Vilas Praises Cleveland as Scots Protest Roosevelts Policy
Chicago. Dec 2. William F. Vilas former postmaster general at a banquet of the Illinois St Andrew's Society attacked President Roosevelt with veiled criticism while lauding Grover Cleveland calling him the grand Osmon of Princeton. Scots loudly defended Roosevelt prompting stentorian reactions and calls for three terms for Roosevelt amid a lively banquet scene.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
William F. Vilas
Milwaukee
Cleveland
United States
Illinois St. Andrew’'s Society
Auditorium Hotel
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Vilas Attacks Roosevelt Over Federal Power Fracas
Vilas denounces presidential overreach and the idea of the president as policeman of the gods. He decries the president’s role in enforcing nature and criticizes constitutional amendments beyond executive authority. The crowd reacts with quiet mutterings and a five minute tumult.
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Vilas
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Electric Roads Regulated by State Board
Jefferson City December 2. Attorney General Hadley states in a formal opinion that interurban electric railroads in Missouri fall under the jurisdiction of the board of railroads and warehouse commissioners just as steam railroads do, placing e lectric lines under the same regulatory authority.
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Jefferson City
Board of Railroads and Warehouse Commissioners
Hadley
Sixty Miners Entombed After Old Mine Explosion
In Monongahela Pennsylvania December 2 a blast in the Naomi mine of the United Mine Coal company at Fayette City entombed between fifty and sixty miners. Black damp and rock and coal falls blocked the entrance after a miner with an open lamp entered an old workings. Many are believed dead.
Death of Dr Shrady in New York
Dr George Frederick Shrady renowned physician and surgeon dies after a two week illness. He attended President Grant and counseled on President Garfield shooting. Born January 14 in New York, he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons and gained national and European recognition for his surgical work.
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New York
George Frederick Shrady
George F. Shrady
Shrady
U. S. Grant
Bliss
Garfield
Dr. Shrady
College of Physicians and Surgeons
General Grant
Europe
Will Quit Wisconsin By Mutual Life Announces Exit
New York December 2. Mutual Life Insurance Company will cease doing business in Wisconsin. Equitable and New York Life are weighing withdrawal due to strict laws enacted by the last Wisconsin legislature. President Penabody said the laws impose requirements the company cannot meet without unfairness to existing policyholders.
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New York
Dpresident Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wisconsin
Equitable
New York Life Insurance
Penabody
Mutual
Tainted oysters kill three at Dorr Masonic banquet
Three men are confirmed dead and four more likely to die after eating tainted oysters at a Masonic banquet in Dorr Michigan held on November 2. Burials include Christian Zizer and Arthur Felton withWilliam A. Dean dying in Wayland. Suspected victims include George Heinzman master of the lodge L W Ebih Jr Louis Harris and Wallace Weaver with typhoid like symptoms.
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Dorr
Mich
Dee
Christian Zizer
Arthur Felton
William A. Dean
Wayland
George Heinzman
Lodge
L. W. Ebhir, Jr
Louis Harrihs
Wallace Weaver
Crawford declares candidacy for U S senate in South Dakota
Governor Coe I Crawford announces his bid for the United States Senate opposing Senator Kittredge. The report notes the political move amid other items from the season.
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Coe I. Crawford
South Dakota
States Senate
Kittredge
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Taft
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Mauretanialiner exceeds Lusitania in size and speed
The Cunard liner Mauretania surpassed the Lusitania in stature and efficiency on its maiden voyage from Queenstown to New York. With a 700 foot hull about 95 feet longer than the Great Eastern, greater depth than the Lusitania, and a gross tonnage of 32 000, she is commanded by Captain J F Pritchard.
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Cunard
Atlantic
Queenstown
New York
New York Harbor
J. F. Pritchard
Congress Opens With Cannon Elected Speaker in Turbulent Session
Washington observers note the 60th Congress convened as the House elected John Cannon as speaker with Republicans in control while Senate plans quick reorganization. Democrats nominate William Williams for minority leader, urging party harmony as new members are sworn in and committees form amid rapid adjournments for deaths.
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Senate
Congress
Cannon
House of Representatives
Hepburn
Alex. McDowell
Pennsylvania
Frank L. Lyon
New York
Henry Casson
Massachusetts
Samuel W. Langum
Minnesota
Peter A. Porter
Porter
States
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House
Williams
Clayton
Alabama
Willams
Charles A. Edwards
Texas
J. Tellington
North Carolina
H. E. Graper
Tennessee
R. L. Douglas
South Carolina
B. D. Bagley
District of Columbia
Virginia
Ways and Means
Parties Hold Their Caucuses
Washington December 2 The article notes that Hon Joseph G Cannon of Illinois was nominated during party caucuses and outlines the actions taken by members of the House. The report emphasizes the caucus process and leadership selections within the chamber.
