Year 1908 marked by change death and prosperity
A sweeping review of 1908 notes political upheavals and new rulers in Portugal China and Haiti, major deaths in arts and politics, disasters from fires floods and mine explosions, and notable events including Admiral Evans fleet voyage and the murder cases and riots shaping the year. It lists a long chronology of deaths fires disasters and political shifts across nations with emphasis on notable figures and incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Portugal
Lisbon
Manuel
China
Hayti
Bulgaria
Turkey
Grover Cleveland
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
England
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Henry C. Potter
Morgan Dix
New York
Ira D. Sankey
Pablo de Sarasate
August Wilhelm
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Ouida
Joel Chandler Harris
Murat Halstead
Bronson Howard
Victorien Sardou
Louise Chandler Moulton
Harriet Hosmer
Chas
Emory Smith
Wm. B. Allison
Boyertown
Cleveland
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Admiral Evans
Pacific
Belle Gunness
LaPorte
Ind
Tennessee
Kentucky
Springfield
Ill
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Haakon
Norway
Middle West
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
William Pinckney Whyte
Maryland
William J. Bryan
Florida
Todohokke
Japan
Chilapa
Mexico
Union Square
Selig Silverstein
Head injury cure ends drink and theft in 22 months
Dr. Herbert L. Northrop of Philadelphia reports a man transformed from drunkard and thief after a head operation. After twenty-two months of abstinence and upright life, the patient has been twice promoted and remains change holds. An Egypt expedition reports giant Arsinoitherium skeletons from Fayoum with long horns and elephant rhinoceros like body, named for Queen Arsinoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Northrop
Philadelphia
H. F Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Fayoum
Egypt
Readers want facts first in news, study says
Northwestern professor W D Scott reports 3000 respondents favor a paper that serves only the unvarnished news. He finds readers want concise, well written facts with local news most engaging, followed by politics, sports and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Scott
Northwestern University
Three Proposals for Civic Betterment by Charles E Russell
In the November Everybodys Charles E Russell advocates public service reform proposing salaries end for officials direct nominations to oust political bosses and annual leases for public utilities He also notes the Great Banks of Newfoundland formed by iceborne boulders and measures it at about 600 miles by 120.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Russell
Newfoundland
Jail for Labor Men Gompers Gets One Year
Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor is sentenced to twelve months in the District of Columbia jail for contempt of court. John Mitchell receives nine months and Secretary Morrison six months for the Buck's Stove case involving an alleged boycott and listing the company as unfair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Morrison
Gompers
Buck's Stove and Range Company
Mitchell
Federation of Labor
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gould
Missouri Supreme Court ousts oil firms in monopoly ruling
Missouri officials hail a unanimous Supreme Court decision ousting Standard Oil Indiana Republic Oil Ohio and Waters-Pierce Missouri for monopolizing the oil business. Waters-Pierce may stay if by Jan 15 1909 it proves independent operation. others must wind up by March 1 1909. Attorney General Hadley and Governor Folk call it a end to illegal combinations. ties to a broader federal tobacco case noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company of
Ohio
Waters-Pierce Oil Company of
Missouri
Supreme Court of Missouri
Commonwealth
Water-Pierce Company
Woodson
Hadley
Folk
Supreme Court of the United States
Tobacco Trust
Milwaukee Targets Next Bowling Congress Bid
Milwaukee firms place strong bets to land the next bowling congress with a favorable outlook. Percy Houghton is reappointed Harvard football coach for two more seasons. James St. Keene tops turf earnings this season with 282075 dollars. Cornell tracks to host the Ma Roons on indoor turf at Bartlett gym this winter. Tommy Burns also holds undisputed multiple-weights title as financial leader. Sir Martin tops race earnings at 7800 dollars in stakes. A New York to Washington relay saw nearly 1000 boys carry a silver tube for President Roosevelt from Rudolph Foster. Patsy Donovan exits as Brooklyn manager and lines up Boston job next season. Fred Bradley of Boston KOed in fourth by Al Kubiak in Philadelphia. Bradley unconscious, rushed to hospital.
