Senator Dick backs Foraker for president in Ohio
The report notes Senator Dick of Ohio endorses Senator Foraker for president. It lists other varied items including deaths in Toronto and Santa Monica fire, plus crime, health, and economic statistics from 1907. It mentions Inauguration of Curtis Guild Jr in Massachusetts and multiple local incidents.
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Ohio
Foraker
Edward Hanson
Toronto
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Santa Monica
Cal
Mra
Mosler
Lincoln
Neb
San Francisco
Crackamen
Miller & Sons Bank
Tracton
N. C
London
District Court Big
William P. Harris
Minneapolis
Thomas West
Paul Mullen
Attell Moran
Weet
Maine
Warfield
Maryland
Adaun Tharp
Nashville
J Bullard
Allie
Boone Henry
Yale
Bullard
Robert Weelon
St Fraveiaville
Lat
Pasweneker
Baton Rouge
K. Woiidert
Sebastopul
Une
Joouw
Chie
Adenia
San ' Feu
Wigiel
Senate finance bill proposes $250 million bank circulation
Washington reports a Republican senate finance committee bill printed for public release outlines an additional bank circulation up to 250 million on bonds excluding government bonds. The comptroller would decide issue timing and terms, with a cap of seven tenths of bond deposits, and Senator Aldrich introduced the measure after the Senate convened.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Senate
Heinze Arrested in $400,000 Check Overcertification Case
New York indictions charged Otto Heinze and firm Otto Heinze & Co for overcertification of checks totaling more than $400,000 drawn on Mercantile National Bank. F Augustus Holmze surrendered to U S Commissioner Shielda, released on a $60,000 bond. Indictment tied to Heinze Morse interests and the collapse of related banks and brokers.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Vat Otto Heinze & Co
Mercantile National Bank
F. Augustus Holmze
United States
Shielda
Mercantile
Heinze Pool
United Copper
Gross & Kleeberk
F. A. Heinze
Mercantie National Bank
Clowning House
Commissioner Ballinger Resigns General Land Office
Washington reports Richard A. Ballinger resigns as commissioner of the General Land Office to take effect in March after submitting his resignation to President Roosevelt. Fred Dennett named assistant commissioner to succeed him with Ballinger completing nearly a year in office. The notice also mentions other financial and political items from Chicago and Washington.
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Ballinger
General Land Office
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Law
Roosevelt
Fred Dennet
Ballinger Bhat
Supreme Court rules Employers Liability Act unconstitutional
In a June 11 1906 era decision Justice White declares the Employers Liability Act unconstitutional affirming lower court rulings. The suits involve a Memphis widow and a Kentucky fireman’s mother as railroads contest the law’s reach over interstate commerce and carrier accountability for employee injuries.
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Washington
Junee White
Supreme Court of the
United States
Railronde
Will Howard
Mempis
Morris & Brooks
Southern Pacific
Nevada
Howard
Tennessee
McCall
Brooks
Kentucky
Walter Evans
Evans
Justice White
Decision in Land Fraud Case Reverses Fine and Prison
The U S Supreme Court decision reverses a $500 fine and ten month prison sentence against former Oregon Congressman J N Williamson for illegally cutting timber on public land in Crook County. The ruling could affect numerous arid land prosecutions under land laws and related regulations nationwide.
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Washington
J. N. Williamson
Oregon
Crook County
Supreme Court of the United States
Williamson
United States Circuit Court For
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Loterter Department
Lewis
Unites States Court For
District of Rado
Thaw Trial Enters Second Phase With Insanity Plea
In New York nine or ten jurors were selected from fifty-seven veniremen after three court sessions on the Thaw murder case of Stanford White. District Attorney Jerome and defense attorney Martin W Littleton led the proceedings. The defense will rely solely on legal insanity at the time of the tragedy.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Talesmen
Jerome
Martin W. Littleton
Littetmn
Asane
Goldfield Nevad a Wage Reform Adopts New Scale
The Nevada–Canso Power Company in Goldfield assigns a new wage schedule effective January 10. Electricians will receive per day wages at a higher rate than previously, while other workers face adjustments to the same base scale. The change follows mine owners’ lobby pressure and reflects broader labor cost shifts in the area.
Tragic Streetcar Collision Claims Two Lives
A streetcar incident at Tropech Park Sunday evening killed May Duffy and injured Lee Andel, son of Clark senator. Bystanders reported a pole worma mowding with the tom uy of WA Clark. Fractures to legs and back injuries were noted. The dead woman and wounded man were rushed to local hospital.
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Lee Andel
Mies May Duffy
Clark
Stowe
Bartenders Refuse Payment of Local Levy
Confused OCR yields a note on bartenders resisting a monthly levy of ten cents per day. It mentions Me Whit, Loomaters, and Billa organization linked to LWOW, with opposition from police and a meeting where bartenders reportedly protested the tax. The text is garbled but indicates bartender members resisting the assessment and potential pay dispute.
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Califield Nevali
Loamaters
Billabor
LWOW
Pettibone Trial Ends in Acquittal
The Pettibone trial ends with acquittal for George D. Pettibone and Charles Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners. Moyer will return to Denver with Pettibone. Orchard’s case remains with Van Duyn for possible next term action. Simpkin is a fugitive. Magee and Aller perjury charges are dismissed.
