General Strike Sentiment Grows Among Affiliated Rail Labor
In St Paul the nine AFL affiliated switchmen groups canvass members on potential general strike action. Some unions express sympathy while leaders expect no official order until Perham’s Washington report, possibly delaying action until next week. About 200 machinists met privately to discuss the strike, with rumors of pro switchman resolutions circulating.
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St. Paul
American Federation of Labor
Railway Department
H. B. Perham
Washington
Northwest
Perham
American Railway Association
No Dancer. World’s Rant See Here Faith
A fragment noting a conversation about a young man engaged to a niece. The aunt questions the man's future, the niece asserts assurance, and a parenthetical remark mentions baptism as a child. Source appears to be a Judge's Library excerpt.
Robbed Of Their Lands In Minnesota Ojibway Losses Reported
Boston the date of Dec 29 The American Anthropological Association heard Professor Warren K Moorehead recount that in March he was sent by the interior department to northern Minnesota to study the Ojibway Indians. He said at White Earth reserve the Indians had been robbed of millions in property and were paupers due to the actions of 37 individuals and firms. He criticized inspectors for staying in agency offices rather than among the tribes.
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Boston
American Anthropological Association
Warren K. Moorehead
Phillips Andover Academy
Department of the Interior
Washington
Minnesota
White Earth Reservation
Moorehead
Fire damages at Link-Belt and Tobacco building
A costly blaze at 418 420 Th street south in Minneapolis damaged the Link-Belt Supply Company on the first floor and the Engine Cigar and Tobacco Company on the second floor. The fire began on the second floor and spread upward before being controlled. the cause is unknown.
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Minneapolis
Link-Belt Supply Company
Ensiine Cgar and Tobacco Company
Treasury predicts record internal revenue receipts this year
Treasury officials in Washington report expectations the current fiscal year will set a record for internal revenue collections. The rise covers nearly all statutory taxes except process or renovated butter.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cartoonist Homer Davenport Seriously Ill in San Francisco
San Francisco reports cartoonist Homer Davenport is critically ill at a friend's home with a complete nervous collapse. Physicians consider his condition serious.
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San Francisco
Homer
Davenport
Grief Motive Tied To Ohio Family Tragedy
Loveland Ohio December 29 A reason for the murder of Addie Sonnecalt s two children is traced to the earlier death of her twelve year old daughter burned in a gasoline stove explosion Three months later authorities say the mother in a fit of insanity killed her two remaining children with a hatchet.
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Loveland
Addie Sonnecalt
Socialists Object in Vain Over King’s Civil List
Brussels December 29 Socialists in the chamber opposed the king’s civil list affirming allegiance to a republic. M Royer urged turning royal chateaus into sanatoriums. The appropriations passed 100 to 29 with the new king keeping Leopold era terms. A Socialist amendment for inventorying royal palace contents to bar national property sales was defeated.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
M. Royer
Sana
Leopold
Taft Works On Message On Commerce and Antitrust Reform
President Taft has begun finalizing a special message to Congress next week outlining recommended amendments to the interstate commerce and Sherman antitrust laws. He plans to co cover both topics in one communication and will also propose voluntary federal licenses for corporations choosing federal jurisdiction.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Senate
House
Governors Haskell Shallenberger Seek Joint Deposit Law Test
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma appeals to Governor Shallenberger of Nebraska to join with Oklahoma and Kansas in testing the guaranty of deposits acts. He asks for a conference between the governors to pursue mutual cooperation in an appeal case.
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Lincoln, Neb
Haskell
Oklahoma
Shallenberger
Kansas
Railroad Worker Killed Near Engine in Devils Lake
David Gallagher a railroad employee was killed when his body was rolled nearly 200 feet under an engine in Devils Lake North Dakota. His former home was Dundas Minnesota and his remains were taken there for burial. He is survived by a wife and three children.
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Devils Lake
N. D
David Gallagher
Dundas
Minn
Train Death Claims Palisade Mill Worker
Frank Roman aged twenty one was struck and killed by a Chicago Great Western freight train at Highth avenue south and the river in Minneapolis as he was leaving the Palisade mill after a work shift.
