Washington dispatches on immigration and crime across the nation
A wide range of items from Washington and other locales: Immig ration inquiries in Honolulu into Hawaiian Island settlement policies. a presidential plan to reappoint Judson B. Clements to a commission. commutation of death sentences for Arthur Arties and Robert Sawyer aboard the Henry A. Berwind. a government freight movement report. and a sequence of crime and disaster notes including hangings in Georgia, murders in Indiana and New York, a murder verdict in Herkimer, bank accounts shortfalls, asphyxiations in Portland, a train robbery, a large train wreck, and fires injuring or killing several people along with obituaries of notable figures.
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Washington
Val de
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Internacion
Ferm al Six Suis
Judson B. Clements
Commie Commission
Judson Ferm Oye Pires
Hfa
Arthur Arties
Robert Sawyer
Henry A. Berwind
Sault Ste. Marie
Notable Judges and Musicians Die Across Cities
Chief Justice Andrew P. Wiswell of the Maine Supreme Court died suddenly in Boston of a brain disease. George B. Nicholson, chief engineer of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, died at his Covington Kentucky home. Mark Hassler, a widely known national musician and composer, died in Philadelphia.
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Andrew P. Wiswell
Maine Siipreme Court
Boston
George B. Nicholson
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Covington, Ky
Mark Hassler
Philadelphia
From Other Shores Report on Roosevelt Praise in Tokyo
A Tokyo dispatch notes President Roosevelts warm praise of Japans attitude on the San Francisco anti Japanese issue. The Times correspondent cites plans for a commercial loan accord between France and Spain and mentions a long postponed anniversary related to Rovings life in Spain. An Vienna scene reports a chimneysweep named Henson sweeping a rich clients chimney amid royal intrigue. A chase for Philip Slumned de Peres Dixner follows fraud accusations involving a bankers firm alleged to swindle nearly 310 million through fictitious schemes.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Tokio
London Times
Prange
Vienna
Henson
Sderick Charles von Hoher Tohen
Ehanceler
Philip
de Peres & Dixner
Japanese squadron to visit the United States in 1908
A Japanese training squadron will visit the United States arriving in San Francisco on February 18. Other brief items note estate values, rowing club decisions, personnel reports, and legal actions including a civil suit seeking production of company records.
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United States
San Francisco
Schurz
Uie Statorate’y
Oxford
Cambridge
Janestown
Charles R. O'Leary
Permenkee
Simone
Hull
Panama
G. F Bodley
London
Henry Viwizghn
Boston
Washington
Athedral
A Long Root Joke from a Washington Dentist
A story about an Irishman with a swollen tooth in a Washington dentist’s chair. To force him to open, the dentist had an assistant pin the man’s leg, enabling extraction. Afterward the patient concedes it hurt less than expected, noting the roots extended further than he knew.
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Washington
Schoolma'am Lena Ham Elected Justice of Peace
Miss Lena Ham daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Ham of Raymond Union county Ohio was elected justice of the peace at Picton Colorado on the Republican ticket by an overwhelming majority. She was a seven year teacher in Union county starting at age seventeen and is now twenty six teaching in the public school at Picton.
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Lena Ham
William H. Ham
Raymond
Union
Ohio
Picton
Colo
Mise Ham
Union County
Lumber Trust 10 Take Its Turn Indicted For Perjury
Washington dispatch reports two men indicted for perjury in connection with the lumber trust inquiry. The case targets Harriman roads and Gould corporations amid a sweeping investigation described as vital to the nation's lumber industry. The trust allegedly controls pricing and production under a gentlemen's agreement, with a $11 million capital and broad national reach as the fourth largest industry after steel, textiles, and meat packing.
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Lumber Trust
United States
Triuat
Probe Nails High Officials In Utah Coal Case
A grand jury in Salt Lake City indicts eight corporations and top officials for withholding facts and discrimination against coal shippers. The probe targets the Gould interests and actions by Warriman and Goat companies in Utah, including alleged interstate commerce violations and fraud related to coal land titles. D. J. Sharp, a Salt Lake City dealer, is noted for price cutting that led to his business being crippled.
