Southern Pacific Firemen End Strike After Arbitration Agreement
The Southern Pacific firemen strike ends after a three arbitrator board is formed. The agreement orders all strikers to return to their posts and sets arbitration on contract issues. About 500 men have returned or will resume duties within 24 hours as strikebreakers hired for the dispute are dismissed.
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Houston
Texas
Southern Pacific
Thornwell Fay
W. G. van Vleck
Harriman Roads
W. E L. Wills
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Southern Pacific R. A
General Board of Adjustment
Southern Pacific R. R
Board of Arbitration
Negro Troops Ordered to Philippines In 1900 Mobilization
Washington reports that the Ninth and Tenth cavalry and the Twenty-fifth infantry along with all Black soldiers in the regular army will prepare for service in the Philippines. They will depart between March 5 and June 5, with other regiments also slated for duty while several units are set to be relieved. Major General Bell says the deployments are rotational, not to remove Black troops from the United States.
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Washington
Ninth
Tenth Cavalry
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Philippines
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Fifth Cavalry
Bell
Phillippines
United States
Defeat for Standard Oil in Illinois Court
Judge Landis rules Standard Oil must face trial on ten indictments in a major antitrust case. Only two counts are deemed minor, preserving $129000000 in potential fines and signaling a sweeping government victory and broader impact on interstate commerce regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Landis
United States Circuit Court
Oil Trust
Sims
Standard Oil
Wild Train Saved by Hero Engineer in Desperate Stop
A Chicago and Northwestern fast mail train No 10 ran wild at 75 mph after a boiler stud blew out. Engineer Louis Sheil and fireman Edward McVey, both badly burned, halted the train near Belle Plaine after Sheil climbed to the tender and forced the air brake, preventing a catastrophic wreck.
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Boone
Chicago & Northwestern
Louis Sheil
Edward McVey
Shull
McVey
Belle Plaine
Cremated in Sleeper Fire on Northwestern Limited
A Pullman on the Northwestern Los Angeles Limited bound east from Council Bluffs caught fire about 5 am near Loveland, Missouri Valley. Louis Delario of Washington DC died in the blaze. eleven passengers escaped to a chair car as flames consumed the car and a hydrant stream helped subdue the fire.
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Souri Valley
Council Bluffs
Los Angeles
Louis Delario
Washington, D. C
Loveland
Hamlin
Missouri Valley
Delario
Delurio
Stockmen Seek Relief From Railroad Freight Rates
Iowa live stock men report to the state railroad commission for relief from ice freight charges. Clifford Thorne of Washington, representing the Corn Belt Meat Producers Association, petitions for lower Iowa rates on cattle hogs and sweep, with a plan to press interstate rate reductions. The filing cites a 3 percent higher average revenue per ten miles in Iowa versus the six-state group and notes no recent cuts for cattle sheep horses or mules since 17 years ago.
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Ihes Moines
Railroad Commission
Iowa
Clifford ‘Vuorne
Washington
Corn Bari Meat Producers’ Association
State Railroad Commission
Thorne
Interstate Commerce
Towa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Steele Was Bigamist With Two Wives Across States
Famed bomb thrower Steele once of Garner Iowa has lived as a ligamist for fourteen years. He maintains a wife in this city and another in Lynchburg Virginia. He supported the Virginia wife while neglecting his family here and told Mrs Steele No 2 he was divorced from Mrs Steele No 1.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Virginia
Steele No. 2
Steele
Steele No. 1
Judge Cole Honored With Carnegie Pension
Judge C. C. Cole longtime Drake University Law School dean receives notice of a Carnegie Fund pension of 1280 dollars annually. He will retire and become emeritus professor while maintaining chief justice equity and faculty ties. Report notes his Harvard Law School training and rise to state supreme court chief justice.
