Taft Quizzed by New Yorkers on Labor and Capital
Secretary Taft spoke at Cooper Union arguing for cooperation between labor and capital and endorsing unionism in spirit. He said workers have right to strike and organize, noted government ownership would centralize power, and faced sharp audience questions including how to help unemployed during a crisis.
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New York
Jun
Taft
People’s Institute
Paelty
Cooper Union
Jolloe Porcrven
Tn Hhe
Oifer
Labor
United Action
Smith
Tait
Brownsville
Tate
Washington
Republic
Receivers Appointed for New Wagramt Coal Co in Perry County
On Friday Charles Cohon and Charles FP Evans were named receivers for the New Wagramt Coal Co. which owns 10,000 acres in Perry and Morgan counties. The firm operates two mines on Sijing Creek railroad, a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio line. The receivers cite freight-rate discrimination by the B&O Railroad Co and its refusal to furnish cars as the reason for the receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
O. Jan
Tl Charles Co Honour
Charles FP. Evans
Wagramt Coal Co
Perry
Morgan Counties
Sijing Creek
Baleimore & Olio
New England Coal Conal Ete
TIA
Baltimore Aphlo Railroad Co
Indictments Rise as Kansas City Grand Jury Acts
A Kansas City grand jury returned 160 indictments on January 1 against individuals described as theater workers charged with violating the date law of 1885 restricting Sunday labor. Many accused are non-real actors or performers facing trial or bond forfeiture, signaling a significant legal action against alleged theatrical violations.
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Kansas City
Pesons Mivet
Fmt
Eck
Ace
Notable Weekly Business Miscellany From Early 1800s News
A trimmed summary reports weekly business and labor notes across the United States. It notes 138066 idle Chicago workers amid seasonal unemployment, a Detroit fire causing about 100000 dollars in damage, and historicalPolitical ties including Henry P. Kennes and a Lincoln era transport link. The Transvaal gold yield for November sets a new record and December output totals 2478600 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unite States
Forreter & Cheney
Henry P Kennes
Elaware Raiiroal Co
Ridley Park
Page
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Abraham Lincoln
Review of Trade Sentiment and Steel Output
New York January weekly trade review notes improved sentiment amid brighter outlook and freer credit. It cites reduced iron and steel activity, lower iron pivot, and ongoing idle mills awaiting renewed demand as production trends show a revival stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & So
Man Shot Son After Entering Wife Gra Vellic Manslaughter Here
A Clovelnml man arrived Thursday night at his wife’s cave home and killed his year old blind son then attempted to take his own life. He was found by a passerby afternoon nearly dead. The boy had been genetically blind. Doctors at the mercy hospital might have saved him if treated earlier. The man cited his wife’s death as the motive for wanting to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiikama
Clovelnml
Willan
Embezzlement Arrest Frauds At Obie Hotel Clerke
O Jan th Jewen W Walters secretary of the Obie Hotel Clerke was arrested Friday night charged with stealing about $5 000. The affidavit says the defalcation covers three years. Walters, a clerk at Hotel Rosee, is alleged to have been assisted by an accountant who found the shortage.
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Zanmavilie
O. Jan th—Jewen W. Walters
Obie
Nalinehition
Priday
Walters
Rosee
Nereet Estina
Arrest in Whitmore Case Ties Cambridge to New Jersey Transfer
Georgiana Dickinson, 27, arrested in Cambridge in connection with the Helena Whitmore case. Whitmore’s body was found on December 26 near Harrison. Dickinson will be transported to New Jersey for further proceedings.
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Whitmore
Boston
Ian LM
Georgiana Dickinson
Harrison
Helena Whitmore
Landblack
Cambridge
New Jersvy
Industrial conditions improve in Cleveland outlook strengthens
Industrial conditions have greatly improved in Cleveland in the past week with a brighter outlook from now to May 1. The export peat manufacturers will resume activity in their marine line with full force of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Jan
Taft Candidacy Endorsed by Toledo Republican Committee
The Frnthetto strict republican congressional committee endorsed the candidacy of William J. Taft for president. A delegate convention was called to be held at Bryan February 4.
