President Roosevelt Presses Nevada Call for Special Legislature
President Roosevelt telegraphed Nevada Governor Sparks that troops at Goldfield stay for three weeks if a special legislative call is issued within five days. if not, troops will be withdrawn. Newlands seeks to delay withdrawal until another protection plan is arranged and to convince Governor Sparks to summon the Nevada legislature. City councils debate library levy and taxes while Senate Bill 57 covers penalties for park and boulevard ordinances. Bill 574, by Rep Campbell, introduced in district.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sparks
Nevada
Goldfield
Newlands
Taft
War Department
Tnnl
Wave of sickness hits Pittsburg in record outbreak
Pittsburg faces what judges call the worst epidemic since 1889 as pneumonia typhoid and especially grip afflict thousands. City homes are affected and large office buildings report worker shortages. The Pittsburg Railway Co. struggles to staff cars as conductors and motormen are laid up with illness.
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Pittsburg
Bei Hing
Famine and Emigration Surge from Eastern Turkey and Armenia
Reports from eastern Turkey and Armenia sent to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions indicate famine is deeper than first feared and the current emigration to the United States is at the highest level ever recorded. The dispatch notes a flood of people seeking relief and passage, highlighting a crisis in the region and its impact on migration.
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Boston
Turkey
Armenia
American Board of Commissioner For Foreign Missions
Campbell's bill made law in Illinois library revenue measure
Governor Deneen approved Senate bill No. 574 authorizing raising library revenue and sent it to the secretary of state for filing. The action was announced from Springfield on December 28. The measure enables libraries to increase funding through approved mechanisms.
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Springfield
Deneen
Secretary of State’s Office
Senate
Long
Mlinois
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Tlinois
Marines Replete With Full 8700 Man Complement
General Elli ot t, commandant of the marines, informed Secretary Metcalf that the Marine Corps is now at its full complement of 8,700 enlisted men for the first time in months. The gain stems from improved employment prospects drawing men from factories mills and mines.
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Washington
Elliott
Marines
Metcalf
Marine Corps
Better Showing in Bank Statement
New York dispatch reports the weekly bank statement for five days shows banks hold $20,170,000 less than the required 25 percent reserve. Loans declined $17,752,000 and deposits fell $8,569,000 while overall reserve rose $9,450,000. deficit shrank $11,581,000 amid a reduction in excess U.S. deposits by $11,654,000.
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New York
U.S
220 Bodies Recovered From Darr Mine At Jacobs Creek
Jacobs Creek Pa Dec 28 The exploration in the Darr mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company concludes with 220 bodies recovered and at least fifty more believed buried under slate falls.
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Tacobs Creek
Darr
Pittsburg Coal Company
Injunction Sought to Halt Dresden Heights Dam Work
Attorney General Stead announced a plan to restrain Economy Light & Power from continuing dam construction at Dresden Heights on the Desplaines river. He conferred with Merritt Starr of Chicago and former Congressman Walter Reeves of Streator and will file the bill in Grundy County circuit court at Morris on Monday.
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Economy Company
Springfield
Dee
Merritt Starr
Chicago
Walter Reeves
Streator
Economy Light & Power Company
Dresden Heights
Desplaines River
Srundy County
Morris
President Jesse Resigns From University of Missouri
The University of Missouri board of curators accepted the resignation of President R. H. Jesse amid reports that ill health prompted the decision. Columbia Missouri dated December 28.
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University of Missouri
Columbia, Mo
R. H. Jesse
Jesse
Denver scandal grows as newspapers face threats
Denver reports a defiant editor challenged Post publisher F G Bonfils who threatened to kill him if his name appeared again. Bonfils was arrested after a warrant from former senator, amid broader threats in a city already convulsed by scandal.
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Denver
Dee
Patterson
F. G. Bonfils
the Post
Bonfils
Collision in Fog Claims Five Trainmen in Michigan
Five Detroit trainmen die after a Grand Trunk passenger train collides head on with a double header freight near Lenox, Michigan, in dense fog. The passenger crew and most passengers escape unharmed. a baby is slightly hurt. Engineers Bennett and Brohow ski and firemen Dougner Albert McCall and switchman W G Taylor are among the dead.
