Sparks Defends Troop Request for Goldfield Riot Risk
Governor Sparks, recovering in Reno, explains his urging of President Roosevelt to send troops to Goldfield. He cites stolen dynamite, armed miners, mine picketing, and civil authorities unable to cope, saying troops would prevent riot and bloodshed. He notes cautious confidence since troops arrived but warns of possible future violence.
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Reno
Nev
Sparks
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Court's Critic in Trouble Disbarment Likely for Hart
Attorney Francis B. Hart of Minneapolis faces a bar summons to appear January 2 to show cause why he should not be disbarred in Minnesota. The Minnesota Supreme Court requests Governor Johnson appoint five judges from state courts to try the case as current justices are disqualified. Hart says he acted deliberately and within his rights.
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St. Paul
Francis B. Hart
Minneapolis
Johnson
Start
Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Hart
Himslf
Governor plans message to Roosevelt on Goldfield crisis
Goldfield Nevada prepares to telegraph President Roosevelt with a request to retain some troops after their redeployment. General Funston ordered troop movement. Sheriff Ingalls and county officials warn they cannot manage after withdrawal. Deputies funded by mine owners patrol near mines as Union pickets rejoin, barbed wire fences rise around Consolidated property.
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Roosevelt
Funston
Goldfield
Nev
Sparks
Reynolds
Ingalls
Benjamin Rosenthal
Spinker
Goldfield Mine Owners’ Association
Better Pay for Glass Workers
At a conference among independent window glass manufacturers of Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania and representatives of the cutters and flatteners an agreement was reached guaranteeing a 10 percent wage increase for 8 000 cutters and flatteners.
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Columbus, O
Dee
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Flag saved as worker uses old banner to clean glass
New York on December 23 reported a dramatic scene as workmen atop the government assay office cleaned skylights with an old United States flag used as a rag. Superintendent Foster rescued the flag amid cheers from nearby tenants and onlookers.
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New York
Wall Street
Government Assay Office
United States
Foster
Japan Diet to Assemble for Twenty Fourth Session
The Japanese diet will convene on Wednesday for its twenty fourth session facing a tight budget and emigration disputes. Opposition plans rigorous budget opposition and clashes with the imperial council. The Progressive party pledges to press a campaign against the government policy and support emigration companies affected by Hayashi's controls on labor shipments to the United States and Canada.
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Tokio
Imperial Council
Progressive Party
Hayashi
United States
Canada
Fish Hatcheries Talk Spreads Through Congress
In Washington a flurry of hatchery bills aims at funding fish hatcheries across states with $25,000 appropriations. The piece notes veteran stenographers of the House and recalls Private John M. Allen’s successful Mississippi hatchery act and its quick Senate approval. Captain Hobson’s family news stirs political bets for naval affairs, while long-serving stenographer John H. White is remembered. The article also mentions unpaid wartime debts to Virginia and Baltimore, and Allen’s Tupelo hatchery water woes.
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Mississippi
Hobson
Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Dee
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Congress
John M. Allen
Senate
McKinley
Allen
National Commission
Champ Clark
Missouri
John Sharp Williams
Williams
John H. White
House of Representatives
United States
Virginia
Baltimore
Great Britain
Sam
Treasury
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Capitol
Tupelo
Wisconsin railroad valuations rise by 13 million
The state board of assessments fixed railroad property at 268,961,500 dollars, up 13,111,500 from last year. Taxes for the coming year will total about 2,945,262 dollars, an increase of 143,577. The Chicago and North Western saw the largest uptick at 5,000,000.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin State Board of Assessments
Chicago
Northwestern
Mark Twain Faces Bankruptcy Petition In Milk Company
New York December 23 A bankruptcy petition is filed against the Tiasman company of which Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain is acting president The firm makes milk products and is a branch of an English company It is said Clemens invested about 25000 in the company now bankrupt with liabilities around 27000 and assets about 10000.
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New York
Tiasman Company
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Clemens
Robert W. Gardner dies at 76 with $2 million estate
Philanthropist and inventor Robert W. Gardner, founder of Gardner Governor Works and president of the State Savings, Loan and Trust Company, dies at seventy six. He left an estate valued at $2,000,000 and was noted for scientific interests and mechanical inventions.
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Quincy
Til
Dee
Robert W. Gardner
Gardner Governor Works
State Savings, Loan and Trust Company
Diphtheria Contagious Status Questioned by Bayonne Doctor
Dr. G M Swiney of Bayonne New Jersey plans to petition the New York board of health to strike diphtheria from contagious disease lists. He asserts it is not contagious and sought support from the Bayonne Medical Society, which unanimously declined to join.
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New York
G. M., Swiney
Bayonne
N. J
Board of Health
Swiney
Four Buildings in Flames in Springfield on Dec 23
Fire destroyed about 20000 dollars in business property on Adams and Seventh streets. Forty minutes after discovery the James T. Jones building the J. Meyer building and the M. J. Bartel building caught fire. The blaze was stopped by the fireproof Bressmer building.
