Week's World News Roundup and Capitol Actions
A condensed weekly digest covers domestic and foreign items with political and industrial notes. Congress considers school funding, revenue for the Philippines, and a constitutional move to curb trusts while nominations and promotions in the army proceed. talks on a Nicaragua canal bill continue as January adjourns loom.
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Senate
Philippine Islands
Department of Agriculture
Hannan
McKinley
Penrose
Schley, Sampson and Clark
House
Committee
Philippines
Nicaragua
Lampoon
Schley and Clark
Jenkins
Wir
Steamship Kanawha Bell Wrecks Nine Lives Lost
A steamer operating between Charleston West Virginia and Montgomery was wrecked with nine lives lost. Others include a Kansas murder suicide, bank failures, fires destroying a university training school, and various accidents and crimes across the United States. The note also mentions stock losses in Oklahoma and a variety of national incidents and corporate moves.
World’s fair 1909 break ground in St Louis as figures rise
Across the nation news items report 265 business failures in the week to the 20th and 278 the prior week, labor leaders plan moves, and major incidents. Secretaries Gage and Long hint at resignations while Hay promises to stay. Executions occur in Alabama and Virginia, fires burn homes in Pennsylvania and Illinois, and a Chicago train kills two workers. The National Civic federation moves to New York and a new box company forms in Buffalo with 30 million dollars capital. The era of rail strikes, dockyard disasters, and political storms continues as outcomes unfold from Chicago to Detroit to Pittsburg.
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United States
Collins
New York State
St. Louis
Louikiana
Gage
Long
Roosevelt
Hay
William Deering
Chicago
Deering Harvester Company
Wayne Demon
Davy
W. Va
National Civic Federation
New York
Dun
Review of Trade
Will Redding
Jim Winton
Trrmingham
Ala
Reuben Quinn
Danville
John T. Crum
Cicero Harris
Samuel Waco
Bristol
McCormick Harvester
Chienpro
Black
Summerville
John Ashbaugh
Northwestern
Helena
Mont
Gen
Miles
Schley
Secretary of War
Maclay
Alexander Sullivan
James J. Lynch
Detroit
Mich
Gen. Alver
Muskegon
Ludington
Centenarian Deaths Across States Mark New Records
Mary Emery of Wabash Indiana died at her daughter's home aged 100. Virginia Young died in Red Wood New York aged 101. Louis Rock died in Ludington Michigan aged 107. Clinton Houser a lumberman died in Proverton Pennsylvania aged 102. Alexander Gunn of Uhlerington Kansas claimed 116 and died at Abilene from cold. Nue-Se-Ga oldest Indian squaw died at Barron’s Island near La Crosse Wisconsin aged 128. Justice David McAdam of the New York supreme court died in New York City from cancer of the tongue.
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Mary Emery
Wabash
Ind
William Rennaker
Virginia Young
Redwood
N. Y
Louis Rock
Ludington
Mich
Clinton Houser
Proverton
Alexander Gunn
Uherington
Kan
Abilene
United States
Barron's Island
la Crosse
Wis
David McAdam
New York Supreme Court
New York City
Adherents Deem Cuban Election Impossible Under Present Conditions
Generals Maso followers argue a fair Cuban vote cannot occur unless reforms are made. Across world news, a rising mood for peaceful Chilean Argentine settlement contrasts with riots after Lloyd George’s Birmingham meeting. De Bar found guilty of fraud in London with seven years, husband sentenced to 15 years. Four thousand federalists urge Taft farewell in Manila as he pledges to return to the United States. A receded agreement with brigands holding Mini Stone in Constantinople sets a £14,000 ransom for release.
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Maso
Lloyd George
Birmingham
Dis de
United States
Mins Stone
Constantinople
Mini Stone
Continentals Seek Trouble Amid Turkish Persian Tensions
News wires report rising friction among powers as Germany pressures Venezuela with an ultimatum to satisfy German creditors. American Li Hung Chang aide William Pethick dies in Peking, while Cuba’s Maso withdraws from the presidential race. Turks warn naturalized Americans in Reyrouth to renounce or face expulsion. Depew Palmer wedding slated in Nièce France. Zacatecas market fire claims fifteen lives.
