Horation Lorton for Supreme Court Nomination
Taft nominates Judge Horace Harmon Lorton of Tennessee to the U S Supreme Court and George A Carpenter of Chicago for U S district judge in the northern district of Illinois to succeed Judge Bethea. Gen Howland J Hamlin died in Shelbyville Ill at 59 after a week with Bright disease and pneumonia.
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Taft
Horace Harmon Lorton
Tennesseeo
Supreme Court of the United States
George A. Carpenter
Chicago
United States
Illinois
Bethea
Howland J. Hamlin
Bright
Shelbyville
N. D. Hillis
Brooklyn
British Columbia
Wiliam H. Robertson
Tangier
Morocco
New York
Mary Crocker Burton Harrison
Burton Harrison
Charles F. Crocker
San Francisco
A. J. Hoskins
Upper Alton, II
Three Die in Lake Shore Wreck Near Northeast Pa
Coroner D S Hanley orders immediate probe into a fatal Lake Shore wreck near Northeast Pennsylvania. Three killed and 12 injured as No 26, the New York Limited, failed to stop at signals amid a storm. The collision followed a stack of stalled trains including No 6 and Nos 12 and 10.
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Erie
Lake Shore
Northeast
D. S. Hanley
Twentieth Century Limited
St. Louis
New York Limited
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Boston
No. 26
Senators Rally To Back Zelaya Resolution In Murder Case
Senate heard Senator Rayner of Maryland denounce President Zelaya over plans to seize and try him for the murder of Grace and Cannon. A steering- conditions report urged reforms from immigration to improve steerage life aboard trans Atlantic ships. Other items note a fatal pawnshop shooting in Chicago, a Belle Frizzle shooting in North Carolina, temperance rallies in Washington, and indictments for counterfeiters in Ohio. Taft spoke on foreign missions at Carnegie Hall closing African jubilee.
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United States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Grace
Cannon
Rayner
Maryland
Senate
Immigration Commission
Washington
Barnett Greenberg
South Halsted Street
William Lake
Richwood
Ohio State University
George H. Reed
Bowling Green
Toledo
Bell
Put-in-Bay
National Geographic Society
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Cook
James H.gore
New York
David George MacKenzie
Mundo MacKenzie
West
la Beau
S. D
Bud” Stephenson
Selby
Cleveland
Taft
Carnegie Hall
Carpet Not Spoiled by Self Destruction in Canfield Death
In Youngstown Ohio 95 year old Daniel Blott killed himself at his son Nathaniel Blott’s home near Canfield. He severed his left wrist with a razor, his daughter in law misattributing the wound to an accident. Coroner’s inquiry notes he held the wound over a basin to spare the carpet, basin filled with blood when his son returned with a rig and found him dead.
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Shoemaker Mining Company
Johnstown
John Daley
National State Bank of
Maysville
Lexington
Estill County
Kentucky
Steve Moskier
Chicago
Pontiac
Ancona
United States
Lawrence O. Murray
Congress
St. Paul
Cherry
Ill
Washington
Sarah B. MacLay
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
George Preston Sheldon
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Greenwich
Conn
New York
National Rivers and Harbors Convention
Bureau of Public Works
Youngstown
Daniel Blott
Nathaniel Blott
Canfield
Klyne
Death of Only Army Leper in Savannah
First Sgt. C. O. Mix of the Seventy second Coast Artillery died in a Fort Screven cottage. He contracted leprosy in the Cuban campaign and will be buried at the National cemetery with full military honors. His father recently died, leaving $40,000, but Mix left a small fortune from pay and savings.
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Savannah
United States Army
C. O. Mix
Seventy Second Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Screven
Mix
Father and Son Killed at Hillsville Crossing
Edward Derbinsky of New Castle aged 50 and his nine year old son Harry were killed when a southbound Pennsylvania train struck them at an unguarded grade crossing at Hillsville. Derbinsky, a farmer, died instantly.
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New Castle
Edward Derbinsky
Harry
Hillsville
This County
Pennsylvania
Derbinsky
Lurton Named to Supreme Court Seat
Horace H. Lurton of Nashville Tennessee a Sixth Circuit judge and Confederate veteran has been named to succeed the late Justice Peckham on the United States Supreme Court. The appointment will take effect once ratified by the Senate. Lurton is 65 and was born in Campbell county Kentucky.
