Bank Reopens After Bronx Demonstration For Hamilton Depositors
Depositors of the Hamilton Bank marching with a 30 piece brass band to the home of president William R. Montgomery celebrated the Supreme Court order to discharge the receiver and allow reopening. Montgomery credited 8 percent of depositors for belief in solvency and pledged to pursue investigation. Bank plans to repay deposits under a staged schedule, with three certificates and 10 percent on reopening. Authorities prepare further grand jury inquiries as the case advances.
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Hamilton Bank
William R. Montgomery
Supreme Court
Bronx
Third Avenue
Tremont
Bronx Borouch Bank
Park Avenues
Montgomery
Justice Betts
Kingston
Kingston, N. Y
Julius Haas
James Price
Agnes Murphy Mulligan
Grand
West 125Th Street
Frank White
Clarence E. Bloodgood
Catskill
WN. Y
State Superintendent of Banks
Alton B. Parker
Parker
Carnegie Trust Company
Fourth National Bank
Iia
Nsigor J. Kresel
Appleton
District Attorney’s Office
Frederick D. Ivesy
FE. R. Thomas
Jackson
Ives
Thomas
Calderhead Critically Ill With Double Pneumonia
Washington dispatch reports Representative William A. Calderhead of Kansas critically ill from double pneumonia in his Washington apartment after a three week illness that began with the grip. Pneumonia developed the day before Christmas. Advertisements follow.
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Washington
William A. Calderhead
Kansas
Hammerstein moves to end San Carlo raid with Albani arrest
Oscar Hammerstein acted on agent Carlo Albani’s complaints and had the tenor arrested twice in Boston for breaking his contract. Albani, debuting with the San Carlo Opera Company, was freed on bail after a judge’s order as the audience jeered. The dispute centers on contractual obligations and alleged climate concerns that prompted Albani to seek an injunction.
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the Tribune
Boston
Oscar Hammerstein
San Carlo Opera Company
Carlo Albani
Hammerstein
Albani
Il Trovatore
President Roosevelts Virginia Visit at Charlottesville
President Roosevelt and party arrived in Charlottesville at 2 16 p.m. greeted by a crowd. After a three hour muddy drive to Pine Knot the President settled into his cottage with family and aides and planned cross country riding and wild turkey shooting during his stay.
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Charlottesville
Roosevelt
Rixey
Eppa
Miami
Fla
Pine Knot
Chicago's Fight Won and Railways Rehabilitation Plan
Sale of North Chicago Street Railroad West Chicago Street Railroad and Chicago Union Traction properties ordered by Judge Grosscup for January 25 1908 at the county courthouse. Chicago Railways Company to lease lines through 1927 and redeem the system with a $12 million rehabilitation plan rebuilding 90 miles of track and 1 20 new cars within three years.
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Chicago
North Chicago Street Railroad Company
West Chicago Street Railroad Company
Chicago Union Traction Company
Peter 8. Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
H. W. Bishop
Chicago Railways Company
Union Traction
Central Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Fidelity Trust Company
Philadelphia
Grosscup
Old Union Traction System
President Roosevelt Exchanges Gifts With 14 Year Old Rival
The president exchanged gifts with Jacob Kriesfeld of Worcester Massachusetts a fourteen year old boy. Kriesfeld sent a handmade color art calendar showing an American eagle with Theodore Roosevelt in its beak. Roosevelt thanked him and included a crisp ten dollar bill in his reply.
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Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Roosevelt
Jacob Kriesfeld
Kriesfeld
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Bryan backs Talbot for Vice President on GOP ticket
Lincoln dispatch reports W. J. Bryan promotes former law partner A. R. Talbot for Vice President as he endorses a Republican ticket. Bryan hints at a strong West showing and states Talbot would make a stronger race than some mentioned candidates. Kraska is poised to support a Republican candidate.
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Tribune
Lincoln, Neb
W. J. Bryan
A. R. Talbot
Great American Desert
Kraska
Reid Addresses Educators on Differences of Educational Systems
In Syracuse at Assembly Hall the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain Whitelaw Reid spoke to 1300 educators from across New York on differences between the educational systems of the two English speaking countries. The gathering included principals teachers and superintendents from multiple associations with Andrew Draper and William Nottingham in attendance. Dr S Parkes Cadman was unable to attend the evening talk but planned to speak tomorrow. Reid arrived 2 13 and left for New York at midnight as a guest of State Regent Nottingham.
