Knox Earns Praise at Banquet Amid Roosevelt Support
Pennsylvania delegation hosts Knox and Burke praising Senator Knox for his public service and loyalty to the party. Knox echoes support for Roosevelt, predicts a progressive candidate in 1908, and lauds the Constitution while defending administration actions. Dalzell and the delegation back Knox as Republican presidential nominee.
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Washington
Vania
Congress
Knox
Burke
Parke
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Dalzell
House Democrats in Caucus Vote to Keep Speaker Naming Power
In Washington on December 5 the house Democratic caucus rejected Rep Jones of Virginia 124 to 4 in a bid to shift minority committee selections from Minority Leader Williams to the speaker. Jones defended the effort, arguing against minority leader control and urging abdication of nominating power.
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Washington
House
Democratic
Representative Jones
Virginia
Williams
Jones
Eader
Responsibility of the Speaker over Committee Assignments
The speaker should not decide which colleagues join or resist committees, avoiding fueling dissension in the minority. The practice of delegating this to the minority leader has grown since Cannon’s speakership, leading to dangerous friction.
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Cannon
Congress in Brief: Dozens of Bills Referred to Committees
Washington December 5 nearly a thousand bills were introduced in the senate and all referred to committees for action after new assignments. Most are private pension bills. The house was not in session.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt Meets Vorys on Republican Strategy in Washington
President Roosevelt received A. S. Vorys of Ohio, secretary Taft's political manager, to review the political situation. Vorys will stay in Washington until after the national Republican committee meeting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
A. S. Vorys
Ohio
Taft
Vorys
National Republican Committee
Cleveland to preside at life insurance presidents meet
New York December 5 The first annual meeting of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents will be held in New York tomorrow Ex President Cleveland will preside Speakers include Frederick Frelinghuysen of Mutual Benefit Life William B Smith of Travelers Charles Jerome Edwards of the National Association of Life Underwriters George E Ide of Nome Life Darwin P Kingsley of New York Life John Talock of Washington Life Paul Morton of Equitable Life Beau E Folk of the National Convention of Insurance Commissioners and M L Scudder
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New York
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Cleveland
Frederick Frelinghuysen
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
William B. Smith
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Charles Jerome Edwards
National Association of Life Underwriters
George E. Ide
Nome Life Insurance Company
Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
John Talock
The
Washington Life Insurance Company
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Insurance Society
Beau E. Folk
National Convention of Insurance Commissioners
M. L. Scudder
Post Renominated as Porto Rico Governor by Roosevelt
Washington reports Regis H. Post, governor of Porto Rico, has been renominated by President Roosevelt after he traveled here to answer criticisms from a Porto Rican newspaper alleging he criticized the clergy. Edward W. Fowler is named collector of the port to succeed Nevada N. Stranahan who resigned for health reasons.
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Washington
Regis H. Post
Porto Rico
Roosevelt
Post
School Commission
Edward W. Fowler
Port of
New York
Nevada N. Stranahan
Stranahan
Fowler
Cortelyou
Ex-Mayor Gaudy Emerges as Leading Candidate in Ypsilanti
In Ypsilanti Michigan ex mayor George M Gaudy is named as likely successor to mayor John B Van Fossen who died by his own hand last week Gaudy who served two prior terms is favored though he acted independently of party lines His term saw appointments delayed and pastors avoided mentioning Van Fossen in services during the wake viewing drew hundreds of mourners.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
George M. Gaudy
John B. van Fossen
Gaudy
Dr. van Fossen
EB. P. Allen
Congress
van Fossen
Civil War Veteran Dies in His East Center Street Home
Isaac B. Crantz aged 67 died on the anniversary of his birth in his house on East Center Street Lawrenceburg Indiana. He suffered paralysis while walking Walnut Street and died at home without regaining consciousness. He was born there and served in the Civil War.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Isaac B. Crantz
East Center Street
Walnut Street
Rochford Piano Factory Fire Destroys Tipton Plant
The Rochford Piano company plant in Tipton Indiana was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin. Six carloads of unfinished pianos and many tools were lost. Total loss estimated at 46000 dollars, reportedly covered by insurance.
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Tipton, Ind
Rochford Piano Company
Taft Seeks Czar Companionship in St Petersburg
Secretary Taft meets the czar at the Little Palace in St Petersburg during a five hour visit. Taft tours the Semionowski regiment, exchanges cordial remarks, and discusses Philippine assembly issues and Panama fever control. He thanks Russia for its warmth and friendship, while news reaches of Taft's mother's illness and a return aboard the President Grant.
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Taft
United States
Philippine Islands
Philippine Assembly
Panama
Seminowski
Prince Dolgorovki
Russia
St. Petersburg
Secretary Taft Honored At Iswolsky Banquet
Secretary Taft was guest of honor at a banquet hosted by M. Iswol sky, the foreign minister, attended by Russian state leaders. The event reflected cordiality and mutual hopes to strengthen friendship between the two nations as health to the secretary and Mrs. Tart was proposed.
