Taft's Managers Ready to Sue for Peace
Washington readers report that the Republican National Committee will meet Friday to elect a chairman and set the convention date. Taft's political manager Arthur J. Vorys is in town, with talks of possible peace overtures to Foraker to ease Ohio tensions. Delegates favor harmony and aim to avoid a split, with Kansas City favored for the convention site.
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Chinese Fight Over Foreign Concessions Split Officials
Peking reports Vuah Soh Kal isolated in the government as China struggles with the rights of recovery movement. The regime presses foreign powers for support while Chekiang and Kuantung provinces threaten rebellion over concessions to England and piracy suppression on the Went River. Yuan Shih Kai seeks British backing, but internal opposition grows with Prince Ching and Sir J. M. Jordan maintaining tense stances.
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Senator Davis Moves to Suppress Pools and Trusts
Washington December 4 Jef Davis of Arkansas the new senator introduced a bill read in the senate after declaring he would resign next Wednesday. The measure aims to suppress pools trusts and combinations in trade and imposes a fine not exceeding $5 000 and imprisonment from five to ninety one years for offenses. It also provides forfeiture of charter rights.
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Parley Begins in Cleveland Today Over Street Car War
Cleveland, Dec 4. Cornell and Attorney Goff for the Cleveland electric held a preliminary discussion today on the proposed settlement of the street car war.
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Plans Public Buildings to Put Money in Circulation
Washington dispatch reports Senator Schott of West Virginia proposes a balance of appropriation for a public building of up to 20 million dollars be made immediately available to increase circulation and spur economic activity.
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Five dead, four injured in fire at May company building
East St Louis December 4 A blaze in a May company rooming house killed William Baker and injured two firemen and two women. Firemen carried the women down ladders through flames and smoke.
Angle Worm Prophet Predicts Cold Winter
Findlay dec 4 John Roberts a local weather prognosticator says we will have a very cold winter Ang le worms are two and a half feet in the ground and would go deeper English sparrows have more feathers on than usual and fish are swimming close to the bottom of the rivers
Mayor Tom Has a Lid in Cleveland
Cleveland Dec. 4 The lid on saloons cafes and resorts will be clamped next Sunday by order of Mayor Tom J. Johnson and Police Chief Koehler. Propr proprietors are advised to keep doors locked as consternation spreads through downtown venues. Johnson declines to comment on the police orders amid a political shift that unsettled liberal support.
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Taft’s Mother condition grim in Millsbury report
Millsbury December 4 report on Mrs Taft, mother of Secretary Taft, says her health has declined to unconscious and “hopeless” state. Doctors describe her condition as steadily deteriorating with little chance of recovery.
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Court jury visits scene of Goebel assassination
Georgetown Kentucky December 4 the court and jury trying Caleb Powers left by special train for Frankfort to visit the scene of the Goebel assassination.
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Fund for Mrs Bradley Opens After a Trial
Washington report: Mrs Anni Bradley rests at friend J Hayes home after three weeks of hardship. She plans to return to Utah soon to start anew among old friends. A fund has begun with subscriptions from jurors whose verdict freed her, aimed at erasing Brown’s memory and the jail cell photo she viewed daily.
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Count Punished in Berlin Noble Succession Case
Berlin on December 4 reports Count Frasmua Von Urbach losing all noble rights in a special court decision. The proceedings stem from alleged fraud and deception surrounding the marriage of Dora Folaher, described as a washerwoman’s daughter. The count is confined in a mad house and faces a drastic forfeiture of titles and estates.
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Declines Two Points in Columbus Monthly Board Report
The December monthly report of the state board notes declines in two key points in Columbus. Details are sparse in the fragment but indicate reduced figures across specified categories as part of the board’s update.
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Ohio Crops Report Shows Wheat at 80 Percent of Average
The vericulture bulletin issued Wednesday notes Ohio wheat at 80 percent of the seasonal average, down two points in a month. Corn is estimated at 106,294,045 bushels, averaging 34.7 bushels per acre, nine bushels below the long term average. Apple yields in Ohio fall short by about one fourth of the average.
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Poised poisoning attempt against family in North Carolina
Julia Fishour a young African American woman confessed to poisoning the Westalls by pouring poison into their coffee at the family home in Asheville. She cried bitterly as she admitted the act, saying Mrs Westall had reproved her and hurt her feelings.
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Oklahoma House and Senate consider Jim Crow bill
Guthrie Okla Dec 4 The Oklahoma legislature introduced Jim Crow measures in both houses with Representative A Skeen presenting a bill requiring transport firms to provide separate compartments for white and colored passengers and separate waiting rooms and a fine of 100 to 1000. Freight and excursion trains exempted. The senate bill focuses on separate waiting rooms.
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Culberson of Texas to Lead Democrats
Democratic senators met in Washington and chose Senator Culberson of Texas as caucus chairman marking the nominal minority leader on the Senate floor. Senator McCreary of Kentucky was named chairman and Senator Owen of Oklahoma secretary. The caucus authorized the chairman to name a steering committee to shape committee appointments and the minority’s legislative path. A debate over whether the steering committee should be elected or appointed ended with a unanimous vote for election after Culberson’s nomination.
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Taft Mien Arriving in Washington for Republican Meeting
Washington notes describe Taft boom managers arriving for the national Republican committee gathering starting Friday. Ohio figures Vorga Watts and Henry Williams travel with Taft supporters amid Washington suspicions of backing a president by backroom talks. Rumors circle Roosevelt’s third term letter and a possible Taft endorsement path at the upcoming convention in Kansas City.
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Witness declines Georgetown duty in Power trial near Frankfort
East St Louis resident Cecil, linked to the Goebel plot, refuses to return to Georgetown to testify in Caleb Powers case. He says he will attend his own January trial in Frankfort and will not travel to Kentucky before then. Meanwhile reports on national bank conditions were requested from Washington.
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