Castro Will Not Contest Venezuelan Presidency
Cipriano Castro states he will not contest the Venezuelan presidency and will not hinder the present administration in settling disputes with foreign governments. He plans to speak further after recovering health and gaining more information. General Castro stays two weeks more in a private sanitarium and will release no details on future plans.
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Berlin
Cipriano Castro
Republi
Venezuela
Caracas
Venezucla
Castro
Israel
US Warships Reach Venezuelan Waters Amid Tensions
The Dolphin and the Des Moines have arrived at Willemstad Curacao as the first of several American ships bound for Venezuelan waters. North Carolina and Maine follow, with wireless telegraphy to link Venezuela to the outside world. The Maine is due La Guayra on Saturday. At The Hague Jose de Jesus Paul, ex Venezuelan foreign minister, has left for negotiations with France and Holland on the disputes.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Geo
United States
Dolphin
Des Moines
North Carolina
Maine
la Guayra
Venezuela
W. J. Buchanan
the Hague
Der
Foreign Office
Jose de Jesus Paul
la Cguayra
Party
Venezulan
France
Holland
Taft Favored Caucus Gains Support In Ohio
Wade H. Ellis former Ohio attorney general and now assistant to the U S attorney general travels to Columbus to back Charles P Taft. Governor Harris advocacy of a senatorial caucus strengthens the Taft effort as a few Republican members consider joining. Ellis says he is not a candidate and backs Taft.
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Columbus
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Charles P. Taft
Harris
Taft
Mr. Ellis
Well Known Writer Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland Dies
Boston dec 25 Mrs Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland a well known newspaper woman and magazine writer and author of several books died at her home in this city as the result of a braking accident.
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Boston
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
Family Home Best Place
President Roosevelt urges keeping dependent children in the family home and calls a January conference in Washington to address child welfare. He notes about 150,000 US children fall under this category and cites Massachusetts as an example where orphan asylums have closed and foster care or private homes have taken their place.
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Washington
Roonevelt
United States
Massachusetts
Dog Saves Dying Master in Butte Camp
In Butte Montana on December 25 Alexander Glover aged seventy five pioneer prospector was rescued from freezing death by his dog. The animal tugged at blankets waking George Miles his partner who then found Glover unconscious in the snow with feet and hands frostbitten.
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Butte
Mont
Alexander Glover
Glover
George Miles
Miles
Fatal blaze in apartment house and heroic fireman rescue
New York stories a deadly fire at a five story apartment building on West One Hundred Twenty Seventh Street. Daniel Frizzell, eighteen, is dead while David Mullen, a fireman, and Mrs. Alice Looker suffer serious injuries from burns as tenants and firemen rescue others amid flames and smoke.
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New York
Lves
T22 West One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
Daniel Frizzell
Lucker
David Mullen
Alice Lookar
Mrs. Looker
Mullen
Woman starves to death in Wisconsin asylum case
Appleton Wisconsin December 25 Two months earlier Mrs Mary Lloyd of Stevens Point was committed to Outagama county insane asylum She vowed not to eat again and kept her word her prolonged fast ending in death Medical staff fed her artificially for eight weeks yet she wasted away It is believed a stomach cancer caused the stoppage of eating as every meal worsened her distress
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Appleton
Wis
Mary Lloyd
Stevens Point
Outagama County Insane Asylum
Mie
New York Dividends and Interest Disbursements Rise
Dividends and disbursements on stocks and bonds of New York banks trust companies railroads and other corporations for January 1909 will exceed 210 million dollars. This reflects an increase of about 17 million from January last year due to a surfeit of securities issued during the year.
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New York
New York City
Fatal Elevator Accident At St. Marys Hospital Racine Wis
Mary Ann Mardy age forty seven a prominent Catholic resident of Racine died in an elevator accident at St Marys Hospital. She was to undergo surgery for kidney trouble when the elevator moved and crushed her as workers attempted to remove her.
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Racine
Wis
Uec
Mary Ann Mardy
St. Mary's Hospital
Miss Mardy
White
Protests to Roosevelt on Gompers Case Sent to Attorney General
Washington December 25 reports say many telegrams from leaders nationwide protest the sentence against Gompers Mitchell and Morrison. The president has passed all messages to Attorney General Bonaparte for consideration. They will review testimony and determine possible action.
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Washington
White House
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Bonaparte
Washington Federation To Outline Policy On Gompers Case
Washington talks on contempt of court sentencing for President Gompers Vice President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison of the AFL will headline the January 11 executive council meeting. The 30 000 councils and 2 000 000 members are urged to back resolutions supporting the leaders amid the court action and its scathing decision. Appeals timing indicates court action may come in March with a 40 day window to perfect the appeal and a bond deadline in twenty days.
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Washington
Dee
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Federation
Court of Appeals of
Canadian Labor Leader Comments on Gompers Imprisonment
Montreal Dec 24 Alphonse Verville M P president of the Dominion Trades and Labor congress says Canadian labor is disappointed by the Buck conspiracy case in Washington He notes Canadian law rejects prison for boycott by publication citing British equity and broader judiciary views He warns American capital will push for imprisonment but that conviction may boost labor support among Americans and threaten the republic’s peace.
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Montreal
Alphonse Verville
M. P
Dominion Trades and Labor Congress
Buck
Washington
Gompers
Canada
America
Republic
Ouster suit filed against St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Topeka December 25 Attorney General Jackson filed an ouster suit in the supreme court against the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company alleging renewal of its charter on three occasions at the secretary of state's office and refusal to pay $100,000 in charter fees. The petition seeks payment of the fees or a restraint on doing business in the state.
