Taft’s Views on Negro Problem in the South
In New York Taft tells North Carolina Society of New York that suffrage rules can curb ignorant governance while denying repeal of the fifteenth amendment. He rejects social equality by law, urges industrial education, says the negro is essential to the South and American, and seeks closer sympathy between North and South.
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New York
North Carolina Society of New York
W. H. Taft
Africa
South
Taft Attends National Red Cross Meeting in Washington
President Elect William H. Taft attended the National Red Cross Society annual meeting in Washington. Expected to be re elected as president, Taft's presence was aided by Miss Mabel T. Boardman, a Washington member of the society's executive committee.
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Washington
National Red Cross Society
William H. Taft
Judge Taft
Mabel T. Boardman
Supreme Court backs Chicago on destroying frozen chickens
The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Chicago, allowing city food inspectors to destroy condemned frozen chickens. The North American Cold Storage company had contested the city’s right to destroy about 4,000 pounds of frozen chickens stored in its warehouse for two years.
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Supreme Court
Chicago
Washington
North American Cold Storage Company
United States Supreme Court
Pat Crowe Turns Evangelist After Kidnapping Accusation
Chicago December 8. Pat Crowe the man accused of kidnapping Eddie Cudahy has become an evangelist. He says he is through with the old game and will quit drinking to focus on guiding young men toward a better path.
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Cudahy
Aid of Church
Chicago
Pat Crowe
Eddie” Cudahy
Packer
Crowe
Girl's stocking searched. robbers take Christmas gift money
Miss Blanche Sparks, in Detroit, was held up in a downtown area. The robbers took $20 from her stocking intended as a Christmas gift for her mother.
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Detroit
Mich
Blanche Sparks
Mr.sparks
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Involved In Twin Cities Rail Accident
Two cars on a noon local train from the Twin Cities were derailed by a broken rail near St. Vincent Minnesota. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Canada, was in one of the cars but the report gives no further injury details.
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
St. Vincent, Minn
Dec
Twin Cities
Canada
Colonel Cooper in Court for Murder Charge in Carmack Shooting
Colonel Duncan B. Cooper and John D. Sharp were brought to court in Nashville on December 8 to face murder charges in the street shooting that killed ex-Senator Edward W. Carmack on November 9. Robin Cooper, the shooter, was wounded and under treatment and will be tried later. The case stems from assaults Carmack made on Cooper in the Tennessean.
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Senator Carmack
Nashville
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin Cooper
Edward W. Carmack
John D. Sharp
Carmack
Duncan
Cooper
the Tennessean
National Exchange Bank Closes Doors in Springfield
Springfield banker reports National Exchange Bank failed to open today. The institution, capitalized at 100000 dollars, dates from 1893 and ranks among the city's largest financial houses.
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Springfield
National Exchange Bank
King Edward Illness Threatens Smithfield Cattle Show
Reports from Sandringham say King Edward's cold is more serious than official. He is confined to his room undergoing extensive treatment and unlikely to attend the Smithfield cattle show, an event he has not missed in years.
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London
Sandringham
Edward
Smithfield
Congress in Short Session Holds Reading of President’s Message
Washington reports Congress adjourned after the president’s message was read with general attention. Focus centers on senate committee changes following Senator Allison’s death, especially the appropriations panel, while the house sees few changes.
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Washington
Houses
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Allison
Finance
House of Representatives
Wife Sues Keene's Son for Limited Divorce in New York
Mrs. Foxhall Keene sues the son of a noted horseman and stock manipulator for a limited divorce. The case was heard by Justice Mareen in New York. adjourned due to Keene's absence in Colorado Springs, with the cause of the trouble kept secret.
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New York
Foxhall Keene
Mareen
Keene
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wnitl
Wolves in Death Battle at Bronx Zoo
Hundreds of visitors watched two gray wolves clash at the Bronx zoo. One wolf suffered severe injuries and was euthanized with chloroform, while the other was badly mangled but possibly saved.
