World Briefs Highlight Mobs Trials and Prominent Falls
Countess of Yarmouth seeks nullification in London Court. Night riders raid Russellville Kentucky with arson. Edward Mc Grath earns railroad life saving medal. Mrs Whitmore identified in New Jersey murder. Sausage cereal use ruled adulteration in Michigan. Various political, legal, and social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Countess of Yarmouth
Harry K. Thaw
London
Earl of Yarmouth
Russellville
Edward McGrath
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Stowell Station
Milwaukee
Passaic River Flats
New Jersey
Theodore S. Whitmore
Brooklyn
Lansing
Mich
Wiest
Harden-Von Moltke
Berlin
Die Zukunft
Charles Carroll Marsh
Warsaw
Ill
Marsh
United States
J. B. Foraker
Nannie G. Hoagland
Ars
George Hoagland
St. Joseph
Daughters of Liberty
Waverly Hall
Byron Williamson
Standard Oil Company
Findlay
Horace Boles
Iowa
el Paso
Tex
New Orleans
Jeremiah O'Meara
Helen Naughton
Stamford
Conn
O'Meara
H. L. Storrs
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Roosevelt
Washington
Pine Knot
Franco
Portugal
United States Circuit Court
Atlanta
Jean Francois Edmond Guyot-Dessaigne
Senate
James Martin
Plains
Luzerne County
Lattimer
Fatal fire and other ills sweep across towns and nations
A fatal blaze in Antonio Figone’s San Francisco coal yard claimed eight lives including 16 year old Louis Figone and endangered around 50 others with $50,000 damage. Other disasters followed from collisions, explosions, drownings, and fires across the U.S. and Europe involving miners, railcars, hotels, and households. Notable events include a Montandon train collision injuring a dozen, a lamp blast killing three in Collinsville, and the Rock Island era violence and political trials in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Figone
Louis Figone
Antonio Figone
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Montandon
Peter Everhardy
Leavenworth
Kan
J. W. Belknap
H. A. Kemp
Charles H. Tidy
Greenville
Mich
Collinsville
Ill
George Steger
Edgar Thompson
United States Steel Corporation
North Braddock
Rocky Bar
Elmore County
Idaho
George McKenna
Mary Ramsey Wood
Hillsboro
Ore
Augusta Fahrm
A. E. Johnson
Dillon
Mont
Fred Baker
E. A. Lawrence
Baker
Vancouver
B. C
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
George A. Fisher
Newark
N. J
Colonial Arms
Massachusetts
Agnes Petterson
Otto Mauglin
Ford Slip
Senate
Russia
Edward Twitchell Ware
Atlanta (Ga
Charles Francklyn Reglid
Adele Ronalds
Thomas A. Ronalds
New York
New Rochelle
Henry Shipman
Josephine Mason
Shipman
Matteawan
Robert Weston
Baton Rouge
A. K. Windert
Mary Merritt
Brooklyn
St. Petersburg
Lower East Side
F. P. Lahm
Europe
France
Carthage
N. M
Charles I. Thomson
Denver
Colorado Court of Appeals
Gov. Sheldon
Nebraska
A. Mosher
Lincoln
Neb
M. de Troos
Belgium
Brussels
Train Wreck on a Trestle Kills Engineer in Georgia Disaster
A Collver special from Cleveland to Florida crashed Tuesday on Copper Mine creek trestle near Dallas and Hiram Georgia. Five coaches plunged into mud injuring many Ohio passengers. Engineer Ed wards died, fireman likely to die, Snapp to recover. Two score or more hurt, including Jacob Roth and wife of Eric Pennsylvania. The wrecks occurred on the Southern Railway over a 25 foot trestle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Collver
Cleveland
St. Augustine
Fla
Dallas
Hiram
Southern Railroad
Copper Mine Creek
Ohio
Edwards
Snapp
Florida
Cuba
Chattanooga
Jacob Roth
Eric
Copper magnate Otto Heinze indicted over over certified checks
New York City. Otto Heinze former Mercantile National Bank president indicted by a federal grand jury for over certification of 15 checks totaling more than 400 000 drawn on Mercantile National Bank He surrendered to U S Commissioner Shields posted 50 000 bail and faces arraignment before Judge Chatfield Edward Lauterbach argues the miscount may be inadvertent and due to a bank book entry delay The case ties to the Heinze Morse interests and the collapse of the Heinze pool and Mercantile leadership backlash
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Indiana Union Traction Company
