Gridiron Club Dinner Features Roaring Skits and Roosters
Washington notes the Gridiron Club annual fall dinner at the New Willard with a distinguished guest list including presidents, vice presidents, senators, and diplomats. A satirical skit ends with a wild animal tableau, an auditor tallying every word, and Roosevelt laughing at the stage antics.
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Washington
Willard
Dec
New Willard Hotel
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Gee
Eemes Eeen
Harriman Narrowly Wins Case Against Interstate Commission
The U S Supreme Court held that the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot press questions about private transactions. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion in the Harriman and Kahn v. ICC case. The dispute centered on questions regarding Harriman as Union Pacific president in stock dealings of rival railroads.
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Washington
Edward H Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bu- Heee Court of the
United States
Justice, Holmes
Messrs
Tragedy in Lander as Husband Slain by Wife
Reports from Lander Wyoming describe a fatal domestic incident in which a husband was killed by his wife. Details remain unclear as authorities confirm the tragedy but have not released fuller information. Local coverage notes ongoing investigation and lack of additional statements.
Promised Return for Conductor Cahill Family
Mrs Mary Cahill mother of conductor John Cahill and conductor Charten Fits with her son have returned from Canvery. Report details a weekly Hakone rating factor and related travel notes.
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Cahill
Mary Cahill
John Cahill
Charten Fits and Son
Canvery
Weea
Hakone Ratig
Mondell Seeks Railroad Tariff Change and Entry Corrections
Special to the Leader Nevada Washington reports J W Carney of Carneyville Wyoming and coal operators Holbrook and Sheridan will testify to the House Ways and Means Committee on lowering coal tariffs. They cite 410000 tons of Canadian coal competing with Wyoming coal and warn of serious industry harm. Mondell introduces a bill to authorize corrections in land entry descriptions. Otto Gramm of Laramie Wyoming seeks a new postal route with the post office. In Montana and Idaho, a mob threatens Elmer Hill jailed for assault and murder of Nannie Womack. bloodhounds trace the club used. Hill is later spirited away as officers defend the jail.
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Washington, D. C
J. W. Carney
Carneyville
Wyo
Messiss Holbrook
Moegeath Sheridan
Wyoming
House
Ways and Means Mittee
Montana
Idaho
West
Otto Gramm
Laramie
Hahn's Peak
Pacific Railroad, Company
Post Office Department
Monticello
Elmer Hill
Jall
Nannie Womack
Amm
Girs Wen
Hill
Danville
Schlatter Attacks McKinley Memory in Macomb
A self styled Divine healer Schlatter sparked a confrontation at a Macomb meeting claiming McKinley’s assassination was justified and praising the act. Police intervened to protect Schlatter as a mob demanded he leave, escorting him to the first train out of town.
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Macomb
McKinley
Schlatter
Washington Moves to Eighty-Five Cent Gas Price
The House passed a measure setting gas at eighty five cents in Washington while reviewing district affairs. It sent the bill to the Senate along with a proposal to end bucket shops in the District. A proposal for a free lecturer in public schools was defeated. An effort to change reference on an agricultural futures ban sparked a pledge for hearings. The House adjourned from Saturday December 19 to Monday January.
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Washington
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Henry
Texas
Scott
Agricultural Committee
Jury deadlock in Farmers and Drovers Bank case
Waynesburg Pennsylvania the jury in the case of J B F Rinehart cashier and vice president of the defunct Farmers and Drovers National Bank could not agree on a verdict and was discharged. The bank failed two years ago for two million dollars with Rinehart charged with forgery and false pretenses.
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Waynesburg
Penn
J. B F. Rinehart
Farmers and Drovers National Bank
Rinehart
Woman Justice of the Peace Denounces War Orator
Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch of Byvanston the only woman justice of the peace in the United States denounces the war in a spoken address. She claims the war owes its credit to male originators and condemns the idea of male taxed credit for all artistic achievement.
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Chicago
Catherine Waugh. McCulloch
Byvanston
Staten
Denver Scrappers To Clash In Petersburg New Year Bout
E W Dickerson, Denver News sports editor, matches Muggsy Echoel of Pheyenne against Young Erlenborn of Denver for a ten or fifteen round bout at Petersburg near Denver on New Year’s Day. The fighters weigh in at 128 pounds at 1 PM. This is their third meeting after two draws. Echoel trains immediately, confident of a decisive blow within the limit.
