Minnesotan May Be Appointed to Supreme Court Vacancy
Washington December 4 Senator Nelson and White House discussions center on Judge Walter Sanborn St Paul and Judge W L D McHugh Omaha under consideration for the supreme bench Taft regards Sanborn but notes his past litigation may prevent selection Progressives scrutinize candidate records especially on income tax and potential confirmation trouble. Nelson says he did not urge Sanborn’s nomination while noting a forthcoming Ballinger Pinchot committee report.
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Supreme Court
Senate Progressives
Washington
Walter Sanborn
St. Paul
White House
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Sanborn
Supreme Bench
W LD McHugh
Omaha
Fort Meyer
Nelson
Sandorn
Ballinger-Pinchot Committee
Congress
Minnesota
Commerce Court
United States
Senate
Canada to Build Four Bristol Cruisers and Six River Class Destroyers
Ottawa reports government victory in the house over naval policy. Contracts for four Bristol class cruisers and six river class destroyers will be awarded soon. All vessels to be built in Canada with negotiations under way with six British firms to establish domestic yards.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Canadian Navy
Canada
Dominion
Tragic Firesmoke Smothers Two Children in Malta Addition
Mrs. Homer Sevilla left home briefly to start a fire in a nearby rooming house when flames broke out. Her two children, both under six, were smothered to death by smoke in her absence in Gilbert Minnesota on December 3.
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Gilbert
Minn
Homer Sevilla
Malta
Mistake May Cause Woman's Death in Whitman
Mrs. Conrad Larson of Whitman, 32, mother of five, lies in serious condition at Winona hospital after taking corrosive sublimate believed to be headache powder. She had a history of headaches and mistook the poison for remedy.
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Winona
Minn
Conrad Larson
Whitman
Winona Hospital
Augustus Post Aviator Injured In Biplane Fall
Famous aviator Augustus Post sustains serious injuries when his biplane crashes during a flight. He was pulled from the wreck with non life threatening wounds and transported to a city hospital for treatment.
Aviator Augustus Post Injured in Park Flight Accident
In New Orleans at City Park race track Augustus Post fell about sixty feet from his Curtiss biplane during a turn. The tail hit a tree, sending the craft down. He was taken to the hospital bruised and somewhat dazed.
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New Orleans
Augustus Post
City Park
Trainmen Seek About Fifteen Percent Wage Increase
Chicago Dec 3 Representatives of about 55 000 conductors and trainmen on sixty western railroads are holding daily talks with general managers to seek a roughly 15 percent pay raise and better working conditions. The effort may surpass engineers demands totaling about 5 million dollars and involves leaders from multiple unions. A Chicago based committee of general managers chairs talks as voting on strikes proceeds, with reports indicating near unanimous support among engineers for a 15 percent rise.
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Chicago
Chicago General Managers’ Association
A. B. Garretson
Order of
Railway Conductors
W. L. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
A. W. Trenholm
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Burlington
Northwestern
St. Paul
Rock Island
Deadwood Invites Black Hills Stockmen Meeting
Deadwood South Dakota invites stockmen for a December 17 gathering in Deadwood featuring a Main Street parade and an old fashioned barbecue. President Franklin of the Deadwood Business Men's club organized the event to form a permanent Hills stockmen association and prepare for upcoming legislative action.
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Deadwood
Main Street
Black Hills
Franklin
Deadwood Business Men's Club
Fifteen More Saloon Closures Hit Minnesota Towns
Special Agents Way Quinn and Brannon shut fifteen saloons at Big Falls Kelliher Margie and Haupt and confiscated liquor. Bemidji fears final closures as federal action spreads. Pussyfoot Johnson not in area. forty-two saloons closed in twenty four hours. Teastrike remains as the only wet town on the railway north of Bemidji.
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Pemidji
Minn
Quinn and
Brannon
Big Falls
Kelliher
Margie
Haupt
Bemidji
T Fia
Pussyfoot” Johnson
Pussyfoot" Johnson
Teastrike
Minneapolis and International
Here
Reverend W. J. Cleveland Dies in San Diego
Madison South Dakota mourns Rev William J. Cleveland once a Dakota Sioux missionary known as Tall Pine. He helped found Grace Episcopal Church in Madison and was Grover Cleveland’s second cousin. He served on the Sioux commission and, during the 1860s uprising, attempted to pacify tribes, guiding a quick end to hostilities.
