Revolution spreads in Rigarash confronts Lords over budget
London reports vigorous debate as Lord Rosebery denounces the budget and calls for reform of the House of Lords. He warns taxation without representation weakened Britain, urges policy to allow the budget to pass to test its impact, and advocates a referendum on constitutional changes amid fears of economic collapse and armament pressures.
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London
Lord Tuseberry
House of Commons
Ord Lamlowne
Lord Roseber
Lord Roseberry
House of Lords
United States
America
Lord Rosebery
Europe
Decision dissolves Standard Oil trust in decree effect
In St Paul, Frank Kellogg said a circuit court decree dissolving the Standard Oil Company as a trust would, if sustained by the Supreme Court, remove the company from existence. Kellogg rebutted Standard Oil counsel Mortimer Hurst, who claimed the decree orders stockholder distributions rather than dissolution.
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Mortimer F. Hurstt
Standard Oil Company
New York
Power sites withdrawn along Deschutes in Oregon
Secretary Ballinger withdraws about 3,262 acres along the Deschutes river in Oregon from all disposition. The action ties to a charge that granting rights of way to the Hill and Harriman railroads enabled a Deschutes canyon power plant. Disposition form to be decided by Congress.
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Washington
Tnterley Ballinger
Deschutes River
Oregon
Hill
Harriman
Deschutes Canyon
Ballinger
Tii
Taft Receives Gold Medal at Tudgon Multon Celebration
President Kaut received from the Tudgon Multon celebration commission four magnificent gold medals. One of eight medals to be presented to the governments that sent warships to the event. Mr. Taft is noted to have received a gold medal in Washington, in the presence of his cabinet.
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Washington, D. C
Kaut
Forty Nicaragua Citizens Shot Report From Zelaya Rule
A San Francisco dispatch says President Zelaya ordered the execution of forty Corinto residents who cheered news of a victory. The steamer City of Para arrived from Central American ports with the report, noting tensions as Corinto authorities report the killings while the City of Peru remained offshore and passengers did not disembark.
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Zelaya
San Francisco
Para
Corinto
Carlitao
Peru
Pressengers
Taft weighs coal trust reform for independent operators
President Taft considered an amendment to antitrust law aimed at curbing big coal combines and protecting small independent operators in the soft coal region. Delegation led by Glenn W. Troer urged action to prevent mines from falling to large corporations, citing safety and market fairness. The president offered no promise and suggested study, with possible commission inquiry.
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Washington
Taft
Serra
Oregon
Dalgell Wiper
Medeor
Pithsburg
Wes
Taylor
New York
Holmes
Geological Survey
More Customs Frauds Lift Arrests in New York
New York authorities arrest Thomas C. Giddings a customs weigher on an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the government in 1906 fig imports. Prosecution says he underweighed shipments, one recording 24 pounds instead of 40 000 and depriving duties on 8 700 pounds. The case marks the first of a series tied to Collector Loeb’s investigations. Ten more assistant weighers were dismissed from the customs service.
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New York
Thomas C. Giddings
Giddings
Grand Jury
Loeb
Customs Service
Grant Declares Support for Army Temperance Movement
General Frederick D. Grant, commander of the Great Lakes department with Chicago HQ, pledges cheerful aid to a proposed temperance movement in the army. He tells Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts he supports the plan to inaugurate a total abstinence association in the U S army and navy and regrets he cannot attend the December 12 meeting.
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Washington
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the Great Lakes
Chicago
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
En. Grant
Pr. Grafts
United States Army
Grant
Crafts
New Air Line Aims to Connect Pittsburg and New York
Surveys launched in the first week for the New York Pittsburg and Chicago Air Line to build a 871 mile route from Pittsburg, Pa east to New York via Rewtown. Joseph Ramsey, president of the Wabash, heads the new company with some right of way already purchased. Thanksgiving visit note from Wyalyn Neshit Thiow to husband at Marteawan asylum.
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Ramsey Line
Goyer Pittshure
New York, Pittsburg & Chicago Air Line
Pittsours
Rewtown
New York
Joseph Ramsey
Turner
The
Wabash
Wyalyn Neshit Thiow
Marteawan Asylum
New Market For Coal Norfolk Virginia Report
Fragmented OCR text discusses coal trade from Creat Biltwin to Norfolk with mentions of West Virginia and Argentina. Claims about pricing and export routes appear garbled but suggest a new market for coal involving West Virginia and Argentinian export through Norfolk.
British Liberals Fight to a Finish in Lords Stand
London budget debate sparks a constitutional clash as the Lords refuse the bill. Lord Portland warns Commons not to expect a way out, signaling a prolonged struggle. Lord Pentland calls mollifying the Lords, while Lloyd George’s government risks a constitutional battle that could handicap the country in war. Irish leaders denounce the compromise on land reform as amendments pass.
