William B. Cornish Dies in Chicago Hotel Room
William B. Cornish second vice president of the Union Pacific and a renowned western railroad figure was found dead in his hotel room at the Auditorium in Chicago. Heart failure is suspected. he had traveled from New Jersey and attended a theater performance the previous evening. The bellboy discovered the body.
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W. B. Cornish
United Press
Chicago
William B. Cornish
Union Pacific
West
Dlean
Auditorium Hotel
New Jersey
City Library Bid Plans Move Forward
Vague notes indicate library project planning and design sessions. The fragment references Dawn and OPRA MOT ta with Madison involvement and a committee vote.
Ship Sinks in Storm Off ktore with Drowned Sailors
A storm at sea causes a vessel to founder off ktore, with several crew lost and others saved. The record notes a loss of lives and a lone survivor account among the crew and passengers.
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Ktore
Ethan
Condition of Gov Cosgrove Nearings Recovery
Pomeroy Washington November 7 1908 Father of Gov Cosgrove is improving after the strain of the election though he caught a cold. He is not confined to bed and can be about the house. Howard G Cosgrove reports the condition.
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Pomeroy, Wash
Star
Trouble with Lights to End Tomorrow
City to add 1000 horsepower at Cedar River power house with a new generator. Install by tomorrow, easing peak load from 5 to 9 PM. Superintendent L R Youngs reports power will cover street lighting and private contracts in the city.
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L. R. Youngs
Light and Water Department
Cedar River
Youngs
Taft Dominates Missouri and Maryland Electoral Votes
Taft will win all Missouri electoral votes and Maryland will give Taft two electors while Bryan scores six. Maryland’s first elector showed Taft ahead by 561,口 leaving the college tally Taft 321 and Bryan 162.
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United Press
Chicago
Missouri
William H. Taft
Maryland
Taft
Bryan
Pierce County exhibitan Executive Commissioner named
Lachlan Macleay, Tacoma real estate man and former manager of the Eugene Church company real estate department, was appointed executive commissioner of the Pierce county exhibit for the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition to be held in Seattle from June to September 1909.
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United Press
Tacoma
Lachlan Macleay
Eugene Church Company
Appeinty
Board of County Commissioners
Pierce County
Seattle
Countess Olgathie Plans Balloon Trip in Transcontinental Race
Countess Olgathie, a German woman who arrived in Los Angeles from a Mexican mountain castle, is considering joining Horace Wilde in the United States balloon transcontinental race beginning in Los Angeles on November 15.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Olgathie
Mexico
Horace Wilde
Priot
United States
Whaling Vessel Narrowly Escapes Alaskan Storm
The Beluga braved a fierce Alaskan coast storm on August 8 with five whales and 6000 pounds of bone aboard. Captain Porter steered through icebergs near Unalaska while crew endured frostbite and one sailor, BR. F. Ballinger, died. The Refug e lost its maintop and mast but saved its cargo.
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San Francisco
Unalaska
Porter
BR. F. Ballinger
Refuge
Death after Elopement Leads to Arrest in Salem
Vesta Van Vinck, 16, died after an operation in a local hospital. Gibson, eloped with her two weeks earlier and is detained for complicity. The girl, reportedly married in Oregon, was the daughter of H. P. Vank of Salem. Gibson sought funds to ship her body home, alerting her parents by telegram.
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Ae Handisco
O'Connell
Gibson
Vesta van Vinck
H. P. Vank
Salem
Ore
Oregon
Trolley Cars Crash Injures Seven in Los Angeles
Seven people were injured when a Crown Hill car on the Los Angeles Interurban railway collided with a Washington Street car at Sixth and Plowerets. The Washington car was hurled from the track and wrecked, the Interurban front end damaged. all injured are local residents and none believed seriously hurt.
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Los Angeles
Crown Hill
Mayor Miller Commended on City Work Stance
The Central Labor Council praised Mayor Miller for opposing a recommendation by Secretary Kohn of the Charity Organization Society to hire men for 41 days to work on city streets. Resolutions supporting this stance will be presented at the next Wednesday night meeting.
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Miller
Central Labor Council
Kohn
Charity Organization Society
Atreeta
President Roosevelt Visits Army War College
President Roosevelt visited the Army War College in Washington after a request by General Franklin Bell. General Bell planned a lecture on physical culture and Roosevelt spoke briefly to the officers before the lecture, with officers listening attentively to General Bell’s remarks.
