World Week in Review Highlights Major Political and Financia
John W. Kern announced his bid for United States Senate from Indiana. Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Cablis faced prison sentences for bank misapplication and false entries, Morse getting 15 years. Taft and family headed to Hot Springs for rest until Thanksgiving. Wilbur Wright honored by Aero Club of France. Harvard president Charles W. Eliot resigned effective May 19, 1909. Dowager empress of China celebrations marked by Amoy festivities with the American fleet present.
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John W. Kern
United States
Indiana
Charles W. Morse
New York
Atlanta
National Bank of North America
Alfred H. Cablis
Morse
Presid
William H. Taft
China
Amoy
Roosevelt answers cor respondents over religious beliefs
President Roosevelt replies to inquiries about Judge Talt’s religious convictions, sharply rebuking bigotry and religious intolerance. National Conservation of Resources commission invites governors or representatives to a second Washington meeting. December 8 cited.
Multiple Disasters and Legal Moves Dominate News
An express train derailed near Grigolles France killing ten and injuring many. A mine explosion near Benton IL entombed four shotters. Sherman filed campaign expense report in Albany showing 2800 dollars. Battleship fleet sails toward Philippines from Amoy. Steamer B M Whitney sunk in East River with cargo about 800000 dollars. Union Telephone Taxation receivership in Rock Island Davenport and Moline. A small steamer sinks near Amoy with 200 drowned. Costa Rican student Rubena Herrera saves Bliss Electric School from fire. Mulhall McConkey Nathanson sentenced at Leavenworth and Minneapolis for fraud. Roosevelt talk resurfaces for U.S. Senate. Taish Maru sinks with 150 dead. Methodist foreign missions budget set at 1 060000. NC student John Cooper dies after football injury. Fire kills two women and five children near Swan Lake. Nebraska university head Andrews resigns. Plauen earthquake shocks Germany. Arkansas City bank closed. Milwaukee bond suit begun. Boston park fund boosted by Parkman will. Mount McCulloch disappears near Unalaska. Mills reopen after half-time shutdowns. Riverside PA arrest ends in fatal shooting. North Dakota journalist Phil Short killed. Scranton NC hotel keeper murders family. Grand Trunk Pacific blast kills nine near Dryden. Orleans Braganza wedding in France. Pembroke Ontario fire destroys property. Jefferson City farmer shoots wife. self-harm. Sweden banker confesses embezzlement. Chicago deranged mother kills baby then self-harms. Moris Park glider crash injures youth. DC supreme court denies new trial motions in land grant fraud case.
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France
W. P. Bond
Benton
Sherman
Albany
Amoy
Philippines
B. M. Whitney
Metropolitan Steamship Inc
East River
Boston
Union Telephone & Telegraph Company
Rock Island
Moline
Davenport
American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Tungan
China
Rubena Herrera
Bliss Electric School
North
Takoma
Washington
James T. Mulhall
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Edgar McConkey
Felix Nathanson
Milton Purdy
Minneapolis
Nicollet Creamery Company
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Senate
Senator Platt
New York
General Committee of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Louis
John Cooper
University of North Carolina
Pear
Swan Lake
Man
E. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Plauen
Germany
Citizens
Farmers’ State
Bank of Arkansas City
Wester Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company
Milwaukee
Alexander Beaubien
Park System
George F. Parkman
Mount McCulloch
Bogaslov Island
Unalaska
Jesse Rice
Riverside
George Brown
Phil Short
North Dakota
Clayton Yeaking
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Ont
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Tariff Hearings Start as Payne Prepares
In Washington Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee arrived Sunday to ready hearings on tariffs. The session begins next Tuesday focusing on oils paints and chemicals with several applicants requesting to be heard on related interests.
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Washington
Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
Kern Believed to Run for U.S. Senate Seat
Indianapolis announces John W. Kern defeated Democratic vice presidential candidate will seek the United States Senate seat to replace James A. Memeneway. Indiana legislature stands Democratic on joint ballot by a 12 vote margin.
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Kern
Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
United States
James A. Memeneway
Indiana
Sherman Spends $2,800 Campaign Expense
Vice President elect Sherman filed a campaign expense report in Albany with the secretary of state. The total amount reported is $2,800.
