Illegal combine charged against Milwaukee railroad and Pabst
U S District Attorney Butterfield and Assistant Quarles filed a complaint in Milwaukee charging the Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company and nine railroads with violating the Elkins law by rebates discriminations and coercion The suit accuses rebates of 10 to 12 percent and alleges a self serving contract with Pabst Brewing Company giving exclusive shipment control The court is asked to issue subpoenas and schedule rapid appearance and testimony early next month.
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Milwaukee, Wis
U.S
H. K. Butterfield
Charles Quarles
U. S. Circuit Court
Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company
Pere Marquette Railway Company
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Erie Railroad Company
Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Gustav G
Seaman
Shaw Machine Co opens new shop with 150 workers
The Shaw Machine Co started operations at a new Lowell shop described as among the finest in the country. About 150 men began work at 7 am, with plans to expand as spring brings the foundry and further plant additions. Many workers came from the Lowell Machine shop seeking protégé opportunities, signaling likely future growth and new buildings.
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Shaw
Lowell
Shaw Concern
Courier-Citizen
Shaw Company
Lowell Machine Shop
Samoset Weavers Refuse to Strike at Valley Park Mill
Valley Park, AL November 12 A number of weavers at No 2 mill of the Samoset Company cotton goods refused to work after management declined a ten percent wage increase. Management claims 38 strikers while workers put the figure at 65. Mill says orders will be filled as soon as possible and some positions already filled. The company operates six mills employing between nine hundred and a thousand workers.
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Valley Park
Bmamoset Company
Meade
Pall River
Geesibie
Mmeenitude
Fire Alarm At Cheney Barn Sparks Investigation
A brief fire call was logged this afternoon about a barhing coat found near the Cheney property. Frank P. Cheney reported the incident and investigators began examining the scene for potential causes and connected any relevant details.
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Frank P. Cheney
Republican Primer for mayor candidates listed
The piece names three Republican mayor candidates Captain William Fairweather James G Mill and Frederick W Farnham. It notes Fairweather and Mill have prior city government experience as aldermen with two years of service. Farnham has none. Fairweather led aldermanic votes with 7238. Mill followed with 6927.
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William Fairweather
Jas. G. Mill
Frederick W. Farnham
Fairweather
Eohne Mc. Hill
Farnham
New Jurors Sworn In For Second Half Term
A new set of jurors is sworn in at the start of the second half of the fall term in superior civil court with Judge Hitchcock presiding. The first case is Peacock versus Boisvert, involving a fall injury to Reuben A. Peacock while employed demolishing a stone building for Jacques Boisvert on School Street in 1904. Jurors listed include Batchelder, Blaisdell, Boutwell, Burtt, Clark, Callagher, Farring ton, Firth, Gallagher, Graham, Gregg, Lefavour, Maguire, McCaffrey, Merrill, Nutting, O Hare, Park, Parker, Queen, Reed, Reed, Richards, Stone, Tulis, Upton, Wall, Waters, Wells, and Woodward.
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Superior Civil Court
Hitchcock
Peacock
Boisvert
J. G. Hill
T. G. Robbins
F. F E. Dunbar
Reuben A. Peacock
Jacques Boisvert
School Street
Lowell Gaslight Company
Howard W. Batchelder
Reading
Albert C. Blaisdell
Woburn
William H. Boutwell
Wilmington
Jacob L. Burtt
Tewksbury
Frank P. Clark
Sudbury
Joseph W. Callagher
Lowell
Southwell Farrington
Rylah Firth
Charles J. Gallagher
Fred D. Graham
Wakefield
George W. Gregg
Woodbury
Westford
George E. Waters
Edgar S. Wells
Carpenter
Addison Woodward
Pepperell
Nathan Free After Grand Jury Decision In Geary Case
Morris Nathan was released in municipal court after the grand jury failed to indict him in the death of Susanna Geary, with a subpoena issued to testify in the trial of indicted suspects. The McLeod abortion case was quashed by district court as the grand jury had already charged accessory after the fact. Several unlawful hospital establishments on Tremont Street were raided and vacated leaving rooms vacant and furniture removed. Nathan remained jailed on $500 bond awaiting a Witness.
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Boston
Morris Nathan
Pittsburg
Susanna Geary
Geary
Percy McLeod
Miss Geary
McLeod
Tremont Street
Stene
Nathan Wee
Circus Train Wreck Near Kansas City
A Memphis dispatch reports a derailment near Kansas City Arkansas. Several employees killed and many animals escaped as the circus train wrecked late at night on November 15 according to a special to the Commercial Appeal.
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Memphis
Tenn
Kanene City
Ark
Miecina
Animale
Washington Nev Poet Names On Prime Page
A fragmentary note lists names including Connecticut, Vermont, Edith Breete and Wiwars Porter among those possibly associated with a primer page. The text is garbled with several misspellings and unclear context.
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Washington
Nev
Clace
Appelat
Tolay
Connecticut
Rimweed
Chartee
Vermont
Concord
Edith M. Breete
Yeshire
Wiwars B. Porter
Hammond Pleads Guilty After Bottle Assault Case
Ira F. Hammond, accused of striking his wife with a beer bottle leaving an 11 stitch head wound, was sentenced to seven months in the house of correction after pleading guilty to drunkenness and assault. The hearing was brief as his appeal stretched into a longer process with additional charges.
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Hammond
Ira F. Hammond
House of Correction
St. John’s Hospital
Hadley Promply
East Cambridge
Welch
City Hall Deliberates Land Purchases and Cremator Plan
A loan order for 10000 dollars for lands and buildings is expected to be vetoed by Mayor Casey. Gormley and Lang land bills approved, Gormley property near Lyon Street school nearly finished, pupils moved to annex. Pawtucketville school children relocated to former library building deemed satisfactory. Decarie cremator set to operate by Wednesday. Dr. Huntress hails it as best cremator for Lowell with strong outcomes. Claims committee slated for meeting at city hall tonight.