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Washington
The
Army War College
Roosevelt
Franklin
Bell
Woman dies after burns aiding husband in yard fire
In Carson City on November 7 a woman identified as Mrs. Robert Smith died from severe burns after attempting to help her husband who was trapped by flames while burning leaves. She carried a small child unharmed through the fire. Mr. Smith suffered burns but is expected to recover.
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Carson City
Robert Smith
Roosevelt and Ryan Named as Successors to President Jefferson
Theo dore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan have been named successors to President Jefferson Harvard, who has resigned, to take effect next May.
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Byracush
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Ryan
Je .Ef
Harvard
Haa
Gompers Faces Rival Move at Labor Convention
Delegates arriving for the American Federation of Labor meeting near Denver refuse to discuss depose Gompers rumor. Reports from San Francisco claim Gompers will be elected unanimously as president. Chicago dispatch notes Gompers Morison and Mitchell left for Denver with 206 delegates.
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United Pros
Denver
Cole
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Hrgan
Federation
San Francisco
Samuel E. Gompers
Walter McArthur
Pacific Coast Seamen's Journal
Yest
Pacific Coast
Gompears
McArthur
Andrew Furuseth
Sailors’ Union Ofaffic
Furuseth
Puy
Chicago
Morrison
John Mitchell
American Ten of Labor
Labor
Senator Rourke to Golf With Taft at Hot Springs
Portland report notes Senator Jonathan Rourke travels to Hot Springs to play golf with President elect Taft. The pair previously paused their games during the campaign but plan to resume at Hot Springs, with Rourke staying about two weeks before returning to Washington.
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United Press
Portland
Ore
Jonathan Rourke
Hot Springs
Taft
Bourne
Spe
Oregon
Roosevelt
Tragic Triple Murder Suicide Shock Pittsburg Home
In Pittsburg Eastre a fatal trio unfolds as Mrs. William Casey lies slain with throat cut. Her daughter is found near her with a nearly severed head and a razor at the scene. George Hartzell, husband to a Casey relative, is found near death in a trunk with chloroform nearby. Hartzell killed the two women then took his own life. He had been charged last December with murdering his wife, a key witness, but was acquitted after she refused to testify. William Casey returned home from a Republican gathering to discover the scene.
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Pittsburg
Eastre
William Casey
Hartzell
Harteell
Mins Casey
Leaves Message for Undertaker and a Death by Arsenic
Reed Jones an insurance and real estate man in BPOKanH left a note asking for an undertaker then took arsenic and died in a local hotel. His disappearance prompted police to search after his wife reported him missing. He is survived by a widow and three sons including a son who works as a purchasing agent for the Alaska Commercial Co Seattle.
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United Press
Bpokanh
Reed Jones
Jones
Elias Aston
Alaska Commercial Co
Seattle
Man Kills Sweetheart Then Self in Domestic Tragedy
A double shooting at 180 Rebecca Street ends with Chester Johnson and Rosie Gulmet dead. Johnson fired first, killing Rosie then himself after a note stated If we cannot live for each other We can die with each other. Parents opposed the couple and police confirmed the deaths.
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Mamiton
Mra’ HB
Camele
Rebecca Sf
Chester Johnson
Rosie Oulmet
Johnson
Wealthy Montreal contractor’s wife seeks divorce
Mrs Ghita Frank Burch wife of one of Montreal’s wealthiest managing contractors and descendant of English nobility begins filing evidence for divorce. She has lived in New York for a year to entai residence before divorce action seeks an alimony and custody of her daughter Ghita Louise Tole aged 10.
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Ghita Frank Burch
Montreal
Canada
England
Evito
Ghita Louise Tole
Men Rescued Drunken Drowner Off Antilochus Liner
Tony Hanson and Tom Burns of Jongehoremen saved a drunken man from drowning in Biliot bay after a late shift aboard the Blue Pun nel liner Antilochus. They tossed a rope and Burns swam out to pull him in while Hanson hauled him ashore. The man revived but gave no identity.
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Tony Hanson
Tom Burns
Jongehoremen
Biliot Bay
Chippeck Fish Co
Burne
Hanson
Nat C Goodwin to wed Edna Goodrich in New Rochelle
Nat C Goodwin will marry Edna Goodrich at 2 o clock this afternoon in New Rochelle. The wedding ends months of rumor after Goodwin obtained an uncontested divorce from Maxine Elliott. Goodrich, 26, returned from Europe with her mother and has long been leading woman in Goodwin's production The Genius.
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New York
the Herald
Nat C. Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
New Rochelle
Miss Goodrich
Ths
Harry Woodruff
Buffalo
Mr. Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
George A. McDermott
McDermotts
Railroad workers get 6 extra dollars as wage increase granted
Oakland dispatch notes that on November 7 railway workers on the ferry lines of the Western Pacific received six dollars more than usual in their pay. An accompanying announcement states the road now finds it possible to grant the increase requested by the gatemen, affecting several dozen men.
