General Strike Called in Russia on Thursday
A general political strike across Russia was ordered to begin Thursday at noon, backed by the Union of Unions and allied bodies in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Proletariat and loyalist factions remain poised for a clash as authorities reinforce guards and troops while churches and barracks mark the emperor’s name day with renewed pay and food signals.
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Petersburg
Union of Unions
Union of Peasants
General Railway Union
Councils of Workmen
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Russia
Workmen’s Council
Central Committee of the
Railroad Union
Baltic
Tsarskoe-Selo
St. Nicholas
Universal suffrage debate at Tsarskoye Selo meeting
The Molva reports that the government bears responsibility for a general strike and that Count de Witte aims to delay the Douma until next summer. Advocates of universal suffrage gained influence at Tsarskoe-Selo as the emperor listened to zemstvo views and key speakers urged universal suffrage as essential for national unity and reform.
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Count de Witte
Associated Press
Tsarskoe-Selo
Zemstvo Congress
Dmitri Shipoff
M. Shipoft
M. Shipoff
M. Gutchkoff
Baron Worf
Anying
Striking Russian Railway Workers Face Arrest Pressure
In St. Petersburg Dec 20 a recent strike order leaves union members open to arrest under the new law. Interior Minister Durnovo tried to telegraph orders to Moscow to arrest railway and workmen’s council members, but the telegraphers blocked the dispatches. The St. Petersburg council hesitates on practical grounds, while leaders feel prestige hinges on a counter strike. Officials fear universal suffrage law and notice difficulty during Christmas wage season. League of Tr a gues leaders fear arrest over their manifesto as revolutionaries attend the council meeting.
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St. Peteraburga
Durnovo
Moscow
St. Petersburg
League of Toagues
League
Council of Worksmen
League of Leagues urges immediate general strike
The League of Leagues in St Petersburg calls for an immediate general strike and accuses the government of crimes including arrests of Tensants congress members and suppression of progressive newspapers. It vows solidarity with the League aims as the revolutionary movement deepens. In Warsaw authorities arrest post and telegraph strike leaders and proclaim martial law in several districts as moderates seek to avert a wider strike.
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St. Petersburg
League of Leagues
Tensants’ Congress
Postal and Telegraph Union
Council of Workmen's Delegates
League
Warsaw
Post and Telegraph
Mariampol
Kalwarya
Wladislawoff
Wilkowiszki
Senate acts on canal emergency bill conferees report
Washington December 20 the senate accepted the conference committee report on the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill and thus disposed of that measure for its part. The house debated topics and referred the president's message to committees while federal control of insurance was the main feature. The day closed without new legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Conference Committee
House
Dolliver Seeks Simplified Rail Rate Regulation Bill
Washington December 20 Senator Dolliver introduces a bill to simplify the railroad rate regulation plan. It lets the interstate commerce commission fix and enforce a maximum rate to take effect after thirty days notice and removes court procedure from the commission bill. The commission would grow to seven members at ten thousand dollars each.
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Dolliver
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rojestvensky Arrives in St Petersburg After Strain
Admiral Rojestvensky and top staff reached St Petersburg amid heavy bandages on his head and visible signs of mental strain. He appeared pleased by the warm reception from the city and officials.
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Rojestvensky
St. Petersburg
Trust Defeats Belasco In Trial Over Theatrical Trust
Justice Fitzgerald of the New York State Supreme Court issued a decision adverse to David Belasco in his suit against the Klaw and Erlanger firm, the so called theatrical trust. The ruling upholds the trust's position in the dispute over control and conduct of productions.
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Trust
Belasco
New York
dJustice Fitzgerald
State Supreme Court
David Belasco
Klaw & Erlanger
Theatrical “Trust
Bishop Spalding Returns to Peoria Streets After Stroke
Bishop Spalding, still strong, was seen on Peoria streets for the first time since the paralytic stroke that nearly ended his life a year ago. The sighting confirms his continued recovery and public presence in the community.
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Bishop Spalding
Peoria
Items of Interest and Odd Awards Across Europe and England
The column notes women in England turning to gardening for livelihoods and a variety of quirky facts. It mentions Abyssinia residents using a Robinson Crusoe straw woodrail, Bathers in London counts, Clifford W. Barnes being sent to Europe to study religious education, a $20,000 prize from the French Academy for interplanetary communication, and Mrs. Hillis Rowan receiving a $75,000 offer from Germany for her Australian flower pictures.
