Carnegie for Lower Duties and Tariff Debate
Andrew Carnegie testified before the Ways and Means committee in Washington on steel tariff needs. He argued U S production costs are cheaper than abroad and that no tariff is necessary, praising Judge Gary while noting rival firms would suffer without protection. He compared Gary's sympathy to a monkey passing chestnuts to a cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
Carnegie
Payne
Gary
Steel Corporation
America
Pittsburg
Dalzell
Gay
Great Northern Company
Great Northern
Steel
Géry
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Canada
Pennsylvania
Man Aims to Eat Forty Rabbits in Forty Days
Bloomington Illinois Isaac Irkuhart of Douglas county bets he can eat 40 rabbits in as many days. He attacked his thirteenth bunny Monday and says the creatures grow more palatable daily. The rabbits were kept in a pen with daily losses. Irkuhart has lost two and a half pounds but stays confident he will win the wager.
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Bloomington
Ill
Isaac Irkuhart
Douglas County
Irkuhart
Priest Jumps from Steamer in Atlantic Tragedy
Marconigram from the steamer Arabic reports the death by self inflicted action of Rev. Thomas A. Kelley of St. Agnes Church Patterson New Jersey, by jumping overboard at 2 a.m. Thursday. Rescue was impossible due to the tempestuous sea. Father Kelley was en route to Ireland for Christmas with relatives and had been suffering from melancholia and deep depression.
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Queenstown
Thomas A. Kelley
St. Agnes’ Church
Paterson
N. J
Father Kelley
Ireland
Christmas Tree Theft Spurs Park Patrols Boost
In Caldwell New Jersey vandals stripped a local park of Christmas greenery. The Essex County Park Commission increased patrols after decoration hustlers damaged shrubbery in the park.
Roosevelt to send message on Panama Canal policy
Roosevelt plans to address Congress with his final Panama Canal message before leaving office. He and President elect Taft may meet in February to discuss Taft's Isthmus investigation and possible policy changes.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Panama Canal Zone
Washington, D. C
Congress
Panama Canal
New Naval Board Named in Navy Department Reform Plan
Washington D C new moves by Secretary Newberry aim to expand the general and construction boards of the navy department and tighten cooperation. The reform redefines battleship design work and signals the bureau of steam engineering may be merged with construction and repair under a single head as part of a broader reorganization.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Newberry
General Board
Board of Construction
Navy
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Lawyer Dead in Office at Real Estate Exchange
Police investigate a murder mystery in Chicago Michigan Avenue area as A. L. Flamingham, a lawyer, is found dead on the fourth floor of the Real Estate Exchange at 59 Dearborn Street. Initial theory of apoplexy gives way to evidence of foul play, with multiple wounds suggesting murder rather than a simple fall. Flamingham shared offices with Oliver M. Olson, another lawyer.
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Chicago
Loop
A. L. Flamingham
Dearborn Street
Oliver M. Olson
Traction Bridge Fire Sparks City Tense Calm
In Lincoln Nebraska Havelock guards dispersed a mob attempting to torch a bridge belonging to the Lincoln Traction Co. A car deterred the attackers and the fire was extinguished with minor damage. Citizens fault the company for failing to honor a promised 5 cent fare after a ten year franchise.
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Lincoln
Neb
Havelock
J. H. Humphrey
Lincoln Traction Co
Wreck of British Cotton Steamer Irada Off Point Mizzenhead
The British cotton steamer Irada sailing from Galveston to Liverpool wrecked in a fierce gale off Point Mizzenhead. The captain and six crew drowned. Cargo including 21 000 bales of cotton destroyed. Sixty five crew rescued after hours of exposure with several fatally injured.
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Cuxbaxen
Germany
Galveston
Liverpool
Point Mizzenhead
Carrie Nation to headline London music halls if talks succeed
Aberdeen’s Carrie Nation may become the principal attraction in London music halls after managers propose a series of lectures. They would guarantee her protection and a respectful hearing if negotiations on Tuesday are successful.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Carrie Nation
London
Roosevelt to spend Christmas at White House with family
President Roosevelt will celebrate Christmas in the White House surrounded by his immediate family and relatives. In previous years he has hunted on Mrs. Roosevelt's Pine Knot farm in Virginia.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
White House
King Edward Eyes Christmas in Sadringham Despite Doctors
London physicians express concern over King Edward's plan to travel to Sadringham for the royal family's Christmas celebration citing the coast climate risks to his throat. The king may later depart for southern France after the festivities.
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London
Eng
Edward
Sadringham
France
Labor Leaders Sentenced in Contempt Case Against AFL Officials
In Washington D C Justice Wright of the DC Supreme Court convicting Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Morrison of contempt in the Buck s Stove and Range Co case imposed terms of imprisonment Gompers 12 months Mitchell nine months Morrison six months The trio await appeal in the US Court of Appeals DC
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Washington, D. C
Buck's Stove and Range Co
St. Louis
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Gompers
Mitchell
United States Court of Appeals of the
Bank Theft Admitted by Eufala Cashier H Barr Elliott
H Barr Elliott bank cashier confessed to robbing the First National Bank of Eufala Oklahoma and returned 2847 the full amount. He attempted to take poison but the bank president stopped him. The Dec 14 robbery was initially charged to Henry Starr. Elliott, a Gainesville Texas native, had worked at the bank briefly.
