Williams Denies Anti Bryan Plot Urges Party Unity
Mississippi House leader John Sharp Williams writes to a New York editor denying involvement in any anti Bryan movement. He backs Bryan if railroad ownership is rejected and urges Democrats to unite over core ideas and reform measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House
New York
Williams
Washington
Willams
Bryan
Hrgan
David R Francis
Missouri
John Sharp Willams II
Williams Jenning Bryan
Democratic Party
Bran
Money lent to Bailey sparks Texas legislature debate
In Tu Paso Texas former Missouri attorney general Francis said he lent Bailey money to buy land, denying involvement in promoting Waters Place Company readmission. In Bustin Texas the legislature delayed action on a proposed investigation of Senator Gailey and Attorney General Davidson amid opposition claiming no grounds and high costs. About twenty members have yet to state their position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TU Paso
Tex
Ger
D R Francis
Missouri
Mexico
Texas
WC Pierce
Bailey
Waters Place Company
Alley
Speaker Announces New Floor Access Rule in Illinois House
In a January session opening Speaker Shurliei told members and privileged attendees that only members, junior members and certain officials may be on the floor. Re publicans and Democrats applauded the rule change as a floor access tightening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois House
Springfell
Shurliei
Jinor
Wold
Nic
Vote to Thank Foraker at Afro American Council Meeting
Sub committees of the Afro American Council met at Galbraith M E Church South to raise 100 for negro court interests and passed thanks to Senator Foraker. Officers elected: Rev S L Carruthers president George W Lee vice president Prat Kelley Miller secretary Dr W E Lampton treasurer Dr Jno R Francis corresponding secretary. Amias meeting followed with Bishop A Grant Thomas Fortune and others speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee of the
Afro-American Council
Galbraith M. E. Church South
Senator Foraker
S L. Carruthers
George W. Lee
Prat Kelley Miller
W E Lampton
Statter Expected to Succeed Hitchcock as Assistant Secretary
The article notes Charles H. Keap will retire February 1 to head New York’s state bank commission. President favored Arthur F. Statter of Washington state to fill the post, with Secretary Shaw backing him and a likely one month tenure before Frank Hitchcock moves up. Statter, aged just over thirty, previously served as private secretary to Senator Ankeny and then to the Treasury secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Hitchcock
George B. Cortelyon
Treasury
Statter
Senator Ankeny
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Judge Cranch Eulogized for Civil Liberties Legacy
A DC Bar Association event at George Washington University featured retired Justice Hagner delivering a biographical sketch of William Cranch. He highlighted Cranch’s defense of habeas corpus rights in the 1801 Balmeau and Swarter arrest case, urging protection of American citizens against executive overreach and urging adherence to civil law jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association of the
District of Columbia
George Washington University
Justice Hagner
Wiliam Cranch
Cranch
Erric Balmeaun
Swarter
New Orleans
Justice Cranch
Largest Audience Applauds The Middleman at National Theater
English actor Mr Willard stars in Henry Arthur Jones The Middleman at the National Theater third week offering. Audience toward capacity hailed the performance with praise for Willard’s restrained artistry and convincing stage craft. Casts include Mr Cane and Mr Homewood with Alice Lennon as Mary Blenkarn, while Gen Patterson’s death in Ontario is noted in local item. Hood's Sarscaparilla ad follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Arthur Jones
National Theater
Mr. B. Willard
Willard
Mrt
Wilard
Ins
Mr. Wollara
Mr Cane
Batty ‘Todd
Gaston
Columbia
Boers
Japanese Fleet May Skip Pacific Coast Visit
Tokyo decides training squadron will sail only to Honolulu due to anti Japanese agitation on the Pacific Coast. California lawmakers assume San Francisco would welcome the fleet, while Tokyo notes lack of embassy notification and worries over renewing controversy. embassy officials deny any danger concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honoluku
Kahn Saya
San Francisco Bay
Tokyo
Pacific
Honolulu
California
Congress
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Kahn
Mr. Kahn
Bay of
Masanasa Hanihera
Viscount Aoki
United States
Hawthare
Haniwara
