Lower Tariff 10 Prevent Famine
Washington hearing on wood and wood products tariffs saw speakers warn of a timber famine. Theo M Knappen, Minneapolis real estate dealer, urged repealing timber duties arguing free trade benefits American labor, while Rep Champ Clark labeled the tariff system a universal grab. Boutell urged revenue needs and protection, calling for reforestation beyond tariffs.
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Washington, D. C
Theodore M. Knappen
Minneapolis
Knappen
National Forest Conservation League
Fordney
Clark
Champ Clark
Missouri
Boutell
Illinois
Canada
United States
Campaign Contributions Totaled About $1 700 000 for Taft Campaign
The New York dispatch outlines the Republican fund for Taft’s 1908 campaign, totaling about 1.7 million dollars with Charles Taft as the largest private contributor. It notes 20 000 contributors, including 6 900 from the west, and highlights small gifts from many individuals rather than large corporate sums. The report also mentions western and eastern fundraising, the role of F W Upham, and varied donations from 25 cents to 50 dollars.
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Chicago
Ill
Republican National Campaign Committee
Albany
Chicago Tribune
New York
George R. Sheldon
State Auditor of
William H. Taft
Charles P. Taft
Sheldon
F. W. Upham
Upham
Charles Taft
Western Fund
Republican Party
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
John T. Harahan
Illinois Central
Harriman
West
Bryan
Wealthy Germans Buy Vast Miller and Lux Lands?
Reports claim Liggett Meyers and Adolphus Busch lead a group of German American investors purchasing 450000 acres in California and 250000 in Oregon with 120000 cattle and 20000 horses and a possible San Francisco butcher monopoly, though the Miller and Lux office denied the sale.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Miller and Lux
California
Oregon
Liggett and Meyers
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
San Francisco
Lack of Paper to Sound Knell for Small Newspaper
Milwaukee with Appleton reports that six weeks of rain are needed to supply pulp mills with water to power paper production. Wisconsin paper manufacturers warn of a looming paper famine threatening metropolitan and smaller papers, risking reduced page counts or suspension of publication without relief.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Appleton
Wisconsin
Richard Croker Back In New York After Ireland Visit
Richard Croker former Tammany boss was warmly welcomed by the old guard on his arrival in New York for a visit. Born in 1843 in County Cork he grew up in New York and rose from machinist to alderman. He later opposed Tweed with John Kelly, led Tammany, faced an election day murder trial he was acquitted, amassed wealth and left America years ago. Last year he won the English Derby.
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Richard Croker
Tammany
OLD Guard
N.Y
New York
Ireland
County Cork
Tweed
John Kelly
Kelly
America
Stolen Jewelry Case Recovered in Midwestern Route
A sample case belonging to Charles F Haris Horn a Newark jewelry salesman containing about 40000 dollars in samples was stolen from the Hen shaw hotel sidewalk in Omaha Nebraska and later recovered at Hamburg Iowa Charles Leonard a former hotel porter was arrested in St Joseph Missouri on suspicion
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Omaha
Neb
Charles F. Harishorn
Newark
N. J
Henshaw Hotel
Hamburg
Iowa
Charles Leonard
St. Joseph
Illinois Forest Fires Ravage Southern Counties
Information from Grayville and Carmi Illinois reports forest fires have burned for 36 hours in southern Illinois with thousands of acres of timber lost. Farmers battled flames for 24 hours as dense smoke covered hundreds of towns and the damage is described as serious.
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Evansville
Ind
Grayville
Carmi
Ill
Illinois
Copper Stock Drops 8 Percent on New York Exchange
A brisk morning sale of Tennessee Copper in New York trading saw several thousand shares change hands and push the price down by about 8 percent. The decline was followed by a weak rally as banking interests reportedly plan to form an independent fertilizer company around the copper holdings.
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New York
N. Y
Tennessee Copper
Stock Exchange
Kaiser’s Muzzle Appears in Talk
Berlin marks a centennial of its city council as Emperor William delivers a formal address read from a prepared speech handed to him by Chancellor von Buelow. The event contrasts with his usual extemporaneous style.