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Springfield
Ill
Adams
Seventh Streets
James T. Jones
J. Meyer
M. J. Bartel
Bressmer
Two Years For Getting Drunk In Saloon Break In
Port Huron Michigan report says John Welch, previously convicted of breaking into Henry Wynne's saloon last summer and released on probation, was arrested again and sentenced to two years in Ionia for drunkenness.
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Port Huron
Mich
John Welch
Henry Wynne
Ionia
Bellefontaine Woman, 106, Dies in Ohio After Paralysis
Bellefontaine Ohio December 23 Mrs Ann Hulsizer of West Liberty dies after paralysis at age 106 born in New Jersey and described as one of the oldest white women in America.
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Bellefontaine, O
Ann Hulsizer
West Liberty
New Jersey
America
Carnegie’s Latest Gift to Bowdoin College
Brunswick Me December 253 President William Dewitt Hyde of Bowdoin College announces that Andrew Carnegie has promised fifty thousand dollars toward the two thousand dollars the institution must raise to secure the eight hundred fifty thousand dollar grant from the General Educational Board.
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Brunswick
William Dewitt Hyde
Bowdoin College
Andrew Carnegie
General Educational Board
Real live dolls for Christmas presents in Danville
In Danville the fad of Christmas gifts includes adopting babies from the Children's Home. A man secretly arranged one adoption to surprise his wife and others followed, trimming seven to four babies. The home manager may place more children with childless men as gifts by Christmas, with only court fees as expense.
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Danville
Dee
Senator Cul lom introduces six year term limit amendment
Washington, Dec. 28. Senator Cul lom introduces in the senate a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution limiting the terms of the president and vice president to six years and prohibiting a re election for a second term. The proceedings were adjourned until Jan. 6 after a fiery Gaines of Tennessee speech. The House minutes claim thieves should have been throttled and hard earnings returned to the people.
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Washington
Cullom
Senate
Wall Street
Gaines
Tennessee
House of Representives
HOGS AND LIVESTOCK MARKETS UPDATE CHICAGO DEC 23 1907
Market reports show receipts and prices across hogs cattle sheep and lambs with expected rises before Christmas. Estimated hog receipts 28 000 with mixed packers light and heavy weights trading 4 35 to 4 75 while cattle and sheep listings push higher ahead of holidays. No market Wednesday December 25th.
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Texas
Market Report From Chicago Dec 23 1907
Weak, shade lower than best time of morning with few sales. Prices in light, mixed, and heavy cattle packer and ampring grades range from 435 to 4 89. Sheep firm, cattle strong.
Beach-Wickham Grain Company Furnishing
Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company located at 544 and 545 Postal Telegraph Building Chicago.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Tennessee Republicans Organize State Taft Club in Nashville
Leading Tennessee Republicans gathered in Nashville to form a state Taft club aimed at boosting support for President William Howard Taft. The meeting highlighted party unity and anticipated coordinated campaigns across counties.
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Tennessee
Nashville
John A. Babcock Promises a Square Deal
A statement from John A. Babcock asserts a commitment to a square deal for all, emphasizing fairness in dealings and reliable service.
Berlin Famine Threat as Children Go Hungry in Schools
German report describes widespread food shortages among Berlin primary school children amid rising numbers and stagnant funding. Only 4,498 of 11,947 fed daily by 14 canteens. 9,447 receive nothing. Authorities fine parents for absence unless medical excuse. Meanwhile Potsdam houses 13 Christmas trees for imperial family with the emperor distributing small coins to the poor in Sans Souci park after lunch.
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Berlin
Children’s Canteen Society
New Palace
Potsdam
Frederick William
Prince Bitel
Grand Park Sans Souci
Tobacco growers and buyers end meeting in Kentucky
Kentucky participants in a conference called by Governor Willson expect an amicable end to the tobacco war. The American Tobacco Co will examine Burley tobacco samples on January 2 at Winchester and may set a price for part of the 60 million pounds held by the Burley Tobacco Society.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Willson
American Tobacco Company
Burley Tobacco Society
Winchester
American Company
Crane Company gives $350000 Christmas gift to Chicago workers
The Crane Company elevator manufacturers distributed 350000 as a Christmas gift to its 5000 Chicago plant employees. The payout follows a profit sharing plan begun eight years ago, with total distributions reaching 1850000 to date.
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Chicago
Birmingham Veteran Opposes Hobson Pension Plan
In Birmingham Alabama Dee 23 Cam Hardee United Confederate Veteran denounces the Hobson bill proposing Federal pensions for Confederate soldiers. By unanimous vote he states the resolution: no such bill could ever become law.
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Hobson
Birmingham
Ala
Dee
Cam Hardee
Hobso
Iren Shield Sioux Chief Dies at 75 in Nebraska Reservation
Morton Minn December 23 Iren Shield a Sioux chief and friend of the whites during the 1862 war died on the reservation twenty miles south of the city. He was seventy five and one of General Sibleys most trusted scouts in that campaign.
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Morton
Minn
Iren Shield
Tre Shield
Gener Sibley
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