Japan's Military Budget Adds Four New Army Divisions
Tokyo January 10 Japanese officials outline the 1907-8 budget totals Army expenditure of 55,000,007 including four new divisions. Navy is allotted 40,000,000 with 5,300,000 for efficiency. Despite expanding divisions, heavy field artillery quick firing batteries and cavalry reorganization will curtail army forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Navy
Trng
Courts Bar Japanese From U S Naturalization Effort
In El Paso on January 10 officials advised Japanese applicants to delay seeking U S citizenship until the Japan naturalization issue is resolved. Circuit Court rulings have held Japanese not eligible under the law as not white or African, though the Supreme Court has not ruled. Officials will stop declarations filed under old naturalization laws and enforce restraint on the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
United States
Japan
Washington
Circuit Courts
Supreme Court of the
Circuit Court
President Roosevelts Invited for Jamestown Anniversary Oration
A 4 member delegation from the Association for the Preservation of Virginian Antiquities will call on President Roosevelt Saturday morning to invite him to be the orator for Jamestown Island on May 13 the 400th anniversary of the landing of the first English settlers. Bishop Randolph will direct the exercises and Gordon of Staunton will be poet laureate with a Williamsburg choir providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Norfolk
Association For the Preservation of Virginian Antiquities
Roosevelt
Jamestown Island
Randolph
Virginia
Armisted Gordon
Staunton Va
Williamsburg
Laurel Improvement Association Elects Officers
Laurel Maryland January 10 annual election of officers for the Laurel Improvement Association completed. Elected president Randolph R Wayters re elected secretary J W Winnercore corresponding secretary George McGene treasurer John R Jones first vice president Gustavus B Timam and vice president William Z Gilbert. Executive committee members named include Mw Shaffer A Faure Page Brohmillar Charles H Stanley Edward Phelpe John A Plannery Dr TM Baldwin Walllar Hi Harrison Frank W Await Dr T Watty Byerly Robert H Williams John W Willame Stephen Gambrill and William A Polst
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprews
Farmer F. M. Glidewen Fatally Injured In Forest Accident
Danville Va Jan 10 A prominent county farmer F M Glidewen was seriously hurt while cutting trees in a nearby forest a falling limb struck him on the forehead and his skull is believed fractured authorities report he may die from the injuries in the hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spreial
Washington
Danville
F. M. Glidewen
White Boy Killed Attempting to Board Durham Train
Walter Lynn, a twelve year old white boy, was instantly killed in Durham North Carolina when he attempted to board a Seaboard freight train this morning and was run over by the wheels. Local authorities reported no further details at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte, C
Walter Lynn
Durham
N.C
Tubercular Cows Declared Deadly by Agriculture Dept
A department bulletin warns the public of tuberculosis risk from cattle and dairy products. Drs Schroeder and Cotton report experiments showing bovine tubercle bacilli highly virulent across mammals and stress dairy milk as a transmission path to humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
C. Schroeder
W. H. Cotton
Bureau of Animal Industry
Messrs. Schroeder
Cotton
Buffalo conservation plan aims to breed vast US lands for buffalo
The American Bison Society met at the Museum of Natural History and reported about 2,000 buffalo remain in North America, 1,400 in the United States. It urged buying most remaining buffalo to donate to the government, creating large protected lands for bison. New York could provide several thousand Adirondack acres for a herd, with possible herds on Flat Head and Crow reservations. Morton J Elrod of MontanaU will assess Plat Head feasibility. The society also accepted an invitation to Croton Mountain for a summer meeting hosted by Austin Corbin and the Blue Mountain Forest Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Bison Society
Museum of Natural History
North America
United States
Canada
State of New York
Adirondack Mountains
Flat Head Indian Reservation
Montana
Crow Reservation
Wyoming
Morton J Elrod
University of Montana
Plat Head
Austin Corbin
Blue Mountain Forest Association
America
Croton Mountain
Newport
N. H
Carrie Nation Targets Saloon With Bible Reading