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Oakland
Cal
Thern Pacific
Public Works Deny Contract Existence in Building Dispute
After a contractor declaration that work would halt unless bills are paid, the board of public works says no contract exists for the new municipal building. They file a demand noting $12 000 due for extras and alleged overcharges beyond the original quoted price. Grant, Building Superintendent, cites discrepancies in several items.
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James Parke & Co
of Public Works
Grant
Moses Seeks Presidency for Commercial Club
Moses, long-serving vice president of the Commercial Club, announces his candidacy for president ahead of the annual election on December 12. He aims to lead the organization with a focus on business advocacy and community initiatives.
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Moses
Commercial Club
Sermon Tonight on The Modern City at First Christian
Rev J Marvin of the First Christian Church preaches on The Modern City and the Organising Ideal. It is the third sermon in a city problems series and should interest men.
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J. Marvin
First Christian Church
Emperrey
Fr A A to Sponsor Dance In Seattle Wednesday
Fr A A to give a dance for Seattle council No 116 of the Patri tal Aid association. The event will be held Wednesday evening November 11 at the hall located at 2716 Dock Avenue.
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Seattle Council No
Praternal Aid Association
Novourned
Atite Hall
Dackaon
United Cigar Stores Escape Censure by Federal Court
The United States circuit court partially upholds government charges against the American Tobacco company. The decision finds the United Cigar Stores branch guilty in part while excluding it from the charged monopoly, in a bitterly contested case.
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United Cigar Stores
New YO
American Tobacco Company
United States Circuit Court
Pruyn Sentenced to Reformatory for Embezzlement
William C. Pruyn pleaded guilty to larceny by embezzlement and was sentenced by Judge Frater to one to ten years in the state reformatory at Monroe. He allegedly embezzled 51.35 dollars from Dexter Horton & Co. bankers on January 31.
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William C. Pruyn
Frater
State Reformatory
Monroe
Pruuyn
Dexter Horton & Co
Responsibility Placed on Pilot in Humboldt Grounding
Investigators J Whitney and S Turner fault Pilot C. P. McCarthy for the September 29 Humboldt grounding off Pender Island. His license is suspended for three months from yesterday for careless navigation.
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Humboldt
Pender I Island
Whitney and
Turner
C. P. McCarthy
Milwaukees Socialist Band Spoils Hearst Hisgen Rally
In Milwaukee a socialist minded musicians union defied the Hearst Hisgen rally by playing Smarty Smarty Smarty Thought You Had a Party causing laughter and revealing little about intent. The audience was sparse and the crowd turnout minimal for the event in the park.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Musicians’ Union of Milwaukee
Debs
Wm. Randolph Hearst
Independence League
Mr. Hisgen
West
Milwaukee Park
Denisons
Burg
Messrs. Hearst
Hisgen
Revolution in Peru prompts leadership change
American engineer G H Sawyer arrived with news of Peru's uprising that ousted President Pardeu and elevated Ferdinand Leguia. Duran led attacks on Lima October 4 burning municipal buildings. Revolt forces burned rail lines before leaders were captured and executed, sparking widespread indignation.
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San Francisco
Peru
Pardeu
Ferdinand Leguia
G. H. Sawyer
Ammon
Sawyer
Aimes
Le 4
Duran
Lima
Parden
Mov
Seguin
Aberdeen Stranded on Sand Bar in South Bay
Steam schooner Aberdeen with 500000 feet of lumber rests on a sand bar in South Bay Eureka Cal awaiting a favorable tide to be floated by tugs. Captain Casey and 16 crew are safe with no danger. ship built in 1899 owned by Pacific Lumber of San Francisco was bound for San Francisco.
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Eureka
Cal
South Bay
Aberdeen
Casey
Pacific Lumber Company of
San Francisco
Milk Quality Guard Tightened by Seattle Milk Union
The Milk Wagon Drivers' union has secured a contract clause ensuring milk delivered to Seattle homes will not be misrepresented. Drivers guilty of misrepresenting products will be punished by the union, promising customers they will finally receive what they pay for.
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Seattle
Ihe
Editor a Proud Papa in Snohomish Celebration
A Snohomish Daily Tribune editor, A. M. Dale, is celebrated by his wife with the presentation of a daughter. The event takes place in the editorial rooms as he steps aside from duties to receive the honor.
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Snohomish
To-A. M. Dale
Tribe One
Thette
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