Dutch Capture Venezuelan Vessel Sparks Reinforcements
The Gelderland seized the Alix off Puerto Cabello with Dutch crew aboard and towed her away. Dutch warships, including Van Heemskerk and Friesland, patrol Curacao waters to deter Venezuelan forces, with Curacao's governor calling the act a reprisal, not a war declaration. Further captures expected as ships roam offshore La Guaira.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tol-land
Gelderland
Bat
Curacao
Castro
Holland
Daces van Heemskerk
Friesland
la Guatra
Pat Crowe Evangelist Debut in Evanston Reform Talk
Chicago evangelist Pat Crowe once linked to Eddie Cudahy kidnapping addressed Evanston audiences under the W C T U Prison Reform League urging reform to halt crime production in reform schools and penitentiaries He quipped about his baby’s noise interrupting the talk. Secretary Metcalf’s naval report highlights the battleship fleet voyage and urges building four battleships cruisers destroyers submarines and support ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pat Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Evanston
Metcalf
Navy
Te- Partment
Gunnat
Congress
Eri
Perla Plans Training Ties With Japan Military Study
General Pisanart of the Ministry of Defense announces annual dispatches of officers and native troops to Japan and the training of French officers who know English for two years to support the Japanese army’s organization and Western-method influence on the Island Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacand
Perla
Pisanart
Jaws
Japan
Railroad Orders and Car Contracts Reported
Railroads placed large orders for freight and box cars. The Vir-Binta Railway and Marriman firms contracted with major manufacturers for thousands of cars with steel underframes. Total equipment cost is about 4.5 million dollars. Submarine and related orders were approved by Congress, with deliveries slated from various builders and yards, including a New York shipbuilding company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ntvel
Vir- Binta
Marriman Finns
American Car and Foundry Company
Pittsbury & Latarie Ratront
American Laceqapoliye
Pasaiger
Ace
Vast Tobacco Pool Formed In Kentucky Region
The Tinion Tobacco Society was organized to protect growers from minimum price and from the maximum sale price. It represents Kentucky Indiana Ohio Tennessee and Wisconsin with assets around 30 million. A board of directors will sell pooled tobacco. Founding officers include President M. O. Hughes and Secretary J. J. Duss, with local associations joining from Henderson Bowling Green Green River area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tovnsque
Tinion Tobacco Society
Kentucky
Lidiana
Ohio
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Burley Tobacco Society
Henderson
Bramming District Association
Bowling Green
Green River Tobacco Association
Presiden
M. O. Hughes
J. J. Duss
Greenville
World Powder Trust Evidence at Western Hearing
A document presented at a Western hearing shows a worldwide powder trust agreement among U S and European firms. Signed in 1897 for ten years, it imposed a 60000 penalty for breaches and listed Du Pont, Austin Powder, and about 100 other powder firms in the United States and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleveland
Bearope Ag
Europe
United States
New York Debt Soars Toward One Billion Dollars
New York owes 672 million dollars, about 10 percent of taxable real estate, with only 48 million left for further borrowing. Former deputy controller Edgar Lovey pegs the indebtedness at 800 million, warning it could reach a billion with contract liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herman W. Metz
Edgar J. Lovey
Yontroler
Bonds for Ohio River locks plan opens congressional session
Washington delegates propose 63 million dollars in bonds to fund 54 locks on the Ohio River to establish 150 mile navigation from Pittsburgh to Cairo. In Spokane a reward of 6000 dollars is offered for three bandits who halted Great Northern train No. 4 Illyard. Authorities trace suspects to Spokane with a dragnet statewide. The robbery netted about 16 thousand six hundred dollars. post office officials decline confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Ennsylvania
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cairo
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern Company
United States
Greatorthern
Illyard
Seattle
Retired List Announces Navy Flag Changes
Washington reports the retirement of Read Admiral J H Pillsbury from the bureau of navigation and Rear Admiral W H Emory who relinquished command of the Atlantic fleet's second division. Pillsbury to remain in charge of navigation until end of the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. H. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Adiral
W. H. Emory
Ilsbury
Tll
Four men to be tried next week for keeping gambling houses
New Castle reports Timothy Mitchell and Clarke were arrested on gambling charges after a grand jury indicted four men for operating gambling houses. Authorities say they are determined to shut down long-standing vice in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Timothy Mitchell
Red ‘Clarke
Grand Jury
Mitchell
Pall
Clarke
President Roosevelt to Welcome Fleet at Taxapton Roads
President Roosevelt will greet the returning battleship on February 22 as it arrives at Taxapton Roads after a worldwide cruise. Details of the voyage and pricing or arrangements are being worked out by the Navy Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Tleete
Taxapton Roads
Te World
Navy Department
Winter Wheat Shortage Report Says Lower Yields
The Agricultural Department report notes winter wheat condition at 84.1 percent, about 7 percent below the ten year average, despite area sown increasing by 1.6 percent. The outlook suggests tighter supplies and price pressure for the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Senate committee debates Latin America treaty terms
A Senate committee debated relations with Latin American nations, weighing treaties with Cita and Por jiu and considering authorization for actions with Araxi, Susmay, and Choweliris, amid broader discussions on alignment and regional strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Cita
Araxi
Susmay
President faces rebuke over secret service remarks
Washington reports indicate Congress debates a rebuke to President Roosevelt over statements on the secret service. Senate plans a possible inquiry via the appropriations committee, while the House signals restraint and delays any immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Ing
Washington
Congress
PRS
Secret Service
da Holding & Firebrand
Moston Uta
Rouse
Pemute
Roosevelt
Rosevelt
Democratc
Committee On Appropriations
Congress approves five member committee on Dressage reference
The House unanimously adopts a resolution to appoint a five member committee to study the President s reference to the Secret Service in the Dressage matter and to suggest appropriate congressional action. The measure, introduced by Representative Perkins of New York, cites the President s statements as potentially affecting Congress use and self-respect. Members from New York Michigan Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri express concern and support the inquiry.
