Trade unions sign year end labor pact across building trades
In New York 100000 skilled workers in building trades plus most unions except housesmiths and bridgemen sign a trade agreement for one to three years starting January 1. Admiral Dewey sends Christmas greetings to navy officers and men via telegraph and wireless, while city charity feeds 200000 at hospitals, missions, and shelters.
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New York
Admiral Dewey
Atlantic
Naval Service
Housesmithe
Bridgemen
Structural Iron Workers
Nua
Os Salvation Army
Es of America
Poles Condemn Russian Bureaucracy in Mass Meeting
At Egaton Massachusetts the local Polish National Alliance condemns the Russian bureaucracy and expresses solidarity with Russians seeking constitutional government. In Chicago the Hebrew Institute plans English instruction for Russian Jewish refugees arriving in America.
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Egaton
Mass
Natonal Alliance
Russia
Chicago
America
Chicago Hebrew Institute
Institute
Fire destroys Van Nuys Broadway hotel in Los Angeles
An early morning blaze gutted the Van Nuys Broadway hotel in Los Angeles, causing about 200000 in damage. All 110 guests fled in their night clothes amid a frantic scramble but no one was killed.
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Los Angeles Hotel
Los Angeles
Cal
van Nuys Broadway
Barcelona Assassin Takes Own Life After Arrest
An anarchist who last night attempted to stab Cardinal Galvator Cassanasy Pages, bishop Urgel, killed himself by poison after his arrest in Barcelona on December 25.
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Barcelona
Galvator Cassanasy Pages
Urgel
Wyoming Weather Forecast and Local Data
Forecast for Wyoming calls for partly cloudy skies on Tuesday with snow and warmer conditions in the west portion and likely snow on Wednesday. Local data show yesterday's maximum 47 degrees and minimum 21 degrees. W. W. Palmer, Section Director.
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Woshington
Wyoming
W. &. Palmer
Craze in Pandoah ends with fatal gunfire battle
In Pandoah Kentucky on Christmas Day a barricaded man in a tower fired on civilians and police from Eleventh and Broadway. Patrolman James Clarke was wounded twice in the hip and John Tice was shot by bystanders and died after officers returned fire.
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Pandoah
John Tice
Negro Lagman
Central
Eleventh
Broadway
James Clarke
Tice
Negor
French Cruisers Head to Baltic Voyage from Brest
The cruiser Cassini will proceed to the Baltic next Wednesday, with a stop at Copenhagen. The cruiser Aube is ordered to prepare for a Baltic voyage.
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Baltic
Brest
France
Cassini
Copenhagen
Aube
Thirty Horses Die in Seattle Stable Fire
In Seattle a Montana Stable barn fire killed thirty horses by suffocation or burns. One man died and another was hospitalized in serious condition from smoke inhalation. The blaze erupted today at the Seattle facility.
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Seattle
Wash
Montana Stable Company
New Jersey Governor Urged to Spare Condemned Murderers
Decu 35 tlyman Berg of New Jersey drafts a bill to abolish capital punishment and will ask Governor Stokes in Trenton to grant reprieves to all condemned murderers until the legislature acts.
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Jersey
New York
Tlyman Berg
New Jersey
Trenton
Stokes
Fire Demolishes Block In Little Rock Early Today
A fire starting in a livery stable in Little Rock Arkansas destroyed an entire block and was not yet under control as of morning. Fire crews battled the blaze into the day.
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Little Rock
Ark
Santa Fe Wreck Ties Traffic 24 Hours Near Raton
Two major railroad wrecks halted Santa Fe traffic for a day near Raton New Mexico. At Otero a passenger train rear ended a freight, derailed seven cars, and overturned its engine. At Morley a helper engine rolled down the mountain and struck a freight train, sparking significant cargo losses but injuring no one.
