Portugal Crown Prince and King Killed in Lisbon Attack
In Lisbon a band fired on the royal carriage at Praça do Comércio wounding and killing King Carlos I and Crown Prince Luiz Philippe. Queen Amélie attempted to shield the prince as guards killed three attackers and captured others. Infant Manuel proclaimed king as Premier Franco remains in power.
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Lisbon
Carlos
Portugal
Luiz Philippe
Manuel
Amelie
Place Do Commercio
Rua Do Arsenal
Crown Prince
Villa Vicosa
Franco Hnd
Praco Do Commercio
Cordova
Royal
Paco Das Necessidades
Iron Trade Review: Little New Bar Iron Business Amid Price Drops
The Iron Trade Review notes price reductions did not spark broad orders besides tin plate. Opposing reductions are expected at New York meetings this week. Finishing mills show some activity while Central West pig iron manufacturers report a more harmonious mood in Cleveland.
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Bar Iron
Cleveland
Iron Trade Review
Iron and Steel
New York
Central West
Thaw Sentenced to Matteawan as Insanity Determination
The jury found Harry Kendall Thaw not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of Stanford White. He was declared a dangerous lunatic and committed to Matteawan State Hospital for the criminal insane after a 25 hour deliberation. He was transferred to the asylum to await lawful discharge.
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White
Reagan
New York
Stanford White
Harry Kendall Thaw
State Hospital
Matteawan
Nps
Thaw
Receiver for railroad charged with bond default
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad, led by Cincinnati resident Eugene Brexmerman, was placed in receivership after Knickerbocker Trust Co alleges default on coupons of 10.9 million dollars in outstanding bonds. The action seeks to resolve debts and protect bondholders amid financial distress on the line running through Detroit to Ironton.
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Company
Detroit
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Eugene Brexmerman
Cincinnati
Knickerbocker ‘Just Company of
New York
President Roosevelt Pledges Reform in Scathing Message
Washington reports President Roosevelt sent a sharp message to Congress condemning predatory wealth and urging justice for labor and capital. He seeks an employer liability law, government rights to recover for injuries, and stronger anti monopoly actions. He criticizes Standard Oil and Harriman and calls for expanded ICC powers and enforcement to curb abuses.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jerome Pleads Fairness In Thaw Case As Jury Deliberates
William Travers Jerome argues for justice in the Harry Kendall Thaw trial, praising fairness and calm analysis over vengeance. He recalls Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s story with changes since the first trial, condemns Stanford White, and portrays both men as degenerates fighting over a woman.
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Murcer
New York
William Travers Jerome
Harry Kendall Thaw
Jerome
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Harry Thaw
Massachusetts State Committee endorses Bryan for presidential nomination
The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee organized for the year and formed an executive committee to oversee the spring convention. A resolution endorsing William J. Bryan as the Democratic presidential candidate was offered but tabled by an almost unanimous vote amid sharp debate.
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Massachusetts State Committee
Boston
Democratic State Committee
William J. Bryan
Howe bill defeated in senate on tax value proposal
In Columbus the senate voted 15 ayes to 20 noes to defeat the Howe bill that would tax value franchises of public service corporations. All Republicans opposed, with Harper and Denman Democrats voting yes, Carter and Boehmer absent. The Rose county option bill was recommended by the temperance committee. A fire destroyed the steamers Fay and Planet in Cleveland harbor, the Pennsylvania freight depot, 20 freight cars, a large planing mill, and two small houses.
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Columbus
Senate
Harper
Denman
Carter
Boehemner
State Temperance Committed
Rose County
Fay
Planet
Pennsylvania
Lake Front
Cleveland
Aldrich bill amendments in early currency act debate
Washington reports that the urgent deficiency appropriation bill totals 24 174 460 with over 400 000 struck out. Key allocations include Treasury 4 682 381 District of Columbia 304 184 and naval establishment 1 611 790. Senate discusses Aldrich currency bill and emergency note issuance provisions with distribution safeguards and higher note limits.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Treasury Department
District of Columbia
Military
Naval Establishment
Department of the Interior
Department, of Commerce and Labor
United States Courts
Postal Service
Court of Claums
Senate
Aldrich
Bailey
Committee On Commerce
Boston
Secretary of the Treasury
Huge Chinese Steel Plant Aimed at Central China Railways
A massive steel plant will be built in Hankow by a company entirely owned by Chinese capitalists. The plant is designed mainly to supply steel for railway construction across Central and Northern China, signaling a major step for China’s industrial growth.
