Fire ruins Philadelphia factory burying police and firefighters
A five story D Friedlander leather factory in Philadelphia collapsed its north wall burying fifteen policemen including Assistant Foreman Calabre and multiple firefighters. The blaze drew 300 officers to aid as roofs of adjacent houses hosted rescuers. twelve firemen are dead, with many others injured or missing amid still burning debris.
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Philadelphia
D. Friedlander
Calabre
Baxter
Patrick Carroll
George Sinnisky
Engine Company No. 7
William Glazier
Engine Company No. 6
Charles Erderman
No. 6
Erderman
Glazier
John Carroll
Engine Company No 7
Harry Deberlet
Chemical Engine No. 2
Taft to Study Indian Liquor Treaties Change
President Taft plans to limit the operation of the Indian treaties of 1847 and 1851 to areas where Indians live and frequent. Proposals in Congress would extend similar limits to other treaties. The plan aims to shrink the dry zone by altering only two treaties while four require Congress action. The White House conference included Henry Blair, Dr Wilbur Crafts, S E Nicholson, Mrs Emma Shelton, and R A Ballinger.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Minnesota
Congress
Henry W. Blair
Wilbur Crafts
International Reform Bureau
S. E. Nicholson
Anti-Saloon League of America
Emma S. Shelton
R. A. Ballinger
Pallinger
Nicholson
Shelton
Ballinger
Messrs
Blair and Crafts
Dr. Crafts
Wisconsin teachers press pension law push
La Crosse December 22 Wisconsin teachers have begun a campaign for a new teachers pension law. A law passed by both houses last session was vetoed by Governor Davidson for constitutional defects. Senator Otto Bosshard of La Crosse will introduce a bill to allow hotel proprietors to arrest deadbeats without a warrant and a bill by druggists to remove from state law the record keeping requirement for whisky buyers in wet towns.
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la Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Davidson
Otto Bosshard
Icc Reports Focus on Freight Rate Cases
The Interstate Commerce Commission released its twenty fourth annual report to Congress highlighting Eastern and Western freight rate cases. Arguments are set for January 9, 1911, with a decision to follow as soon as possible.
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Washington
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bound Over for Grand Jury in Nicollet Hotel Killing
Duluth December 22 Andrew Thompson waived examination in the Nicollet hotel room killing of Andrew Carlson. He was bound over to the next grand jury and charged with manslaughter in the second degree.
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Duluth
Andrew Thompson
Andrew Carlson
Nicollet Hotel
Lorimer Case Aide Senator Frazier Sees No Guilt
Chicago report on Senator Frazier’s statement regarding the Lorimer affair notes he believes the testimony does not prove Lorimer personally bribed or knew of corruption. He acknowledges seven tainted votes, which, if voided, would have left Lorimer without a majority, while the Senate committee still finds him entitled to his seat.
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Chicago
Frazier
Lorimer
Illinois
Senate
United States Senate
Cholera Suspects Freed as Quarantine Lifts in Wisconsin
Cumberland Wisconsin December report says the two week quarantine on the Russian settlement at Almena was raised after Gotlieb Jaenske, a Russian emigrant suspected of cholera, recovered. Five accompanying emigrants were released. one had escaped to logging camps. A federal inspector analyzed samples but could not confirm cholera.
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Cumberland
Wis
Almena
Gotlieb Jaenske
Jaenske
Tagenrog
Russia
Wisconsin Board of Health
United States
Janeske
Iron Merchant Drops Dead in Milwaukee Street
E N Dickson a former high official of Allis Chalmers and president of the Dickson Malleable Iron company collapsed dead on a Milwaukee street. He was son in law of Captain I M Bean who recently died and was a leading iron man in the Northwest.
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Milwaukee
E. N. Dickson
Allis- Chalmers Company
Dickson Malleable Iron Company
I. M. Bean
Northwest
All Bank
In St Paul on December 23 friends of Governor Eberhart and Senator Clapp deny a Washington story. They say the governor, then in the East, is not aiming for the Senate and will not try to defeat Senator Clapp this winter.
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St. Paul
Eberhart
Clapp
Washington
East
Senate
Peace or Rail Strike Teeters as Mediation Fails
Chicago Dec 22 The fate of a possible rail strike hinges on today’s federal mediation between locomotive engineers and sixty one Western railroads. United States Labor Commissioner Neill pleaded for one more chance to argue, but five days of talks yielded no progress. Grand Chief Warren S. Stone warned a final answer from managers could end mediation. The engineers board arrived for war ready sanction, while both sides refused to yield on key points.
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Chicago
Western
United States Labor
Charles P. Neill
Engineers’ Committee
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Audtorium Hotel
Neill
Brotherhood
Stone
Fall Fatal to Farmer Near Adaza
Des Moines dispatch reports Albert Rowson, a farmer near Adaza, died instantly after falling from a wagon when the rear gate broke and landed on his head, breaking his neck.
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Des Moines
Albert Rowson
Adaza
College declines a gift endowing funds at Washington
Washington and Jefferson College refused a $40,000 endowment after the donor, a college graduate, added the sum to $10,000 already set aside. The widow and six children were named as needing the money, and President J D Moffat announced the decision to preserve income for the family.
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Washington, Pa
Waston and Jefferson College Reliquis
J. D. Moffat
Clapp Visits White House for First Time in Years
Senator Clapp called at the White House for the first time since leaving the administrative reservation over a year ago. Washington correspondents could not determine the purpose or outcome of the visit.
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Washington
Senator Clapp
White House
Clapp
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Schwan & Son
Herald
Austin
Owatonna Fruit Company
Commerce Commission
Grand Jury
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All Bank
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