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Berlin
William
City Council of
von Buelow
Union National Bank Absorbed by National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City bank merger announced as Union National Bank with thirteen million in deposits is absorbed by National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City. The combined institution will hold about thirty one million five hundred thousand in deposits.
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Bank
Kansas City
Union National Bank
National Bank of Commerce of
National Bank of Commerce
Auto training crash kills mechanic in Savannah
In Savannah Georgia on November 21 Deroze a mechanic was killed and John Juhaz the driver was badly injured when their auto collided with a telegraph pole during a training run.
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Savannah
Deroze
John Juhaz
Oatmeal Mill Worker Victor Nelson Shoots Self
Cedar Rapids Iowa November 21 Victor Nelson an employee of the oatmeal mill shot and killed himself today after a period of odd behavior local officials said he had been acting queerly of late
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Cedar Rapids
Victor Nelson
Gompers Relected Labor Head Amidendorsement
Samuel Gompers was re elected president of the American Federation of Labor with one dissenting vote in Denver. Wins included James Duncan John Mitchell James O Connell Max Morris and others as vice presidents. Gifts to Gompers and his wife were presented and resolutions urged industrial education and a federation building in Washington.
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Denver
Col
Navy
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
James Duncan
John Mitchell
James O’connell
Max Morris
D. A. Hays
Wm. D. Huber
Joseph Valentine
Daniel J. Keefe
John Ralpine
National Plumbers’ Union
Frank Morrison
John R. Lennon
Gompers
Lewis
Executive Council
Roosevelt
Federation
Washington, D. C
Railroad Convicted in Cattle Care Violations Case
The Southern Pacific Company was found guilty in the U S circuit court on ten counts of violating regulations for the care and feeding of cattle during shipment. Each offense carries a fine from 100 to 500 dollars, with total penalties possible substantial.
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San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
United States
Incendiary hunt in Letts fails to locate suspect
Letts Iowa November 21 a posse of 25 men led by Sheriff Smith of Louisa county searches for the supposed incendiary who set fire to the Dalton home. Blood hounds lost the trail about three miles east and authorities report no developments today.
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Letts
Smith
Louisa County
Dalton
Czar Attends Funeral of Grand Duke Alexis
The body of Grand Duke Alexis, uncle of the emperor, was interred at St Peter and St Paul fortress in St Petersburg. The Russian emperor followed the coffin on foot through crowded, silent streets as the ceremony proceeded.
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St. Petersburg
Alexis
Russia
Paris
St. Peter and St. Paul
Cotton Man Killed Under Railroad Train in New Orleans
New Orleans today reports the cotton firm of Peter E. Hellwege & Co suffers the death of Peter E. Hellwege, about 35, after a railroad train strikes him in the city this morning.
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R. R. Train
New Orleans
Peter E. Hellwege
Oskaloosa Man Rolled Under Local Engine Escapes Injury
Oskaloosa Iowa November 21 special Ransom Hudgins was knocked down and rolled under the Iowa Central switch engine for two rods. He escaped with a few bruises and no serious injury.
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Oskaloosa
Ransom Hudgins
Iowa Central
Federal court orders sale of Newton and Northwestern railroad
Des Moines Nov. 21 Judge McPherson ordered the sale of the Newton and Northwestern railroad at Boone to satisfy claims totaling 3 1000000 by Old Colony Trust Co of Massachusetts and American Trust Co of New York. Parley Sheldon the receiver and George F Henry the master in chancery will conduct the sale probably in December.
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Des Moines
McPherson
Federal
Newton and Northwestern
Boone
Old Colony Trust Co
Massachusetts
American Trust Co
New York
Parley Sheldon
George F. Henry
H M Carter River Packet Explodes Near Plaquemine
New Orleans on November 21 a river packet named H. M. Carter exploded eight miles below Plaquemine. Fire followed the blast and no passengers are known to be dead at this time.
