Railroads Move Toward Broad Northwest Freight Increase
An alliance among Great Northern Northern Pacific Burlington Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Canadian Pacific signals higher rates across the Northwest. Analysts foresee raises driven by labor costs, equipment needs, and strategic timing with February or March decisions likely to confirm or reel back the plan.
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New York
Jan
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Lurlington
Union Pacific
Southern Pacifc
Canadian Pacific
Wall Street
Hias
Northwest
Mgr. Hill
Macrine
Hii
Senate Fire Douses Light Wires at Capitol
A four story duct on the senate side of the Capitol building burned insulation off wires leaving the area dark. Firemen fought the blaze about an hour before it was under control. Damage amount not known. Likely caused by crossed electric wires.
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Senate
Chicago
Capitol Building
Four Story Plant Damaged by Fire in Washington
A blaze broke out in the Ranch Office Desk Manufacturing company factory in Washington injuring Michael Ryan who leaped from a window and was severely hurt. The electrical building housed about forty five workers causing a panic as 35,000 logs were covered by insurance.
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Washington
Jan
Elec
Ranch Office Desk Manufacturing Company
Tve
Mlichael Ryan
Taft Receives Ovation in Japanese Capital Visit
Ex Governor Taft of the Philippine islands drew enthusiastic crowds on his visit to Tokyo. He was escorted to the Yokohama railroad station by Japan’s war and foreign ministers, U.S. Minister Griscom, and numerous civil and military officials. Upon arriving in Yokohama he met Margulis Ito and aboard the steamer the demonstration grew heated with applause.
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Yokohama
Taft
Philippine Islands
United States
Honolulu
Tokic
Controversy at First Church of Christ Scientist in New York
A split in the First Church of Christ Scientist in New York centers on Augusta J. Stetson as she presses to succeed Elizabeth Baker Teddy as head. Guards are stationed at the Central Park West church amid factional tension led by Miss Laura Lymen, with potential legal action and a pending trustees meeting that could intensify the dispute.
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Stetson
Suco Aad Christian Scienee
New York
Ninety-sixth Streets
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Tirat
Augusta J. Stetson
Laura Lymen
Tfe
PLOTTED EXPLOSION AT MINE MURKED TESTIMONY
Helena Montana January 11 damaging testimony before the coroner's jury alleges powder misuse at the Michael Bavitt mine. Witnesses claim orders to blocked inspections and to seal workings at the Rarus mine to keep inspectors and Amalgamated workers out.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Michael ‘Bavitt
Samuel Olson
Fred Divel
Frank McGrath
Rarus
Cabinet Adopts Uniform Government Employee Hours
Washington on January 11 a cabinet decision establishes government employee hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a 30 minute lunch. The rule applies to executive departments and all departments nationwide, replacing the prior 9 to 4 schedule.
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Washington
Markets Report From Sioux City And Other Bureaus
Sioux City live stock prices show hogs at 4.10 to 4.70 for butcher and heavy, light and mixed 4.25 to 4.50, cattle and calves with varied bids, stockers and feeders 2.50 to 3.00, cattle and hog receipts noted in Chicago and South Omaha with steady to easy markets. Other centers of note include Kansas City and South Omaha with diverse ranges for steers, cows, calves, hogs and sheep, reflecting mixed demand across midwestern markets.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
Deere and Stockers
Lambs
Kansas City
Jan
Grain and provisions price quotes from Chicago market
Grain and provisions prices listed for Chicago and Minneapolis futures and cash markets. Wheat No 8 spring 76 850, No 3 red BTYyGeetic, corn No 2 44¢, oats No 2 58% to 60c, timothy seed 2.98, Clover contract grade 11.2, pork 124, lard 6.80, short rib 6.37 to 6.62, whisky 1.27, butter 16 23g, cheese 10%4c. Minneapolis quotes show No 1 northern 87 to arrive 87 40, No 2 northern 87, oats white 4c, barley feed 88.0.
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Chicago
Timothy
Gary
Judge Harmon Knighted at Jackson Day Banquet
The Duckworth club in Cincinnati hosted Judge Judson Harmon, former attorney general under Cleveland, as the featured speaker at a Jackson Day banquet. Harmon urged a Democratic renewal, argued against Republican claims of prosperity, and warned of public service corruption while praising Democratic plans to restore fiscal fairness and limit burdens on citizens. He avoided forecasting party policy but criticized current administration excess and urged voters to judge by facts in the upcoming campaign.
