Demonstrations Rock Berlin as Socialists Demand Universal Suffrage
In Berlin on January 13 mass demonstrations by about 70 thousand Socialists challenged Chancellor von Buelow's rejection of direct universal suffrage. Police dispersed processions with force, injuring several demonstrators, while women joined in large numbers and mass meetings demanded universal suffrage and a secret ballot. The unrest extended across Prussia with similar but less violent scenes in other cities.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Prussia
GOC
Palace Square
Alexander Platz
Emperor’s Palace
Unter den Linden
Guilty Verdict in Counterfeit Coin Mold Case
Rev. James A. Kaye of Oak Park IL found guilty of possessing molds to manufacture counterfeit coins with intent to use unlawfully. Sentenced to two years at Chester penitentiary. appeal pending. Mold discovery tied to Lincoln IL period. Kaye claimed molds for medals for Sunday school pupils. His son had attempted to pass some spurious coins.
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Springfield
James A. Kaye
Oak Park
First Presbyterian Church
Wheaton
Lincoln
Kaye
Chester
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sangamon County
Seventh district Republicans back Fairbanks bid and leaders
Indianapolis Jan 18 Republicans of the Seventh district re elected Oliver P. Ensley as chairman by acclamation, adopted resolutions strongly indorsing Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks for the presidential nomination, and endorsed Representative Overstreet National Chairman Harry S. New and William L. Taylor for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Oliver P. Ensley
Adop
Charles W. Fairbanks
Overstreet
Harrys. New
William L. Taylor
Gubernaria
Currency Now Drug On Market
Currency once trading at a premium has fallen back as savings banks report a flood of panic deposits over ten days. Banks have exceeded the 10 percent cash limit, sending surplus currency to depositories, state and national banks, and trust companies. Protests grow as institutions request deposits by check instead of cash to ease handling.
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New York
Savings Bank
Mary Blood recounts losing first patient
Mrs. Mary L Blood the Christian Science healer in Kalamazoo recalls Walter Neelley a 2 1 2 year old who died in Plainwell without a physician. She says she was called four days before death and urged the family to seek medical help but the mother refused. She defends her actions amid criticism of Christian Science treatment.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Mary L. Blood
Walter Neelley
Plainwell
Professor Albert A. Michelson Nobel laureate in physics
Professor Albert A. Michelson won the Nobel Prize in physics for light velocity studies becoming the second American laureate after President Roosevelt. Born in 1852 in Strelno Germany, he grew up in San Francisco and studied at Berlin Heidelberg and the College de France. He left the Navy in 1881 to teach physics at Case, Clark, and then the University of Chicago since 1892.
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Albert A. Michelson
Roosevelt
Professor Michelson
Strelno
Germany
San Francisco
United States Naval Academy
University of Berlin
Heidelberg
College de France
Ecole Polytechnique
United States Navy
Woman Fatally Burned in Richmond KyHome
Miss Anna Bright a wealthy Richmond woman died hours after a mysterious fire left her severely burned. Her mother, 70, found her ablaze while alone in the sick room. a passing man helped extinguish the blaze which had also set the mother on fire.
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Richmond
Anna Bright
President Roosevelts move to withdraw Nevada troops
President Roosevelt plans to pull federal troops from Goldfield Nevada soon after Nevada legislature begins its special session. The move follows a White House report and a letter to Governor Sparks stating troops were unnecessary and the state must assume order responsibility. The investigation found no insurrection or warrant for federal troops.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nev
White House
Special Investigation Committee
Sparks
Sparke
Murray
Smith and Neill
Nevada Strives for Federal Police Duty in State Affairs
The passage argues that Nevada seeks federal intervention to perform ordinary police duties that should be handled by the state. It contends the effort is a state-driven attempt to compel the United States to act in local governance matters.
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Utes
Nevada
United States
Nevada and Esmeralda County blamed for Goldfield unrest
The commission accuses Nevada authorities of failing to act and relying on federal aid. It says mine owners orchestrated calls for troops to suppress the Western Federation of Miners, aiming to cut wages and force union members out, seeking federal protection to push their policy. The president promises to act if facts support the report.
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Nevada
Esmeralda
Goldfield
Anleas
Miners’ Union
Western Federation of Miners
Union
Commission
Lieutenant John Armitage Dies at Soldiers' Home in Milwaukee
Lieutenant John Armitage age sixty four died at the Soldiers Home Milwaukee of heart trouble after months of illness. He resigned as treasurer of the home on December 1 due to ill health. He served in the Twenty Fourth Wisconsin during the Civil War and was a member of the Loyal Legion and a high Mason.
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Milwaukee
John Armitage
Armitage
Twenty-Fourth Wisconsin Regiment
Loyal Legion
West Point Officer Marries at Cullum Memorial
Lieutenant Henry E. Mitchell of the Third United States Cavalry wed Florence Braden at Cullum Memorial in West Point New York. The ceremony was conducted by Monsignor Charles C O Keefe. Mitchell serves as an instructor at West Point and is son of General W C Mitchell who served on General Hancock's staff.
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West Point
N. Y
Henry E. Mitchell
Third
United States Cavalry
Florence
Charles Braden
Cullum Memorial
Charles ¢. O'Keefe
Mitchell
W. C. Mitchell
Hancock
Policeman Falls Into East River As Suspect Foiled
Patrolman Robert Fitzgerald was knocked from the Brooklyn bridge during a tackle of a man named Edward Walker of 537 Wabash Avenue Chicago who tried to jump. Walker was seized by another officer as he bent to leap over the railing. Fitzgerald's body was not recovered.
