Settlement of Grand Trunk strike ends labour dispute
Government intervention ends the Grand Trunk railway walkout. Conductors and trainmen return to work immediately with reinstatement for all except those guilty of disorderly conduct. Wage increases date back to May 1 and 1912 standard pay on the Canadian Pacific system takes effect. Northern Ohio notes Governor Harmon weighs National Guard cuts in Columbus.
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Ottawa
McKenzie King
Canada
Wilfrid Laurier
Weyburn
Saskatchewan
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific Railway
Columbus
Harmon
National Guard
West Broad Street
Long Street
High Street
Crippen Refuses Fight as Extradition Likely
Crippen told Chief McCarthy of the Dominion police he would not oppose extradition to London after arraignment on the charge of killing his wife Belle Elmore. He appeared on the Montrose at Father Point, barely able to speak, as Miss Ethel Clare Le Neve survived and was moved to a hospital. The hearing was continued for 14 days, with extradition likely if Crippen does not contest.
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Montreal
Que
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Dew
Scotland Yard
Crippen
London
Belle Elmore
McCarthy
Quebec
Davis
Dominion Police
Montrose
Father Point
Angers
Inspector Dew
England
Ethel Clare Leneve
Miss Leneve
George C. Meade
Potoman
George Hy-Sharpe
Meade
Army of the Potomac
James River
Lord Lyona
Washington
Lord Lyons
Roosevelt in Coal Inquiry Tour Reaches Scranton
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Scranton with Lawrence Abbott to study conditions of life of coal miners. He stays with Bishop Hobart and is guided by Miss Fanny Cochrane and Miss Florence Lucas Sanville of Philadelphia who have long researched miners’ welfare. The trio traveled from New York after reading magazine articles by the Consumers League researchers.
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Scranton
Theodore Roosevelt
Lawrence Abbott
Lyman Abbott
The
Outlook
New York
Delaware Water Gap
Pocono Mountains
Roosevelt
Bishop Hobart
Wilkesbarre
Father Curran
Fanny Cochrane
Florence Lucas Sanville
Philadelphia
Seizure of Jap Poaching Boat Reported
The seizure of another Japanese schooner for poaching in the Bering Sea was reported to the Treasury Department Tuesday by Captain Foley of the revenue cutter Tacoma, which guards sealing folds.
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Washington
Wise appoints Raymond G Brown as blind assistant
New York United States District Attorney Henry A Wise adds Raymond G Brown to his staff as a torally blind assistant, marking a notable expansion of his office.
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New York
United States
Henry A. Wise
Raymond G. Brown
California fireman shoots at colleagues then kills wife and child
San Diego manDurham a discharged fireman ends a search by fatally shooting three people including his wife and child and wounding two others. He then kill self after departing from the plaza and telling Assistant Chief Snedecor his wife will be told he will die.
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San Diego
Cal
Nhert S. Durham
Durham
Donald F. Grant
Snedecor
Iam
Stubbs Wins In Primaries In Topeka Kansas
Governor Stubbs the progressive Republican candidate for renomination won Tuesday's primaries by a large margin. Returns show reactionary Republican congressmen lost in several districts. Detailed results include McNeal ahead of Anthony, Mitchell over Scott, Jackson over Miller, Rees ahead of Calder, and Young over Reeder. Total Republican vote projected around 170,000.
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Topeka
Kan
Stubbs
Thomas McNeal
D. R. Anthony
A. C. Mitchell
Scott
Fred
Mother's Tragic Suicide In Iowa After Family Tragedy
In Davenport Iowa Mrs Nick Nehlsen, wife of a farmer eight miles from Davenport, gave fatal doses of strychnine to herself and her two young daughters aged two and four after distress over a wayward daughter's elopement. Authorities report she carefully arranged burial robes for all three before the deaths.
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Davenport
Nick Nehlsen
Great Rise in Mesaba Iron Ore Output
Washington reports a great advance in iron ore production in the Mesaba range Minnesota with shipments rising from 13,000,000 tons in 1902 to 28,000,000 tons in 1909 according to an official study.
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Washington
Mesaba Range
Minnesota
Saloonkeeper on Trial in Newark for Mob Leading Allegations
Columbus based saloonkeeper J. Dalton, linked to the night Detective Carl B. Etherington was lynched, was brought to Newark Monday to face trial. Prosecutors allege he led the mob that fled from the city during the dry crackdown.
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Columbus
O.L
Open verdict on Ira G. Rawn death by own action
Chicago. The coroner's jury returned an open death by own action verdict for Ira G. Rawn, president of Monon, shot with his own revolver. The jury deemed unprobable the accidental theory, noting a compromise to break a deadlock after a three hour session. Insurance companies will contest payments and relatives plan court action to collect policies. No Rawn family representative was present.
