Roosevelt Releases Letters on Santa Fe Case History
Washington reveals two letters dated December 18 and 15 from Attorney General Moody and the President detailing the government action in the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe case. They summarize court decisions, special counsel findings, and the government’s stance, noting a 1902 restraining order over alleged coal transport rate violations and Morton’s railroad role.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Roosevelt
Moody
Banta Fe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Paul Morton
Road
Phillipa
Federal Circuit Court For
Western District of Missouri
Fire damage hits Boston and New York firms
In Boston on India Street investigators assess a morning blaze that caused about 200000 dollars in losses mainly to the Boston Mailing company and Higgins Snow and Co power dealers. Officials consider careless handling rather than arson. In New York 200000 dollars of fur inventory and related goods were destroyed at Max Piasecki and Co wholesale furriers and automobile garment makers.
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Boston
India Street
Boston Mailing Company
Huggins, Snow & Co
Pawer
New York
Max Piasecki & Co
Chicago Fire Causes Big Loss at 185 Lake Street
A daytime blaze at the five story Tony Owen & Co factory on Lake Street in Chicago caused about $119,000 in damage. Fire departments battled the flames throughout the day, with authorities beginning an investigation into the blaze and its cause.
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Chicago
Lake Street
Tony Owen & Co
Idather
Clearing House Pledge To Pay All Depositors In Full
Chicago Clearing House announces that the Chicago National bank Home Savings bank and Equitable Trust company will have all deposits paid in full on demand. Assets tied to John R Walsh coal and railway holdings are being leveraged, and depositors will be protected despite solvency issues. James B. Forgan leads the pledge with support from Chicago banks.
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Chicago
Chicago National Bank
John R. Walsh
Chicago Clearing House
Train Robbers Blow Open Two Safes Near Yakima
North Yakima December 18 robbers held up the North Coast limited at Hillside siding Yakima canyon eleven miles north of town. They blew open two safes aboard the express and mall cars after detaining the crew. A boy on the blind baggage was found, and a sheriff’s posse searches for the culprits. The amount stolen is undetermined though most contents were destroyed by explosions. In Suffield Connecticut six men tied the watchman and his son and blew the Safe at the Savings Bank taking about 50000 in bonds and stocks, with 3000 in cash left behind. No clues were found.
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North Yakima
Wash
North Coast Limited
Hillside Siding
Yakima Canyon
Here
Ellensburg
Sheriff's Posse
Suffield, Conn
William Jones
Suffield Savings Bank
Main Street
M. T. Newton
Dowie abdicates leadership of Christian Catholic Church
John Alexander Dowie, head of the Christian Catholic church, resigns his rule and plans to leave Zion City for a Caribbean island to seek better health. Authority over the church is transferred to Overseer Speicher Judge D W Barnes and Deacon Alexander Granger with full unreserved power. Dowie recently suffered a slight stroke in Mexico and hopes to resume upon return.
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John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Carribbean Sea
Zion City
Jo Boeicher
Dowie
Speicher
D. W. Barnes
Alexander Granger
Mexico
Dowle
Four Die As Verbeck Theater Burns In Lorain
Fire in Lorain Verbeck theater in early hours claimed four lives James Dwyer and Mrs William Marsh with her children Grace and Clifford Marsh were residents on the third floor Marsh was theater stage manager Dwyer slept in the basement where the blaze started and escape was blocked Mrs John Vesper was rescued after fainting and leaning from a window The theater loss stood at 35000 with total building damage 59000
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Lorain
Verbeck
James Dwyer
William Marsh
Grace
Clifford
Marsh
Dwyer
Bank Robbers Captured in Saloon Near Wausau
In Colby Wisconsin two men who robbed the Colby State Bank were arrested in a Wausau saloon after the hold up. They offered no resistance and the Marathon county jail holds them. The entire stolen cash was recovered. The farmers say they never prior crime. They claim unemployment drove the crime.