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London
Noewee
Jardsn
Lord Portland
Scotland
Noling
House of Commons
Lords
Lord Pentland
House of Lords
Tarl Russell
Lansdowne
Hill
John FE
Redmond
John Dillon
Mr. Burrill
Elct
Ireland
Spte
Bequest Improves to Five Million for Missions
In Harrisburg the laymen's missionary convention heard that John Stuart Kennedy's bequest to the Presbyterian board of foreign missions totals five million dollars rather than one million. Dr. A W Halsey announced that New York trustees confirmed the larger amount.
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Presbyterian
John Stuart Kennedy
Harrisburg
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
A. W. Halsey
Halsey
Chicago Buildings Dynamited Brings Black Hand Charge
In Danville Illinois a dynamite blast weighing about 25 pounds was set off under the fruit and wine house of Joseph Mascari, destroying five buildings and causing about 50 thousand dollars in damage. Gun cotton and fuse fragments were found two blocks away. Mascari accuses members of the Black Hand society.
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Chicago
Danville
Iil
Joseph Mascari
Mascari
Black Hand Society
Chile Rails at Hague Arbitration Bid
Chilean government repeats readiness to submit the Alsop claim to The Hague Tribunal for arbitration and has deposited $1,000,000 in London to the order of The Hague Permanent Court. It will demand a full examination of all details without restriction.
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Chile
Sanutiago
Alsop
Hague
Roosevelt Family Returns from Europe to New York
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and daughter Miss Ethel return from Europe aboard the Koenig Albert. They are met at the pier by Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, and Collector of the Port William Loeb Jr.
Ty Cobb Fined $100 After Cleveland Visit
Ty Cobb, outfielder for Detroit, fined $100 and costs for assaulting hotel night watchman George Stanfield during the Detroit team's last visit to Cleveland. The incident occurred in the hotel where Cobb stayed while in Cleveland.
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Ty Cobb
Cleveland
Detroit
George Stanfield
Aged Physician Dr Berkwith Dies in Cleveland
Dr D H Berkwith aged 85 longtime homeopathic physician in Ohio dies in Cleveland. He was dean of the Ohio Homeopaths and a leading figure in the state medical community.
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Cleveland
D. H. Berkwith
Ohio
Ohio Homeonpaths
Sunday revival pledge of 12200 at First Presbyterian Church
In Youngstown 4 persons miss a meeting as 12200 dollars are pledged for the Sunday revival led by Reverend Hilly, to begin at year end. Vespasian Warner, United States commissioner of pensions, submits his resignation to President Taft and receives acceptance.
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Youngstown
First Presbyterian Church
Hilly
Vespasian Warner
United States
Taft
Half of Town Burns in Warrenton Livery Stable Fire
A town blaze started in Ueadbuen's livery stable around toll tonight destroyed the west end of Warrenton. Dytit Mule helped stop the fire from spreading. appeals for aid went to Alexandria and Westinghouse. Fire contained shortly before midnight. about half the lawn area was destroyed.
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Warrenton
Ueadbuen
Pighe
Dytit
Tts
Alaxandria
Efsey
Five drown in Muskegon Lake wedding launch capsizes
Five persons perish when the Olga pleasure launch capsizes in Muskegon Lake on Thanksgiving after a gasoline explosion triggers a panic. The wedding party of nine included several Carlson family members among the dead: Oscar Carlson 28 Hulda Carlson 24 Anna Carlson 20 Jamie Carlson 18 and others.
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Muskegon
Mich
Muskegon Lake
Olga
Oscar Carlson
Hulda Carlson
Anna Carlson
Jamie Carlson
Anna Saunders
Arnest, Carlson
Anna Carstar
Arthur Pierson
Nels Nelson
Big Four railway adopts New York Central pension plan
The Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway employees will join the Central system pension benefits. At a Cincinnati meeting the Big Four directors approved applying the plan to the line. Officers were re-elected and Rush N. Harry named local treasurer, succeeding L. Warriner.
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New York
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Wilson Calls Meeting of Governors on January 18
Governor Augustus Willson of Kentucky as committee chair announced the second annual conference of governors to discuss natural resources would be held January 18, 1910, in Washington. He also arranged by telephone with Former Mayor Seth Low, president of the National Civic Association, to hold that group’s next meeting simultaneously with the governors.
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Frankfort
Augustus &. Willson
Kentucky
Washington
Seth Low
New York
National Civic Association
Low
Football costs twenty nine lives this season
New York reports that 29 players died in football across the country this fall, with two mortally injured in recent games and hundreds more injured. the 1908 season had 13 deaths, reflecting a sharp rise in fatalities and injuries nationwide.
