Receivers Appointed for Chicago Great Western Railroad
Judge Walter H. Sanbern appointed A B Stickney and Charles H F Smith as receivers for the Chicago Great Western. Kel logs Severance of St Paul represent creditors while stockholders and a finance committee filed the petition. The road faces about 10.65 million dollars due in four years plus 19 million spent on rebuilding and new construction over ten years.
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St. Paul
Jan
Walter H. Sandrn
United States Circuit Court
A. B. Stickney
Charles H. F. Smith
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Kellogs & Severance
John A. Humberg
Minnesota
George P. Meyer
New York
Ward Cummings
Alexander Wallace
Kellogg
Chicago Great Western
Manhattan Trust Company
Great Western
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Minneapolis
Mason City
Mason City & Fort Dodge
Mason City Road
Dekalb & Great Western
Great Westin
Sanbern
Meeting in London on Chicago Great Western notes
London January 8 report that noteholders and A B Stickney met to appoint a receiver to preserve the status quo while a first mortgage bond covering all road indebtedness is prepared and a stockholder vote is sought. A London agency issued a notice about the meeting and actions to maintain the company’s C actioned on second pase
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago Great Western Rainey Company
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railway
Foraker Defiance Drives Ohio Convention Fight in Cleveland
Taft forces claim Senator Foraker defies the state committee call as the basis for contesting the sixty three Ohio convention delegates in Cuyahoga County. Governor Herrick leads a Taft delegate slate while Congressman Burton is expected to deliver the final word. Foraker supporters show no plans to submit delegate candidates to the Election Board, and a repeat convention in Columbus is possible. Senator Dick recruits followers in Akron as the battle continues.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Foraker
State Committee
Cuyahoga County
Taft
Herrick
Burton
Guard orders as Louisville tobacco markets face unrest
Governor Willson ordered ten militiamen to Lebanon to guard the American Tobacco warehouse and ten soldiers to the town mayor to protect tobacco property. A gatling gun was sent to Lexington after talks with city officers amid fears of night-time violence in the white tobacco region. Louisville sales set a record with 1.5 million pounds traded on the breaks at about 12 cents.
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Frankfort
Willson
Lebanon
Lexington
Kentucky
Louisville
Burley Association
American Tobacco Company
Hancock County
Montgomery County
American
Imperial Tobacco Companies
American Society of Equity
Immigrant escapes from Ellis Island amid embezzlement case
Harry Schauwe an alleged Moscow embezzler who arrived aboard the Pretoria escapes from Ellis Island where he was awaiting deportation after a Moscow bank embezzlement of 5500. Commissioner Watchorn orders a rigid inquiry as guards face cross examination and fellow passenger William von Hoffmann is detained but to be released today.
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Harry Schauwe
Pretoria
Ellis Island
Schaune
Watchorn
Washington
Hamburg
Moscow
William von Hoffmann
von Hoffmann
Schauwe
Seagoing Railroad to Cut New York Havana Travel Time
The Florida East Coast Railway opens the Miami to Knights Key line January 16. Steamers already connect Knights Key with Key West and Havana, making the trip in six hours. Tourist trains will run through to Knights Key from January 1, and the new route is expected to shorten New York to Havana travel time by one day.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida. East Coast Railway
Miami
Knights Key
Key West
Havana
New York
Bayonne Priest Opens Job Office for Starving Italians
Father Mercolino of the Church of the Assumption in Bayonne says half of the town’s 500 Italian families are starving, with no money or work. He has appealed to Hudson County manufacturers and contractors to hire laborers and opened an employment office at his home as church funds run out. He reports turning away scores of hungry women and children daily and seeks ways to provide relief.
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Bayonne
Father Mercolino
Church of the Assumption
Hudson County
San Francisco Cleansed of Schmitz Ruet Influence
The city government shifts away from six years of Schmitz Ruet control as the new Board of Supervisors begins work. Mayor Taylor urges an auxiliary water system, street improvements, and rapid rehabilitation of public buildings as trains head south.
