Financial and political notes from a global week
Oscar G Murray resigns as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Daniel Willard elected successor in New York. Clemenceau plans a spring tour of South America and lectures on socialism in Buenos Aires and Montevideo with possible U S visit. D O Mills dies suddenly at Millbrae Fox news notes. Robert Bacon presents credentials as ambassador to France. J Pierpont Morgan may unite in a banking merger of $260 million in deposits. New interstate commerce changes introduced by Mann. Eight hundred New York Central retirees receive pension. Coal gas deaths and boiler explosions reported. Navy to test gas propulsion. Rockefeller Jr named grand jury foreman. Morgan funds Trinity College endowment. Election fraud convictions in NYC. Binger Hermann trial set for January 10. Curtiss injunction against Wright brothers upheld. Whittak raises 56 hour weeks for 1500 workers. Kansas City exchange indictments on price fixing. Bible class donations dip slightly. Breach of promise suit filed in Indiana.
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Oscar G. Murray
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
The
Road
New York City
Daniel Willard
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Clemenceau
France
South America
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
United States
New York Club
Charles Zuehlin
University of Chicago
D. O. Mills
New York
Millbrae
San Mateo County
San Francisco
William
Friedrich Wilhelm
Prussia
Prince Albrecht
Brunswick
Agathe von Ratiber Und Corvey
Robert Bacon
Henry White
President Fallieres
Elysee Palace
Daniel Antonio Maceo
Maceo
Los Angeles
Pinar del Rio
Thomas Murdoch
Reid, Murdoch & Co
Chicago
Wilmowski
Bonn
Germany
Krupp
Turkey
Hilmi Pasha
Hakka Bey
Rome
Leon Delagrange
Bordeaux
Mme. Gouin
Jules Edouard Gouin
Bank of France
J. Pierpont Morgan
National City Bank
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
James R. Mann
Illinois
Committee On
Taft
Administration
Mann
Congress
New York Central Lines
Joe Haver
Joliet
Delia
George
People’s Coal Company
Industry
Navy Department
John Mitchell
Temple Club
Mount Vernon
N. Y
White House
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Binger Hermann
Portland
Francis J. Heney
Hazel
United States Court
Buffalo
Wright Brothers
Herring-Curtiss Company
Glenn H. Curtiss
Matthew J. Whittak
Worcester
Mass
Kansas City
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Jackson County
Laporte
Ind
Maybelle Seymour
William Stearnie
LSU Baton Rouge 15th Anniversary Observed Amid Tragedies
The fifteenth anniversary of LSU Baton Rouge’s landing was celebrated with ceremonies. A California train crash near Trenton killed three and injured four, burning some. The McKinley Bridge ice jam caused demolition of 200 feet of structure and likely drowned 20. Former banker Kles W. Marae began a federal prison term in Ta, Qa.
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Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
California
Rock Island Railroad
Icks
Trenton
McKinley
Missis River
St. Louis
Kles W. Marae
Taft Plans Panama Canal Oversight Amid Insurgent Moves
Washington reports Taft has opened conflict with insurgents over patronage as he seeks to centralize Panama Canal Zone governance under the president. The Mann bill passed the House 119 to 102, amid protracted amendments and refusals to yield. Resolutions on the Ballinger Pinchot dispute were introduced in both houses and are expected to advance soon with open public inquiry.
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Washington
Tait
Seni- Lois
Repretseut
Roosevelt
Taft
Cannon
House
Representative Hayes
California
Senate
Mann
Panama Canal Zone
United States
General Land Office
Forest Service
Ballinger
Forester Pinchot
Congress
Judge Latshaw Rules Against Hanging Two Black Defendants
In Kansas City, Judge Ralph S Latshaw sentenced George Reynolds and John Williams, both described as negroes, after a guilty verdict for assaulting Mrs. W. F. Jackson. He refused to condemn them to the usual hanging day, saying they do not deserve the death penalty and should not be desecrated by the standard hang ing day, though ordering the sentence for February 5.
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Kansas City
Ralph S Latshaw
George Reynolds
John Williams
W. F. Jackson
Judge Latshaw
Cook Victim Of Aphasia In Bad Form
New York wife of explorer Dr Frederick A. Cook is at his bedside as his sister-in-law described him as broken down and a victim of aphasia in a severe form. She denied divorce rumors and said he cannot focus on a single subject, mistaking butter for salt while at table.
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New York
Josephine Dudley
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Fire, deaths, and arrests in Illinois Happenings
Firemen battled smoke as hay-fed stables burned at Sedgwick street car barns 1720 Hammond in Chicago, with 15,000 in losses. Firemen rescued five stable workers and three were overcome. Other items note a murder suspect in Des Plaines, a man identified as John Kent’s brother in Anna, and a fatal shooting in Chicago. Also reports on poultry shows, a barefoot preacher's amputation, a dynamite accident, and municipal fire system plans in Joliet.
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Chicago
Sedgwick Street
Hammond Street
Fire Engine Company No. 10
Washington Pure Tee Company
James Miller
Fred Fisher
Danville
Desplaines Street
Bernard Greenberg
Halsted Street
Keating
Condon
Fisher
Anna
Edward Kent
Lafiim Street
Jonesboro
John Kent
Theodore Asper & Co
Kent
Baleom
Harry Featherstone
Maloney
Featherstonhaugh
West Lake Street
Ella Featherstonhaugh
Kewanee
A. H. Mansor
Elias Nicola
Nicola
Mansor
Europe
Springfield
Illinois State Poultry Association
Arsenal
Aurora
W. F. Bostick
Baptist Church
Yorkville
Baptist Hospital
Aurora Otto Stall
Big Rock
General Assembly
House
Hamilton
Joliet
Common Council
Freeport
Carp Papke
Cure of Eczema with Cuticura Remedies Recalls Mrs Cochran Tale
Mrs A J Cochran reports her six year old son suffered widespread eczema for two years before Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills were used as directed. She notes rapid improvement within hours and complete cure after two boxes of each product. She later treated a friend's child with similar success.
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A. J. Cochran
Columbia Ave
Philadelphia
Astor Will Grants Thanksgiving Dinner for Newsboys
Mrs William Waldorf Astor left funds in her will to provide a Thanksgiving meal for New York newsboys who have long benefited from the Astor family's generosity. This year at least 2000 newsboys gathered as afternoon papers suspended work for a holiday.
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William Waldorf Astor
New York
Astor
Is That a Good Joke Question of Age in Lippincott's
A fragment from Lippincott's quotes a character asking if another is so old, with a wry aside about jokes and ownership. The tone suggests a humorous, reflective aside on aging within a periodical vignette.
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Scott
Lippincott’s
Pettit's Eye Salve and Patent Medicine Ad Roundup
An assortment of old fashioned ads promotes Pettit's Eye Salve from Howard Bros Buffalo and various patent medicines claiming cures for colds and flus, with price points of 2c 35c and 50c. Also notes social quips about marriage and smoking quality of Lewis' Single Binder cigars.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Lewis
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