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Sherman
Utica
Albany
Secretary of State
Long Trip with the Returns to Reach County Seat
Election officers from three precincts in northeastern Butte county including Lemmon traveled about 600 miles to Bede Fourche with returns, hoping county division had carried in the late election.
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Pierre
S. D
Butte County
Lemmon
Bede Fourche
Taft Enjoys Quiet Sunday at Hot Springs Cottage
President-elect Taft rests on a woods porch at Hot Springs Virginia recalling a taxing week. He says he slept well and already feels fatigue fading as the day stays peaceful with a red sun setting behind mountains and smoke from nearby forests. A few visitors called.
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Taft
Hot Springs
Jaziy
Mr. Talt
Missouri voting results hint Republican lower house edge
Complete returns from Missouri show Democrats winning several statewide offices while Republicans lead in others. Key figures include Graves 2865 for Supreme Court, Knott 1800 railroad commissioner, Gordon 603 state auditor, Cowgill 2000 treasurer, Gmelich 681 lieutenant governor, Swanger 191 secretary of state, Fulkerson 655 attorney general. The GOP likely gains State Board of Equalization and constitutional amendments fail.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Rush Lake
The
Supreme Court
W. W. Graves
John A. Knott
John P. Gordon
James Cowgill
Jacob F. Gmelich
John B. Swanger
Frank P. Fulkerson
State Board of Eanalization
Hearing on Tariff Revision Opens in Washington
The Ways and Means Committee begins its first tariff revision hearings in Washington Tuesday after recess work in Auburn New York led by Chairman Serena Payne. Hearings aim to finish before the Sixty first Congress convenes, with the revision slated for a later session in March. Taft outlined protectionist policy favoring tariffs to offset abroad production costs and higher wages, with a special session to be called by President Taft after inauguration to reaffirm tariff views.
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Washington
Committee On Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Congress
Auburn
N. Y
Serena Payne
Taft
Tait
Earthquake Shakes Plauen in Violent Morning Tremor
A powerful quake struck Plauen Germany at 4 40 am frightening residents into the streets. The event lasted minutes with sharp explosions and rumbling. Daily shocks have numbered sixty to seventy for a week, now less frequent but more violent.
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Plauen
Germany
William D Cornish Found Dead in New York Hotel
William D Cornish longtime Union Pacific Railroad official and director of several firms was found dead in his bed at the Auditorium Annex in New York City. Death is reported as due to heart disease.
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William D. Cornish
New York
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Auditorium Annex
Colorado Democrats Lead In Statewide Returns
Unofficial statewide returns show Bryan leading in Colorado by 5,577 votes and Shafroth, a Democrat, ahead of McDonald by 9,382 for governor. The results cover the entire state and are not expected to change materially.
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Denver
Colo
Bryan
Colorado
Shafroth
McDonald
Iowa Lines Up for Gannon and Cannon Support
Des Moines reports show most Iowa members of Congress backing Speaker Cannon for reelection. Captain Hull of the Seventh district and the oldest Iowa member is firmly for Cannon, along with Congressmen Kennedy.
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Iowa
Gannon
Des Moines
Towa
Congress
Cannon
Hull
Kennedy
Bryan for the Senate His Friends Are Pushing Him
Reported in Lincoln during discussions among Democrats and a Republican ally that Bryan will be pushed for the U S Senate. Friends say the coming Democratic administration could win a favorable legislature to elect Bryan, with supporters from both parties backing the plan.
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Lincoln
Bryan
Senate
Cabinet slate speculation heats up after election
Washington reports the usual post election talk on cabinet makeups. While no official grounds exist for naming individuals, Secretary Root is frequently mentioned as a possible continued head of the state department if he wishes to stay, reflecting Taft's high regard for his former cabinet ally.
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Washington
Mr. Taft
Root
State Department
Taft
Indiana Star Finalize Statewide Election Returns
The Indianapolis Star late totals show Thomas R. Marshall Democrat elected governor Frank J. Hall Democrat elected lieutenant governor and Walter J. Lobe Democrat elected attorney general. Republicans mostly swept the rest of the ticket while Taft holds a 10,000 vote plurality nationally.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Star
Thomas R. Marshall
Bovernor
Frank J. Hall
Walter J. Lobe
Star
Taft
Taft Plurality in Kansas with Early County Totals
With eleven counties counted, Taft leads Kansas by 34 231 votes. Reports from eighty three counties place Walter B. Stubbs Republican governor candidate ahead by 27 400 votes. Legislative districts show a Republican majority in joint session by seventy eight votes.
