Inaugural to Be Brilliant Parade to Welcome Taft
Washington expects a grand March 4 inaugural with 10 000 more troops than four years ago. Rough Riders and the Flying Ninth pass up civic pomp while marching clubs from across the nation and home towns provide support. Returning Cuban troops may join the ceremonies.
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Guy Henry
Philippines
Knife Left in Garment Injures New York Woman
Mrs. Frederick FE. Belcher, wife of a music publishing company secretary, was wounded in a subway with a knife hidden in a sealskin coat. Passengers watched as she cried out from a long cut in the leg. the blade remained lodged in the coat lining.
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New York
Frederick FE. Belcher
Tragic Elevator Accident Kills Patient in Wisconsin Hospital
Miss Mary A. Hardy forty seven dies at St Marys hospital Racine Wisconsin after anesthesia before operation. Elevator drops while moving her on a transporting table. Nurse stops car and pulls wire to raise it but head is crushed between platform and floor.
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Racine
Wis
Mary A. Hardy
St. Mary's Hospital
Maloney Sets New World Record Marathon Time
New York on December 28 M Maloney established a world record for the full marathon finishing first among 115 runners in the Rye to Columbus Circle race. He completed the 26 miles 385 yards in two hours 36 minutes 26 seconds.
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New York
M. Maloney
Rye
Columbus Circle
New York City
Night Riders Murder Case Nearing End in Union City
In Union City Tennessee on December 28 the state prepares to rest after three more witnesses testify in the murder trial of Captain Ranken alleged to be by night riders. The prosecution resumes evidence while the defense awaits its turn in the afternoon session.
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Tenn
Ranken
$50 000 Purse for Jeffries and Johnson in Australia
Sydney reports Hugh McIntosh will travel to the United States January 2 to offer a $50 000 purse to lure James J. Jeffries from retirement to fight Jack Johnson. Johnson remains in Sydney for five weeks of training and a forthcoming London bout is expected, while Tommy Burns recovers from facial injuries after a hard swing.
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James J. Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Hugh McIntosh
United States
England
Jeffries
Johnson
McIntosh
Finland Expels Jews Amid Legal Restrictions Aimed at Kosher Slaughter
In Helsinki Finland December 28 a wave of expulsions targets Jewish families with thirty being ordered to emigrate. Finland restricts property ownership citizenship and residence and a 1850 exception allowed 200 families. A bill backed by animal cruelty groups would ban kosher slaughter provoking Jewish opposition over fears of similar measures in Russia.
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Russia
Hielsingfors
Finland
Senate
Long Race for Longboat in Matrimonial Marathon
Toronto reports that Tom Longboat plans a marathon event with his partner Miss Maracle of Mohawk heritage. He will race Dorando in Buffalo next Thursday, then Alfred Shrubb in Madison Square Garden on January 9, with a planned marathon in New York featuring Shrubb Dorando Hayes and possibly Percy Smallwood.
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Tom Longboat
Dorando
New York
Miss Maracle
Longboat
Derando
Buffalo
Alfred Shrubb
Madison Square Garden
Teed's Followers Await Resurrection on Christmas Day
Dr Cyrus R Teed head of the Koreshan community at Estero died several days ago and remains unburied. Followers believe he will rise from the dead and expected the resurrection on Christmas day but were disappointed.
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Tampa
Fla
Cyrus R. Teed
Estero
Teed
Claus Spreckels Dies of Pneumonia in San Francisco
Claus Spreckels, the well known sugar magnate, died at his San Francisco home from pneumonia. He was eighty, born in Hanover in 1828, came to the United States in 1846, and moved to San Francisco in 1856 where he started a store and later a brewery.
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San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
Hanover
United States
Men of Learning to Assemble This Week
Baltimore hosts the annual session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Johns Hopkins University. The program includes public instruction and scientific talks, marking Darwin centenaries with papers on research progress and evolution led by Professor Edwin B. Poulton of England.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Johns Hopkins University
Association
Charles Darwin
Edwin B. Poulton
England
Congressmen off for the Canal today
Twelve members of the House committee on foreign and interstate commerce depart Charleston for Colon to study conditions in the Panama Canal Zone. The trip, slated to reach Colon on January 2, will review construction and consider court arrangements for the zone. Members include Stevens, Esch, Townsend, Morse, and Loud.
