Philadelphia General Strike Shuts Trolleys and Jobs
A citywide labor protest shuts trolley operations as 55 000 to 70 000 workers walk off. Police report crowds of up to 25 000 at Independence Square, while printers stay at work. Transit owners face calls to reinstate workers and appoint neutral arbitrators to settle disputes.
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Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
Philadelia Rapid Transit Company
Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Railway
Independence Square
Reyburn
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Tailor Fires Into Crowd After Teasing Incident
In New York a tailor Janon Vamosky fired into a crowd in front of his shop after being teased by schoolchildren. A 15 year old girl Nita Pincer was shot in the left side and fell to the pavement.
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New York
Janon Vamosky
Nita
Racial Tension Flare in Pikeville After Attempted murder
A warning posters in Pikeville Kentucky call for blacks to leave following an attempted murder of Marion Cecil, a prominent lawyer. Whites and blacks reportedly mobilize as clashes loom in a town tied to historic feud factions.
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Lexington
Pikeville
Marion Cecil
Beeee the McCoy
Hatfield
Old Chippewa Chief and Kin Found Dead in Washington Hotel
In Washington, a Chippewa chief Pay-banm-we-che-waish-kung aged over 95 and his nephew A-ne-way-way-aush were found dead from asphyxiation in a city hotel. The deaths are treated as a tragedy affecting the Indian community.
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Washington, Special
Minnesota
Washington
Wounded Negro Hanged in Tampa Confession Scene
Roland Flowers, the assailant of Mrs Jane Ellerbee, made a full confession from the gallows just before the trap was sprung. Unable to stand due to wounds, he addressed several hundred black onlookers and urged them to remember the consequence of his crimes.
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Tampa
Fls
Roland Flowers
Jane Ellerbee
Flowers
Peary North Pole proof row in House Naval Affairs
Washington special reports a subcommittee dispute over Peary’s North Pole proofs. National Geographic Society members urged a congressional reward, but the panel refused confidential access, threatening to pigeonhole any reward bill until proofs satisfy the committee.
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Washington, D. C
North Pole
Identified After 14 Years
John Wagner, 80, described as the victim of a brutal crime, pointed out Frank Donohue from a lineup at the Etna Police Station after 14 years. He alleged Donohue bound him and his wife and burned their feet to force a money location confession, linking Donohue to his wife’s death.
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Pittsburg
John Wagner
Frank Donohue
Etna
Roosevelt as Editor Hinted in Canajocharie Publisher Bid
W J Arkell, publisher of Canajocharie New York, admits attempting to buy the New York Sun and hoping Theodore Roosevelt would serve as editor. He says he offered 2 million dollars to the Laffan group, who refused 3.5 million. Arkell notes a small syndicate believes Roosevelt leading a major daily would benefit the country.
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Roosevelt
New York
W. J. Arkell
Canajoharie
N. Y
New York Sun
Theodore Roosevelt
Night Letter Service Opens By Western Union
Low Rate Messages in Chicago introduces a night letter service by Western Union and Postal Telegraph. The system takes messages at any time up to midnight but transmits only at night after day business clears. Pricing matches the day rate for ten words up to 50 words, with a further rate per additional ten words.
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Chicago
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Exposition Plan for Panama Canal Completion
New Orleans executives moved to back a Panama Canal completion exposition. A committee led by Governor Sanders and Mayor Behrman will travel to Washington seeking federal aid, with an estimated need of fifteen million dollars.
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New Orleans
New Orlans
Panama Canal
Sanders
Louisiana
Behrman
Washington
Divorce Granted in Astor Case in White Plains Court
The final decree grants Mrs Ave Willing Astor an absolute divorce from Col John Jacob Astor. Justice Isaac N Mills signed the order in the Supreme Court at White Plains. The agreement includes Col Astor paying his former wife 300000 dollars a year and a lump sum of 10000000 in cash or securities.