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Taft
Kansas
Topeka
Walter B. Stubbs
Carmack shot and killed in Nashville street duel
Former United States senator Edward Carmack was shot and killed in a street duel with young attorney Robin Cooper in Nashville. Cooper was wounded in the shoulder and is under police care. Colonel Cooper, his father, was present but did not fire. The dispute stemmed from Carmack editorials criticizing the Cooper family and alleged Democratic machine methods.
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Tenn
Edward Carmack
United States
Tennessee
Robin Cooper
Young Cooper
Carmack
Duncan B. Cooper
Tennessean
Colonel Cooper
Democratic Machine
South
Mr. Carmack
Seventh Avenue
Taft Faith Declared Private by Roosevelt Letter
President Roosevelt writes that Secretary Taft's religious faith is a private matter not for political discrimination. The letter, prepared before the election, addresses multiple correspondents and was made public.
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Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
J. C. Martin
Dayton
Windup of the Campaign in Omaha
Victor Rosewater returned Sunday morning from Chicago where he spent most of the last three months directing western publicity for the national Republican campaign. He awaited National Chairman Hitchcock's arrival in Chicago on Saturday to close the campaign headquarters.
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Omaha
Victor Rosewater
Chicago
Hitchcock
Campalen
Taft Landslide Helped Hughes in Governor Race
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall explained the Taft landslide as aiding Hughes, noting Democrats failed to win the governor contest. He said the election is over and Democrats will focus on the city election.
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Taft
New York
Hughes
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Mr. Murphy
Gompers Heads to Denver for AFL Convention
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, departed for Denver where the AFL convention opens on November 40. The report notes prior attacks on alm for his stance in the recent presidential campaign.
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Washington
Henay
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Pat Crowe Arrest Reported After Saloon Shooting
Chicago officers allege Pat Grawe formerly of Omaha fired into a saloon mirror causing a riot call. Three shots were fired at him before Crewe was captured.
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Chicago
Pat Grawe
Omaha
Crowe
Crewe
Judge Tatt Heads to Hot Springs for Quiet Rest
Judge Tatt left Friday for Hot Springs Virginia for a fortnight of unbroken quiet. There will be no political conferences or cabinet appointment discussions. Some southern point will also be the Tatts residence between now and inauguration.
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Cincinnati
Judge Tatt
Hot Springs
Tatts
Fifteen Years for Morse in Atlanta Federal Prison
Charles W. Morse was sentenced Friday to fifteen years in the federal prison at Atlanta for misapplication of funds of the National Bank of North America and making false entries in the bank books. Alfred H. Curtis received a suspended sentence and was released.
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New York
Tombs
Charles W. Morse
Fedral
Atlanta
National Bank of North America
Alfred H. Curtis
Morse
Governor weighs special session on statewide prohibition
Governor Sheldon considers calling a special session to decide a county option bill. He has telegrammed legislators seeking their position and reports say a majority of the legislature is pledged in favor, including defeated Democrats who have replied.
Double Tragedy in Wichita Kansas
Oscar Huber shot and killed his wife then wounded his mother in Wichita before turning the revolver on himself and committing suicide. Police reported the fatal sequence occurred Monday evening in the Turner residence as investigators sorted through the aftermath.
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Wichita, Kan
Oscar Huber
Indaw
M. A. Turner
Post Office Official Shot in Street Death and Suicide
New York Postmaster Edward M. Morgan was shot as he left his home on 146th Street by Eric H. B. Mackay, a stenographer at a downtown law firm, who then killed himself. The bullet entered the abdomen, exited the left side, with no internal bleeding. Morgan likely to recover.
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New York
Edward M. Morgan
I. One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street
Eric H. B. Mackay
Mr. Morgan
Labor Legislation Dinner At White House Set
President Roosevelt issues invitations for a notable labor legislation dinner at the White House on Tuesday November 17. Guests include national labor organization chiefs and several judges and executive officials, though key AFL leaders Gompers Morrison OConnell and Lennon are not invited. Labor legislation will be discussed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
National Labor Organization
Morrison
O’connell
Lennon
American Federation of Labor
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