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Rolse
Ida
Steunenberg
Tiarry Orchard
Jack Simpkins
George D. Pettibone
Charles Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Petthane
Denver
Orchard
Dr. Magee
C. W. Aller
Haywood
Pettibone
Moyer
Colorado
Western Federation
Goldfield Miners Move Toward Full Production Plan
Goldfield Nev. miners expect the district to run at full blast within two weeks as several mines reopen after workers previously aligned with the Western Federation signed cards renouncing allegiance. A new union seek to form, aiming to become a state wide affair independent of the federation.
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Goldfield
Nev
Western Federation
Bomb Explodes At First National Bank In Kansas City
An explosion damaged the marble First National Bank building in Kansas City Missouri on Saturday afternoon. A pipe fragment likely from a bomb was found in the wrecked basement. Ten people were injured but none died. The losses were confined to the basement with about ten thousand dollars in logs destroyed.
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Kansas City
First National Bank
Meet Horrible Death In Nogales Store Murder
Azi Wing Jing a Chinese shopkeeper aged forty five in Nogales was murdered Saturday night by two Mexicans. They attacked at the door struck him with a barked weapon and knife, dragged the body to a back room, broke drawers with an ax, and rifled a trunk.
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Nogales
Aziz
Wing Jing
Riot of the Renters Stirs New York on East Side
Rioting tenants and landlords clash as socialist decorations provoke police intervention. Five were arrested and numerous injured as night sticks and barricades aid responders. Wives and daughters join men in the scuffle amid a mass meeting. Ambulances were summoned but strikers refused doctors.
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New York
East Eleventh Street
East Twelfth Street
President Roosevelt condemns Brownson and naval disputes
Washington reports Secretary Metcalf releasing two Roosevelt letters on the Brownson resignation over hospital ship command and on naval construction and training. The president denounces Brownson as unseemly and improper while urging criticism be factual and not exaggerated or malicious.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Willard H. Brownson
Metcalf
Brownson
Bryan names trusts tariff and railroads as campaign foes
Kansas City interview Sunday night quotes William J. Bryan predicting the 1908 race will hinge on the trusts tariff and railroad regulations with no single issue yet determinable. Washington reports reveal First Assistant Postmaster Hitchcock’s 1908 postal revenues near 158.1 million dollars, up over 15 million from the prior year, prompting requests for larger appropriations to handle continued growth.
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Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Mount Fasue
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Orver
Hitchcock
Oriental Quarters Searched for Weapons in Vancouver Claim
Vancouver police chief Chamberlain refines demand from the Asiatic Exclusion League that the Oriental quarter be searched for firearms and dangerous weapons. He acknowledged the gravity of the situation and urged a prompt policy response to the Japanese question.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Vancouver
Bloc
Jaynhat
Chamberlain
Chicago Gretta residents push cheaper rent reform drive
Five hundred residents of Chicago's Gretta area rallied on Sunday to pressure landlords to reduce rents. The movement's leaders urged members of a new organization to resume paying lower rates, despite protests and noncompliance from some landlords.
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Chicago
New Organication
Masked Raiders Burn Buildings in Russellville Kentucky
Night riders about 100 strong attacked Russellville Logan County early Friday, overpowering three policemen, dynamiting two tobacco firms and several property sites. Three men wounded, including Dr. Robert, as riders fled toward the Clarksville Pike. mob reportedly from Cav Springs, masked with white garments and false beards. Governor warns disorder. growers urged to hold crops for higher prices amid western Kentucky raids.
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Rusaallville
Russellville
Logan County
Kinaville
Clarksville Pike
W. B. Bruce
J. BR. Melsnn
J Henry Mosely
Dr. Robert
B& Gneat
Forest House
Thire
Kentucky
Tin
Injunction Verdict in Helena Labor Case
Judge William Hunt in federal court finds three of four Butte labor leaders guilty of contempt of court for violating a restraining order against interfering with Montana Bell operations. Joseph Shannon gets ninety days in county jail. William Calistheen ninety days and a $250 fine. Edward s ten days and a sty fe KR. G. Beott urged. Shannon was a legislator and now heads the Montana branch of the Western Federation of Miners.
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G. Beott
Shannon
Fregislatum
Montana
Wester Federation of Miners
Cutte Bese
Carpenters
Editor Sent to Prison in Turner Trial
Count Von Mull presiding said the editor of Zukunft received a year and a half in prison and must pay all costs. He left the court with his name and honor unshaken, and no fine would suffice to cover the alleged acts cited in the case involving Prince Philip Zab enberg.
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Deri
Hariens Moltke Bet
Bukunft
Count von Mull
Leavin
Philip Zabenberg
Pact Keeps Death by Own Action In Grant Park
Chicago reports a man Charien G Hroehett Yoarnald employed at a city store and his wife Mee were found unconscious in Grant Park in front of the Auditorium. A firearm was found nearby. the shooting appears self-inflicted. Tracie died minutes after transport to a hospital. another man Pisteake was wounded and in critical condition.
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Chicago
Charien G. Hroehett Yoarnald
Pinhrake
Watare
Grant Park
Notre
Muaney
Wilide
Tracie
Tragic death in Loulaville linked to unresolved murder case
A 19 year old, Ziarenee Sturgeon, died Friday in Loulaville amid ongoing efforts to link the murder of Mleperdi Bturgeon to Bruner, Dane Blackerly, and Wilfred Maditchiel D eurage. The illness or accident surrounding the youth’s death was not clearly regia. Authorities and family members, including his father and mother, attended the scene.
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Loulaville
Ziarenee Sturging
Not Regia
Wim
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