Chicago Stock Yards Fire Fallout and Heroic Sacrifices
Chicago mourns 38 dead after the Morris & Co beef house blaze followed by the rapid spread to the last warehouse. Fire Chief Horan died at the scene, and dozens of firefighters and police battled for hours as rescuers recovered bodies and saved others. A $150000 relief fund was launched for firemen widows and children.
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Chicago
Stockyards
Morris & Co
New Beef House
Seyfer- Uch
Chicago Fire Department
Seyferlich
Donohue
Donahue
Armour & Co
Horan
James Horan
Stock Yards
Busse
Smoker fires devastate famed hall and multiple City losses
Across several cities on December 24 fires caused by careless smoking or explosions destroyed buildings. Norfolk’s former opera house burned with an estimated 150000 dollar loss. Siloam Springs dry storage plant suffered about 100000. Albia dry goods district and Cra mer store block lost about 100000. Toledo biscuit plant fire caused 225000 loss. Philadelphia leather factory fire left 14 dead with many injured expected to recover.
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Norfolk
Odd Fellows
Opera House
Siloam Springs
Ark
Siloam Springs Cold Storage Company
Albia
Iowa
H. J. Cramer & Co
Toledo
Toledo Biscuit Company
Philadelphia
Dr Flexner cured after appendicitis operation
Dr Simon Flexner head of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was discharged from Presbyterian hospital after an appendicitis operation on December 6. His condition was serious briefly but he improved quickly. Senator Nelson W Aldrich of Rhode Island had a minor operation at Roosevelt hospital and may leave in a day or two.
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New York
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Presbyterian Hospital
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhody Island
Roosevelt Hospital
Police arrest H Morris in Stella Dumas murder case
Plano Illinois police captured Henry Morris, alleged slayer of Stella Dumas, found in the garret of his Montgomery home. The arrest follows the Dec 24 report of the murder at a piano shop in Piano, Illinois.
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Stella Pumas
Piano
Talon
Garret
Plano
Ill
Henry Morria
Stella Dumas
Montgomery
Rebels Seize Chihuahua as Diaz Dismisses Chief to Lead War
Officials in Washington report rebels control Chihuahua while President Diaz sends Col. Cuellar to command Sixth Battalion near Pedernales after Col. Guzman is wounded. In Minaca and Madera, starvation threatens Americans as rebels block trains and cut supplies. Fighting also erupts at Mulato on the Texas border with 200 rebels assaulting federals near El Paso.
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Washington
Chihuahua
Mexico
Diaz
Mexico City
Mex
Samuel Garcia Cuellar
Guzman
Pedernales
Mal Paso
Cguellar
Porfirio Diaz, Jr
Hi Paso
Tex
Minaca
Madera
F. 8 S. Pearson Lumber Interests
United States
Zaragosa
Balleza
Santa Barbara
Las Cuevas
Parral
Mulato
el Paso
Marfa
Shafter
Ojinaga
Emperor absent at Diet opening in Tokyo announces peace aim
The emperor was indisposed so the throne speech was read by Marquis Katsura. It references Korea annexation and the Russia convention and stresses maintaining peace in the Far East. The Diet adjourned after replies and will reconvene January 20.
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Diet
Marquis Katsura
Tokyo
Japan
Katsura
Korea
Russia
Warning for Panama Against Selling Land
Washington reports the United States inquired into Panama's new land law clarifying that aliens may own land where their governments allow Panamanians to own property. The State Department sees no plan for mass foreign land purchases but warns against wholesale timberland sales to foreign syndicates due to public policy and potential canal impact.
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Washington
State Department
Panama
Republic
Department
Panama Canal
Friends Rescuer Aids Drowning Man Face to Face with Death
Aaron Gratton an ex slave and black man convicted of murder seeks a new trial in Los Angeles after serving a sentence of ten years. Gratton claims self defense in the killing of John Allen, a man said to be in bad repute, while patrons fund the appeal and urge higher court review if the new trial is denied.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Aaron Gratton
John Allen
Gratton
Davis
Battleship Arkansas to be launched January 14 at Camden
Washington notes 26000 ton Arkansas will launch January 14 at New York Shipbuilding Camden New Jersey. Keel laid January 16 1910. Navy officers praise rapid construction and request Arkansas governor name a sponsor. Leper to Conduct a Laundry in Passaic Chinese inmate to be released this week by board of health and returned to work despite leprosy status.
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Washington
Navy Department
Arkansas
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Navy
Passaic
Dea
Mark Lee
Bera
Passaic Board of Health
Lee
P Morgans Turkeys Stolen at Cragston Estate Highland Falls
Newburg New York December 24 J Pierpont Morgan the financier will not give his traditional gift of a choice turkey to his intimate friends this year due to a robbery at his Cragston estate in Highland Falls.
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P. Morgan
Newburg
N. Y
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Cragston
Highland Falla
British Warships Search for Missing American Aviator Grace
London reports no news on Cecil Grace an American born aviator missing after foggy return flight from Calais to Dover. Ashore craft and warships scour the North Sea as motor cars patrol the east coast. Grace hoped for the Baron De Forrest prize and aimed for Dover before vanishing over Goodwin Sands. Grace, born in Chile, studied at Oxford, member of the Royal Aero Club, son of John Grace of W R Grace & Co. and uncle was Former Mayor Grace of New York.
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London
England
Cecil
Grace
Calais
France
Dover
North Sea
Baron de Forrest
Goodwin Sands
Deal
Suffolk
Norfolk
Chile
John Grace
W. R. Grace & Co
New York
Columbia University
Hye
Oxford
Royal Aero Club
Unionist Writer in Jail After Strike Action
J M Gill editor of His Internacional, the cigar makers union organ, was arrested in Tampa Wisconsin on a charge of conspiring to prevent workers from returning to work. He allegedly threatened those who returned and was jailed in default of a five thousand dollar bond.
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Tampa
Wis
J. M. Gill
Internacional
Black Hand Threats Force Millionaire to Desert Arkansas Home
Rus sell Gardner, a St. Louis millionaire manufacturer and brother-in-law of Tennessee's Governor Patterson, has deserted his Arkansas plantation after Black Hand threats. The discovery of skull and crossbones on his residence prompted officials to seek an investigation.
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St. Louis
Arkansas
Frits Landing
Ark
Russell Gardner
Patterson
Tennessee
Recall vote in Seattle for Mayor Gill
Seattle note describes a recall petition against Mayor Hiram C. Gill with 11,443 signatures, including 702 from women voters, ensuring a recall election.
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Seattle
Hiram C. Gill
War Department report shows unprepared nation shocks Congress
Senatorial nerves fake as report reveals Japanese chance to seize Pacific coast before U S can respond. War College studies warned Congress privately for years. refusal to fund modernization left army under equipped in Spanish war lessons. Taft disappointed over Welsh immigrant family admission after Ellis Island review. calls for tighter immigrant scrutiny. Texas reports 45 million dollars in autos highlighting speed excess.
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George Clinton
Washington
Congress
War Dickinson
Dickinson
Pacific
Rockies
United States
War Department
War College
Navy Department
Japan
Cuba
Captain Capron
Santiago
Department
Taft
Ellis Island
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Robert McFarland
Engine Company No. 40
Englewood Hospital
Engine Company No. 106
Warehouse No. 5
John C. Windheim
Engine Company No. 64
DR. Flexner
H. Morris
Tlemory
Beidney Sivcil
Myrmas
Col. Cuellar
Americana
Far East
South
Real
Hunt Ovator Flyer
Grage
English Channel
Motor Cars
Clgar Makers’ Organ
Black Hand
Rich Man
Ouare
Texas
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