Roosevelt Foe Fund War Rages Over Campaign Cash
Washington reports vast sums being spent to discredit Roosevelt and his policies. A widely circulated advert titled Theodore Roosevelt Destroyer is linked to a $200,000 outreach, with claims of a $5,000,000 fundraising network aiming to defeat Roosevelt endorsements and enforce legal changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
West
Provincetown
New York
Friends of the Administration
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Pennsylvania
Convention Picks Chicago For 1908 Republican National Meet
The Republican National Committee chose Chicago to host the 1908 convention on June 16 after a hard fought battle, defeating Kansas City and Denver. Chicago touted hotel and climate advantages while political factors drew mixed reactions among Taft and anti Taft factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Denver
Friends of Kansas City
Old Guard
National Committee
George B. Cortetyou
Roosevelt
Neff
Fire at Hippodrome Damps Curtain During Show
A curtain in the Hippodrome caught fire last night from a bursting electric light globe caused by a short circuit. Fireman Armbruster called Engine Company 65 and Fireman Merger helped extinguish the blaze with hand extinguishers. Police from the East 15th Street station investigated, but information was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armbruster
Engine Company 65
Hast 5Ist Street
R . House
Tom Johnson to See President at White House
Cleveland report says Mayor Tom L. Johnson received word from Secretary Loeb that a brief interview with President Roosevelt has been granted for next Thursday. Johnson, who defeated Burton, plans to use about three minutes starting around 11 a.m. He has not visited Washington since Roosevelt took office and will pay his respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Loeb
Roosevelt
Theodore E. Burton
Washington
Bank aims to resume business after four directors meet
Kansas City report says after four directors meetings the National Bank of Commerce plans to reopen on meeting federal requirements. The board asserts capital is unimpaired and obligations can be met, signaling a return to operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Dr. W. & Woods
National Bank of Commerce
President Roosevelt to Visit Texas Bear Hunt Next April
A telegraph dispatch from Washington reports President Roosevelt promised Captain Taliaferro of Houston and other Texas friends a bear hunt visit in April. The note was received in Austin on December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Washington
Roosevelt
Talliaferro
Houston
Texas
Banco Mobilario Payment Stirs Chili Financial Crisis
Perse Chili reports on December 7 as Banco Mobilario made a payment, the Bank of Chili Benefa of the institution remains in turmoil amid ongoing liquidation and a severe financial crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perse Chili
Banco Mobilario
Bank of Chili Benefa
Gebbia and accomplice sentenced to death in Lamana murder
Nicolino Gebbia and her partner were sentenced to death today for the murder of Walter Lamana. Gebbia took part in a plot that led to the boy's kidnapping and killing last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolino Gebbia
Walter Lamana
Ms Gebbias
Oms
Night riders terrorize Hopkinsville in explosive attack
Five hundred masked night riders swarmed Hopkinsville Kentucky destroying property valued over 200 000. Fires lit the town as police and fire departments stations and telegraph offices were taken. Two men injured one a tobacco buyer beaten. a brakeman shot while moving a train. State Guards recalled for duty as officials promise protection and witness identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
Night Riders
Lindsay Mitchell
W. H. Tandy
Independent Tobacco Warehouse
J. H. Latham
B. M. Woolridge
Association Warehouse
Tandy
Fairleigh
Major Bassett
Cravens
Gracey
Imperial
American Snuff Company
Beckham
Meacham
Breathitt
Kentucky State Guards
E. B. Bassett
Stolen Savings Recovered After Confession Plot
In Bloomfield New Jersey Mr and Mrs Frank Barowski and Polish boarders recover their stolen savings after confession at St Valentine’s Church. One boarder refused to confess but returned $120 and the bankbook leading to resolution and a new boarder may join the household.