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Wausau
Wis
Colby State Bank
Colby
Marathon County
Tragic Triple Killing Rocked Beaumont District
In Beaumont Texas on December 18 Henry Powell a nineteen year old Negro shot and killed motorman Bryan Merritt and deputy constable Elisha Perita. Powell was then shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Tevis. The day’s events formed a triple tragedy in the city’s Negro district.
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Beaumont
Tex
Bryan Merritt
Elisha Perita
Henry Powell
Tevis
Weston's tragic train collision claims Lashaway family
In Toledo on December 18 a carriage carrying Mrs. John Lashaway, 70, her daughter-in-law Mrs. L. L. Lashaway, and the two-year-old was struck by a southbound Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton passenger train at Main Street crossing. The two women died instantly, the baby lived five minutes, and the horse perished. In New York, John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, planned a New York visit and talks with coal operators.
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Toledo
John Lashaway
L. L. Lashaway
Weston
Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton Road
Main Street
New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Fourteen Men Suffocated Cleaning Boilers in Navy Steel Works
At Home Court France on December 18 fourteen workers died in a boiler cleaning accident inside the French naval steel works. Fire and safety crews investigated the cause as authorities prepared formal notices.
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Home Court
France
Naval Steel Works
Storms Delay Coastwise Steamers Off Atlantic Coast
New York reports that incoming coastwise and West Indian trading steamers endured a sequence of the most violent storms of the season last Thursday and Friday. Vessels from ports south of Norfolk arrived from twelve to thirty hours late, heavy seas and delays disrupting shipments and schedules.
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New York
Atlantic
Norfolk
Greek Cabinet Resigns After Election Defeat
Athens December 18 The cabinet of M Ralli has resigned following the government defeat in the election of a president of the chamber of deputies. King George has summoned former premier Theotokis to form a new cabinet.
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Athens
M. Ralli
Chamber of Deputies
George
Theoteals
Fire destroys wing at Northern Normal school in Marquette
A night fire in Marquette Michigan leveled the south wing of the Northern Normal school and damaged the library. Loss pegged at 52000 with no insurance. Cause of the blaze is undetermined.
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Marquette, Mich
Northern Normal School
Former Governor of Dakota Dead in Indiana
Former Dakota governor John A. Burbank died in Richmond Indiana at age seventy. The obituary notes his territorial service and years of life, reflecting on his public career and local ties amid a regional notice.
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Dakota
Richmond
Ind
John A. Burbank
Territorial
Lidaiildheeiii
United Effort to Agree on Canal Bill Before Holidays
Washington December 18 The senate plans to meet House wishes for Christmas adjournment on Thursday while settling the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill in conference. Principal contention centers on bond provisions and a separate law attempt. Senate committee reorganization will be announced early next week with Senator Gallinger pressing to keep the merchant marine bill unfinished business for reconvening after the holiday recess.
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Washington
Senate
House
Conference Committee
Gallinger
Congress
Four days before holidays in U S House for insurance debate
Washington Dee 17 The house will spend the four days before the holiday adjournment debating federal control of insurance and finalizing the Panama emergency appropriation bill. Speaker Cannon supports using the president's message as the debate base while many members return home for holidays. Committee work continues with Philippine tariff hearings and District of Columbia appropriation prep. The statehood bill will be refined but not moved until Jan 4 as the first business.
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Washington
Dee
Panama
Cannon
Ways and Means
Appropriations
District of Columbia
Miltons Farmer Joseph Juzy Found Dead At Home
Cambridge City Ind Dec 18 The body of Joseph Juzy a wealthy farmer living two and a half miles south of Milton was found in a bedroom of his home in the morning with a large gash on the side of the head and the skull badly crushed.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Joseph Juzy
Milton
Ito named resident general in Korea
London dateline reports Kobe correspondent notes Marquis Ito has been appointed resident general in Korea indicating a major shift in Japanese governance of the peninsula. The announcement positions Ito to oversee Korean affairs amid regional diplomacy and policy changes.
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London
the Standard
Kobe
Japan
Marquis Ito
Korea
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