Brazil Police Foil Anarchist Plot Against U S Fleet
Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis police traced an anarchist plot targeting the United States fleet anchored in Rio harbor. Chief Fedder of Petropolis identified as ringleader. suspects fled toward Sao Paulo Minas Geraes. Officials say conspirators hid inland and all ships remain safe.
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Rito Janeiro
United States
Rio Janeiro
Petropolis
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Jean Fedder
Fedder
Associated Press
Washington
Paris
France
Germany
Excluded as a Pauper at Detroit Maternity Hospital Entry
Detroit January 20 Inspector in charge Frick confirms Washington bureau ruling preventing a Canadian woman from entering the United States to join a Detroit maternity hospital. She had 150 in her possession and was refused as a pauper likely to become a public charge. After two months officials note high Canadian patient rates at Detroit maternity hospitals and seek a remedy.
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Detroit
Frick
Immigration Office
Bureau of Immigration
Washington
Canada
Explosion at Winota mine claims several lives in Hancock
In Hancock Michigan on January 20 an explosion at the Winota mine killed Henry Luckonen and fatally injured John Koski who died an hour later. Oscar Wilson and John Maaki were severely injured and also feared dead. Two other workers, including those nearby, faced critical injuries from the blast.
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Hancock, Mich
Winota
Henry Luckonen
John Koski
Oscar Wilson
John Maaki
Carnegie Relief Fund Sixth Annual Report Issued
Pittsburg Jan 20 The sixth annual report of the Carnegie Relief Fund for Carnegie Steel and nine companies shows 1907 distributions totaling 216 764 05 with 17 545 15 for accident benefits 130 449 for death benefits and 68 769 90 for pension allowances.
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Carnegie Relief Fund
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Walsh Verdict Is Approved
Chicago dispatch reports T P Kane acting comptroller of the currency says the Walsh conviction for misapplying funds at Chicago National Bank is a just verdict and a warning that banking laws cannot be violated with impunity. The trial cost the government $100000.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
T. P. Kane
Sims
Ridgely
Washington
Walsh
Elbert Palmer
Black Hand letter target foiled by accidental gun discharge
In Danville Alabama on January 20 a farmer posse nearly trapped the writer of a Black Hand note. A farmer hid near Newport with Reuben Puffer, but an accidental shotgun discharge scared off the intended suspect. the arrest connected to the letter is anticipated soon.
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Danville
Newport, Inc
Black Hand
Rueben Puffer
Puffer
Woman's Mysterious Death in Frankfort Ind
In Frankfort Indiana Mrs Samuel Dukes is found murdered on a tenant's porch with a bullet in the heart and eyes blindfolded. Her jacket shows no bullet wound, suggesting the garment was placed after the shot. Husband Samuel Dukes had divorced her last summer and tenant George Benge reports discovering the body. Police initially considered self harm but now pursue other leads.
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Frankfort
Ind
Samuel Dukes
George Benge
Millbauer Dies After Street Railway Crash In North LaCrosse
John Millbauer, a prominent North LaCrosse citizen, died after seven days in a hospital unconscious following a street railway accident. His condition had puzzled doctors as he showed no clear signs of revival or decline.
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LaCrosse
Wis
John Millbauer
North LaCrosse
Millbauer
Woman Dies After Five Days in Unconscious State
Fort Wayne Indiana January 18 Mrs Isabelle Bowen died exactly one week after being overcome by gas fumes from a partly burned jet. She lay unconscious for nearly five days and could scarcely recognize anyone afterward.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Isabelle Bowen
Parker Named Senior Counsel for AFL Boycott Case
Alton B. Parker of New York is retained as senior counsel for the American Federation of Labor in the Bucks Store and Range company boycott action filed against the Federation. The treasury buys 200000 ounces of silver at 55.877 cents per ounce. China adopts compulsory education rules for provinces as set by the Peking board of education.
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Alton B. Parker
New York
American Federation of Labor
Bucks Store and Range Company
St. Louis
Treasury Department
China
Board of Education
Peking
The German Emperor's Peasant Double
Max Nitschke a chimney sweep from Silesia rose to fame for his close resemblance to Emperor William. Pictured in a charity tableau he mirrors the Kaiser’s mustache and uniform, prompting widespread publication in English pictorial papers.
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Max Nitschke
Silesia
Emperor William
England
Nitschke
Langenbielau
Forty six days entombed miners rescued at Ely Nevada
After 46 days in the Giroux mine Alpha shaft A D Batley P J Brown and Fred McDonald were brought to the surface in Ely Nevada. McDonald Brown and Bailey received ovations as crowds cheered while rescuers worked to clear debris and set up pipe and telephone links for life underground.