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Minneapolis
Frank Roman
Chicago Great Western
Highth Avenue
Roman
Palisade
Section Hand Fatally Hurt
Dubuque la December 29 John Henkal fifty a section hand living at Surango was struck by a train while riding a handcar and sustained injuries that will prove fatal
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Dubuque, la
John Henkal
Surango
Cabinet Secretary Wilson Seeks Cause of Rising Food Prices
Secretary Wilson says his inquiry will identify who profits from higher grocery costs. He notes middlemen may share blame, with a 38 percent retail margin found in meat sales across fifty cities. He plans to publish authoritative findings and push remedial legislation.
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Washington
Wilson
United
Wreck reports surface after Davis Palmer sinking
Boston dispatch notes another wreck in the aftermath of a great Saturday storm. The five masted Davis Palmer sank near Broad Sound with crew lost. Tug Aric captain saw three masted schooner near Graves shoals. Sailor from the barge Hopat reported Palmer last seen singing on deck before fate. Ada K. Damon ashore near Ipswich likely total loss.
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Boston
Davis Palmer
Broad Sound
Kemp
Aric
Graves
Palmer
Sookamp
Hopat
Lynn
Pali Cape Cod
Palmer's
Ada K. Damon
Ipswich
Hearst Arrest Demanded Over Tammany Election Thefts
Louis Aver, attorney for Francis Dolan, says he will seek a warrant for William Randolph Hearst within twenty four hours. Aver claims the case involves alleged election fraud for failing to summon delegates to the convention, violating the mandatory election law.
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New York
Louis Aver
Francis Dolan
Cadets abstain from intoxicants at Annapolis
News from Washington reports a threatened midshipman dismissal over drunkenness prompts first class cadets to pledge abstinence from alcohol and aid authorities in removing intoxicated cadets. Superintendent Captain J M Bowyer expresses satisfaction with the outcome.
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Washington
Annapolis
Naval Academy
J. M. Bowyer
Zelaya Declares He Remains Nicaragua President
Cordoba Mexico December 29 Jose Santos Zelaya said he is still president of Nicaragua and has not relinquished office though unable to return. He denied being a prisoner in Mexican hands and urged friendly intervention by Mexico and the United States to unify Central American republics. He suggested Belgium as a possible exile place and stated he would not return until peace is assured.
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Cordoba
Mex
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Madriz
Zelaya
Managua
United States
Knoz
Belgium
Bluefields Fight Leaves Guard of Honor Wiped Out
In Rama near Bluefields a clash nearly wiped out General Estrada's guard of honor. American surgeons treated wounded for seventy two hours, saving many lives. Former Governor Lopez, related to ex-President Zelaya, is released from jail to join Estrada.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Dee
Rama
Explosion At Mineral Point Mine Kills Four Men
Four miners are killed in a dynamite blast at the Ollie Bell mine between Mineral Point and Platteville Wisconsin. Foreman Edward Sullivan Thomas Clegg Charles Morton and John Osberg die in the explosion while finishing the day shift. Their bodies are badly mutilated and one man remains missing.
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Mineral Point
Wis
Ollie Bell
Platteville
Edward Sullivan
Thomas Clegg
Clegg
Wisconsin
Charles Morton
John Osberg
Seven Bronosky children burned to death in Sykesville blaze
In Dubois Pennsylvania a house fire and powder keg explosion at Stephen Bronosky’s miner home killed seven children aged two to twelve and seriously injured three adults. All victims were foreigners.
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Dubois
Stephen Bronosky
Sykesville
Bronosky
Engine wrecks on switch run at Great Northern yard
A Great Northern switch engine broke from a chute at the round house with a coal car attached and sped through Superior yards for over a mile before striking the Carnegie coal deck, wrecking engine and car but injuring none.
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Superior
Wis
Great Northern
Great Northern Roundhouse
Carnegie
Hunting Accident Ends In Leg Amputation
Claude Branwell eighteen or nineteen from Chetek Wis lost his right leg after being accidentally shot while rabbit hunting with Arthur Fowler in Hall Claire Branwell was wounded when Fowler fired.
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Hall Claire
Wis
Claude Btanwell
Chetek
Branwell
Arthur Fowler
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