Street Railway Company
Gov. Hanly
Indiana
John Brown
G. F. Fisher
Roy Signor
Hastings
Neb
Edward Hanlon
Toronto
Ont
John Bartham
Fort Gay
W. Va
Samuel Kinser
New York
Nicholas Senn
Chicago
Central West
Lamar Jackson
United States Military Academy
West Point
Charles D. Carter
Oklahoma
State Bank of
Rockyford
Col
Friends of
Taft
Foraker
Ohio State Committee
Ohio
Rochester
N. Y
Folk
Missouri
Virgil Rule
Jesse McDonald
Judge Rule
St. Louis
Louis M. Givernaud
Givernaud Bros
United States
Los Angeles
Cal
Pritchard
Richmond
Seabord Air Line Railway
Charles Becker
Belleville
Ill
Russellville
Allison J. Nailer
Supreme Council of the Ancient Order of Scottish Rite Masons
Southern Jurisdiction
Washington
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Count Boni de Castellane
Prince Helie de Sagan
Paris
Ulrich Augustus Hoegger
Philadelphia
George M. Gable
Lancaster
Bureau of Navigation
Phillip F. Kramer
Portland
Ore
Isthmian Canal
George Middleton
Western Vaudeville Association
Cella & Oppenheim
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Louisville
St. Anne's Orphans
Terre Haute
James G. Stowe
South Africa
Roy Howard
Martha Pieray
Des Moines
Metcalf
J. E. Pillsbury
Navy Department
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Metz
von Goeben
Maj
von Schoenbeck
New York City
Federal Grand Jury
Otto Heinze & Co
Mercantile National Bank
F. Augustus Heinze
Shields
Heinze
Chatfield
Edward Lauterbach
Charles W. Morse
Heinze Pool
United Pperand
Gross & Kleeberg
Clearing House Committee
United Copper Pool
Dead Men on the Pay Rolls at St Joseph Lighting Plant
Walter C. Stewart longtime superintendent of St Joseph municipal lighting plant is indicted for obtaining money by false pretenses. Charles W. Waller, foreman, is also under arrest and indictment. Grand jury says deceased workers remained on payrolls including a student who earned 50 dollars monthly. Theft totals amount to thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Walter C. Stewart
Charles W. Waller
Financial bill introduced in Senate by Republican members
Congress reports a finance bill framed by Republican members of the Senate Committee on Finance introduced in the Senate on the 7th. In the House, Mr Willett of New York blamed President Roosevelt for the recent financial panic in a bold speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
Willett
New York
Roosevelt
Steamer Mount Royal Arrives at Queenstown
The Mount Royal, departing Antwerp December 7 for St. John, N. B., with 300 Hungarian emigrants and 100 crew, returned due to boiler trouble and steamed into Queenstown on Tuesday for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Mount Royal
Antwerp
St. John
N. B
Big Decrease in Diamond Imports in 1907
New York City customs authorities report diamond imports for 1907 dropped by nearly 12 million dollars. The decline marks a sharp shift in trade activity affecting the jewelry trade and broader market outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Indicted for Conspiracy in Government Supplies Case
Edwin M. Van Dyck, former bureau chemist, and Victor G. Bloede, Baltimore ink maker, indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to defraud the government over black dry color used for ink. Alleged scheme paid Van Dyck 70 000 to 75 000 dollars across years. bail set at 10 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Federal Grand Jury
Edwin M. van Dyck
Victor G. Bloede
Victor Bloede Co
Baltimore
van Dyck
Bloede
Bureau
Justice Stafford
Postmaster General orders ban on liquor transport in mail routes
Washington, D. C. Postmaster General Meyer issues a directive making it a condition of future mail contracts that carriers on star route services may not transport intoxicating liquor between points during service. The rule affects the second section bids for North Carolina to Kentucky, effective July 1, with immediate impact in sections needing new service. The order is expected to have wide impact and has drawn many complaints to the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Meyer
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Thaw's Second Trial Opens With Jury Selection