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Milwaukee
Percy Houghton
Harvard
James St. Keene
Cornell
Maroons
Bartlett Gymnasium
Tommy Burns
New York
Washington
Rudolph Foster
Roosevelt
Patsy Donovan
Brooklyn
Boston
Fred Bradley
al Kubiak
Grand Rapids
Mich
West End
Phila
Railroads Eliminate Mail Fines Under New Federal Order
The Postmaster General's order abolishes fines for missed mail train schedules and ends mandatory detailed delay reports. Railroads expect yearly savings of thousands of dollars nationwide as existing penalties and reporting burdens are removed. A prior 10 percent earning-based fine for delays over thirty minutes is no longer applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Postmaster General
Department
Washington
Hold up thwarted in West Virginia payroll plot
A plan to rob the Homer Taughlin China Company payroll of 25000 at Newell West Virginia was stopped. Prisoners Roy Winters and Walter Stonger of East Liverpool Ohio were jailed after a buggy carrying them fled from the city and was intercepted. One suspect allegedly wore a woman's disguise and both were armed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Taughlin China Company
Newell
W. Va
Roy Winters
Walter Stonger
East Liverpool
Ohio
Winters
Stonger
Liverpool
Kentucky AG endorses teacher whip authority in schools
Attorney General James Breathitt issued an opinion to State Superintendent Crabbe affirming teachers may whip disorderly pupils if necessary for discipline. The ruling counters Judge William Carroll's view that teachers lacked such power, which had disrupted Kentucky common schools and risked closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
James Breathitt
Crabbe
William Carroll
Newcastle
Robbers Tie Couple for Fifteen Hours at Farm Home
William Jones and his elderly housekeeper Mrs Anna Williams were bound to beds for fifteen hours in a secluded farm home near Yostville Pa. They were found and released after burglars left a note hung on F C Woods blacksmith shop door claiming proof of the crime. The note referenced Jones and the tied watch as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Anna Williams
Yostville
F. C. Wood
Jones
Wilbur Wright Makes Thrilling Le Mans Flight
Wilbur Wright, American aviator, performed an extraordinary flight at Le Mans. The aeroplane shot up to 240 feet then descended about fifty feet before Wright halted the engine and it glided to a smooth landing three quarters of a mile from the start. English Aero Club members witnessed and cheered the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
Aero Club
World Sunday School Meet Plans Outline
The International Sunday School Association executive committee met in Washington to map plans for the world's sixth Sunday school convention to be held in May or June 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Sunday School Association
Washington
Frederick A Burnham Found Dead in NY Home
Frederick A Burnham former president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company was found dead in his bed at his East Seventy eighth Street home New York as the police report death by his own action gas poisoning in a suspected suicide case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Burnham
The
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
East Seventy-eighth Street
New York
Castro's Men Oust Venezuelan Cabinet
Vice President J. Vicente Gomez has formed a new government in Venezuela after General Cipriano Castro handed over the presidency. The old ministry led by Dr. Jose de Jesus Paul was replaced with a cabinet of diverse factions. Baldo and Paul were ousted, education minister Baldo travels with Castro's suite. Caracas reports indicate widespread ferment since Castro's fall and Gomez's decisive cabinet reshuffle to end Castro domination.
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J. Vicente Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Europe
Venezuela
Jose de Jesus Paul
Castro
Minister de Reus
Holland
Paul
Baldo
Caracas
Gomez
Taft to call Congress in extraordinary tariff session
Unofficial advice says March 15 is the date Congress will be convened in extraordinary session by President Taft to revise the tariff. The sixtieth Congress ends March 4, with a new session expected after inauguration. Republicans anticipate a longer Senate debate before final action in April.
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Taft
Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Politicians and appointments headline midterm moves
A conference of Populists and radicals in St Louis seeks united action through a new radical party to rule through the people. Theodore F. Burton is tentatively offered the treasury secretary post in Taft’s cabinet but hasn’t decided. J J Sullivan resigns Nebraska Supreme Court judgeship after brief oath. La Follette campaign spends and raises $17 629.10 for presidential nomination. Roosevelt pushes rapid appointment of John D Pringle to port appraiser. Charles P Neill to be reappointed labor commissioner. Carroll D W to Worcester presidency.
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St. Louis
United Action
Theodore F. Burton
Ohio
Treasury
Taft
Senate
J. J. Sullivan
Columbus
Nebraska
Sheldon
Sullivan
Robert M. la Follette
Lennen
Madison
Alfred T. Rogers
Senator la Follette
Republican National Committee
la Follette
Roosevelt
John D. Pringle
Labor World
Pittsburg
Charles P. Neill
Roosevel
Neill
Carroll D. W
University At
Worcester
Mass
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