Carrie Nation visited a Pennsylvania Avenue saloon at noon joining patrons as she spoke on drink’s dangers. She read verses from her Bible and warned that one drink makes a man a drunkard, then promised to return at the same hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hanor
Hoover Gathers Defense Evidence in Mrs Bradley Case
George P. Hoover of Wells Hoover Wells returned to Salt Lake City to collect evidence for Mrs Annie Bradley's murder trial. He spoke with multiple people who heard Senator Brown acknowledge the two Bradley children and noted writings on Brown's letterhead. Hoover declined to reveal the firm's chosen defense strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Salt Lake City
George P. Hoover
Wells, Hoover & Wells
Annie Bradley
Arthur Brown
Salt Lake
Utah
Luse
Brown
Bradley
Senator Brown
Verdict in tobacco trust case finds two firms guilty
A New York jury convicting MacAndrews & Forbes Company and the J. & Young Company on two counts forming an illegal combination and monopoly. Jungbluth and Young acquitted on all counts. Judge Hough to hear arrest of judgment next Monday. Max penalties range from one to five thousand dollars per violation. Special Attorney General Taft labeled it the most important case in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Circuit Court Today
Tobacco Trust
Hough
Karl Jungbluth
Howard ©. Young
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
J. & Young Company
Jungbluth & Young
J. §. Young Company
Howard H. Young
United States
Taft
Rau
Loving Sued by Wife for Limited Divorce and Alimony
Mra Isabel Stoddard Loving, wife of Lucas P. Loving, sue for limited divorce and alimony in the District Supreme Court. Chief Justice Clabaugh orders Mr. Loving to show cause by January 18. They married in New York January 7, 194, and have an eight month old baby. She says he fails to support them on 350 dollars a month, drank heavily since marriage with a cure period, and left October 2, citing neglect of wife and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Stoddard Loving
Lucas P. Loving
Columbian Building
F Street
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Loving
New York
Tragic Crowd Crush At Third Avenue Elevated Station
One man died at Lebanon Hospital after being crushed between entering crowd and moving train on New York City’s Third Avenue line. Another man is critically injured from being dragged and cut by wheels. Conductor Brown faces homicide charges after overcrowding and gate actions incite chaos. Special report from Washington Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interborough Company
Third Avenue Line
William Newman
Parry Avenue
Lebanon
Carl Weber
Jerome Avenue
Crawd
Interborough
Brown
McDonald
Bronx
Virginian killed in Montana factory accident
Edawin E. Jack of Fredericksburg was killed at a Montana oiling factory today when his overalls became caught in a rapidly revolving shaft. He was drawn into the machinery, his body torn by the shaft as bystanders watched in shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Edawin E. Jack
Augar
Jack
Fredericksbura
Robbery Charge Held in Danville Mayor Court
Danville Virginia January 10 Pletcher Harris George Stevens and Ibert Adkins were held for the grand jury by the mayor s court on a robbery charge involving James M Thomas of Roanoke whose body was found in a ravine near the city on January 2 Stevens testified as the sole witness and turned state s evidence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Pletcher Harris
George Stevens
Ibert Adkins
James M Thomas
Roanoke
Stevens
Why Sugar Cane Is Fired In Cuba Lessons From Cane Burns
Capt J A Ryan of the Fifteenth Cavalry reports on sugar cane burning near Ranehuelo in Santa Clara Cuba. He cites motives including labor wage gains, hastening harvest, insurance extortion, and political revenge. He notes guards paid by estates patrol plantations and questions protections and insurance linked motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranehuelo
Santa Clara
Cuba
J. A. Ryan
Fifteenth Cavalry
Ryan
Insurance Probe Delays Access to Grand Jury Minutes
New York District Attorney Jerome resisted Perkins counsel's bid to inspect full December grand jury minutes in the New York Life fraud investigation. Six indictments against Perkins allege fraudulent entries to cover a fictitious stock sale. court to receive briefs from both sides. Separately, the Washington Manassas Industrial School Association elected officers and raised funds, while Canada seeks to bar electricity exports affecting Niagara power, per Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Jerome