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New York
Ave Willing Astor
John Jacob Astor
Isaac N. Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Col. Astor
Avalanche at Rogers Pass Claims Ninety-Two Lives
Canadian Pacific officials reported that 92 people were killed and 14 injured in the Rogers Pass avalanche near Winnipeg Michigan with the disaster occurring Saturday night at o clock according to the special report.
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Winnipeg
Mich
Rogers Pass
Committee Named to Welcome Roosevelt Return to City
Mayor Gaynor selects 150 prominent leaders from politics faith finance business and professions to honor ex-President Roosevelt on his June return from Africa. The committee is led by Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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Roosevelt New York
Gaynor
Roosevelt
Africa
Cornelius Vanderbilt
President Taft Addresses Twenty-Four-Hour Club Dinner
President Taft gave his first anniversary speech at a YMCA Twenty-Four-Hour-a-Day Club dinner. He admitted being a president is not an easy job and spoke frankly to the audience.
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Washington, Special
Taft
Young Men’s Christian Association
Pardon Petition Drive for Morse and W Morse
Dallas Texas petitions seek presidential clemency for Morse and W Morse with many signatures on special petitions addressed to President Taft.
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Morse
Dallas
Texas
President Taft
W. Morse
Hog Auction Brings 11 Dollar Sale at Union Stock Yards
In Portland Oregon the Special-Choice hogs sold for 11 dollars each at the Union Stock Yards on Saturday.
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Portland
Ore
Union Stock Yards
Severe mountain conditions cut rail line in Tacoma area
Bad conditions in the Tacoma Washington region report severe mountain hazards. Bridges are destroyed and hundreds of yards of railway have vanished. One location shows three quarters of a mile of track wiped out, with sections buried under rock and debris.
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Tacoma
Wash
City Reaches Tentative Deal to Settle Gas Debts
New York negotiators announce a tentative agreement with the Consolidated Gas Company to settle vast liabilities. The city faces about 6.5 million in lighting charges and the utility over 7 million in unpaid franchise taxes, with a final payment around 500 thousand to close the accounts.
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New York
Knickerbocker
Consolidated Gas Company
Rockefeller Foundation Aimed For District Of Columbia Incorporation
Washington report: Rockefeller foundation to be incorporated in the District of Columbia. Senator Gallinger introduced the bill to authorize a general philanthropic organization led by John D. Rockefeller and associates. Foundation to be endowed largely by Rockefeller with 20 assistants at most, never fewer than five, to manage vast wealth for public benefit.
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Washington
Rockefeller Foundation
District of Columbia
Senator Gallinger
Committee On Judiciary
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fred T. Gates
Starr J. Murphy
Chales
Refuses His Pardon
Washington reports Thomas J. Taylor, life term prisoner at Atlanta penitentiary for wife murder, granted presidential clemency but declines pardon status. Taylor, now an expert pharmacist, aided during a smallpox epidemic and asks to stay as a trusted inmate keeper of the prison.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas J. Taylor
Atlanta
Washington
Taylor
Taft
Halley’s Comet Visible Over Washington D C
Washington astronomers and others watch Halley’s comet daily as it moves west of Delta in Pisces. Locating it uses Aries’ three bright stars as reference. observers report it can be seen with glasses and may soon be naked eye. Georgetown Observatory tracks its course nightly.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Aries
Georgetown
Two Die As Hotel Fire Sweeps St Clair Hotel Uniontown
In a blaze that destroyed the St Clair Hotel in Uniontown six people were injured and two died. Wesley Davis a printer was burned to death and a negro employee was killed by a falling wall. Five others were hurt but expected to recover.
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Montgomery
Ala
St. Clair
Uniontown
Wesley Davis
Paris official studies American telephone systems
M Milon sub chief of Paris telephone service has left for the United States to study American telephony. His aim is to recommend improvements for Paris service amid universal complaint.
