recalls knowing Mrs. Bradley since 1895 and notes her generally good Utah reputation.
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Washington
Sion
Shrewsbury
Bradley
Los Angeles
Ryan
Powers
Thaw Trial Delay Hinted by Attorney Asks Further Postponement
In New York on November 23 Martin W Litt le t on counsel for Harry K Thaw asserts no speedy trial for Thaw while DA and medical authorities stated he was insane at the time of Stanford White's death and not responsible under the indictment He says the special panel order drawn by Justice Dowling has not been entered and Jerome plans another delay on December 2
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Littleton
Thaw
New York
Martin W. Littleton
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford
Philippine Commissioners Depart From Manila for Washington
Philippine commissioners Pablo Ocampo and Benito Levarda will sail from Manila aboard the Manchuria on November 28 for Washington. Levarda, a former Acumalto congress member and wealthier American sympathizer, helped found the revolutionary regime. Neampo, linked to the 1899 revolution, served as Reginaldo congress secretary and later lived in exile before practicing law.
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Manila
Pablo Ocampo
Benito Levarda
Philippines
Washington
America
Manchuria
Levarda
Acumalto Congress
Philipneine Commission
United States
Neampo
Reginaldo Congress
Coum
Postal savings banks funded for river and harbor work
Transmissis sinri Comercial congress passed resolutions voting postal savings banks and semiprropriation by the government of no less than 500 million dollars for river and harbor improvement. Senator Owen of Oklahoma introduced a resolution asking federal congress to remove restrictions from the lands of Indian allotments in Oklahoma after the state court provided protection for the full hoods. The resolution was carried unanimously.
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Mustoree
Transmississinri Comercial Congress
Robert I. Owen
Oklahoma
Federal Congress
Political questions force front in Central America peace talks
Washington reports that political questions dominate deliberations at the Central America peace conference with limited progress. A report from the committee of five outlines a proposed basis for a peace treaty, while overall the gathering has moved slowly ten days after its opening.
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Washington
Central America
Committee of Five
Selecting Jury in Caleb Powers Case Nears Verdict
Georgetown Kentucky November 23 a special venire of 150 men arrived to pick a jury for the Caleb Powers case. Arthur Goebel accompanied Sheriff Warring into Grant county prompting crowds and a shift in public opinion. Eight jurors were needed and most had read Powers defense speech first delivered in the earlier trial.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Arthur Goebel
Grant County
Kentucky
Veniremen
Venireman
Wealthy New Rochelle man murders wife then kills self
Police say Nicholas Smith a rich New Rochelle manufacturer killed his wife with a pistol then set his house on fire to cover the crime and ended his own life, a note found at the scene stating the sequence.
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New York
Nicholas Smith
New Rochelle
Smith
Kaiser's London Stay Linked to Ear Operation
A Sun dispatch says the Kaiser remains in England after his state visit to prepare for an ear operation to be performed within days. The procedure targets his throat and touches upon his hereditary trouble, though the dispatch says it is not serious.
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New York
London
The
Sun
England
Populists to Meet in St Louis for 1908 Convention Speculation
The Populist national committee will meet at Hotel St James in St Louis on Tuesday. Friends and advisors have been invited and the session may set a single site for the 1908 convention and renominate Hon Tom Watson of Georgia.
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St. Louis
Rush of Divorce Seekers in Guthrie
Guthrie reports a rush of applicants seeking get-quick divorces with several individuals arriving from the north to establish residency for three months to obtain divorces.
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Guthrie
Capital stock of A Overholt company rises to 750000
Harrisburg November 23 capital stock of the A Overholt company is increased from 5900 to 750000 at a corporate meeting.
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Harrisburg
A. Overholt
Baby Burns to Death in Blaze Near Altoona
Altoona Pa Nov 23 Mrs Andrew McAleer returns with a bucket of water to find her home in flames and her baby fatally cremated in the blaze.