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Washington
Joseph G Cannon
Linois
Revolver Shooting in Bloomington Ends in Deaths
In Bloomington on December 2 Frank McCoy aged 40 was shot and killed and his father Joelee was fatally wounded when Edw Escaped gunfire followed by police investigation into the double fatality.
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Bloomington
Ind
Frank McCoy
Joelee
Shooting Fallout After Horse Poison Charges
Two well to do farmer families clash after Ford accuses the Me Coys of poisoning his horses and opens fire with a revolver. The incident stems from the feud between the neighbors and ends without reported fatalities.
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MetCoys
Ford
Violinist Reclaims Trunk and Returns to Study
Abram Prodromou Pilides began the journey from Athens to Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan with a valuable violin in his trunk. The trunk reappeared in New York and was sent to Ann Arbor with its contents intact, allowing Pilides to continue his musical education. Eleven miners were trapped by a Drytown Cal mine fire. authorities report the blaze extinguished but the men still missing. Chief Engineer Robert Angst of the Duluth and Tron Range railroad died after a brief illness at age sixty.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Abram Prodromou Pilides
Athens
Greece
University of Michigan
Pilides
New York City
Fremont Gower
Drytown
Cal
Angst
Duluth
Minn
Rgobert Angst
Duluth and
Tron Range
Navy Defeats Army in Annual Foot Ball Showdown
Philadelphia crowds of about 30 000 saw the Navy beat the Army 6 to 0 on Franklin Field in the annual football clash.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Army
Franklin Field
Markets Report Chicago Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Dec 2 1907
Chicago markets show hogs higher with light and mixed packers selling around 4 50 to 5 05 for heavy grades and 4 80 to 5 00 for bulk. Cattle and sheep receipts and prices fluctuate with cattle generally steady to 10 lower and sheep about steady. official receipts and shipments listed for yesterday and last week. Furnished by J. W. Culver & Co. Washington Iowa Phone 741.
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J. W. Culver & Co
Washington
Iowa
Chicago
Time for a Square Deal Promise
A concise pledge that you can rely on fair treatment and a straightforward, square deal in every transaction or service, underscoring trust and commitment to transparent practice.
Duel Threat Follows Stolypin Attack in Duma
In St Petersburg the Stolypin government confronts a heated chamber after Feder Roditcheff of the Constitutional Democrats calls the regime a Stolypin necktie. Stolypin plans to duel Roditcheff. ministers seek mediators as Roditcheff asks forgiveness and the session resumes amid suspensions and cheers.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Feder I. Reditcheff
Constitutional Democrats
Duma
Associated Press
M. Stolypin
M. Roditcheff
M. Chtcheglovitoff
Justice
Prince Vassilichikoff
Roditcheffs
Roditcheff
Torch Attempt by Despondent Wife in Pa Outbuildings
Despondent Mrs Charles Miller of Fricks Locks near Pottstown poured coal oil over her body and set it alight in an outhouse. She escaped to a barn where her husband poured milk on her to douse the flames. Neighbors extinguished the fire, and officials say death is only a matter of time.
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Pottstown
Charles Miller
Frick’s Locks
Here
Stauffer and Melhenny Wed at St Louis Cathedral
Miss Louise Stauffer daughter of Colonel and Mrs B F Stauffer of New Orleans married John A Melhenny United States civil service commissioner at St Louis cathedral Archbishop Bleak officiating. President and Mrs Roosevelt gave a silver coffee urn as a wedding gift and the pope granted a dispensation permitting a Protestant groom to wed a Catholic bride.
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New Orleans
Louise Stauffer
B. F. Stauffer
John A. Melihenny
United States Civil Servence Commissioner
St. Louis Cathedral
Archbishop Bleak
Roosevelt
Melhenny
Stauffer
Mass Layoffs at Charlestown Navy Yard After Shipwork Completion
Boston December 2. Over 400 men discharged from the Charlestown navy yard as battleship work ends. In all about 1,000 of 3,000 yard workers expected to be laid off within the next two weeks.
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Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
Amador Visits Mount Vernon on Panama President Trip
President Amador of Panama and his delegation toured Mount Vernon on December 2. They viewed Washington's tomb and were hosted by the U.S. government during their visit to Mount Vernon, Washington.
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Amador
Mount Vernon
Washington
Panama
Mt. Vernon
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North American Commission Company
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M. Mitukoff
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