Dutch Seize Guard Ship on Venezuelan Coast
Caracas reports say the Dutch cruiser Gelderland seized the Venezuelan coast guard ship Alexis off Puerto Cabello. The incident follows a decree placing Venezuela in a state of defense amid Dutch naval actions near La Guaira and Curaçao.
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Venezuelan
Caracas
Alexis
Plaza Bolivar
Gomez
Republic
The
Hague
Netherlands
Puerto Cabello
Gelderland
Jacob van Heemskerk
Friesland
la Guaira
Castro
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacao
Holland
Pan
Reelfoot Outlaws Placed on Trial
Union City Tenn Dec 14 Late today Garate Johnson James Applewhite Roy Ransom Bud Mortis Fred Pinken Arthur Clear Tid Burton and Bob Huffman alleged leaders of the night under bands of Reelfoot alias were placed on trial charged with the murder of Captain Quinton Rankin prominent attorney of Trenton Tenn The culminating act of a series of outlawry so high handed as to call for the soldiery of the state to aid the civil authorities in hunting down and prosecuting members of the clan.
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Union City
Tenn
Garate Johnson
James Applewhite
Roy Ransom
Bud Mortis
Fred Pinken
Arthur Clear
Tid Burton
Bob Huffman
Reelfoot
Quinton Rankin
Trenton
Illinois primary law upheld by judge in Chicago
Judge Mc Surely declared the new direct primary law of Illinois constitutional in a Chicago county criminal court ruling dated December 14. The decision affirms the law under which state and county officers were nominated last August and indicates the ruling may be reviewed by the state supreme court. Indictments against three men charged under the law were not quashed.
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Chicago
Ilinois
McSurely
County Criminal Court
Supreme Court of
Farmers Report Records Hit in 1908 Agriculture Output
Secretary James Wilson reports 1908 farm values set a record with all farm products near 7.78 billion dollars. Indian corn leads in volume and value, cotton and hay both rise with hay the largest crop ever at 68 million tons but cotton value surpasses hay for first time. Wheat also up in production and value amid a broad agricultural surge.
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Washington
Mrs Gates Divorce Led to Share in Millionaire Estate
Milwaukee December 14 Judge Ludwig signs final decree in the Gates divorce awarding Gertrude Ruel Gates the absolute divorce and her name restoration. She receives 1430 dollars plus 2814 acres in Price county as her share of estate of James L Gates.
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Milwaukee
Ludwig
Gates
James L. Gates
Gertrude Ruel Moulton
Price County
Gertrude Ruel Gates
Reign of Terror in India Sparks Fear of British Justice
Calcutta reports mass arrests under sedition law as India council grants summary trials and executions. Natives fear widespread killings regardless of guilt while police conduct house to house searches and uncover ammunition and treasonable literature.
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Calcutta
The
India Council
Accidents To Workers In United States Run Into The Millions
Washington reports by the bureau of labor show 30 to 35 thousand deaths and about two million injuries among U S workers in the past year. Factory workers especially iron and steel face high risk with electricians coal miners and railway workers among the affected groups. The bulletin notes neglect of protection despite decade of improvements in factory practice.
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United States
Washington
Bureau of Labor, Tron and Steel
Iron and Steel
Bulletin
Harriman and Kahn inquiry ends with innocence finding
A detective notes Harriman and Kahn need not answer questions after examining a case and finds them innocent. The report includes a Rock Island dated May 30 1908 letter from secret service men about tracking former company members discharged by the president's order after a shooting. C Franklin, a corporal once at Brownsville, slept during the incident and suspects colored troops were involved.
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Secret Service
Rock Island
C. J. Talley
A. Franklin
Des Moines
Twenty-second Street
Franklin
Brownsville
Big blast at Bas Obispo canal kills ten and wounds fifty
Giant dynamite explosion at Bas Obispo canal works wounds and buries workers. Officials cite discharge during loading of last blast hole. 22 tons exploded. Most victims were Spaniards. Relief trains sent. Ancon hospital receiving many injuries. Only two Americans confirmed dead, John J. Reidy and James L. Hummer.
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Colon
Bas Obispo
Culebra
Ancon
Pedro Miguel
Washington
San Obispo
John J. Reidy
Indianapolis
Ind
James L. Hummer
Dunnellen
N. J
No More 25-Cent Brooms in Illinois Supply
Broom corn brokers control the remaining stock in Illinois. Paris firm offered 130 dollars per ton for 1,000 tons bought at 82.50. Broom factories raised the price of the lowest grades by 50 cents a dozen. Also mentions upcoming Civil Service Reform League convention in Pittsburgh with notable speakers including Attorney General Bonaparte, Joseph Choate, and Mayor Guthrie.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Illinois
Paris
Pittsburg
National Civil Service Reform League
Allegheny County Association
Charles J. Bonaparte
United States
Joseph H. Choate
George W. Guthrie
Dissenting Opinion Seeks to Limit Interstate Inquiry Power
Justice Holmes in a December ruling says Harriman and Kahn need not answer ICC questions about stock dealings with Union Pacific. Justice Day argues the current construction of the Interstate Commerce Act strips the commission of investigative power in such matters. Land Grabbers Freed in Colorado timber and coal land case. Supreme Court reverses district court, releasing multiple defendants.
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Washington
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court Today
E. H. Harriman
Otto Kahn
New York
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Union Pacific
Justice Day
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Unite States District Court of Colorado
Colorado
Foraker amendment aims at Brownsville issue in Senate
In Washington on December 14 Senator Foraker introduced an amendment to the Brownsville reenlistment bill seeking to shift authority from the executive to a congressional tribunal to decide the Brownsville question and permit the reenlistment of negro troops discharged for alleged participation in the Brownsville incident. The speech followed by Culberson requesting the president’s message be read as Fairbanks called for the reading, with senators listening intently. Admiral Cervera retired in Madrid on December 14 due to health reasons after commanding the Spanish fleet at Santiago.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Government Printing Office
Congress
Senate
Herbert J. Browne
Brownsville
Secertary of War
Department
W. G. Baldwin
Company By
BI Troop
Secretary of War
House
Payne
de Armond
Missouri
Foraker
Texas
Culberson
Fairbanks
Cervera
Madrid
Santiago
Teddy Jr Gets Office Near Father in Rank
Waterbury Conn December 14 Governor elect Lilley announces Theodore Roosevelt Jr an aide-de-camp on his staff with the rank of major Roosevelt now lives at Thompsonville and is learning the carpet making business
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Waterbury
Conn
Lilley
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Thompsonville
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Bar of Justice
Tennessee
Sam
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Inegroes
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Wilson
Sault Ste. Marie
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Higgins
White House
Loeb
Root
Senator Lodge
America
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David A. Meyers
Pontiac
Ill
Department of Illinois
W. A. Northcott
Springfield
O.E. Aleshire
A. R. Talbot
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas City
Theodore Remley
James
Melissa Sharp
Dalbow
Dalvow
Della Pratt
Louis Pratt
Sharp
William Bngwell
India
Harriman
Kahn
Supreme Court
the Commerce Commission
DeArmond
Teddy JR
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