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Detroit
Mich
Grand Trunk
Port Huron
Lenox
Bennett
Brohowski
Dougner
Albert McCall
W. G. Taylor
Haug
Washburn
Czarsina Seriously Ill At Tsarskoe Selo Court
The czarina lies gravely ill at Tsarskoe Selo as the emperor stays by her side. All court receptions and fetes are canceled. Rumors say the empress health may be permanently harmed. she refuses to leave Russia to seek a milder climate to avoid separation from her infant son.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Selo Palace
Russia
Lewis Elected President of United Mine Workers
Tom L. Lewis of Bridgeport Ohio has been elected president of the United Mine Workers of America to succeed John Mitchell. Returns from most districts show Lewis, the union vice president, has a majority of votes, with some districts in Pennsylvania still awaited.
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Ohio
John Mitchell
Wheeling
W. Va
Tom L. Lewis
Bridgeport
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Steamship Alpa Strikes Reef Off Honduras Coast
A cable from New Orleans reports the steamer Alpa bound for Porto Cortez ran onto Glovers reef off the Spanish Honduras coast and cannot free itself. Relief has been dispatched from Port Belise. The Alpa carried William Adler and Moses Swartz who departed New Orleans about ten days ago. Clarence Darrow Withdraws From Pettibone Case. Boise, Dec. 28.—Clarence Darrow, chief defense counsel, has to retire for health reasons and will go to Los Angeles for a mastoid operation after months of trouble. Old River Man Dead. Clinton Town, Dec. 28.—George W. Barr, 60, ferry operator on Rock river and later Mississippi river steamboat captain, has died.
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United Fruit Company
Alpa
Porto Cortez
Glovers Reef
Spanish Honduras
Port Belise
William Adler
Moses Swartz
Clarence Darrow
Boise
Pettibone
Los Angeles
Clinton
Town
George W. Barr
Rock River
Sterling
Engineers and Firemen Seek 10 Percent Pay Raise
New Haven Conn Dec 28 Engineers and firemen of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad have asked for a ten percent increase in pay in reports from officials. The action reflects rising costs and labor pressure on the railway.
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New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Madison speakers urge U S leadership in Latin American ties
At the American Political Science Association session in Madison on December 28, John Barrett L S Rowe and Hiram Bingham warned that the United States risks losing leadership in trade and influence unless it more fully recognizes the importance of Latin American republics.
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Wis
United States
American Political Science Association
John Barrett
Internaional Bureau of American Republics
L. S. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
Hiram Bingham
Yale
Barrett
Latin America
Europe
Repubies
Securities Found In California Safe Deposit Vault
Missing Colton securities including stocks and bonds were located in the California Safe Deposit and Trust vaults yesterday. The find could undermine indictments against J. D. Alzell Brown and Attorney Walter Barnett, who were charged with embezzling the securities and exporting them from the state. Details on the specific securities remained unclear, but their value totaled several thousand dollars.
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Colton Stocks
Vault of California Safe Deposit Company
San Francisco
Colton
California
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
J. D. Alzell Brown
Walter Barnett
London
New York City
Barclays Henley
Ellen Cottom
Hoffman Cook
Cook
Money to Relieve Famine in Russia
St Petersburg reports the Russian parliament approved a famine appropriation of 7.5 million dollars doubling the budget proposal. The funds will be immediately available for relief work in about twelve provinces.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Illinois Teachers Elect Officers In Springfield Session
Illinois State Teachers association elected Edmond James as president and a slate of first and second vice presidents along with officers and directors. The group planned a 100 member education commission for Governor Deneen with $600 for work and set a next meeting for Peoria after tabling a motion to convene in Springfield.
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Argus
Illinois State Teachers' Association
Edmond James
University of Illinois
Urbana
George W. Chonn
Woodstock
E. E. van Cleve
Murphysboro
Gertrude M. Cregg
Pontiac
Caroline Grote
Normal
Charles Hertel
Belleville
E. E. Rosseter
Carbondale
Peoria
State Teachers’ Association
Deneen
Capitol
United States
John A. Long
Joliet
Brown Reelected Leaders of Minois High School Athletics
Officers elected by the Minois High School Athletic Association include President S C L Phelps of Aurora, reelected. Vice President Professor Wallis of Bloomington. and Secretary H E Brown of Rock Island, reelected.