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Taft
Toledo
William J. Taft
Bryan
Saloons Ordered Closed in Columbus by City Officials
Fragmentary report indicates Columbus officials ordered closures of saloons by request of a mayor in January. The record mentions a chief and an official directive closing venues with unspecified violations and disordered interiors.
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Columbus
Jan
1Lion O'Conner
Hae
Trains Collide on Vinegar Bend Trestle Disaster
A head on collision between a passenger train and a logging train on the Alabama and Mississippi railroad near Vinegar Bend Alabama caused a trestle to collapse plunging both trains into a ravine. Five killed, two seriously injured. Named dead include B Paine Vinegar Bend and Charles C Busdee section foreman with several convicts aboard the logging train. Injured include Frank Marky engineer and Henry Hall fireman. The wreck occurred twelve miles west of Vinegar Bend amid a sharp curve and trestle span. The incident follows a separate Capitol report notes from Washington about public measures and Burleson of Texas receiving praise for pointing blame for the financial panic.
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Mobile
Ala
Vinegar Mend
Alabama & Mississippi
Mt Pasnen
B. Paine
Vinegar Bend
Charles C. Busdee
Frank Marky
Henry Hall
Pasken
Ker Trin
Fale Epemd
Marke
Fire Destroys Jones Block Starting at Card & Work’s
A Friday blaze gutted the Jones block in Vernon IL near the Card and Works restaurant. The fire caused about 15000 dollars in losses, harming the Murphy and Daniels office with irretrievable records and threatening nearby spectators as cartridges exploded, with no injuries reported.
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Vernon
O Tan
Jones Block
Card & Work
Murphy & Daniels
Joe Hooker
G. A. BR
The Return of an Embezzier
Willard Moyers, who fled in May 1904 with $11,000 in negotiable securities from the National Safe Deposit Banking and Trust Co., surrendered at police headquarters last night. He returned stock valued at $2,000, while the remaining $9,000 had been spent to evade police. Moyers was the trust company’s bookkeeper at the time of his disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Willard Moyers
National Safe Deposit Gavinge and Trust Co
Trust Company
Shipbuilding Plant Closes in Collingwood Ontario
The Collingwood Shipbuilding Co. closed its plant throwing 450 men out of work. About 751 percent of the workers are town residents. The men demanded a 15 percent wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingwood
Ont
Collingwood Shipbuilding Co
Waen
Walsh Trial Near Finish As Defense Concludes Testimony
Chicago Jan 11 The cross and redirect examination of Join H K Walsh concluded Friday. The case against the former bank president is now ready for arguments on the evidence. It is expected to be given to the jury before the close of next week.
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Walsh
Tte
Chicago
Join HK
Twenty Killed and Forty Hurt in Ecuador Wreck
A waterlogged wagon was wrecked Friday near the village of Machachl in Gusyaqull Ecuador. Twenty persons were killed and 40 injured, authorities said as rescue teams searched the wreckage and reported scattered bodies and survivors amid chaos.
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Gusyaqull
Ecuador
Machachl
Ohio prison reform report urges universal probation and sentencing fairness
A Columbus dispatch summarizes a state board of charities report urging sentences be largely determined by rehabilitation needs rather than fixed terms. It calls for universal probation, scrutiny of vagrancy laws, abolition of contract convict labor, and increased production to supply prisons. It also notes judge discretion issues and recommends expanding hospital capacity, including Lima, to address mental health overcrowding.
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Columbus
State Board of Charities
Priday
Itta
General Assembly
New York
Lima Hospital
Fairfax Now Abriteror Baron Fairfax Naturalizes in Mintieh
London notes Albert Kirby Fairfax twelfth Baron Fairfax of Cameron, born 1870 in Maryland, has taken naturalization papers making him a British citizen and eligible for the house of Lords. The piece traces his American ties, Scottish peerage origins, and Fairfax family history from Virginia land to Washington era connections.
