Vital statistics show 1907 death rate 17.1 per 1000 in Connecticut
New Haven December reports from the state Board of Health detail 1907 vital statistics with 9,231 male deaths and 8,252 female deaths. Marriage tallies reach 9,763, with Fairfield County highest and Tolland lowest. Divorces peak, typhoid declines since 1855, pneumonia remains leading killer, and consumption decreases amid tuberculosis resistance efforts.
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New Haven
Connecticut State Board of Health
Connecticut
Fairfield County
Tolland County
Rich wife elopes from Uniontown with storekeeper
Pyiontown Pa December 11. Abs Berilia May Stone wife of W A Stone Uniontown coke owner elopes with Font Martin a storekeeper. Stone finds a note saying she no longer loves him and has fled to the Philippines with money. He offers 200 rewards and will forgive her if Martin returns her.
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Pyiontown
Abs. Berilia May Stone
W. A. Stone
Uniontown
Lottie d. Tagalis
Stone Mission
Stone
Font Martin
Jetter
Eli Martin
Bertha
Elopers
Philipepines
Murtin
German American Force Entry Into Vatican Reported
A German American, Dee Hla, forced an entry into the Vatican walls despite being refused an audience by the majordomo. He clashed with papal gendarmes and was ejected, then placed in jail.
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Mie
Dee
Wall
Jath
Earthquakes Back Sicily Burned Churches and Homes Damaged
Messina Sicily reports sever quakes at Boat Albano caused panic. Two churches and many public buildings and residences were badly damaged in a city that faced widespread destruction. Washington hosts rivers and harbors session with reports and new officers named. Memphis reports poisoning death of two Ark children. father detained.
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Messina
Sicily
Albano
Memphis
Tenn
William P. Krauge
Ona
Edith Mel Broom
William Mel Broom
Marked Tree
Ark
Jonesboro
Weather Forecast for Connerweur in Snow Rain Pattern
Snow or rain and warmer tonight and Saturday with fresh easterly to southerly winds shifting to westerly by Saturday. A central storm over Lake Superior brings unsettled weather with light rain in the lake region and New England as it moves eastward toward the St Lawrence Valley. In Connerweur the southern edge of the system brings rising temperatures, possible snow changing to rain this afternoon, then clearing by Saturday.
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Connerweur
Lake Superior
Lake Region
New England
St Lawrence Valley
Four Capitol conspirators denied new trial by court
Harrisburg December 11 Judge George Kandle refused a new trial for four Capitol conspiracy defendants John Sander son Philadelphia contractor James Shue imaker William Snyder and William Mathues The four were convicted last spring and appealed for a new trial after a second conspiracy trial had acquitted others Sentencing set for next Friday with appeals to the state supreme court planned.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
George Kandle
Dauphin County
John TH. Sanderson
Philadelphia
James M. Shue Imaker
Board of Public Grounds
William P. Snyder
William Mathues
Shire
Sanderson
Kunkel
State Supreme Court
Brutal assault shocks Isville family in Cartersville area
Warrants issue for Bud Lantham Steve Heath and Tom Collie alleging a group forced entry into J A Gibson home three miles from Cartersville Saturday night and fired shots wounding Mrs Gibson. They allegedly dragged and assaulted sixteen year old Siege Hardy. Lantham and Collie jailed. Heath sought. Judge Mite arranged protection amid community anger.
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Isville
J. A. Gibson
Cartersville
Gibson
Alt
Hardy
Bud Lantham
Steve Heath
Tom Collie
Lantham
Collier
Heath
Gilson
Jury Indicts Mrs Erb and Sister for Murder
Mrs M Flor rh and her sister Mrs Cath Beisel indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Captain J Clayton Erb at Red Gables. Erb—a noted politician, Pennsylvania national guardsman, and secretary to Tarael W Durham—was shot after a bitter quarrel. Beisel is alleged to have fired.
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Dee
M. Florrh
Cath Beisel
J. Clayton Erb
Red Gables
Erb
Pennsylvania
National
Ambassador Sails Today To Take Posts In Washington
Hamburg December 11. Sailing from this port today on the Hamburg American liner Amerika is Count von Bernstorff the new German ambassador to the United States bound for his post in Washington. He dodged questions about his mission and said he would answer reporters when he reached Sandy Hook asserting he expected to be besieged.
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Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Hamburg
Amerika Wis
Count Olan von Hernstorff
United States
Washington
Sandy Hook
Woman 65 Swears Never Lied in Court
Mrs Mary Wright of Bridgeton testifies under oath in St Louis court that she never lied in her sixty five years. She challenges lawyers saying they cannot make her lie and asserts she never told a lie in all that time.
