Warship Missouri Launched with 15000 Witnesses At Newport News
Miss Marion Cockrell daughter of Senator Cockrell served as sponsor breaking a champagne bottle as the battleship Missouri slid into the water at 11 13 am. Some 15000 spectators filled the scene while 500 guests attended the post launch banquet at Hotel Chamberlain with C B Orcutt of Newport News Shipbuilding as toastmaster. Secretaries Long and Hitchcock, Governor Tyler of Virginia, Lt Gov Lee of Missouri, and other dignitaries attended the event and receptions. The program included toasts to the president the Navy and the sponsor and referenced plans for the St Louis exposition.
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Newport News
Missouri
Marion Cockrell
Senator Cockrell
Old Point Comfort
Hotel Chamberlain
C. B. Orcutt
Newport. News- Shipbuilding Company
Long and Hitchcock
Cockréll
Tyler
Virginia
Lee
Melville
Cotton
Oneil
Ss. C. Lemly
CH. Spencer
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Francis M. Cockrell
Long
Navy
C. H. Spencer
Queer Case At Milwaukee
Milwaukee police arrest Frank Rause alias O W Lloyds alias Mrs Q H Saunders on mail fraud charges. He allegedly masqueraded as a tramp business man hunch backed boy or a shapely woman. A broad defraud scheme targets jewelry firms nationwide. Five thousand dollars worth of valuables recovered.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank Rause
O. W. Lloyds
Q. H.saunders
Rause
Randolph
Post Office
Bird
Stampede at Fire Averted in Chicago Theaters
Flames swept the Park theater on State street where an audience of 2,000 fled calmly to exits, avoiding a stampede. Penny-slot machines electric pianos and other instruments were destroyed. the basement storeroom housed scenery for Dearborn theater. Total loss estimated at 60,000 dollars. Manager Morris and a vaudeville team on stage prevented panic at Hopkins theater nearby.
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Chicago
Morris
Belmont O Grady contest ends with Belmont on ballot
New York December 28 the board of election commissioners sustained the objection to Joseph F O Grady's certificate for the Seventh district Democratic congressional nomination and ordered Perry Belmont placed on the official ballot. The board threw out Koag and Ward certificates and left four candidates: Montague Lessler Republican Perry Belmont Democrat Fritz Lindinger Independent J Bennett Greater New York Democracy. Belmont was endorsed by the Greater New York Democracy convention held last Thursday night.
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New York
Board of Election Commissioners
Belmont
Koag
Ward
Prohibition
Social Democratic
Montague Lessler
Perry Belmont
Fritz Lindinger
J. Bennett
Greater New York Democracy
Bennett
Ght
Belmont Indorsed
Suit filed for five million against Burt over Ann Arbor railroad
Austin B. Fletcher of New York sues Wellington R. Burt as receiver of the Ann Arbor railroad, seeking 5,000,000 in damages for alleged mismanagement. The petition claims Burt concealed improvement costs to depress value, enabling Burt and associates to buy in at low price, then issue 7,000,000 in bonds and 7,250,000 in stock, asserting true value near 14,250,000. The suit seeks recovery for creditors and stockholders.
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Toledo
Austin B. Fletcher
New York
Ann Arbor
Wellington R. Burt
Burt
Themarket
Plaitiff
Attempt to wreck a car near Bowling Green Ohio
A morning incident on the Toledo Bowling Green and Southern Electric railroad ended when a car with 60 passengers struck a pile of boards on the track but stayed on the line. Two men have been arrested as suspects in the alleged act of wrecking.
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Bowling Green. O
Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern Electric Railroad
Cannon Ball Train Collision in Nashua NY Dec 28
The cannon ball express on the Boston and Maine railroad collided with a freight train in Nashua New Hampshire today. Engineer Quigbey and Fireman Marshall were killed instantly and several other train hands and many passengers were injured.
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Nashua
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Quigbey
Marshall
Will Go Back to Prison for Longcriminal History
Kansas City police say the prisoner arrested Thursday night and shot in the foot while fleeing is James Burke, a man with many aliases who served several prison terms. He faced numerous crimes, including a 1893 arrest in Leadville for robbing W. G. Pollock of New York of diamonds worth 20 000 on a train to Omaha. Sentenced as Frank Shercliffe to 17 years in Iowa state prison, he was paroled but violated his parole by leaving Iowa and faces return. Governor Shay asked police to hold him.
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Kansas City
James Burke
Burke
Leadville
Col
W. G. Pollock
New York
Omaha
Sioux City
Frank Shercliffe
Iowa
Shay
Meeting of the Governors Conference on Railway Merger
Governor Van Sant and Attorney General Douglass depart for Helena to join the Northwestern states governors conference on railroad merger. Governor Merreed of South Dakota and his attorney general will attend Monday, with Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana Idaho represented. Washington Attorney General H Stratton also intends to attend.