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Santa FE
Trinidad
Colo
Trac
Otero
Raton
Morrey
Raton Mountain
Raton Tunnel
Morley
California
Holdups Bullet Fatal to Scott in Colorado Springs
L. Scott vice president of Das Realty Co died at St Francis Hospital from a back wound suffered during a holdup last Wednesday night near the Santa Fe depot as he headed to join his wife and child in California. The assailants sought to rob him on the way to the depot. police continued the investigation.
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Scott
Colorado Springs
L. Scott
To Das Realty Company
St. Francis Hospital
Santa Fe
Young Won
California
Myre
Baterday
Om Husband
Horrible Butchery in Streets of Moscow
Dec 25 dispatch from the Daily Telegraph reports Moscow casualties of about 5,000 killed and 14,000 wounded as fighting rages near rail stations. Barricades defended by revolutionaries. artillery and machine guns unleash merciless fire. News notes imperial review at Tearskoe Selo and growing civil war brutalities.
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London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Tearskoe-Selo
Orechoffsneff
Warsaw
Poland
Fire Raging Through Wooster Street Factory Complex
Five alarms summoned thirty two fire companies and reserves from nine precincts to battle a blaze that gutted six story factory buildings at Nos. 102 104 106 Wooster street. Damage is estimated at 300000 dollars.
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New York
Wooster Street
Horse and buggy crash with train in Delphos leaves two dead
A horse drawing a buggy collided with Pennsylvania Special No. 29 near Delphos Ohio at dawn killing Henry Honhorst and his daughter Rowe and injuring Mrs Barney Wahhoff, another Honhorst daughter. Train crew only learned of the wreck after baggage car inspectors found a buggy curtain in the car door.
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Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Delphos
Henry Honhorsat
Rowe
Barney Wabhnoff
Honhorst
Morgan and Belmont in Traction Merger Talks
New York financiers including J. P. Morgan & Co MH. H. Rogers of Standard Oil and others join August Belmont & Co. and Interborough Rapid Transit interests in a planned city traction merger covering elevated surface and underground lines. Edward H. Harriman appears as advisor to Belmont with uncertain stake.
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Belmont
President Morales of San Domingo Gone
President Morales has left San Domingo city with destination unknown causing unrest across the country. Citizens report excitement and confusion as authorities seek information on his departure.
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Morales
San Domingo
President Will Enjoy A Rest This Christmas Week
Washington observed a government shutdown for Christmas with all departments closed. Only urgent matters were addressed as the president notified cabinet members that no visitors would be received during the week unless business was essential.
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Washington
Pretty Girl Charged With Embezzling $7009 in Oakland
Miss Lulu Bowen a 25 year old clerk at Oakland post office substation No 1 was arrested on embezzlement charges. authorities say $7000 in her accounts reflects a sudden cash drain tied to a Christmas rush at the office. She is the daughter of Mrs Mary F Bowen and lives with her mother in a fashionable Oakland home.
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Oakland
Cal
Dee
Lulu Bowen
Bowen
Mary F. Bowen
Attempt to steal ancient pope's cope shocks Perugia
Reports from Perugia say an alleged attempt to steal the five century old cope of Pope Marcellus III was made at Cubbio near Perugia. Extra care has been ordered for its safety after a prior theft from Assoll Cathedral.
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Perugia
Italy
Marcellus III
Cubbio
Here
Cathedral of
Assoll
Thief Steals 4000 Worth of Antique Jewelry
A thief smashed a show window at a firm of antique dealers at 252 Pitth avenue and grabbed a box containing diamonds emeralds sables topaz and pearls, totaling about 4000 in value. The incident occurred in New York as police investigate the burglary.
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New York
Pitth Avenue
Firebugs Try to Burn Pumping Plant in Canop City
Firebugs attempted arson at Canop City pumping plant after lighting four fires in other parts of town. Night Engineer Park Allison fired at the intruders but missed them in the darkness. Authorities warn the arsonists face possible lynching if caught.
