News of the Week in Epitope Wisconsin Highlights
Wheat clearings for the week ending Nov 28 total 116 297 bushels in the United States. The rivers and harbors committee drafts data for bill framing. Immigration fund deficits loom due to extraordinary expenditures by the immigration commission. Naval officers may not discuss Newport conference without presidential permission. Interior Department issues timber and stone act regulations setting minimum and appraised prices. lands sold at appraised value, not below 2 50 per acre.
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United States
House
Congress
Immigration Commission
Newport
Metcalf
Secretary of the Interior
Notable Mournful Roster of Deaths and a Patriotic Gallant
Obituary notices recount the passes of Frank L. Vance a Milwaukee businessman in Atlantic City Richard L Lindsay Washington correspondent of the Kansas City Star older Washington scribe Mrs Thomas Dunkerton of Black Hawk Iowa dies suddenly from neuralgia of the heart John Gardner Coolidge American minister to Nicaragua resigns Ward Burlingame longtime Washington dead letter chief dies George J Sittig mass heavyweight known as Jolly George the Fat Boy dies Mrs J C Wardell leper wife of Gen Wardell dies in Los Angeles Capt Nathan Roberts East Norwalk aged ninety five oldest automobilist rows four miles in Long Island Sound and hauls a bushel of blackfish
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Frank L. Vance
Milwaukee
Atlantic City
N. J
Richard Ll. Lindsay
Washington
The
Kansas City Star
Thomas Dunkerton
Blackhawk County
Iowa
John Gardner Coolidge
Nicaragua
Nathan Roberts
East Norwalk
Conn
Long Island Sound
Accidental Happenings Across U S Localities
A fire in Pueblo Colorado destroyed Hyde Paper company buildings and stock, injuring one fireman. Berlin Ontario saw two wings of St Jerome's Catholic Church burn, with a 40000 loss and students escaping in their night clothes. A dynamite blast damaged a Wheeling and Lake Erie lift bridge in Cleveland stopping traffic. In Kentucky near Central City, smoke in a coal mine forced 100 miners to escape via an air shaft. A Missouri Kansas Texas engine explosion at Parsons killed Frank Melville and E F Wilf. In Great Falls Montana rancher Robert Hunt died from accidental carbolic acid ingestion. In Crystal Falls Michigan a two year old girl died from a revolver accident after climbing to retrieve a loaded pistol. In Iowa near Waterloo Clyde Colvin shot Glen Danebeugh's right arm off while hunting.
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Pueblo
Colo
Hyde Paper Company
Berlin
Ont
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Flats
Cleveland
Central Coal and Iron Company
Central City
Roosevelt 10 The Lawmakers Roosevelts Reform Program
President outlines broad reforms to regulate interstate corporations and labor. He urges stronger federal control of railroads and communications, publicity for corporate actions, and swift action on workers compensation, eight hour day, and old age protection. He calls for forest conservation and inland waterways planning through a permanent commission.
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Congress
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
United States
President urges reforms across agencies and territories
The president calls for moving national parks to forest service control, expanding parcel post on rural routes, civil service hiring for the census, health bureau reforms, and reorganization of the printing office. He favors New Mexico and Arizona statehood, boosts Latin American trade, and supports naval and army modernization including a general staff and eight battleships.
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Forest Service
Agricultural Department
Interior Department
Army
Government Department of Com- Printing Office
Merce and Labor
Government Printing Office
Houses of Congress
War Homes Department
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
United States
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Philippines
Porto Rico
Porto
President Pushes Volunteer Army Plan in Special Message
Washington reports the president urged an emergency volunteer army to replace the current law. A draft bill was introduced in the Senate, approved by the War Department, aiming to rapidly mobilize up to two million troops or as few as fifty thousand if needed.
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Cuba
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Boston
Higgins
Connecticut
Judiciary
Littlefield
Martin
Parker
Committees
Cullom
Army
War Department
Assassin Kills Himself After Garcia Family Murders
In Trinidad Colorado on December 9 authorities report Maggie Garcia aged eighteen and Francisco Martinez found dead twenty miles west of the Garcia ranch in Las Animas county. Martinez, suspected of killing the Garcia family, appears to have shot Garcia then died by suicide. The Garcia family was found last Friday with heads split open by an axe.
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Trinidad, Colo
Maggie Garcia
Francisco Martinez
Garcia
Las Animas County
Martinez
San Francisco man Hyde sentenced for conspiracy to defraud
Frederick A. Hyde of San Francisco, recently convicted of conspiring to defraud the government of large tracts of land in Oregon and Washington, was sentenced to a 10,000 dollar fine and two years in the penitentiary. Josef H. Schneider of Tucson, an Hyde employee, was fined 1,600 dollars and jailed for one year and two months.