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New York
Six Die In Collision Near Los Angeles
Six members of a family, a father mother and four children, were killed when a trolley line car struck their automobile near Latin station on the Los Angeles and Long Beach line. Mrs Jacobs and her family perished in the crash.
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Los Angeles
Cali
Long Beach
Jacobs
Latin Station
G A R Man Patrick F Hodge Civil War Captain Passes
Swissvale Pennsylvania resident and Civil War veteran Captain Patrick Francis Hodge aged 70 died at his home after a year of illness. Born in Blair County he lived in Swissvale 18 years and worked 26 years as a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger conductor between Pittsburg and Altoona. He enlisted in 1861, served as captain of Company A Fifty fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was twice wounded at Pocotaligo.
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Patrick Francis Hodge
Swissvale
Dickson Street
Sarah Furnace
Blair County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Altoona
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Pocotaligo
Banker Allen Given 10-Year Federal Prison Term
Madison Wis Phil Allen Jr former vice president of First National Bank of Mineral Point Wis appeared before Judge Sanborn in U S district court pleaded guilty to four of 26 counts in the indictment and was sentenced to 10 years in Fort Leavenworth Kan the maximum for any one count Allen was charged with embezzling 168000 from the Mineral Point bank.
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Allen
Madison
Wis
Phil Allen, Jr
First National Bank of Mineral
Colleges Lag 100 Years Behind In Business Training
Vice President James G. Cannon of Fourth National Bank of New York told the Massachusetts Teachers' Association that American colleges are a century behind in preparing students for business life. He cited a surprising lack of practical training to meet the needs of a business nation.
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Worcester
Mass
James G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank of New York
Massachusetts Teachers’ Association
Cannon
Five Miles of Canal Opened for Navigation
Washington reports five miles of the Sanaa canal opened to navigation from a 45 foot deep bay point to Balboa wharves. Steamships sail between San Francisco and Panama and the west coast ports of South America and Panama are using this canal segment daily.
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Washington
Sanaa Canal
Bay of
Panama
Balboa
San Francisco
South America
Cornell Aero club wins bid for new aeronautics course
Cornell University faculty approve a petition for a daily in aeronautics at Ithaca. The program, to be run in the Aero club, will be under Professor G. B. McDermott.
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Ithaca, N
Cornell University
Cornell Aero Club
G. BR. McDernmott
Oyster I's Wy Pts 200 Dollars From Oyster Mishap
Canton Ohio. A brewery engineer named M.rlvrson suffered a bizarre misadventure when attempting to swallow a raw oyster. He accidentally swallowed a five piece pearl valued at 200 dollars, which he recovered in dental work as a lucky accident.
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Canton
O. M. Rlvrson
British Lords Warn Aid For Revolutionists
A wireless dispatch from Biiefields Nicaragua reports General Cas morro's blockade holds. Greytown lacks provisions as Zelayan troops near capitulation. 200 deserters join Estrada’s forces. US recognition boosts support. volunteers from plantations offer service. Port Limon battles observed. two gunboats patrol Greytown. Des Moines notes American and foreign interests protected. Ulstein arrives with Mauser rifles and ammunition for the revolutionists.
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Hktrada
Port Limon
Bluefields
Washington, D. C
Nicaragua
Shipley
United States
Des Moines
Grey Town
Navy Department
Port Simon
Greytown
Rama
Knights of Columbus joint exemplification in Parkersburg
Wheeling Knights Parkersburg Wheeling Council No 504 conferred the second degree on about sixty candidates at a joint exemplification with Parkersburg and Marietta councils. A banquet for 300 followed at the Elks club with a large dance afterward. Visitors arrived from numerous points in Ohio and West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
Wheeling
Knights of Columbus
Marietta
Elks’ Club
Ohio
West Virginia
The Country's Grain Crop Estimate and Rail Freight
The United States grain crop this year may total 4.5 billion bushels. About half leaves the farm, supplying 2.25 billion bushels of corn wheat oats rye and barley to railroads. At peak season roughly 200 million dollars is tied to moving this crop.
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United States
Woman and Daughter Perish in West Virginia Shootout
In Williamson West Virginia a sheriff s posse shot and killed Mrs Charles Daniels and her 16 year old daughter at the doorway of their home near Devon Mingo county The killings followed a family feud between the Christians and Daniels on the Kentucky West Virginia border The officers claimed they fired to give the father and brothers time to escape
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Williamson
W. Va
Charles Daniels
Devon
Mingo County
Women to Work on Census in Nineteenth District
Akron-C. W. Wickline census supervisor for the nineteenth district covering Summit Trumbull Portage Ashtabula Geauga and Lake counties favors women enumerators for next year’s census. He has government permission to select by his own judgment and already has 300 applicants for 400 positions.