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St. Paul
van Sant
Douglass
Helena
Merreid
South Dakota
Minnesota
North
Montana
Idaho
H. Stratton
Washington
Carnegie Gift In New Form To Aid Higher Education
President Roosevelt has information from Andrew Carnegie that a $10,000,000 gift to the United States for higher education will be submitted to Congress in a new form. The gift will not be U S Steel bonds as previously proposed and is expected to be cash or securities yielding annual interest.
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Washington
Dec
Roosevelt
Andrew
Carnegie
Congress
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Lockwood Criticizes Roosevelt Plan and Labor Conference
M L Lockwood of Zelienoble, president of the American Anti trust league, says no new federal trade law is needed and Sherman anti trust enforcement suffices. He attacks the labor capital conference in New York and criticizes the National Teachers Federation gathering, noting a banquet for delegates.
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Terry
Tex
M. L. Lockwood
Zelienoble
American Anti-trust League
Roosevelt
Lockwood
Congress
Civic Federation
Conference of Labor and Capital
New York
King Supreme Court
Hanna
King
Suits in quo warrantno challenge several rail charters
Suits filed in Crawford and Logan circuit courts seek to recover the charters of the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo railway company Ohio Central Railway Kanawha Michigan Buckeye Coal Sunday Creek Coal. Prosecuting attorneys filed the suits alleging control and operation as a single entity in restraint of trade and consolidation of parallel lines. The properties are popularly believed to be controlled by the Morgan syndicate.
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Columbus
Crawford
Logan
Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway Company
Ohio Central Railway Company
Kanawha Michigan Railway Company
Buckeye Coal Railway Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Frank Monnett
Anti- Anti-Trust League
David F. Pugh
LE. B Finley
Morgan Syndicate
Arbitration in Coal Field Discussed by Illinois Miners
Washington December 28 Herman Justi commissioner of the Illinois local operators association read a paper on Conciliation and Arbitration Among Miners He described methods used to settle disputes and prevent strikes through friendly council and annual contracts He emphasized prompt adjustment of issues and argued public opinion and self restraint are stronger than legal remedies for labor abuses He noted Illinois improvements but did not deem conditions ideal.
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Washington
American Economic Association
Herman Justi
Illinois Local Operators’ Association
Justi
Flessén
Ilinois-Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers of Tinois
Ilinois
Iowa Association Nominations Reported for Officers
The nominating committee of the Iowa State Teachers association names President Charles Eldred Shelton of Indianola. Vice presidents include Adam Pickett of Mount Ayr D A Thornburg of Grinnell and Agnes Robertson of Cherokee. Secretary is W F Barr Des Moines with W H Bender Cedar Falls as executive committee member. election set for Monday.
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Iowa Association
Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Charles . Eldred
Shelton
Indianola
Adam _ . Pickett
Mount Ayr
D. A. Thornburg
Grinnell
Agnes Robertson
Cherokee
W. F. Barr
W. H. Bender
Cedar Falls
Rear Admiral Roe Dead In Washington
Rear Admiral Francis Asbury Roe of the U S N, retired, died in Washington on Christmas night after 34 years of active service. He had been placed on the retired list in 1885. In Kansas City Missouri Troy Nicholson, a Chicago Great Western railroad engineer, died from injuries after a fall from a viaduct in Des Moines on Tuesday. He has a sister in Denver and a brother in law in Omaha.
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Washington
Francis Asbury Roe
Kansas City
Troy Nicholson
Des Moines
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Denver
Omaha
Professional Ball Player Dies in Chicago
Chicago, Dec 28. George A. Flynn, a well known professional baseball player, died suddenly today from a severe hemorrhage of the lungs. He had been a sufferer from consumption for some time.
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Chicago
George A. Flynn
Former Baseball Manager Dies in Chicago Tuberculosis
Michael J. O'Brien a former alderman and baseball manager died today of tuberculosis in Chicago. He owned the Omaha Baseball club at the time of his death.
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Chicago
Dee
Michael J. O’brien
O’brien
Omaha Baseball Club
Florence Dobson shoots father during home attack
Florence Dobson, 22, shot her father, James R. Dobson, in the back as he throttled her mother in their West Somerville home. He was wounded but not fatally. Florence was arraigned on assault with a dangerous weapon and released on $1,000 bond as police handled the case.
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Boston
Florence Dobson
James R. Dobson
West Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Dobson
Kierenece
Fhe
Florence
Somerville
Porters Form Labor Union in Chicago
Pullman car porters in Chicago organize a union via incorporation by Morris Burroughs John W Williams and Spencer Corbin for the Colored Men Railway Mercantile League. Initiated last fall amid tipping decline and low wages. The league aims to push for higher salaries and stronger living income for porters serving passengers.