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Cincinnati
Duckworth Club
Judson Wwarmon
Cleveland
Judge Harmon
Eli Rooms
M. E. Ingalla
Big Four Railroad
Braxton Campbell
Max
Clarence J. Neare
Max Goldsmith
Judge Anron McNeil
Wanna
Democratiy Party
Democratic Party
Olney for president urged by Ohio Democratic leader
Cleveland January 11 John H Clarke former U S senator candidate urged the nomination of Richard Olney of Massachusetts for president as the strongest compromise candidate who can unite the party and secure victory.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Jan
John H. Clarke
United States
Clarke
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Strike Extends to Bloomington Street Railway Support
Bloomington Indiana January 11 Electrical workers and light trimmers went on strike in sympathy with street railway strikers. All power house personnel except engineers and firemen left. The company is filling the positions of strikers as rapidly as possible.
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Bloomington
Lght
Toplaly
Army nominations sent to Senate by the President
President nominates Adna Chaffee to be lieutenant general and promotes several officers to major general and brigadier general. Also listed are to be retired officers, new paymaster general Francis Dofige, chief engineers Alexander Mackenzie, and the post office auditor Joseph McCardy. Congressional proceedings note prayers for ex president Cleveland’s family and bills on foot and mouth disease funding, canal investigations, and post office department inquiry.
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Senate
Washington
Adna FR. Chaffee
Young
William A. Kobbe
Chaffee
Joseph P. Sanger
Kobbe
Alfred I. Battes
Sanger
Wallace F. Randolph
Battes
George L. Gellespie
Randolph
Gellespie
Alfred Mordecai
Harry L. Nlaskell
Forrest H. Hathaway
Asher C. Taylor
Joan Co. Butler
Frank M. Coxe
Jacob Kiine
William Sg. Dougherty
William 8. McCaskey
Albert L. Mills
Mis
Charles J. Allen
Theodore I. True
Blafeé Corps
Francis 9. Dofige
Alexander Mackenzie
John P. Story
Joseph J. McCardy
Minnesota
T. Hoy
Gsblct
Chicago
Atricken
Cleveland
Scott
Virginia
Jarien Canal
Post Office Department
Simmons
North Carolina
Bristow
Tillman
Morale gunboats avert bombardment at Puerto Plata
Commander Dillingham of the Detroit reports from Puerto Plata that Morales gunboats issued an ultimatum and threats to bombard the town. After talks with Captain Robinson of the English cruiser Pallas, both sides agreed not to bombard or fire on gunboats. All fighting will stay on land and U.S. interests are secure.
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Washington
Navy Department
Dillingham
Detroit
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Morales
Robinson
Pallas
United States
Inquest Reveals Standpipes and No Hoses at Iroquois Theater
Chicago report states Robert E. Murray testified one standpipe on stage, two in basement, one in smoking room with no hose attached. Hose existed on a reel but no instruction on use. Illinois National Guard armories First, Second and Seventh regiments ordered closed for noncompliance with city ordinances.
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Chicago
Robert E. Murray
Iroquois Theater
Ilinois
Memphis Ballot Riot Marks City Elections
Memphis Tennessee January 11 reports say polls closed yesterday but results remain in doubt due to a legal contest and riotous scenes. In Ninth ward ballot box stolen ballots burned two men shot in the counting room. Irregularities alleged in Fourth and Fifth wards with additional shootings and cuts citywide.
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Memphis
Tent
Employment Bureau Prepares for Harvest Hands Issue
Kansas City January 11 The labor commissioners who formed the Western Association State Free Employment bureau have returned home. They expect a spring meeting to set up plans for handling the harvest hand question across Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa and the Dakotas.
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Employment Bureau
Kansas City
Midland Hotel
Western Association State Free Employment Bureau
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
United States consul to act for Panama in diplomatic matters
Parig Jan 11 United States Consul Condy has received instructions from Secretary Day to represent Panama in all con cilar matters and Day notified other American consuls in Europe to take the action.
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Parig
United States
Condy
Secretary Day
Panama
Legislature 10 Meet in Capitol
Des Moines January 7 The thirtieth general assembly will convene Monday morning at the state house. Plans floated include housing the house in the senate chamber and the senate in the supreme court rooms or using the Wesley Methodist church or city library. Many favor adjournment after inauguration for two to three weeks to finish preparations.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
State House
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Post Office
Executive Council
Wesley Methodist Church
East Eleventh
Sentiment Against Removal of Iowa School for the Deal
Visiting state legislators from Western Iowa oppose moving the Iowa School for the Deaf from Council Bluffs. They express unanimous support for keeping the institution in its present location, noting Council Bluffs secured its appropriations and helped raise its standards.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Council
Council Biuds
Burlington in Hands of a Gang of Thieves
Burlington Indiana faces a nightly surge of housebreakings robberies and street holdups as a gang of thieves terrorizes residents. A stenographer was bravely attacked near Third and Division but escaped with her purse while police lack a lead. The city braces for further violence as revolvers and shotguns appear in everyday life.
