Canal Record row sparks Senate hearing over Panama information
Washington January 18 The Isthmian canal commission press bureau debate resurfaces as Colonel Goethals defends publishing a newspaper to inform workers and officials about progress Blackburn backs him asserting the canal’s distance from home justifies public updates The project costs an estimated 300 million dollars.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Senate Committee On
Culberson
Goethals
Colonel Goethals
Senate
Bishop
Senator McClumber
Army
Navy
Blackburn
Putnam Family Plans Council Over 20 Million Fortun
Descendants of General Israel Putnam plan a family council in the coming days to determine a claim to a rumored 20 million dollars kept in the Bank of England. The drive follows a London Public Trustee letter asking about future attempts to prove the right to the fortune. Previous efforts by Clara Putnam ended when her papers burned, and she died amid the loss. Eight relatives reside in New Jersey with many more across New England.
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New York
Israel Putnam
Bank of England
London
Clara Putnam
New Jersey
New England
Buried Graveyard Work For Rhoades Opera House Victims
In Boyertown a group of Italian laborers digs graves by moonlight at Union and Fairview cemeteries for Rhoades Opera House disaster victims. Thirty unidentified dead will be buried in a single trench with brick walls between coffins as funerals proceed. The inquest may be delayed until next week as Coroner Strasser leads the investigation amid lacking public hall regulations.
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Boyertown
Rhoades Opera House
Union
Fairview
Strasser
Charmed by a Voice Leads to Wedding in St Paul Temple
Harry H. Leavitt of New York advance man for Billy the Kid company married eighteen year old Kittie Wolff of St Louis at a Jewish temple in St Paul after a year of romance sparked by a phone call. They will stay in Minneapolis this week before returning to St Louis as telegrams inform the Wolff family.
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Minneapolis
Harry H. Leavitt
New York
Billy the Kid
Kittie Wolff
St. Louis
St. Paul
Ryppins
Stickney Returns From Europe After Financing Major Notes
A. B. Stickney, president of the Union Pacific and Great Western company, has returned from Europe where he arranged financing for $8,000,000 of the corporation's notes.
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A. B. Stickney
Umeago and Great Western Company
Europe
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
Charles N. Haskell, Oklahoma's first governor, born to a farmer, orphaned young, educated in country schools, became a teacher and lawyer. He moved to the territory at statehood and was an active promoter in the fight for statehood. He is forty eight years old.
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Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Territory
Thaw Case Near Crisis as Court Shifts Witnesses
In New York on January 18, the Thaw trial nears a crisis as both Mrs Thaw the wife and Mrs Thaw the mother testify. District Attorney Jerome and defense attorney Littleton move to exclude nonparticipants from the court during the alleged horrifying testimony. The elder Mrs Thaw speaks amid weak health, while the younger wife faces sustained objections as she answers.
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New York
Thaw
Paris
Jerome
Dowling
Harry Thaw
Alice C. Fletcher
Washington
Thaws
Catherine O'Neill
Jerome Takes A New Tack In Courtroom Exchange
Jerome shifts strategy during the preliminary examination by directly obstructing questions about the witness's early history. His rival attorney Littleton faces a barrage of objections as the testimony is reduced to fragmented snippets.
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Jerome
Littleton
Labor Trouble Impending at Mountain Home Idaho
In Mountain Home a dispute over hiring foreigners to clear land escalates as a Greek contractor brings about 100 Greek workers. Fifty armed masked men threaten the group, ordering them to leave within a day. The Greek camp seeks sheriff protection amid fears of violence.
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Boise
Ida
Mountain Home
Mississippi Governor Vardaman Announces Newspaper Return
Jackson announces Governor James K. Vardaman will reenter journalism after his governorship ends. Within ten days the first copy of his paper will be printed in Jackson and published weekly while plans for a daily are finalized.
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Jackson
Miss
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Walsh Convicted of Misappropriating Bank Funds
John R. Walsh found guilty in Judge Anderson s United States court of misappropriating Chicago National Bank funds. He faces five to ten years imprisonment after a verdict on fifty four counts.
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Chicago
The
Evening Journal
John R. Walsh
Anderson
United States Court
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
One Sultan Too Many
Paris reports a high level conference among Clemenceau Pichon and British Prime Minister Bannerman on Morocco. They discuss Mulai Hafid and the Algeciras act amid Moor fanaticism. If Hafid moves on Casablanca France may defend or attack as European mandatory. Mayor Lyons closes all moving picture shows in Momie for fire danger.
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Paris
Clemenseau
Pichon
Henry Campbell Bannerman
Biarritz
London
Morocco
Mulai Hafid
France
Mulal Hafid
Algeciras
Casablanca
d’Amade
Europe
P. J. Lyons
Momie, Ata
Tire
Death of prominent Wisconsin Civil War pension agent Sisson
La Crosse Wis Jan 18 C and Sisson a leading Grand Army man in Wisconsin and noted pension agent in the northwest for years is dead at age sixty two He served in company D Second Wisconsin cavalry during the Civil War.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Sisson
Wisconsin
Northwest
Second
Hogs and cattle market trends at Chicago on Jan 18 1908
Market reports show hog receipts estimated 30 000 with light hogs at 4 15 to 4 45 and heavy shipping grades 4 20 to 4 52. Cattle and sheep receipts also listed with steadiness for yesterday and weaker tone expected tomorrow, as bulk and packers quotes are noted by the Beach Wickham Grain Company and Postal Telegraph Bidg.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Ghicago Illinois Square Deal Promised
A brief political slogan in a Chicago area issue declares residents will receive a square deal. The note emphasizes transparency and fairness as the core promise from local leaders.
Torpedo Flotilla Joins U S Fleet in Rio Harbor
In Rio de Janeiro on January 18 the U S battleship fleet welcomed six torpedo boats arriving from Pernambuco. The scene showed sixteen battleships and foreign warships at anchor while officers received honors and sailors enjoyed shore leave.
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Rio Janeiro
United States
Pernambuco
Pernambueo
Cone
Buenos Ayres
Bremen
Connecticut
Evans
Three Girls Die in Dixcourt Factory Fire
A Dixcourt mill fire at Imperial Knitting in Scranton leaves three women dead and many injured. Twenty-some jump from third floor windows as flames cascade through the building. eighty-five workers were inside on the third floor when smoke and heat forced panic. Loss tallies at seventy five thousand dollars.
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Scranton
Imperial Knitting Company
Dixcourt
Marie Buckley
Catherine Griffith
Jennie Rathford
Kathryn Manosky
Ann ® Ryan
Florence Watros
Ernestine Kohn
Daniel C. Stover Dies at 68 in Freeport
Daniel C. Stover, a millionaire stove windmill and farm machinery manufacturer, died in Freeport on January 18 at age sixty eight.
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Freeport, Ill
Daniel C. Stover
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