Atlas ends tragic voyage reaching port on Christmas Day
The American ship Atlas anchored in San Francisco on Christmas Day after 275 days at sea from Baltimore. A voyage marked by disaster near Cape Horn with the sinking of a vessel, mutiny aboard the Atlas, deaths of sailors, and the captain and wife among the casualties. The ship later limped to Rio de Janeiro for repairs under quarantine.
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San Francisco
Atlas
Baltimore
Col Maion
Cape Horn
Viking
Peterson
Hamburg
Calalo
Rio de Janeiro
J. Schumacher
Charles Nolan
John Hook
Meeting of Wool Growers in Helena for 44th Annual Event
The National Wool Growers association schedules its forty fourth annual meeting in Helena Montana January 14 16 and 16 with over 2000 attendees expected. A concurrent sheep show will display leading wool and sheep interests. Topics include public land policy the twenty eight hour law for livestock shipments and various industry issues.
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Helena
Mont—aAll
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Short Flour Shipment Declines in Minneapolis 1907
Minneapolis flour shipments for 1907 will fall short of 1906 totals by about one million barrels. The monthly figures show only three months with higher 1907 shipments than 1906. Through the period, mills shipped 13,625,376 barrels versus 4,673,123 in 1906, a deficit of 747,743 barrels.
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Minneapolis
Mineapolis
Historian Unearths Pike Papers in Mexico City
Dr Herbert B. K. Belton, backed by the Carnegie Institution, uncovers eighteen of twenty one documents once taken from Lieutenant Zebulon Pike by Spanish soldiers in 1806 during his Arkansas Missouri river expedition. The find sheds light on Pike and his Osage and Comanche contacts under General James Wilkinson, then Louisiana governor.
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Mexico City
Herbert BK. Belton
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Zebulon M. Pike
United States
Arkansas
Missouri
James Wilkinson
Louisiana
Jacksonville selects William James Bryan to U S Senate
Governor Arn ward of Florida named William James Bryan of Jacksonville to fill the vacancy in the U S Senate caused by the death of Steph en Russell Mallory, for the term ending March 4, 1909. Bryan, a prominent attorney and county solicitor, was born October 10, 1876 in Orange County and raised near his birthplace. he is also a member of the Democratic state executive committee.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Arnward
William James Bryan
Stephen Russell Mallory
Bryan
Orange County
Florida
Democratic
Fleet Leaves Port of Spain for Rio Janeiro
Rear Admiral Evans leads the American battleship fleet from Port of Spain with the Culgoa and Glacier in tow. The battle fleet, in four columns headed by Connecticut, aims to cover about 14,000 miles in roughly twelve days reaching Rio Janeiro by Friday night January 10. Locals rendered full courtesies during the Trinidad visit.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Nilo Janeiro
Culgoa
Glacier
Connecticut
Boone
Grand Boon
Evans
Second Trial Of Thaw Set For January Sixth
New York will see Harry K Thaw called for a second time on January 6 to defend against the murder of Stanford White. Delays have occurred but no further postponement is expected. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will recount her story. experts will urge that Thaw was insane at the time, now recovered, and deserving release.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Seven Trans Atlantic Steamers Battle Christmas Storm
A fleet of seven liners Campania Cedric St Louis Pannonia Pretoria Caronia and Minneapolis crept into New York Harbor after a fierce Christmas storm delayed them a day. The St Louis carried only a dozen cabin passengers to dinner as seas battered the voyage. None were seriously damaged though Pretoria officers worked to calm the turbulence.
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New York
Campania
Cedric
St. Louis
Pannonia
Pretoria
Caronia
Minneapolis
Denver Reform Push Aims Strict Enforcement Across State
Governor Buchtel orders district attorneys and peace officers to vigorously enforce gambling liquor and prize fighting laws. He pledges collaboration with Attorney General Dickson to prosecute violators if locals fail to act. The proclamation signals a broad crackdown on illegal activities.
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Denver
Colo
Henry A. Buchtel
Dickson
Woman Found Drowned After Blows In Hackensack Meadows
Autopsy in Newark reveals Agnes O Keefe’s nude body was struck on the head and then thrust into a water pool in Hackensack meadows Newark. The domestic worker had been employed by several Orange families and is believed to be the murdered woman.
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Newark
N. J
Hackensack Meadows
Harrison
Agnes O'Keefe
Orange
Countess Seeks Legal Marriage to Italian Music Teacher
Florence authorities are asked to legalize the marriage of Enrico Tonelli, a music teacher, and Countess Montignoso, former wife of the crown prince of Saxony. Officials have not recognized a divorce not obtained in Italian courts, and they are unlikely to grant the request.