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New York
Bronx Zoo
Bank Robbers Take $15,000 in Portland Bank Robbery
Portland authorities report three men robbed an East Side bank, taking $15,000. Police are searching for the suspects and reviewing surveillance footage from the December 8 incident.
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Portland, Ore
East Side
Governors Meet Again for National Conservation Conference
Washington hosts a large gathering of governors and leaders for a two day conservation conference. The focus is a joint report to President Roosevelt on national wealth from water lands forests and minerals. Roosevelt Taft are to speak as leaders outline plans and schedules for the sessions.
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America
Roosevelt
Washington
National Conservation Commission
Inventory of natural resources completed by national commission
The National Conservation Commission has finished an inventory of the country's natural resources. It will be presented to Chairman Pinchot, whose January report to the president will propose recommendations stemming from the commission and the joint conference to advance conservation efforts.
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National Conservation Commission
Pinchest
Commission
Dying Man Guides Throttle On Great Northern Train
In Minneapolis a dying man gripped the throttle of an eastbound Great Northern passenger train as it left Robbinsdale for Clearwater Junction. Engineer George P. Irwin died shortly after being removed from the cab. fireman George Ridgeway found him unconscious leaning from the window. Irwin apparently struck his head on a bridge railing.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Great Northern
Robbinsdale
Clear Water Junction
George P. Irwin
Irwin
George Ridgeway
Vote on Liquor Question Today in Massachusetts
Boston December 8 Boston voters in twenty of thirty three cities hold elections today focusing on the sale of intoxicating liquors. The issue draws unusual interest as communities decide liquor policy and potential impacts on local commerce and society.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Democrats Meet in Washington to Plan Next Campaign
In Washington on December 8 the national network of Democratic clubs meets to map strategy for the next presidential contest. Colonel William C. Liller, chair of the National League of Democratic Clubs, says the party will organize an effective opposition between now and the next national campaign.
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Washington
Bryan Clubs
William C. Liller
National League of Democratic Clubs
Liller
Democratic Party
Kaiser Feels Grieved Over Limits on Speech
Potsdam reports the emperor resumes audiences with ministers and laments that loyal advisers and Chancellor von Buelow seek to curb his freedom of speech in after dinner conversations. The list of advisers includes Baron von Rheinbaben General von Einem and Dr Rethmann-Holweg.
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Potsdam
Baron von Rheinbaben
General von Einem
Rethmann-Holweg
von Buelow
Groom Had Wrong License In Wedding Ceremony
Carmi Illinois December 8 Willam Dively presented a hunter license instead of a marriage license when the pastor asked for authority to wed Miss Mayme Augustine. He threatened the clerk who issued the license. Dively was arrested fined and married by a justice of the peace who arranged the license exchange.
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Carmi
Ill
Willam Dively
Mayme Augustine
Illinois Central Brakeman Dies In Snow Slide
Upton Morin an Illinois Central brakeman slipped from a snow covered freight train in Freeport Illinois and was crushed to death on December 8 two witnesses reported the fatal accident occurred on a freight run in a snowbound countryside the accident added to harsh winter hazards on the line
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Freeport
Til. Dee
Upton Morin
Ilinois
Wayman Announces Appointments in Chicago State’s Attorney Office
Chicago Pec S State's Attorney Joho Wayman announces new assistant state’s attorneys Thomas Marshall J Rodleth Sullivan BE Lungren Victoria Zach Hoffheimer. Replacements follow resignations of Underwood Zolotoff and McKinley. Bert E Betts to lead stenographic department.