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Canop City
Colo
Park Allison
Sultan Blocks Moroccan Reform Conference at Algeciras
Tangier December 25 The Sultan of Morocco refuses to consent to an international conference on Morocco reforms to be held at Madrid instead of Algeciras prompting a diplomatic standoff amid ongoing negotiations.
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Tangier
Morocco
Madrid
Algeciras
Schooner Sinks in Hampton Roads Collision Suspected
Norfolk Va December 25 report an unknown three masted schooner sank in twelve fathoms of water six and a half miles northeast of the winter quarters lightship directly in coastwise navigation. Bead gears torn away and top sally set indicate collision with unknown crew fate not known here.
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Norfolk
Winter Quarters
Race of Autos Ends in Death of Ex BankER
James E. Mar Un Sr, a retired millionaire banker and brother in law to W Good Brokaw, was killed in an auto race on Broadway Flushing. His car toppled into a trench after attempting to pass, crushing him and all occupants.
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New York
James E. Mar UN, Sr
W. Good Brokaw
New York City
Broadway
Whitesone Road
Earle Avenue
Flushing
James E. Martin, Jr
Martin
Westinghouse Air Brake gifts equal monthly salaries to salaried staff
The Westinghouse Air Brake company in Wilmerding Pennsylvania gave each salaried employee a month’s salary as a Christmas gift. The distribution included general office clerks and foremen with an estimated total of 25 thousand dollars. The total paid to the company’s salaried staff plus the note of appreciation marked the largest year for the firm, though not including the salaried men’s checks.
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Wilmerding
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Chicken dinner and vaudeville for prisoners at Canon City
Warden Cleghorn funded a chicken dinner for inmates and arranged a Denver vaudeville troupe for a show before the 2 o clock dinner. Edwin Irving's pardon was announced by the warden during the meal.
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Pen Canon City
Colo
Warden Cleghorn
Convieta
Denver
Edwin Irving
Mrs Drussalla Hall Johnson Dies at 91 in Northampton
Mrs Drussalla Hall Johnson daughter of a Revolutionary War soldier died at her home in Northampton aged 91. She lived in the city for decades and was connected with local veterans circles. Her passing closes a long life linked to early American history.
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Drussalla Hall Johnson
Ex President of Typographical Union Dies in New Orleans
Lewis Graham aged 84 a Mexican and Civil War veteran and former president of the National Typographical Union died in New Orleans on December 25. The obituary notes his long career in labor and printing and his service in two wars.
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New Orleans
Lewis Graham
National Typographical Union
Will Test the Meat Trust Case
Washington reports a government move to test corporate immunity to self incrimination. The DOJ plans cases to determine if corporations enjoy the Fifth Amendment shield, a question that could clear obstacles in prosecutions against trusts. A cited authority notes differing views on corporate personhood under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Nobleman Engaged to Fair Damsel Ruptures
London reports a broken engagement between William Walsh Baron Ormathwaite's son and Lady North Spencer Churchill sister to the Duke of Marlborough. The couple had long been promised marriage but Walsh's new post with Ambassador Reid appears to have ended the match during Christmas week at Blenheim.
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London
William Walsh
Baron Ormathwaite
Ambassador Reid
North Spencer Churchill
Duke of MiWborough
Walsh
Lady Churchill
Marlboroughs
Blenheim
Robbers End Robbery Aboard Pasadena Trolley
Two masked men halted a Pasadena electric car near Eastlake park as it headed toward Pasadena. They boarded on the short line, drew revolvers, and forced crew and riders to surrender about $100, including $49 from conductor Bonney and a $40 wallet carried by passenger Max Swarts of Dena.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pasadena
Eastlake
Max Swarts
Dena
Train collision kills two in Mississippi
At Chunkey Mississippi on the Alabama and Vicksburg railroad two men died and three others were seriously injured when a rear train engine crashed into a stopped passenger coach during baggage unloading. Several passengers were shaken by the impact.
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Meridan
Miss
Callman
Alabama and
Vicksburg
Chunkey
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