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Brown
Minois High School Athletic Association
S. C. L. Phelps
Aurora
Wallis Bloomington
H. E. Brown
Rock Island
Surgeon Stokes to command hospital ship Relief at Washington
Secretary Metcalf says orders appointing Surgeon Charles F. Stokes to command the hospital ship Relief will be signed soon. A merchant crew and navy enlisted force will man the vessel with a line officer as captain, trialed for six months to test naval command by a medical officer. Admiral Brownson's retirement implies a loss of pay and quarters allowances but he remains a steadfast advocate for the line.
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Washington
Charles F. Stokes
Relief
Metcalf
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Naval General Board
Japan Realizes Mistakes Made in Emigration Limits
Tokyo reports the Japanese government and the American Ambassador O'Brien are discussing emigration limits. Officials expect a memorandum in reply and acknowledge past mistakes by minor officials. The government plans stricter future emigration controls to reduce complaints from the United States.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
O'Brien
Kansas Committee Endorses Taft for President
In a stormy session the Republican state central committee of Kansas unanimously endorsed Secretary Taft as the party's choice for president. The state convention was set for March 4 in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kan
Republican State Central Committee
Taft
Kansas
High license in Louisville ordinance raises fee to 500
Louisville action increases saloon license fee from 150 to 500. The board of councilmen passed the measure and it is expected to win aldermen approval and mayoral signature next week. Officials estimate that between 150 and 20 percent of smaller saloons may be forced to close because of the higher fee.
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Board of
Councilmen
Board of Aldermen
Bondsmen Ordered to Make Good Public Funds Shortage
Bloomington Alabama December 28 Circuit Judge Myers orders the bondsmen of the late R S McIntyre to pay 6700 believed missing from public funds held by McIntyre who served as town clerk and custodian of school funds for 30 years The bondsmen appeal arguing the shortage existed before their responsibility following an expert audit of the books
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R. S. McIntyre
Bloomington
Myers
McIntyre
Burlington trains stop liquor sales in Iowa rails
Des Moines Iowa December 28. A liquor crusade in Iowa prompted the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad to order dining car conductors to prohibit liquor sales on trains while in Iowa. The measure took effect yesterday and other roads are expected to follow.
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Burlington
Iowa
Des Moines
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Fulton Illinois Boy Killed Jumping Freight Car
Dan Leahy a 16 year old from Fulton was killed last night in Clinton Iowa while jumping onto a Northwestern freight car. The incident follows prior reports of insecurity and violence tied to the era. Governor Deneen spoke at Morrison defending civil service and state administration reforms.
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Dan Leahy
Clinton
Iowa
Northwestern
Fulton
Deneen
Morrison
Ill
Man Who Started Grain War Is Dead
Thomas Worrall, a prominent political figure who exposed the grain trust, died last night by taking poison. His body was found this afternoon in his Lincoln office. He left a letter addressed to Chairman Allen of the Democratic State Central Committee.
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Lincoln, Neb
Thomas Worralk
Allen
Democratic State Central Committee
Adams Arrested Again Faces Murder Charge in Telluride
Spokane reports Steve Adams, twice tried for the murder of Fred Tyler, was discharged and immediately rearrested by Telluride sheriff for Arthur Collins murder in 1904. He will be taken to Colorado at once.
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Telluride
Col
Spokane
Wash
Steve Adams
Fred Tyler
Rathdrum
Cal
Arthur Collins
Colorado
Fire Menacing A Whole Town In California
Fresno dispatch reports a blaze threatening Coalings, a Southern Pacific oil town 50 miles from Fresno. In Chicago, the Norwegian Lutheran Children's Home on Irving Park is alight with all 100 plus children said to have escaped. the building may be badly damaged or destroyed.
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Coalings
Southern Pacific
California
Chicago
Fifty-eighth Avenue
West Irving Park Boulevard
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