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Salt Lake City
Dec
Redniit
Ugh
Mdletrain
Tinton Fire Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Union Pacific Cod Company
Cah Biel Company
Warriman and
Goat
Utah
Harriman
D. J. Sharp
Coil
Gould Intercsts
United States
Fire at Cornell destroys Chi Psi house. seven dead
A fire at the Chi Psi fraternity house in Ithaca on December 9 killed seven, including four students and three volunteer firemen. Most victims were recovered. search to continue with dynamite used to clear ruins. Cornell football players aided rescuers as the building burned, leaving the campus and town in mourning.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Cornell
Negro Soldiers In Brownsville Plot Allegations Denied
Gilbert Stewart, a colored man, returns from the Southwest with affidavits claiming the three negro infantry companies were victims of an anti Negro conspiracy. He argues the investigation exonerates the units dismissed for the Brownsville Texas incident and counters army officers' reports with his facts.
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New York
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Gilbert Stewart
Attel Knocks Out Walsh in Eight Rounds
Abe Attel of San Francisco, the world featherweight champion, defeated Jimmie Walsh of Boston in a decisive bout last night, knocking Walsh out in the eighth round in Los Angeles.
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Attel
Walsh
Los Angeles
Cal
Abe Attel
San Francisco
Jimmie Walsh
Boston
Theft at Irkutsk Assay Office Boots Gold Stolen
The government assay office in Irkutsk Siberia was entered by a tunnel last night and 165 quarter pounds of gold were stolen. No trace of the thief is found.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Fay Ders
Printer's Waste of U S Money Sparks House Inquiry
Washington December 10 a house appropriations committee will probe the government printing office after a subcommittee found evidence of waste and possible criminal expenditure. Inspectors reported discarded type worth 75,000 ready for sale and 165,000 pounds of unused new type stored for years, plus valuable machinery being treated as junk.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Conservatum
House
Five Soldiers Killed in Leyte Clash With Pulajanes
Manila reports from Captain Ham detail a December 5 engagement on the Tarracona trail near La Pas in Leyte. A company of the Eighth Infantry with constabulary was attacked by about sixty Pulajanes. five American soldiers were killed and nine wounded. The Pulajanes reportedly suffered seventy killed. Pursuit of the enemy has begun.
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Ater
Pulajanes
Manila
Samuel V Ham
Leyte
Eighth
United States Infantry
Sieul Ralph F. Yates, Jr
la Pas
Tarracona
Turiy
Far East War Tension and Russian Strength Grows
London dispatch notes rising wartime voltage in Asia as Japan and Russia prepare for renewed conflict. Col. Gredke argues for a pause due to finance, while Russian forces in the Far East increase from eighty eight to one hundred eighty seven battalions, signaling improved position.
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Aal
Far East
London
Col. Gredke
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt Plans Treaty Excluding Japanese Laborers
President Roosevelt moves to secure a bilateral treaty with Japan to exclude Japanese laborers. Secretary Root and Ambassador Aoki will arrange the document, to be submitted to Congress before its March 4 adjournment. Japan welcomes the exclusion, per Aoki’s disclosure.
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Root
Aoki
Washington
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Congress
Marlborough Wants Trial Over Custody Dispute
London reports the Marlborough family remains unable to reach an amicable custody agreement for the children despite kin involvement. The Duke, aided by Sir Edward Carson, plans to pursue his alleged wrongs in court, reflecting his favored hard fought legal approach.
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London
Marlboroughs
House of Lords
Edward Carson
Sir Edward
Lost Hunters Are Found
Chicago report dated December 7 states that J. S. Lincoln and D. R. Caldwell, last seen moose hunting above Lake Superior, are alive and have been rescued.
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Chicago
J. S. Lincoln
D. R. Caldwell
Lake Superior
SAYS MR. STORER MISSTATES FACTS AND BASSADOR
A note alleges that Mr. Storer misstates facts regarding a diplomatic matter involving a named ambassador. The report highlights the dispute over statements and official positions and calls for accuracy in public discourse.
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MR. Storer
Storer Publication Sparks Roosevelt Letter Clash Over Archbishop Ireland
President Roosevelt denounces Storer and Mrs Storer for publishing private letters and asserts no plan to press for an Archbishop cardinal. He cites cabinet knowledge of facts, questions Storer's motives, and notes irritation at potential harm to American interests. Storer’s assertions about papal appointment are challenged as untrue.
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Washigton
Roosevelt
Jong Tutto
Root
Bellamy Stover
Stover
Storen
Ireland
Storer
Storers
Archbishon Telyid Ae Card
Pope Pius
Cabinet
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Oil Trust Is No Pet Now Railroads End Illicit Rates
The annual report by Commissioner James R. Garfield highlights oil transport investigations. Railroads canceled most secret and improper discriminations, ending illegal rates. Shippers report renewed equality of treatment from transportation companies for the first time in years.