Delafield
George W. Perkins
Perkins
REYBURN ABANDONS PLAN FOR PETITION OVER CORTELYOU CHAIRMANSHIP
Senator Heyburn of Idaho withdraws plans to circulate a petition urging a special meeting of the Republican National Committee to address Postmaster General Cortelyou’s resignation and elect a successor. Senator Scott’s push for an election ends without action as factional moves fade. Heyburn avoids antagonizing Cortelyou, quelling talk of resuming the chairmanship before the next convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heyburn
Idaho
Charman Harry S New
Indianapolis
Republican National Committee
Cortelyou
Scott
West Virginia
Corteiyou
Hague meeting eyed second peace conference date
Baron Rosen Russian ambassador met with Secretary Root at the State Department for an hour. He declined to say whether talks included fixing a date for a second peace conference at The Hague, but said he had read dispatches from Berlin and Washington with interest. He refused to express an opinion on a near-term date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Rosen
State Department
Root
The
Hague
Berlin
Washington
Plan to Truly Consuls and Stock Loss Report
A discussion on adopting new consul appointments aims to favor younger college men over business veterans and proposes expanding consular clerks from 13 to 25. Separately, 1,800 shares of Emerson Drug Company stock belonging to John W. Brawner went missing en route from Silver City, Mexico, to Baltimore after both men signed for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Congress
Silver City
Mexico
Emerson Drug Company
Baltimore
John W. Brawner
Brawner
Henry
Waeegamen
Waggamen
Chicago Canal Hearing Postponed By Secretary Wart
Hearing of Western Representatives and Chicago business men on diverting Lake Michigan water into the Calumet River for Chicago drainage canal use postponed until next Monday. Project aims to move sewagewaters from Indiana and Illinois towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wart
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Chicago Drainage Canal
Indiane
Illinios
Shaw to Address Missourians at Waldorf Dinner
A Missouri Society of New York committee led by Walter Alexander William J Wollman and Burton Thompson met Secretary Shaw and won his consent to be guest of honor at a January 31 dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. A notable company is expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Society of the City of New York
Walter Alexander
William J. Wollman
Burton Thompson
Shaw
Waldorf-Astoria
The Delineator February Feature Highlights Mrs Macy Trials
The February issue of Delineator offers Girlish insight into domestic life with "The Trials of Mrs Macy" and a note on Drusilla Dobbs, plus advice on suitable attire and mourning garb. It extols the magazine as the home entertainment source with pieces by Henry Hutt on the cover and Hawley on lactated infant food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Macy
Drusilla Dobbs
Duck
Henry Hutt
Donly C. Hawley
A.B. M
American ‘Academy of Medicine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Showlo
United Action
Francis
Aker
Wwerapne Bae Rive
Keep
Judge Cranch
E. S. Willard
Middleman
Alist
Alice Lennon
Mary Blen Karn
Beore
Patterson
Ontario
St Catherines
RF. Patterson
Fourth Iowa Cavalry
Twentyninth Iowa Infantry
Calcutta
Hood
Laurel Association
Uncle Sam
Mrs. Bradley
Howard
Pradex
Walthar
Mase
Blow TO Tobacco Trust
Vega Combinattion
Pilar
W. H. Johnson
F. C. Birch
Washington Post
Rockville
William Warry Johnson
Frances Olivia Birch
Alexandria County
R. White
Capt
Mer
Washington Manasses Industrial School Association
Hubberd Memorial Hall
Jennie Dean
Ita
Mra. E. 8. Massey
Edward Everett Hale
EB. Massey
D.J. Brewer
Robley —. Evans
Oscar Crosby
John Milton Gitterman
Daniel Paul
Eugene EH. Stevens
George H. Mays
Manassas
Tuskegee Institute
John W. White
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Philadelphia
Arthur H. Lowe
Fitchbure
Mass
White House
Crane
Assembly
Ottawa
Niagara Falla
Reyburn
National Committee
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Commission
Panama
Costa Rica
Elk Grove Art Pictures
Elk Grove
la Ave
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin
St. Louis
Atlantic
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Colorado Rockies
B. M. Newbold
N. E. Cor
Fifteenth
G Streets
Hansel Nan
Susan Clege
Cleopatra
Lida Churchill
the Magazine
United States Treasury
Home Savings Bank
7Th and
Mass. Ave. N. W
H Sts. N. E
7Th St. S. W
Burchell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!