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Muskogee
Pinkerton
First National Bank
Eufala
H. Barr Elliott
Elliott
Henry Starr
Kansas City
Gainsville
Tex
Pittsburg Scandal prompts federal probe into banks
Voters league leaders in Pittsburg announce federal help in prosecutions linked to a municipal scandal. The justice department will investigate banks holding city funds after testimony cited 176000 in questionable deposits, with 17500 accounted for. Prosecutions target former President Ramsey and former Cashier Issack of the German National bank. additional arrests possible after the New Year.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Voters League
Department of Justice
Department
League
Ramsey
Issack
German National Bank
Labor Leaders Denounced in Judge's Scathing Decision
Justice Wright savaged the defense in a ruling over Buck's Stove and Range Co. He traced 25 years of open shop operation and AFL influence. The judge cited the We Do Not Patronize list and warned of public enemies when law and federation tribunals clash.
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Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Justice Wright
Buck’s
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
Buck
Federal Union
Stevens murder to be avenged in Korea case
San Francisco reports that Durham White Stevens, diplomat adviser to the Korean emperor, will be avenged December 26. In Wan Chan has been found guilty. the sentence ranges from ten years to life imprisonment.
Widow Dies After Saving Employer’s Child in Fire
Mrs Jessie Cain, a young widow, died early Thursday after a lamp exploded while she ran through her employer’s house to rescue the children. The blast spilled burning oil on her, but she saved the children before succumbing to burns. Her husband drowned last July, and weeks earlier a tree fell crushing the dredge boat they worked on.
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Jessie Cain
Methodists to Erect Monument in Canada near Heck grave
Contracts for a memorial to Barbara Heck founder of Methodism in America were awarded to Odgensburg contractors yesterday. The monument funded by Methodist subscriptions in the United States and Canada will stand on the Canadian bank of the Lawrence river near the founder’s burial site. It is to be unveiled next August.
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Odgensburg
N. Y
Barbara Heck
America
United States
Canada
Lawrence River
Suit filed to eject Lincoln Traction from Havelock streets
Dust Traction Company of Lincoln Nebraska sues in district court for a writ of ouster to remove Lincoln Traction Company from the streets of Havelock alleging the franchise has expired. A recent mob attacked the street railway bridge near Havelock after the company refused a five cent fare, sparking a popular outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Would Dust Traction Company
Lincoln
Explosion Kills Brakeman on Lake Shore Line Near Laporte
Brakeman B M Wisern was killed and fireman E L Replogle seriously injured when a boiler on a Lake Shore railroad engine exploded two miles east of Laporte Indiana Thursday night.
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Cleveland
Ohio
B. M. Wisern
E. L. Replogle
Lake Shore Railroad
Laporte
Ind
Hearings on Tariff Ended
The House Ways and Means Committee completed hearings on the proposed tariff revision. A Republican sub committee will draft a tariff bill for a special session called by Judge Taft next March. The panel will meet daily behind closed doors to craft the measure using extensive testimony and reports. Carnegie’s Monday testimony failed to aid the committee’s deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Taft
Carnegie
Commission on County Life Concludes Field Work
In Washington the presidents commission on county life finished its investigation. Members met Tuesday to shape a report due January 1 outlining federal actions to aid the farm uplift movement and plans to forward recommendations to Congress with presidential comments.
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Washington, D. C
Commission On
Congress
Deputy Postmaster Surrenders in Indiana Fraud Probe
Claude Stitt deputy postmaster of Wabash Indiana surrendered to U S marshal in Indianapolis on Tuesday. He was released on bond of 3500 dollars after being sought since his disappearance before Thanksgiving. The Wabash post office shortage totaled 2600 dollars and Stitt is charged with responsibility for the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Claude Stitt
Wabash
United States
Marshall Petit
Stit
Governor forms bi state panel on Kansas Penitentiary
Governor Hoch appointed a joint Kansas and Oklahoma committee to probe the state penitentiary. The inquiry follows charges of inhuman treatment poor food and unsanitary conditions raised by Oklahoma official Miss Kate Barnard. Oklahoma inmates are held at the Kansas facility.