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New York
Edward Walker
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Brooklyn Bridge
Robert Fitzgerald
East River
Walker
Drowned Man Escapes Pursuit in Orange Township
In Ohio, a pursued unknown man fled through Orange township sparking a mob. He broke through ice on the Chagrin River and drowned while attempting to escape capture.
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Cleveland
Orange Township
Chagrin River
State Labor Flags Alaska-Yukon Exposition as Unfair
The State Federation of Labor in Tacoma unanimously voted to place the Alaska-Yukon exposition in Seattle on the unfair list. A committee failed to secure a closed shop for building construction after conference with expo officials.
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Tacoma
Wash
State Federation of Labor
Seattle
Surgeons Were Careless
Red Lodge Montana January 13 a local surgeon Dr Cust Pitkanen performed an operation on Charles Joakinen a young Finnish miner for relief of chest pain that weakened him his arrival in the United States six months ago preceded illness noting an abscess in New York City followed by further complications The report highlights alleged surgical negligence and its adverse outcome on Joakinen's health.
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Red Lodge
Mont
Cust Pitkanen
Charles Joakinen
Joakinen
United States
New York
Rubber tubing and rusted pin found in patient’s chest
A patient previously treated for a pleural cavity infection in New York was hospitalized in Red Lodge after dwindling strength. An operation revealed two lengths of rubber tubing in the cavity, one with a rusted safety pin attached, astonishing Dr Pitkanen. The patient is now nearly well.
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New York
Red Lodge
Pitkanen
United States Battleship Fleet Arrives in Rio Janeiro
Battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans arrives at Rio de Janeiro amid enthusiastic reception. nJanuary 13.
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Rio
Rio Janeiro
United States
Evans
Farman Fails Archdeacon Prize Despite Pace
Paris January 13 Henry Farman twice completed the one kilometre circle in his aeroplane but did not win the archdeacon prize of 10000 dollars because the supervising committee was not present.
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Paris
Henry Farman
Archdeacon
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago January 13 1908
Estimated hog receipts 74000 with 2522 left over from yesterday. Market prospects 5 lower than Saturday's average. Light hogs 400 to 435, mixed packers 410 to 440, heavy shipping 405 to 440, rough 405 to 410. Cattle 40000, prospects steady to 10 higher. Sheep 25000, steady to 10 higher.
Chicago Market Receipts and Prices Reported by Beach-Wickham
National market figures show receipts yesterday totaling 28 517 and shipments 65. Estimates for today put receipts near 74 000 with tomorrow's in outlook. Prices list beef cattle, cattle types, and sheep with ranges across beves cows and heifers Texas steers stockers Western cattle and lambs.
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Texas
Children of Wealth Beneficiaries Cling to Secret Heir Fortune
NY January report details the Hammersley children Louis Gordon and Katherine Livingston who, though raised in ignorance, are heirs to an estate rumored at fifty million dollars each. Guardians weigh when to reveal the wealth and confirm the fortunes of their father and uncle.
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New York
J. H. Hammersley
Newsboys
Louis Gordon Hammersley
Katherine Livingston Hammersley
J. Hooker Hammersley
Louis G. Hammersley
Duchess of Marlborough
Beresford
Little Hammersleys
Fatal Locomotive Runaway Near Punsuxtawney Pa
A Buffalo and Susquehanna locomotive ran away killing one man and injuring another near the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg junction. Fireman Bert Griffith died after falling from the tender. Brakeman W. B. Williams was injured. The engine reached ninety miles per hour before colliding with an approaching freight train.
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Buffalo, Rochester
Pittsburg
Pireman Bert Griffith
Ranaway
W. B. Wiliams
Pioneer St Paul Man Dies in Chicago Hospital
George Benz head of George Bens & Co. of St. Paul died in Mercy hospital Chicago after traveling January 2 for an operation pneumonia developed. he was sixty years old and a pioneer businessman in St. Paul.
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St. Paul
George Benz
George Bens & Co
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Benz
Nicholas Honors Father John for Synod Role
Emperor Nicholas I has named Father John of Cronstadt to participate in this year’s synod sittings, a distinction previously held by only two non-monk clergy, including the emperor’s confessor. The move signals high imperial favor for the renowned Russian priest.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
John of
James J Hills Son Walter J Hill Marries Dor othy Barrows
Walter J Hill third son of James J Hill and Dorothy Barrows wed at the bride’s home in St Paul. Only family and close friends attended the ceremony. A separate note mentions a New York license for Gladys Van derbilt to Count Szecheny, heavy rains averting famine in Punjab, and a $200000 fire at Gromsman Shoe Co and Happen Iron Foundry in New York.
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James J. Hill
St. Paul
Walter J. Hill
James J Hill
Great Northern Railroad Board of Directors
Dorothy Barrows
Barrows
New York
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Szecheny
India
Punjab
Gromsman Shoe Company
Happen Iron Foundry
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Halle
Soldiers’ Home
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
The
Commission Company
Grigage, Ill
Hammersley
Nighty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Sarah Lowrie
Czar
Father John
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