Somnambulist death after attempting to lift heavy bureau
Mrs. Jacob Wrega of Whitehouse Station, 27, rose from bed in a somnambulistic state and tried to lift a heavy bureau. The exertion ruptured a blood vessel, and she died the next night. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hoffman. Funeral at Annandale Reformed Church Monday morning at 4 o'clock remains, with burial in Lebanon Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehouse
M. J
Jacob Wrega
William T. Hoffman
Whitehouse Station
Annandale Reformed Church
Rockwood McQueston
Lebanon Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Bryan Wins Conners and Murphy Pat for Bryan
Charles F. Murphy leader of Tammany Hall and William J. Conners Democratic State Committee chairman shift toward William J. Bryan. Conners fears Mack influence but accepts Bryan's pledge to limit Mack's control. Murphy signals general support while stressing nonbinding Tammany delegation instructions. Local Democrats push for an early Democratic National Committee date ahead of Chicago convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
William J. Bryan
Conners
Murphy
Bryan
Chanler
New York
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Nebraskan
Mack
Harry W. Walker
Walker
Mr. Bryan
Con
Ners
Tammany
Augustus Thomas
John W. Cox
New York State
Progressive Democratic League
Thomas
Henry W. Kreykenbohm
Mars
Henry’ Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Watterson
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Tammany Men
Roosevelt
Labor Opposes Rate Legislation in Georgia
Augusta Ga Dec 7 The Georgia Federation of Labor voted through its president D P OConnell after an executive committee meeting to deplore the reduction of railroad rates and fares by legislation and to oppose further such laws The group says southern labor conditions are disturbed by the legislation causing wage and hour cuts and layoffs among workers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Georgia Federation of Labor
D. P. O'Connell
Woman Loses Nearly $2,000 In England Trip
Mrs. Blanche Meyers withdrew almost $2,000 from a Syracuse bank to take to England. She carried the funds in a pocketbook inside a wristbag, and after alighting from a car she discovered the pocketbook missing. Police searched the area without finding the bag as investigators probe the disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Blanche Meyers
England
Carmania Grounds In Ambrose Channel In Thick Mist
The 20000 ton Cunard liner Carmania ran aground on the Ambrose Channel south edge while turning toward Liverpool in a thin mist. She rode out high tide and was anchored at Quarantine, with a diver and New York agent examining the stern as reporters received no details aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmania
Cunard Line
Ambrose Channel
Liverpool
Vernon H. Brown
New York
Ambrose
Denny” Reardon
Denly
Hand to Hand Clash in Pittsburg Ended by Lieutenant Blake
Six Fort Slocum soldiers en route to the Philippines clashed with Pittsburgh police at the Hotel Lafayette. After a riot call, Inspector Bartley and officers halted the fight in the train shed where Lieutenant Blake brandished a pistol to force surrender. One soldier, J. B. Ryan, was jailed for 30 days. others were escorted West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
Fort Slocum
New York
Blake
Philippines
Hotel Lafayette
William Kruckerwitz
John Weithaus
Lawrence Bartley
Union Depot
J. B. Ryan
Ryan
Kirby
Kansas City War On Arrests By Wholesale
In Kansas City Missouri 228 actors and theatre workers were indicted for Sunday labor violations under Judge William H Wallace. Of those charged 141 were arrested on $200 bonds while others fled. Many arrested were women including chorus girls and vaudeville performers. The crackdown followed a federal injunction and aims to compel weekly indictments and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sas City
William H. Wallace
Criminal Court
Wallace
Adolph Zink
Fiske O'Hara
Ernesto
May
Paul Barnes
Mrs. Holdsworth
Charles Guyer
Ada Christie
Carem and Farnum
Frank Rolleston
Thurston Cole
Lew Ripley
Edith Bellows
Dorothy Gish
George Truley
Arthur Hill
Sylvia Sylvian
Albert Beillman
Lottie Moore
John Clinton
Irene Jerman
John Jordan
Will Warner
John Woodward
Majestic
The
Grand
Shubert
Orpheum
Auditorium
Gillis
Walker-Whiteside
Willis Wood
Theatre Managers Cancel Benefit Shows for Sunday
Syracuse officials report local theatre managers cancel benefit performances planned for tomorrow night to comply with the police chief order to keep houses closed on Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Cleveland to Close Sunday Penny Arcades and Saloons
Cleveland authorities announce further Sunday closing measures with no Sunday theatrical performances allowed and penny arcades street shows to shut down tomorrow under orders from Chief of Police Kohler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Kohler
Converts 230 of 400 Inmates Reformed at Morganza
The Rev. Dr. J W McKay a Presbyterian minister reformed 20 of the 400 inmates at the Western Pennsylvania Reform School Morganza. Most converts joined Central Presbyterian Church Cannonsburg with others to follow tomorrow. Forty five of the ninety eight girls in the institution pledged better futures. Dr McKay began as a gardener and spoke to inmates ages ten to twenty during sessions that blended songs stories and sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
J. W. McKay
Western Pennsylvania Reform School
Morganza
Central Presbyterian Church
Cannonsburg
McKay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Youse
Missouri
Scott
West Virginia
MR. Cortelyou
Mi8
New. Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
George B. Cortelyou
Cortelyou
George RB. Cortelyou
Republican Party
Babcock
Henry ©. Payne
Payne
R. H. Todd
Porto Rico
New
W. F. R. Mills
Rocky Mountain
Philadelphia
Harper
Lowden
Illinois
Frank ©. Lowden
Fiemes
Tom Johnson
White House
the Tribune
Chili
Peath
Riders
LABOR
Georgia Federation
State
Dewey’s
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Pennsylvania Reform School
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!