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San Francisco
Jan S
Schmitz
Ruet
McCarthy
Taylor
Board of Supervisors
Bryan on His Issues Drops Railroad Plank
Chicago. Jan 8. William Jennings Bryan denounces government ownership of railroads as a national issue and outlines views on banks depositors insurance, rail regulation, Oriental immigration, initiative and referendum, and imperialism. He says rail ownership not a campaign issue in 1908 and defends Democratic principles. Other speakers at the Jackson Day dinner include Adjair erly, W J Stone, John W Kern, Edgar Lee Masters.
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Tribune
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Iinois
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Congress
Jeffersonian Club
Army
New York City
Treasury
Democratic Party
Jackson
Illinois
Mr. Bryan
Denver
United States
Bloomington
Ill
W. J. Stone
Missouri
John W. Kern
Indiana
Edgar Lee Masters
Jefferson Davison
Arkansas
Stevenson
Washington Indorses Bryan for President
Washington January 8 The Democratic state convention today unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of William J Bryan for President in the forthcoming campaign.
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Washington
Wash
William J. Bryan
Three Hundred Chinese Die in Canton Fire at Movie Exhibit
Mail advices from South China report a fire at the Choi Chan restaurant in Canton that killed about 300 Chinese. A Chinese guest showed moving pictures with a cinematograph at a wedding feast when the film caught fire and a panic followed, causing the building to collapse.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Canton
California
Choi-Chan
Glenn Calls Special Session To Tackle Rail Rates
Governor Glenn after a Council of State session issues a proclamation for a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly to begin January 21. The extra session aims to change modify or repeat the railroad passenger rate of two cents per mile set at the last Legislature.
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Raleigh
N. C
Glenn
Council of State
General Assembly of North Carolina
Fluctuation of Lake Levels Reported by Survey
United States lake survey data show Lake Superior dropping nearly four inches in December while Lakes Michigan and Huron fall about two and a half inches. Lake Erie declines eighteen inches, Ontario holds steady. Projections expect further drops for Superior and Michigan Huron, with Ontario steady and historical means cited. An advertisement mentions Dewey's Glarts and Burgundy supplement.
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the Tribune
Detroit
United States Lake Survey
Lake Superior
Michigan
Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Evie
Ontario
One Brigand's Record of a Riga Murder Gang
United States marshals arrest Jan Janoff Pouren at East 49th Street. Russian consul general accuses Pouren of a long crime spree near Riga Livonia including multiple murders arsons and robberies. He admits likeness to a photo and faces extradition.
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Jan Janoff Pouren
United States
East 49Th Street
Shields
M. de Lodygensky
Livonia
Pouren
Riga
Pennsylvania
Martin Martinson
Michael Byrnes
John P. Murray
New York
Murray
Black Hand
Russia
M. Kamin
Youroff Dombrowsky
Peter Smalkaiss
Andreas Snedge
Anne Leit
Martin Pontain
van Knaguiss
Knaguiss
Matis Apmann
Apmann
Rich Woman Murdered in Boston on Her Doorstep
Miss Mary McCarthy, aged forty six, was shot and killed on her doorstep in Boston today by a man described as a supposed maniac. The killer fled and Norton was arrested on a murder charge. The estate, estimated near a million dollars, will pass to Mrs. Mary Roberts of New York, a cousin, with the Boston policeman William Joyce as the other known heir.
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the Tribune
Boston
Mary McCarthy
Mary Roberts
New York
Miss McCarthy
Episcopalians Accept Beauxchenes Estate for School
Beauxchenes, the Beauxchene estate near Asheville, adjacent to Vanderbilt's Biltmore, has been offered to and accepted by the Episcopal Church's Board of Missions to be used partly as a large girls' school. John G Roebling built the property. it was offered to the Presbyterian Home Mission Board, which declined after Asheville voted against liquor.