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Altoona, Pa
Andrew McAleer
Near Here
Fatal Fracas In Waco Leaves One Dead
In Waco on November 23 James Smith a Spanish American War veteran died from buckshot wounds inflicted by an automatic gun in a southside fracas. Neighbor William Smith a builder was wounded but not seriously, later surrendering to the sheriff. the two men were not related.
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Waco
James Smith
William Smith
Smiths
Eight Hour Day Advocated by AFL at Norfolk
The American Federation of Labor declared a universal eight hour day essential, even above higher wages, with exceptions for low earning trades. It urged education and organization, funds for a gradual campaign, and urged use of union labels with a special blue label for tobacco. A five member committee was set to meet in Washington to draft a union label digest.
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Norfolk
American Federation of Labor
Trades Union Movement
Washington
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs to Meet in San Angelo
Waco November 23 Next year’s convention of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs will be held at San Angelo. Officers elected include Mrs J B Dibrell Seguin president Mrs S J Wright Paris first vice president Mrs H L Obenchain Dallas second Mrs Lee Joseph third Mrs S G Edwards Terrell fourth Mrs George Langston Cisco fifth Mrs E A Arnim Flatonia sixth Recording secretary Mrs S H Burney Fort Worth corresponding secretary Mrs R C Shindler Nacogdoches treasurer Mrs J R Griffin Itaska auditor.
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Waco
Texas Federation of Woman’s Clubs
San Angelo
J. B. Dibrell
Seguin
S. J. Wright
Paris
H. L. Obenchain
Dallas
Lee Joseph
8S. G. Edwards
Terrell
eGorge Langston
Cisco
E. A. Arnim
Flatonia
S. H. Burney
Fort Worth
S. D. Seyre
San Antonio
R. C. Shindler
Nacogdoches
J. R. Griffin
Itaska
Jury fails to agree in Lewis mail misuse case
After more than twenty two hours in session the jury in the Edward C. Lewis case charged with misusing the mails failed to agree and was discharged.
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St. Louis
Edward C. Lewis
Man Charged With Killing Over Insult in Diboll
Lufkin Texas November 23 Sam Manning is charged with shooting and killing Virgil Spears a colored man at Diboll after Spears insulted Manning s wife and tried to enter Manning s house authorities say
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Lufkin
Tex
Sam Manning
Virgil Spears
Diboll
Mrs Amelia Walton Atcorn Dies in Memphis
Memphis Tenn Nov 23 Mrs Amelia Walton Atcorn widow of Mississippi governor J L Alcorn dies at relatives home after a weeklong illness She was in her seventy eighth year
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Memphis
Tenn
Amelia Walton Atcorn
J. L. Alcorn
Mississippi
Atcorn
Doctor Newton Acquitted in Buckwells Killing Case
Cameron Texas November 23. Dr W R Newton was acquitted of killing Theodore Hartsmai in Buckwells in August. The jury returned a not guilty verdict in the murder trial.
Monterey Hotel Planned and Other Briefs
Monterey Mexico to get a modern hotel. The president to recommend four new battleships. A Houston girl died from burns. Mrs Bert Pew walked eight miles in sleep. Bernice Lecompte run over and killed by car at San Antonio. Carver shot and killed himself while hunting near Uvalde. W W Mack shot to death at Jasper Alabama. J Brewer jailed. Tax reforms to save Louisiana 150000 to 200000 yearly. Frank Dunham store robbed of razors and knives. Lee Stephenson drowned crossing a creek near Navasota. Negro switchmen strike in Houston. Magh McCarty rescued from morass near Williamsburg. Albert Carera in custody in Corpus Christi for Judge Welch murder. W Giddney says wife divorced and remarried six times.
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San Antonio
Bernice Lecompte
Uvalde
Tex
Mr. Carver
W. W. Mack
Gaston
Jasper
Ala
J. Brewer
Louisiana
Frank Dunham
Yale
Okla
Navasota
Lee Stephenson
Houston East and West Texas Railway
Houston
Williamsburg
N. Y
Magh McCarty
Albert Carera
Stanley Welch
New Mexico
Corpus Christi
W. Giddney
Ocean Park
Cal
Pryor Honored as Vice President of Commercial Congress
Muskogee reports the Transmississippi Commercial Congress elects officers for the coming year with J. B. Case of Abilene as president and Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio as vice president. Resolutions urge river improvements and oppose parcels post while debates touch on Creek leader Matty Tiger and federal language use. General Booth criticizes modern religion during Salvation Army visit in Berlin. he cites 2 million Londoners never attending church.
