Heinze Loses Control of Mercantile National Bank
New York report states F Augustus Heinze cannot meet a 1 2 million payment due Wednesday and loses control of Mercantile National Bank. Edwin Gould and William Cromwell announce Gould interests will assume bank board seats at the January 14 meeting, forcing Heinze directors to retire.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Ths
United States
Heinze
Goulds
Edwin Gould
William Nelson Cromwell
Gould
Mercantile
Heinze- Morse-Thomas
Cromwell
Farmers to Meet in Zion for Trans-Mississippi Dry Farming congress
Salt Lake City hosts an open letter from the Trans Mississsippi Dry Farming congress president urging Utahns to back the Salt Lake City event. The gathering aims to showcase dry farming benefits for semi arid Intermountain lands with Washington experts and leaders from other states expected to attend and present on various dry farming topics.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Intermountain
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
New District Streets Consolidation Promises Loeb Role
Washington reports Representative Smith of Michigan indicates a plan to consolidate Washington DC street car companies and appoint William Loeb Jr, the President's secretary, to actively manage the merged properties. Smith has pursued authorizing legislation for new Union Station construction and met with Loeb at the White House.
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Washington
Smith
Michigan
House Committee On
District of Columbia
William Loeb, Jr
Roosevelt
Ang
Sig's
Union Station
House Sees Brief Debates On Revisions And Appropriations
Washington reports a quiet session with limited business. A rule to advance the bill to revise codify and amend the law was adopted. Mr Gaines of Tennessee spoke in favor of an appropriation for the Hermitage near Nashville Tennessee before adjournment at 3 47.
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Washington
Gaines
Tennessee
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Hundred Die in Boyertown Theatre Inferno
A devastating fire at Rhoade's opera house in Boyertown Pennsylvania on Monday night killed about one hundred people and left nearly three score injured. A stage explosion amid a moving picture scene fed flames, toppled coal oil lamps, and caused the floor to collapse trapping many in the basement. Citizens, including leading families, faced a panicked scramble as women and children were crushed or jumped from windows to escape the blaze.
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Boyertown
Rhoade
Opera House
Monroe
Washington
Union Station Annex in Kansas City Destroyed by Fire
Fire early Monday destroyed the Union station annex on Union Avenue beside Union Station in Kansas City. The building housed receiving offices for Adams, Wells Fargo and Pacific Express, a post office branch, the Fred Harvey Eating House company offices, the Pullman Palace Car linen room, and Railway Y M C A rooms. Loss estimated near a quarter of a million dollars.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Union Avenue
Union Railway
Union Stoon
Fremen
Adams, Wella Fargo and
Pacific Express
Postagée
Fred Harvey Eating House Company
Pullman Palace Car Company
Kansas Anti-Liquor Law Upheld by Supreme Court
Washington. The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday upheld the anti liquor law of Kansas by affirming the decisions of the supreme court of that state in a number of cases. Including that of Frits Durlen of Shawnee county convicted of violating the law. Darien appealed on a writ of error contending the statute contravenes the federal constitution by giving discretion to probate judges in granting permits.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United
Man Charged In Elk Street Butcher Murder
Bellingham Washington reports Charles Weatherford of Sumas arrested and jailed for the three year old murder of Frederick Dames at his Elk Street shop. Dames was beaten and an iron spike driven through his heart after a robbery. Weatherford allegedly confessed to friends that he killed for revenge and money.
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Bellingham
Wash
Frederick Dames
Elk Street
Charles Weatherford
Sumas
Amador Hanged for Murder in Deming Jail
Martin Amador was executed in the Deming county jail for murdering Conception Mendoza, with whom he was in love. He smoked a cigarette calmly as the sheriff prepared the hanging. Magdalene Sabollog, slated to die for killing a child, had her sentence commuted to life in prison.
Alabama Democrat Sees Taft Bryan Rivalry in 1908 Race
Perry B. Gray, Alabama Democratic lieutenant governor, traveling through Columbus, says Republicans in Alabama back Taft for president while the South consolidates behind Bryan. He adds that if Bryan secures the Democratic nomination, Taft is the only Republican who can defeat him.
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Alabama
Taft
Bryan
Columbus
William H. ‘Taft
Perry B. Gray
South
Tragedy in Barnsley Hall As 16 Children Die In Stampede
Panic broke out at a Barnsley public hall when doors opened for an afternoon entertainment. A mass rush led to sixteen children trampled to death and about forty injured as ushers attempted to move crowds from the gallery to the main floor. Police and staff rescued those trapped on staircases and evacuated them to the street.