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Paris
M. Milon
United States
High Price Paid for Hogs at Chicago Stockyards
The Chicago stockyards paid $10 per hundredweight for live hogs the highest since 1870. Sixty-six hogs averaging 264 pounds each sold at the top price. In Pittsburg prime hogs rose to $10.20 per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Panama President Obaldia Dies After Illness
Panama's President Jose Domin-go de Obaldia died of heart disease at 2 30 Wednesday after a brief illness. Elected July 12 1908 he had served as acting head during Amador's absence and was formerly minister to the United States. He was 63 and a son of former Colombian President Ubaldia. Dr C A Mendoza named to succeed him.
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Panama
Jose Domingo de Obaldia
Ovadaldia
Amador
United States
Ubaldia
Colombia
C. A. Mendoza
Patten Quits Grain Pit Plans Europe Trip
James A. Patten announces retirement from grain and cotton trading in Chicago. He will sail for Europe and return by April 1. His brother George W. Patten and longtime partner Wm. H. Bartlett will also withdraw from the pit.
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Patten
Chicago
James A. Patten
Cotton King
Europe
George W. Patten
Wm. H. Bartlett
Lynching of Allen Brooks Shocks Dallas Crowd
Allen Brooks, an accused assailant of a 3-year-old white girl, was lynched by about 5,000 men in Dallas. He toppled from a second story window during court, breaking his neck, then was dragged by rope along Main Street to the Elks Arch where he was strung up.
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Texas
Dallas
Allen Brooks
Brooks
Elks’ Arch
Palmetto Happenings Delinquents and the Excise Law
South Carolina faced penalties under the federal excise tax law as hundreds of corporations were required to file returns. Officials estimate 300 to 500 firms failed to report, risking fines from 1000 to 10000 dollars unless Congress grants extensions. Micah Jenkins, the local internal revenue collector, publicized the act.
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South Carolina
Internal Revenue
Congress
Internal Revenue Office
Sun
Micah Jenkins
Wealthy planter W T Jones denied new trial in murder case
South Carolina Supreme Court on Monday January 3 refused a new trial for W T Jones in the murder with mercy recommendation case. Jones, a prominent landowner, was accused of poisoning his wife on July 5 1908 as she prayed, a sensational trial noted for wealth and influence.
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W. T. Jones
State Supreme Court
South Carolina
Jones
South Carolina Battleship Commissioned at Philadelphia Yard
The battleship South Carolina has been placed in commission at the Philadelphia navy yard. She and sister ship Michigan are the navy's most powerful vessels. The new ship will sail Sunday for Hampton Roads then proceed to Charleston where it will receive a silver service from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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South Carolina
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Michigan
Hampton Roads
Charleston
Daughters of the American Revolution
Weather record for South Carolina February heavy rainfall
The greatest 24 hour precipitation in South Carolina in February was 4.33 inches on the 23rd and 24th. February total was 6.98 inches, above the 23 year average of 4.75. Thunderstorms persisted over three days and four days included miscellaneous phenomena.
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South Carolina
West's Advertising Reach Noted by South Carolina Letter
A Yellowstone river valley farmer writes to the Department of Agriculture asking which ingredients brighten molasses, citing South Carolina as widely advertised in the West.
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South Carolina
West
Department of Agriculture
Yellowstone River Valley
Foreman In Sumter Ends Life With Self Inflicted Wound
W P Williams once foreman at Sumter Pine and Cypress Co in Sumter 8 C ended his life by shooting himself the cause given as bad health and incurable earbunkles.
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W. P. Williams
Planing
Sumter Pine & Cypress Co
Sumter
8. C
Midnight Marriage in Huffine Hotel Parlor
Charles C. Cooper a Columbia D C salesman wed Miss Julia L. Abernethy of Charlotte North Carolina in the Huffine Hotel parlor shortly after midnight Wednesday morning.
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Charles C. Cooper
Columbia
D. C
Julia L. Abernethy
Charlotte
N. C
Huffine Hotel
Senator Tillman Plans European Trip After Recovery
Senator Tillman will travel to Europe once he recovers enough to travel. Thirty cases were disposed of at the criminal court of Darlington and $2,000 in fines were collected. George Metts of Branchville is dead and buried his son last Thursday. Miss Mermonie Wyson of Florence was badly burned at home while making a fire. Florence city council awarded a contract for a sewerage system. Plans are on foot in Chester to organize a knitting mill under BE Reid of Newberry. Maj. Edward Willias of Charleston is dead. A farmers telephone line will soon connect with Southern Bell exchange in Orangeburg, extending about seven miles from Orangeburg along Cannon Bridge road.
