Famous Bulgarian rebel leader Boris Sarafoff slain in Sofia
Sofia report says Boris Sarafoff, famed Macedonian revolutionary head, and Garvanoff were killed at his home by a Macedonian gunman named Panitza. Panitza hunted amid dissensions over funds for the Macedonian cause. Sarafoff was about 37 and had led 380 raids and inspired Ellen M. Stone’s abduction.
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Bulgaria
Boris Sarafoff
Macedonia
Garvanoff
Sarafoff
Panitza
Balkans
Ellen M. Stone
Salonika
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Melnik
Turkey
Constantinople
Congressmen Fowler lectures on finance in banquet talk
Charles N. Fowler, New Jersey congressman and Banking and Currency Committee chairman, spoke on currency at a Business Men's Club banquet attended by over 250. He urged gold reserve primacy and argued for a unified banking system without a central bank while criticizing current note and silver reserves.
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Business Men’s Club
Charles N. Fowler
Congress
New Jersey
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Fowler
Frank Shafer
Yale
United States
Governor appoints Richard P. Rifenberick Water Works Commissioner
Governor Harris named Captain Richard P. Rifenberick to succeed Colonel Leopold Markbreit as Water Works Commissioner. Rifenberick, a Cincinnati businessman and former railroad executive, will assume the post January first after Markbreit's resignation takes effect December 31.
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Harris
Richard P. Rifenberick
Markbreit
Beleving
Rifenberick
City Civil Service Reports Snow Cleanup Evlen July
Chicago officials disclosed long term effects of the January snowstorm. The City Civil Service Commission reported 1100 street laborers remained on snow removal duties into the Dunne mayoralty, with numbers rising to 1500 in July as emergency labor rules limit work to five days.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
City Civil Service Commission
Edward F. Dunne
Uaghard Explains Plots to Murder in Pettibone Trial
In Boise Idaho on December 12 direct examination of Harry Orchard continued in the Pettibone trial. Orchard described traveling to San Francisco and identifying Fred Bradley for removal. He testified money and communications came from Pettibone and detailed bomb and shotgun attempts against Peabody and plans to kill Judge Goddard, plus watching Frank Hearne at Haywood’s urging.
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Commercial Tribune
Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
George A. Pettibone
Orchard
San Francisco
Fred Bradley
Pettibone
Peabody
Judge Goddard
Adams
Frank Hearne
Denver
Haywood
Federation
Cleveland Mayor Johnson Meets President Roosevelt
Special Dispatch reports Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland greeted President Roosevelt at the White House. Johnson said the President was gracious and they discussed municipal government. He endorsed the President's third term announcement and noted his rivalry with Rep Burton.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Roosevelt
White House
Johnson
Mayor Johnson
Representative Burton
Mr. Burton
Nomination of John E. Sater Blocked in Senate Judiciary
The nomination of John E. Sater of Columbus as United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio is held up in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Foraker opposes confirmation and will not discuss the matter publicly. Sater works without pay pending Senate action, with no salary until confirmed, likely not before March 4, 1909.
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Foraker
Ohio
Senate
Commercial Tribune
Mounsey Building
Washington
D. C
J Special Dispatch
John E. Sater
Columbus
United States
Southern District
Committee On the Judiciary
Senator Foraker
Sater
Treasury
Denver 5 Chosen by Demughats After First Ballot
Five Denver Democrats are declared chosen by the convention after the first ballot at Convent City. Campaign lines rise as party delegates name the five candidates amid early voting buzz and internal maneuvering.
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Denver
Demughats
Taft Backers Clash Over State Primary Law
In Columbus Ohio December 12 the Taft camp rejects state committee power to dictate primary methods saying the law does not empower such control. Debate centers on Foraker backed direct primary and county level compliance. In Toledo Walter F Brown endorses direct primary for state delegates.
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Columbus
Taft
Brown
Foraker
Commercial Tribune
Toledo, CO
Walter F. Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Senator Foraker
Toledo
J. B.foraker
Washington
Stoessel Court-Martial Sensational Testimony From Kuropatkin
General Kuropatkin testified at the Stoessel court-martial amid sensational statements. He said Port Arthur could have fallen to a vigorous assault early in the war, but Russian defense delayed Japanese victory. He defended Stoessel, reviewed Fock's conduct, and noted the fleet's supposed invincibility shaped war plans.
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Port Arthur
ST. Petersburg
Stoessel
Fock
Nandhan
Nandan
Alexieff
Fook
Peage Court for Central America
The Central American Peace Conference here issued an abstract of the general treaty proposing a permanent court to settle disputes among Central American nations. If successful the arrangement could become the basis for a broader general international court.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Central America
General International Court
Don Carlos Seeks Aid of the Pope in Spain Claim
Don Carlos of Bourbon, claimant to the Spanish throne, conferred privately with the Pope in Rome. He urged the Pontiff to help him regain the throne, but the Pope signaled that political reasons prevent any shift from his current stance toward King Alfonso.
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Dayton
Risenberick
Loyal Legion
Roanoke Flats
Clifton
Don Carlos
Ceived
Don Carlos of Bourbon
Spain
Pope
Alfonso
Willson proposes plan to settle tobacco dispute in Kentucky
Governor Willson outlines a Roosevelt style conference to end the Kentucky tobacco fight. He invites leaders from both sides for December 20 and 21 in Frankfort to hear issues from growers and buyers. The plan aims to sell all current tobacco at fair prices and secure a square deal with public disclosure of results. Johnston named Adjutant General and will probe Hopkinsville night rider outrages.
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Comercial Tribune
Frankfort
Hopkinsville
Willson
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Capitol
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
C. M. Barnett
American Society of Equity
P 2
Johnston
Lexington
Democratic State Committee
Music Hall
William Goebel
Hopkinsville Prep for Night Riders Turmoil Ends Calm
War like preparations in Hopkinsville Kentucky after reports night riders mobilized ten miles away to attack factories and avenge a killed comrade. Two hundred citizens sworn in to guard the town and Earlington troops deployed by order of Governor Willson. No attack occurred and fire official Ayers resumed investigation.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Willson
Earlington
Ayers
No fear of night riders in Lexington tobacco district
Lexington officials report no anticipated night rider attack. About three hundred farmers stayed with their crops to deter theft while policemen and watchmen remained on duty. Brigadier General Roger D. Williams said he saw no threat and did not deem militia necessary.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Tobacco
Roger D. Williams
Wires Cut Near Osgood Disrupt Rural Phones
Residents near Osgood Kentucky in Bourbon County report telephone lines to sixteen farms severed. The cut wires hinder tobacco growers rushing crop prep for sale. One farmer, awakened by the disturbance, says he saw a group of about fifty horsemen pass by.
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Commercial Tribune
Millersburg
Osgood
Bourbon County
Wife Slayer Convicted After Nine-Hour Deliberation
After nine hours the jury found John Tranter guilty of second degree murder in the death of his wife Annie Tranter. The verdict follows a trial held in December with details not fully disclosed in the report.
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John Tranter
Commercial Tribune
Deliberat
Ae Mennis
Annie Tranter
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