Big Railroad Strike Break Amid Widening Wage Dispute
Chicago December 23 The wage dispute between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and sixty one railroads west north and south of Chicago grows critical as both sides refuse to yield. Engineers seek about 15 percent wage increase while railroads offer roughly 9 percent. Talks have moved closer to compromise but a full break and arbitration under the Erdman act threaten to derail progress.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Board of Railway Menagers
Warren 5. Stone
The
Brotherhood
Charles P. Neill
Murderer of Mrs Dunn Captured Near Blackberry Creek
The alleged killer of Mrs Estelle Dunn shot on Main Street Montgomery Illinois was reportedly surrounded in the bushes along Blackberry Creek by posses from Kane County farmers and the Aurora police. The suspected man, Henry B Morris of Plano Illinois, resided with the victim. Police claim to have decisive facts in Kane County records.
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Chicago
Estelle Dunn
Montgomery
Til
Blackberry Creek
Kane County
Aurora
Henry B. Morris
Plano
Henry W. Mor
Court Declares Burke Actions Void In Poole Case
The North Dakota court rules the governor lacked jurisdiction over retired Major General Poole and nullifies the report martial proceedings. Judge Winchester finds the so called kangaroo court cost taxpayers and the militia dearly, setting aside Burke initiated actions.
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Burke
Poole
Bismarck
N. D
Winchester
Himsclf
Kangaroo Court
Young hunter at Hope killed on farm near city
Frank Gallup 14, son of Mrs W H Gallup, died after accidentally shooting himself on his mother's farm two miles northwest of Hope North Dakota. He was hanging a .22 rifle by the muzzle when the weapon discharged entering his right shoulder and lung. He walked a few steps then collapsed. Dr Hedding rendered aid but he died before arrival.
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Hope
N. D
Frank Gallup
W. H. Gallup
Frank
Thin
Dr. Hedding
E . Thin
Galbag
Fire in Packingtown warehouse area sinks hope of spread
Firemen said they believed the Packingtown blaze, which killed Fire Marshal James Horan and 23 others, was under control. They warned that if the fire breached a fire wall they might not be able to check flames, as crews worked to save warehouse No. 5, the third building hit by the flames.
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Chicago
Packingtown
James Horan
Fire at Morris & Co stock yards rages with many dead
Chicago December 28 Firemen battled through the night at the Morris and Company stock yards plant where fire marshal James Horan and over twenty others perished. WALL between warehouses No 5 and No 6 slowed spread but debris and collapsing walls posed ongoing danger. At least twenty six dead per police count with several missing. relief funds promised with fifty thousand dollars raised. Public funeral planned with military style procession and wide civic participation.
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Chicago
Stockyards
Morris & Co
James Horan
John P. Murphy
Horan
Ie Mod
Moran
Morris
Union Stock Yards
Common Council
Winnipeg Faces Another Strike Over Uniform Contract
Winnipeg December 29 workers threaten to strike as Electric Railway contract for 100 uniforms stalls. Contractors oppose workers refusing to fulfill the order and may have their union label withdrawn. A union meeting is planned to decide action.
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Winnipeg
Electric Railway Co
Fourteen Dead in Leather Factory Fire in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa Dec 25 The death toll from the leather factory fire on Wednesday night is fourteen with rescue crews continuing debris removal. Police and fire chiefs foresee no further fatalities as hospitals report encouraging recoveries. W R Glazer, pinned beneath rubble for over twelve hours, is improved at St Josephs Hospital after pneumonia and shock.
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Philadelphia
Ita
Tod
Wr. Glazer
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Cook Returns to America Claims North Pole Feat Reaffirmed
Dr Frederick A Cook returned to the United States aboard the George Washington and declared he still believes he reached the North Pole. He released a typed view denying new charges, detailing his travel, and saying no interview will be given for now. He refused to outline future plans, stating his aim is to rehabilitate himself before his countrymen.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
George Washington
North Pole
Pole
Fire blitz hits multiple cities with massive losses
An epidemic of fires reports from New Orleans and Toledo describe major blazes. The Shubert theatre in Barrong Street, New Orleans, burned with losses around 150000. In Toledo an explosion led to a fire destroying the Toledo Biscuit Co building, estimated at 225000. Albia also suffered a $200000 fire destroying four business blocks after a gasoline explosion in a dry goods store.
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Toledo
Albia
New Orleans
Shubert Theatre
Barrong Street
Toledo Bizcuit Co
H. J. Cramer & Co
Savona Loss Believed With Crew Of Twenty One
Hamburg dispatch reports the French steamer Savona owned by Sloman and Co of Miscity is believed lost with her entire crew of twenty one while sailing from Hamburg toward Naples.