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Barnsley
England
Farmers May Lose Suit Over Anaconda Smelter Findings
In Deer Lodge valley a master in chancery on Saturday reported findings on arsenic smoke from the Washoe smelter near Anaconda. The report notes no animal deaths from arsenic poisoning, only sickness, weakening the case for a permanent injunction sought by nearby farmers. The judge's approval is uncertain as court review proceeds.
Fleet Reaches Rio De Janeiro Amid Welcoming Crowd
The American fleet of sixteen battleships docked in Rio de Janeiro at 3 PM after leaving Port of Spain Trinidad. They traveled over $ miles with no major accidents and were greeted by thousands. The ships weighed anchor at Port of Spain December 29 and settled in Rio on January 12, having covered about 4,000 miles so far.
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Rio de Janeiro
Port of Spain
Trinidad
San Francisco
Rubber Tubing Left Inside Finnish Miner After Surgery
A Red Lodge Montana surgeon reports finding two pieces of rubber tubing in Charles Joakinen’s chest cavity after a prior operation. One piece had a rusted safety pin attached. The tubing measured about a half inch in diameter and was left behind by New York surgeons during a previous surgery months earlier.
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Red Lodge
Mont
Charles Joakinen
New York
Denver’s Big Stock Show Heads for Denver Week
Denver plans the mid continent livestock show in the week starting January 20. Studs, herds, and flocks from the middle west and east will be exhibited. Trains from Chicago Omaha and Kansas City will bring stockmen at special rates. W F Skinner, noted livestock authority and creator of the Chicago International Livestock Show, will conduct the Denver event on the same lines.
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Denver
Putriey
Middle West
East
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas
W. F. Skinner
Fight In the House on Penal Laws Revision
Washington report describes a vigorous house debate over a bill to codify and revise the penal laws with focus on section 19 addressing conspiracies against civil rights. Amendments by Smith of Missouri and Hughes of New Jersey seek to exempt labor unions when they announce strikes or boycotts from the section’s reach.
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Washington
House of Representatives
United States
Messrs. Smith
Missouri
Hughes
New Jersey
Federal troops to be withdrawn from Goldfield Nevada
President Roosevelt plans to remove federal troops from Goldfield Nevada soon after Nevada's special legislative session begins. The decision follows a commission report and a letter to Governor Sparks stating troop retention is unwarranted and that the state must assume primary responsibility for maintaining order.
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Nevada
Washington
Roosevelt
Goldfield
White House
Special Investigating Commission
Sparks
Honea
Duel To The Death In Oakland Cottage
Pietro Sarochi and his wife Reina fought a deadly duel in their four room Oakland cottage Saturday morning. He used a butcher knife and she a razor. after fifteen to twenty minutes he blew her head off and then fatally stabbed himself from ear to ear. Financial worries over money in a California bank and her recent separations are blamed for the fatal quarrel.
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Oakland
Pietro Sarochi
Reina
Montgomery Tract
California
Civil War Threatens After Moroccan Turmoil
Paris faces embarrassment as Mulai Hafid proclaims sultan of Fez while Mohammed Sidi el Mokh o arrives as Abd el Aziz finance minister to seek a $30,000,000 loan. General d Armade with 4000 troops marches on Rabat, risking civil war across Morocco.
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Paria
Morocco
Muilal Hafid
Sultan
Fez
Paris
Mohammed Sidi el Mokho
Abd el Aziz
Rabat
General d'Armade
Senate naval committee to hear Hale bill this week
Senator Hale's naval reform bill will get initial consideration by the senate committee on naval affairs this week with hearings likely. The retirement of Admiral Brownson and navy reorganization are expected to come into focus, signaling an extensive debate on the service's future.
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Washington
Hale
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Brownson
Robbery attempt ends in deaths near Redondo line
Charles Gray aged 24 of Los Angeles attempted to hold up a Redondo car near Sian eon armed with two revolvers. He was shot and killed by J. C. Green the car conductor. A. O. Williams of Moneta a driver for Standard Oil was shot in the hand by the same bullet. Gray formerly worked as a bridge carpenter.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Gray
Sianeon
J. C. Green
A. O. Williams
Moneta
Standard Old Company
Green
Miners Rush Nevada Strike Near Searchlight
Hundreds of miners flock to a new strike four miles east of Manuel and south of the Santa Fe tracks near the Nevada state line in San Bernardino county. Vehicles from Searchlight Manuel Crescent transport crowds as tents rise and a townsite is laid out with water close to the railroad.
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Searchlight
Nevada
Manuel
Santa Fe
San Bernardino County
Nevada State Line
Crescent
King Leopold Replies to Congo Commission Response
Brussels reports King Leopold rejects personal profit from Congo donations under the treaty now totaling 1 300 000 dollars yearly and rising. The Congo Independent State revenue will fund philanthropic education hospital work including Catholic missions and sleeping sickness cure efforts. Concessionary companies will be governed by Congo laws, not Belgian laws.