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Panama Canal Zone
House Committee On Foreign and Interstate Commerce
Charleston
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Colon
Congressional Party
Stevens
Minnesota
Esch
Wisconsin
Townsend
Michigan
Morse
Loud
Morris Plant Damaged by Fire in St Joseph
The Nelson Morris packing plant in St Joseph Missouri suffered a fire destroying the fertilizer plant and tank room with an estimated loss of 125000. The blaze occurred on December 28 and caused substantial damage to the facility and its contents.
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Morris
St. Joseph, Mo
Nelson Morris Packing Plant
Injunction Opens Shows As New York Exhibitions Go On
New York December 28. A supreme court injunction stops police interference with moving picture showings. Mayor McClellan’s order canceling licenses for over 500 venues faces a show cause hearing today. The city’s exhibitors operate with Sunday patronage continuing.
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McClellan
Troops Guard Mines After Fatal Stearns Clash
Stearns Kentucky December 28 state militia guards the Stearns Coal mine and lumber yards amid fear of another miner attack. Deputy Marshal Mullins is buried as authorities pursue Berry Simpson and other miners in hiding. Hastings Colorado December 28 a coal mine fire reignites after gas explosions, workers overcome while trying to contain it.
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Stearns Coal Company
Covington
United States
S. G. Sharp
Henry Waddell
Somerset Company of
State Guards
Berry Simpson
John Mullins
Hastings
Colo
Hogs and cattle market summaries from Chicago on December 28 1908
The Chicago market shows strong to higher movement with hog receipts around 30 000 and cattle around 19 000. Hogs ranged from 5 40 to 6 60 for various grades while beef and sheep values moved mixed with steady to lower trends and notable price ranges for porkers pigs and western cattle. Grain market notes from Beach Wickham Grain Company accompany the market data.
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Texas
John A Babcock and North American Commission Clash
Fragmentary note from Chicago Illinois mentions John A Babcock and a North American Commission Company with incomplete phrases about correspondence and a request to write anytime. No clear event or outcome is stated.
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North American Commission Company
Earthquakes Cripple Virginia City Power Plant
Virginia City Montana reports the severest seismic disturbances in over a week. The electric power and light plant ten miles away was knocked out, telephones down, leaving the town in darkness and panic. Over thirty earthquakes have rattled the area, with recent shocks causing new cracks, plaster displacement, and damaged chimneys and crockery.
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Virginia City
Mont
France Richer Than Ever End of Year Figures Show Wealth
Paris reports 1908 strength in finance with France’s annual savings near 1 billion dollars. M Leroy-Beaulieu puts present French wealth at 45 billion dollars, about 1100 dollars per person, noting growing foreign income and substantial concealed assets among peasants.
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Paris
France
M. Leroy-Beaulieu
India
Heney to Probe National Banks in Pittsburg
Pittsburg Pa Dec 28 Francis J Heney famed for Oregon land frauds and San Francisco graft prosecutions is said to come at President Roosevelts request to investigate alleged briberies tied to federal institutions A court hearing reported 176000 had been spent by national banks seeking city depository status
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Pittsburg
Francis J. Heney
Oregon
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Carnegie Cash to Rout Grafters in Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie has pledged 150000 dollars to clean Pittsburg up morally after the municipal bribery scandal. The philanthropist aims to fund reforms and civic improvement initiatives in the city while addressing corruption concerns.
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Carnegie
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Earth Scientists Gather for 21st Geological Society Meeting
In Washington on December 28 the Geological Society of America opens its twenty first annual meeting. Attendees discuss the Europe reported oldest man find and Iowa discoveries of prehistoric horses elephants mammoths and other extinct beasts.
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Geological Society of America
Washington
Europe
Iowa
International aviation race draw for Brescia 1909 noted pilots
Derby for Masters of the Air Rome December 28 reports that Wright Far man Delagrange Bleriot and Esnault Potterie have promised to compete in the Brescia international aviation races opening August 1909.
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Rome
Messrs. Wright
Farman
Delagrange
Bleriot
Esnault- Potterie
Brescia
Weather forecast for Midwest shows cloud cover and showers
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa expect cloud cover with possible showers. Michigan and Wisconsin face cloudy conditions.
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