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Chicago
Ira G. Rawn
Monon
Rawn
Race Riot in Palestine Texas Leaves Dozens Dead
In Palestine Texas a race riot between negro farmers and white residents raged from Friday to Sunday. State militiamen and rangers fought the mobs as 18 Black men were reported killed and three white men lay dying in an improvised morgue awaiting undertakers from Houston. The clash followed disputes over debts and alleged Negro plots tied to the murder of James Spurger and his family, with a Black assailant shot by a posse after advancing on Spurger armed with a shotgun.
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Palestine
Tex
Houston
Galveston
Littl
Slocum
James Spurger
Spurger
Regiment Home From Alaska to Texas Departure
The Twenty second United States infantry arrived Sunday on the transport Buford after two years in Alaska port. On Tuesday the regiment departed for Port Sam Houston Texas marking a return from frontier service.
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Alaska
San Francisco
Twenty-second United States Infantry
Buford
Alaskan Porte
Port Sam Houston
Tex
Jack Johnson Sued Over Bronze Bust Fee
New York sculptor Sciarrino sues boxer Jack Johnson for $4,000 claiming he created a bronze bust of the champion. The suit seeks payment for work completed in the courts here on Tuesday.
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Jack Johnson
New York
Cartaino Sciarrino
Sait
Sciarrino
Chempion
Royal couple flee Spain to England via Paris
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria fled Spain amid clerical hostility. They traveled to England with a Paris stopover and planned talks with President Fallieres. The move signals potential church-state tensions echoing in France and Spain.
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Alfonso
Victoria
England
San Sebastian
Spain
Paris
Fallleres
France
George
Telluride City Treasurer Resigns Over $25,000 Shortfall
Telluride Colorado city treasurer Vinton V. Rodgers resigned Tuesday after an audit revealed a defalcation exceeding 25 000 dollars. Rodgers has until Thursday to refund the money and prosecution is not anticipated.
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Telluride
Vinton V. Rodgers
Rodgers
Cigarette Fire Fatal at Chicago Police Station
Emma Limbke age twenty five died at Passavant hospital after her clothing ignited while she smoked four cigarettes in a cell at the Chicago avenue police station. The incident occurred Tuesday and authorities are investigating the fire.
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Chicago
Emma Limbke
Chicago Avenue
Passavant Hospital
Railroad Attorneys Conference In Portsmouth NH
Railroad law was the theme of discussion at a conference in Portsmouth New Hampshire on Tuesday. Practically all the principal railway systems of the United States were represented.
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Portamouth
N. H
United States
Windom’s Plan Rout Bankers in 1881 Bond Crisis
In a 1910 reminiscence, William Windom explains how he used discretionary power to extend five percent bonds at three percent. He recounts pressuring banks after Congress vetoed a refunding bill, and how a strategy of paid-out bonds and limited currency helped stabilise the money market.
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William Windom
United States
Minnesota
the Treasury
Garfield
Treasury Department
Harrison
Windom
Hays
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Hayes
Hayer
Congress
United States Treasury
EB. J. Edwards
Meade Revealed Beyond Irritability by Gracious Interview
A Civil War anecdote shows Gen. George C. Meade, famed for a sharp temper, capable of striking courtesy. Gen. Mead’s staffer recalls Meade receiving two English visitors with charm after an earlier display of irritation. The scene contrasts his veteran leadership with a gentle, insightful heart beneath rough exterior.
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Sharpe
Gen. Meade
Grant
George C. Meade
Army of the Potomac
EB. J. Edwards
The Quiet Bond Behind St. Patrick’s Cathedral Site
Dr Armitage recalls how Cardinal McCloskey’s feud over St. Patrick’s site ended by a legal title search. His discovery showed land given to St. Patrick’s by St Peter’s Bishopric years earlier, easing rumors and sealing a lifelong friendship between church leaders and a lawyer-turned-pastor.
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Doctor Armitage
Cardinal McCloskey
St. Patrick's Cathedral
St. Patrick's
New York
John McCloakey
Armitage
New York City
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Tammany Hall
St. Peter’s Church
St. Patrick's Church
St. Peter's
St. Patrick
New Australian Invention Promises Easier Washing
A Melbourne exhibited device by a Australian inventor uses a copper cone placed in the wash boiler to force soapy water through the apex by steam much like a coffee percolator. The method aims to save labor and reduce wear on fine fabrics for housewives in the South Seas.
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South Seas
Henry B. Baker
Bureau of Manufactures
Melbourne
Too Much Company Spoofs Courting Scene
A coy maid and a worldly young man spar as she teases him with teasing innuendo and a trek down the old road. The punchline hints at a risqué innuendo involving two small brothers and a bulldog.
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