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Lands and Buildings Department
Casey
Gormley
Lyon Street
Langland
Pawtucketville School
Leonard Huntress
Board of Health
Lowell
King Alfonso Arrives in Vienna for Royal Welcome
Vienna on November 13 reports King Alfonso arrived from Potsdam to a welcome by Emperor Francis Joseph, archdukes, and officials at the railroad station. Their Majesties proceeded to the palace amid lined streets, troops, and flags.
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Vienna
Alfonso
Potsdam
Emior
Francis Joseph
Recounts Show No Material Change in Lowell Votes
The board of registrars finished ward 1 recounts for the Whitney and Varnum races finding no material shift in Lowell. Whitney loses two votes, Varnum unchanged, Barry gains no votes, and other minor shifts occur as ballots adjust. Recounting continues through the day with candidates monitoring closely.
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Henry M. Whitney
Charles F. Varnum
Lowell
City Hall
Board of Registrars
Whitney
Draper
James W. Barry
Mr. Varnum
Duffy
Hibbard
Mec- Mahon
Sproule
Stewart
Varnum
Wier
Torso Found on a Dump Cleared by College Dean
Cleveland Ohio November 14. A mystery surrounding a heatless limbless male torso found on a gar bage dump was cleared when Dr RK KB Skeel dean of the Cleveland college of physicians and surgeons told police the janitor placed the body on the dump after being ordered to cre mate parts of bodies from the dissecting room.
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Cleveland
RK. KB. Skeel
Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mining Disaster in Transvaal Claims Glee Lovers
All lovers of felt must wait for James H to report on a mining disaster in Transvaal, as details remain scarce and the situation unfolds.
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James Hh
Christening Aboard English Flagship Drake
New York, Nov 12. Little Louise Beatrice Gavehner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Chadwick, led the first christening aboard the Drake flagship of Prince Louis of Rattenburg. At eight weeks old she cried contentedly as Godparents stand in for Prince Louis, Albert Manns aiding in the ceremony in the gun room amidships. The crew presented the great liver cup won for four marksman ship, with Chaplain Retineon officiating.
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New York
Louise Beatrice
John Chadwick
Ninth Avenue
Prince Louis of Rattenburg
Bons
Beatrice
Prince Louie
Hie Bunday
Hie Comewatn
Albert Manns
Foint
Lowell Cotton Mill Closes for Thanksgiving Day
The Lowell cotton mill will shut down for Thanksgiving Day. It is noted that this closing may be longer than usual, reflecting the holiday custom in the city.
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Lowell
New
Building Collapse Injures North Haltote Workmen
Neeton November 13 Jacob Nenndal possibly fatally injured as a brick tenement building abruptly collapsed during torn-down work. Ten men were present. several were seriously hurt while attempting to flee the wreck. one man struck by falling timbers died at the scene.
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Neeton
Jacob Nenndal
Haltote
Farree
Wendel
Weather Outlook Points to Warm Week Ahead
A forecast predicts a warm week with elevated activity and strong public engagement. Officials expect widespread mild conditions, encouraging outdoor events and steady winds as communities plan primary activities and outdoor gatherings.
Gompers Heads Silver Anniversary AFL Gathering in Pittsburg
Delegates from all states, Canada and foreign countries fill old city hall as Samuel Gompers opens the AFL silver anniversary in Pittsburg with a monster band procession. Re election bids mix with credential hearings and union disputes, notably plumbers versus steam fitters, while Thomas J. Kidd declines another term and W D Mahon is favored to succeed him.
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Pittsburg
Old City
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Canada
England
Colonial Hotel
James G. Wymah
Allegheny
Ontine
Steam Fitters
Teamsters’ Union
William J. Spencer
Plumbers
Gompers
Gompersa
Thomas J. Kidd
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Empoyes
Detroit, Mich
Extradition Request From Massachusetts Reaches Albany
Albany police and Boston detectives delivered requisition papers for William B. How ard and Louie Crawford in the Winthrop dress suit case. Governor Higgins in New York may sign once he returns to Albany, with extradition papers to be prepared.
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Albany
N. Y
Ih Pierce
W. E. Watts
Detective Bureau of
Boston
Executive Chamber
Massachusetts
William B. Howeard
Louie Crawford
Higgins
New York
Judge Joyce
Hows
Crawford
Neston and Lancsethan Sail From Major Ports
In a brief shipping notice two vessels depart for New York. Carpathia sails from Trieste via New York, while etland leaves Antwerp en route to New York.
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Neston
New
Caneple
Naetier
Lancsethan
London
New York
Carpathia
Trieste
Now
Etland
Antwerp
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Tor Transit Co
Shaw Machine CO
The
Machine Shop
Samoset
Gaprae
Capt. Fairweather
Mr. Mill
Superior
Court
Nathan
Judge Hadley
Charlea Adams
John Devine
Martin J. Courtney
Robert H. Greenwood
Wiliam H. Getchell
Adams
Francis W. Devine
Francis
Central Street
Henry Somers
Ken
Francie
Stra
Francia
John Mansfield
West London Street
Committee On Claims
Formme
King Alfonso
Barry
Hennessy
J. Joseph Hennessy
Jackson Street
Monument Square
Lakeview Avenue
Coburn Street
Mr. Hennessy
Centralville
Lyons Street School
Daniel J. Donahue
J. Joseph O'Connor
James EK. O'Donnell
C M
Medical School
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Drie Pontein
Gompers A
Federation of Labor In
Pitts
Burg
Cians
Hall
Howard and Craw
Ford
Catarrlets
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