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Chicago
Morris Burroughs
John W. Williams
Spencer Corbin
Colored Men’s Railway Mercantile League
One Body and Two Burials in Chicago
In Chicago on December 28 a single child, Alice Jayne, dies and will have two funerals and burials. The divorced parents fought over possession of the body, with the coroner mediating an agreement. The father directs the first funeral and burial, after which the body will be disinterred and given to the mother.
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Chicago
Alice Jayne
Army enlistment and desertion rise in Otis report
Chicago dispatch notes Major General Elwell S Otis head of the Lakes department reports a rise in desertions and a need for more prison space. In the year 20 329 applied for enlistment with 5 180 accepted. Navy enlistments reached 1 140 versus 975 previous year.
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Chicago
Elwell S. Otis
Department of the Lakes
Otis
Homestead Exemption Ruling in Rafferty Bankruptcy
Judge Shiras of the Federal Court rules that a homestead left to those who file voluntary bankruptcy is exempt from creditors. The Rafferty family case centers on whether the parental home remains non assignable. The decision clarifies asset protection for bankrupt individuals.
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Dubuque
Shiras
Federal Court
Rafferty
Many Thousands Cured of Catarrh by Peruna
Miss Blanche Myers of Kansas City testifies that after four seasons of cold and catarrh a single bottle of Peruna cured her. Hattie Becker of Racine also praises Peruna for ending a lung cold after wet feet. Peruna is described as an internal remedy that cures catarrh wherever located and stops systemic mucus drain. Mary Cook of Pittsford says Peruna revived her after six years ill health, while Congressman A Henry Powers and Senator John H Gear commend it for coughs and catarrh. O Fisher of New York reports nose throat relief and nervous improvement with Peruna on his family. Readers are urged to write Dr. Hartman for free advice if results are not prompt.
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Peruna
Blanche Myers
Hattie Becker
Ia Grippe
Mary Cook
A. Henry Powers
Vermont
Morrisville
Vée
Henry Powers
John H. Gear
United States
O. Fisher
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Walsh
MccCullough Building
West Third Street
Davenport
Receivers Named for Asphalt Companies in Insolvency
Philadelphia report states that the Asphalt Company of America and the National Asphalt Company will be placed under receivers as fixed charges of $500000 are due. John M Mack Henry Tatnall of Philadelphia and John F Shanley of Newark were appointed receivers by Judge Kirkpatrick of the U S circuit court in Newark.
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Philadelphia
Asphalt Company of America
National Asphals Company
Newark
John’ M. Mack
Henry Tatnall
John F. Shanley
National Asphalt Company
Kirkpatrick
Unitod States Circuit Court
Doctor returns from England study of bubonic plague
Dr John F Anderson, sent by President Roosevelt, returns to New York aboard the Majestic after over six weeks in England studying bubonic plague. He examined plague bacillus at ports and boarding houses and will file a report to Surg Gen Walter Wy man of the marine hospital service.
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New York
John F. Anderson
England
Majestic
Anderson
Marine Hospital Service
Roosevelt
Tir
Walter Wyman
Pig Pen battle leaves Ridgway man badly injured
Eugene D. Logan of Ridgway is hospitalized in Winona after a fierce attack by vicious hogs in a pig pen. He sustained severe lacerations to the limbs, including a nearly torn kneecap, and was found exhausted at the fence after fighting the maddened animals.
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Winona
Minn
Eugene D. Logan
Ridgway
Blythe for Congress in Fourth District race
Mason City remarks on James E. Blythe an avowed candidate for congress from the Fourth district N Haughen plans to seek the nomination again The field may grow with two more candidates promising a lively contest
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Blythe
Congress
Mason City
James E. Blythe
N. Haughen
Trolley Line Proposed from Quasqueton to Independence and Winthrop
Quasqueton December 28 A trolley line to Independence and Winthrop is proposed with plans for construction if a practical railroad man is secured. Current freight costs run from 25 to 40 cents daily for hauling lumber coal wood and other goods. Water power is available and Over town a 500 inhabitants community would lie on the route.
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Quasqueton
Independence
Winthrop
Overtown
Weekly Bank Statement Dec 28 New York
The bank reports increases in loans by 954800, deposits by 6773500, reserves by 3799400, and surplus by 2106025 as of the week ending December 28 in New York.
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New York
Former City Officer Indicted in Erie County
Sandusky Ohio December 28 Erie county grand jury returned an indictment against former City Clerk Miller for embezzling sixty thousand dollars in city funds.
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Sandusky, O
Erie County Grand Jury
Miller
Strike Over Sunday Work in Bridgeport Ohio
In Bridgeport Ohio on December 28 400 miners at Wheeling Creek Mill struck after one man violated the Miners' union rule by working on Sunday.
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Bridgeport
Wheeling Creek Mill
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