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Hamburg
Sloman & Co
Mis City
Naples
Life sentence for Candy Kid robber in Chicago case
Leigh Rohedun known as the Candy Kid Robber was sentenced to life imprisonment in Chicago after confessing to murders here. He had been arrested in East St. Louis for burglary a month earlier and said he preferred a murder trial in Chicago to a burglary trial there.
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Chicago
ST. Louis
Leigh Rohedun
East St. Louis
Chica
Indian Treaty Liquor Clause Declared Null in 1861 Deal
A Fergus Falls ruling holds the 1861 Sioux treaty liquor clause void, affecting Moorhead saloons and southern Minnesota dens. Judge Amidon ordered release for a man who pleaded guilty to introducing liquor in Traverse County, noting federal action since 1863. The decision reshapes dry zone prosecutions and treaty enforcement in Minnesota.
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Amidon
Traverse County
Minnesota
Northwest
United States
Moorhead
Fergus Falls
Babe thrown to safety amid fire chaos in Chicago
In a Chicago apartment fire, Mrs. B J Cox tied her year old baby between two pillows and tossed the infant from an upper window. A neighbor safely caught the child and then helped Mrs. Cox to safety as the home was burned out.
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Chicago
Mra. B. J. Cox
Mra. Cox
Huston Granted New Trial in Conspiracy Case
Washington reports former U S treasurer James N Huston was granted a new trial by Justice Wright after a conspiracy conviction related to mafia fraud.Co-defendants Harvey M Lewis and Everett DuFour received two-year penitentiary sentences. Aldrich recovering in Roosevelt Hospital after surgery and likely to be released soon.
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Washington
James N. Huston
United States
Wright
Harvey M. Lewis
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Everett DuFour
Huston
Aldrich
New York
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Roosevelt Hospital
International School of Peace Formed in Boston Under Ginn Support
In Boston Massachusetts December a new International School of Peace is formed under David Starr Jordan with Mr Ginn promising a $50 000 yearly maintenance for life and a future endowment James Mead, longtime editor and historian, selected president of the movement and prominent figure in the peace effort, aided by his earlier career with Ticknor Welds and The New England Magazine.
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Boston
Mass
Carnegie Peace Fund
Ginn
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr. University
International Schoo of Peace
Vietor
Seemance
See Mead
Edwin 0. Mead
Pohicol
Mr. Ginn
Fear for American aviator Grace in English Channel flight
London reports Curtis Grace, American born aviator, disappeared near Calais while attempting a Dover return. A large search by motor boats and warships covered the east coast as officials fear he fell into the North Sea during a fog shrouded return voyage. Grace sought to win the Forrest prize of 20000 dollars for distance flown in a British built aeroplane including over the English Channel.
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London
Curtis Grace
Calais
France
Dover
England
Grace
Baron de ‘Forrest
English Channel
Pioneer farmer dies after horse kicks him in North Dakota
Kensal North Dakota December 25 Heaton Wilson was working in his stable when a horse kicked him in the chest causing instant death. Wilson a pioneer of Stutsman County had farmed six miles north of Edmounds since 1886. He was a native of New York state and leaves a wife, a son Sam, and a daughter Mrs Ed Miller.
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Kensal
N. D
Mr. Wilson
Stutsman County
Edmounds
Ed. Miller
New Switchboards Installed At North Western Telephone
Two new sections added to the North Western Telephone Co switchboard will handle 1 000 subscribers. Eight new operators are added to the force as equipment by Waastern Electric Co with the latest design. Mrs Thos Catherwood daughter of Hon S H Honey dies in Portland after moving for health. Her brother Geo Henry recently returned from the service.
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Northwestern Telephone Co
Hello Gills
Waastern Electric Co
N. O
Mra
Thos
Catherwood
Park River
Portland
Ore
HL Honey
Walsh County
City
Menry
Haw Jost
BO Honey
Portand
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Plano, Ill
Mra. Dumas
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John Windheim
Engine Co
William Sheridan
Street Gar Company
Automobile Owners’ Association
Minneapolis, Minn
the Forum Printing Co
Fargo, N. D
Fargo Forum
Twin City
Forum
Automobile Owners Association
Ernest Malmberg
Cook
America
Hampton's Magazine
Fierick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Quebec
Troy
N. Y
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Reading
Europe
Halifax
Poe
Sulelivan
Minn
Red River
Buffalo Creek
Babe
International School of Peace
Farmer
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