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Carnegie Fund
Des Moines
C. C. Cole
Drake University Law School
Andrey Carnegie
Jude C. C. Cole
Cole
Othier
Gean
Harvard Law School
Supreme Bench
Hawkeye Notes Chronicle Local Incidents and Alleged Crimes
A prisoner died in the Dubuque county jail during a bath. Fred Johnsen, 18, was killed by a Burlington fast mail at Albia. Advant Cineral Newman predicts the G A R will disband within ten years. John Swinhlrn near Marne was kicked by a horse and is seriously injured. Corruption charges in the ruling of Jerusts may leave Polk County without a jury for a year. F J Huber Co tailors of Jefferson report $10 000 in earnings. Will H Halverson declines to qualify after spending to win the county clerk race. Frank Orr who shot Ira Bogard at Des Moines is captured in Adair County. Majel Conver Stanley, cousin of former Minster Conger, commits suicide in Denver after quarrel with her lover.
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Dubyane Eeunty
Fred Johnsen
Burlington
Albia
Advant Cineral Newman
Denty
Carse
John Swinhlrn
Marne
Jerusts
Polk County
F. J. Huber & Co. Tailors
Jefferson
Will H. Halverson
Emme County
Frank Orr
Ira Bogard
Des Moines
Ty Lulu Higgins
Adair County
Majel Conver Stanley
Minster Conger
Denver
Come
Trainman George Huff Fatally Injured Near Muscatine
George Huff a brakeman for the G, M & P fell under a train near Muscatine and died after being rushed to a hospital. The tragedy highlights the dangers faced by railroad workers in the region.
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George Huff
Muscatine
Rebel Chief Takes Flight as 700 Escape to Mountains
Tangier report says Raisuli and 700 followers fled into the Rif mountains after Zinat Raifsuli stronghold was burned. no deaths, several wounded. Government troops under War Minister Gabbas stormed the gates Sunday, with looting by troops and 15 prisoners taken.
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Tangier
Zinat
Raifsuli
Raisuli
Gabbas
Raisull
Mulai Mohammed
AG Sues to Oust McClellan as New York Mayor
New York Attorney General petitions Supreme Court to remove George B. McClellan from the mayoralty claiming Hearst was the legal 1905 mayor. The suit alleges miscounts and election law violations in the November 1905 election and that votes for Hearst were not counted in many districts.
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New York
Jackson
State of
Supreme Court
George B. McClellan
City of
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
McClellan
Seven Die From Pleasant Prairie Mill Explosion
The death toll from Saturday's Laflin Fand powder mill blast in Pleasant Prairie near Kenosha Wisconsin has risen to seven, with two more workers dying since Saturday night.
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Sven
Kenosha
Wis
Pleasant Prairie
High Russians Are Doomed in Terror Plot
In St Petersburg terrorists reportedly condemned to death Grand Duke Nicholas Premier Stolypin and two cabinet conservatives after letters warning them arrived. Gen Von der Launitz, police prefect, was killed, sparking calls for greater protection and a crackdown as arrests follow a wide police raid with no major terrorists captured.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Stolypin
von der Launitz
Flood Threat Looms Over Southern Indiana Rivers
Indiana faces its worst flood in years as the Ohio river near Evansville nears 40 feet, two feet above danger. Evansville reports rising water and evacuations, with lowlands flooded for 100 miles. Princeton sees Wa bash and White rivers overflow, Patoka also out of bounds. Taylorsville evacuations exceed 700. Fifteen public schools closed due to high water. Weather Forecaster Brand predicts continued rise.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Evansville
Brand
Princeton
Patoka
Taylorsville
Terre Haute
Roosevelt clash widens over negro troops fate in senate
In Washington the Senate debated the president’s dismissal of the negro troops with protracted questions. Senator Lodge offered a resolution to probe the Brownsville affray while implicitly approving the president’s actions. Senator Foraker opposed and signaled he would resume Tuesday after speaking until 6 30.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Lodze
Brownsville
Lodge
Foraker
Entire Family Killed by Gas in Winooski
Burlington Vermont dispatch reports six members of the family of George Devine killed by illuminating gas. The gas entered the house from a street main break via a sewer pipe causing a fatal blast.
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Burlington
George Devine
Winooski
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