Global news roundup of disasters and legal cases
Seventy miners die in a Yo lande Alabama coal mine explosion. Harmony Mills building burns in Troy New York causing 150000 dollars in losses. Samuel Gompers calls for resistance to wage cuts. Annie McGuire dies after ingesting pills left by a sample distributor. The American fleet reviews before Roosevelt then sails to the Pacific. Scarlet fever measles prompt Farmington Minnesota to close public schools. Delano to resign as Wabash president with Pryor named successor. State child labor law declared invalid in Ohio. Mrs. Fannie Sternberg dies from Kansas City area store robbery wounds. Legal and financial actions unfold in Ohio Illinois and New York with various lawsuits and arrests. A hangman’s noose ends Harrison Clark’s life after his banjo moment in prison. Minnesota Bar Association condemns Hart and backs disbarment. Franz Stoffman oldest NYS convict released fears city dangers. Chicago fire at Cooke Brewing destroys building with heavy losses. Jes sie Morrison life story gains attention as effort to win release grows. Stewart Dunbar survives a near death incident saving a signal amid frock of railroad work.
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Yolande
Ala
Harmony Knitting Mills
Troy
N.Y
Samuel Gompers
National Civic Federation
New York
Annie McGuire
Clinton
Mass
Roosevelt
Wampton Roads
Pacific
State Board of Health
Farmington
Minn
Frederick A. Delano
Wabash Railroad
E. B. Pryor
Pittsburg
Delano
St. Clairsville
Ohio
T. A. Rodefer
Bellaire
Fannie Sternberg
Louis Cbd. Sternberg
Grace Lawrence
Thomas A. Moore
Moore Lumber Company
United States Ostrict Court
St. Louis
S. M. Powell
Little Rock
Ark
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
Little Ruck
Powell
Lincoln
Neb
Harrison Clark
South Omaha
Cornish
Clark
Board of Governors
Ethics Committee
Minnesota State Bar Association
Francis B. Hart
Minneapolis
State Supreme Court
Hfart
Johnson
Supreme Court
Franz Stoffman
New York State
Sing Sing
Hoffman
Cooke Brewing Company
Cottage Grove Avenue
Twenty-Seventh Street
Chicago
Ellen Daly
Elizabeth Folschweiler
Seyferlich
Engine Company No. 10
Jessie Morrison
State
Olin G.lastie
Eldorado
Kas
Stewart Dunbar
Northwestern Pacific
San Rafael
Cal
Volunteer Officers Seek Half Pay Retirement List
Surviving Civil War volunteer army and navy officers plan a campaign to urge Congress to create a volunteer retired list with half pay for life. A prior bill failed amid naval volunteer discrimination concerns, and a committee of volunteer naval officers now campaigns with circulars to mobilize support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Congress
Marine Corps
United States
Skyscraper Menace Raises Fire Underwriters Alarm
Collier's Weekly reports, citing the president of the board of fire underwriters, that skyscrapers threaten New York and other great cities with fires that outpace conventional protection. A top heavy blaze could reach upper floors, overwhelm hoses and pressure, and trigger massive financial losses. Panic risks loom if mass evacuations flood streets designed for far shorter buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
New York
Board of Fire Underwriters
Collier's Weekly
Washington Monument
Babb
Financial District
Labor Unions From Canada to California Press for Pensions and Wages
The TLondon Labour party backs old age pensions while Santa Cruz musicians form a union. Seattle labor advances a coal mine plan, Springfield miners seek another conciliation board, and San Francisco trades discuss a three year wage scale. Scranton plans a $50 000 temple for trades unions. Denver engineers report 6500 in annual wage gains and thriving trade conditions. US coal mining fatalities reach 2061 in 1906 with 4798 nonfatal injuries. New York Woman's Trade Union League head urges women to organize. Wilkes-Barre unions boycott beef packers over prices. Springfield Federation of Labor to enter politics next year with a candidate for the General Assembly. Winnipeg Carpenters report three members over 36 years, totaling about 110 years of continuous service, a record the union touts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
Seattle
Wash
Springfield
Canada
Building Trades of
San Francisco
Central Labor Union
Scranton
Denver
Colo
United States
Geological Survey
Miss Marot
Woman's Trade Union League of
New York
Wilkes-Barre
Federation of Labor
General Assembly
Carpenters’ Union
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Roosevelt Renews Refusal to Seek Third Term
The article reports President Roosevelt’s formal White House statement reiterating he will not seek another nomination. It notes surprise among politicians and quotes reactions from Bryan, Foraker, Knox, Cannon, and La Follette. The piece emphasizes the timing and carryover debate among party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
Republican Party
William J. Bryan
Foraker
Senator Knox
Speaker Cannon
Senator la Follette
Balloon named All America makes successful Pittsfield to Canterbury flight
An immense balloon the All America carrying seven passengers completed aun remarkable flight from Pittsfield Massachusetts to Canterbury New Hampshire with Leo Stevens as pilot. Near Marshall California a derailed Northwestern Pacific train ran along ties for 200 feet before plunging into Tomales Bay the crew and passengers were saved by shallow water.
