Roosevelt Face-Off Looms as House Weighs Censure
Washington notes detail a proposed five member special committee to address the president's critical message on Congress and secret service duties. President Roosevelt reportedly plans to counter with data on congressmen. House debate on the appropriations bill proceeds without general debate. Cuban pacification troops set sail to reach Washington by the inaugural parade, with dates staggered from January 2 to April 1 for various units.
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Washington
House
Perkins
New York
Congress
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Bingham
Pennsylvania
United States
Army of Cuban Pacification
Twenty Eighth Infantry
Signal Corps
Fifteenth Cavalry
Third Field Artillery
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Insurgents Move to Draft House Rules Changes
Washington December 12 The insurgents in the House plan a rule revision with Rep Hepburn Iowa named to chair a five member committee to draft amendments. The group met about eight and studied proposals past two hours while seeking to broaden its cross party appeal to join Democrats in changing the rules.
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Hepburn
Washington
House of Representatives
Republcan Representatives
Iowa
Presidu
Dias
Trv
Iit
Norris
Nebraska
Congress
Yale Class of 1878 to March in Inaugural Parade
The inaugural committee grants the right of the line in the civic organizations parade to Yale University Class of 1878 members, a group Taft belonged to. Gen J Franklin Bell names Gen John A Johnston chief of staff and adjutants general E M Weaver and S N Sturgis.
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Washington
Civic Organizations
Taft
Yale University
J. Franklin Bell
John A. Johnston
E. M. Weaver
Coast Artillery
Maj
S. N. Sturgis
General Staff
No Work Burglary Suicide Linked to Unemployment
Irvine Linehan, 22, hanged himself in his Harlem prison cell Friday night after arrest on burglary charges. A note he left claimed he exhausted every resource to find honest work and turned to burglary when begging seemed the only option.
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New York
Irvine Linehan
Harlem
Patan
Mrs Anna Schultz Acquitted in Husband Murder Case
Detroit, December 12. A jury found Mrs. Anna Schultz not guilty of being an accomplice in the murder of her husband John Kurka. Kurka, who confessed the crime, is serving a life term.
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Anna Schultz
Detroit
Mich
John Kurka
Schultz
Roosevelt and Taft Hold White House Conference
President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft met in a lengthy White House conference Friday night. They discussed ongoing and future administration issues with special emphasis on the Taft cabinet and related governance matters.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Washington
White House
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days Claim
An advertisement guarantees PAZO OINTMENT will cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Offered at 60 cents with promise of refund if not cured.
Brooklyn Woman Sues Over 1906 Balloon Flight Damages
Mary S. Roper of Brooklyn sues for 25000 in Ulster County supreme court claiming she was unintentionally raised by a guide rope during a fair balloon ascent in 1906. The incident occurred when a professional aeronaut Miss Maggie Daley was to perform and Roper was dangling from a rope for about a half mile before the balloon landed safely.
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Kingston
N. Y
Mary
Roper
Brooklyn
Ulster County Agricultural Society
Supreme Court
Maggie Daley
Miss Daley
Mrs. Roper
Five Die In Fanatic Battle In Kansas City
James Sharp known as Adam God led followers into a confrontation with police, leaving five dead. A bystander, A J Selsor, aged 72, died from a stray bullet after dying in a hospital.
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Kansas City
James Sharp
Adam God
Kansas
Sharp
A. J. Selsor
Selsor
Publisher Tarrier Sentenced for Mail Misuse
John A. Tarrier publisher of Town Topics in Columbus was sentenced by Federal Judge Sater to eight months in Washington county jail and fined $1000 for misusing the mails by distributing his weekly paper with tracks on local citizens.
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Columbus, O
John A. Tarrier
Town Topics
Sater
Washington County
Merchants Request Refund of G A R Encampment Fund
Merchants who subscribed to the G A R encampment fund at Ko komo request refund of the remaining treasury balance.
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Kokomo
Waterway bonds favored for 500 million issue
National Rivers and Harbors Congress unanimously backs government bonds to fund waterway projects. Resolution calls for 50 million in bonds during the current session, to be used only for approved river and harbor work, similar to Panama bonds. Fairbanks supportive. Cannon will refer the measure. Debate includes expanding engineer corps and creating a permanent waterway commission. The group seeks international cooperation and permanent headquarters with pledges from Texas and Louisiana officials.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Fairbanks
Cannon
Seaker Cannon
National Congress
Engineer Corps of the Army
United States Assistant Civil Engineers
Navigation Congress
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
American Congress
International Association of Navigation Congresses
Texas
Louisiana
Bernham
Bribe Allegations Hit National League Meeting
At the National League session in New York the league disclosed charges of attempted bribery aimed at umpires who officiated the 1908 pennant decider between New York and Chicago at the Polo Grounds. The league appointed a probe, with possible criminal prosecution hinted, and named specific individuals in one statement while another unnamed report cited strangers. None of the named persons were connected to organized baseball, per the league statement.
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New York
Chicago
Polo Grounds
Kle Gd
Jolmstone
League
Fatalities in Garage Fire Stuns Chicago Social Set
In Chicago on Friday night a garage fire killed a mother and her child and badly burned two others. Spectators from the city’s elite residential area watched as Florence Carr, wife of a chauffeur, leaped from a window with her young son. Arthur Meeker and Jr. W. Thorne rushed the victims to hospitals where the mother and child died soon after arrival.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Secor Cunningham
Stanley Field
Florence Carr
James K. Deering
Arthur Meeker
Jr. W. Thorne
Montgomery Ward & Co
Armed Nebraska man runs amok in Edgewater raid
Oscar S. Pomeroy claiming to be John the Baptist terrorized Edgewater New Jersey for about an hour. He robbed stores fired at a clan of pursuing citizens and was wounded then captured near the Palisades. He is held for Morris Plains asylum after treatment.
