Subway Plan Proposes Broadway Lex Broadway Line and Canal Crosstown
Public Service Commission proposes two new routes in Manhattan and the Bronx. A Broadway Lexington Avenue line with dual branches to Pelham Bay Parkway and Woodlawn Cemetery, plus a Canal Street cross-town to the Manhattan Bridge. Reports urge immediate study, funding, and phased construction starting Battery to 42nd Street.
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Viborg men convicted three months in Russia
The Viborg manifesto trial concluded with 167 of 169 Douma signers convicted and given three months imprisonment and loss of political rights. Two were acquitted. M. Ramischwill to be released after prior imprisonment. Convicted leaders include Petrunkevitch and Dolgoroukoff among others.
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Thirty Miners Entombed At Carthage Coal Mine
In Santa Fe New Mexico on December 31 an explosion of fire damp at the Bernel Coal Mine in Carthage entombed thirty miners. Nine bodies were recovered and forty men failed to return from dinner as officials feared a mine fire. The workers were mostly American and Mexican with a few Greeks and Italians. Carthage lies on a Santa Fe branch from Albuquerque to El Paso. In Ohio, two miners died at Crow's Nest Coal Mine near East Greenville and three were trapped by a slate fall. rescuers freed the entombed men after two hours.
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Angry Sea Takes Yacht Mavourneen Near Fire Island
In a heavy gale the New York yacht Mavourneen struck the outer bar while entering Fire Island inlet. Oak Island and Fire Island lifesavers launched two boats and, after five hours pumping, could not save the vessel. The two men aboard were rescued and brought ashore, safe at Oak Island station.
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May end Carolina rate fight in North Carolina
Raleigh December 31 hearing in the Atlantic Coast Line rate dispute was postponed to January in Wilmington by agreement of counsel. The delay follows ACL’s earlier refusal to accept Governor Glenn’s compromise rates, already accepted by the Southern Seaboard Air Line Norfolk and Southern and others, hinting ACL is now weighing the compromise. A special January legislative session to enact a new rate law to align with the compromise appears certain.
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FLOCK TO SUPPORT OF NEW
The Tribune Indianapolis reports that Harry S. New has secured local Republican backing in Indiana for delegate support against Joseph B. Keating. Mayer Bookwalter controls district organization. Keating’s bid risks losing every ward if he stays in the race.
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Bennet Says Parsons Will Rule
Washington December report from The Tribune Bureau notes Representative Bennet declines direct answers after meeting with the President. He hints Parsons will have ample support at the January 16 meeting of the Republican Committee of New York County and that committee action will follow Parsons guidance. Bennet dodges questions on Parsons attitude toward Governor Hughes.
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Publisher Albert Spink Shot in St. Louis Printing Room
Albert H. Spink publisher of The St. Louis Daily Word was shot twice in the composing room as he intervened in a dispute between his son William Spink and printer Joseph Grow over back pay. Grow admitted the shooting claiming self defense. an operation was performed to save Spink's life.
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New York
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Cupid at City Hall Eighty Four Romances
Eighty four marriage licenses were issued yesterday at City Clerk Scully's office as couples filled out licenses at City Hall. The scene featured hopeful pairs from Irish, German, Russian Jewish, and black communities, some lacking funds yet aided by strangers, with playful anecdotes and a sense of civic New Year optimism.
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Busy Day for Mr Taft In Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Secretary of War William H Taft visited his aunt Mrs Della C Torrey in Millbury and later traveled to Providence and Worcester before boarding the Federal Express to Washington A reunion in Uxbridge yielded a mission to locate the grave of Joseph Taft son of Robert Taft with plans for a monument Taft’s reception included a Spanish War veteran who called him the next President and Taft thanked him while noting uncertainty about the prophecy He then dined at the Hope Club with Governor Higgins Brown University officials and others before departure
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James H. Higgins
W. H. P. Faunce
Brown University
William Ames
Henry D. Sharpe
John R. Rathem
Frederick Roy Mastin
Jona C. Pegram
New York Welcomes 1908 With Fiery New Year Noise
The city rang in 1908 with a deafening blend of bells, chimes, and crowd noise across Manhattan. Old Trinity chimes drew crowds from Broadway to Park Row, while Grace Church and St Patrick’s offered musical contrasts as revelers packed hotels and restaurants for the midnight spectacle amid 40 degree weather and a police presence of 300 detectives to curb rowdyism.
