Washington Notes and World News Summary
The Washington notes report invitations for a White House cabinet dinner on December 19. It notes bills for postal savings banks and military education, coin values for November 1907, and a proposal for United States currency notes. It also covers a Senate treaty on wireless telegraphy, circulation totals, and several notable deaths. Foreign items include Argentine ex-president Lula Saenz Pena's death, Porto Rico governor Reginald Post, and anti-Oriental immigration proposals in Canada. It also mentions jewelry sales from Queen Henrietta and Florence Nightingale’s Order of Merit, plus various international trade and migration notes and select crime reports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Carter
Montana
Proctor
United States
Garner
Texas
Lula Saenz Pena
Reginald Post
Porto Rico
Sos
Antwerp
Portugal
Ralph Smith
M. P
British Columbia
Canada
Derniere Home
Brussels
Henrietta
Belgium
Princess Louise
Florence Nightingale
Edward
Japan
Pacific
Henry J. Paddock
Amboy
China
Austria-Hungary
Missouri
Mieulsaippi
Notable deaths and crimes across the Midwest and beyond
Reports describe multiple suicides including Philip Hauswirth in Chicago and Julius Koel linger in New York, plus John Ziegler in Iowa City and William McIntosh in Winnipeg. Anthony Hatch pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud public lands in Omaha. Charles Heath is sentenced for murder in Missouri. A Southern railway train near Marion Alabama overturns. engineer Frank Little dies and the fireman is injured as investigators pursue train wreckers.
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Philip J. Hauswirth
Society of American Floriats
Chicago
John Ziegler
Iowa City
Iowa
Reed
Anthony F. Hatch
United States
Omaha
Charles Heath
McDonald County
Missouri
Clarence Mosler
Julius Koelliker
New York
William McIntosh
International Falls
Brainerd
Minn
Winnipeg
Southern Railway
Marion
Ala
Frank Little
Accidental Happenings Brighten Old News Row
A Chicago car crash kills peddler John Kalish and injures bystanders. Explosions level a Hampton Lake dynamite site, a Bel fast Maine resort burns, and a Leavenworth barracks fire causes major loss. A Dayton traction accident injures many. a Chicago armory fire threatens autos. other notes cover ships, voyages, and notable deaths.
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A. C. Honoré
Potter Palmer
Chicago
John Kalish
Vesuvius
Hampton Lake
N. J
Northport Camp Grounds
Belfast
Ephraim Banning
Banning
Dayton
Ohio
Seventh Regiment Armory
Herman Stéigert
Sweden Mourns King Oscar II as Crown Prince Takes Oath
Oscar 1, king of Sweden, died at 1 10 am after a royal illness. Oscar Gustave Adolphe, the crown prince, was proclaimed Gustave V with oath of office in Stockholm as Sweden entered a period of national mourning. The royal family, ministers, and crowds mourned, while bells tolled and guns fired for the late monarch.
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Stockholm
Oscar 1
Sweden
Sophia
Oscar Gustave
Oscir
Royal Opera
Oscar Gustave Adolphe
Duke of
Vermland
Council of State
Gustave Vy
Sophie
Ant
Victoria
Oscar II
Norway
Jim
Oscar I
Josephine
Eugene of Luchtenburg
Marshal Bernadotte
Carl XV
Wilm of
Nassau
Oscar
Gustave
Oscar Bernadotte
Carl
Baden Baden
Chicago to Host Republican National Convention Next Year
Chicago won the bid for the Republican National Convention to be held on June 16, with 31 votes in the decisive ballot, edging Kansas City Denver in a hard fought contest.
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Washington
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Denver
The Dead King and the Oath of Allegiance
A narrative recounts the dying monarch and the crowd in the palace as princes take oath and officials pay homage. The queen mourns, schoolboys gather in sorrow, and old citizens recall the king’s generosity amid a misty dawn. Delegates vote Chicago first and Kansas City and Denver boosters vow to return in 1912.
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Oscar
Japs for Iowa Sugar Beet Project Reported
In Bremer county Iowa agents of a sugar beet company offer to send Japanese families to Wa verly area to plant and tend beet crops. Twenty acres is the required minimum and workers would be paid a stated per acre rate.
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Sugar
Pidora
Iowa
Waverly
Bremer County
Indictments for Land Fraud Reach Four Officials
In Globe Arizona on December 10, a federal grand jury returned indictments for perjury against R B Hobart superintendent of the 614 Dominion Milling Co N S Dorray former superintendent Edward W W T Stewart former chief clerk and county recorder and Robert Riell chief clerk of United Globe mines in New Mexico land fraud probe The four men face charges arising from the grand jury investigation.