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Florence
Enrico Tonelli
Montignoso
Saxony
Presidents Telegram Extends Troop Stay at Goldfield
President Roosevelt telegram to Governor Sparks of Nevada states federal troops will remain in Goldfield for three more weeks if the Nevada legislature is convened in a special session within five days. The governor had requested armed intervention and questioned whether legislative action would prompt federal aid.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sparks
Nevada
Goldfield
Pittsburg Sees Worst Epidemic Since 1889
In Pittsburg an epidemic of grip, pneumonia, and typhoid leaves thousands prostrated and workplaces short staffed. City physicians say the present grip outbreak surpasses 1889 in scope and may have originated abroad, with prior traces to Europe Asia and Hong Kong.
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Pittsburg
Booth
Europe
Asia
Hongkong
China
ACCIDENTS IN MINES Three Times as Many Men Killed in United States
Washington report shows US coal mines kill three times as many workers per thousand as most European countries. Over seventeen years 22,840 men died. last six years saw as many fatal mine deaths as the prior eleven. In 1904 total mine incidents reached 6,861 with 2,061 killed and 4,800 injured under government study orders.
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Washington
United States
Garfield
Department of the Interior
Smelter Project Near Salt Lake City Unveiled
Salt Lake City reports ex-Senator Thomas Kearns announced at the Salt Lake Commercial Club banquet that ground would be broken within ninety days for a new independent smelter within thirty miles of Salt Lake. By January 1, 1909 it should be in operation, pending financial conditions. Mining operators and investors pressed for details after the announcement.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Senator Kearns
Explosion wrecks Italian home in Brownsville Black Hand case
In Brownsville Pennsylvania an explosion damaged the home of Italian resident R F Frediani blowing out the entire front. Nobody was injured and authorities suspect the Black Hand after threats for money payment.
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Brownsville
R. F. Frediani
Frediani
Black Hand
Marines Reach Full Strength Under General Elliott
General Elliott reports to Secretary Metcalf that the marine corps now has its full 8,700 enlisted men for the first time in months. He notes he has withdrawn recruitment advertisements and can selectively recruit as needed, attributing the change to the current industrial low mood.
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Washington
Elliott
Metcalf
Marine Corps
French Policy Shifts in Morocco Prompt New Commands
The report notes the replacement of General Drode by General D Amado marks a tougher French stance in Morocco. Drode, retired for health, is replaced after criticism of hesitating course and dissatisfaction with his conduct. General D Amado previously commanded at La Rochelle and now oversees Moroccan operations.
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Paris
Drude
D’'Amado
Morocco
Drode
Alhenalth
D'Amado
la Rochelle
China in Turmoil Strives for Concilatory Policy
In Pekin the dowager empress orders suppression of public meetings as agitation for rights spreads from women and schools to the press. Government seeks a middle course between revolutionary agitators and the aggrieved. Delegates from Che Kiang province visit Pekin and consult with the foreign board, signaling a potential move toward constitutional rights amid tensions with Great Britain.
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Pekin
Interior Department
Polin
Sendera
Che Kiang
de Kiang
Indian Congress Session Ends in Violent Breakup
In Surat Bombay two days of futile efforts to elect a president ended Friday as police were called to quell a fight between Moderates and Indian Extremists over home rule. Delegates clashed, chairs and tables were smashed, and several injured before officers restored order.
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Surat
Bombay
Indian National Congress
Congress
Prefers death to prison in Mor ris murder case
J G Cain, convicted of killing Charles H Morris a wealthy mine owner, hanged himself in the county jail by slitting his throat with a taxor after being told he would be moved to Fort Madison to serve his life term.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. G. Cain
Charles H. Morris
Fort Madison
Telegram from Governor Halts Death Sentence in Alabama
In Birmingham a telegram from the governor stayed the execution of Henry Thaxton, a Black man condemned for killing white man T. Huntaucker. Just as the black cap was to be placed, the stay order arrived, causing a cheer in the jail and Thaxton to sob and pray.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry Thaxton
T. Huntaucker
Thaxton
Denver Judge Quashes Indictments Against Lumber Firm Directors
In a Denver federal court on Tuesday Judge R F Lewin quashed indictments charging B M Biggs president and Charles D McPhee and J J McGinnity directors of New Mexico Lumber Co and Chas Hi Freeman and W W Nossaman of Durango with conspiracy to defraud the Amberlands government in Archuleta county Colorado The ruling held no federal crime was shown by the charges
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Denver
United States District Court
R. F. Lewin
B. M. Biggs
Charles D. McPhee
J. J. McGinnity
New Mexico Lumber Company
Chas
Hi. Freeman
W. W. Nossaman
Durango
Amberlands
Archuleta County
Colorado
Fake burial tale in Druce case proven false
London report confirms exhumed body at Highgate Cemetery shows the Druce vault concealed a real corpse, debunking Robert C. Caldwell’s testimony about a lead filled coffin. Despite the finding, claimant George Hollamby Druce vows to push his estate and title claim against the Duke of Portland as a legal battle drags on.