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China
New York
Hankow
Not Ready for State Prohibition Proposal Rejected
Lansing Michigan report notes a proposal for statewide prohibition was defeated in the Constitutional Convention by a 56 to 33 vote. The result leaves the state without a prohibition measure at this time and reflects opposition from convention members.
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Lansing
Mich
Pig Iron Production Totals Rise in United States and Canada
The American Iron & Steel Association reports 1907 US pig iron output of 25,781,361 tons, up from 1906. US furnaces in blast on December 1, 1907 numbered 167, down from 240 in 1906. Canada produced 581,146 tons in 1907, up from 541,957 in 1906.
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American Iron & Steel Association
United States
Canada
Twenty Killed In Persia Battle At Tabriz
Renewed clashes between Constitutionalists and Reactionaries erupt at Tabriz, with twenty reported dead. Elsewhere, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company reorganizing as receivers and creditors’ committee plans proceed with satisfaction to key parties.
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Persia
Teheran
Tabriz
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Alleged Young Women Trade Nobility For Dollars in Speech
Washington repels international marriages of American heiresses as snobbery and vice. Chicago representative Charles MacGavin denounces soiled nobility exchanged for Wall Street riches, urging tariffs to classify foreign titles. He ridicules the trend and compares royals to poultry. He laments the loss of American virtue amid weddings and bargains in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gladys M. Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szechenyi
Charles MacGavin
Chicago
Wall Street
New York
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Secret Rates Existed in Illinois Railroads Trial
Government cases against Standard Oil describe secret rate practices by Illinois lines including Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Chicago and North Western. Deputy Commissioner Durand testifies that Vice President Dodge admitted secret rates were sometimes used to keep rates hidden from other railroads.
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Standard Oil Company
Illinois Roads
Washington
Chicago & Tastarm Allinois
Illinois
Durand
Dodge
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Illinois Railroad
Mighty caribou herd crosses Yukon in historic migration
Nome Alaska reports the largest caribou herd ever seen in Alaska now crossing the Yukon river heading south to escape Arctic cold. The long migration has persisted for about 100 days with an estimated 100000 plus caribou moving into the lower Yukon mountains.
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Nome
Alaska
Yukon
Arctic
Yukon Territory
United States Steel Dividend Declared in New York
U S Steel announces quarterly dividends of 13 percent on preferred and 1 percent on common stock. Net earnings for the quarter end December 31 totaled 82,563,995, down 9,180,969, while unfilled orders stood at 4,624,563 tons, down 3,865,165. Annual earnings reached 160,984,477, up 4,366,202 from 1906.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Senate action on six by six committee for mine disaster probe
A joint resolution in Washington appoints a committee of six senators and six representatives to investigate recent U S mining disasters, with the budget capped at 75000 dollars. Separately, a Texas ranch reports the largest plow ever built used successfully, clearing seven feet of ground in one pass.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Texas
Law and blame over merchant marine in defense bill
In Washington the house debated the urgent deficiency appropriation bill focusing on a million dollar coal deficiency for the navy after moving the battleship fleet to the Pacific. Maine’s Littlefield pressed for an American merchant marine while Fitzgerald of New York and others blamed Republicans for the policy failures. Johnson of South Carolina questioned the Pacific fleet move and accused selling coal lands in the Philippines, while Tawney denied any responsibility for such purchases.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Littlefield
Maine
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Fitzgerald
New York
Sherley
Kentucky
Crumpacker
Indiana
Haukes Mr. Fitzgerald
Mr. Littlefield
Johnson
South Carolina
Philippines
Buncoed
West Virginia Mine Explosion Claims Nine Lives
An explosion near Hawks Nest in Fayette county at Boone Coal and Coke Co mine kills nine men with five more believed buried. Names include Grover Bowles and Lawrence Shares among the dead. one body found mangled in a tree. Inspectors to investigate as Monongah disaster probes continue.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Hawks Nest