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Arizona
Globe
Forger Keeps Busy Passes Checks on La Crosse Bank
About a dozen checks drawn on the Frank L. Scott account at La Crosse First National Bank have come from St Paul and Minneapolis and been returned as forgeries. The checks range from $10 to $16 and appear periodically. Police have not yet detected the forgers.
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la Crosse Bank
Twin Cities
la Crosse
Wis
Frank L. Scott
400 Lives Lost in Mine Disaster
A mine disaster results in approximately 400 deaths as rescue teams search for survivors. Officials recount the collapse and monitor safety conditions at the site. Local authorities call for aid and investigations into mine safety procedures.
Death Toll Rising in Mine Explosion at Monongah West Virginia
Around 400 miners are believed dead after a methane dust explosion in Consolidation Coal mines Nos. 6 and 8 near Monongath. Rescue teams worked amid wreckage as bodies were recovered and relief efforts continued. Governor Dawson announced a rigid investigation into the disaster.
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Monongith
W. Va
Consolidation Coal Company
Baltimore
Wheeling
Dawson
West Virginia
Washington
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Charleston
New is elected chairman of Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee met at the Shoreham hotel to fill the remainder of Secretary Cordyon's term, electing Acting Chairman Harry S New unanimously. Today's session will hear claims of cities for the next national convention, with Chicago and Kansas City in a sharp contest.
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Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Washington
Shoreham Hotel
Harry
New
Cordyon
Chicago
Kansas City
Crime Rife in St. Joseph with Twenty Holdups and One Murder
In St. Joseph Missouri on December 8 there have been twenty hold ups by masked men in the last twenty four hours. One man was killed and three persons took their own lives. Half the police force is in citizens clothes and orders to arrest suspicious persons after midnight fill the station with suspects.
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St. Joseph
Inaugurates New Naval Era Crowds For Fleet Assembly
Old Point Comfort Virginia on December 11 witnesses Rear Admiral Robley D Evans assume command of the Pacific fleet in a historic naval move. The sixteen battleships, including the Minnesota and Kentucky, prepare to sail for the southern Pacific coast to inaugurate a new era. Crowds of sightseers gather to view the fleet as it completes formation in Hampton Roads.
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Admiral Evans
WAR Dogs
Pacific
Old Point Comfort
Sue
Emlem
Hameship Connecticut
Robley D. Evans
America
Ani
All
Pacific Ocean
Minnesota
C. M. Thomas
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Spain
Hampton Roads
Auxiliary Fleet
Virginia
Roadstead
Black Hand outrages kill and wound three in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania produce yards a Black Hand attack left M Reis dead and G Sunseri mortally wounded after a quarrel over fruit price. Joe Gimite was cut and burned as he fled. Sunseri had received a threatening note a week earlier. Two suspects were arrested.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
M. Reis
Tarentum
G. Sunseri
Pittahure
Joe Gimite
Reis
Gimite
Sunseri
Black Hand
Joe Batagli
New Form of Swindle Over Admission Tickets
A man aboard the Hamburg American liner Amerika sold over forty forged admission tickets to voyage passengers. He collected at least one dollar per ticket promising easy entry to the United States. Ship officers uncovered the fraud and forced refunds. the swindler faces probable prosecution.
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United States
New York
National Democratic Convention May Go to St Paul or Louisville
Norman Mack, New York Democratic national committeeman, says the national convention will be held in either St Paul or Louisville. He adds Denver is not central enough and Chicago has not bid. He plans to attend the committee meeting in Washington on Thursday.
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Loulaville
Washington
Norman
Mack
Democratic National Committee For
New York
St. Paul
Louisville
Denver
Chicago
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Siggeton
Booth Dakota
Senate
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Busimeas
Maj
W. T. Seward
United States Senate
Capitol
Jeffrey ©. Hebeck
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Allen Thomas
Venezuela
Cleveland
Waveland
Morris F. Tyler
Southern New England Telephone Company
Yala University
New Haven
Francis J. O'Neill
London
Associated Press
Mr. O'Neill
B. H. Hunt
Ray Howard
Fort Des Moines
Mabel Adair
Slater
Martha Pickering
Howard
Mina Adelina M. Johnason
Marshall
Towa
Sang
Sinto
Roepltal
German Steel Association
Congress of Mothers
Des Moines
Leon Elbert Landome
Los Angeles
John Leskziatch
Aeronautical Society
Berlin
Leo Kennel
Panama
Caimito Mulato
Chagree
Roger
Lil
Atlanta
Ga Lit
Ropean Monarchs
Gustave V
Grandson of
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King Oscar II
Forger
Phe
Clarence W. Watson
Watson
West Fork
Eene
Monster Fleet
All Over
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