Rate War in Sight as Rates to Coast Slashed
Amicable settlement hopes dim in quarrel over differential rates. Boston to San Francisco tickets appear cheaper than Chicago to San Francisco. Transcontinental lines plan meeting in Boston January 4 to test strength for a settlement with New England paths. Interstate Commerce hearing set to hear witnesses on new classification and rate hikes. Nebraska railroads switch to 100 pounds per shipment, raising fears of higher freight costs.
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Omicaco
San Francisco
New England
Pacific Coast Pointe
Boston
Burlington
Rock Island
St. Paul
Northwestern
Maine
Fitchburg
Albany
Santa Fe
Alton
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Interstate Commerce
Wasmaaton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vax Rona
Nebraska
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
California
Pacific Coast
Ft. Worth
Grain car blockade lifted for western shipments
Notices from lines west of Chicago say the grain car blockade has been lifted, enabling western agents to contract shipments east from Chicago. The jam was the worst in local history, though demand remains heavy and railways still struggle to meet it.
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Onicaco
Chicago
Battle of wets and days in Des Moines
Pro and anti-saloon factions in Des Moines mobilize petitions as ministers campaign to sway voters. With four days left, anti-saloon workers need over 800 more names while saloon supporters require about 700 extra to validate their petition. Ministers fully back the effort and mass meetings are planned for Sunday to rally signers.
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Des Moines
Drs Morris
Eaton
Temperance Committee
Condition of asylums bad stirs Iowa reforms
Iowa investigators publish detailed reports from nearly 30 county asylums showing overcrowding and lack of medical care. The state board of control pushes for abolition of county institutions and placement of all insane in state facilities.
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Iowa
Des Mores
State Board of Control
Telegraphic Briefs From Around the Nation
Brief items note the death of Rev F D Newhouse aged 42, and Republican gubernatorial bids by Col W T Durbin and A B White. Others report a wife killing by John Gardiner, Judge Bradbury ill, a salt trust counsel resignation, a ship grounding near the Merrimac wreck, a New England society dinner, a relief contribution from Chicago to Britain, a wage dispute with Big Bour telegraphers, and a grand jury review of Gallinger civil service charges. The Western Turf congress plans a Jan 15 meeting to restore old circuit dates and the American Political League schedules a Boston convention for July 4 1800.
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F. D. Newhouse
Mankato
M. E. Church
W. T. Durbin
Anderson
Indiana
Washington
Oscar Strauss
United States
Turkey
Constantinople
John Edgar Gardiner
Binghamton
A. B. White
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Julia Morrigan
Frank Leyden
Chattanooga
James W. Bradbury
Augusta
Bradbury
Ohio Supreme Court
Salt Trust
Ward Line
Saratoga
Merrimac
Santiago
New England Society of Brooklyn
Pouch Mansion
Brooklyn
British-American League of Chicago
Covington
American Political League
Boston
Omaha Train Held Up by Masked Robbers
Three masked men boarded the Missouri Pacific Omaha and Nebraska City passenger train at Kansas City and robbed passengers in the Pullman near Nearman Kansas. They took five gold watches and about 100 in money. No one was injured and the conductor was among the victims. robbers escaped after dropping off six miles from Kansas City.
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Beoure
Catc
Kansas Orry
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
Nebraska City
Kansas City
Kay
Nearman
Kan
Kansan City
Seven Burned to Death in New York Tenement Fires
Two early morning fires in New York killed at least seven people. The Mentor apartment house at Third Avenue and One Hundred and Second Street burned five to death with several injured, including Patrick Barrett and wife Julia Barrett and 6 year old Patrick. Also Jacqueline, a 25 year old unknown woman, and several others were hospitalized with severe burns. A second fire at 435 Tenth Avenue claimed Mrs. Martin Fox and her son George, both burned to death.
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New York
Mentor
Third Avenue
One Hundred and Second Street
Patrick Barrett
Julia Barrett
Richard Nickerson
Cincinnati
Mary Barrett
Susan McAdee
Mary Farley
Tenth Avenues
Martin Fox
George
Fight May Cost Two Lives Near Coleridge Nebraska
A shooting affray near Coleridge Nebraska may prove fatal to two men. John Hentz clashed with Philbrick over straw at a rented farm. Hentz shot twice, struck Philbrick with a pitchfork, and fled. Both men are hospitalized with varying injuries. authorities plan arrests.