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Turkey
Persia
William Pethick
Li Hung Chang
Peking
Maso
Cuba
Germany
Venezuela
Reyrout
Syria
Minor News Items Across World Affairs and People
Western railroad presidents warn against banking control of rates. Secretary Gage urges currency reform and action. Andrew Carnegie offers 10000 for Yon City library, accepted. Britain may press Turkey to pay 900000 indemnity for Armenian massacre. Carpentier donates 100000 for Chinese chair at Columbia. Transvaal delegates claim England could end wage care by diplomacy, not force. German office says new meat law not in effect. US to be notified of date. Rear Admiral Wildes receives a handsome sword in Boston. United Irish League prepares address to public in New York. Theodore S. McLellan, 60, of Thomaston, printed Longfellow’s first novel. US allows Germany naval demonstrations to discipline Venezuela under Monroe Doctrine. Siam crown prince Maha Vajiravadh to visit United States next October. no Siam royal has visited America.
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Western Railroad
New York
Gage
Andrew Carnegie
Canyon City
Col
Library Association
Great Britain
Turkey
TE. W. Carpentier
Columbia University
Transvaal
Welland
England
South Africa
United States
Frank Wildes
Boston
Manila Bay
Toston
United Irish League of America
Theodore S. McLellan
Thunswick
Longfellow
Germany
Venezuela
State Department
Siam
Maha Vajiravadh
Royal Family of
America
Robbers Loot Chicago House Wrecking Co. Safe
Robbers gained entry to the Chicago House Wrecking Co. early on the 2d, overpowered tied and pumped two night watchmen, blew open the safe, and escaped with its contents. The Russian navy reports a first torpedo boat from Port Arthur. Articles of incorporation filed in Albany for Anthony & Scorwill Co. capitalization 2.5 million. Judge Dunne quashes perjury indictments against ex Secretary Tinsey. Wall Street bids for stock exchange seats and a sale offer. no sale reported. Northern Railway injunction dissolved over preferred stock. A Spanish cannon war trophy is involved in a theft and later recovered from a junk dealer. American Sugar Refining Co. lowers prices on refined and soft sugars.
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Chicago House Wrecking Co
Far East
Port Arthur
Albany
N. Y
Anthony & Scorwill Co
2 & H T. Anthony & Co
Sco- Wil & Adams Co
Dune
Chicago
John A. Tinsey
Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Funda
Dunne
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Justice Scott
Supreme Court
New York City
Wolf Bros
Northern “Weltic Railway Co
JF. Williams
T[ochester
Hong Kong
Mani
Stochester
Park Commission
American Sugar Refining Co
B. H. Yowell & Sons
Car Crash Destroys Depot in Chagrin Falls
WHIO STATE NEWS reports a freight wreck on the W. & Ta Ey road when a siding beside the W. & L. E. depot was left open. Four cars on the siding struck the depot, with the coal car crashing through the store room, office, and waiting room. Agent B. R. Hooper was in the office and survived but with an arm injury and serious cuts. In Toledo, George Ammon, former jail turnkey, was found guilty of allowing US prisoners to escape from the county jail. Escapes included Joseph Ripley, Tom Steward, and Joe Keegan, linked to burglarizing the West Toledo post office. Morfan, a state prisoner, escaped but was recaptured at Rochester, N. Y., and testified against Ammon. Sentence pending.
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Chagrin Falls
W. & Ta Ey
B. R. Hooper
Toledo
George Ammon
United States Court
United States
Joseph Ripley
Topeka Joe
Tom Steward
Joe Keegan
West Toledo
David Morfan
Rochester
N. Y
Ammon
Coal shortage cripples Mahoning Valley mills and railways
In Youngstown on December 24 the coal supply is critically low. Mills and furnaces cannot run long, working hand to mouth. The Mahoning Valley Street Railway Co. operates with insufficient fuel and warns traffic may suspend if coal does not arrive soon. Small consumers have waited weeks for orders of one and two tons.
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Youngstown
Mahoning
Stranger Attacks Clerk in Court Office at Youngstown
A stranger entered Justice Webb's office in Youngstown and threatened clerk Miss Clementine Hamilton to open a $2,000 safe. After she refused, he attempted to strangle her, but she seized a revolver, fired, and wounded him before he fled.
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Youngstown
Justice Webb
Clementine Hamilton
Turkeys Demand Higher Prices Ahead of Christmas in Cleveland
Cleveland reports retailers seeking up to 14 cents for choice turkeys on Monday, two cents above Thanksgiving and far higher than last year. Wholesale quotes also show a 2 to 24 cent gap for Christmas versus last year.
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Cleveland
Fire at Champion Coated Paper Co plant damages large mill
Hamilton reports a Sunday night fire at the Champion Coated Paper Co print plant, not controlled until Monday morning. Loss estimated between 750000 and 1000000 dollars. The plant is the nation's largest of its kind, employing over 400 people. A $250000 stock of enameled book and magazine paper was destroyed.
