Policemen Beaten by Union Sympathizers in Chicago
In Chicago on a Sunday night, Policemen James Gibbons and George Oakley, riding with a nonunion crew on a city railway car, were attacked by a mob of union sympathizers near Twenty second Street and Archer Avenue after a car derailment. Both officers were severely injured and taken to a hospital. Oakley remained unconscious later. Two rioters were arrested.
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Chicago
Nec
Chicago City Railway
James Gibbons
George Oakley
Twenty-second Street
Archer Avenue
General Electric
Gibbons
Oakley
Policemen Ride on Hearses as Livery Strike Drags On
In Chicago on Sunday more hearses were used for funerals with policemen riding on the box. Over 100 strikers returned to work after the Liverymen's notice. The union seeks arbitration to resolve the dispute as drivers fear loss of tips and nonunion competition.
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Chicago
Liverymen’s Association
Nopman Jarson
Choir Goes Out On Strike At Montreal Church
Montreal December report says Melville church in Westmount, a leading Presbyterian church, lost its choir after pastor Rev. T W Winfield condemned choir members for eating candy during Christmas service. Choir delegation demanded a retraction but he refused, prompting a full strike by all members.
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Montreal
Melville Church
Westmount
T. W. Winfield
Wreck Toll Rises After Pere Marquette Crash Near East Paris
Grand Rapids dec 28 the Pere Marquette head on collision near East Paris leaves twenty two dead and thirty eight injured as a blizzard extinguishes the red signal light. Investigators say the light was out due to wind while crew claim a white lamp shown.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Pere Marquette Railway
Paris
Mra
J. L. Baldwin
Louis Baldwin
Lester Williams
Daisy Giles
Burt Myers
Walter Jordan
Joseph Hulm
Austin Wager
Charles A. Stoddard
Charles A. Devine
William Helmrich
F. M. Gillett
Allen H. Wells
Frank Burns
Peter W. Wilerenge
George Palmer
William Smith
BE. T. Coykendall
A. F. May
Peterson
Thompson
Sioux City
Pere Marquette
Baldwin
Mulliken
Iff
Brainerd Woman Found Guilty of Child Murder
Mrs Myra Jane Williams was found guilty of first degree murder in Brainerd Minnesota after a three hour jury deliberation for the Aug 23 killing of her two and a half year old child. She remains jailed as a new trial motion is set for early this week.
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Brainerd
Minn
Myra Jane Williams
Barber surrenders after killing wife Christmas
Salt Lake City police take Frank Rose into custody after he says he shot his wife Christmas afternoon. The body lay in a shabby bedroom while their two year old son, found beside the corpse, cried and said his mother would not wake up. The child had been alone in the cold room for two days. the boy is seriously ill but expected to recover.
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Salt Lake City
Frank Rose
Mail Agent Rouse Killed In Wreck At Beroun
Northern Pacific northbound and southbound limited trains collided head on at Beroun between Pine City and Hinckley. Both engines were demolished and a baggage car wrecked. Mail Agent D P Rouse of St Paul died and one other man may have perished. Passengers escaped unharmed.
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Duluth
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Beroun
Pine City
Hinckley
D. P. Rouse
London boiler blast at Wolsey Barracks kills soldier
In London Ontario on December 28 a boiler explosion at Wolsey Barracks killed one soldier, fatally wounded another, and seriously injured four. Firefighters and medical crews responded to the incident detailing the explosions and casualties.
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London
Ont
Wolsey Barracks
Bank Robbery Explodes $2800 In Kiowa Fight
A bold Kiowa bank robbery ended with $2800 in paper money blown to shreds. Robbers gained entry through a window, opened the safe after three blasts, fired on a pursuing posse, and escaped into darkness. One robber reportedly injured. pursuing posses continue.
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South McAlister
I. T
Kiowa
British Steamer Lady Joicey Sinks After Fire
The British steamer Lady Joicey bound from Chile to Savannah with nitrate of soda caught fire and sank seventy five miles south of Porto Rico. Captain Orl Smith and crew plus one passenger reached Ponce in two boats exhausted and nearly naked after braving terrible seas. No fatalities. one sailor suffered a broken leg.
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San Juan
P. R
Lady Joicey
Orl Smith
Chilean
Savanah
Wilmington
N. CC
New York
Porto Rico
Gritain
Troy's Fifth Big Fire Sweeps Troy Stores
Troy New York suffers a fifth major fire in weeks causing about 200000 dollars in damage. The blaze started in the bake room of A W Hollister's grocery on Rives street and quickly destroyed Fitzpatrick Draper's tobacco factory and the Troy Furniture company building.
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Troy
N. Y
A. W. Hollister
Rives Street
Fitzpatrick
Draper's
Troy Furniture Company
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Chicago Board of Arbitration
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