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St. Louis
Mary Wright
Bridgeton
Friend of Bryan Deals With Democratic Ties In NY
Norman Mack, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, dismisses reports of a rift with Secretary Woodson. He says the committee is unlikely to meet for three years and that permanent headquarters won’t be set until after the holidays. He affirms friendship with Bryan and notes Bryan’s unlikely candidacy four years hence while focusing on tariff revision and Democratic control of Congress.
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Huffalo
N.Y
Dee
Norman Mack
National Democratic Committee
Woodson
National Committee
Mack
Democratic Nation Committee
Brynn
Bryan
Washington
Mings
Congress
Soldiers in Saloon at Port Townsend Clash With Citizens
A battle between Fort Worden artillerymen and Port Townsend residents and police erupted in a saloon. Charles Kaiser, the bartender, was beaten and wounded, eight soldiers were arrested, and a drug store front was smashed. Kaiser had aided police during an earlier incident. Major Mortis Baroni, commandant at Fort Worden, blamed the weak police force for the trouble.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Dee
Fort Worden
Port ‘Townsend
Charles Kaiser
Kairer
Kaiser
Mortis Baronianding
Kort Ward
Fainting Woman Crushed By Giant Hat In Munich
In Munich on Dev 11 a fashionable woman collapsed in a busy street under the weight of a vast hat nearly three feet in diameter. She sank to the pavement and was carried to a shop where the headpiece was removed and she recovered.
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Neman
Munich
Dev
Lighthouse Fire Destroys West Point Beacon
A government lighthouse at West Point on the Hudson River burned to the ground after a blaze started in the oil room while keeper Mr. Kisen was away. There was no local fire department and soldiers could not fight the flames.
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Fishkill Landing
West Point
Hudson River
Kisen
Ban on Smoking Lifted in Zion City
Zion City property in Chicago is released from the Prophecy Dowie era tobacco ban. Founder Jola Alexander Dowie posted signs prohibiting smoking, swearing, and liquor drinking, but the city’s prohibition has now been removed as of December 11.
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Zion
Prophet Dowie
Chicago
Zion City
Jola Alexander Dowie
Submarine Contracts Awarded by Navy Secretary
Secretary Newberry awards contracts for eight submarines authorized by Congress. Two boats to be built by the government, four by Electric Boat, one by American Laurent conti quing, and one by Lake Torpedo Boat company.
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Secretary of the Navy
Newberry
Electric Boat Company
Laurent Conti Quing
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Insurgents Plan caucus on Cannon rules tonight
Washington Dec 11 insurgents opposing Speaker Cannon and his rules will hold a caucus tonight. Attending will be Representatives Murdock of Kansas Hayes of California Townsend of Michigan with others to be invited. A Democrat desires change.
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Washington
Cannon
Murdock
Kansas
Hayes
California
Townsend
Michigan
General in disgrace over leaked Italian war letters
Rome reports Lieutenant General A. Mungingalli has been dismissed in disgrace for publishing confidential letters from War Secretary General Spat, who resigned as a consequence. The case marks a high level public breach during the ongoing Italian conflict.
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Rome
A. Mungingalli
Spat
Scalp demand as Congress eyed presidential acts
A Washington hearing reveals internal fights over executive secrecy and property disposal. Colonel Cromwell testified about tearing down the old depot on a president’s order, while lawmakers questioned authority and franking uses. A separate court action concerns Cross & Speirs Co and Bannatyne Watch Co leases, with energy and boiler issues tied to Atlas Machine. Meanwhile a car collision claim follows findings in Scott case, and a civil suit over alienation of affection nears trial with a swift verdict pending.
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Washington
Dee
Congress
Lim- Hing
Committee On Appropriations
Pennsylvania
Charles S. Cromwell
Burleson
Texas
Bromwell
Jonel Bromwell
Vite States
United States
Tawney
Minnesota
Livingston
Roomwell
Committee On Country Life
Vo Mirmker
Angonia
Cross & Speirs Co
Bannatyne Watch Co
Canal Street
Athes Machine Co
Attorney Church
Atlay Machine Co
Crom & Speirs Cancer
Iver
Machine
McMisker
Atlas
Wicely
Simson J. Scott
Ivolles
North Willow Street
Mot Byrne
Connecticut Co
Scott
Duy
Eoner
Memphis Shooting Kills Seven as White Man Confesses
William Latoura, a white Memphis resident, shot seven people in a saloon melee, killing three Negroes and wounding four others before surrendering. Onlookers reported Latoura declared I shot em and that's all there's to it as police found the scene. He had earlier faced violence, being acquitted in past killings. Authorities describe him as fearless and volatile, with a history of retribution.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Latoura
Latoura
Latara
Jase
Pasce
Largest Woman Dies in East Killingly at 44
Corey, said to be the largest woman in the state at 295 pounds, died yesterday at her East Killingly home after several days of heart illness. She leaves a husband and six children. A special casket is being made for her. Funeral services are set for Sunday morning with Rev W B Green overseeing at the Free Will Baptist church.