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London
Thomas Charles Druce
High Gate
Robert C. Caldwell
Druce
George Hollamby Cruce
Duke of Portland
Herbert Druce
Druce-Duke of Portland
George Hollamby Druce
George H Druce
Portland
T. C. Druce
Cruce
Magnitude of Canal Locks Show Vast Concrete Needs
The Canal Record notes the Panama canal lock project requires so much concrete that it could build 22,842 eight room houses of 30 by 75 feet with two stories and basement. A continuous New York to Philadelphia street would result, housing about 120,000 people, comparable to Minneapolis.
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Washington
Panama Canal
New York
Philadelphia
Minneapolla
Taft Delivers First Public Speech Since World Tour
Secretary of War William H. Taft spoke at the Boston Merchants' Association banquet at the Hotel Somerset after a day that began with a chief address before 400 ministers and continued with a reception and remarks to a Jewish gathering at the Esdium club.
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Boston
United States
William H. Taft
Boston Merchants’ Association
Somerset
Elysium Club
Lincoln dollar dinner speakers announced in honor of Bryan
Lincoln Nebraska Monday list of speakers for the Democratic dollar dinner on January 15 in honor of William J. Bryan includes Governor Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma Governor N B Broward of Florida former Senator Thomas M Patterson of Colorado and William J Bryan The event centers on Bryan outlining his campaign views and proposed planks for the Democratic national platform.
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Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
N. B. Broward
Florida
Thomas M. Patterson
Colorado
Bryan
Court limits women attendees at Thaw trial seating
New York reports that all women except Thaw family members and women reporters will be excluded from the courtroom during Harry Thaw's second trial. Justice Dowling aims to curb morbid curiosity after the crowding of the prior trial and declares seating capacity greatly reduced to bar attendance by others.
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New York
Thaw
Harry
Justice Dowling
Sunday Saloon Indorsed At National Ethical Convention
Chicago report on the National Ethical convention where Sunday saloons received enthusiastic approval. Dr Emil G Hirsch of Chicago and Professor Nathaniel Schmidt of Cornell spoke urging Sunday operation of saloons alongside weekday use.
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Chicago
National Ethical Convention
Emil G. Hirsch
Nathaniel Schmidt
Cornell University
Goldfield Strike Sparks Fight Over Injunction and Militia
Goldfield Nevada residents await word that Governor Sparks will call an extra legislative session to authorize a state militia or police to restore order amid the miners' strike. Miners Union officials and Western Federation vice president C E Mahoney warn an injunction to dissolve the union and bar organization would provoke resistance, promising to fight any such order with all means.
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Goldfield
Nevada
Sparks
Miners’ Union
C. E. Mahoney
Western Federation
Leaky Erskine M. Phelps Reaches San Francisco Harbor
The American ship Erskine M. Phelps went to sea from Seattle bound for Karlus in ballast. Leaking eighteen inches daily, crew battled pumps for hours and arrived in San Francisco harbor near noon after a long voyage. Captain Graham commanded the vessel which sprung a leak off Cape Flattery nine days earlier.
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San Francisco
Erskine M. Phelps
Seattle
Karlus
Phelps
Graham
Cape Flattery
Small Penalty for Using the Mail With Intent to Defraud
Promoters mining engineers and other persons convicted of using the mails with intent to defraud in a stock sale case involving the Spanish Bullion Mines company were sentenced by Judge R E Lewis in the United States district court at Denver Col. The terms include a range of jail terms and fines from thirty days and 1000 dollars to fifteen days and 500 dollars, with several minor penalties and costs. The sentences cover George S Dubois Lee Dubois CL Blackwell William H Wilson W B Cameron A E Keables Arthur Lawrence Arthur Levan and B B Sebben plus others R Hunt and Danton Finneus.
Financial Worries Lead to Death at Subway Station
Ernest G. Stedman, VP of J. C. Lyons Building and Operating Co, for which receivers were appointed, killed himself by stepping in front of a subway train at Fourteenth Street station. The incident caused panic among hundreds of waiting passengers as subway police struggled to control the crowd. The Lyons company real estate is valued at over 7 million dollars.
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New York
Ernest G. Stedman
J. C. Lyons Building & Operating Company
Fourteenth Street
Lyons Company
Fight Between Strikers and Police in Iquique
An official statement reports 210 workers killed and fifty wounded in clashes at Iquique between striking workers and police. Troops targeted strike leaders but did not harm them. The strike group’s president and vice president, Spanish anarchists, have disappeared.
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Valparaiso
Iquique
Glirate
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J. A. Wixom
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Minneapolis Mille
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Mexico
W. J. Bryan
FLEET
Rio Janeiro
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Sparke Calla
BLACK
Congress of Indians
Cain
Taft
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