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Burlington
Tan
Sylvainbere
Third
Division
O'Clock
Receiver Appointed for Storm Lake Bank
A. J. Wilson of Boone has been named receiver for the First National Bank of Storm Lake after its closure by the comptroller of the currency. Wilson, former Buena Vista county representative and current Boone National Bank cashier, is trusted to stabilize assets and resume operations. Officials expect deposits to be paid in full and the bank to reopen, with President Brown promising full payment of claims and a posted notice on the doors.
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A. J. Wilson
Boone
Storm Lake Bank
Storm Lake
First National Bank of
Wilson
Buena Vista County
Boone National Bank
First National Bank
Brown
Jobbers Seek Freight Rate Equalization in Iowa
The Dubuque and Keokuk jobbers petition for equalization of freight rates will be taken up by the state assembly early February. A delegation of fifty interior jobbers will oppose the prayer, citing discrimination in favor of Minnesota and Wisconsin merchants on large imports from the East and alleging Wisconsin benefits on small Chicago shipments. The assembly will hear railroad explanations as part of the discussion.
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FHL
Harriman
Atchison and
Rock Island
Canadian Pacific
Dubuaut
Dubuque
Keokuk
State Assembly
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Assembly
Chicago
Woman Railroad President Named in Des Moines
Des Moines January 7 Mrs T N Hooper of Des Moines has been elected president of the Colfax and Northern railroad running from Colfax to Valeria seven miles. The line was owned largely by her late husband and is a valuable coal hauler to the Great Western road at Valeria. Extension plans may open coal districts next summer.
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T. N. Hooper
Des Moines
White House to form new fire corps under president
Washington January reports say President Roosevelt plans to lead a revamped White House fire corps. Colonel Symons will install electric fire gangs and modern equipment, with police, clerks, gardeners, cooks, waiters, ushers, and stablemen drilled for the role. The venture aims to test the new system as emergency drills proceed.
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Washington
Jan
Roosesvell
Symons
White House
Prince Cupid in Police Court Disorder on Pennsylvania Avenue
Hawaiian delegate Prince Cupid Jonah K Kalanianaole faced arrest for drunkenness and disorderly conduct after an altercation with Charles Clarke on Pennsylvania Avenue. He refused bail, demanded a court trial, and asked for a postponement to secure a wife. The scene at the police station and later court included his breakfast in a tin cup and ham sandwich as lawyers and friends debated collateral posting.
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Washington
Jan
Prince Cupid
Jonah K. Kaelanianaole
Lilivekalani
Charles Clarke
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tie Stillon Ng
Cupid
Winch Maria
Delagate Kalanianaole
Berlin Royal Opera House Closed by Kaiser's Order
A fire at the Berlin Royal Opera during A Midsummer Night's Dream began from an electrical short. The Kaiser ordered the opera house closed for six weeks for safety upgrades, costing millions of marks. He said it is better to spend millions now than risk a chorus member’s life.
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Royal Opera House
Berlin
Berlin Royal Opera House
Opera House
Kaiser Wilhelm
Chancellors appoint receivers for International Wire Co
In Trenton today, Chancellor Emery named receivers for the International Wire Engine Co, a $9 000 000 corporation with plants in New York Baltimore Chicago Cleveland St Paul and other cities. Liabilities are about $350 000 assets roughly $160 000.
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Trenton
N. J. Jun
S II
Emery
International Wire [Engine Company
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Paul
Empress of Korea Emily Brown Confirmed Dead
Dispatch from Seoul confirms the death of Emily Brown the American girl who became empress of Korea after being favored by Emperor In January of last year he marked his fortieth year on the throne. Emily Brown daughter of an Appleton Wisconsin missionary rose to imperial status and was known as the empress of Korea.
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Emily Brown
Korea
Washington
Seoul
State Department
Trains Collide on Brooklyn Elevated. Three Killed
A collision of two trains on the Brooklyn Elevated railroad in New York on January 7 killed three trainmen. Fire from coals started by the crash added to passenger panic as people struggled to escape. remarkably, none of the passengers were seriously injured.
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New York
Brooklyn
Wreck Verdict In Unavoidable Duquesne Limited Wreck
Connellsville Pennsylvania January 72 coroner s jury investigates the wreck of the Duquesne Limited on the Baltimore and Ohio December 24 returns a verdict that the wreck was unavoidable.
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Connellsville
Duquesne Lmited
Baltimor & Ohio
Farmers Set Monthly Gate Day In Roll Valley, Missouri
The Rout Valley Commercial club in Sale Day Missouri Valley ia plans a monthly gate day to aid farmers in disposing of surplus stock and farm machinery at no cost. Initial stock valued between 930,008 and 96,000 could be offered. First sale slated within two to three weeks, with arrangements and advertising ongoing. The program aims as a permanent monthly feature with monthly sales.
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Missouri Valley
Rourt Valley
Beast
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