Taft Counts on 600 Votes at Republican Convention
President Roosevelt predicts Taft will secure 600 first ballot votes at the Republican National Convention and be nominated without contest. Taft speaks in New York defending labor capital relations before about 2000 at Cooper Union, stressing mutual dependence and fair legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Solid South
Solid West
Middle Western
New England
Hughes
New York
William H. Taft
People's Institute
Cooper Union
New Atlanta Alderman Urges Park Board Probe
Alderman Frank A. Pittman announces plans to introduce a resolution calling for an investigation of the 1907 park board's activities. He alleges misused park funds and property at Grant Park, including flowers moved to a private park, labor and materials misappropriation, and chickens raised at the park for a private contact. He cites named board members and staff in his accusation.
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Atlanta
Park Board
Frank A. Pittman
Grant Park
Charles A. Chasewood
Pittman
Gillespie
Chase Wood
Chosewood
W. ©. Puckett
A. J. Ryan
Barneley Hall Disaster Claims Many Child Victims
A terrifying stampede at a Barneley public hall on Saturday killed sixteen children and wounded dozens more as a rush to secure seats caused a crush in the gallery. Attendants moved children downstairs triggering a deadly surge while police cleared a blocked stairway amid screams, moans, and scenes of gruesome injuries.
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Barneley
England
Socialist Demonstrations Rock Berlin Over Universal Suffrage
A Berlin uprising by 4,000 organized socialists and 30,000 sympathizers demanding direct universal suffrage led to street disorders around Chancellor Von Buelow’s residence. Police dispersed crowds with injuries reported but no known deaths. violence was limited to Prussia with other cities showing calmer demonstrations.
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Berlin
Germany
von Buelow
Prince von Buelow
Prussia
Canal to Cost More Than Original Estimates
The Panama canal is likely to cost at least 100000000 dollars more than original estimates, according to figures and data in the possession of the senate interoceanic canal committee. Progress is steady as dredging and excavating advance.
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Panama Canal
Senate Interoceanic Canal Committee
Mass Meeting To Aid Unemployed In New York City
Organized labor plans a mass meeting in New York to address 125000 jobless. It aims to petition city state and national governments for emergency funds and for work programs to provide relief to the idle thousands.
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Organized Labor
New York
New York City
Turmoil in Fez and Mequinez as Hafid Proclaimed Sultan
Moroccan officials confront alarming reports from Fez and Tangier of Mulai Hafid being proclaimed sultan amid dangerous conditions in Fez and Mequinez following sensational dispatches from the capital cities.
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Fez
Mulai Hafid
Tangier
Mequinez
Roosevelt Orders Withdrawal of Nevada Troops From Goldfield
President Roosevelt plans to remove federal troops from Goldfield Nevada after the Nevada legislature convenes, following a special investigative commission report. The letter to Governor Sparks states the president will act with the report unless the governor can contradict its facts, and notes the troops should be withdrawn soon after the session begins to let state authorities resume police duties.
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Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nevada
White House
Special Investigating Commission
Sparks
Murray
Smith and Neill
Western Federation of Miners
Chicago in Grip of Gale
Chicago and environs were cut off for hours by a snow and wind storm that began before dawn and raged all day. Considerable damage was done to poles and wires.
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Chicago
American Battle Fleet Enters Rio Janeiro Harbor
The 16 ship American battle fleet led by the Connecticut under Rear Admiral Evans reached Rio de Janeiro after a 4600 mile voyage from Port of Spain. A royal welcome greeted the ships as crowds packed the harbor and shore, with 15 000 to 20 000 aboard and 50 000 ashore celebrating. The voyage faced currents, swells, coal shortages and minor mechanical issues but proceeded on schedule crossing the equator at midnight January 5.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Port of Spain
Trinidad
San Francisco
Connecticut
Evans
Bremen
Alencar
G. E. Anderson
Ivans
PLAN IMMUNITY OF FORESTS MONSTER MEETING IN ATLANTA
A monster mass meeting will be held in Atlanta on January 16 to crystallize southern sentiment for forest preservation. Delegates from every section will attend and plans aim to form a strong delegation to urge the Appalachian White Mountain bill in Congress.
