Navigation Chief Questions Anarchist Plot Claim
Rear Admiral John H. Pillsbury, head of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation, expressed disbelief at reports of an anarchist plot in Rio de Janeiro. He called the claim preposterous and compared it to Paris rumors about attacks on the battleships Connecticut and Missouri.
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Washington
John H. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Rio Janeiro
Pillsbury
Paris
Connecticut
Missouri
Anarchist Plot in Rio Targets American Fleet
Rio Janeiro reports an anarchist conspiracy aimed at damaging ships in the American fleet lying in the harbor. Chief conspirator Jean Fedher, based in Petropolis, is believed fled toward Sao Paulo, with police coordinating with Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais to prevent any attack. Paris observers debate the Rio tale as sensational or myth with many skeptical.
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Rio Janeiro
Olice
Petropolis
Sao Paulo
Ninas Geraes
Jean Fedher
Fedher
Haveen
Associated Press
Erbcan
Rio de Janeiro
Washington
Paris
Germany
Ninan Geraes
Conpiracy
Fedder
United States
Conection
Council Bluffs closes four gambling houses amid crackdown
Council Bluffs Iowa reports the city shut down four gambling houses after Attorney General Byers criticized local officials. County Attorney Hess faced ministers at a weekly meeting as ouster and wholesale prosecutions were threatened if authorities do not act. About 100 workers were employed at the sites, and reopening seemed unlikely.
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Council Bluffs
Byers
Hess
Ministers’ Association
Parisians Advocate Corset Reform for American Men
Mme Cecile Jacques of Paris and London, born in San Francisco, travels to America to promote corset wearing for men. She describes a male corset as a belt with the top cut off and claims braces and suspenders should be discarded for a longer life. Dressed in white flannels aboard a liner, she presents Marks Twain style ideas on masculine dress.
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Mme
Cecile Jacques
Paris
London
San Francisco
America
Mme. Jacques
Mark Twain
Rockefeller Jr Advises Against Lending to Friends
John D. Rockefeller Jr told his bible class not to lend to friends. He warned that loaning money can wreck friendship. He urged taking a note and charging interest only when repayment is certain.
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Rockefeller, JR
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Parade of Hungry Workers Fills New Britain Streets
About 1,000 unemployed men marched through New Britain Connecticut carrying a banner reading Parade of Hungry People Looking for Work. The procession included Poles Germans Lithuanians French and Italians as a majority of the marchers. In Bay City Michigan a beet pile of 47 000 dollars stands 700 feet long and 17 feet high.
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New Britian
Conn
Bay City
Mich
Grand jury to probe crimes by city financial and public service figures
New York January 23 A grand jury appointed a committee to gather reliable information on alleged crimes by persons connected with financial institutions and public service corporations. The jury urged legislative action if laws prove inadequate and asked newspapers to aid by publishing information.
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New York
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
McKenzie Attacks Railroads Over Livestock Transit
President McKenzie criticizes railroads for breaking faith with stock shippers by delaying livestock transit. He cites the 36 hour transit limit and argues railroads failed to speed shipments as promised, causing losses. He urges a law to punish slow service and gives the Interstate Commerce Commission enforcement power.
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Derver
McKenzie
American Live Stock Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walsh Juror Averted Death Over Walsh Verdict
Elbert Palmer, the juror who opposed Walsh’s acquittal, nearly killed himself rather than vote guilty. In an affidavit, C. J. Hendricks quotes Palmer saying sleepless torture drove him to consider suicide to avoid convicting John R. Walsh. Palmer, now at his Harvard-area farm, is described as a physical wreck.
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Anderson
Palmer
Harvard
Hendricks
Waleh
Undertaker Wagon Delights McKeesport Residents
An undertaker's assistant visiting his girl parked his wagon near Policeman Patrick Flaherty's home on Grant street McKeesport. Neighbors offered help and sent floral emblems to Flaherty, who was puzzled and warned the driver to avoid the wagon near his house in the future.
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Pittsburg
McKeesport
Grant Street
Patrick Flaherty
Flaherty
Alvarez Sues Critics as Rival Muratore Gains Spotlight
Paris reports soprano Alvarez sues the Comoedia critic for libel seeking 20000 francs. Court awards 300 francs against critic manager editor and director with recording in Comoedia and four papers. Rival Muratore, 28, praised as superior in voice and stage presence. he stands six feet tall.
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Paris
Alvarez
Opera House
Comoedia
Henry Robert
Muratore
Frenchenor
France
Bridegroom Claims 136 Years of Age
New York January 23 at the city hall marriage license bureau William Brooks Mason a colored minister of gospel swore he is 136 years old. He circulated tracts claiming a 1772 birth and past service with General Washingtons horse. He says he was born in Havana and his intended wife Ella Haynes is 28.