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Washington, D. C
Horace H. Lurton
Nashville
Tenn
Sixth United States Circuit
Justice Peckham
New York
United States Supreme Court
United States Senate
Lurton
Campbell County
Kentucky
Labor Leaders Declare War on United States Steel
Pittsburgh leaders of organized labor pass a two day conference decree to fight US Steel over wages hours and shop policy. Samuel Gompers presides as a request is sent to Taft Sherman and Cannon to present grievances to Congress. The resolution warns the steel trust endangers the republic and calls for action across states.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Canada
Steel Corporation
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Federation
Taft
Sherman
Joseph G. Cannon
National Congress
Republic
Steel Trust
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Steamship Disaster Toll Reported in Far East
The Monteagle brings news of multiple shipwrecks from the Orient with heavy loss of life. The Kisakata foundered off Ainoshima leaving 19 men and 3 women dead. Jinsen vanished near Dalny with all hands lost. Twenty vessels are wrecked or missing and tidal waves killed near Shimonoseki. A Chinese passenger boat capsized on the Yangtse near Kuhu on November 24 with 40 drowned.
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Victoria
B. C
Orient
Kisakata
Ainoshima
Jinsen
Ryuganpo
Dalny
Shimonoseki
Thoughtless Killing of Friend In Gas Tragedy
In Assai c New Jersey two hotel servants Milda Reinhold and Fanny Kemisuk were found dead in bed with the gas jet open. Milda, distressed by personal sorrows, talked of death by own action as escape and the tragedy ended with both women dead.
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Assaic
N. J
Milda Reinhold
Fanny Kemisuk
Fanny
Milda
Boys Earn Diplomas for Agriculture Prizes
In Washington Secretary Wilson awarded merit diplomas in agriculture to Bascomb Usher of South Carolina Dewitt Lundy of Mississippi Elmer Halter of Arkansas and Ralph Bellwood of Virginia all under 18. Each planted one acre of corn and followed department guidance producing corn yields including 152 1 2 bushels per acre for the South Carolina winner.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Bascomb Usher
South Carolina
Dewitt Lundy
Mississippi
Elmer Halter
Arkansas
Ralph Bellwood
Virginia
Keystone State Jets Chief of Mines Seeks Aid on Child Labor Act
Roderick, chief of mines, reports receiving letters from mine officials offering help to enforce the new child labor act. He writes to coal company officials and has been assured of assistance. State Zoologist Surface travels to Baltimore to address the Maryland State Beekeepers Association and will speak at their session. Milkmen praised for observance of the state dairy and food division’s typhoid prevention efforts. Road construction largely suspended after the recent cold snap, but good weather aided progress. a substantial mileage addition is planned for 1909.
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Roderick
Surface
Baltimore
Maryland
Bee-keepers’ Association
Governor names Dr T E Munce deputy state veterinarian
Gov. Stuart announced the appointment of Dr. T. E. Munce of Washington as deputy state veterinarian succeeding Dr. Louis A. Klein who resigned to take a chair at the University of Pennsylvania. Klein resigned more than two months ago.
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Gov
Stuart
T. E. Munce
Washington
Louis A. Klein
University of Pennsylvania
Klein
Commutation Recommendations From Eastern Penitentiary Inspectors
The list includes prisoners John Kelley sentenced to two and a half years for larceny and Pearl Smith with Mary Casey alias Carey to two years for the same offense.
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Eastern Penitentiary
John Kelley
Pearl Smith
Mary Casey
Carey
Issuance of Commissions for Carlisle and Chambersburg Officers
The monthly adjutant general notice announces commissions for Carlisle company officers Capt. Ray L. Early and Lieuts John M. Rudy and H. R. McLaughlin, along with two Chambersburg company officers Lieuts C. B. Danfelt and H. S. Ambrose.
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Adjutant General
Carlisle Company
Ray L. Early
John M. Rudy
H. R. McLaughlin
Chambersburg Company
C. B. Danfelt
H. S. Ambrose
State Board Members Fight For Label Transparency
Members of the state pharmaceutical examining board defend a new law requiring medicines to reveal contents on labels. Druggists say they already comply with the federal act and threaten legal action.
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State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
State Treasurer Announces Deposit Payment Demand
State Treasurer Sheatz says a payment call will go out to state depositors, requiring 20 to 30 percent of deposits from those with $10,000 or more. The measure will further reduce the general balance as funds leave state accounts.
