28 Nov 1908
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Newspaper
Fargo Forum And Daily Republican
Location
Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
1
Washington November 28 President elect Taft will preside over a joint conference of the national conservation commission and state governors in Washington December 8. The four day gathering will present tangible data on U S natural resources and map a practical plan for conservation.
London papers deem the reported United States Japan agreement a milestone for Pacific stability and China integrity. The Pall Mall Gazette calls it a welcome contribution to world peace and a non entangling arrangement that complements existing alliances and aids U S Japan relations.
Washington reports the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce will visit the canal zone this winter. The panel, holding broad jurisdiction over new legislation for the territory, aims to acquaint members with recent developments after a five year gap since its last zone visit.
Chicago November 28 The International Live Stock Exhibition opens at the International Exposition and adjacent buildings. More animals than ever shown here before. Exhibition runs for the next days with exhibits from two states.
New York November 28 Oscar Hammerstein faces a $100000 damages suit from Miss Frances Lee the singer once hailed as a Texas tit. She alleges breach of contract claiming he promised to make her a star if she allowed him to manage her. The case raises questions about his responsibility for not delivering stardom.
Daniel Quigley sixty? No forty nine year old laborer from New York collapsed on an operating table at Fordham hospital while his wound was being dressed. Doctors report no heart problem but conclude death resulted from fright at surgeons and the sight of instruments.
Mark Twain, known as Mark Twain, is named as a director of a newly incorporated milk food company with capital stock of $100,000. He is identified among a group of directors listed in the filing.
In New York on November 2, Elks held memorial services for Frank Melville the longtime circus man. A circus tent of white roses and a reproduction of his stage were among the floral offerings. Hundreds of theatrical people attended the service.
In Manchester on November 8, St. Mary's church parish organized a new bank modeled after successful Canadian cooperatives. The bank combines savings with borrowing rights. deposits are received in trust and converted into redeemable shares in depositors’ names. Directors come from among the shareholders.
The article outlines a team known as We Soldiers balancing a dual game at Phin with aims tied to local competition. Key figures and organizations appear but readable details are fragmented. The piece hints at strategic maneuvers and potential outcomes within a regional sports context.
More than 30,000 spectators watched West Point and Annapolis clash at Franklin Field in ideal weather. The academies, future army and navy officers, entered the game in pink of condition with Navy favored by predictions due to greater weight and experience, though favorites have won in most prior meetings.
Minneapolis dispatch reports Mrs. Anna Mayo of 517 Eighth Avenue Northeast kissed her father goodbye and drank carbaric acid in her bedroom. Her husband followed but could not stop her. Physicians could not counteract the poison. She appeared to have lived a happy family life with no known troubles.
Marie Ludford tried ten times to stab Patrolman McDonald of the Minneapolis police with a steel hat pin after being arrested for drunkenness in St. Paul on November 28. The officer blocked the strike and she was sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse.
Nazim Bey the Paris representative of the Young Turks told The Pester Ladoya he had an official British guarantee against external danger. London circles doubt any such pledge exists and suggest the remark reflects Eastern imagination or propaganda to frame Britain as pressuring Turkey against Vienna Hungary.
Belgrade reports Servian News Agency circulated a sensational tale from Cettinje claiming Austrian troops near the Montenegrin frontier were attacked and routed causing a mass panic. About 22,000 soldiers at Avtovac and Gazko fled, abandoning artillery and supplies before the story was debunked and orders restored. Two generals were allegedly retired.
Paris readers follow the Steinheil case as it reopens the 1899 death of Felix Faure, with claims of poisoning and a possible Dreyfus connection. Officials and media debate whether Faure was murdered and if Mme Steinheil witnessed his passing, reopening an old Paris scandal.
Martin H. Halloran a mining engineer who recently arrived from Pittsburgh was attacked by two men while passing an alley and robbed of 3800. He had brought the money to invest in Kansas City and it is believed the assailants observed the cash.
In Saratoga on November 28 the school laundry fire forced all forty girl pupils to flee. The blaze caused about $5,000 in building damage and loss of nearly all student belongings with no injuries reported.
Belleville Illinois reports a fresh development in the Peter Waeltz death case. Miss Nellie Morton, 17, admits she watched Waeltz lose consciousness as Sidney Baker, a photographer, pressed chloroform to his face. A murder warrant is issued for Baker, who remains at large, with the girl held for further inquiry.
New York November 28 a 10 year old boy suspected of setting three fires in a Brooklyn tenement housing nine families is being sought by police. The latest blaze was discovered in time to be checked but its origin was sudden and mysterious with a boy seen running from the building after flames erupted in a kitchen.
Dense smoke poured from shafts as special trains carried rescuers to the scene. Reported fatalities unknown at this hour with great excitement in the mining community as the mine disaster unfolds.
Pittsburg reports state mine inspector Louttit says about 180 to 200 workers were inside the mine when the blast occurred. He had left the mine just three minutes earlier and arrived at the surface after the explosion emerged.
A serious explosion shook the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Co mine at Marianna Washington county. Authorities estimate 200 to 300 men inside with about 100 reported at the central office. Dense smoke fills the shafts as rescue trains speed toward the scene aided by new life-saving appliances from a US laboratory. Great excitement grips Marianna.
New York Nov 28 counsel for the company said there is no importance attached to immunity from future criminal prosecution regarding testimony in the government dissolution suit. They stressed no fear of immunity and noted the Standard will likely occupy most of December presenting testimony.
Pittsburg Pa Nov 28 A jury in U S court found C E Mullin cashier B K Hissem president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Mount Pleasant Pa and B H Steinman former Acme Lumber Co president guilty as indicted Mullin charged with misapplying funds and Hissem and Steinman with aiding and abetting in the defunct bank case
William Lontgomery former cashier of the wrecked Allegheny National Bank was sentenced to fifteen years in the federal penitentiary today in Pittsburg.
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