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New York
New
Wm. Brooks Mason
General Washington
Havana
Ella Haynes
Two Cent Fare Law Unconstitutional
Philadelphia January 22 The 2 cent railroad rate law now in force in Pennsylvania was declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court, affirming the Philadelphia common pleas court. The court ruled the key issue is whether the rate law violates constitutional limits on legislative power to alter charges without injustice to corporators. It noted corporations deserve fair profit while fulfilling duties, even at a loss.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court of
Miner Tales From Goldfield Labor Strife
A member of the president’s Nevada commission reports on mine labor tensions. He recounts miners and owners clashing over open shop aims, federal troops withdrawal, and an anecdote about a miner carrying pay dirt concealed in clothes, allegedly yielding about $300 per 100 pounds.
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Washington
President
Special Commission
Nevada
United States Army
Missouri judge rules for railroad firms in federal transfer case
Federal Judge Smith McPherson voided a Missouri statute that barred foreign corporations from transferring suits from state to federal courts or risking charter forfeiture. He granted an injunction permitting Rock Island, Santa Fe, St. Louis Kansas City and Colorado, Milwaukee and St. Paul and Alton Railway companies to challenge enforcement. The ruling bars the state from revoking licenses for moving cases or suing residents without consent.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Missouri
Rock Island
Santa Fe
St. Louis
Colorado
Milwaukee
St. Paul
United States
Secretary of State
Nab Champion of Bigamists
New York reports indicate S George A Witzshoff the world’s champion bigamist may be under arrest in Bristol England He is identified as Arthur Hynes by local officers who say the man matches Witzshoff in appearance and history He is charged with matrimonial frauds and is sought by many U S cities with numerous complainants The arrest arose after a Bristol woman who answered his ad lent him 400 dollars
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New York
George A. Witzshoff
Bigamist
Bristol
England
Arthur Hynes
Witzshoff
Hynes
United States
Bailey
Arthur
Fred McDonald
George
Brown
Hayt Revolution Practically Ended by Government Attack
Government forces assaulted St Marie in Hayti and the revolutionists surrendered after light resistance. Troops then moved toward Gonaives which is surrounded. Government officials declare the Hayt revolution practically ended. A separate item notes a Saginaw coal washery capable of processing 1,000 tons daily.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
St. Marie
Gonaives
Filipino Students in U S Colleges Reach 183
Washington reports 183 Filipino students in U S colleges and universities. Eight study at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, eight at Iowa State College in Ames, and six at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. GOETHALS NAME PUZZLER TO THEM ALL.
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Iowa
Washington
United States
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Secretary of War
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Ames
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Ex Presidents to be ex officio peace conference reps
A bill introduced by Senator McCreary Kentucky would make former presidents ex officio life representatives at international and Pan American conferences with $10 000 a year expenses for four other commission members. House activity includes Coudrey Missouri on misleading ads Rautch Indiana on pulp duties and Ashbrook Ohio on restoring motto In God We Trust on coins.
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Washington
United States
McCreary
Kentucky
Bartholdt
Missouri
Coudrey
Rautch
Indiana
Ashbrook
Ohio
Method of Public Land Entry to be Amended
Washington officials seek a bill to amend the public land entry statute to legalize affidavits tied to interior department regulations. The Interior Department says the change will aid prosecutions of land frauds and improve enforcement in Oregon Colorado and other Western states where false swearing on land office requirements has hindered cases.
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Washington
Interior Department
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Department
Oregon
Colorado
Japanese Immigrant Inflow to U S Drops in December 1907
Washington reports that Japanese immigration to America declined in December 1907 by 2,234 compared with December 1906. Officials say the drop supports the effectiveness of immigration restrictions imposed last spring.
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Washington
America
Immigration Bureau
War College chief cites plan for rapid army mobilization
General Witherspoon of the Army War College testified to the House Naval Affairs Committee on an $800,000 appropriation to build a war footing capacity. He outlined how the college would train a body capable of deploying 300,000 to 400,000 troops at short notice if required, stressing confidentiality of the conference.
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Washington
Witherspoon
Army War College
House Committee On Naval Affairs
War College
United States
Congress
Army
Withersbeon
The
Urgent deficiency bill advances to House
Washington January 23 the urgent deficiency bill carrying an appropriation of 24000000 dollars was approved by the subcommittee on appropriations and will be reported to the House tomorrow.
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Washington
Subcommittee On Appropriations
House
Limericks Prize Funds Show Wealth and Woes in Limerick
London appeal urges 5 percent of prize winnings from Limerick contest to aid the city's poor. Lincoln Springfield started the line contest last year with 12 cent entries, pooling funds for winners. Across UK papers the craze grew with vast prizes and millions in postal orders, now drawing lottery-law threats.