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London
Albert Kirby — Fairfax
Baron Fairfax of Cameron
Scotland
House of Jobs
Lont Fairfax
Maryland
John Contee Fairfax
Mary
Fairfax
Col
Edmund Kirby
United States Army
Lord Fairfax
United States
George
Convicted in Bank Defraud Case and Tin Plate Mill News
Convicted defendants Chienge Wy Channcey Graham and Tichten found guilty of fraudulently obtaining funds from Milwaukee Avenue Bank via a fraudulent note. Total bank fraud alleged at 179000 dollars with 5000 dollars noted. Paul O. Stonstend serves a penitentiary term related to the case. La Belle Tin Plate Mill Wheeling plans to resume January 20, employing about 700 workers. Riversteelplant of National Tube Co. expected to resume with around 3000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chienge
Jan
Wheeling
W. Va
la Belle
American Tin Place Co
Janary
National Tube Co
Woman Self-Destructs On Express Train Near Roseville
Mrs Henry Boehme of Orange New Jersey reportedly threw herself before an express train on the Lackawanna line near Roseville, resulting in her death. Authorities investigating circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Heresis
Newark
N. J
Mrs. Henry ©. Boehme
Orange
N. 4
Saici Vesday
Lackawanna Railroad
Roseville
Demonstrations Blocked as Prasalan Suffrage Hit
On Friday Jan Herlin and socialists organized a suffrage protest before the Prasalan parliament building. A resolution for universal suffrage was to be discussed but police blocked the march. Berlin authorities prevented the demonstrations from reaching a dangerous point and the suffrage measure was defeated.
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Herlin
Jan
Pras Alan Landtyg
Berlin
Landiag
Growth of State Institutions in Ohio 1907 08
Ohio operates 18 state institutions with rising maintenance costs. In 1907 total expenses reached 1 026 517, up 22 920 from 1906, serving 10 275 inmates, up 240. Per capita cost averaged 106.28 in 1907 and 106.24 in 1908, per the state board of charities report filed with the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Finor
State Board of Charities
iGoy, Harris
Sartain Loses Ouster Suit Bid in Franklin County
In Columbus on January 1 the Supreme Court refused to allow Albert Sartain the revamped Franklin County sheriff, to file an ouster suit against George J. Karb to force vacate. Sartain must start the case in the circuit court as a tent matter, testing if a second term sheriff remains in office for one year under biennial election rules or if a vacancy permits commissioners to appoint.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Albert Sartain
Franklin County
George J. Karb
Sartain
Eircutt Court
Sherif
Small Dividend Awaits Creditors in Denison Firm Case
Creditors of Denison, Prior & Co. near a 24 percent annual dividend from a $100,000 fund held by Harold Themington, referee in bankruptcy, after Prior’s suicide and the firm’s earlier brokerage failure. The distribution targets priority claims and general creditors.
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Cleveland
Denison, Prior & Co
Prior
Harold Themington
Steals by Vina Spur New Inquiries in Cleveland
Cleveland police report new deceptions by Frank Vina, the missing financial agent, with funds tied to numerous women. A private memorandum page with the inscription The road to hell is paved with good intentions is cited as evidence during a reading with Mrs. Joseph Hiven.
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Vina
Cleveland
Hell
Charles Richter
Frank Vina
Joseph Hiven
Bailey Estate probate reveals large value and sole bequest
The will of James A. Bailey of Barnum & Halley, who died at Mt Vernon in April 1900, was admitted to probate. Bailey's estate in Binglundie is $148,350 with total American property at $433,591. after debts and administration, net will be just over $500,000. The entire estate is left to his widow.
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Bailey
London
James A. Bailey
Chaim
Barnum & Halley
Mt Vernon
N.Y
Binglundie
America
Mystery of Joss Sticks and a Catarrh Cure
A historical note describes ritual joss sticks made from bamboo and aromatic powders used in Buddhist ceremonies with varied ingredients. The piece shifts to a testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo, Ohio, claiming internal action on blood and mucous membranes and offering a reward for cure failures.
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IndoChina
Canton
Moniala
Addreos
J. Cheney & Co
Toxtedo
Ohio
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