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New Orleans
H. M. Carter
Plaquemine
Pardon Granted in Iowa for Multiple Felonies
Des Moines reports Governor Cummins granting mercy on his final acts. R S Myers of Davenport freed after seven year theft sentence. John Steele of Albia paroled after life murder conviction. A C Sheetz and Janes Lame lifers paroled. George Weems sentence cut to 30 years. Frederick Hanson life rape term cut to 25 years. Steele claimed self defense in neighbor killing.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Myers
Davenport
John Steele
Albia
Jake Werner
A. C. Sheetz
Janes Lame
George Weems
Conductor Ridpath
Frederick Hanson
Steele
Board of Pardons
Cannon defends re election as House leader in tariff reform dispute
Danville Illinois reports Speaker Cannon rejects Hot Springs claim that Taft opposes his bid. Cannon says he has not seen the stories, will not join a joint setup with the president elect, and will abide by the Republican caucus decision on House organization while endorsing the party platform.
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Danville
Ill
Cannon
Hot Springs
Taft
House
Pastor Payson Young Resigns Amid Scandal Claim
Rev Payson Young resigns from his pastorate after vestry committee accuses him of improper relations with Edna Clark a runaway student from Alameda found in Chicago He is reportedly ill in bed in San Francisco on November 21.
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San Francisco
Payson Young
Edna Clark
Alameda
Chicago
Woodruff Endorsed for U.S. Senate by Queens GOP
New York November 21 reports State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff was formally endorsed as a candidate for the United States Senate at a meeting of the Queens County Republican Committee last night.
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Senate
Queens County Republican Committee
New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
United States Senate
Nage Dispute Turns Violent Over Corn Husking Wages
In Clear Lake township, Thomas Hill, a wealthy farmer, assaulted his hired man Charles Boettke during a dispute over corn husking wages. Boettke was struck with a rock, left unconscious for hours, with injuries feared to be fatal. Hill was bound over to the grand jury after a waived preliminary hearing.
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Mason City
Iowa
Thos
Hill
Clear Lake Township
Charles Boettke
Boettke
Grand
Outbreak Reported in China Riot on Yangtze River
American Consul General Martin at Hankow reported to the state department that a riot occurred on the Yangtze river under the new regime in China. The cause of the trouble was not stated.
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Washington, D. C
China
State Department
Martin
Hankow
Yangsze
Two Killed In Wreck In Howell Area
Two trainmen were killed and three were fatally injured when two freights collided near Lakeland on the Toledo and Ann Arbor line after a orders change. One train reportedly ran a signal.
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Howell
Mich
Toledo and
Ann Arbor
Lakeland
Brown murder case ends with manslaughter verdict
Rockwell City observers learned the Brown case jury returned a manslaughter verdict at midnight after retiring at 11 yesterday. Sentencing is scheduled for three days hence.
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Rockwell City
Brown
Indictments Tied to Aug Primary Frauds in Chicago
William Herman assistant clerk of the municipal court and Samuel B Panama a known local politician were indicted in Chicago on charges connected to alleged election frauds in the August 8 primaries.
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Chicago
William Herman
Samuel B. Panama
Harvard vs Yale ends in four point Harvard victory
Harvard defeats Yale 4 to 0 after a first half field goal by Kennard. Chicago beats Wisconsin 18 to 6 after early kickoff return for a touchdown. Syracuse tops Michigan 16 to 4 with Stein scoring twice and Dudley adding a touchdown.
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Harvard
Yale
West Point
Villa Nova
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Carlisle
Syracuse
Michigan
New Haven
N. Y
Harvard Today
Hobbs
Kennard
Ver Weibe
Madison
Wis
Stein
Steffen
Schomer
Wilce
Moll
Will
Dudley
Syra
Case
Pioneer farmer John McKinnon dies after 56 years on same Iowa farm
Cedar Rapids Iowa reports the death of John McKinnon a well known pioneer who lived on the same farm for 56 years The obituary notes his long residence and local prominence in the community.
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Cedar Rapids
John McKinnon
Weather Forecast For Iowa and Illinois
Fair conditions across Iowa tonight and likely Sunday with warmer temperatures tonight and in the east Sunday. Illinois also sees fair skies tonight and Sunday with a rising temperature. Sunrise is 6 17, sunset 4 27, moonrise 4 08 a m.
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Iowa
Illinois
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TALK
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Dale
Thea
Agid Slayer
Speaker Cannon
Woodruff
Nage
Herman
Panama
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