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Tribune
Syracuse
Assembly Hall
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Great Britain
New York State
Associated Academic Principals of
New York
The
Council of Grammar School Principals
New York State Teachers’ Association
New York State Association of Teachers of English
Andrews. Draper
S. Parkes Cadman
Brooklyn
Ambassador Reid
William Nottingham
Indiana on Record Love Feast backs Fairbanks for President
Indiana Republicans at a biennial love feast unanimously endorsed Charles W. Fairbanks for the Presidency. Governor Hanly introduced the resolutions praising Fairbanks’s public life and leadership, while U S Senator Beveridge urged tariff reform and measures to curb child labor and update Sherman laws. The gathering, in Indianapolis, drew many officials and candidates.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
J. Frank Hanly
United States
Roosevelt
Senate
McKinley
Chicago
Albert J. Beveridge
Congress
Supreme Court
Wwe
Marshall
Cotton Men Curtail North East Mills In Curtailed Output
The Arkwright Club representing New England cotton mills voted to curtail production 25 percent from now until March 1 to ease cloth markets in New York Chicago and Boston. About 150 000 workers may be affected as many major mills in Fall River New Bedford Manchester and Maine promise four day weeks and flexible reductions amid winter contracts and union input.
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Boston
Arkwright Club
New England
New York
Chicago
Fall River
Fine Goods
New Bedford
Amoskeag Corporation
Manchester
New Hampshire
York Corporation
Saco
Pepperill Mills
Biddeford
Lewiston
Waterville
Brunswick
Maine
Lowell
Lawrence
Holyoke
Chicopee
Mass
Rhode Island
Thorndyke
Bondsville
Palmer, Ware
Warren
Greenville
New Ipswich
N. H
Bliss, Fabyan & Co
Monadnock Mills
Claremont
New York Commission
Unpledged Delegates Seen Dominant At Ohio GOP Convention
Akron, December 26 Senator Charles Dick ally of Foraker in the Presidential fight predicted an Ohio Republican convention with unpledged delegates in the majority. He urged naming a safe candidate and writing a sane platform to hold party strength and protect constitutional rights.
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Tribune
Akron
Ohio
Charles Dick
Foraker
Miner Loses Half His Brains in Wyoming Shooting
Ernesto Jacobetti, an Italian miner in Hartville, Wyoming, was shot between the eyes with a .32 revolver three weeks ago. Despite losing about half his brains, he remains without perceptible mental or memory loss. Surgeons call it the most remarkable case in Western medical history.
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The
Tribune
Hartville
Wyo
Ernesto Jacobetti
Jacobetti
Long Pat reads stars and political bets in Brooklyn
Senator Bat McCarren dismissed Governor Hughes as a presidential candidate noting Hughes’s weak support from Kings County and New York County. He predicted a Western nominee, not Hughes, and eyed Roosevelt as a possible winner only with a stampede. He warned the financial panic’s worst days lie ahead for the Democrats.
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Bat” McCarren
Hughes
Hughes League of
Brooklyn
Buffalo
New York
Kings County
Roosevelt
Taft
Glidden Aims for Balloon Long-Distance Record
Boston December six Charles J Glidden the Boston automobilist plans a balloon journey to beat the world long distance record with Leo Stevens and H Helm Clayton. The team considers starting from Dallas or Omaha to Boston covering about 1560 miles surpassing Le Vaulx. He also eyes Lahm trophy and Boston Herald cup for next year, using an 80000 cubic foot balloon or building a new one if needed.
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Tribune
Boston
Charles J. Glidden
Leo Stevens
H. Helm Clayton
Blue Hill
Dallas
Tex
Omaha
le Vaulx
le Vaulx's Record. Mr. Glidden
Tragic Apparent Suicide by Lead Ear Pouring
James H. Conkling a prominent Middletown business man, mentally unbalanced, reportedly melted lead and poured it into his ear at his store after returning from a week away. He was found unconscious, the lead drilled out at Thrall Hospital, with a burned ear drum and metal in the brain cavity. Authorities fear brain damage.