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Putnam
Are Ts Phe Corey
East Killingly
Mra Corey
W. B. Green
Pree Will Batisi
Fire at Buckingham hall and local notices in Fulton
Fire crews battled a blaze in a clothes closet at a building on Park Street last evening. An old horse, owned by Sackett, died after being shot and displayed to spectators as it lay unable to rise. Mrs Frances Donnelly resigns from Mulcahy school to take a New York public school post. Catherine and Delia O'Donnell also resignations tied to New York positions. Davy Sheen celebrated twenty years in business with a large party at his premises, Kennedy orchestra providing music and guests from New Haven, Hartford, and Bridgeport attending.
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Fulton
Amerie
Buckingham Hall
Olson & Landen
Pollsater
Park
Weinstine
Dansk
Sackett
Elton
Lewie
Howe
Mc Beers
Frances Donnelly
Mulcahy
Bow. Tucker
New York
Donnelly
York
Wips
Catherine O'Donnell
Delia O'Donnell
Wriggs
Davy
Kennedy
Navy to deploy unmatched wireless system for ships
Washington reports the navy will issue bids to build a high power wireless network and shipboard gear. The plan includes a station at San Francisco with a 9000 mile radius, two wireless telegraph sets per ship, and transmission ranges up to 1000 miles and reception up to 1400 miles.
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Washington
United States Navy
Navy Department
Department
Navy
San Francis
Resolution to appoint five member secret service committee
Washington December 11 A resolution by Representative Perkins proposes a five member committee to study how to respond to the president's message criticizing Congress for prohibiting the detailing of secret service agents outside their own church The committee members named are Perkins New York Denby Michigan Weeks Massachusetts Williams Mississippi Lloyd Missouri
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Washington
House
India
Perkins
Congress
New York
Denby
Michigan
Weeks
Massachusetts
Willims
Mississinn
Lloyd
Missouri
Mrs Hains Not At Trial In Boston Conference
In Boston, Mrs Hains did not attend a trial conference in this city with her husband Captain Peter Hains and her counsel Pred LN son. The court decided she should not alter the status in New York regarding her husband after the charge of wintering Willow K Sunis Neltter with her. Mrs Hains currently lives with her parents in Winthrop.
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Boston
Dee
Chandi Halus
Caputin
Peter Hains
Olson Adjudged Insane and Committed for Fireings
Naugatuck December 1 John Olson once arrested for setting fire to West Mountain buildings has been declared insane by physicians and sent to an asylum. Two rubber companies in town are reducing hours. Goodyear India Rubber runs one factory four days and the other five, while Goodyear Metallic Rubber operates five days.
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John Olson
West Mountain
Naugatuck
Dee
Goodyear India Rubber Co
Goodyear Metallc Rubber Co
Harvard student fined for lamp assault at theater
George B. Clarke of Cooperstown New York a Harvard student was fined five dollars in the municipal court for malicious mischief. A charge of drunkenness was filed. At the Majestic theater on Wednesday night Clarke unscrewed two incandescent globes and threw them on the stage causing lamps to explode. One chorus girl was slightly cut.
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Boston
George B. Clarke
Cooperstown
Harvard
Majestic Theater
Clark
Look For the Bear The Stea of Quality Boots and Clothing
Prices advertise a full line of boots and Arcties for men women and boys with a range of buckles and styles. Men rubber coats sell from 2.75 to 6.50, boys 0.25 to 5, oiled coats and caps priced at 1 to 2.50, indicating a budget clothing and footwear sale.
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State Board of Health
Millionaire
Vatican
Rivers and Harbors
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Treacrer
Committee On Resolutions
Weather Forecast
Ambassador
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Burt
Bannatyne Watch
Allas
Disney
Dindge Benner
Convetta
Cristina
Cate
Corey
Herost
City News
Committee of
San Francesco
Dy V
Carl Herbster
Thomas
Golden Gate
Herbster
Annis
North Willow
Measdow
East Farm
Olson
Alling Rubber Co
Bank Street
Eastern Tea Importers Co
South Main St
Suwe
Jardiniere
Lever Uel
Hampson
Ty Freig
Sellew Furniture Company, ET Glenwood Range Agency
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