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Tribune
Beauxchenes
Mag- Asheville
N. C
John 4. Roebling
George W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Board of Missions of
The
Episcopal Church
Roebling
Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church
Asheville
London Times Subscribers Led By Lord Brassey And Viscount Iveagh
London patrons for The London Times now total one million dollars with C Arthur Pearson owner ship. Principal donors include Lord Brassey Lord Rothschild Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Viscount Iveagh and Sir Alexander Finderson. Sir Alexander made the largest gift.
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London
London Times
C. Arthur Pearson
Lord Brassey
Lord Rothschild
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Viscount Iveagh
Alexander Fisnderson
Great Central Railway
Sir Alexander
Automobiles in the Bay State Reported Fatalities and Collisions
A Telegraph summary notes 1907 in Massachusetts saw forty nine killed and 464 seriously injured by autos. There were 290 reported collisions and one conviction in lower courts for automobile law violations, per the State Secretary of Transportation Roads Association report.
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the Tribune
Boston
Massachusetts
Tood Roads Association
Jackson elected chairman of Democratic State Central Committee
Indianapolis report on the forty third ballot electing U. S. Jackson of Greenfield as chairman. The result is described as a victory for Thomas Tagsart amid party leadership changes. Briarcliff Milk ad notes increased supply allowing more orders for Keith pure milk from Jerseys, with 46th Street address and phone 327s-sS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
U. S. Jackson
Greenfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Thomas Tagsart
Jerseys
Ste East 46Th Street
Fleet off Pernambuco American battleships sighted on voyage
The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans was sighted near Pernambuco today at noon en route to Rio de Janeiro. A Brazilian navy division including Barroso Tupy Tamoyo and Carlos Gomes will sail from Rio to meet them at Cape Frio and escort the ships into Rio de Janeiro harbor likely anchoring Saturday.
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Rio
Pernambuco
Brazil
Evans
Rio de Janeiro
Barroso
Tupy
Tamoyo
Carlos Gomes
Cape Firo
Brazilian
Salvador Loan Secures Five Million Dollar England Bond
San Salvador announces a government loan of five million dollars from England. President Figueroa permits newspapers to discuss acts of public officials freely. The report notes the total loan amount and the government's role in securing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
England
Figueroa
Rumor of Invasion Ties Guatemala to Honduras Plot
A Belize merchant reports that President Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala is loaning ten thousand troops and money to support a rebellion against the Honduran provisional government. Arms and munitions are said to flow to General Lee Christmas, with Manuel Bonilla rallying discontented Hondurans near Port Barrios for an invasion from Jalapa on the Guatemala border.
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Tribune
Mobile
Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Honduras
Manuel Bonilla
David C. Greaves
Belize
Greaves
Lee Christmas
Bonilla
Port Barrios
Jalapa
Edward H Bulkley Dead at Newport Home After Suffering Illness
Edward H Bulkley, long troubled by heart and kidney issues, died at his Newport residence on Old Beach Road. His substantial fortune will revert to a newborn son. He was 40, son of Edward H Bulkley of New York, married two years ago to Margaret Stewart of New Brunswick, who cared for him. His sisters Mrs. Roland Redmond and Mrs. Reginald W. Rives witnessed his passing. He belonged to the Newport Reading Room Clam Bake Club Union Knickerbocker and Brook clubs of New York and the Metropolitan Club of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Newport, R. I
Jan. S
Edward H. Bulkley
Newport
Old Beach Road
Mr. Bulkley
New York
Margaret Stewart
New Brunswick
Newport Hospital
Roland Redmond
Reginald W. Rives
Newport Reading Room
Newport Clambake Club
Union, Knickerbocker and Brook Clubs
Metropolitan Club
Washington
Necklace Lost at Madison Square Garden Recovered
Mrs Louis D Conley reported a $10000 pearl necklace missing at the Madison Square Garden auto show. Detectives Cassassa and McKenna recovered it, after learning a chauffeur found and sold the piece to Peter Groll, who sold it to police for $700. both suspects were discharged as the Conleys declined to prosecute.
