Appeals to the Czar For Tschaikovsky and Breshkovsky Released
Eminent Americans rally for the release of Nicholas Tschaikovsky and Catherine Breshkovsky, imprisoned in St. Petersburg for politics. A delegation led by Samuel J Barrows met Baron Rosen to deliver a petition signed by fifty notable figures and more in Chicago.
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M. Tschaikovsky
Catherine Breshkovsky
St. Petersburg
New York
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
Samuel J. Barrows
Baron Rosen
Washington
Russia
Cathrine Breshkovsky
Weather forecast for Illinois Wisconsin and nearby states
Official forecast up to 8 pm shows partly cloudy conditions for Illinois and Wisconsin. Indiana may see snow in extreme portions while Iowa remains generally fair. Lower Michigan expected to have light snow flurries.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Lower
Michigan
Chicago Board of Trade quotes on grains and hogs
Chicago markets report Dec 18 with Wheat Corn and Oats bids and highs. Cash sales show No 2 red wheat around $1.00. hog receipts 46,000 with sales from 4.50 to 4.80 for various weights. pork and lard futures quoted with modest gains.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Democrats poised as Bryan favored for 1908 nomination
In Pittsburg Champ Clark predicts Bryan may secure the Democratic nomination and win the presidency if Republicans fail to unite. He notes Roosevelt’s third term stance ends his candidacy and cites a deep Republican split between Taft and a faction led by Cannon Foraker Hughes Knox and others.
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Pittsburg
Champ Clark
Missouri
Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Joe’ Cannon
Foraker
Hughes
Knox
Alfred H. Smith Acquitted in Brewster Express Wreck Case
Alfred H. Smith vice president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad was acquitted of manslaughter in the Brewster express wreck at Woodlawn last February. Twenty four people were killed in the crash as Justice Kellogg directed the verdict.
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Blame
New York
Alfred H. Smith
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Woodlawn
Secretary Cor telyou Improves at Home with Grip
Washington dispatch says Secretary Cor telyou is resting comfortably at home after grip symptoms and is somewhat better. Secretary Metcalf, also ill with grip, is reported greatly improved at the Navy Department.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Navy Department
Metcalf
Report of lynching claim denied in Homer Rogers death
Oakridge Louisiana December 19 a coroner's jury exonerated Arthur Eason in the killing of Homer Rogers saying the incident arose from a personal encounter and that no mob participated.
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Oakridge
Homer Rogers
Rogers
Arthur Eason
Eason
Oklahoma Senators Draw Short and Long Terms in Senate
In Washington on December 18 the two Oklahoma senators elect, one blind and one of Indian blood, drew lots to assign term lengths. Secretary of the Senate Mr. Bennett mixed three slips reading 109, 1911, and 1918. Senator Gore drew 109 and his colleague Robert Owens drew 1913 for the other term.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Senate
Bennett
Gore
Robert Owens
Night watchman shot dead in Chicago and Alton yards
In Bloomington on December 19 Jacob Witchowski a night watchman was fatally shot during a clash with a robber in the Chicago and Alton yards. The incident marks a deadly confrontation in a city rail area.
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Bloomington
Ill
Chicago
Alton
Jacob Witchowski
Market prices and receipts for mixed packing and live stock
East Buffalo N Y December 18 Dunning Stevens Live Stock Commission Merchants report cattle receipts 21 000 hogs 60 cars with mixed quotes for prime fat steers 5 85 to 6 25 prime heifers 4 74 to 5 25 good to choice calves 6 50 to 7 00 and sheep lambs with good to prime wethers 4 25 to 4 50 ewes 4 00 to 4 25 and lambs 5 75 to 6 25. Also hay and feed prices and regional quotes for prairie feed.
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Illinois
Indian
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dee
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Texas
The New King Gustave V of Sweden Portrait and Career
The text describes King Gustave V of Sweden as a towering, light haired prince resembling his father. It notes his 1875 army entry, role as inspector of military schools, 1898 general rank, and a 1879 European travels. It contrasts his action oriented nature with the queen's literary tastes and recalls youthful impulsive speech affecting Norwegian subjects over consulates.
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Gustave V
Europe
TillmanSeeks Federal Powers to Police Liquor Trade
Senator Tillman introduced a resolution urging the Interstate Commerce Committee to study and report a bill enabling states to police liquor and alcohol within their borders. He argues current Wilson law protection has eroded and cites expresses and interstate traffic as evasion. Knox proposed an amendment to the Wilson bill to start state control at state borders.
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Washington
Tillman
Committee On Interstate Commerce
United States
Knox
Knos
Wilsor
Theonsignee
Committee On Judiciary
Senate resolutions seek IC C report on control of interstate liquor traffic
Washington December 19 in the senate Tillman introduced resolutions asking the interstate commerce commission to report if any interstate transportation company owns stock in another carrier and to define federal versus state powers over liquor traffic under the Interstate Commerce Law. The resolutions were referred and Culberson's for investigation of financial stringency also referred. An executive session was held and adjourned to Saturday. House not in session.
