Japanese ambassador summoned to Tokyo for immigration briefing
Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambassador to Washington, will return to Tokyo for a mission of high importance. He will explain the immigration issue and the Pacific navy transfer, clarifying U S federal versus state authority and Japan’s view of American governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Viscount Aoki
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
California
San Francisco
Congress
Pacific Coast
Baron Isall
Japanese Interior Department
Oregon
British Columbia
Not Guilty Verdict in Mrs Bradley Murder Case
The jury acquitted Mrs. Annie M. Bradley of the Utah former senator Arthur M. Brown murder charge after a courtroom verdict amid crowd applause. The 11 to 1 alignment shifted to full acquittal on final ballot as Juror Julius H. Prigg conformed.
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Washington
Annie M. Bradley
United States
Arthur M. Brown
Utah
Julius H. Prigg
Hoover
Woman Adjudged Insane and Committed in Missouri
Mrs Minor Morris who was ejected from the White House two years ago while seeking President Roosevelt and later sent to an asylum in Jacksonville Illinois from St Louis after denouncing him before October 2 has been judged insane by a probate court jury and committed to the state insane asylum in Farmington Missouri.
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Farmington
Minor Morris
White House
Roosevelt
Jacksonville
St. Louis
Warmer sentenced to at least twenty years for double murder
In New York on December 4, Rank H Warmer a former merchant received a state prison term of not less than twenty years for the killings of Kether C Norling, a former stenographer he had employed, and John C Wilson.
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New York
H. Warmer
Kether C. Norling
John .C. Wilson
Ambassadors arrange special car for Taft departure
Berlin reports Ambassador Tower arranged through the foreign office that a special car will be placed at the disposal of Secretary Taft and his party when they reach the station on the route between Humia 204.
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Berlin
Ambassador Tower
Taft
Humia
Restitution Demanded From Equitable Directors In NY Case
New York December 5. Attorney General Jackson reveals that James Hazen Hyde and every Equitable Life director who profited from policyholders funds will be required to restore gains. Plans for an accounting suit aim to determine all illegal profits and compel full restitution. Hyde’s offer to reimburse millions was rejected.
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New York
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Jackson
Hyde
Wall Street
Turner Loan
Mercantile Safe Deposit Co
Equitable
Tragic Death From Pin Wounds At Pittsburgh Home
Pittsburg report says John Leskvick a crippled resident of the Allegheny City home at Woodville bled to death after pricking his leg with an ordinary safety pin stolen from a nurse He had been confined for a year due to a broken back and allegedly stabbed himself about fifty times before dying doctors note the bed was soaked with blood
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Pittsburg
John Leskvick
Allegheny City
Woodville
Leskvick
Airship La Patrie Crashes Near Ballysallagh Ireland
A dispatch from Paris reports that the military balloon La Patrie descended on a farm near Ballysallagh in County Down Ireland. The car’s machinery was wrecked and the War Ministry found no one responsible. The Patrie had escaped Verdun last Saturday.
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Paris
Ballysallagh
County Down
Ireeand
Ministry of War
Verdun
Murder at Fairport Believed Not Robbery Motive
In Fairport Des Moines section D, William Vanwinkle and his wife ages 23 and 30 were found murdered in their beds. Their skulls were crushed and bodies bruised with heavy instrument marks. The couple, poor and living in a small cottage, were killed Dec 5.
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Des Moines
William Vanwinkle
Fairport
Vanwinkle
Henry Havemeyer Dies Sugar King of New York
Henry O Havemeyer president of the American Sugar Refining Co. died at 3 p.m. at his home near Commack Long Island after several days of acute indigestion. At his bedside were Mrs Havemeyer son Horace daughter Elec tra and Dr L C Frisbell.
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Henry Havemeyer
New York
Henry O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Co
Commack
L. I
Chicago Association adopts resolutions against parcels post plan
The Chicago Association of Commerce ways and means committee adopted resolutions opposing the parcels post scheme proposed by Postmaster General von Meyer. The report cites the deficiency the plan would create as the main objection.