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Abyssinia
Borough
London
Clifford W. Barnes
Religious Education Society of Chicago
Europe
French Academy of Science
Pierre Guzmann
Hillis Rowan
Woman fatally shot by husband in Chicago street
In Chicago on Armitage avenue near Milwaukee avenue August Buchnewley shot his wife as she walked to work at a rug factory. He fired four shots into her heart then shot himself in the lung as bystanders surged toward the scene. Mrs Ruehnewicz 88 lived at 111 Frankfort street and had separated from him two months earlier.
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Chicago
Nec
August Buchnewley
Armitage Avenue
Milwaukee Avenue
St. Elizabeth Hospital
North Avenue
Wood Street
Ruehnewiccz
Leavitt Street
North
Ruchnewicz
Wall collapse traps workers after factory fire
After a fire at the Tiretras plant, walls and floors fell. One firefighter, Lt. Henry Baasett of Company No. 74, was crushed and died. Several others were injured in the panic. two employees, Margaret Becker and Henry Saute, remain unreported. Total loss estimated at $260,000.
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Henry Baasett
Trittvk Company No. 74
Margaret Becker
Henry Saute
Safe wrecked at Anderson and Schneffer elevator
West Hamilton men wrecked the grain elevator safe after a pistol fight with a detective and an alert lookout. Police arrested two fleeing suspects while others escaped. The safe reportedly contained nothing.
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Hamilton
Wee
Anderson & Schneffer
West Hamilton
Nominations Confirmed in Executive Session
In executive session confirmed the following nominations William H Devos district of Milwaukee aad Smith district of Superior Mich District attorneys William F E Troutmann eastern district of Mingis William A Northcott southern district of Illinois Nathan V Harlan of Ilino te district of Alaskan Judge of Indian Territory William R Lawrence of Illinois western district
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Pearce
Rock Island
Oscar A. Jones
Detroit
Marshall
Leon A. Townsend
Illinois
Charles P. Hitch
Uinois
William H. Devos
Milwaukee
Aad Smith
Superior
Mich
William FE. Troutmann
Mingis
William A. Northcott
Nathan V. Harlan
Ilinote
Alaskan
Indian Territory
Wiliam R. Lawrence
Ilinois
McKinney couple arraigned in cruelty case
Archibald Mc Kinney and wife Mary L. McKinney were arraigned in Aledo Illinois on cruelty to Stella Grady their ward. They pleaded not guilty as motions dominated the day. Three jurors were seated as the trial began. The Grady girl was removed from the McKinney home last May amid neighbor complaints and sent to the Friendless home. The case has faced multiple postponements since.
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Aledo
Ill
Archibald McKinney
Mary L. McKinney
Stella Grady
Grady
McKinney
Steel Products on the Free List in Ship Construction
Representative Williams of Mississippi introduced a bill to place on the free list steel beams plates angle irons rivets shaftings propellers castings and other material imported for use in the construction of ships in this country.
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Washington
Williams
Mississippi
Bu Hamara Plans Nocturnal Attack on Sultan Troops
Paris dispatch reports Bu Hamara, claimant to the Moorish throne, gathering a large force near the Algerian frontier to strike at the sultan's troops. The Tangier correspondent cites preparations for a decisive engagement amid mounting tensions.
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Bu Hamara
Paris
Tangier
Echo de Paris
Why He Isn't to Hang
Decatur county courts sentence Tom Waters a wealthy Black man for killing Mrs. Lydia Grant on September 5 in Clinton. He had planned to kill Mrs. Mary Jackson instead due to unrequited love. Waters receives fourteen years at Chester penitentiary.
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Decatur
Tom Watters
Lydia Grant
Clinton
Mary Jackson
Chester
Walsh's Interests at Peoria Bank Failure
Peoria financial circles were excited by the announcement of the failure of the Walsh banks. Walsh is largely interested in the Peoria Gas and Electric company and with family members controls one third of its stock. Y. W. Little vice president of the company said the Veorla firm was solvent.
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Walsh
Peoria
Peoria Gas and Electric Company
Y. W. Little
Veorla
City of
Freeport
Illinois
WM. Waterstradt
Guy Clark
Preparations For State Teachers Meeting At Springfield
Preparations are under way for 2500 teachers who will come to Springfield Sec. 26 for the annual meeting of the State Teachers association. Governor Deneen will deliver the welcome address. Papers and addresses by many educators will follow across the event.
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Springfield
Sec
State Teachers’ Association
Deneen
Veteran Sergeant Struck Near Street Car Track
Sergeant Fred A. V. Hotchkiss, admitted from Chicago to the Soldiers' Home in Isa, was found unconscious beside a street car track. He is believed struck by a car while crossing the track and remains in serious condition.