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Hamilton
Champion Coated Paper Co
United States
Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Co Plans Stock Increase
At a directors meeting in Youngstown on December 20 the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Co approved raising capital from 2 million to 4 million dollars to fund a mammoth open hearth steel furnace and plant expansion. Existing stockholders will largely take the new shares.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Iron Sheet Aml Tube Co
Ragland Family Charged in Mrs Ragland Poisoning
In Chillicothe on December 19, ElMile Ragland and her sons Charles 21 George 12 and daughter Cora 20 all colored were arrested on charges of murdering Mrs Charles Ragland. Postmortem indicated poisoning as the cause of death on Monday night.
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Chillicothe
ElMile Ragland
Charles
George
Cora
Charles Ragland
Dead Secretary J H Glover Found in Newark Office
Newark reports J H Glover secretary of Jewett steel car works and ex superintendent of B and O at Connellsville found dead in his office with a bullet to the head. Evidently suicide. He leaves a wife, no children. A Dusky Bishop Is Held Up in Toledo. Rev W S Campbell of Evangelist Mission church, a colored bishop, robbed of 45 dollars at 2:40 a m on way home from train from Cleveland.
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Newark
J.H. Glover
Jewett Steel Car Works
Connellsville
Toledo
W. S. Cambell
Evangelist Mission Church
Cleveland
Campbell
Lawmaker to push bill making jail escape a felony
Toledo December 24 one Lucas county delegation member plans a bill to make escaping from jail a felony. Proponents say jurors would avoid risky jail breaks if the act carried felony consequences.
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Toledo
Lucas County
First Congregational Church Burned in Springfield
A fire yesterday completely destroyed the First Congregational church in Springfield Ohio, as flames consumed the building before firefighters could save it. No further details on causes or damages were provided.
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Springfield
First Congregational Church
Gas escape at church hospitalizes five women
In Columbus at Second Baptist Church during Sunday night services five women were overcome by natural gas from a heater in the choir gallery. Mrs Susan Jordan was first affected, followed by Mrs Martha Jones. soon after Miss Tena Moss, Miss Bertha Davis and Miss Eilha Payne were overcome. All are expected to recover as the janitor inadvertently turned the damper the wrong way, allowing the gas to escape.
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Columbus
Second Baptist Church
Susan Jordan
Martha Jones
Tena Moss
Bertha Davis
Eilha Payne
Peruna endorsements from doctors across the nation
Physicians from Anacostia Williston Indiana and Winfield Indiana praise Peruna as a valuable remedy for chronic catarrh and female ailments. They warn that cold related illnesses can become chronic and affect lungs pelvic organs and menstruation. Dr Hartman invites readers to write for free medical advice.
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L. 8. Smith
Williston, Fla
Peruna
Peruna 7
Smith
M. D
Mary Smith
Winfield, Ind
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Markets Update Across Cities Fluctuate On Cattle and Grain Prices
New York reports wheat at No 2 red 87 cents, corn No 2 yellow 71.4 cents, oats 51.4 cents. beef prices show steady steers 3.50 to 6.00, sheep 2.00 to 3.55, lambs 4.25 to 5.75, hogs around 6.25. Cleveland notes winter flour at 4.40 a barrel, cattle steady, hogs 5.75 to 6.40. other hubs like Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo Cincinnati record varied cattle and hog quotes with similar ranges.
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New York
Dew Fa
Auil
Cleveland
York State
Toledo
East Liberty
East Buffalo
Not in His Line Parson Refuses Quick Rebind
A comic exchange ends in a parson denying a remarriage request after a previous divorce. The method of obtaining a quick second marriage is rejected as the parson jokes about not running a repair department within his business.
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Gayboy
Parson
Arwon
Chicago
Inconsistency and Belief Proclamations in Dill Script
The dialogue contrasts inconsistent faith in beliefs with selective trust in simple foods. It notes a character who distrusts hash yet consumes croquettes and mince pie, illustrating skeptical bias and appetite-driven judgments.
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Brown
Black
Reen
Hash
Making cowcathers for milk trains in Baltimore
A passerby asks the artisan about his work and he replies that he is making cowcathers for milk trains. The scene recalls the marvels of modern science as described in the Baltimore American.
What Moses Did in Sunday School
A playful exchange arises from a Sunday school exam where a pupil answers Moses married Jethro’s daughter after being asked what he did for a living. The citation references a Detroit Free Press quip and a Pike’s relevant remedy ad, noting humorous lines about Jones and a bakery appointment.
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Moses
Jethro
Detroit Free Press
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Medical Examiner
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