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Akron
C. W. Wickline
Summit
Trumbull
Portage
Ashtabula
Geauga
Lake Counties
Heavy Earthquake Shocks Salinas in 1906 Record
The heaviest quake since April 18 1906 rattled Salinas California on the 22nd. Buildings swayed and creaked for 14 seconds as residents rushed into the streets with no reported damage.
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Salinas
Cal
Fire Destroys Barge in Alpena Michigan
Fire destroyed a barge named Ir Lin near North Point in Alpena Michigan. The steam barn building and limestone cargo were consumed while nearby boats and safety crews evacuated. No injuries reported.
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Alpena
Mich
Ir ‘Lin
North Point
Wellman attacks Cook and favours Peary polar claim
Washington analysis by Walter Wellman favors Peary as precise and credible while denouncing Dr. Frederick Cook as an impostor. Wellman argues Cook could not have achieved the North Pole feat with his meager party and gear and questions his astronomical data and conduct before presenting records.
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Washington, D. C
Walter Woman
North Pole
Prederick A. Cook
Robert Peary
Peary
Dr. Cool
Wellman
Cook
Kansas congressman dies saving grandson in Butler blaze
Congressman David De Armond of Missouri's Sixth District died in a Butler house fire while trying to carry his 6-year-old grandson to safety. Their bodies were found together amid the flames with the grandson still in his arms, a heroic act confirmed by the tragedy.
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Kansas City
Congress David de Armond
Missouri
Butler
David A
Railroad raises fare to five cents across service area
Springfield reports the Chicago Peoria and St Louis railway fixing a five cent rate on its lines except where competitors exist. The company officials face an injunction from federal court barring state interference while a test case proceeds in the circuit court. They challenge the two cent law in federal court and plan to charge eight cents per mile until a ruling.
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Springfield
Pfhe
Chicago
Peoria
Feud Fatal to Three in Richmond Kentucky
Oscar Osborn and his wife were mortally wounded by gunfire on Main Street in Richmond. Robert Hendrik, Osborn’s companion, killed himself after learning of the tragedy. Mrs Osborn, separated from her husband, came to town from her country estate to do shopping.
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Richmond
Oscar Osborn
Osborne
Robert Hendrik
Osborn
Richmond double murder case ends in first degree verdict
Howard Little faced murder charges in Richmond Virginia for killing Mrs Betty Justis. George Meadows and his family were found guilty of first degree murder by a jury that deliberated overnight. Meadows was sentenced to electrocution in Richmond on January 7. The killings occurred at Hurley in Buchanan county and the victims' bodies were burned.
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Richmond
Howard Little
Betty Justis
George Meadows
Hurley
Buchanan County
Arctic expedition to Crockett land led by McMillan announced
To Exmore in North Freeport Maine an expedition to explore Crockett's land once marked by Commander Peary and a swift pole dash will begin next July Prof Donald B Mc Millan a Peary party member says he will abandon teaching at Worcester academy and devote his life to Arctic exploration
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Freeport
Crockett’s Land
Peary
Hig Dash
Pole
Donald B. McMillan
McMillan
Worcester Academy
Prospective Groom Killed by Train at Huntington
Clarence Ouhrs twenty from Galion county Ohio a concrete contractor was run over by a Chesapeake and Ohio train in Huntington and killed. He was to have been married next week.
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Huntington
Clarence Ouhrs
Galion County
Chesapeake & Ohio
Former Congressman Allen Dies Suddenly in Michigan
Captain Edward P. Allen, Democratic representative of Michigan's Second District from 1886 to 1890, died suddenly of apoplexy in Ppsilanti, Michigan. The longtime public servant was a military captain and prominent local figure.
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Ppsilanti
Mich
Edward P. Allen
Michigan
Old Mill Destroyed by Flames in Kentucky
The Old Mill at Hickman, Kentucky operated by G. B. Bond and the Richmond & Bond line was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $100,000, fully insured. The text also mentions invitees from the United States for a Great Britain conference and a passage about seals referred to Canada.
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Hickman
Richmond & Bond At Mill
G. B. Bond
Chittanooga
Tenn
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Five Burned to Death in Brooklyn Tenement Blaze
A tenement on Werkimer Street and Havens Lane in Brooklyn housed 11 Italian families when a fire trapped residents. Five people perished from burns while eight others were severely injured and hospitalized, authorities said.
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New York
Brooklyn
Werkimer Street
Havenslave
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