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Capitol
Sheatz
Claims Filed For New Islands In Susquehanna River Near Harrisburg
John F E McKillipps and Samuel Earhart Jr filed claims at the office of James H Craig deputy secretary of internal affairs for two and one new islands respectively in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg. The islands formed in the last year lie in Susquehanna township mostly opposite Enola. A hearing will be held if objections are filed.
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James H. Craig
Department of Internal Affairs
John FE. McKillipps
Samuel Earhart, Jr
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Susquehanna Township
Enola
Discharged National Guard Captains For Failure To Settle Accounts
General orders from the adjutant general announce the discharge of Captain William A. Francis of Company C Ninth Regiment and Captain John T. Burns of Company L Eighteenth Regiment National Guard for being unfit to discharge duties. Both officers failed to settle accounts, necessitating reliance on bond sureties.
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Adjutant General’s Office
William A. Francis
Ninth Regiment
John T. Burns
Eighteenth Regiment
National Guard
Attorneys Opinion Lets Agents Insure Their Own Property
Deputy Attorney General Cunningham informs Insurance Commissioner Martin that insurance agents may insure their own property with the companies they serve and deduct commissions without rebating. The rule applies only to bona fide agents employed regularly in the business and requires full premium billing for tax purposes.
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Cunningham
David Martin
Anson P. Dare
Harrisburg
Smallpox Cases In Uniontown Brought Under State Control
Smallpox cases near Uniontown are now under state control. The illness was not serious.
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Uniontown
Rabies Down and Stock Conditions Improve Says Gillilland
State Veterinarian Gillilland reports rabies cases are well below historical levels and general stock conditions have markedly improved.
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Gillilland
Slippery Rock Normal School to Build $50,000 Dormitory
The state normal school at Slippery Rock will be enlarged by the last legislature's appropriation. A dormitory costing $50,000 will be erected to expand facilities.
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State Normal School
Slippery Rock
Strenuous Season Ends As Fan Turns New Leaf
A baseball devotee confesses the season’s end breaks a lifelong habit. He recalls betting daily, losing friends over the game, quarrels at home and with relatives, and vows to move on to Shakespeare and history while easing the outlet to vent harmlessly.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Unfortunate Guatemala and Its Unmet Promises
Guatemala’s name derives from an Indian term for a tree covered land. Once 100000 in Guatemala City, it now has limited rail and long travel times to Totonicapan, despite vast natural resources. The country’s potential is constrained by current practices and policy.
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Guatemala
Boston
Guatemala City
Totonicapan
New York
San Francisco
President Diaz a Carpenter
President Diaz of Mexico, at Chapultepec castle, met a committee of workmen who invited him to attend a velada at Teatro Arbeu honoring Jesus Garcia, the engineer hero of Nacozari who saved the town by removing a burning train of dynamite. Diaz recalls making a chair as a young man with a Frenchman’s instruction.
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Diaz
Mexico
Chapultepec Castle
Velada
Teatro Arbeu
Jesus Garcia
Nacozari
President Diaz
Chamber of Deputies
Oaxaca
The Cocoa Bean Origins and Curing Process
The cocoa bean comes from Venezuela. It is a pod bean about the size of a finger joint, with six to eight beans per pod. Wet beans are shelled and fermented in heaps for six days, creating heat said to cook an egg. The cocoa bush starts bearing at five years, grows to about 30 feet, and improves with age. beans hang from trunks and the underside of limbs.
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Venezuela
Markets Show Steady U S Price Levels Across Regions
Money on call firm at 4 to 5 percent in New York. Sterling exchange at 4.87 85. Grain and livestock prices listed from Cleveland Toledo Buffalo Pittsburgh and Chicago markets with wheat around 1.24 in Cleveland and 1.13 December futures in Chicago. Hog and cattle values hover near recent ranges with several regional figures noted.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Ohio
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Clarence R. Edwards
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Racine
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Dania Brotherhood
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Nagel
Perry
Gerry Driscoll
Bessemer and Marquette Ferry
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Lake Erie
Milwaukee Limited
Chicago & Northwestern
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Reno
Nev
Ceneral News
Youngstown, O
Supreme Bench
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Companion
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Keystone State Jets
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