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Chicago
von Meyer
Ways and Means Committee
Chicago Association of Commerce
Five Die and Thirty Hurt in Hanover Train Collision
Four African American section hands and a white man were killed and about 30 injured in a rear end crash between Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Trains 142 and 144 at Hanover Maryland. Investigators described a sudden impact with multiple casualties and ongoing emergency response at the scene.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Hanover
Treasurer Walker Located in Mexico Reported Detained
Located in Mexico with New Britain CT, Dec 5, Treasure Edward N. Stanley of the Savings Bank of New Britain confirms that William P. Walker the escaping treasurer has been found in Mexico and that Secretary Root requested his detention.
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New Britain, Ct
Edward N. Stanley
The
Savings Bank of
New Britain
Wm. P. Walker
Mexico
Rootman
Testimonial Planned for Mitchell by Hazleton Union
A fundraising effort of 20000 dollars is underway in Hazleton Pennsylvania by United New Workers of America to honor John Mitchell on his retirement as president.
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Hazleton
Dee
United Ne Workers of America
John Mitchell
Actress Clara Bloodgood Shoots Self in Baltimore Hotel
In Baltimore on December 6 actress Clara Bloodgood killed herself in her room at the Hotel Stafford. She was preparing for a show at the Academy of Music when a pistol shot ended her life. a note to her husband preceded the tragedy. Coroner Hayden ruled it suicide.
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Baltimore
Clara Bloodgood
Stafford
The
Academy of Music
John Emerson
Bloodgood
Mrs. Bloodgood
Wess
Insane man shoots labor leaders at statehouse door
John A. Steele of Everett fired three shots in the Boston statehouse anteroom after finding Governor Guild's door closed. Edward Cohen of Lynn, AFL leader, was fatally wounded. Dennis D. Driscoll of Boston, AFL secretary, seriously hurt. Arthur M. Huddell of Boston, ex Central Labor Union president, wounded. Steele had been released from Danvers insane asylum last month.
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Boston
Statehouse
Guv. Guild
Edward Cohen
Lynn
American Federation of Labor
Dennis D. Driscoll
Arthur M. Huddell
Central Labor Union
John A. Steele
Everett
Danver I
Steele
Five Years and 1000 Dollar Fine for Wife Beating
John Nahan was sentenced by Justice Dowling in the New York supreme court to five years in prison and a 1000 dollar fine for beating his wife with a shovel after she refused to give him money for liquor. He had three prior workhouse convictions for similar offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Nahan
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Nahan
Harris Charged With Diamond Firm Robbery
New York police accuse Louie W. Harris 18 of systematically robbing Rudolph Noel & Co Malden Jane diamond brokers of about 10 000 dollars in diamonds after serving as book keeper and city salesman.
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New York
Louie W. Harris
Rudolph Noel & Co
Malden Jane’ Diamond Brokers
Srm
End of Life for Mrs Taft Aged Mother in Millbury
Mrs Louica Taft, aged mother of Secretary Taft, near death in Millbury Massachusetts with condition deteriorating this week. Estate officials note the family bearing the news as local observers await medical update.
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Millbury
Maas
Dee
Louica Taft
Taft
Thureday
Wodnouday Ee DoaOl
Massive 400-Plus Miners Feared Lost in West Virginia Blast
An explosion of methane in Consolidated Coal Co mines Nos. 6 and 8 at Monongah likely killed more than 400 workers. Rescue crews pulled six bodies from mine 6 and 14 from mine 8 as 369 miners remained trapped and hopes for survivors faded.
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Monongah
W. Va
Consolidated Coal Co
Baltimore
America
West Fork River
Monks Repel Bandits At Pskov Monastery Fatal Fight
In a fierce assault near Pskov twenty Lettish Osthonian bandits attacked a monastery. Monks killed six and wounded three, driving off the attackers who were later pursued by troops and exterminated. Four survivors tried a final dash for the station but perished or surrendered after barricading a house and a surrounding fire.
