Governors Meet Again at Washington Conservation Conference
Distinguished men from across the country gather in Washington to shape a report on national wealth for President Roosevelt. The meeting, part of conservation week, will cover waters lands forests and minerals with Roosevelt Taft and others speaking. The inventory of natural resources now completed will inform Pinchot's January recommendations.
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America
Roosevelt
Washington
National Conservation Commission
Taft
Red Room
Willard Hotel
Belasco Theater
Joint Conservation Conference
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Southern Commercial Congress
Joint Conference
Stubbard Memorial Hall
Gifford Pinchot
J. J. Jill
John Mitchell
Andrew Carnegie
Pinchot
Jan,t
Dying man at throttle ends life after leaving cab
In Minneapolis a Great Northern passenger train from Robbinsdale to Clearwater Junction ran on with engineer George P. Irwin dying moments after being removed from the cab. Fireman George Ridgeway found him unconscious leaning from the window. Irwin likely struck his head on a bridge railing.
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Minn
Great Northern
Robbinsdale
Clear Water Junction
George P. Irwin
Irwin
George Ridgeway
Postal Savings Doom Looms as Senators Balk at Bill
Washington reports say Carter’s bid to advance the postal savings bank bill is short of enough Republican votes, with Aldrich prepared to oppose and opposition from small bankers nationwide. In New Haven Yale academics defeated Sheffield Scientific men on the same issue, arguing for postal savings banks.
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Congress
Carter
Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Aldrich
Taft
Sen
New Haven
Conn
United States
Yale
Sheffield Scientific
Taft Son of the President Elect Featured Speaker
Wis R. A. Taft, identified as the son of the president elect, appears among affiliative speakers in 1910.
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Wis
R. A. Taft
Congress In Short Session Adjourns After President Message
Washington December 8 Congress adjourned after the president read his annual message. Senators and representatives gave attention to the reading as a mark of respect to President Roosevelt. The short session centers on changes in the senate maneuvers following Senator Allison's death, his role as chair of the appropriations committee. House changes are expected to be few.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Allison
Appropriations
Finance
House of Representatives
Wife Sues Keene's Son for Limited Divorce Trial
Mrs. Foxhall Keene sues her husband’s son in a New York limited divorce action. Justice Marean presided as Keene’s absence in Colorado Springs caused an adjournment until tomorrow. The exact grounds remain undisclosed.
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New York
Foxhall Keene
Marean
Keene
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kaiser grieves over limits on his after dinner talk
Potsdam December 8 The emperor, living in seclusion, resumes audiences with ministers and laments that loyal advisers and Chancellor von Buelow seek to curb his freedom of speech in after dinner conversations. A fragmented domestic exchange adds a wry note about butter and biscuits.
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Potsdam
Baron von Rheinbaben
General von Hinem
Rethmann-Holweg
von Buelow
Groom Had Wrong License In Illegal Wedding Mixup
Carmi Illinois December 8 Willam Dively presented a hunter license instead of a marriage license when the pastor sought authority to wed Miss Mayme Augustine. He threatened the clerk who issued the license, was arrested and fined, then married by a justice of the peace who arranged the license exchange.
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Carmi
Will'am Dively
Mayme Augustine
BILLEK'S NECK SAVED AGAIN CONVICTED POISONER REPRIEVED
Springfield article reports Herman Pillek condemned for poisoning the Vizal family. Acting Governor Lawrence Sherman grants a reprieve until January 29, delaying the hanging set for next Friday. Governor Dencen is in Washington.
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Chicago
Sherman
Springfield
Herman Pillek
Vizal
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Bile
Dencen
Washington
King Edward III confined by severe cold at Windsor
Reports from Sandringham say King Edward III's cold is more serious than announced. He is confined to his room and under extensive treatment, making it unlikely he will attend the Smithfield cattle show. Also, Captain Healland of the Dundee identifies wreckage in Lake Superior as from the Clemson of Duluth near Whitefish Point.
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Sandringham
Edward
Smithfield
Clemson
Port William
Ont
Healland
Dundee
Lake Superior
Whitefish Point
Duluth
Surprise in Davis case witnessed by street sighting
In Omaha Nebraska on December 8 defense in Charles Edward Davis murder trial of Dr. Frederick T. Rustin gains a moment with Emily Allen testifying she saw Abbie Rice on a downtown street about 4 AM buying a paper. Allen says Rice had returned from Lincoln by 3 AM on a Rock Island train and met two news boys near Sixteenth and Farnam Street.