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House
Secret Service
Hany
Representative Perkins
New York
Perkins
Congress
Messrs. Perkins
Denby
Michigan
Weeks
Massachusetts
Williams
Mississippi
Lloyd
Missouri
Lha
New Counterfeit Five Dollar Silver Certificate Found
Secret Service officials report a dangerous counterfeit five dollar silver certificate. The note uses genuine paper bleached from a smaller denomination, likely a three one bill. Colors and back design mimic the real note with altered silk fibers and a blue green back to deceive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
King Ween
Secret Service
License gaps in England and Wales parishes study
Charley Roberts MP highlights Home Office data from rural districts showing 4909 of 14 985 civil parishes in England and Wales lack licenses. In Lincolnshire 45 percent have no license, illustrating widespread licensing gaps across counties and districts.
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England
Wales
Charley Roberts
Hla
Home Office
Ugland and Wiles
Lincolnshire
Ruef Found Guilty in San Francisco Bribery Trial
Abraham Ruef former political boss of San Francisco was convicted of bribery after a 24 hour jury deliberation. The long trial, ongoing for 106 days, ended abruptly with the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Fire destroys seven story Western Union storehouse in New York
A seven story building at 164 Wranklin street used by Western Union Telegraph Company as a storehouse burned down causing a loss of 150000 dollars. The fire disrupted telegraph facilities. National Sugar Refining Company declares a 14 percent quarterly dividend on preferred stock payable January 2.
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New York
Wranklin Street
Western Union Telegraph Company
National Sugar Refining Company
Demand for Larger Army and Expanded Public Works
Washington reports a proposed 52 million dollar rise in the War Department budget for the next fiscal year, largely for river and harbor public works and added army support. The plan calls for 612 new officers and aims to raise total strength to about 72,000 with nationwide militia to reach 350,000, forming a first army of 400,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Secretary of War
Gall
Bsecretary
Wright
Hes Canis
United States
Philippines
Cuba
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Great Businsse Merger New York Announcement
Announcement of liquidation of Phelps, Dodge & Co and creation of Phelps, Dodge & Co Incorporated with 50 million capital. The new firm will absorb all mining properties and metal selling operations, effectively merging Copper Queen Consolidated, Montezuma Copper, Detroit Copper Mining, and Stag Canon Fuel with other old firm interests.
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Great Businsse
New York
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Phelps, Dodge & Co., Incorporated
Ita Metal
Copper Queen Consolidated
Phelps-Dodge
Montezuma Copper Company
Detroit Copper Mining Company
Stag Canon Fuel Company
Seven Shot Three Killed in Saloon Incident on De Soto Street
After a brief argument with a crowd of negroes at a billiards game in a De Soto street saloon near Berle, shortly after midnight, William Latura a white saloonkeeper, shot and killed three negroes and wounded four others including a mortally wounded woman.
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Desoto Street
Berle
William Latura
Davis Declared Not Guilty In Omaha Murder Case
After thirteen hours of deliberation the jury found Charles T. Davis not guilty of murdering Dr. Frederick T. Austin on September 2. Judge Sears ordered the prisoner discharged two hours after the verdict.