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E. W. Dickerson
Denver News
Muggsy Echoel
Pheyenne
Young Erlenborn
Denver
Petersburg
Maggsy
Erlenborn
Mugguy
Gates Mother of John W. Gates Dies in Port Arthur
Mrs. A. A. Gates mother of John W. Gates died at 12 50 this morning at her son’s home in Port Arthur Texas after a lingering illness. The body will be sent to St Charles Mo today by special train.
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Port Arthur
Texas
A. A. Gates
John W. Gates
St. Charles
Sunday School Convention Opens in Wheatland Wyoming
The fourth annual convention of the Laramie County Sunday School association began in Wheatland Wyoming with delegates from several states attending. The main session is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Wheatland
Wyo
Laramie County Sunday School Association
Return from the South Omaha Market
George Hiatt of Wheatland fore man of the O Bar O cattle concern and J Bunn of La Grange arrived in the city from South Omaha after marketing a shipment of cattle. Mrs Bunn accompanied her husband.
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George Hiatt
Wheatland
Big O-Bar-O Cattle Concern
J. Bunn
la Grange
Omaha
Mrs. Bunn
Fire traps thirty in Brooklyn four story building
A Brooklyn fire at 719 Hancock Street trapped more than thirty residents in a fashionable four story double apartment house. One firefighter died and several people were arrested as flames climbed from the cellar to the upper floors. A man named Henry Hanson died attempting to reach the fire.
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New York
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Henry Hanson
Brownsville Affair Returns to Senate Amid Investigations
The Brownsville affair dominated the senate session as Foraker proposed a three officer commission to judge the discharged soldiers innocence before reenlistment. He cited letters from Twenty-fifth regiment veterans detailing detective methods used to elicit confessions and questioned the president’s role in the inquiry.
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Washington
Brownsville
Senate
Foraker
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Warner
War Department
Supreme Court Reverses Coal Case Convictions
The Supreme Court reversed district court rulings discharging suspects in coal land and timber land cases. Defendants including F. W. Keitel, Robert Forrester, Chas. K. Herr, George C. Franklin, Chas. J. Freeman, Edgar M. Biggs, Alex. T. Sullenberger faced false swearing and conspiracy charges. The Court upheld conspiracy indictments while limiting false swearing to pension contexts.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States Today
United States District Court For
District of Colorado
Colorado
F. W. Keitel
Robert Forrester
Chas. K. Herr
George C. Franklin
Chas. J
Missed shot blast in tunnel kills and blinds workers
In a Western Pacific railroad tunnel west of Shafter a misfired dynamite blast killed one worker and blinded three others. One man died en route to Salt Lake, while five more were seriously hurt. The largely Greek crew included the injured, with one man named Larkin among them.
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Ely
Western Pacific
Shafters
Salt Lake
Larkin
Magnates Visit Boost Breadline Wealth
In New York on December 14 a breadline event led to donations from Judge EB M Gary of the Steel Trust and Captain Henry Demer, a Western mine owner. Their generosity funded thousands of dollars in gifts and spurred a drive to move many men to mines in Colorado, Montana and Utah.
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New York
Bowery Mission
Gary
Steel Trust
Honry Demer
Colorado
Montana
Utah
Demar
Weather Report for Wyoming and Bow Portion on Dec 14 1908
Partly cloudy Tuesday with possible rain or snow and a cooler Bow area on Wednesday. 24 hour forecast ending 6 p m December 14 1908 shows maximum 45 degrees minimum 29 with no precipitation and winds from the west. Palmer Weather Director.
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Wyoming
Bow
Denver Man Dies While Visiting Son
G. Christinsen of Ponyer died yesterday at the home of Kinsom A. Christinsen while visiting for four weeks. Heart failure caused the death. He formerly lived in Cheyenne, moved to Denver in 1888, born in Norway sixty three years ago. Survived by four daughters Mrs. Van Schaack Mrs. Harry Artist Mina Jonnie Christingen and Mrs. Settler, with two in Denver and one in Miantileburg Ohio.
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G. Christinsen
Ponyer
Kinsom
A. Christinsen
Desart
Christinsen
Cheyenne
Denver
Norway
Bie von
A. Christingen
Kres van Schaack
Harry Artist
Mina Jonnie Christingen
Jiel
Miantileburg
Ohio
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