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Rustin
Omaha
Neb
Charles Edward Davis
Frederick T. Rustin
Emily Allen
Abbie Rice
Lincoln
Veterans Entertain Commander Today at Memorial Hall
Chicago December 8 Commander in chief Colonel Henry M Nevius of the Grand Army of the Republic is guest of honor at a reception by the Grand Army of Minnesota at Memorial hall tonight He will lead a delegation to Salt Lake City for the forty third national encampment Speakers include Mrs Mary L Gilman and Mrs Genevieve T Longfield Lane with Mrs Lane assisting as host
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Henry M. Nevius
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of
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Nois
Memorial Hall
Nevius
Red Bank
N. J
Salt Lake City
Joseph Rosenbaum
Hinois
Genevieve T Longfield- Lane
Ladies
The
Mary L. Gilman
Boston
Woman's Relef Corps
Gilman
Lane
The Distance Is Dance In Night Of Rounds And Steps
The article details distances covered in various dances with calculations showing an average waltz requiring about 1300 yards per dancer. It notes masurka 1050 yards polka near a thousand and pas de quatre about 900 yards. Quadruilles reach a mile and a quarter per dancer, with full sets and catillon starting around 10 and ending next morning totaling over eleven miles and 25,000 steps.
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Fol ey's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Endorsed
Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds may develop into pneumonia overnight are quickly cured by Fol ey's Honey and Tar as it soothes inflamed membranes heals the lungs and expels the cold from the system. H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz. Read the Journal's want column.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stips In Snow to Death in Illinois Central Brakeman Tragedy
Aypton Morin, an Illinois Central brakeman, slipped from a snow covered freight train in Freeport Illinois and was crushed to death. Vote on Liquor Question Today in Boston Massachusetts sees twenty three of thirty three cities holding elections with strong interest in the sale of intoxicating honors.
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Aypton Morin
Ilinois Central
Boston
Gee
Massachusetts
Mrs Leslie Carter-Payne Granted Bankruptcy Discharge
In New York December a discharge in bankruptcy was granted to Mrs Caro Hine Leslie Carter-Payne the actress. Her liabilities were 194,418 and her assets 457,926.
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Leslie Carter-Payne
New York
Dec. S
Caro. Hine
Bulgarian diet centers on sour milk yoghurt staple
In Bulgaria the chief article of food is sour milk made into yoghurt. On this diet the people live to a rare old age.
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Bulgaria
Snowballing tragedy in Schenectady murder trial begins
In Schenectady New York seventeen year old Mark Killgaten is dead and Adolpf Schultze faces murder charges after a snowball attack escalated to gunfire. The incident involved a crowd pelting with snow and a revolver blast, with Killgaten among the victims and Schultze accused of the fatal shooting. Paris report notes a Yale observatory study on star parallaxes sharing the La Sarte prize.
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N. Y
Mark Killgaten
Adolpf Schultze
Killenten
Schvitz
Born
Roosevelt appoints Rufus Thayer as Shanghai judge
President Roosevelt appoints Rufus Thayer of the District of Columbia as judge of the United States court at Shanghai China. The brief item notes the appointment among international postings with a terse government tone.
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Howors Thayer
Washington, del
Roosevelt
Rufus Thayer
District of Columbia
United States
Shanghai
China
Women Petition to Bar Employment in Havana Government
Prominent Havana women circulate a petition to Governor Magoon demanding a decree forbidding women’s employment in government offices. They claim such work is demoralizing and urge all current women’s posts be filled by men with dependent families.
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Magoon
International aviation cup presented to French Aero Club
James Gordon Bennett presented an international aviation cup valued at $2,500 to the French Aero club along with three prizes of $35,000 for the first three annual competitions. Victor de Beauclair won the Santos Dumont prize of $800 for a 56 hour, cross continent flight from Bitterfeld to Castle Pisa, Italy.
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Dec
James Gordon Bennett
French Aero Club
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Aero Club
Santos Dumont
Victor de Beauclair
Bitterfield
Saxony
Castle Piza
Italy
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