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All America
Pittsfield
Mass
Canterbury
N. H
Leo Stevens
Marshall
Cal
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tomales Bay
Yolande Alabama mine explosion claims many lives
An explosion at the Yolande coal mine in Alabama killed an estimated seventy five workers. Recovery efforts were slow due to fire and dust, with 14 men escaping within an hour. The mine near Virginia City and Birmingham is owned by Yolande Coal and Coke Company led by Dr. G B Crowe.
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Yolande
Ala
Yolande Mine
Virginia City
Birmingham
Birmingham Mineral
Yolande Coal and Coke Company
G. B. Crowe
Defining Epilepsy and Its Cure Across the Nation
National specialists study epilepsy definition and cure after a Richmond convention. The push aims to standardize understanding and humane treatment, shifting from confinement to mind body disease unity, with leading hospital superintendents and physicians attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Society For the Study and Treatment
Richmond
Miss Alma-Tadema Lectures in America on Happiness
Miss Laurence Alma-Tadema, daughter of the renowned artist and novelist, travels from England to lecture in the United States on happiness. She says happiness requires self development, effort, and voluntary restraint, not wealth or marriage, and grows from curtailing desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Alma-Tadema
America
New York
The Art of Living in Good Health Book Arrival
Dr Daniel S Sager authors a new volume from Stokes presenting a synthesis of the back to nature movement. He cites Kellogg Yale Metchnikoff and Dewey and promotes a simple life creed breathe deep chew long drink enough eat little with bathing exercise early sleep and cheerfulness urged by the author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Kellogg
Battle Creek
Dewey
Fisher
Chittenden
Yale
Metchnikoff
Russia
Daniel S. Sager
Stokes
Fires Hit Colon Hotel and Boston York Building Losses
A Central Hotel in Colon Panama burned causing about 3000 dollars in losses. The York building in Boston suffered a fire blamed on several manufacturing firms and the building owner, with total damage near 100000 dollars. Sir John Roger, governor of the English Gold Coast colony, told a Philadelphia audience that the negro posed the greatest civilizational problem, acute in English colonies as in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Colon
Panama
York
Boston
John Roger
Gold Coast
Philadelphia
United States
Comptroller Ridgely Urges Central Bank of Issue
The comptroller reports bank deposits rose from 7.24 billion in 1900 to 15.10 billion, a net gain of 119 million in the year, due to currency stringency. He warns the remedy is a central government bank of issue and reserve to prevent future panics, endorsing temporary fixes like emergency currency via clearing houses only as short term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
United States
Treasury
Congress
Ife
Rail labor moves across lines amid wage and rules push
Gov. Comer of Alabama says Emerson and Hamilton agreed to implement the freight rate and a 24 cent passenger rate. 73,000 workers on 65 eastern lines plan wage increases and rule changes. In LA a judge fined the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 330000 for rebates. Erie machinists reject per diem and piece work trial. Burlington trims 10000 jobs and cuts hours. PA tests show electric No 028 hitting 92 mph. steam record was 99 mph last week.
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Gov
Comer
Alabama
Emerson
Alexander Hamilton
Atlantic Coast Line
Brotherhood of
Mississippi
Federal District Court
Los Angeles
Welborn
Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Grand Canyon Line and Cement Company
Arizona
Erie Railroad
Burlington Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clayton
N. J
New Haven Road
Chicago to Toledo Markets Reported Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains
A market summary lists regional livestock and grain prices. Cattle in Chicago and Buffalo range from four to six dollars, hogs from three to five dollars, and sheep from three to five dollars. Grain prices cover wheat No. 2 around 9 to 9 cents, corn No. 2 about 50 to 66 cents, oats around 40 to 60 cents, rye near 70 to 80 cents, with regional variations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
Siaks
New York
Ste
Trade slow but hints of recovery in 1907 market signs
Dunn's Review of Trade notes softer business volume yet indicators of recovery. Bank payments and deposits rise while holiday demand trims stocks. Currency shipments to interior markets expand for corn. December maturities settle with less trouble. few factory shutdowns expected during holidays.
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Chicago
Dunn
Review of Trade
Financial conditions ease as holidays lift distribution tone
New York reports blended signals with easing finance and stronger holiday demand improving distribution, while wholesale trade quiets and manufacturing slows. Collections are slow and failures rise with 254 U.S. failures for the week ending Dec 12, 1908, and Canadian failures at 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furthcr
United States
Bradstreet
Cotton warehouse fire in Taylor Texas destroys 2000 bales
The farmers union warehouse at Taylor Texas burned with 2000 bales of cotton. Losses are under $125000, fully insured. In other news, 500 people will sail from New York January 15 1908 to form an industrial colony on a Southern Pacific island. A Damascus carpet sold for $4100 at Stanford White sale bought by Miss Elsie De Wolf.
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Farmers’ Union
Taylor
Texas
New York City
Pacific Ocean
Stanford White
New York
Elsie de Wolf
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