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London
Envy of
Limerick
Lincoln Springfield
London Opinion
United Kingdom
Williams Elected U.S. Senator by Mississippi Legislature
Jackson Mississippi January 23 The Mississippi legislature elected Representative John Sharp Williams to the United States Senate succeeding H D Boney whose term ends March 4 91 The report notes Mrs Sylvester Eaves died at 82 in Adrian Michigan but her obituary detail appears miscited.
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Jackson
Miss
John Sharp Williams
United States Senate
Williams
H. D. Boney
Sylvester Eaves
Tin Adrian, Mich
Rescued After 46 Days in Mine Shaft Trio of Miners Safe
A. D. Bailey P J. Grown and Wred McDonald were rescued after 46 days entombed in the Alpha Shaft of the Giroux mine near Ely Nevada. Crowds cheered as the three emerged and one asked for tobacco while others embraced and spoke of the ordeal.
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Giroux
A. D. Bailey
P. J
McDonald
Ely
Rescued miners survive cavern collapse 85 feet underground
Mc Donald Brown and Bailey along with two Greeks faced a rock fall in a shaft 85 feet below the pump station after a cable snapped. The three at the pumping station tapped a 6 inch pipe to surface to call for help and received food and a portable telephone for updates during weeks of confinement.
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McDonald
Brown and Bailey
Batley
Brown
Fight Against Opium in the Philippines
Washington reports the first U S government backed revival in the Philippines aims to curb opium use. March 1 enacts a new anti import law while mass meetings and pledges try to ready the population for the supply cutoff and temperance reform.
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Washington
United States
Philippine Islands
Hartje Granted Rights of a Felon in Divorce Case
Augustus Hartje, noted Pittsburg paper magnate, sought to be treated as a felon in his divorce trial. His lawyers asked District Attorney Gehring for pleader rights and a full venire panel for the conspiracy case, ensuring broad jury selection.
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Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
Gehring
Former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith Dies
Charles Em ory Smith editor of the Philadelphia Press and former minister to Russia died at his Philadelphia home at 65 after heart trouble following grip. Born February 12 1842 in Mansfield Conn he had served as military secretary to General Rathbone and judge advocate general in New York before editorial work in Albany. He later edited the Albany Journal and Albany Express before becoming editor of the Philadelphia Press in 1880 and minister to Russia in 1890. He held the postmaster general role during McKinley’s cabinet through the Spanish American War ending with Roosevelt years.
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Philadelphia
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
Russia
Alany, N. Y
Union College
Albany
Mr. Smith
John F. Rathbone
Albany Academy
Albany Express
Smith
Albany Journal
McKinley
Roosevelt
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Edmund Clarence Stedman Dies Banker and Poet at 75
Edmund Clarence Stedman, banker and poet, died suddenly at his New York home at age 75. Born in Hartford, Conn, he excelled in English and Greek studies at Yale, worked at Norwich and Winsted, lived in New York, contributed to Pultnam's and Harper's, was Washington correspondent for the New York World during the Civil War, and later served on the stock exchange until 1900 before turning to literary criticism.
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New York
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Washington
New York World
Ruef Immunity Ends as Ruef to Face Prosecution
San Francisco Jan 22 The graft bribery case climaxed as Prosecuting Attorney Langdon announced immunity for Abraham Ruef is ended and Ruef will be tried on one bribery charge. A May contract had offered Ruef near total immunity in exchange for truthful testimony, with an exception in the extortion case where Ruef pled guilty shortly after. The prosecution contends Ruef did not honor the agreement when Tirey L Ford was tried and acquitted.
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San Francisco
Circuit Court of Appeals
Eugene F. Schmitz
Atttorney Langdon
Abraham Ruef
Lawler
Ruef
Sleepwalking bank robber confession shocks Jackson crowd
James Harper and W. T. Smith tell A F Thomason president of the National Bank of Hattiesburg that Thomason walked in his sleep and opened the bank with his key. They claim he gave them the safe combination and they looted while he slept, after watching him for nights in Seattle and Jackson.
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Thomason
Snowball Cheshire Fire Miracle Saves Boswell Town
In Boswell near Johnstown Pennsylvania on January 22 dozens of residents including men women and children stopped a blaze threatening a powder store with no fire department and little water by hurling thousands of snowballs. The effort slowed the flames and confined them to six buildings.
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Johnstown
Boswell
Crowe Brother Convicted of Assault in Billings
Anthony J. Crowe, brother of Pat Crowe, was found guilty in Billings of second degree assault for attacking Charles Moe. The jury recommended five years in prison and a $2000 fine, with sentencing set for Tuesday. Also, Mrs Nora McConnell of Albion Michigan has just wed her antebellum sweetheart she believed dead for 40 years.
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Billings
Mont
Anthony J. Crowe
Pat Crowe
Charles Moe
Nora, McConnell
Albion, Mich
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M"pherson
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Panama Canal
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Gaithauls
Bailey, Brown and McDonald
Alpha Shaft
Hartje
Edmund C. Stedman
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