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Edgewater
N. J
John the Baptist
Oscar S. Pomeroy
Nebraska
Stamford
Conn
Morris Plains
Pomeroy
Walsh's Hotel
Palisades
Negroes Fight White Plague Congress to Meet in Tuskegee
In Tuskegee Alabama from December 14 to 19 a negro anti tuberculosis congress will be held under the joint auspices of Tuskegee Industrial Institute led by Booker T. Washington and the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Delegates from across the United States will discuss methods to reduce mortality from consumption in the black population.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Industrial Institute
Booker T. Washington
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States
Senator Hansbrough in Serious Condition in Minneapolis
Senator Hansbrough became ill in Minneapolis while traveling to Washington and has worsened. He was confined to his room at the Nicollet hotel and at noon Friday preparations were made to move him to Asbury hospital for treatment.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hansbrough
Washington
Nicollet Hotel
Asbury Hospital
Sioux chief Hump dies at Cherry Creek camp
Pierre S D December 12 Chief Hump the Sioux leader at Wounded Knee battle died at his camp in Cherry Creek Friday night.
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Pierre
S. D
Hump
Wounded Knee
Northwest
Cherry Creek
Murder of Young Woman Shocks Italian Quarter
The body of a young woman was found Friday night in East Eleventh Street apartment with throat cut from ear to ear. The crime occurred a week or more earlier and identity of the killer remained undetermined, causing panic in the Italian quarter.
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New York
East Eleventh Street
Forming Lumber Trust In North America
Duluth Minnesota December 12. Lumber interests led by Weyerhaeuser OBrien Cook of St Paul Duluth and Edward Hines of Chicago are forming a lumber trust to control nearly all North American pine. Secrecy is tight and deal details may be announced soon. The Duluth Virginia Rainy Lake railroad transfer is reported as the only outstanding issue.
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Duluth, Minn
Weyerhaeusers
O'Brien & Cook
St. Paul
Duluth
Edward Hines
Chicago
North America
Duluth, Virginia & Rainy Lake
Cortelyou May Head Union Trust Company
New York December reports state that George B. Cortelyou secretary of the treasury has been offered the presidency of the Union Trust Company the citys fourth largest trust firm officials have not officially confirmed the move Cortelyou is a leading national figure in public life and finance.
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Cortelyou
Trust Company
New York
Union Trust Company
George B. Cortelyou
the Treasury
Union
Allen County Votes to Keep Saloons by Net Margin
Allen County Ohio voted to keep saloons with a net margin of 66. Eighty saloons operate in the county.
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Allen County
Ohio
Columbus
Richmond School Board Converts Wing to Art Gallery
The Richmond school board votes to dedicate part of the new high school building as an art gallery. The plan preserves classrooms while creating a public exhibition area for student and community works.
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Richmond
Woigast Outfights Attell in Ten Rounds
Ad Woigast of Milwaukee outfought Abe Attell the featherweight champion before the Pacific Athletic club in Los Angeles. The ten round bout had no official decision permitted under the law.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ad Woigast
Milwaukee
Abe Attell
Pacific Athletic Club
Burglary Suspect Wounded by Indianapolis Merchant
W. H. Kerns, the burglar, was shot and probably fatally wounded by C. H. Schrader, a local Indianapolis merchant. The incident occurred during a suspected break in, and Schrader acted to stop the crime, with authorities investigating the confrontation.
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W. H. Kerns
C. H. Schrader
Indianapolis
Convicted Banker Pardoned by Ohio Governor
Columbus Ohio December 12 James R Lingafelter a Newark banker and savings association official serving a five year term in the penitentiary for forgery was pardoned Friday by Gov Harris He is believed to be suffering from cancer of the stomach
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Columbus, O
James R. Lingafelter
Newark Banker and Savings Association
Harris
Mother and Babe Die in Flames Fire at Havana Claims Two Lives
In Salina Kansas on December 12 a fire at a Havana home killed Mrs. Frank Himmelwright wife of a section foreman and her six month old child. The victims died when their residence burned Friday.
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Babe
Salina
Kan
Havana
Frank Himmelwright
Indiana University Restores Bathing Facilities After Two-Week Cutoff
Students at Indiana University resumed bathing as water service was restored after a two week outage. Water was turned on allowing full access to dormitory facilities and personal hygiene.
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Indiana University
Iron Bolt Buries in Newark Man’s Skull
An iron bolt weighing two pounds fell from a driving shaft near Rex Leather company in Newark striking Patrick Smith of 75 Chambers Street Newark. The bolt buried two inches into his skull but he remained conscious and walked to a trolley, then St James Hospital where skull fragments were removed and he was put to bed. He sat up the next day and spoke of slight pain and comfort aside from a sore head.
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New York
Patrick Smith
Chamners Street
Newark
N. J
St. James Hospital
Rex Leather Company
Smith
Milkmaid and Goat Tale
A milkmaid Mary approaches a goat and speaks no words. A mistaken gesture leads the goat to turn on her plan and ends with the goat becoming butter.
White fiends blamed for savage home invasion near Cartersville
Warrants issued for Bud Lanham Steve Heath and Tom Collier after a band reportedly entered J A Gibson home three miles from Cartersville Saturday night and committed violent acts including fatally shooting Mrs Gibson and assaulting Lizzie Hardy sixteen. Lanham and Collier jailed as Heath remains at large amid rising public agitation.
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J. A. Gibson
Cartersville
Mrs. Gibson
Lizzie Hardy
Gibson
Bud Lanham
Steve Heath
Tom Collier
Lanham
Collier
Heath
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