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Commercial Congress
Muskogee
Committee On Restilutions
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
David R. Francis
Missouri
House
Gore
Owen
Matty Tiger
Tiger
Congress
Transmississippi
Transmississippi Comercial Congress
J. B. Case
Abilene
Kan
Ike T. Pryor
San Antonio
Arthur F. Francis
Cripple Creek
Colo
Commerceial Club
Council Bluffs
Lakes
Gulf
Retail Merchants’ Association of the
Henry T. Clark
Omaha
General Booth
Berlin
Salvation Army
London
European
America
Governor Haskell asks express firms to enforce Oklahoma liquor ban
Guthrie November 22 Governor Haskell sent letters to all Oklahoma express companies urging them to reinforce the prohibition law by instructing agents to refuse liquor shipments into the state and to halt transport or delivery of such goods within Oklahoma.
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Guthrie
Haskell
Express
Oklahoma
Interdenominational Hospital Planned in Little Rock
A new interdenominational hospital is proposed in Little Rock with a projected cost of $250,000. The plan was announced on November 22 as a joint effort to expand medical care in the area.
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Little Rock
Census reports cotton ginning totals for 1907 growth
Census Bureau data from Washington dated November 21 shows 7,311,202 bales ginned for the 1907 period through November 14, with 142,609 round bales added and Sea Island accounted at 42,708. Comparisons: 8,562,242 bales in 1906 and 7,501,180 in 1909. active ginneries total 26,571 for 1907.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sea Island
Transmission Congress Adopts San Francisco Meeting Next Year
Muskogee November 23. The eighteenth annual session of the Transmississioni Commercial congress adjourned with plans to reconvene in San Francisco next year.
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Muskogee
Transmississioni Commercial Congress
San Francisco
Russian Westinghouse can't secure cars to lines
St Petersburg says a credit suspension prevents the Russian Westinghouse concern from securing cars to electric lines, delaying projects and shipments.
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St. Petersburg
Waconfording Cheat River Tragedy Leaves Boy Dead
A Wacon fording Cheat River accident ends in tragedy when a boy named Close is drowned after a boat overturns. The incident occurred in November at Elkins, with casualties reported as back broken in the crash.
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Elkins
Wacon
Cheat River
Close
Deaths and incidents across towns after local events
Martin Smith fell from an electric car and died in Zanesville Ohio. Street car strike triggered disturbances in Louisville Kentucky. Marie J. Cole reelected grand protector of the Texas Knights and Ladies of Honor. Frisco railway depot in Kiefer Oklahoma burglarized with safes blown and checks stolen. A four year old boy in Woodward county Oklahoma accidentally shot and killed by a rifle in his father's hands.
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Louisville
Marie J. Cole
Texas Knights and Ladies of Honor
San Antonio
High
Lamar County
Texas
Ledbetter
Frisco Railway
Kiefer
Oka
M. Barber
Woodward County
Oklahoma
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East “Indian Railway
Young Wife
Emperor
Germany
Federation
Mrs. Dibrell
Texas Federation of Woman's Clubs
Dr. Newton
Monterey
Mex
Sarah Martin
Pryor
Keliarun
M. H. James
Vi. H. James
Gu James & Nunn
Liquitors
Rohde
Zanesville, C
Martin Smith
Higgs & Haygood
W. B. Hudson
Bryan, Texas
South
North Texas
Galveston
Denison
Austin
C.K Dunbap
Housto
M.L. Robbins
Gen. Pass
W. H. Lawrence
Over Haswell
Stor
J. D. Ganter
Dunn & da’ Bi'k
Holmes
Paskeg
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