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Louis D. Conley
Madison Square Garden
Cassassa and McKenna
Conley Foil Company
West 25Th Street
East 93d Street
James Farley
Goodwin Garage
West 93d Street
Peter Groll
Groll
Farley
Jefferson Market Court
Conleys
Pupils mob teachers at Public School 83 attack on East 110th
One hundred boys attacked as teachers Miss Blanche Rosenthal Miss Bertha Street and William Murray left the building. Miss Rosenthal was struck on the head with a stone. Joseph Demilio a fifteen year old Italian started trouble. Patrolman Meeney intervened and George Mann was arrested. Teachers sought refuge in a drug store.
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East 110Th Street
Third Avenue
Blanche Rosenthal
Bertha Street
Miss Rosenthal
William Murray
Joseph Demilio
East 1Lfth Street
Rosenthal
Meeney
George Mann
East 109Th Street
110Th Street
Principal stabbed by pupil at Woodland Street School
Worcester Massachusetts January 8 十四 year old pupil David Clark a ninth grader stabbed principal John Lynch in the right hip as he prepared to discipline him The boy was sent to the office by a teacher and used an opened jackknife The principal's wound is not dangerous and he was taken to Police Headquarters
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Worcester
Mass
John &. Lynch
New Woodland Street
David Clark
Stade
NOT TAFTS MANAGER. HITCHCOCK WONT RESIGN
Washington reports deny rumors that Frank Hitchcock, First Assistant Postmaster General, will resign or manage Taft political interests. A secretary Taft meeting confirmed Hitchcock loyal to Taft and not asked to take on Taft campaign duties. The note stresses no intention to resign or oversee Taft’s campaign.
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Tribune
Washington
Jan. S
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Taft
Post Office Department
Far East
Cortelyou
Taft Set A Time For the Call. In Accordance With His Appointment, Mr. Hitchcock
Porter Now Regular in Republican Fold
From The Tribune Bureau Washington Jan 8 Peter Augustus Porter representative of the 34th New York district is admitted to the Republican fold by order of Speaker Cannon. Porter will appear as a full fledged Republican in The Congressional Directory and will take a room in the new office building to promote an exposi tion of his fertile district. Col Hepburn and Rep Sherman are noted in the text.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Peter Augustus Porter
New York
Cannon
Pete” Hepburn
Congressional Directory
Porter
James S. Sherman
Congressional Campaign Committee
Simon
Wadsworth
Unknown vessel lost off Diamond Shoals near Cape Hatteras
A distressed message from Cape Hatteras reports the loss of an unknown seven man crew schooner on Diamond Shoals near Norfolk. Two survivors, a American cook and a German sailor, were found ashore on wreckage. Portland and Round Pond, Me., bodies of the Leonora possibly linked. The Leonora, bound Charleston from Round Pond with fish scrap, may be the vessel reported lost. Gilbert Transportation Co. doubts the Leonora’s loss. Several schooners carry fish scrap along Long Island Sound.
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Norfolk
United States
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Diamond Shoals
Long Point
Charleston
Cook
Portland
Round Pond
New Bedford
Mass
Columbia Falls
Gilbert Transportation Company
New Haven
Conn
Boothbay Harbor
Mystic. Conn
Long Island Sound
Leonora
Gilchrist
Saunderstown
Mexico seeks church paintings inventory after American purchases
The Mexican government ordered an inventory of all church property following recent purchases of paintings by Americans in Mexican churches. The notice appears in Telegraph dispatches from Mexico City dated January, noting the government action and prompting readers to see HAAN'S Restaurant in Park Row for related dining and music ads.
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the Tribune
Mexico City
Haan
Park Row
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Ohio
Night Riders
Tion
Hudson Factories
Schmitz-Ruef
Florida Information Bureau
Broadway, Cor
30Th St
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Oklahoma
DEWEY
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
TIMES
Bay State
Aggart’s
Salvador
Liberty of Press
Cabrera
E. H. Bulkley
Mrs. L. D. Conley
East Side
Tafts
Crown
Mexico
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