President's message urges action on labor, unions, and corporations
The president's message calls for new legislation on labor capital relations and corporate public accountability after the Supreme Court decision on employers liability. It warns against misusing injunctions and stresses moral standards, urging Congress to curb corruption and enforce oversight. Senate and House summaries follow, detailing criminal code revisions, urban transit and finance debates, and defense of a strong merchant marine.
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Washington
Ines
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Eentimer
Congress
Senate
United States
House
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Thaw Deemed Insane and Committed After Not Guilty Verdict
Harry K. Thaw was adjudged not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of Stanford White and was committed to Matteawan State Hospital for the criminal insane. The verdict followed twenty five hours of deliberation amid waning hopes of a verdict. He protested his sanity as he was led away under commitment papers.
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New York
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
State Hospital
Matteawan
Thaw
Murder conviction for Peter F. Clark in Girard Illinois
Peter F. Clark of Girard pleads guilty to murdering Mrs. OHie Gibson on March 25, 1907 and is sentenced to forty years in the state penitentiary. He once led a Christian Science church choir and served as deputy grand master in Masonry before expulsions for immorality.
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Carlinville
Ill
Peter F. Clark
Girard
Ohie Gibson
Clark
Christian Science Church
Jury Blames Owners In Rhoades Opera House Disaster
The Berks county jury verdict holds Mrs. Monroe owner of the stereopticon machine and deputy factory inspector Harry McC Bechtel largely responsible for the January 30 fire at the Rhoades opera house in Boverstown Pennsylvania. They urge the prosecuting attorney to arrest and convict both on criminal negligence.
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Boverstown
Rhoades Opera House
Tariff Revision Urged By Industrial Committee
An industrial committee in Washington on February 3 urged tariff revision free from political influence after the next presidential election. The group includes the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chicago Association of Commerce, the Millers' National Federation, the Chicago Board of Trade, the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the American Meat Packers' Association, the National Live Stock Association, and others.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Chicago Association of Commerce
The
Millers’ National Federation
Chicago Board of Trade
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
American Meat Packers’ Association
National Livestock Association
Nine Miners Die in New River Colliery Explosion
In Charleston West Virginia on January 31 nine miners died when the Lower Boone mine near Hawks Nest exploded. About twenty five men were in the mine. eight of the dead were instant fatalities, the rest escaped with minor injuries.
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Charleston
W. Va
New River
Lower Boone
Hawks Nest
Coasting Tragedy Claims Three Lives in Martins Ferry
A bob-sled crash in Martins Ferry Ohio left George Molkeny nineteen dead and Elmer and Frank Shaffer fatally injured while twelve others were hurt after the sled struck a telephone pole.
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Martins Ferry
George Molkeny
Elmer
Frank Shaffer
Portugal in Mourning After Royal Assassination
Lisbon reports the king and crown prince killed by assassins. Prince Manuel accedes to the throne amid national grief and a guarded investigation into the regicide. Queen Amelie shielded her sons, while Premier Franco seeks a coalition cabinet to preserve the monarchy. Police pursue suspects and seal escapes.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Manuel
Prince Manuel
Council of State
Amelie
Franco
Ferreira de Amaral
Dispatches Quick Summaries From The Nation
Louis D Goodman a 36 year old lawyer poet and journalist died by his own hand John L Dickson president of the First National Bank of Fulda Minnesota was killed by a train Receivers were appointed again for the Chicago Milwaukee Electric Railroad company Senator Jefferson Davis proposes a bill to place the Mississippi levee system under federal control A cyclone hit northeast Etowah County Alabama causing property damage with no lives lost The House approved a bill to extend immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without duty to the Port of Chattanooga Tennessee
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Louis D. Goodman
Louis
John L. Dickson
First National Bank of
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi River
Etowah County
Alabama
House
Chattanooga
Tenn
Senate Acts On Army Medical Reorganization
The senate passed a bill reorganizing the medical department of the army. A joint resolution to form a six senator six representative committee to probe mining disasters also passed. Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia says he will not run for the U.S. senate. Fire destroyed thirteen Kimball buildings in West Virginia causing about 50000 dollars in losses. The National Editorial association plans its convention in St Paul on August 17.