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Brussels
Tts
Congo Commissio
Leopold
Congo Independent
Cathodc
The
Congo
Millevoye Urges Britain and France to Act in Asian Crisis
Lucien Millevoye a French deputy writes an article urging Great Britain and France to intervene in the American Japanese crisis before it worsens. He blames Britain for the Russo Japanese war, says it emptied Manchuria’s graves, and warns against ruling the Far East from ruins in Tokyo and Washington.
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Calla
England
France
Paris
Lucien Millevoye
Chamber of Deputies
Great Britain
M. Millevoye
Manchuria
Far East
Japan
America
Indus
Amur
Firemen Perish in Parker Building Blaze Trap
Four firemen died and about thirty were injured when firemen responding to a Fourth Avenue Parker building blaze found streets blocked by crowds and equipment. The twelve story office block suffered floors collapsing to the basement as flames ripped through the structure.
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New York
Fourth Avenue
Manhattan
Aparatus
Prince Henry of Prussia Likely Forces Kleim Resignation
Berlin reports Prince Henry brother of Emperor William who backs the Navy league may resign as patron if Major General Kleim remains as managing director. The emperor’s stance is expected to compel Kleim to realign his role amid the dispute.
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Berlin
Henry of
Prussia
William
Navy League
Genera Kleim
League
Kleim
Austin Seeks Injunction Over Panama Canal Bonds Issuance
Washington court stays proceedings in George W. Austin case seeking to halt treasury allotment of Panama canal bonds to national banks. A decision is expected next week not later than Friday after counsel request.
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Washington
George W. Austin
Secretary of the Treasury
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Panama Canal Costs Now Put Near Two Hundred Million
Washington reports that changed conditions since 1905 have caused the estimate for the Panama Canal to be considered far too low. The revised cost may reach about 200 million dollars, including administration sanitation and improvements in Panama and Colon. Refunds are expected for these incidental items.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Board of Consulting Engineers
Panama
Colon
Night Riders Deemed Criminals by State Equity Meeting
The Kentucky Night Riders in Henderson see the American Society of Equity pass resolutions labeling night riders as common criminals and enemies of the association. The resolutions reject Governor Wilson’s claim of no basis to the society’s actions and assert the right to send sober unarmed men by daylight to advocate for the society’s interests.
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Henderson
American Society of Equity
Wilson
Court reverses Schmitz and Ruef convictions in graft case
San Francisco district court of appeals overturns the extortion verdicts against former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz and Albert Ruef, ruling the indictments flawed and trials unfair. Ruef previously pleaded guilty to the same charge. the decision upends related indictments and bans immediate releases. Remaining bribery indictments against Ruef total 126 with bonds around 1.17 million, and Schmitz faces 40 charges requiring about 450 thousand in bonds.
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San Francisco
District Court of Apeals
Eugene E. Schmitz
San Fran
Tcisco
Mquor
Abraham Ruett
Schmitz
Ruef
Schmits
Board of Police Commissioners
Trian
Yef
Mental Healers Held Responsible for Death of Child
Kalamazoo Mich The coroner s jury at Plainwell found the two and a half year old Walter Neeley died of pleuro pneumonia and declared his mother negligent for not securing a physician or medical attendance The child was treated by two members of a sect of mental healers The verdict was delivered Thursday afternoon and involved the parents who lived in Sacramento California
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Plainwell
Walter Neeley
David N. Neeley
Sacramento
Cal
Hughes Boom Launches Hughes Candidacy in New York
Charles B. Hughes framed his Republican presidential bid at a Hughes dollar dinner in Terry Garden. A telegram from the governor backed party reform and honest, impartial administration to curb abuses and safeguard rights and opportunities for all.
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New York
Chas. BH. Hughes
Terry Garden
Republican Party
Strike breakers pour into Goldfield to man Mohawk mine
Eighty miners arrived by special train in Goldfield Nevada and were unloaded at Jumbo Town then sent to boarding houses or the Consolidated company. Fifty will work at the Mohawk mine. The men, all American, were recruited in Salt Lake City from Park City Utah employees. Most are said to be former Western Federation members who signed the agreement required by the Goldfield operators.
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Goldfield
Nev
Goldfeld
Jumbo Town
Consolidated Company
Mohawk
Salt Lake City
Park City
Uteh
Western Federation Uien
Goldfield Opera Ra
Union Men Denounce Sparks in Nevada Labor Meeting
About a thousand union men gathered Thursday night in Reno to denounce Governor Sparks. Resolutions supporting troop calls were introduced but rejected amid hisses. The group passed resolutions contending troops were unnecessary, unjustified, and aimed at cutting wages and striking at organized labor in Nevada.
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Reno
Nev
Sparks
Goldfield
Nevada
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