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Chicago
Pec. S
Joho &. W. Wayman
Thomas Marshell
J Rodleth Sullivan
BE. Lungren
Victoria
Zach Hoffheimer
Wayman
George W. Underwood
Leon Zolotoff
Charles 8. McKinley
Marshall
Sullivan
Underwood and
Zolotkoff
Lungren
McKinley
Bert E. Betts
Charles L. Binns
Special State
Frank J. Loesch
MecSurely
McSurely
Mr. Wayman
Hogs and cattle markets show mixed movement in Chicago
Chicago market reports from December 8 1908 detail hog receipts and prices with light hogs at 5 00 to 5 65 and heavy shipments 5 35 to 5 85 while cattle and sheep figures show weak cattle and steady sheep. Official receipts yesterday stood at 67 871 with 13 367 shipments and estimated receipts today around 33 000.
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Texas
John A Babcock and North American Commission Co.
An advertisement from Chicago Illinois features John A Babcock and the North American Commission Company asserting a promise of fair treatment and a square deal for customers. The terse copy invites inquiries anytime.
Three Milwaukee Sisters Said to Marry Chinese Men
Chicago police uncover alleged plot where Rose Stady and two Milwaukee sisters were lured with promises of good jobs and sold as wives to Chinese men. Rose, age fifteen, found at 1435 Roscoe Boulevard and placed in a juvenile home. sisters Lillian and Anna Stady reportedly married to Chinese men in Chicago. Frederick Dorner linked to Milwaukee arrest. Crown Point, Ind. noted in report.
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Milwaukee
Crown Point
Ind
Rose Stady
Chicago
Rose
Roscoe Boulevard
Miss Stady
George Graham
Frederick Dorner
Lillian
Anna Stady
Swedish consul commits suicide in St. Louis inquiry
Charles A Ekstromer Swedish vice consul in St Louis drank prussic acid at his home and died. The death followed a controversy with federal officials over revocation and later restoration of his passport. He left a note stating he had taken poison to end his own life and to call Dr Langan.
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St. Louis
Charles A. Ekstromer
Roosevelt
Ekstromer
Langan
Wealthy exec Charles W. Plow commits suicide in St Louis
St Louis on December 8 reports that Charles W. Plow a wealthy manager of the American Linseed Company shot himself dead concluding his troubled actions.
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St. Louis
St. Louis, Mo
Charles W. Plow
American Linseed Company
Ingersoll Widow Wins Major Will Case Award
The U S Supreme Court ruled in favor of Eva A Ingersoll widow of Robert G Ingersoll against Joseph Coram and others awarding $100 000 for services in breaking Andrew J Davis s will Montana millionaire The decision was announced in Washington on December 8.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Eva A. Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll
Joseph Coram
Andrew J. Davis
Montana
Victory for Mrs Maybrick lands case in chancery court
Amond Va December 8 the case of Florence Maybrick and her mother Baroness von Roque of New York over land valued about 2 500 000 was decided in their favor in the chancery court here.
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Maybrick
Amond Va
Florence Maybrick
Baroness von Roque
New York
Chancery Court
Charles K. Sacket Dies at 55 on Trade Board
Charles K. Sacket a prominent Chicago Board of Trade member collapsed in the Postal Telegraph building lavatory and died of heart disease at age fifty five. For ten years he worked with Ware and Leland, a Chicago firm.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Charles K. Sacket
Board of Trade
Postal Telegraph Building
Sacket
Ware & Leland
Well Known Milwaukee Man Dead
Milwaukee honors Andrew A Clark 56 secretary of the Cudahy Brothers packers company dies of stomach cancer after a brief illness in Milwaukee on December 8.
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Milwaukee
Andrew
Clark
Cudahy Brothers’ Company
Packers
Eleven Soldiers Killed in Calcutta Magazine Explosion
Eleven native soldiers and noncommissioned officers were killed and twenty six wounded at a military magazine in Calcutta during the destruction of ball cartridges to blanks. Most of the injured were expected to die.
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Calcutta
Actress Leslie Carter-Payne Granted Bankruptcy Discharge
Mrs Leslie Carter-Payne, the actress, was granted a discharge in bankruptcy. Her liabilities totaled 194 418 dollars while her assets stood at 57 926 dollars.
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Leslie Carter-Payne
New York
Caroline Leslie Carter-Peayne
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