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Railroad
Topeka
Kan
Jackson
Supreme Court
St. Louis
San Francisco
Railroad Company
Secretary of State
Ten firms sign new wage scale for window glass workers
Cleveland December 20. A L Faulkner president of the National Window Glass Workers said ten manufacturing concerns representing 20 plants and employing 50 men have signed the new wage scale. He added the union can stand a long siege and members will stay out indefinitely to enforce the scale.
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Cleveland
A. L. Faulkner
National Window Glass Workers
Death Under Car Wheels in Minneapolis Yard
John F. Clay a Great Northern switchman was run over and killed in Minneapolis yards. He slipped and fell from a box car and the train passed over him instantly.
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Minneapolis
Vec
John F. Clay
Great Northern
Clay
Found Guilty of Murder in San Francisco Case
In San Francisco the Korean suspect Whan Chang was found guilty of second degree murder in the March shooting of American diplomat Derkan White Stevens, adviser to the Korean emperor. The jury verdict was delivered in the superior court with sentencing set for December 26, carrying a range from ten years to life imprisonment.
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San Francisco
Whan Chang
Derkan White Stevens
Roosevelt seeks two white rhinoceros on African hunt
In Washington on December 25 President Roosevelt plans a deep African hunting expedition aiming to secure two white rhinoceroses for the national museum and possibly one for the British museum. He also intends to harvest two elephants, proceeding into interior Africa toward the Nile headwaters after Lake Victoria Nyanza, with Major Edward A. Meares coordinating details and ammunition supplies largely bought in Nairobi.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Africa
National Museum
Sigarall Sary
Nile
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Edward A. Meares
Hit
Nairobi
Mendasa
Lake Victoria Nyanza
Nayrobi
Fire in Rooming House Sparks Narrow Escape
In St Paul on December 25 twenty people barely escaped suffocation when a fire broke out in Nellie Kernan’s rooming house at 800 Rice Street. The kitchen fire, likely from hot coals, spread toward the stairway as smoke filled the building. Guests awakened by a boarder pounded on doors, fleeing in night clothes to the cold dawn air.
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St. Paul
St Paul
Rice Street
Nellie Kernan
Plot to rob Great Northern train uncovered near tunnel
In Hutte Montana on December 25 two men were spotted by hunters near a tunnel with nitroglycerin revolvers and masks. Hunters alerted Butte deputies who rushed to the scene to guard the tunnel and investigate the suspected robbery plot.
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Hutte
Mont
Great Northern
Woodville
Butte
Sheriff’s Office
Three Robbers Flee Milan State Bank Vault Raid
In Milan Kansas three robbers attempting to loot the Milan State bank vault were forced to retreat after an exchange of shots with citizens. The trio fled toward Conway Springs as a posse formed in pursuit. No money was taken and no injuries reported.
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Wichita
Kan
Milan State Bank
Milan
Conway Springs
Lnter
Moorhead Partners Suspended From New York Stock Exchange
Maren and Thomas W Moorhead of Marshall Spader Co stock brokers were suspended from the New York Stock Exchange for three years after an investigation into dealings with the failed firm Coster Wnapp Co.
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New York
Dec
Maren
Thomas W. Moorhead
Marshall, Spader & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Coster, Wnapp & Co
Perjury Charge in Hains Trial Surfaces in Flushing
In Flushing New York December 25 during Thornton J Hains trial defense counsel John F McIntyre seeks to commit cabman Martin Skura for perjury after he testifies that Hains asked him to drive behind the stage with Mrs Annis and that a brother said We've got him now Skura admits making statements were false and under further examination the judge holds action in abeyance pending more tests with Durrin noting the witness would have faced trouble if the statements had been printed by newspapers
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
John F. McIntyre
Martin Skura
Skura
Thornton Hains
Hains
Justice Crane
Durrin
Darrin
Jeeesa
Crane
Pittsburg Graf Scandal Sparks New Arrests Rumors
Pittsburg rumors say a second raid against councilmen and business leaders accused of corrupting the council is imminent. The Voters' League reportedly drafted twenty two warrants and plans to push court trials for nine defendants with Patrick Attorney Blakeley guiding the grand jury next month. Wealthy citizens pledge support and donations to fund the cleanup effort.
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Pittsburg
Dee
St Fg
Haumers
Betus
Voters’ League of
Blakeley
Voters’ League
Three weeks overdue ship near Sydney
The Norwegian steamer Stickelstad, bound for Sydney from Glasgow, is three weeks overdue. Hope fades that she will be seen again after gales in December. The irregular passage typically takes about a week, leaving machinists and others uncertain of the vessel's fate.
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Sydney
N.S. Dee
Stickelstad
Glasgow
Scotland
Lone Robber Hauls Diamonds In Helena Jewelry Theft
A bold Helena robbery saw a man with an injured face steal a tray of diamond rings worth 5000 from C B Jacquemin & Co and escape in a brgy. No clue to the thief's identity emerges as local police investigate the daring crime. A separate item from Pierre notes a woman and child badly burned when kerosene flames spread as a fire was fought. Another brief from San Francisco reports the continued sentencing of Abraham Hurt for bribery tied to a trolley franchise case.
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Helena
Mont
C. B. Jacquemin & Co
San Francisco
Dee
Abrahaa Hurt
John J. Furry
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