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Madison
William J. Cleveland
San Diego
Cal
Cleveland
Grace Episcopal Church
Grover Cleveland
Willie Nor Defeats Slosson in 1000-Point Balkline Match
New York on December 3 reports Willie Nor, holder of the world balkline title at 18.1 and 18.2, defeating George Slosson in a 1000-point match by 1000 to 471. Hoppe played 45 innings with an average of 22 10 45, retaining the championship.
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New York
Willie Nor
Grain and provisioning prices report for Minneapolis and Duluth
Minneapolis and Duluth market notes list wheat prices for December and May futures. No. 1 hard, No. 1 Northern, No. 2 Northern and No. 3 Northern ranges appear with cents per bushel, plus flax on track for December and May trading.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
St Paul Live Stock Market Report
St Paul Dec 2 cattle strong prices with good to choice steers at 5.00 to 5.50, cows and heifers 3.75 to 4.25, yearlings 6.00 to 7.00. Hogs 6.90 to 7.10. Sheep with wethers 3.00 to 3.50, yearlings 4.00 to 4.50, spring lambs 5.00 to 5.75.
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St. Paul
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Report
Chicago on December 2 reports Wheat futures at December 90 3 4 cents May 96 3 4 cents July 94 10 4 cents. Corn December 45 3 4 cents May 47 3 4 cents July 48 3 4 cents. Oats December 31 32 cents May 24 44 34 cents July 34 cents. Pork January 17 52 5 cents, May 16 57 16.60. Butter creamery 23 29 cents, dairies 23 27 cents. Eggs 19 2 32 cents. Poultry turkeys 15 20 4 cents, chickens and springs 10 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Prices Show Wide Ran ge
Chicago markets report cattle and hog prices on December 2 with Reeves at 4.50 to 7.50, Texas steers 4.20 to 5.40, Western steers 4.25 to 6.40, stockers 3.30 to 5.75, cows and heifers 2.25 to 6.25, calves 7.00 to 9.00, hogs 6.40 to 7.10, mixed 6.90 to 7.35, light 6.85 to 7.25, native sheep 2.25 to 4.25, yearlings 4.20 to 5.20, lambs 4.25 to 6.50.
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Chicago
Reeves
Texas
Impeachment Talk Rises Over Ballinger Case
Washington December 3 Democrats in the House consider pushing a resolution to impeach Interior Secretary Ballinger. The proposal is said to base charges on Pinchot and other critics of the department. Representative Heflin of Alabama may introduce the measure as discussions among the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry committee continue.
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Secretary of the Interior
Representative Heflin
Alabama
House
Washington
R. A. Ballinger
Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Interior Department
Heflin
James
Kentucky
Ballinger- Pinchot Committee of Inquiry
Committee of Inquiry
Nelson
Messrs
Root
Flint
Sutherland
McCall
Olmsted
Terminal roads urged as common carriers in through rates
Frank B Kellogg argued before the Interstate Commerce Commission on whether terminal roads in the Twin Cities Duluth Cleveland and Lorraine should be treated as common carriers and eligible to share through rates The issue arose in St Louis where railroads denied terminal roads participation claiming they only switch freight If recognized as common carriers terminals could lower manufacturers freight costs via joint rates otherwise switching charges would apply separately
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Washington
Frank B. Kellogg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Twin Cities
Duluth
Cleveland
Loraine
St. Louis
Kellogg
Stock Perish in Flames in Wisconsin Farm Fire
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin December 3. A blaze at Lake Hallie on Robert A Lange’s farm destroyed a barn a half block long and killed one team of horses eight milch cows and ten head of hogs. The origin is unknown but suspected to be crossed electric wires. Loss exceeds $7000 with no insurance.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Lake Hallie
Here
Robert A. Lange
Indictment in murder case against Ben Forman
St Paul authorities indict Ben Forman for murder in the first degree in the Willard hotel shooting of Mrs Mina Altschuler on Nov 22. The indictment says the shooting caused her death on Nov 24. Forman has been jailed and faces arraignment with other prisoners before Judge Orr in district court Tuesday morning.
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St. Paul
Ben Forman
Mina Altschuler
Willard Hotel
Forman
Orr
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