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Tillman
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Senate
Culberson
House
Tillman Aldrich exchange over stock ownership remarks
Washington on December 19 a senate discussion of Tillmans resolution on corporate stock ownership provoked a sharp exchange. Tillman accused Aldrich of bias while Aldrich suggested Tillman sought facts to fit a pre conceived plan.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Aldrich
Hitchcock Breaks Silence Denounces Charges as False
Washington reports a brief, but pivotal, political comment by Hitchcock. He follows Cortelyou in denouncing certain charges as false and clarifies his stance on the current accusations.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Assistan
Severa Weeks
Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Washington
Killing More Than Our Share
Washington reports U S coal mines kill three times as many per 1000 workers as European mines. In seventeen years 22 840 miners died in the United States and six year totals show fatalities equal to the prior eleven. In 1906 6 861 were killed or injured with 2 061 dead and 4 800 injured.
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Washington
United States
Wisconsin Republicans Visit White House Over Timme Vacancy
The Wisconsin Republican delegation visits the White House to pay respects to President Roosevelt and urge filling the auditor post for the postoffice left vacant by Ernest G. Timme's resignation.
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Comstock
Washington
Congress
Wisconsin
White House
Senator Lafollette
Roosevelt
Ernest G. Timme
Postoffice
The General Demand for a Simple Laxative Remedy
The Well Informed favor Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna for a gentle yet effective laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co. promotes its safe, known-ingredient remedy as the preferred choice, available at leading druggists for fifty cents a bottle. A Wisconsin appointment committee recommends H S Comstock for the vacant auditorship in Cumberland Wisconsin.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Senate Confirms Wisconsin Pension Agent Nomination
In executive session the senate confirmed F. H. Madgeburg as pension agent at Milwaukee. Forty three bodies have been recovered from the coal mine at Yolande Alabama and twenty two men remain missing. Japan shows little concern over the battleship fleet cruise.
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Washington
Senate
F. H. Madgeburg
Milwaukee
Yolande
Ala
Hogs and cattle market summary for Chicago Dec 19 1907
Estimated hog receipts totaled 46 000 with leftovers 14 173. Hog prices ranged 4 25 to 4 65 for light to heavy, market 10 lower than yesterday. Cattle about 8 900 steady, sheep 1 800 steady.
Chicago market cattle and hogs report for December 19 1907
Market slows with cattle and pig prices mostly down from yesterday. Receipts total over 45 000 hogs and 8 000 cattle with mixed packers and roughs showing slight declines while beef and lamb values hold steadier in a cautious trading day.
John A. Babcock Promises a Square Deal
A brief note proclaims John A. Babcock inviting requests and pledging a square deal, signaling readiness to assist and provide reliable service.
Decree Enjoins Labor Federation in DC Case
Justice Ashley Gould signed a decree restraining the American Federation of Labor and all others from interfering with Bucks Store and Range Co. and from boycotts. The order applies within the District of Columbia, with limited exclusion for Union No 17. Gompers is identified as knowing his rights and the law.
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Washington
Ashley M.gould
Equi
Am Cri Federation of Labor
Wnthe
Bucks Store and Range Company
Decla
American Federation of Labor
Electrotype Molders’ Andishers’ Union No
Gould
District of Columbia
Gompers
Underwood Slates Gompers on Wages and Prices
Frederick D. Underwood president of the Erie Railroad Company challenges Samuel Gompers saying workers will face wage reductions as earnings fall. He argues supply and demand will force wages down while labor previously benefited from higher pay. He warns against resisting lower wages and notes cost of living declines with reduced purchasing power.
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New York
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad Company
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Underwood
Gompers
Coal Men Meet in Indianapolis Over Interstate Movement
Coal operators and United Mine Workers representatives from Ohio Indiana Illinois and western Pennsylvania have gathered in Indianapolis for a joint meeting at the Claypool hotel to discuss restoring the interstate movement.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Claypool Hotel
Pennsylvania to retrofit rails with all steel cars
More than one hundred all steel passenger cars will run between Pittsburg and New York soon after January first. The cars are built at the Pressed Steel Car company plant in Pittsburg and mark the first replacement of wooden equipment by this railroad.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Pressed Steel Car Company
Mora May Wentworth’s Death by Carbolic Acid
Mora May Wentworth committed death by own action with carbolic acid in Houghton Michigan. She had left her husband and children in Maine to elope with another man arriving a month earlier. She regretted the act and was unhappy.
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Houghton, Mich
May Wentworth
Maine
To Start a Dry Campaign in Danville
Harvey T. Sheldon district superintendent of the Anti Saloon League told temperance advocates in Danville Alabama that he will report this week to organize a campaign to make Danville dry next spring.
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Danville
Harvey T. Sheldon
The
Anti-Saloon League
Temsperance Advocates
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Rigi
David H. Greer
Seth Low
Richard Watson Gilder
Lyman Abbott
William Dean Howells
Samuel. Clemens
Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Oswald G. Willard
New York Evening Post
Newell Dwight Hillis
Thomas Wentworth Higgins
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Chicago Grain
Champ” Clark
Denver
Senators
Lota
All Grocers
King OF
Sweden
Ile
Othe
Supreme Court of the United States
H. 8. Comstock
Cumberland, Wis
Japan
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
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