City to buy Chicago street railways for 50 million likely
Chicago traction officials and representatives of Union Traction and Chicago City Railway reached a price agreement. City would pay 29,006,000 for Union Traction and 21,000,000 for Chicago City Railway property with council action expected soon to approve purchase and city operation. The talks mention a possible 50,000,000 franchise option and a profit division offer.
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Chicago
Chicago Union Traction Company
Chicago City Railway Company
Union Traction Company
Dunne
Miss Minnie Conrad Christens U. S. Cruiser Montana
In Newport News Virginia on December 17 the armored cruiser Montana was launched at the shipyard in front of a large crowd. Miss Minnie Conrad daughter of a local official christened the vessel, marking the ceremony and the ship joining the fleet.
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Miss Minnie Conrad
Newport News
United States
Montana
President Roosevelts plea to railroads to relieve fuel car shortage
Washington reports say President Roosevelt ordered the Interstate Commerce Commission to send a telegraph to Northwestern railroad presidents urging maximum effort to relieve those dependent on railroad services. The commission is also drafting legislation to prevent a recurrence of the fuel famine, to be sent to Congress in a special message.
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Washington
Northwest
Roosevelt
Interstate Conmercce Commission
Northwestern Railroads
Congress
Hartje appeals divorce ruling in Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje, libellant in the Hartje Hartje divorce, appeals Judge Fraser's adverse ruling. The appeal is set for the April term and argues before the supreme court. Assistant DA Robb notes possible information against another person to bolster conspiracy charges involving Hartje Welshons and Clifford Hope.
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Pittsburg
Augustus Hartie
Mary Scott Hartje
Fraser
Supreme Court
John S. Robb
Augustus Hurije
John J. Welshons
Clifford Hope
Bran
Bequeaths 460000 to Chicago Charities in Will
Otto Young, fortune maker who died last week at Lake Geneva Wisconsin leaves charitable bequests totaling 4600000 to Chicago institutions. Beneficiaries include the Chicago Home for the Aged 20000 Chicago Orphan Asylum 20000 Chicago Home for Friendless 20000 Old People’s Home 50000 Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ 10000 estate valued around 20000000 dollars.
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Chicago
Nec
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
Wis
Jesus Christ
Steam er Ireland sinks near Sand Island at Lake Superior aftermath
Bayfield Wis Dec 17 News reports the steamship Ireland sunk near Sand Island after crew were removed. The wrecking steamer Manistique with thirty one men aboard is missing after towing Ireland to Duluth. The Manistique appeared drifting and unresponsive to distress calls as a gale raged and temperatures fell to one below zero.
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Bayfield
Wis
Ireland
Sand Island
Duluth
Treland
Five on Robbery Capture After Cashier Held Up
Chicago December 11 five men attempted to rob Miss Margaret Gates cashier of Morris Candy Co as she carried a weekly payroll of 1100 to the bank. Detectives intervened in a street struggle arresting two suspects while three escaped into the crowd. The two captured men were identified as Harry Barnum and Harry Baker Baker, an employee of the candy company.
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Chicago
Miss Gates
Harry Barnum
Harry Baker Baker
Candy Company
Hale
Woman Birdsong Denied New Trial in Dr. Butler Case
Angie Birdsong of Hazelhurst Mississippi was denied a new trial by Judge Milley and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for manslaughter in the 1905 shooting death of Dr. Thomas Butler in Monticello. Bail set at 10000 pounds, posted. she remained ill, cared for by her child, and did not go to jail immediately.
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Hazelhurst
Miss
Angie Birdsong
Milley
Nozica
Mississippi Supreme Court
Birdsong
Explosion in West Virginia Town Kills One, Injures Nine
A dynamite blast in Bluefield West Virginia causes the death of Joe Steele and injures nine others. Ten thousand pounds of powder on three mine cars detonated, wrecking nearby houses and rocking the village. Fire follows, with several severely burned residents.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
W. Va
Joe Steele
Mutiny at Oakle prison farm in Mississippi escalates
Convicts at Oakle prison farm in Jackson County Mississippi mutinied in the afternoon killing guard J M Buckley and wounding serjeant Dodds. They barricaded inside the building as Governor Vardaman and local militia rush to scene to quell the uprising. American crews barred from Henley Regatta pending agreement with Henley committee.
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London
Henter Resatta
Henley Committee
King Oscar Shows Marked Recovery
Stockholm December 17 reports King Oscar passed a good night and his condition shows considerable improvement.
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King Oscar
Stockholm
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Palo Alto County
J.G. Jenswold
Aud
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Geo. C. Smith
Louis Arbogast
Haag Brothers
Ferndell
Sprague, Warner and Company
W. T. Krieger
Emmetsburg
the Grocer
Golden Valley
North Dakota
Siverton
Sid
Tesa
Soux Falls
Ion
Forfort L. T. Felland & Co
Sioux Falls
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Chester White Hogs
Chester
Shropshire
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