Fayette County
Boone Coal and Coke Company
Grover Bowles
Lawrence Shares
Harry Wilson
Wilbur Wilson
Gradison Coles
Charles Workman
William Boffman
Warner
Boyd
Strangeler
Phillips
Monongah
Boone Brothers
New River Field
Chicago Fire Devastates Business District In $1 Million Loss
In a string of three fires, Chicago suffers over 1 million dollars in damage to Alfred Peats & Company wallpaper showrooms, adjacent Colby & Sons furniture, and rear firms Gage Brothers Theodore Ascher Edson & Company. Looting of the ship Woermann Inner Ascam Woermann follows Liberia wreck. Prohibition bill fails in South Carolina House, Senate also against prohibition. county local option proposed statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alfred Peats & Company
John A. Colby & Sons
Gage Brothers & Company
Theodore Ascher & Company
Edson, Keith & Company
South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
House of Representatives
Senate
Town Devastated by Fire in Twin Lakes Village
Albert Lea, Minn. Twin Lakes village nine miles southwest of here burned completely. Not a structure was left standing and the population of 209 becomes homeless.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Twin Lakes
Here
Littleton Pleads Insanity Defense in Thaw Case
Attorney Martin W. Littleton urged acquittal for Harry K Thaw on grounds of insanity amid skeptical claims by District Attorney Jerome. He argued the defense showed serious evidence of insanity, while criticizing prosecutors for sneers and insinuations and noting the burden lies on the state to prove sanity beyond doubt. He defended Evelyn Nesbit Thaw against attacks and denounced Jerome for praising a noted scoundrel.
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Littleton
New York
Martin W. Littleton
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Fritteburger
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Abraham Hummel
Rush to Enlist in Army In New York City
In New York on January 26, thousands are being turned away from army recruiting stations over the last two months as enlistment surges 300 percent over prior records. Officers say stations could accept twice as many if minor defects were overlooked, with many enlistees formerly cashiers clerks and mechanics.
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New York
United States Army
Expeditioners Driven Back by Natives in Kongo
The American expedition led by R Dorsey Mohun, former American Consular agent at Boma, was attacked by natives and forced to withdraw from the Kongo Free State. Aimed to pave the way for large American investment by Thomas Ryan Guggenheims and others in rubber mining and railroad concessions offered by Belgium.
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R. Dorsey Mohun
Belgium
Carriage Maker Kills Children in Chicago Family Tragedy
William H Muersch, a carriage maker at 419 Armitage Avenue, shot and killed his five year old daughter and fatally wounded two other young children. He confessed after arrest that he planned to kill a third daughter, 18, who was absent. He said the children were better off dead than under their mother's care, and referenced the mother cursing at them and calling the home hell. The 18-year-old daughter had left home three months earlier amid domestic trouble.
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Chicago
William H .Muersch
Armitage Avenue
Muetach
Harding
Famine in Lapland Forces Eating Dogs and Cats
Reported in Northern Lapland danger zones where starvation grips Velhelmina. Residents reportedly kill and consume dogs and cats as famine deepens amid harsh winter conditions.
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Lapps
Lapland
Velhelmina
Railroads post lower weekly earnings as January closes
Thirty railroads report a 7.89 percent dip in gross earnings for the third week of January. Columbia Railway and Tight Company directors declare a 144 percent dividend payable February 16. Denmark and Sweden cut official discount rates from 7 to 6 percent. Judge Grogsscup rules against reducing Standard Oil bond of 6 million dollars. U S treasury deficit for January near 7 million with a year ago surplus over 4 million. Deficit stems from revenue down 4 million and higher expenditures by 7 million.
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Columbia Railway and Tight Company
Denmark
Sweden
United States
Repentant Convict Confesses Long Crime Spree in Mission
Nolan J. Whiteside, during a religious service at the Minneapolis Charity mission, confessed to a lengthy string of crimes. He named a bold burglary four years prior at Madison, Wisconsin, and was placed in detective custody to be taken to Madison for further action.
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Minneapolis
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U. S. Steel Report
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Liberia
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