Harriman Inquires Focus on Harriman Lines Rail Consolidation
Interstate Commerce Commission opens an inquiry in New York into the so called Harriman lines and whether railroads under Harriman control restrain trade. Testimony links Union Pacific Southern Pacific Oregon Short Line and related steamship interests to coordinated holdings and long term traffic agreements.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Company
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad , and Navigation Company
Harriman
Pacific Mall Steamship Company
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company
Portland and Asiatic Steamship Company
San Francisco
Portland
Orient
Occidental
York
New Hotauae
William A. Clark
San Pedro, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake
San Pedro
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Rock Island
Mr. Harriman
W. B. Leeds
Illneis Central Railroad
St. Joseph
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago and Northwestern
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Ilinois Central
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Northwestern
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Grand Island
Commission
Oregon Shortine
Union Pacific Company
Boston Sunday laws tightened by municipal court
Boston court rulings restrict Sunday activity under state blue laws. The case list includes bans on theater scenery transfers after Saturday night, hotel waste removal on Sundays, hotel orchestras, and Sunday ice cream deliveries. The judge tentatively ruled on baggage transfers by newspapers, deeming coffin transfers unlawful unless for immediate use of the dead.
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Boston
John Moran
Stephen O'Meara
Duff
Justice Duff
Dire North Dakota Cold Wave Sees Widespread Hardship
Reports from Minneapolis describe a deep cold wave across North Dakota with temperatures in the twenties below. Towns along the Great Northern line faced coal shortages and citizens burned fences to stay warm. Farmers abandoned homes and moved to towns for shelter as railroads and weather officials warn of harsher conditions ahead.
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Minneapolis
North Dakota
Northwest
Great Northern Road
Paul Coal
Great Northern
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Lynching in Midway After Attempted Rape
In Midway Alabama a Black man, name unavailable, was lynched by a citizen posse after he allegedly attempted to rape Miss Morrell King, daughter of a local banker. He fled from the scene, was captured nearby, confessed, and was strung up and shot by the mob.
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Eufaula
Ala
Midway
Morrell King
Roosevelt Pushes New Control Over Railroads
President Roosevelt directed the Department of Justice to study revised statutes for a law prohibiting large railroad capital stock increases. Attorney General Bonaparte says no such law exists, prompting the president to urge Congress to expand government control over transportation firms and require disclosure of stockholders properties and business.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department Justice
Bonaparte
Congress
Three Die From Canned Beans Poisoning in California
Three people die in Los Angeles from ptomaine poisoning after eating canned beans. Henry Carter of Ontario, his daughter Mabel Carter age 28, and Charles Edward Abbott fell ill during a camping trip after luncheon and all three died shortly after returning home.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Carter
Ontario
Mabel Carter
Charles Edward Abbott
International Juvenile Court Society Formed in Chicago
Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver presided at the Chicago meeting and was empowered to appoint a committee to procure a charter for the society under Illinois law.
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Chicago
International Juvenile Court Society
Ben Lindsey
Juvenile Court of
Denver
Lilinots
Steamer City of Panama Washed Ashore Off California
A report from San Francisco states wreckage bearing the name City of Panama washed ashore at Wardell Beach in Santa Cruz county after a gale off the California coast. The steamer sailed December 21 from San Francisco for the Isthmus with cabin passengers including Dr. H W Coe and wife and 25 Chinese aboard plus two steerage passengers. ship likely lost with all on board while a heavy southeast gale raged for days. Wardell Beach lies twenty miles north of Santa Cruz City in a remote area with little telegraph contact.
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San Francisco
City of
Panama
Wardell Beach
Henry Waldo Coe
Portland
New York
Medical Duters' Association
Roosevelt
Coe
James Bowbry
W. G. McPherson
R. G. McPherson
Ir. E. Rutherford
H. W. Coe
T. E. Prince
Frank J. Gluyas
Thomas Clark
Charles L. Shafford
J. W. Coney
Harry Cooper
Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz City
Four Passengers Suffocated In Norwegian Steamer Fire
News from Christiania reports disaster aboard the amathoteemer Tindholmen, running between port and Bergen. A gale, flames, and a snowstorm struck as passengers rushed to deck. four suffocated, others jumped or were drowned, lifeboat burned, one man went mad, captain beached the Lindholmen to save remaining crew and passengers.
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Christiania
Tindholmen
Bergen
Farsand
Lindholmen
Fight With Pitchforks Ends in Fatal Civil War Veteran Feud
In Marion Indiana on January 5 James Smith aged seventy one and John Sturdevant aged seventy seven Civil War veterans and National Soldiers Home residents fought with pitchforks. Smith sustained injures that are fatal and Sturdevant was only lightly hurt. Both men had been drinking.
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Marion
Ind
James Smith
John Sturdevant
National Soldiers
Smith
Mrs Aggie Myers To Hang In Liberty
Liberty Mo Jan 5 Preparations for the execution of Mrs Aggie Myers will begin at once. The date set for the hanging is Jan 10. Sheriff Thomason of Clay county says no word has reached him about a possible commutation and Governor Folk has announced there will be no respite.
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Liberty
Aggie Myers
Thomason
Clay County
Folk
Stage Coach Tumbles on Catalina Island
A stage coach fell on a mountain road on Catalina Island injuring five people. The seriously hurt include C. C. Carlisle of Grand Rapids Michigan J Vatken also of Grand Rapids Michigan Mrs James Connell and C B H Ogden of Macomb Illinois.