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Ely
Nev
Giroux
A. D. Batley
P. J. Brown
Fred McDonald
McDonald
Brown
Bailey
Alpha Shop
Arthur
George
Hanted
Shaft House
Masonic Temple
Baltimore
Bailey's Home Reunites After Imprisonment Trial
A hopeful crowd gathers near the shaft mouth as Bailey is freed to return to wife and children, ending a period of confinement that kept him from his family. The crowd cheers as the tale of imprisonment concludes with a homecoming.
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Bailey
Integrity Treaty Endorsed to Preserve Norway's Integrity
The storting unanimously approves the treaty signed on November 2 by Norway France Great Britain Germany and Russia guaranteeing Norway's integrity.
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Christiana
Storting
Norway
France
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Attorney General Be T Young to Run for Governor
Wants to Run for Governor. St Paul Jan 20 Attorney General BE T Young formally announces intent to seek the Republican nomination for governor. Also notes Ex Governor Boies of Iowa has recovered from pneumonia and will spend winter in Los Angeles. Heir to Ball Estate Drops Dead in Hartford City. John Ball a Philadelphia estate heir, 70, dies in a local grocery store. estate reported around $100 million.
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St. Paul
BE. T. Young
Boles
el Paso
Tex
Boies
Iowa
Ella Dunn
Los Angeles
Hartford City
Ind
John Ball
George Washington
Joseph Ball
Philadelphia
Hog and cattle market report from Chicago on January 20 1908
Hogs estimated receipts 56 000 with leftovers 2961 and market prospects steady to strong. Light hogs 4 15 to 4 42. mixed packers 4 20 to 4 50. heavy shipping grades 4 2 to 4 50. rough 4 20 to 4 25. Cattle 37 000, steady to 10 lower. Sheep 23 000, steady.
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Texas
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report 1908
The Chicago market reports official receipts and shipments for cattle hogs and sheep, with price ranges for each category and day. Figures show daily totals yesterday and last week, plus estimated receipts for today and tomorrow, as compiled by Beach-Wickham Grain Company.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A. Babcock Pledges A Square Deal
A short note reads You know you will get a square deal That is all The message emphasizes straightforward treatment and reliability from John A Babcock addressed to readers seeking simple assurances.
Bankers Oppose Aldrich Measure Backed by Credit Notes
Chicago report notes the American Bankers Association currency commission drafted an asset currency plan to be sent to Congress. It endorses Fowler bill features while opposing government deposit guarantees, proposing national bank guaranteed credit notes with taxes on note issues and extra circulation.
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Chicago
Currency Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Congress
James B. Forgan
Charles H. Hluttig
St. Louis
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Robert Wardrop
Pittsburg
John L. Hamilton
Hoopeston, II
Joseph T. Talbert
Luther Drake
Omaha
Sol Wexler
New Orleans
Arthur Reynolds
Des Moines
Commission
United States Senate
Washington
National Bank
United States
Hunted for Thirty Years Des Moines Fugitive Nabbed in Texas
William Pickard, fugitive for nearly thirty years, was captured in Conroe Texas for the 1879 murder of William Teets in Lettsville Iowa. An Iowa officer identified him and he will be returned for trial. Teets’s death followed his interference with Pickard’s pursuit of his wife’s mother, a crime long pursued by the murdered man’s brother.
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Des Moines
William Pickard
Conroe
Tex
William Teets
Lettsville
Pickard
Iowa
Teets
Pittsburg Boy Edward Doyle’s Suicide Attempt Cited
A fourteen year old Pittsburg youth Edward Doyle attempted suicide by hanging with suspenders as fall at taches prepared to release him. He was unconscious when found and later identified by John Doyle as his son. The boy, found begging two weeks earlier, will be sent to Pittsburg.
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Cleveland
Edward Doyle
Pittsburg
John Dolye
Harvester Company Fined in Anti-Trust Case
In Shawnee county district court Judge Dana fined International Harvester company $12,600 after finding it guilty on forty three counts of violating the Kansas anti trust law. Each count carried a maximum of $1,000 and a minimum $100.
Erie Railway Plans Employee Pension System
The Erie Railway designs a pension plan funded equally by the railroad and by its workers. The system aims to provide half the funds from the company and half from the employees for retirement benefits.
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Erie Railway
The
Erie
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Jan
Rio Bear
John Hay
John A. Babcock
North Americans Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
Aldrich
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