New York City on the first day of Harry K. Thaw's second trial for the Stanford White killing, nine jurors named from 57 talesmen. Both sides each hold 30 peremptory challenges. proceedings will run nightly 8 to 10 until a full panel is seated. Legal insanity is the sole defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Talesmen
Jerome
Martin W. Littleton
Littleton
Thaw
Supreme Court Rules Against Employers Liability Law
The U S Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, holds the federal employers liability act unconstitutional as it exceeds Congress's interstate commerce powers. Rulings come from Kentucky and Tennessee federal courts on damage cases brought under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G
Washington, D. C
United States
Supreme Court of the
Kentucky
Tennessee
Congress Acts Briefly for Florida Senator Mallory
Both chambers met briefly on the sixth before an early adjournment to honor Senator Mallory of Florida who died during the holiday recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Mallory
Florida
Famous pugilist George Dixon dies in Bellevue ward
George Dixon known as Little Chocolate died Monday in Bellevue Hospital alcoholic ward after a long fight with drink. The New York boxer aged 37 passed away penniless and without friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
George Dixon
Bellevue Hospital
Dixon
More Shopmen Laid Off at New York Central West Albany
New York Central railroad has laid off 300 additional workers in the West Albany shops bringing total layoffs to about 708 after a second round in a few weeks. The move follows a prior round reducing staff and signals ongoing cost cutting in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
West Albany
Retaining Vigor In Old Age Says Prof Naunyn
Prof Naunyn of the University of Strasbourg urges that old age need not be a disease and can be productive if health is maintained. He advises 20 percent less food, careful fluid intake, limited meat, a substantial midday meal, brisk walking, and avoiding routine to keep interest and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
E. Naunyn
University of Strasburg
The Limit Telegraph Request From a Dying Magnate
A Cleveland Leader excerpt presents a dying magnate lamenting his nephew and asking for a brutal final act by telegraphing his death with the message accepted. He wishes to do less rather than more and calls for a stark sendoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Foolish Fear on the Steamboat Deck
A nervous old lady asks a deck hand if there is danger. The deck hand replies there is plenty of fear but no danger, in a brief humorous exchange aboard a steamboat.
1908 Market Report From New York and Midwest
New York prices show flour steady wheat at 1.07 for No 2 red corn 75 cents for No 2 in elevator oats 54 cents mixed hay cattle bulls 3.85 to 5.75 veals 6.00 to 9.75 sheep wethers 38.25 to 45.00 lambs 7.50 to 7.85 hogs Yorkers 5.10. Cleveland figures list grain prices wheat 1.02 red corn 62 percent oats 54 cents butter 32 cents cheese 17 4 cents eggs 27 cents potatoes 80 cents hay Tim 16.00 cattle steers 4.75 to 5.00 calves 8.00 to 8.50 sheep wethers 4.50 to 4.75 lambs 7.25 to 7.38 hogs 4.65. Toledo cash wheat 1.01 1/4 corn 61 1/4 cents oats 52 1/4 cents cloverseed 10.55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Toledo
Local Livestock Prices Reported at East Buffalo
East Buffalo cattle calves bring 9.50 dollars per head while sheep and hog prices appear mixed. Cattle calves, hogs and sheep shown with quotes including Yorker and pig at around 4.80 dollars and hogs up to about 6.00 dollars.
Market Report Pittsburg Live Stock Prices
Cattle Choice steers bring 5.50 to 5.75 with good at 5.00 to 5.25. Sheep prime wethers range 5.30 to 5.60 and lambs 5.00 to 7.80. Hogs Yorkers 4.85 and pigs 4.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
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Warren Mail
Southern Road
Postoffice Department
Naunyn
University of Strausburg
East Buffalo
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