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Atlanta
South
Congress
Southern in Good Shape Receivership Rumor Denied
J. B. Thompson assistant to the president of the Southern railroad says reports from Washington about a receivership for the Southern are unfounded and without fact. Road officials dispute the rumor and reaffirm the company's sound condition.
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J. 8. B. Thompson
The
Southern Railroad
Washington
Southern
Yearly New Jersey Railroad Fatalities and Injuries Report
The New Jersey railroad commissioners report 108 deaths and 198 injuries from January 29 to December 1 last year. They blame railroads for the long fatality list and cite guardrail grade crossings as responsible for many accidents.
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New Jersey Railroad Commissioners
New Jersey
Banks Show Strong Reserve Surplus in New York
The New York clearing house banks report a reserve surplus of 6,084,050 dollars above the required 25 percent for the week, reflecting a 17,593,600 dollar improvement from last week when a 11,509,550 dollar deficit existed.
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New York
Wreck of Chicago Florida Limited Near Hiram Ga Claims Several Fatalities
A southbound Chicago Florida Limited derailed on a trestle two miles north of Hiram Georgia, dumping an Ohio and Pennsylvania bound passenger train into a swamp. Three men died from scalds, two passengers were fatally injured, and around eighty were injured. Engineer James Edwards and Road Foreman of Engines D H Snapp perished, along with Moses Baldwin the fireman. Emma Hoover and Florence Studebaker of Cleveland were among the fatally injured. Rescue teams and medical aid from Rome, Dalton and Atlanta aided the injured and the wreckage was examined for the cause of the crash.
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Hiram
Cleveland
Ohio
Georgia
James Edwards
Jones Avenue
Atlanta
D. H. Snapp
Cooper Street
Moses Baldwin
Grady Hospital
Emma Hoover
Florence A. Studebaker
Chattanooga
Y. R. Norris
Jim Edwards
Dallas
Edwards
Snapp
Rome
Dalton
Seaboard Air Line
NY Stock Broker Ends Life After Heavy Losses
William Bourne Nevin, 44, former stock exchange member, leaped in front of a subway train at Broadway and Seventy-ninth Street in New York on Thursday. He had suffered heavy financial losses in the past five months, his wife said.
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New York
William Bourne Nevin
The
Stock Exchange
Broadway
Seventy-ninth Street
Aldrich currency bill sparks Senate debate on emergency funds
Senator Aldrich introduced an emergency currency bill in the Senate proposing up to 250 million dollars secured by state, county, municipal bonds or first mortgage railroad bonds with a 6 percent tax. Opposition grows over allowing railroad bonds, seen as favoring stock manipulators as banks may not leverage similar protections. Senator Clay seeks a vote on a federal prohibition enforcement resolution, with considerations on whether Congress can bar transportation of liquor across jurisdictions. The measure was allowed to go over after objections.
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Aldrich
Senate
Clay
Georgia
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Nelson
Aldrich Financial
Committee On Finance
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Railroads
National Treasury
Diabolical Crime in Gwinnett County Leaves Woman and Babe Dead
In Cater district Georgia John Hudson and Henry Campbell two negros are jailed in Lawrenceville for murder and arson. The Hudson house burned and neighbors found the corpse of Hudsons wife with a fatal head wound and stab through the heart. The three month old baby died in the flames after being left to burn. Coroner H J Moon ordered the arrests.
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Gwinnett County
Georgia
Cater
John Hudson
Henry Campbell
Lawrenceville
Hudson
H. J. Moon
Postmaster General Bans Alcohol Transport on Mail Routes
Postmaster General Meyer issues a directive affecting prohibition efforts by requiring that any future mail transport contracts prohibit carrying intoxicating liquor on star, screen wagon, mail messenger, or special service routes during mail service.
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Meyer
Greene Works Gaynor in Bed at Atlanta Prison
Benjamin D. Greene is assigned to work in the construction office at the Atlanta federal prison while his convicted partner lies in a cot, both men separated in custody.
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Greene
Gaynor
Atlanta Federal Prison
Benjamin D. Greene
Federal Prison
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