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Taft
M. Iswolsky
Mayor orders injunctions against nuisance houses in city
Superior Minnesota reports Mayor Lin ley instructing City Attorney Mc Intosh to sue to abate questionable houses as nuisances. The city warned these establishments to close after January 1.
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Superior
Wis
Linley
McIntosh
That Fugitive Balloon Comes Down Near Belfast
A dispatch reports an airship likely La Patrie has descended at a farm near Ballysallagh in County Down. The car’s machinery was wrecked.
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Belfast
la Patrie
Ballysallagh
County Down
English Umbrella Mender Hangs Self to Avoid Conviction
Charles Warner from Birmingham England, jailed at Thomasboro near Champaign, chose death over a burglary conviction. He was found hanging from a rope made of a blanket at the top of his cell after admitting a month of drunkenness.
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Champaign
Charles Warner
Birmingham
England
Thomasboro
Danville Likely to Go Dry in Illinois Style?
Danville Alabama December 5 The Anti Saloon League work bears fruit an order from the board of mayor and aldermen revokes licenses for saloons where women are found about premises or liquor is dispensed after hours, signaling a dry trend in the town.
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Danville
Anti-Saloon League
Ilinois
Remarkable Restoration of Sight in Lansing Man
Enog Reyn olds, blind for twenty three years, has returned to his Lansing home with sight restored in one eye and hope for the other. He was operated on at the hospital in Ann Arbor.
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Lansing
Mich
Enog Reynolds
Ann Arbor
Faye Magill Libel Suit Dismissed in De Witt County Court
Faye Graham Madgill’s libel case against the Slearst papers was dismissed by Judge Cochrane in De Witt County Court for lack of proven publication.
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Faye Magill
Bloomington
Til
Faye Graham Madgill
Slearst
Cochrane
de Witt
Mrs Bryan to Travel to Egypt and Palestine
Mrs William J Bryan and her daughter Mrs Leavitt left Lincoln Nebraska for New York and will sail Saturday for Egypt and Palestine. They expect to be absent until next spring.
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Mrs. Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
New York
First Death by Freezing This Winter in Aberdeen
Aberdeen December 5 John Young recently arrived from Sioux City to work for a well drilling firm was found frozen to death about nine miles north of the city. Authorities say he is the first death by freezing reported this winter in the United States.
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Knox
United States
Supreme Court
Aberdeen
John Young
Sioux City
Welr
Young
National Rivers and Harbors Congress in session
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress gathers in Washington with nearly 2,000 delegates. King Oscar of Sweden has ceded governance to the crown prince as regent amid ill health.
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Washington
King Oscar
Sweden
Naomi
Fayette City
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Chicago Markets Hogs and Cattle Report December 5 1907
Hogs receipts estimated 30000 left over 2964 steady market light hogs 4 60 to 5 10 mixed packers 4 60 to 5 15 heavy shipping grades 4 60 to 5 15 rough 4 60 to 4 75 Cattle 8000 slow weak Sheep 14000 steady
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Texas
Chicago market report shows mixed cattle and strong grain data
Chicago dated December 5 1907 market notes show official receipts 37576 shipments 16507 estimated receipts 30000 tomorrow 22000. Bulk and light hog classifications with prices. Cattle and sheep market described as slow and weak to steady with varied bid ranges from Beach Wickham Grain Co and Postal Telegraph Bidg Chicago.
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Beach- Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A. Babcock Appeals for a Square Deal
A terse ad from John A. Babcock promises a square deal and urges readers to contact him for timely service. The message emphasizes reliability and prompt attention to business matters.
Franco declares unwavering resolve to govern and reform
Lisbon December 5 Premier Franco vows not to compromise with opposition and predicts victory for his program. He aims to end monarchic influence, restore sound administration and finance, and convene elections only when rivals abandon selfish aims. He cites reduced deficit and hopes to balance the budget in 1908.
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Franco
Portugal
Lisbon
Associated Press
Kansas Ships Sail for Hampton Roads
The battleship Kansas departed League Island navy yard for Hampton Roads to join the fleet bound for the Pacific. The crew gathered on deck to bid farewell to sailors left behind, while the Kansas and Kearsarge crews traded taunts and good wishes before the voyage.
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Philadelphia
Kansas
League Island Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Pacific
Tleship
Kearsarge
Swarthmore Likely to Reject $1 Million Bequest
Philadelphia December 5 Swarthmore college appears certain to decline the Anna T Jeanes bequest valued at one million dollars which would force the college to quit intercollegiate sports. The board of managers and college stockholders view the gift as a bribe and oppose acceptance.
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College
Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Funeral for Horace P. Warfield Attended by Peninsula Veterans
The funeral for Horace P. Warfield, late sexton of Erin Lawn cemetery, was largely attended in Bay City Michigan. He died by suicide with a revolver. Surviving members of the Peninsula Military Company, once his unit and captain, attended in a body.
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Bay City
Mich
Horace P. Warfield
Sexton
Erin Lawn Cemetery
Old Peninsula Military Company
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