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The
Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
James H. Conkling
Conkling
Conklin
Thrall Hospital
Diagnosed His Own Case Fatal Chicago Scientist Dies
Dr Joseph F Piesen a chemical expert and superintendent at a Chicago packing firm died from tetanus after a nose fracture from a stair fall. He diagnosed his illness predicted his death and directed his family to send him to a hospital while arranging his will.
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Chicago
Joseph F. Piesen
Piesen
Yankton Fleet Leads Sails To Rio For Shore Leave
Port of Spain December 26 The American battleship fleet officers were entertained by Sir Henry Moore Jackson Governor of Trinidad then attended horse races where American horses won most races. Thousands of sailors will have shore leave after coaling by tomorrow noon. Yankton will sail for Rio de Janeiro ahead of the fleet and Marcellus heads home. Admiral Sebree’s squadron Tennessee and Washington arrive off Baja California with Magdalena Bay next.
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Port of Spain
Sir Henry Moore Jackson
Trinidad
Yankton
Rio de Janeiro
Marcellus
League Island Navy Yard
Washington
Sebree
Tennessee
Pichilinque
Lower
California
Magdalena Bay
Torpedo Boat Drill Planned in Narragansett Bay
Newport R I December 26 mobilization of the largest torpedo boat fleet in U S history will occur in Narragansett Bay in spring and summer 1908 under Commander Charles G Marsh with about fifty torpedo boats destroyers and submarine flotillas. The fleet will conduct day and night drills to collect valuable data.
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Newport
R. I
Narragansett Bay
Charles G. Marsh
Priest Uses Crucifix to Fend Off Burglars
In Lawrence Massachusetts on December 26 the parish priest Father Wotan awoke to burglars at the parish residence. Grabbing a large crucifix he confronts the intruders in the dining room and strikes one thief unconscious with the crucifix while another is knocked down. He then summons the police.
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the Tribune
Lawrence
Mass
Father Wotan
Radium Sale To Philippines At Price Of Three Thousand
The Washington bureau of insular affairs paid 3000 for a one thousandth of a gram of radium for the Philippine bureau of science. The tiny shipment, bought in New York, will be shipped with careful packing and no extra boxing charges. Major McIntyre initially doubted the offer but Manila accepted the price with no added shipping costs.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippines
New York
Bureau of Science of the Philippines
Insular
Bureau
Revolt in Ecuador Quelled by Arrests in Quito
A cable from Quito reports an attempted revolution in Ecuador ended with the arrest of General Toral and twenty adherents. The plot aimed to seize the capital barracks by converting garrison soldiers to the movement.
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Washington
State Department
Quito
Toral
Great Britain
MABEL TALIAFERRO IN ACCIDENT AT BROADWAY
Mrs. Fred Thompson known as Mabel Taliaferro on stage was injured when a cab carrying her and her husband was struck by a southbound Columbus Avenue car at 44th Street and Broadway. She refused medical aid. motorman John McCutcheon of 531 Eighth Avenue operated Car No. 3114. The Liberty Theatre star in Polly of the Circus was said to be badly cut.
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Fred Thompson
Mabel Taliaferro
Algonquin
West 44Th Street
Columbus Avenue
44Th Street
Broadway
John McCutcheon
Eighth Avenue
Liberty Theatre
Thompson
Naval Law At Issue Congress To Take Hand
Secretary Metcalf refused to discuss Rear Admiral Brownson's resignation as chief of the navigation bureau. The Navy debates line versus staff roles under law, with Admiral Brownson objecting to a surgeon commanding a hospital ship. Congress likely to hear the case as President and Navy leaders clash over ship command procedures and legality.
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Washington
Metcalf
Brownson
Navigation Bureau
Rixey
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Bureau of Navigation
Cameron McRae Winslow
Bureau
Winslow
Congress
Admiral Brownson
White House
Stokes
Hastings man shoots self after breaking temperance pledge
Frank Amos of Hastings Penn, despondent after breaking a temperance pledge, shot himself Sunday night. His wife and children, returning home for Christmas, found the body late yesterday. The notice ends with an advertisement for Haas Restaurant Park Row.
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Johnstown
Penn
Frank Amos
Hastings
Clearfield County
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FLEET
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Lawrence, Mass
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