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Washington
Frederick A. Hyde
San Francisco
Oregon
District Criminal Court
Josef H. Schneider
Tucson
Ariz
Hyde
Boy Slayer Faces Trial in Minnesota Busy Session
Brainerd Minnesota district court opened with eight other criminal cases on the docket. Ralph Morey, eleven, is expected to stand trial for shooting and killing John Bushway Jr. on November 9. The session begins as one of the court’s busiest periods.
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Minn
Brainerd
Ralph Morey
John Bushway, Jr
Death Duel Across Tug River Near Lexington
Two men faced each other from opposite riverbanks in Kentucky and exchanged rifle fire. Samuel Carter was fatally wounded, Doc Mounts fled to the Kentucky side after the duel. Tensions followed over Carter’s wife.
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Lexington
Tug River
Kentucky
Doc Mounts
Samuel Carter
Carter
Mounts
Tug Antha Sinks After Collision With Ferry Maryland
The tug Antha of George M. Morrell Towing sank in the North River after a collision with the ferry Maryland. Two of the seven crew members are reported lost.
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New York
Anthacite
George M. Morrell Towing Company
Maryland
North River
Montana Official Presidential Vote Totals Released
Helena Mont December 9 The official Montana presidential vote count released shows Taft receives 32333 votes, Bryan 29826, Debs 5855, Chafin 827, Hisgen 443. The figures reflect yesterday's tally for the national election.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Taft
Bryan
Debs
Chafin
Hiszen
Two Bankers Indicted in Nevada Embezzlement Case
Reno Nevada December 5 E B Cushman former cashier of the defunct State Bank and Trust company and George H Taylor director of the State Bank were indicted on charges of embezzlement.
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Reno, Nev
E. B. Cushman
State Bank and Trust Company
George H. Taylor
State Bank
Three Perish in Hopper Under Cincinnati Bridge
Three men were found dead in an abandoned sheet iron shaving hopper beneath a Cincinnati bridge. They apparently suffocated after inhaling coal smoke fumes. Police report ongoing investigation into the deaths.
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Cincinnati
Roosevelt and Taft favor government bonds for public works
President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft publicly urged issuing government bonds to fund permanent public improvements for resource conservation. Taft chaired a Belasco theater meeting in Washington where Roosevelt spoke and both leaders endorsed expert plans for conserving national resources. Governors and notable figures attended and applauded.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Belasco Theater
White House
Gov. Chamberlain
Oregon
Democratic Party
Andrew Carnegie
J. J. Hill
John Mitchell
Moonshine Whisky Sold in Dry Georgia Auction
About 550 gallons of moonshine whisky were sold yesterday in a dry Georgia community drawn by the unusual sale. The government acted as seller and nearly 2,000 people bid on the seized liquor from illegal stills in the Georgia foothills, paying $2.50 to $3.35 per gallon.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Hobson Sues for Slander in U S Circuit Court
Congressman Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama files slander suit against Massachusetts Congressman John A. Kelcher. Case returnable Feb. 1, 1908 in U S circuit court seeks $20,000 damages for remarks made during the recent campaign.
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Hero
Merrimack
Bay State
Boston
United States Circuit Court
Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
John A. Kelcher
Massachusetts
Pine Bluff Flood Threat Recedes Detection of river encroachment abates danger
Pine Bluff Arkansas reports the river's retreat reduces flood danger as the eastern residential area stabilizes. Officials indicate the most serious phase of the current flood is passed with water receding more rapidly.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Mail clerks press Congress for travel expense pay
Winona Minnesota reports railway postal clerks will again seek government support for expenses incurred while on duty away from home. They are the sole government employees required to pay their own travel costs when away from their domicile.
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Congress
Winona
Minn
Markets Report Across Wheat and Cattle Prices
Markets from St. Paul to Chicago and Minneapolis show wheat prices around 1.08 to 1.12 per bushel for several grades. Corn ranges near 58 1 4 to 59 1 4 cents. Cattle, hogs, and sheep in Chicago and Sioux City sectors trade with varied averages, including beef cattle around 3.25 to 7.40 for Reeves, hogs 5.50 to 5.75, and lambs up to 6.00 per hundredweight, with regional differences in Dec 9 readings.
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St. Pauli
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Eight Night Riders Indicted in Reelfoot Case
Union City Tenn December 9 Eight indictments charging alleged night rider members of the Reelfoot Jake gang with murder in the first degree were returned by the grand jury late yesterday. All indicted men are under arrest.