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Bingham
Thousands Toast the New Year Across City Eatery Line
A festive scene across New Year Eve dining rooms with Hector's serving 1,200 guests Hotel Astor 2,500, Hoffman House crowded, Café des Beaux Arts giving gifts, Café Martin lively as diners flocked to restaurants along the main thoroughfare and branches. An estimated 150,000 diners toasted the New Year.
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Haywood Steps Down From Union Office
William D. Haywood is no longer an officer of the Western Federation of Miners, per a statement by Ernest Mills, secretary treasurer. Mills later qualified that Haywood is taking a six month vacation from the post and will be away on tour.
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Denver
Wllliam D. Haywood
Western Federation of Minners
Ernest Mills
Federation
Farewell to liquor midst Atlanta churches and saloons
Atlanta scene contrasts churches and saloons as December 31 ends with Prohibition triumphs and antis and prohis scrambling for remaining drink. Saloons go dry then pivot to wholesale. watch night services at Baptist Tabernacle and Wesley Memorial end year with baptism and a broken bottle gesture. Federal injunction sought by Christian Moerlein Brewery and Chattanooga Brewing against the law.
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Day in Valabama Prohibition Enters Alabama Counties
Birmingham marks the new year as prohibition takes effect in counties with local option votes. Crenshaw County joins fifty counties closing saloons, leaving seventeen counties allowing sale for another year. Champagne bargains, liquor deliveries, and saloon closures reshape Birmingham's liquor market.
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Struggle for Beer at New State Brewery
In Oklahoma City on December 31 a crowd gathered as 2,300 barrels of beer were emptied to streets. Hundreds carried beer home in buckets and cans, with many intoxicated and police halting further flow. Governor Haskell refuses amnesty for thousands indicted in the former Indian Territory.
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Knox Loyal To Roosevelt Nomination Claim
Congressional figure A J Barchfeld reiterates Roosevelt allegedly told him Knox would be a good man to succeed King Barchfeld recounts May remark and Finn confirms. Barchfeld says Roosevelt valued Knox as Attorney General and that Cannon gains strength nationwide, aiding Knox as a dark horse candidate.
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Torpedo Boats Arrive at Para Under Rough Weather
The torpedo boat flotilla accompanying the battleship fleet from Port of Spain Trinidad arrived in Para today after a rough voyage with head seas. Delayed a day by weather, the flotilla will take coal and supplies from transports Arethusa and Stirling and depart January 3 for Pernambuco, five days behind schedule. Para sits on the Para River about sixty miles from the sea with 75 000 residents and a major shipping port harbor.
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Passengers Win Pittsburg Fight Over Fare Rule
Telegraph report from Pittsburg dated December 31 states passengers prevailed as Pittsburg Railways Company admitted inability to enforce a new rule requiring payment before entering streetcars. The clash ended with the company conceding the change.
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Pittsburg
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Smith Beats Baxter in Albany Clerk Nomination Fight
In Albany on December 31 the Republican Assembly caucus backed Ray B. Smith of Syracuse for clerk over Colonel Archie B. Baxter by 67 to many Assemblymen supported Baxter’s bid while Democrats nominated George M. Palmer for Speaker. Speaker Wadsworth was renominated unanimously. The GOP caucus praised Wadsworth’s record. Merritt defended Baxter’s long service and Army record. The GOP move focused on promoting Smith with Baxter losing support as veterans urged backing their candidate. The GOP Senate will name staff for clerk, guard, stenographer roles tomorrow.
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Ward T. Clute
New
Andrew Kean
Bany
Woodruff
Wainwright Favored as Railroads Committee Chairman
Albany Dec 3 The Tribune reports Assemblyman Wainwright is slated to head the Railroads Committee, potentially vacating the Banks chair if Merritt moves up to majority leader. Also noted is Great Bear Spring Water promotion claiming purity and fame.
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Committee On Banks
Assemblyman Wainwright
Railroads
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