Harmon Talks On Panic An Issues Of 1908 Fight
W J Bryan and Judson Harmon spoke in Nashville as part of a presidential campaign. Bryan attacked imperialism and trust prosecutions while praising tariff reform and Oklahoma bank deposit safeguards. Harmon argued Republicans held early advantages, noting past fiscal crises helped Republicans and predicting cross state adoption of reforms.
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Cincinnati Probe Bill passes Senate amid petitions
The Ohio Senate today approved a resolution creating a Cincinnati probe committee with a ten day naming window. Petitions opposing the Rose bill flood the Senate with 49 257 remonstrances and 3 499 signatures in support. The Ward bill on Assembly salaries meets debate with mileage limits set at two trips monthly.
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E&py
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John Schwab
Ohio
Marietta Statesman
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Woman Kills Man Then Herself in Macy's Dining Room
In a crowded Macy’s eighth floor dining area in New York a man advertising solicitor Frank Brady was shot dead by Mary McLean Clark a 30 year old manicurist and widow. She then killed herself with a second revolver. Brady supported his elderly mother and had a long dispute with Clark who believed Brady favored her earlier prosperity. Clark left a note and named her attorney as executor. The shooting caused panic among shoppers and police took charge of Brady’s mother and Clark’s son Raymond.
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Mary Roberts Clark
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John Roberts
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Westchester County
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Thaw trial nears end with doctor and Comstock testimony
In New York on January 22 the second Thaw trial progressed as Dr Charles Wagner testified for the defense and Anthony Comstock spoke earlier. Letters Thaw wrote to Comstock about a Twenty fourth street house were read, and Mrs William Thaw testified on her son's life and family insanity. The codicil to Thaw's will was admitted while the will itself remained unavailable to the jury.
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Harry Thaw
Comstock
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Jerome
Littleton
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Paris
London
Woman Found Burned in Cottage in Apparent Accident
Mrs Ellen Wendlandt 62 of 843 West Court street was found burned to death when neighbors rushed to her cottage after smoke. Police say accidental cause suspected though mystery surrounds events. Firefighters put out the blaze with $50 property loss. Survived by five children Charles Helena Mae Benjamin and a younger daughter in school.
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Harry Kindel
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Hyman Nathan
Court Declares Union 15 Illegal In Cleveland
Judge Phillips ruled the Amal Gamated Glass Workers Union in restraint of trade and ordered its dissolution on public policy grounds. He found the amalgamation of four trades illegal and granted the minority petition to divide the union treasury of 110000 dollars after alleging discrimination by the majority, the blowers and gatherers.
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Amalgamated Glass Workers’ Union
Haitian Rebels Making Headway Report From Cape Haitien
Washington dispatch says Haitian revolutionists are gaining ground in the island's north. Consul Livingston reports the area is threatened and rebels control nearby villages as of today.
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Grand Jury Summons Posted to Yellow Pine Officials
In New Orleans three officers of the American Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association were served with grand jury summons. They were ordered to produce the meeting minutes and the President's annual address. The curtailment of Yellow Pine production dominated the annual meeting. The officers are John L. Kaul of Birmingham, retiring President. H. H. Foster of Malvern, incoming President. and C. K. Smith of St. Louis, Secretary.
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New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
H. H. Foster
Malvern, Ark
C. K. Smith
St. Louis
Hag Murder Mystery Near Dowling Farm
Mystery surrounds the death of Mrs. William Phillips of Dowling whose body was found in a field near her home after she set out to visit a neighbor. Evidence of a struggle was visible and Coroner Rowly investigates as the community remains aroused.
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Gallipolis
William Phillips
Dowling
Rowly
Exile to Siberia Not Improbable for Tschaikovsky
St Petersburg reports consider admin punishment for revolutionary acts by Nicholas Tschaikovsky rather than trial. He is jailed in the Fortress of St Peter and Paul after returning from the United States last year. Authorities note arms purchases in Springfield, Massachusetts, as part of alleged plots.
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Nicholas Tschaikovsky
Russia
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St. Peter and St. Paul
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Siberia
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St. Petersburg
Finland
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Springfield
Mass
Enqire
Ohio for Taft accerts Harding deserting Foraker
In Marion Ohio on January 22 former Lieutenant Governor Warren G Harding condemns Senator Foraker declaring the fight for Taft is the trend of politics. Harding says Foraker is defeated and his leadership ended while Taft boosters grow stronger and his followers must accept the reality.
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Foraker
Ohio
Taft
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Sherman
Hanna
Herrick- Dick
Foraker-Dick
Burton-Daugherty
Senator Foraker
Ovation for Watterson in the House of Representatives
Henry Watterson editor of The Louisville Courier Journal and former representative drew applause on the House floor as he walked the aisle with Kentucky’s Representative Kimball and sat beside Champ Clark. Members from both parties hailed him in conversation.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
House
Kimball
Kentucky
Champ Clark
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Republicans See State Senate Fight Diminish White House Nomination Interest
In Frankfort Ky January 22 1908 Republicans focus on Senatorial contest and needed laws rather than a President nomination. William Jennings Bryan and a Covington Taft discussion drew attention but most senators prefer not to mix presidential politics with legislative business. Senator Edward E Walker from Covington and Postmaster George Barnes attended the frankfort conference amid shifting views on the vice presidential candidate.
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Frankfort
William Jennings Bryan
Covington
Taft
Edward E. Walker
M Covington
George Barnes
Fairbanks
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