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Coleridge
Hartington
Neb
Here
John Hentz
Philbrick
Hentz
AFL Reelects Old Officers At Detroit Session
The American Federation of Labor unanimously reelected its officers in Detroit on December 21. The lone contest arose in choosing fraternal delegates to the foreign trade congress. President Samuel Gompers of Washington was reelected, with a slate of vice presidents including P. J. McGuire James Duncan James OConnell John Mitchell Max Morris and Thomas I Kidd. Frank Morrison was named secretary and John B Lennon treasurer. W Pearce of Indianapolis named fraternal delegate. next convention set for Louisville Kentucky.
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Federation of Labor
ReeKloot
Frank Morrison
Washington
John B. Lennon
Bloomington
Ills
Journeymen Tailors’ Union
W. ©. Pearce
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Louisville
Fight for Paper Trade Dignity Moves by Lithographers
Central west lithographers and printers meet at Auditorium hotel to discuss countering the writing paper market. Meeting secret. one member says paper price rose 25 percent though raw material stayed cheap. Aim to raise output prices or unite with only independent mills. Represent about three fourths of US production.
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Omoaao
Central West Mut
Auditorium Hotel
Nebraska Supreme Court Voids Insurance Reform Act
Nebraska Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the recent insurance reform law moving the department from the auditor to the governor, ousting Governor Poynter and his commissioner. The ruling confirms Auditor Cornell and reverses a district court verdict on Bartley bonds, with $600,000 at stake, and also reverses a Bartley defalcation matter involving $200,000. Bartley serves a 20 year term. A switch engine on the Southern Pacific derailed into the baggage room near El Paso, killing one and injuring two. The dead man is unidentified. James Cooney of Marshalltown was injured. Defective flanges blamed. engine had derailed previously. Congressman Boutelle’s condition improves and he departs for Ban gor, Me.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Lancoln
Supreme Court
Norval
Poynter
Cornell
District Court of Omaha
Joseph Bartley
Omaha National Bank
Bartley
el Paso
Tex
Southern Pacific
James Cooney
Marshalltown
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Nebraska Beet Sugar Association
Lincoln Hotel
R. M. Allen
W. G. Whitmore
W. N. Nason
State University
Commercial Club
Lincoln
Harriott. MacMurphy
The
Jamen M. Lewis
St. Louis
James M. Lewis
Police Commissioner A' Board
State of
Missouri
Lewis
Ourvenny
Frank Cooper
Cheyenne Fire Department
State
Cheyenne
Logan
Southwestern Iowa Horticultural Society
D. W. Lotspeich
Woodbine
Ww. H. Bomberger
Harlan
Mr. Martzell
Nebraska Society
Warenoo, Ia
Nettie M. Hoot
Jerome W. Hoot
Hoot
Jal
Havre
Holland
Dallas
F. M. Etheridge
Edwin O. Harrell
North Texas
Harrell
Philippines
Honolulu
Presidio
Barry
War Department
Lincoun
John H. Sutton
Irish National League of America
Nebraska Stock Breeders
Nebraska Stock Breeders’ Association
F. M. Woods
D. A. Otia
Kansas Agricultural College
Maprio
Ciidad de Cadiz
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Cadiz
Des Marxes
Noah Brockway Bacon
Father Bacon
Comsusus
M. J. Meagher
Patsy Forepaugh
Sellsville
Sid
Meagher
Becae
Military Board
Lansine
Mich
Pingree
House
Oren
Henderson- Ames Company
Kalamazoo
India
Aberdeen
W. F. T. Bushnell
Katherine Bushnell
Altgeld
South Dakota
Aurapeen
M. D
John P. Altgeld
Illinois
Reform Press Association
Gage
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Secretary of the Treasury
Simmons
France
N. D
H. ©. Simmons
Fargo College
Northwest
Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary
Unitold
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Walt
Bob
Foley & Co
Foley
S. F. Fritz
Sedgwick St
Ill
Outelle
Congressman Boutelle
Bangor
Ely
Sierevex
Ietshire Srothels
Warren Street
Po Ar
John Sebastian
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