Sweden Mourns King's Death. Gustav Becomes Heir
King Oscar II of Sweden died after hours of unconsciousness. Prince Gustav, acting regent, ascends as king after Oscar dies of a broken heart following Norway's secession. Gustav, 50, is popular and a Swedish general with three sons, heir apparent being the Duke of Scania.
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Stockholm
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Brewers Unite to Abolish Dives in United States
Philadelphia dispatch reports leading U S brewers meeting in New York voted to join reformers to eliminate low saloons and similar dives. a secret gathering pledged a 5 million dollar fund to wage war on temperance, to be raised by adding 5 to 10 cents to each keg sold to saloonkeepers. Adolphus Busch urged regulation and timely public action.
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United States
New York
Busch
Adolphus Busch
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
St. Louis
Beier Trouble Promises Involvement Of Officials
Conflict over the quarantine of Chas Beier’s Bergen Wisconsin home prompts a suit against the town chairman and board of health for misfeasance. D W Bradley, assaulted while placarding the home, names Beier in an assault with intent to do great bodily harm charge. Preliminary hearing set for June in circuit court. Bradley supporters allege the quarantine was malicious and that Beier was taken from the home to La Crosse to confirm illness. They say a state suit may follow.
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Chas. Beier
Bergen
Vernon County
Board of Health
D. W. Bradley
Beier
Bradley
la Crosse
Miners Burn Disaster At Monongah West Virginia
Monongah Va December 9 only sixty six bodies recovered from burning mines by 11 this morning. Dozens buried and others shipped away. Knights of Pythias lodge members reduced to seven. No man over eighteen alive on one street. Saloons closed. Rescue hampered by smouldering fire in mine No 8 and toxic gases risking further explosions. Work continues in No 6 but progress is dangerous until No 8 is extinguished.
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Monongah
Knights of Pythias Lodge
No. 6
No. 8
Harriman Secures Brief Postponement In Stock Vote Suit
In Chicago on December 9 Harriman's attorneys won a temporary postponement to Thursday in the Fish injunction case aimed at blocking Harriman and Union Pacific from voting 281,990 shares of Illinois Central stock.
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Chicago
Harriman
Union Pacific
Illinois Central
John Meyer In Serious Condition At Home
John Meyer a Fourth Street meat market man is very ill at his home 608 North Sixth Street with inflammation of the bowels.
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John Meyer
North Sixth Street
Goldfield Open Shop Conflict Prompts Tense Nevada Standoff
In Goldfield Nevada on December 9 the community braces as mine operators move toward reopening on the open shop basis. Troops may be used to back nonunion workers while miners and locals rally against government intervention. Officials protest the troop move amid rising tensions and past fires and clashes.
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Goldfield
Nevada
Idaho
Imprisonment Bill For Second Offense Against Trusts
Washington contains a House bill by Representative Sabbath Democrat Illinois to set state or court finding illegality of a trust as decisive. Second conviction would carry imprisonment only. House session lasted ten minutes with committee names announced and sworn in members Landis Bede Pollard and Counry Missouri. House adjourned until Thursday.
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Sabbath
Illinois
Charles Landis
Indiana
Adam Bede
Minnesota
Pollard
Nebraska
Counry
Missouri
Kroonland Struggles in Gale With Broken Shaft
The Red Star liner Kroonland with about a thousand aboard fights a heavy gale west of Lazard reef after breaking a shaft. A wireless to the Kronprinz Wilhelm, which arrived from New York, relayed the incident from Plymouth on December 9.
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Red Star Line
Kroonland
Lazard Reef
New York
Roads to Meet with Committee Tonight at City Hall
The railroad and ordinance committee will convene at 8 PM in city hall to discuss Mayor Anderson’s referral to Madison for Mill Street crossing protection. Attorney Paul W. Mahoney and La Crosse Street Railway President B E Edwards are expected speakers, with other committee members listed for rails, ordinance, finance, and police.
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Paul W. Mahoney
Milwaukee Road
B. E. Edwards
la Crosse Street Railway Company
Wendell A. Anderson
Railroad Commission
Madison
Mill Street
Railroad and Ordinance
Railroads
Kellar
Downs
Rose
Goddard
Hirshheimer
Bartl
Emery
Police
Grover
Foerster
Bedessem
Father of Mrs. W. F. Wolfe Dies in Portland
Mrs. W. F. Wolfe left for Portland to attend the death of her father Alexander La Mont who died from stomach cancer after a lip sore grew into a cancer eating into his throat. Interment will be in Portland, Oregon.
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W. F. Wolfe
Portland
Ore
Alexander la Mont
la Mont
City
Printing firm dissolved in Crescent Job Printing case
The Crescent Job Printing company of South Third Street dissolved between Louis Weishbecker and Carl Kowalke. John Schmit succeeds the latter member of the firm.
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Crescent Job Printing Company
South Third Street
Louis Weishbecker
Carl Kowalke
John Schmit
Taft Grief Touches France and Mass Funeral Plans
In Boulogne Secretary Taft greets mourners aboard the President Grant liner as France offers condolences for his mother’s death. Mrs Taft’s funeral is set for Tuesday at 11 AM from the Terry mansion, then taken to Cincinnati to lie beside her husband.
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Taft
Boulogne
Grant
Millbury
Mass
Terry
Cincinnati
President Opposes Exclusion Bill
Washington December 9. Representatives Hayes and Kahn of California urged Roosevelt to back a stricter Japanese exclusion bill but were rebuffed. The president said he would oppose the measure, noting it could reach a vote and pass if backed by Congress, yet warned lawmakers that foreign complications might block reporting.
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Washington, D. C
Hayes
Kahn
California
Roosevelt
Foraker to Fight Legal Appointment
Washington, Dec 9 The nomination of Judge Sater for the south district of Ohio was taken up by the Senate judiciary committee at Foraker's request. It is understood he will oppose the confirmation.
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Washington
Sater
South
Ohio
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Foraker
Wheat Below Average Decline in Winter Wheat Acreage
The agricultural department reports a 1.9 percent drop in winter wheat compared with 1906, totaling 956,000 fewer acres. Overall winter wheat acreage is 31,069, with a December 1 condition index of 91.1 versus 94.1 in 1906 and 92.1 average.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Waterways bond plan gains backing from bankers
Washington reports that bankers favor a half billion dollar bond issue to fund internal waterways work and to bolster government credit for currency. Speaker Cannon doubted support, but financial authorities see bond-backed circulation as a path, arguing it would raise funds and widen the debt market, vs. restructuring the currency system.
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Cannon
Weather Forecast Predicts Deep Cold Across Regions Tonight
Coldest spot last night was six below in Winnipeg as a broad cold wave heads southward reaching this area tonight or tomorrow. Wisconsin expects rain turning to snow with much colder, Minnesota sees partly cloudy and colder then fair with warmer west, Iowa faces snow north and central with east colder, and elsewhere high pressure in Wyoming extends into Manitoba while a central Mississippi valley storm brings rain and winds across plains.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
West Gulf States
Lake Region
Plains States
Wyoming
Rock Mountain
Manitoba
Montana
North Dakota
Canadian Territory
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