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Tillman
Europe
Criminal Court of
Darlington
George Metts
Branchville
Mermonie Wyson
Florence
Chester
BE. R. Reid
Newberry
Edward Willias
Charleston
Southern Bell and Telegraph Co
Orangeburg
Cannon Bridge Road
Danville
Kentucky
Dan Williams
Charleston & Western Carolina Road
Port Royal
Sams
Ava Willing Astor
White Plains
N. Y
John Jacob Astor
Justice Mills
New York
Daniel Collins Graves
New England
Mill River
Williamsburg
Grace Gayou
E. 18Th Street
Louis Hillson
Jack Doyle
W. J. Wells
Silver Street
Texarkana
Tex
Saephew
F. M. Sawyer
Charlotte
N. C
Traers’ Compress
Fort Worth
G. E. Sewright
Los Angeles
Cal
Sewright
Anna Bell
Frank Marsh
Dillendale
Grace Hall
W. C. Bullard
Fayetteville
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
C. S .McMillan
J. McD. Monaghan
Old Western Railroad
Russell
Mumford
Justice van Orsdel
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Clyde L. Williamson
E. B. Jones
Ed Cox
Reece Hucks
C. T. Cox
W. D. Alexander
Minas Garaes
United States
North Carolina
Joaquin Nabuco
Rio de Janeiro
Illinois Central Railroad
Oconee
Robert Watson
Sam Truman
Tennessee
Truman
Raids net 250 arrests in Danville dry area and beyond
Condensed Specials reports over 250 arrests and 155 convictions from raids on Danville Kentucky dry zones, with 100 more to be tried. Fines total $9,000 and 2,000 workhouse days imposed as enforcement tightens, trains watched in ongoing liquor-law crackdown.
Charity in Wrong Way Sparks Washington Debate
Martha Gielow of the Southern Industrial Education Association urged aid for Kentucky mountain regions near the capital, urging funds to educate and elevate destitute populations within reach. She warned that local applicants exceed capacity and that many have never seen five dollars. President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham push to enact the Townsend interstate commerce bill with a court provision, amid balanced support in committees. A Boston clergymen remonstrance against a larger navy favors arbitration, while Congress acts on pensions and buildings. The Supreme Court upholds San Francisco burial limits. Other items include trainmen safety measures, Confederate grave marking, and shad food concerns.
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Africa
Kentucky
Martha Gielow
Southern Industrial Education Association
George Washington University Hall
Washington
Lincoln
Taft
Wickersham
Townsend
Congress
Senate
House
House Committees On
Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Court
Penny Campaign in Washington for Vacation Home
Over 20 000 pennies found in envelopes at a Washington reception as part of a campaign by the W C A to fund a $5 000 vacation home. One hundred young women seek to raise the remaining amount with donations welcomed beyond pennies. President Taft urges Congress to reform military personnel policy to address an abnormal condition from past legislation.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Treasury cuts 200 jobs in July to save salaries
The Treasury Department will discharge nearly 200 workers on July 1 after a study of office system aimed at economy and efficiency. The plan, approved by President Taft, will save about $133,000 annually in salaries.
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Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Taft
United States Extends Parcel Post to Italy and Colonies
Postmaster General Hitchcock announces acceptance of extending the parcel post treaty with Italy so parcels can be exchanged with Italian post offices in Asiatic and African colonies. Italy will cover sea transport costs to all destinations, with customs rules applying at each colony.
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Italy
Hitchcock
United States
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Laurel Hill Coney, Company
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of
Potion of the
Kelley Paper Company
Holyoke
Mass
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Congressional Printing Committee
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Norton
Wiley
Harry L. Waring
Rochester
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