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Quincy
Fred A. V. Hotchkiss
Chicago
Isa
Republican Deader Dead. IllinoiS Nomank college president dies
Wilum J. Wester, president of the board of trustees of the dilinois Normank college, died at 67 after a long career in Illinois Republican party affairs since the Civil War. He led the institution in Ulinois and had been a party figure for decades.
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Kansas
Wilum J. Wester
The
Dilinois Normank College
Ulinois
Fire destroys enamel sign factory in Chicago
One man died in a blaze at the enamel sign factory of the Charles W. Schonk Company at 7 to 15 Park Street Chicago. Several employees were injured or missing as investigators began searching the ruins to confirm if anyone else was harmed.
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Chicago, Yee
Asiag
Charles W. Schonk Company
Park Street
Call to Circuit Judge ONeill for associate supreme court seat
A circulating appeal in Wisconsin asks Circuit Judge James ONeill of Neillsville to run for associate supreme court justice. Also noted: Hastings disputes MacMonnies statue model of General McClellan, claiming Little Mac never wore a slouch hat.
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James O'Neill
Neillsville
Wis
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Hastings
New York
Frederick MacMonnies
General McClellan
Little Mac
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Robert J. Lee
Robert KH. Lee
Thomas King
Cheyenne
Wyo
John A. McCall
New York Life
Andrew Stodis
Butte, Mont
State Bank of
Ohio
Cincinnati
Lyman L. Pierce
Young Men's Christian Association
Riley's Missouri lodging and a butter gouging tale
The narrative recounts James Whitcomb Riley's stop at a rough Missouri inn near Jefferson City. He describes a grimy night and a breakfast scene where a stranger eats butter with his knife, declaring he intends to finish the butter himself, prompting Riley to protest in a humorous account from Harper's Weekly.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Missouri
Jefferson City
Riley
Dinglig-Rogin
Harper's Weekly
James Nekels says Walsh assets valued higher than expected
Chicago reports that James H. Nekels on the Walsh holdings clearing committee says assets will liquidate for much more than anticipated. He notes eagerness of corporations to secure first options on bonds and stocks, and that Walsh may still emerge with substantial means. A Bedford run on the Walsh bank was quickly met with ample gold reserves and depositor deposits, easing fear after two hours.
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Chicago
Nec
James H. Nekels
Clearing House
John R. Walsh
Eckels
Walsh Banks
The
National Bank
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
Bedford
Ind
Bedford National Bank
IS NO RACE death by own action misnomer
Chicago December banqu et speakers at Physicians club debate race suicide alarm and birth registration. Superintendent Bodine contests the idea, noting many births go unreported in large cities and that Chicago’s school census shows 61,000 children born in the last three years had unregistered births.
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Chicago
United States
Physicians’ Club
Bodine
America
Western railroads pledge to enforce interstate laws
Executive officials of western railroads met in Chicago on December to commit to strict adherence to Interstate Commerce and related laws. Each railroad bound itself to report any illegal acts to the Interstate Commerce Commission and to cooperate in enforcing regulatory provisions.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grain thief killed by posse near Dayton
George Lister, a one armed man, was shot and killed by a posse of farmers while stealing grain from the barn of W. G. Turner, a Prohibition leader near Dayton. Turner fired at Lister who returned fire during the arrest, and a bullet from the posse pierced Lister’s breast.
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Dayton
George Lister
W. G. Turner
Efe
Turner
Tister
Free Trade for Filipinos
Washington reports theWays and Means committee favorably on the Payne bill admitting Philippine products into the United States free except sugar and tobacco. They would pay six percent of the Tingley rates until 1909 when they join the tariff list. Oil paints show deterrent effects on disease bacilli in tests Paris.
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Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
United States
Paris
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Joost
Kheis
James H. Edke Ols
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Sir Henry Irving
Irving Thera
Pei Fose
DR. Chase Company
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Joseph Emmert
Newbro
Newhero
Sen
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Joan
DR. Davis
4Th Fleet
Witcones Alk
Unday
Veeinde
Business Directory
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H.R. Antrins
Jaahier
State Bank of Freeport
Brock
R. G. Shumway
Hela
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Brea We Hoefer
H. H. Antri
J. H. Brealy
Stover
Fred Dorwenne
H. Wagner
Henry Baier
Homer Aiso Savings Department
Hettinger, Colimann & Co
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First’national Bank OF
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Burochard & Burrell, Attorneys AT Law
Go, Burchard
Jourt House
Freemet “"Knote
L. H. Burret
W. N. Cronkrite
Stephenson
Attorney AT Law
Edwly Freeport, Il
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Galena Avenue
Anzeiger
Spring Streets
J. B. Sweat
Agi
Freeport Building and Loan Association
van Buren Street
State Bank
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