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Standard Oil
Washington
James R. Garfield
Standard Oil Company
Wrecking of St Louis exposition building set to start
Work has begun on demolishing the historic St Louis exposition building that housed the coliseum where Democratic nominations occurred in 1888 and 1904. Contracts were let today and demolition will proceed in the coming weeks.
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St. Louis
Cleveland
Parker
St. Louis Exposition
Coliseum
Thurman
Parkey and Davis
Castro in Venezuela President Nearing Death
From Fort de France Martinique reports say President Castro of Venezuela was moved by bed to Macuro near La Guaira last Monday. Advises indicate no chance of recovery and the ailing leader is considered to be dying.
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Venezuela
Fort de France
Martinique
Castro
Macuro
la Guayra
Caracas
Attempted Train Wrecking Charged in Canada
Moosomin Sask December 11 John Jones a seventeen year old boy living near Red Jacket has been arrested on a charge of attempting to wreck the Imperial Limited on the Canadian Pacific at Coot Hill siding.
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Westfield
N. J
Monon Road
Frankfort
Ind
Conneaut Lake
Patrick Eagan
Baltimore & Ohio Road
West Newton
Baltimore & Ohio
Indianapolis
Wascana
Windsor
Regina
Sask
Moosomin Sask
John Jones
Red Jacket
Imperial Limited
Canadian Pacific
Coot Hill Siding
Memorial service held for Chi Psi fire victims at Sage Chapel
A memorial service for seven people including four Cornell students was held yesterday in Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus after the fire ruined the Chi Psi fraternity lodge. Proceedings remembered the seven lives lost and gathered campus mourners.
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Cornell
Ithaca
Chi Psi
Sage Chapel
Riots Reach Nianghai Province Coal Mines
Riots against foreigners erupt in Nianghai province around Pjings driving foreign workers to flee toward Changsha as revolutionary actions intensify at local mines.
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Shanghai
Pjings
Niangaih
Chang Sha
Woman shoots Senator in Utah scandal
Former Utah Senator Arthur Brown was shot by Mrs. Anna Bradley in Salt Lake City and remained in precarious condition. Doctors noted a chance of recovery but blood poisoning risks worry his supporters as Bradley cites marital claims over Brown’s refusal to marry her. Bradley in custody, lawyers say she nears collapse while ministers and local restaurants offer support.
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Vermont
Roeland
Thomas McCarthy
Newcastle
Michael
Anatyalla
Robert Carden
Webster City
May Bunnell
South Dakota
Findlay
Ohio
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Standard Old Company
Steubenville
Foraker Club
United States
Foraker
Hans von Hochberg
Germany
Canon City
Colo
Berlin
Senator Brown
Utah
Washington
Arthur Brown
Anna Bradley
Salt Lake City
tm@iends
Sutherland
House of Detention
Bradley
Converted Bums in Pulpit Move Fashionable Congregation
A New York crowd of wealthy socialites gathered at St Nicholas Church to hear a Gospel from former Bowery toughs. The service featured Dr Mackay and drew intense interest as the ex outcasts testified, with parishioners pressed to learn more and hope the work continues.
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New York
St. Nicholas
Tielen Gould
Russell
Prominent Politician Col Sessions Instantly Insane
Col Fitz Roy Sessions, once a leading Iowa politician and former government official, now an inmate at the Iowa soldiers' home, went violently insane last night and attacked Adam Liebernecht, a helpless invalid, with a cane and knife, wounding him in the thigh. Sessions was arrested and sent to the insane asylum.
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Marshalltown
Col
Fitzroy Sessions
Towa
Iowa Soldiers
Adam Liebernecht
Gol. Sessions
May Again Flood Salton Basin
The Colorado River breaks through Hind dam and flows back into Salton sink threatening Salton basin. If not stopped soon, the Southern Pacific main line may need 200 miles of higher track and about a thousand residents could lose homes. An estimated $25 million rests on the effort to close the break.
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Colorado River
Yuma
Ariz
Hind Dam
Salton Sink
Southern Pacific
Salton Basin
Crawls With Broken Leg at Heron Lake
John Schultz slipped on the return from Okabena and broke a leg near Heron Lake Minnesota on December 11. He crawled nearly half a mile for help and his hands were badly frozen before aid arrived.
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Heron Lake
Minny
John Schultz
Okabena
Leaps Overboard to Death Aboard Northwestern
A New London Connecticut resident died by suicide by jumping from the steamer Northwestern en route to Seattle. The incident occurred December 11 aboard the ship near Seattle, Washington.
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Seattle
Wash
Bi With
New London, Conn
Northwestern
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