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Night Riders
Union City
Tenn
Night Rider
Reelfoot Jake
Mid Western Manufacturers' Association Organized
Chicago Dec 9 The Mid Western Manufacturers association made up of representatives from manufacturers associations across ten states was organized yesterday to coordinate regional industrial interests.
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Chicago
Mid-Western Manufacturers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Associations
Smallpox Epidemic Threatens Morris Schools
Smallpox is epidemic in Morris Minnesota and may force closing of public schools. One family is quarantined for scarlet fever.
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Morris, Minn
Night Riders Indicted in Reelfoot Lake Outrage
Four indictments were returned and four arrests made in Union City Tennessee as part of the investigation into clashes by the night bands around Reelfoot Lake region.
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Union City
Tenn
Reelfoot Lake
Mad Father Kills Daughters in Massachusetts Town
In Wakefield Massachusetts Hiram L Badger suddenly killed his two daughters Florence fifteen and Catherine seven then shot at bystanders and fired into store windows A grocer’s clerk Fred Wheeler was wounded as Badger fled a crowd captured him and sent him to Cambridge jail in a padded cell Police attributed the violence to jealousy awaiting trial with Mrs Badger away from home during the tragedy
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Wakefield
Mass
Hiram L. Badger
Florence
Catherine
Badger
Main Street
Fred Wheeler
Cambridge
Millionaire Colonel’s Secret Divorce Trial Unfolds Behind Closed Doors
In Bismarck a court in Dawson district hears Col W P Tuttle and his wife in a highly sensitive divorce case. Tuttle claims cruel treatment while wife’s cross bill accuses him of serious wrongdoing. Proceedings are held behind barred doors due to unprintable details.
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Bismarck
N. D
Col
W. P. Tuttle
Chicago
Dawson
Taft Heads Red Cross Unanimously Re-Elected President
At the American National Red Cross annual meeting Taft was unanimously re-elected president. He personally presided over the session and will hold the Red Cross post when inaugurated next March, becoming the only U S president to lead a major national organization concurrently.
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Washington
Taft
United States
American National Red Cross Sociey
The
Red Cross
Michael O'Brien Charged With Forging $223.70 Check
Bemidji Minnesota December 8 Michael O'Brien is jailed in Beltrami County awaiting the next district court term in Bemidji for forging a 223.70 check March last year on Hindy Bros a logging firm employed by Walker and Akeley O'Brien had just been released from the penitentiary Saturday after a ten month sentence for passing a forged check and now faces trial in January.
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Bemidji, Minn
Michael O’brien
Hindy Bros
Walker & Akeley
Beltrami County
Bemidji
O’brien
Man Falls Into Coal Hopper Piled With Coal
Superior, Wis., December 9. August B. Schneider was smothered to death in a coal hopper at his work and was not found for some time. He apparently tumbled over the edge and was buried beneath three or more tons of coal, discovered after fellow workers missed him.
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Superior, Wis
B. Schneider
Locomotives Burned at Watersmeet Roundhouse Fire
Watersmeet fire damage on the Chicago and North Western line estimated at forty locomotives lost with a roundhouse blaze in Marquette district causing about 59000 dollars in losses. The engines left are described as scrap.
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Marquette, Mich
Watersmeet
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Boy Wounded by Brother in Winchester Rifle Play
Two Harbors Minn Dec 9 Orval Slacht nine years old of Cross River was brought to Budd hospital on the steamer Easton with bullet wounds in both legs below the thigh inflicted by his five year old brother who was playing with a .22 caliber Winchester rifle. The boy will live.
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Two Harbors
Minn
Orval Slacht
Cross River
Budd Hospital
Easton
Hoy
Itasca Sheriff Contest Recount Tightens Riley Lead
Recount in Itasca county sheriff race completed in Grand Rapids shows Riley gaining one vote to reach a fifty vote majority over Riddell. Riley plans to present evidence of alleged irregularities on Thursday.
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Duluth
Riddell-Riley
Itasca County
Grand Rapids
Minn
Riley
Riddell
Man Arrested in Worthington for Raising Check
Ed win Eberhardt is under arrest in Worthington Minnesota charged with raising a check from 1 to 25 dollars. The incident was reported December 8.
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Worthington, Minn
Edwin Eberhardt
Two Slain Three Hurt By Hunters In Iowa
Mason City Iowa reports two dead and three seriously injured this week from careless rabbit hunting. Most incidents involve rifle shootings.
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Mason City
Iowa
Captain Robert Hanna Dies in Doctor's Office
Captain Robert Hanna, U S A retired, died suddenly in the office of Dr. George E Brewer in New York yesterday on the eve of an examination by the physician.
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New York
Robert Hanna
George E. Brewer
Brewer
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