Tragedy in Holland as Armstrong Kills Father-in-Law
Mathias Armstrong of Dallas shot and killed his father-in-law Sampson Williams in Holland Texas after visiting the Williams home. He wounded Williams’s son Reck Williams in the leg and then shot himself, dying within a half hour. Armstrong and Ollie Williams had long been married and moved to Dallas years earlier.
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Holland
Tex
Bell County
Mathias Armstrong
Sampson Williams
Reck Williams
Williams
Armstrong
F. G. Ownby
Dallas
Governors 10 Take Luncheon With Taft
Governors from more than twenty states travel to Washington for a lunch with President Taft and Mrs. Taft. They will join a conference on rural credits and farmers cooperative banks. Also invited are four governors elect serving in Congress.
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Washington
Richmond
Taft
Congress
Knox
the Treasury
MacVeagh
Myron T. Herrick
France
Fletcher
Florida
Lawyer Dies After Saving Family From Queens Fire
Melville B. Mendell a New York lawyer lost his life saving his 14 year old daughter Lillian after rescuing his wife and two other children from a burning Brooklyn Queens home. Neighbors tried to stop him from returning inside. The two were found together in a bedroom after flames were extinguished.
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New, York
Borough of
Queens
Melville B. Mendell
Lillian
Mendell
Patrick Goes to Denver to Visit Aged Mother
Albert T. Patrick, recently pardoned, is traveling to Denver to see his ailing mother and other relatives. Mrs. Patrick will follow later.
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New York
Albert_ T. Patrick
Denver
San Antonio Boy 10 Get Commission
John Breitling Coulter, a San Antonio boy, has won distinction by passing examinations for appointment as a second lieutenant in the United States army. He is one of fifty six men made eligible for appointment as vacancies occur. Sidney B. Colquitt of Austin is the only other Texan on the list. Coulter is the son of Mr. and Mrs T H Coulter and resides at 3235 West Commerce street. He is a 1911 West Texas Military academy graduate and was among eleven of 150 who passed the war department exam.
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John Breitling Coulter
San Antonio
United States Army
War Department
Coulter
Sidney B. Colquitt
Austin
Colquitt
Ap- Sa
T. H. Coulter
West Commerce Street
West Texas Military Academy
West Texas
Washington, D. C
Emerson Institute
Crawford
Georgia
Carl L. Cohen
Savannah
Louis Falligant
Geo. A. Speer Jr
Atlanta
South Carolina
Roland F. Walsh
Charleston
Tennessee
Robert C. Williams
Sweetwater
Arkansas
John K. Boles
Fort Smith
Hamilton
Templeton
Louisiana
Edwin F. Wilsell
New Orleans
North Carolina
Paul X. English
Oxford
Texas
John RB. Coulter
Nicholson completes Canada to Gulf highway logging route
Guthrie Oklahoma December 7 John C Nicholson of Newton Kansas finished logging the Canada to the Gulf highway route from Winnipeg to Guthrie He will move next to Oklahoma City to continue the project under his supervision confirmation of progress for the survey and planning phase.
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Guthrie
Okla
Winnipeg
John C. Nicholson
Newton
Kan
Nicholson
Oklahoma City
San Antonio and Vicinity Weather Tonight
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Sunday fair with frost and freezing conditions tonight. Temperatures expected to dip into the freezing range across areas around the city.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather snapshot across major cities shows warming trend
Observations at 8 am report temperatures from 22 in Milwaukee and Chicago to 42 in New York and Boston. Winds vary from northwest to southwest with clear to cloudy skies and predictions of warmer Sunday in many cities.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Cold Weather Predicted Across Texas Tonight
Weather maps forecast a sharp cold wave across Texas with freezing to near freezing in San Antonio. Temperatures ranged from 14 degrees in Amarillo to 40 in Corpus Christi and Galveston, with Fort Worth Abilene reporting 28 and 38 in some areas as the cold extends over the next thirty six hours.
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San Antonio
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Texas
Panhandle
Democrats Win Skirmish in Senate Appointment Fight
In Washington Democrats won the first skirmish to block Republican presidential appointments. Republicans Cul lom and Gallinger sought an executive session but were blocked by Senator Hoke Smith who called for a quorum count, forcing adjournment.
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Washington, D. C
Cullom
Gallinger
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Senate
Archbald at Sessions Witness Calls Claim Letters Fictitious
Senators focus on Judge Archbald during the fifth day of the impeachment trial over his alleged use of judicial power to aid private interests. Witnesses, including Charles F. Conn of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley railroad, testified Archbald sought to buy the Katydid coal dump while Erie officials weighed title questions. A. S. Worthington pressed May of Scranton after May exclaimed that if that’s the claim it’s a lie, prompting a reprimand from Senator Bacon and an apology.
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Washington
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Scranton
Senate Court of
Archbald
Er. J. Williams
Katy
Erie Railroad
Charles F. Conn
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad
Conn
Senate
May
Bacon
House
Worthington
Archhbald
Women Forcibly Put Out Of London Hall
Suffragettes torment John Redmond at a home rule rally in northeast London causing a half hour eviction scene. Ushers and protesters clash as men and clergymen are tossed from the hall while Redmond speaks only briefly about the tragic turn of the women's cause.
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London
John Redmond
Yuletide Gift Windfall Planned for Chicago Workers
Chicago workers in banks stores and factories will share more than 3 million dollars in holiday distributions this year. Officials cite a strong trade year as boosting generosity and employee benefits ahead of the Christmas season.
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Chicago
Palace Drug Store Files Bankruptcy Petition
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court by the Palace Drug Store, a Brady Texas corporation. Liabilities total $8,913 with assets of $21,066, including $12,000 in stock in trade.