Washington General Worthington Stricken in House
General Henry G Worthington former Nevada congressman and Lincoln pallbearer was stricken with apoplexy on the House floor shortly after noon and is reported in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Washington
Henry G Worthington
Congress
Nevada
Abraham Lincoln
Collision Injures Dozens on Seattle Trolley Line
In a dense fog on the University line two heavily loaded trolley cars crashed head on. Gus Q]sen, motorman, was fatally injured and about 30 others were seriously hurt as the front ends were smashed to splinters and crews and passengers were buried in debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Gus Q]sen
University Line
California Fruit Shipments Rise Over 1907
San Francisco figures from the Southern Pacific Railroad show California fruit growers shipped 12,017 carloads of fruit out of the state in the just closed season, an increase of nearly 106 percent over the 1907 shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
California
Receivers Discharged for West Inghousa Electrics Firm
Judge Cross of the U S circuit court discharged three ancillary receivers of the West Inghousa Electrics Manufacturing Company in New Jersey, after the Pittsburg receivers were discharged recently. Similar action was taken in Chicago by Judge Kohbisant.
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New York
Cross
United States Circuit Court
West Inghousa Electrics& Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
Pittsburg
Chicago
Kohbisant
Campaign to elect Bryan for Minnesota University president
The University Press club at Minneapolis launches a campaign to back W. J. Bryan for university president if Cyrus Northrop resigns. The resolution is signed by all club members. In Claringda Iowa twins George and Henry Dyke, both 70, died in a small shanty near Heplyrn, eight miles north of the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Minneapolis
Claringda
Iowa
George and
Henry Dyke
Heplyirn
Offer From Bulgaria to Pay Turkey for Independence
A disrupted report states Bulgaria is willing to pay Turkey 16 500 000 in damages for independence. The note mentions tensions over purchases and alleged devastations tied to Bulparian conditionals and a German company. No formal agreement is described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Sotia—niligarcy
Mirkey
Didepumtenas
Steel car works then to trust largest concern of kind
The United States Steel Corporation arranged deals to form a vast steel car group. The Standard Steel Car Company with plants at Butler New Castle Pa Hammond Ind and the Pressed Steel Car Company with Northside McKees Rocks plants were taken over, creating the world’s largest car wheel and steel car producers. The consolidation includes the Western Steel Car and Foundry Company and the Canadian car wheel and other units, forming a giant steel car trust to control iron and steel manufacture from ore to finished products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
New York City
Standard Steel Car Company
Butler
New Castle Wii
Hammond
Ind
Vressed
Contioniny
McKees Rocks
Lower Northside
Pittsburg
Rig Corporation
Steel Corporation
Pressed Steel Car Company
Northside
Western Steel Car and Foundry Company
Pressed Steal Car Company
Gary Denies Purchase of Steel Plants
Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel denies plans to acquire Standard Steel Car and Pressed Steel Car. William Bierman secretary of Standard Steel Car calls the claim false and officials of Pressed Steel Car in Pittsburgh also deny the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard and Bressed Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
William Bierman
Standard Steel Car Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Nobel Prizes Awarded by Stockholm King Gustave
King Gustave distributed the Nobel prizes in Stockholm after the official announcement. Recipients included Prof. Rudolph Buchen of Jena University, Prof. Gabriel Lippmann of the University of Paris, Prof. Ernest Rutherford of Manchester, Dr. Paul Ehrlich of Berlin, and Prof. Metchnikoff of Paris. Each prize totaled 338,565.
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Stockholm
Gustave
Rudolph Buchen
Iena University
Gabriel Lippman
University of Paris
Ernest Rutherford
Manchester
England
Paul Dwhrlish
Berlin
Metchnikoff
Paris
Age Limit for Professors at Minnesota University
Minneapolis Minn sixty five years was the age limit set for members at the University of Minnesota faculty at a board of regents meeting. All faculty members now 60 or older will be severed from active connection at end of the current college year. At least six professors have attained the age of 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Board of Regents
Feud Renewed in Breathitt County Kentucky
Breathing county feud erupts as five or six men ride to ex sheriff Ed Callahan home and open fire. Callahan fires back wounding Hand Shastian and killing a rider named Winicu Deaton during the clash.
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Breathitt County
Lexington
Callahan
Leutenant
James Hargis
Hand Shastian
Nile
Wiinu Deaton
Four more Marianna dead in Pennsylvanian coal mine disaster
In Washington county Pennsylvania seven additional mare corpses are reported at the Pillsbury Buffalo Coal Company Agnes No. 2 shaft awaiting removal from debris after an explosion on November 28. The incident adds to a prior toll of mares lost in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agnes No. 2
Pillsbury Buffalo Coal Company
Maritana Sumlesy
Albany man leaves funds for perpetual prayers
The will allocates 4000 dollars to Bishop T M A Burke for daily masses to honor Peter Cagger of Albany. A prayer named the Elizabethan is to be said forever for his soul, with the custom tied to his mother’s memory. The provision was deemed valid by the Court of Appeals after a prior probate dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Louisville plans Negro college near Orell
Louisville officers consider land near Orell in Jefferson County fourteen miles from Louisville to establish a negro school modeled after Tuskegee and Hampton. The college would replace Berea for black students, spurred by the supreme court ruling upholding segregation. Trustees Berea and donors Carnegie and Mrs Sage expected to fund the venture.
