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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
1
Congress convenes for the final Roosevelt era session amid deficit pressures and proposed income tax as a revenue solution. Key agendas include railroad valuation, tariff reform, and several public bills while national meetings loom, and Roosevelt backs inland waterways development.
Carrie Nation visits Dublin city to press alcohol reform. She questions the Lord Provost about saloons and quotes Solomon on wine. Nation visits licensed houses urging patrons to quit drinking and a formal complaint is filed against her.
Aris Dec 6 report says if Venezuelan President Castro visits Bordeaux he may not set foot on French soil without a formal apology for insulting France. The cabinet kept the decision secret to avoid a possible Santander landing and to assess Castro’s health before conditions allow landing.
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsch Courant states a naval demonstration off Venezuela seeks to seize Venezuelan gun boats and scout vessels and to intercept transport of Venezuelan troops in contraband trade with Curacao.
Jonathan H. Randolph a 55 year old contractor was struck by an automobile at 12 30 AM as he exited a Main Line trolley at West Front Street and Jefferson Avenue He died an hour later at a local hospital Floyd Cooper of Westfield drove the car He was arrested and charged with murder Mrs Sarah Robinson Nellie Robinson and Miss Schenck accompanied Cooper on the outing two others were taken to Dunellen for the return trip
A newly formed Railway Business Association, representing firms with nearly 500 million in capital, urges U.S. boards of trade to oppose anti railway laws. It says slow purchases by railroads have hurt manufacturers and workers, and seeks a public opinion shift to calm investor fears and restore railroad demand.
Archibald J. Taylor, 45, a prominent Burlington resident, was killed when a speeding car overturned on South Willard Street after striking a culvert. Passengers Albert T. Henderson and Robert J. Ross, both of Burlington, were critically injured. Taylor died en route to the hospital.
Alfred Dobson, Agent General for Tasmania in London, swept overboard and drowned while crossing the Channel from Boulogne to Folkestone on Saturday. Officials say the death appears accidental as he sat in a forbidden stern area and clashed with an officer’s warning.
Washington dispatch reports Champ Clark new minority leader rejects filibuster as standard tactic for this session saying protests by Democrats will occur only in rare cases. He praises Williams filibuster of last spring but calls fixed policy absurd while noting close personal and political ties between the two leaders and general arrangements for the session. Clark favors results over stalling tactics.
The New York Times notes a concise situational tone in the snippets and headlines. The piece highlights how brief items convey mood and context with selective wording.
Frank A. Munsey introduces a Sunday afternoon newspaper that expands from sixteen to twenty pages due to advertiser demand. He calls Sunday papers monstrosities yet notes readers have more time and are in better reading mood on Sunday night. The Times reports streetcar service now runs directly to Union Station.
A 20 inch high pressure water main burst at Washington and Johnson Streets Brooklyn causing a street geyser. The flood undermined Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad tracks and halted service briefly. 12 000 gallons poured into the street before turning off the mains.
In Trenton on December 6 officials plan a post execution test to prove revival is impossible. County Physician Frank C. Scammell and Dr. Thomas H. MacKenzie will attempt revival on John Mantasanna after the next condemned man is executed during the week of December 21. Experts nationwide seek to attend.
Pittsburg social circles report George Westinghouse Jr has postponed his engagement to Miss Ethel Brockelbank due to ill health and financial strains surrounding his father. The couple had planned to wed on December 19 and sail to England next week, but the ceremony is delayed until the groom recovers and business matters improve.
Frank Klausnitzer rose from poverty to an estimated forty four dollars a month? to about fifty four dollars daily after a dream led to oil and gas discoveries in Butler County.Experts say limitless reserves lie beneath his site near Shields farm as his drilling turns profitable.
After ending dual management at the Metropolitan Opera House plans to shelve the new opera Tiefland. The final Brooklyn performance will occur at the Academy of Music next Wednesday. Disputes over rehearsal orders and German Italian tensions fueled the shakeup.
Max Rich, cashier at a Madison Square Garden area cafe, found a small black satchel before closing Saturday. A jewelry salesman rushed in claiming he had lost samples worth over $25,000. Rich returned the satchel and received a $100 reward.
Tehran dispatch notes incendiary proclamations by a secret revolutionary organization condemning the Shah for violation of the constitution.
Two wolves fought in the wolf pen at the Bronx Zoo yesterday. Keepers Ferguson and Quinn separated them after fifteen minutes. One wolf had three legs and was chloroformed. the other received veterinary care with hope for recovery.
In Pell Street last night undercover detective Cohen dressed as a Chinaman tipped off by plainclothes officers followed a suspect into a doorway where a rear room hid a gambling den. Capt. McNally and Roy led the raid with six detectives. twenty nine men were arrested including Charles Sing of East 110th Street for running the house.
An Alton correspondent reports Mrs. Mary Craig of near Piasa Creek Crossing has not tasted water for forty years. She says it is a habit like chewing gum or tobacco and that she could not break the habit even if she wanted to. The piece notes no substitute liquid is identified.
The Harvard divers led by Stephen Noyes and H L Corbett with Buck Harrison and Roger Darby sailed from Kingston on the Admiral Dewey after abandoning the Mayflower and returning aboard the Seagull on November 30. They reported discovering several wrecks but the galleon wreck lay buried in sand, preventing a satisfactory examination.
Some 3000 cab drivers may strike tonight in New York City. The Greater New York organization of the United Teamsters of America met at Eighteenth Street and Eighth Avenue to vote on a strike after the cab drivers ended the open-shop period when the last contract with the Livery Stable Keepers’ Association expired on October 15. Edwin Gould, chairman of the New York union, said the vote would finish today and the result would be sent to the Livery Stable Keepers’ Association. If no new agreement is signed, the strike will start.
Latest shipping notes report arrivals: the SS Jeseric in Boston on December 5 with $8. the Chipawa in Baltimore on December 5 with 88. and the Ellen in Norfolk on December 5.
President Roosevelt reopens the Ananias Club list admitting two editors, taking a shot at Vice President Fairbanks. A Hot Springs letter to William Dudley Foulke of Indiana is published, criticizing Delavan Smith of The Indianapolis News and Wilkin M. Laffan of The New York Sun over Panama Canal charges linked to taft relatives. Foulke had brought the matter to Roosevelt's attention.
The exchange begins with William Dudley Foulke’s Nov 29 1908 letter criticizing The Indianapolis News and Taft era Panama dealings. Roosevelt replies from White House Dec 1 1908 stating the newspaper knowingly spread falsehoods and questions the value of exposing them further.
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