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Avalon
Catalina Island
Cal
C. C. Carlisle
Grand Rapids
Mich
J. Vatken
James Connell
C. BH. Ogden
Macomb
Heavy Pacific earthquake felt from Pago Pago to Samoa
Seismograph in Pago Fago Samoa recorded a heavy quake on December 25. Advices indicate the tremor occurred in the central Pacific Ocean and was widely felt.
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Honolulu
Pago Fago
Samoa
Central Pacific Ocean
Bay of the Quinte Hotel Destroyed by Fire
Belleville Ontario January 5 The Bay of the Quinte hotel between Toronto and Montreal caught fire and was destroyed. Many guests escaped with narrow margins. Loss estimated at eighty thousand dollars.
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Belleville
Ont
Bay of the Quinte
Toronto
Montreal
Irregularities in Russian Ministry of Agriculture Revealed
Prince Vasillichikoff led an inquiry into the Russian Ministry of Agriculture uncovering a long running corruption scheme. Theodore Nikitin, longtime assistant minister and head of state forests, is implicated in contract fabrication and bribery. Proceeds to remove him from office are planned after a closed senate session.
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St. Petersburg
Prince Vassilchikoff
Ministry of Agriculture
H. Sttchinsky
Theodore Nikitin
Bronueht
Senate
Nikitin
Gurko
Great avalanches of mud sweep Mount Vesuvius area
Heavy rains trigger massive mud avalanches from Mount Vesuvius that spread across several square miles. Trees are uprooted and farm buildings destroyed. animals perish but no human fatalities. A Vesuvius railroad train is blocked at San Giuseppe, a village partly ruined in last April's eruption. six more bodies found in San Giuseppe church ruins.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius
San Giuseppe
Justice Department to Seek Equity in San Francisco Schools
The Justice Department plans to file a bill in equity in U S courts in San Francisco to enforce the treaty with Japan. It contends the treaty guarantees Japanese children equal rights in U S public schools and argues the San Francisco school board's segregation of Japanese children violates that treaty.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
San Francisco
Japan
Coroner's jury hears Terra Cotta wreck testimony at stations
Washington observers report telegraph operators and others testified at Silver Spring Takoma and University stations that a white light signaled the passenger train to proceed to University while the dead train ran a red light at Takoma. An operator's stop signal claim is supported by four witnesses.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Silver Spring
Takoma
University
Japanese laborers assault track worker in Porterville incident
A crowd of Japanese laborers on Southern Pacific tracks near Porterville California attacked Roy Clark. Fifteen Japanese were arrested after a clash, taken to Visalia and jailed. the Japanese flag was reportedly raised during the disturbance.
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Porterville
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Roy Clark
Vistalia
Warship Request Aimed at Protecting Nicaraguan Interests
In New Orleans reports say the George D. Emery company of Boston will ask the United States to deploy a warship to Bluefields Nicaragua to shield American interests amid looming arbitration between Nicaragua and the Emery concession. The dispute arose after seizure of the concession for alleged contract violations.
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New Orleans
George D. Emery Company
Boston
United States
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Emery
Merry
Carnegie Gift Funds Western Hemisphere Palace of Peace
Andrew Carnegie donates 750000 dollars to the Bureau of American Republics to fund a Washington building serving Latin American nations. The project aims to foster peace and commerce, with reading rooms and a library of over 12900 volumes as a hub for Latin American affairs. The plan includes a Latin American architecture style and headquarters spaces for nations or groups. The gift was made January 1 and announced after Secretary Root’s confirmation.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Bureau of American Republics
Western Hemisphere
Mr. Carnegie
United States
South
Central American
Root
Carnegie
Secretary Root
Omnibus claims bill stalls in house amid debate
The omnibus claims bill rounding up Bow man and Tucker act claims and other War Claims Committee items faced hours of debate in the house but barely moved past the starting post as merits were hotly argued.
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Washington
War Claims Committee
House
Mexico City Strike Ends After Arbitration Agreement
Mexico City January 5 arbitration by President Diaz and Vice President Carol ends the textile workers strike, 28000 men to return to 54 factories within days and a new agreement to be signed within fifteen days. In Tangier Cape Spartel signals report villages burning near Zinat as Raisuli’s band are surrounded by government troops.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Carol
Mexico
Tangier
Morocco
Cape Spartel
Zinat
Raisuli
Traar
Trade Quiet Overall as Industrials Boil in Seasonal Activity
Bradstreet notes distributive trade quiet amid post holiday and weather effects while industrial lines show high activity for the season. Wholesale and retail demand slack for heavy wearables. jobber clearance sales reduce stock. Staples hold strong. iron steel leather raw wool cotton and cotton goods firm. Car shortages persist though some Northwest and Pacific coast regions report improving lumber movement. Builidng continues in a usually closed season with mild weather. Collections good in West slow in South Atlantic and only fair in Northwest.
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New York
Bradstreet
Northwest
Pacific Coast
South Atlantic
Fugitive mine swindler arrested in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports R C Plower fugitive from New York since 1903 for grand larceny and swindling investors out of about 1 000 000 in chorus mining schemes. Det Sgt McConville of New York and local officers captured him in a center city office room after a long location.
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Philadelphia
R. C. Plower
CC. G. Dalney
New York
Chorus
McConville
Flower
Duluth Prominent Sport Figure Proposes 15000 Purse Match
William H. Long street writes to Frank GotetH proposing a 15000 purse for a Duluth match against George Hackhenschmidt to be held this year on a date chosen by the local management to maximize gate receipts. The note reflects the era’s boxing plans and promoter interests.
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Duluth
William H. Longstreet
Frank Goteh
George Hackhenschmidt
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