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Louisville
Orell
Jefferson County
Tuskegee
Hampton
Berea College
Supreme Court
Berea
Andrew Carnegie
Russell Sage
Vaccination Backed For Army Typhoid Defense
In Washington DC a special medical board appointed by the War Department announced it is convinced of the usefulness and harmlessness of antityphoid vaccination. The board adopted a recommendation to introduce voluntary vaccination in the army as a practical measure to reduce typhoid fever.
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Washington, D. C
Special Medical Board
War Department
Uncle Sam Finances Show Reversal in 1908 Losses
The 1908 US Treasury report by Secretary Cortelyou shows a shift from 1907 where receipts exceeded disbursements by 84 million. In 1908 disbursements exceeded receipts by 58.07 million due to depression and higher appropriations, though starting cash balance was 272.06 million. Panama records opened and Hobson sues Kellner for slander seeking 20 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bank cashier confesses theft of 120000 in Sonoma county
Rowland, cashier of the Bank of Healdsburg in Sonoma county, admits taking 120000 for stock speculation. The bank's paid in capital is 200000 with a 72000 reserve. Rowland is a town council member and churchman, linking to local affairs. The report notes the bank's financials and Rowland's role.
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San Francisco—B
Rowland
Bank of Healdsburg
Sonoma County
Rowlands Ia
Over Five Hundred Men Drowned at Sea Off Halifax
In Halifax Nova Scotia authorities report more than 600 sailors lost lives off the upper north Atlantic coast after a storm of unprecedented severity. The disaster may have claimed additional unnamed victims as the seas remained turbulent and numbers grow uncertain.
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Halifax
North Atlantic
Bea
Dividend Declared by Chicago Rockshud and Pielfie
A local firm announced a dividend payment of To per een to Shudters of Record Deemer 18, marking a mid year payout and reflecting last year’s financial performance. The company, tied to the Chicago area, indicated the action would be finalized on the specified record date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rockshud & Pielfie Ratt Wily Company
Payidete
Sithia
Retail and trade show mixed results in year end demand
Finance and Trade Review notes weaker Christmas shopping in many areas, with warmer activity in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest, while wholesale and jobbing slow as inventories rise. Pig iron output rises for November, building activity remains firm, and U S business failures reach 298 for the week ending December 1, with Canada at 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fregrtar Wholesale
Linns
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
United States
Canada
Comet Prayers and Vintages Echo Historic Beliefs
Markets in Pittsburg recall old views of Halley's Comet as a portent. In medieval times Christians prayed Deliver us from the devil the Turk and the comet. By the 19th century comets were linked to vegetation and wine vintages, with 1811 and 1858 vintages sold as comet wines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halley
Constantinople
Ave Maria
Boston Transcript
Buttoning Errors in Dress Fastenings
A brief note suggests sewing buttons on the wrong slide of the upper piece to allow buttons to fasten the right way and prevent the dress from catching the wearer. The remedy aims to reduce discomfort and annoyance for young girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastua
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Pat Crowe, Evangelist
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Wittheut Ceci & Sons Establiahies
Otte Loche Bake Pbaepuda
Newpick Newshipbuilding Compcey
New Society
World Powder Trust
America
Bebt
Dignity OF Congress
Ruef
Tovetafore
Walt Thie Willidisiwatl
War Secretary
Telegraphig Sriefs
Bulgaria
Kome
Chg
I Geriian Vonpany
Steel Car Works
TRUST
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Ganard
Marianna
Albany
Church
Army Special Medical Board
Uncle Sam
Panama
Beveridge
Harry Heisenberg
Indianapolis
Isthmus of
Commercial Club of
Heisenberg
Canal
Hobson
Boston
Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
John A. Kellner
Joseph A. Conry
Kansas City
A. O. Dalbow
Lola Pratt
Pierre
Hump
Wounded Knee
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Cherry Creal
Richmond
Morence Maybrick
Baroness von Raque
Chancery Court
Bradeteers
Pittscurg
Timothy
Toy Boo Dairy Products
Elgin Creamery Az Chig Creamery
Onin
Ney
York
Now
Tees
Uw Pia Poultry
Baltimore
Onia Creamery
Philadelphia
State
Pennsylvania
Union Stock Yards
Oattla Uxtra
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