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Senate
Medical Department
Army
Navy Department
Hoke Smith
Georgia
United States Senate
National Editorial Association
St. Paul
United States
Warner Miller
New York
Hayti
Joseph Albin Favyerd
Kimball
W. Va
McKinley
Ohio General Assembly
Hopkins
Markets Report Key Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Indianapolis grain and livestock quotes show wheat at 95 cents for No 2 red, corn 52 1 2 cents, oats 49 3 4 cents, various hay prices, cattle 4.00 5.75, hogs 3.50 4.60, sheep 3.00 4.50, lambs 4.00 7.25. Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo Toledo futures and cash prices listed for wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep lambs with ranges and May July months.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Secretary Wilson Re-elected President of Breeders’ Association
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has been re-elevated as president of the American Breeders' Association. The Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis is set for Washington from September 21 to October 2, 1908. An official of Krupp gun works was arrested in Essen for betraying military secrets. Lisbon remains outwardly calm amid rising nervousness and revolutionary excitement. Proceedings begin in Boston for receivership of the Consolidated Steamship Company, Charles W Morse concern. Oklahoma lower house passes cigarette smoking ban patterned after Indiana law.
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Wilson
American Breeders’ Association
Washington
Krupp Gun Works
Essen
Lisbon
Boston
Consolidated Steamship Company
Charles W. Morse
Oklahoma
Indiana
Fire at Rock Island station in Topeka causes heavy loss
A Topeka Rock Island station fire is estimated to have destroyed property worth about 100000. The incident is part of wider reports of mounting unemployment nationwide and a continued rise in business failures.
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Rock Island
Topeka
Firewrought Losses Hit Several Cities Across States
Five injured in a Kansas City three story apartment blaze. Three Rome New York blocks destroyed and one burned with losses around 250000. Atlantic Cotton Co in Americus Georgia destroyed with 3000 bales of cotton and power plant loss about 200000. Pennsylvania Railroad summer freight house in Cleveland Ohio and about twenty freight cars burned with 75900 loss. Charley Pitman a black barber shot by a mob after arrest in Lorena Allen case at Greenville Florida.
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Kansas City
Dominic Street
Rome
N. Y
Atlantic Compress
Americus
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Cleveland
Charley Pitman
Lorena Allen
Greenville
Fla
Coal conference talks in Indianapolis stall over wage talks
Western and Midwest coal operators met miners in Indianapolis to discuss reestablishing joint conference relations. No call for a wage conference appears likely, with possible meetings shifting to Detroit. Illinois operators resist readjusting machine versus pick mining differentials, hindering progress. Overstocked markets push operators to seek market stimulation ahead of April 1 contract expiry.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Miners’ Committee
Claypool Hotel
Detroit
Bank Closes Doors Amid Solvency Claim in New York
Mechanics and Traders Bank failed to open after a midnight board meeting. Directors said the bank was solvent but cash resources were insufficient to continue business. The state institution had capital of $2,000,900.
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New York
Mechanics and Traders Bank
Acd Vrawieca
Panic-driven bank withdrawals cut Morse-Thomas chain deposits
Deposits during last fall’s panic topped more than $20 million but have since been markedly reduced. The bank was part of the Morse-Thomas chain, a detail noted in the report.
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Morse-Thomas
Arsenic In Tablets Kills Bloomington Toddler
In Bloomington Indiana on January 28 Ray Hanna reports his three year old son died after swallowing arsenic tablets left by the mother on a folding bed. The five year old Fred is in critical condition after taking a tablet.
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Bloomington
Ind
Ray Hanna
Fred
Indicted druggists shock Stinesville after temperance drive
Bloomington Indiana January 30 The grand jury returns forty three indictments against two Stinesville druggists amid an investigation prompted by temperance activists alleging prescriptions filled to supply intoxicants to former patrons three months after saloons were closed by a remonstrance
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Bloomington
Ind
Stinesville
Suicide at Edward hotel ends South Bend man life
Seneca B. Parsons of South Bend shot himself in the Edward hotel where he were rooming. Melancholia and financial troubles were named as causes in a note left for the coroner, requesting burial without trouble or delay in a pauper's grave.
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Indianapolis
Seneca B. Parsons
South Bend
Edward Hotel
Potters’ Field
Young fiancé found dead in Warsaw room
In Warsaw Indiana on January 28 Guy Bush twenty years old was found dead in his room with his fiancee photo in his hand. Coroner Kiplinger ruled death by his own action. Parents of the girl objected to the relationship since she was only fourteen.
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Warsaw
Ind
Guy Bush
Kiplinger
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