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St. Petersburg
Pskov
Burglars Loot Swift Mansion in Chicago
Burglars broke into the mansion of Herbert L. Swift in Chicago on December 7 and stole jewels family silver and heirloom plate. The total value and exact articles taken are not yet estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert L. Swift
Mra
Swift
National immigration and regulatory reforms urged by Straus
Oscar S. Straus's annual Commerce and Labor report calls for national control of corporations a less stringent Chinese immigration law for higher classes and tighter steam vessel regulation. It notes rising immigration totals in 1907 and 1906, with 1,285,349 admitted and 138,064 rejected, and urges government oversight to inform Congress and public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oscar S. Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Congress
China
Nashville Tragedy: Machinist Kills Wife Then Himself
Frank Click a 25 year old machinist shot his wife Ruth Click three times ending her life and then killed himself in Nashville. The couple had married last July and lived in Memphis briefly before returning to Nashville to Mrs Click’s father W N Bilbo’s home. Ruth met Click on Bilbo Avenue when he approached and after a brief talk she fled. he pursued and the fatal shooting occurred in a rear room with no witnesses.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank Click
Ruth Click
Nes
City Hospital
Click
Memphis
Hve
W. N. Bilbo
Mra
Bilbo, Avenue
Sallie Hughes
Death of King Osecar II Shocks Sweden
Stockholm reports the death of King Osecar II at 9:10 AM Sunday in the royal palace. Surrounded by Queen Sophia, Crown Prince Oscar Gustave, and state ministers, the nation mourns as crowds gather with bowed heads outside. The king was beloved by his people.
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Stockholm
Osecar II
Sweden
Sophia
Oscar Gustave
Oscar
Lost On the Lakes: 136 Men Lost on Great Lakes in 1907
Detroit statistics report 136 men lost on the great lakes in 1907 with $2,000,000 in damage. The figures reflect maritime hazards and economic impact of lake tragedies.
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Detroit
Mich
Great Lakes
Murder Mystery After Shooting Near LaSalle Station
Godfrey Woogell of 461 North Marshfield Avenue was found shot to death within 200 feet of the LaSalle Street railroad station entrance, puzzle described by police as one of the city's darkest murders in years.
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Chicago
Godfrey Woogell
North Marshfield Avenue
LaSalle Street
Treasury buys silver at 67,686 per ounce
The Treasury Department bought 300000 ounces of silver on Friday at 67,686 per ounce. One hundred thousand ounces will be delivered at each of the New Orleans Deover and Philadelphia mints.
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Washington
Dee
Treasury Department
New Orleana Deover
Philadelphia
Goldfield Mines May Be Opened
Capt Wai Cox acting for Gov Sparks says Mine Owners' Association reports an attempt will be made this week to reopen Goldfield mines with nonunion workers.
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Goldfield
Nev
Wai
Cox
Sparks
Io Goldfield
Taft Party Delayed Sailing From Port Boulogne
The steamship President Grant carrying Secretary Taft and his party to sail this Sunday has been delayed by weather, delaying their voyage from Port Boulogne.
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Taft
Boulogne
Grant Om
Prince Dabro Compares Egypt and American Cotton Industry
Prince Dabro of Egypt praises American cotton practice as wiser than Egypt's, citing clever governance. He recalls a Pennsylvania tale where a young man saved a woman at a dangerous spot, framing it as brave and cleverly planned.
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Prince Dabro
America
New York
Egypt
Pennsylvania
Wissahickon
Bobby and Mother argue over vacation packing
Bobby insists he is going on a vacation while his mother combs through his bag. She frets over missing items like a hairbrush and lists all necessities for the trip, prompting Bobby to insist he has everything he needs despite her warnings.
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Bobby
Bobbie
No Money Left but My Beauty, Says Woman
A Houston Post snippet shows a woman stating all her money is gone, leaving her with nothing but her beauty, prompting a hushed reaction about the supposed loss. The exchange hints at personal misfortune and social commentary of the era.
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Houston Post
Truth and Quality Appeal in Laxative Claims
The passage promotes Syrup of Fire and Elixir of Senna as a reliable laxative with natural action. It asserts no need to increase doses, emphasizes gentle cleansing and standard medical approval, and warns to buy only the genuine product.
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Bradley
Funds OF Equitable Life
Ireland
Mitchell
Nated
Madman
Spark Geller
Straus
Commerce
LABOR
King of
Rilver
Edward M. Burtt
N. Jefferson Ave
Charles Levy
Allen St
N. Y
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