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Topeka
Kas
Hoch
Oklahoma
Kansas Penitentiary
Miss. Kate Barnard
Charities and Corrections of
Kansas Institution
Ruef Secures Delay in Traction Bribery Case
Abe Ruef convicted of bribery in connection with a traction franchise appeared before Judge Lawler for a sentence. A postponement until Tuesday next was ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruef
San Francisco
Cal
Abe Ruef
Lawler
Widow Dies From Heart Attack at Husband's Funeral
Mrs Catherine Moore aged 62 collapsed and died from heart disease shortly after seeing her husband laid to rest at their home in Philadelphia. Mourners rushed to aid but she died on the floor. The Moores had been married forty years.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Nner
Catherine Moore
Fatally Wounded Father Sparks Manhunt in Kentucky
Bath county farmer Thomas Jackson shot and killed his father Henry Jackson on Thursday. The younger Jackson fled the scene and is being pursued by a posse in Lexington area. authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
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Lexington
Thomas Jackson
Bath County
Henry Jackson
Young Jackson
Farms For Children Gifted Eighty Five Farms
Seven children of John C. Brown a wealthy Carmi farmer received eighty five farms as a Christmas gift valued at one hundred dollars per acre. The parcels were distributed Thursday among the heirs in a plan arranged by the father and witnessed by local notables.
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Carmi
John C. Brown
Newspaper Man Indorsed for U S Senate in Taft Era
Pittsburg editors George T. Oliver owner of the Gazette Times and Chronicle Telegraph was unanimously endorsed by Allegheny county members of the state legislature as United States senator to succeed Senator Philander C. Knox who is to become secretary of state in the Taft cabinet.
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Pittsburg
Penn
George T. Oliver
The
Gazette Times
Chronicle Telegraph
Allegheny County
United States
Philander C. Knox
Taft
Moscow clash with revolutionists leaves police chief dead
In a villa on Elk Island near Moscow a battle with revolutionists left police chief Baron Cotte and Col. Muraki dead. Troops arrived and engaged the insurgents as the fighting continued with casualties uncertain on the police side.
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Elk Island
Moscow
Russia
Baron Cotte
Secret Political Police
Col
Muraki
Cotte
Murakia
Young desperado captured in Missouri after jail escape
Mexico. Fred Mikel the youthful desperado who killed Deputy Marshall Elmer Magruder and wounded City Marshal Frank Cain was arrested in Higbee Missouri after showing a shoulder wound to a stranger. He confessed to the killing and robbery at Certralia. He did not resist and expressed regret. Hay and Wheat Depository Burns. Baltimore. Fire destroyed the Baltimore and Ohio hay and wheat depository at Mont Clair shops. Damage estimated at 150000 dollars. Fire apparatus toppled and several firemen narrowly escaped injury.
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Mexico
Fred Mikel
Marshall Elmer Magruder
Frank Cain
Higbee
Chicago & Alton
Certralia
Mikel
Magruder
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mont Clair Shops
Army deposit plan saves sergeant’s pay
Post Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Harvey S. A. saved 31300 through the army deposit plan. Col. George R. Smith chief paymaster of the department of California notes the amount.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Harvey
S. A
Drew
George R. Smith
Department of California
Army
Rival suitors duel in Cleveland over 14 year old Julie
Michael Milanovich is under arrest for the death of Rowell Fromich after a knife duel in a dark room. Fromich’s brother was fatally stabbed while trying to intervene. Milanovich also injured Julie, the girl at the center of the dispute, and remains in custody.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michael Milanovich
Rowell Fromich
Julie
Fromich
Milanovich
Morse kills Mexican alleged by telegram in Lower California
Telegram received by E L Campbell ranch owner in San Diego reports William B Morse son of Samuel F B Morse killed a Mexican at Trinidad Lower California and is confined in jail authorities investigate the incident and identify Morse as the inventor’s son
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Morse
San Diego
Cal
E. L. Campbell
Lower California
Samuel F. B. Morse
Trindad
Chicago Broker Improves After Ranch Damages
Trinidad Colo W H Bartlett Chicago millionaire broker who was thrown from a horse or ranch 40 miles southwest sustained a broken arm and other injuries. Physicians say no serious results are feared and he is improving by Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Trinidad
Colo
W. H. Bartlett
Farmer Killed in Tennessee Feud Sparks Sheriff Shooting
Finley area farmer Roark Jackson killed by deputy sheriff M C Reasons during a long standing family feud. A circuit court judgment for 500 dollars against Jackson’s family is said to have provoked the shooting in Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Roark Jackson
Finley
Tenn
M. C. Reasons
Jackson
21 Days to Cross Ocean on Hamburg America Steamer
The Pretoria arrived in New York harbor after a 21 day voyage from Hamburg. The ocean greyhound faced cyclonic storms gigantic waves and continuous winds during the crossing.
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New York, N
Pretoria
Hamburg
New York Harbor
Greyhound
Threatening Letter Targeted Judge Over Sentencing
San Francisco reports a letter threatening Judge T Conlan after he planned to sentence Alex Horr, a Hungarian, for disturbing the peace. The incident centers on the judge receiving the fatal-implication note amid ongoing police activity.
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T. Conlan
Alex
Horr
San Francisco
Taxicab Smashup Proves Fatal in Central Park
New York librarian George C. Hurlburt died at Presbyters hospital from a taxi crash in Central Park. His companion was reported to be dying.
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New York
George C. Hurlburt
Presbyters Hospital
Central Park
Dyin
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Carrie
T. R
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Buraglar
President's Commission On County Life
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Reis
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