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Austin
Tex
Palace Drug Store
Brady
Scandal Over Fake Foreign Decorations Hits Brussels
In Brussels a scandal over forged orders rises as Chinese legation says it never granted Belgian subjects China insignia. Investigations track stolen diplomas from London, tied to a Lazard operation with branches worldwide dealing in lion and sun of Persia the liberator of Venezuela and the double dragon of China.
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Brussels
Belgium
China
Foreign Office
London
Lazard
Persia
Venezuela
Catt Urges Women to Drop Corsets and Hats
Carrie Chapman Catt urges suffrage club members to abandon corsets and hats and wear trousers, arguing Western women should declare independence in dress. She cites her world tour showing American women as fettered sartorially and favors the Chinese costume for health and comfort.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Equal Suffrage Club
Globe
Mrs. Catt
Poisoned Candy Indictment Links Topeka Jail Stay
Frank Co. McKanna of Oskaloosa Kansas was arrested in Valley Falls on a federal indictment for sending a box of poisoned candy by mail to Ida Coons of Oskaloosa the former wife of George Coons. Investigation followed receipt of the chocolates and revealed poison. McKanna's wife had sued for divorce and the two women became partners in an Oska loosa hotel.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank Co. McKanna
Oskolossa
Valley Falls
Ida Coons
George Coons
Oskaloosa
McKanna
Mrs. Coons
Candy Kid Sought by Bureau of Chemistry in D C
The Bureau of Chemistry seeks the person slangily known as the candy kid. The candy maker will craft sweets and help clean and maintain laboratory apparatus, solutions, and instruments. Half time spent making candy, half in laboratory assistance.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Chemistry
Egg Market Slashes Prices as Cold Storage Supplies Rise
Chicago wholesale egg prices fell to 19 cents as a fresh avalanche of cold storage eggs hit the market. A prior drop to 22 cents followed a two cent decline yesterday after more than 500000 eggs moved at a loss to speculators. At opening, 1670000 cases were listed in storage as the butter and egg board shifts to open market conditions.
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Chicago
Americans Found Dead in England Inquest Hears Murder Suicide
An English inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder and suicide while insane for Junius Booth and his wife, both Americans, found shot dead in bed. A note near Booth’s body claimed he gave his wife a sleeping draught to ease her pain and would kill himself. The Booths’ American residence remains unknown.
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Brightlingsbea
Eng
Junius Booth
Booth
Booths
Trainmen Return Boosts Carnegie Steel Plant
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on December 7 reports say 75 trainmen returned to the Homestead plant enabling 13 full yard crews to resume full operations. For the first time since the strike, the plant runs in all departments.
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Steel Plant Works
Pittsburg
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Bowlegs Versus Knock Knees Debate To Be Held At Press Club
Washington December 7 Prominent statesmen will debate whether bowlegs or knock knees pose a greater navigation menace at the National Press Club next Thursday. On the affirmative are William Sulzer and James M Cox. negative by Boies Penrose and Thomas Gore. referee John Hays Hammond.
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National Press Club
William Sulzer
New York
Empire State
James M. Cox
Ohio
Buckeye
Boies Penrose
United States
Pennsylvania
Thomas Gore
Oklahoma
John Hays Hammond
Taft
George V
England
National
Robert L. Taylor
Tennessee
Nicholas Longworth
Thomas Carter
Montana
Joseph G. Cannon
Champ Clark
Does Fate Make Heroes
Chester Jones a 17 year old from Dallas faced court for reckless motorcycle riding after he crashed to avoid striking a woman and fractured his jaw. The prosecutor said he should receive a hero medal. He was later fined 25 dollars for hitting a hack in a separate incident.
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Dallas
Tex
Chester Jones
Jones
Balkan peace talks eyed as diplomats meet at St James
London December 7 peace plenipotentiaries from the Ottoman empire and Balkan allies gather at St James Palace for negotiations aimed at settling the Balkan question. Delegates named include Tevfik Pasha and Nizami Pasha for Turkey, G Novakovitch for Servia, Ex-Premier M Miyuskovitch for Montenegro, and Dr Guechoff and Dr Daneff for Bulgaria. Greece has not yet decided if it will participate.
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London
St. James Palace
Ottoman Empire
Inter
Neaoons
Europe
Turkey
Tevfik Pasha
Nizami Pasha
Berlin
Rechad Pasha
Servia
G. Novakovitch
Servian
Treasury Department
Nikolvitch
Biovitch
Montenegro
M. Miyuskovitch
M. Popovitch
Constantinople
Count Veyovitch
Bulgaria
Dr. Guechoff
S. Daneff
Chamber of Deputies
Savoff
Greece
Vienna
Cholera Surge Strikes Constantinople Quarters
Reports from Constantinople on December 7 detail a sharp cholera rise in native districts with over 1000 cases in twenty days and about half resulting in death. The prefect issued a proclamation warning residents to report cases or face fines and imprisonment.
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Constantinople
Engineers on Strike Labour Lockout Hits Northwestern Route
London reports a strike by Northwestern Railroad locomotive engineers after a driver convicted for drunkenness and demoted from main line to pilot engine was not reinstated. About three thousand engineers quit, halting both main and branch lines and disrupting service nationwide.
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London
Northwestern Railroad Company
Locomotive Engineers’ Union
Robbers Foiled By Safe Inside Safe In Duncanville Bank
Robbers blew the Partners bank safe in Duncanville Texas after cutting wires then found a second smaller safe inside untouched. The explosion alarmed the town and the bandits fled without access to the inner vault.
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Duncanville
Tex
Gould Heads Engineers in Southern Association Election
T H M Gould of Nashville was elected president of the Engineering Association of the South at the annual session held in Nashville Tennessee last night.
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Gould
Nashville
Tenn
T.H. M. Gould
The
Engineering Association of the South
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