First Regular Session Opens as Congress Gathers
Crowded galleries in Washington witness the start of the sixty first Congress with many bills placed into receptacles. Insurgent elements mobilize in both chambers as plans form for the session while presidents message awaited. Cannon is applauded as the House is called to order and leaders shape early strategy.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Congress
Cannon
Senate
Bailey
Texas
Cottage Prayer Meeting Schedule Third Ward
Announcement lists cottage prayer meetings in the Third ward with locations and leaders for Tuesday through Friday at 2 30 PM. Tuesday at 527 Maple avenue led by Miss Lillian Roach. Wednesday at S514 East Tenth street led by MM. Y Howe. Thursday at 1101 Oak street led by Mrs G W Porter. Friday at 504 Mulberry avenue led by Rev J C Light.
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Third Ward
W. §. Norton
Maple Avenue
Lillian Roach
William Meyer
East Tenth Street
MM. Y. Howe
J. W. Pollock
Oak Street
G. W. Porter
M. H. Bitzer
Mulberry Avenue
J. C. Light
Muscatine Lodge Praised in Elk-Antler Magazine
The December Elk- Antler praises Muscatine Lodge No. 204 in New York printed paper. Exalted Ruler L. J. Horan is lauded as a leading Iowa attorney and eloquent speaker. The lodge bought a new home within a year and started with $500 in assets. The lodge is described as growing and prosperous.
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Elk- Antler
Elkdom
New York City
Muscéatine Lodge
L. J. Horan
Iowa
Royal Neighbors Meet For Annual Officer Election
The Royal Neighbors will gather Wednesday evening at the Woodman for the annual election of officers. Attendance of all members is requested.
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Woodman
Zelaya Readies Departure Amid Central American Crisis
Washington reports from the United States consulate in Managua say Zelaya plans to leave Nicaragua as Mexican support for the U S stance strengthens. The Dixie transport sails with 700 Marines toward Central America while a Knox presidency meeting weighs the evolving Nicaraguan war, with battles near Rama and Greytown and shortages among Zelaya’s troops.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Managua
Zelaya
Nicaragua
State Department
Mexico
Nicaraena
Philadelphia
Dixie
Central America
Knox
Senor Salvator Castrillo
Estrada
Rama
Chamorro
Greytown
Rome
Toledo
Angry at Lover Drank Poison in Des Moines
Des Moines dispatch reports Anna Curtz a 20 year old shop girl from West Liberty drank chloroform after a quarrel with her lover FP C Oliver. She was rushed to a hospital and may recover. Confusion over her identity with Miss Ella Kurz of West Liberty and a postal card hinting at a December wedding added to the mystery.
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Des Moines
Anna Curtz
FP. C. Oliver
West Liberty
Ella Kurz
John Kurz
Miss Kurz
Olivey to Speak at Trades and Labor Assembly Meeting
William A. Olivey of Chicago will address the Trades and Labor Assembly this evening. Olivey serves as general organizer and label promoter for the United Garment Workers of America, and his talk is expected to interest union men.
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Trades and Labor Assembly
William A. Olivey
Chicago
Olivey
United Garment Workers of America
Railroads prepare wage talks as trainmen strike looms
Washington December 6 The General Managers Association which represents thirty two eastern railroads says employes proposals for a ten percent wage increase will be submitted late this week A union trainmasters issue prompts new orders and conductor officers in Cedar Rapids Iowa justify action Delays persist as storms impact schedules with zero weather and high winds stopping trains
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Washington, D. C
General Managers Association
Shepherd
Order of Railway
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
St. Paul
Minn
Boiler explosion kills two in Kansas City basement
A boiler blast in a six story building basement at 192 Broadway in Kansas City's wholesale district at noon today killed two men and injured four others. Fire and police responded swiftly as crews evacuated the area and searched for further hazards.
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Kansas City
Broadway
First Victim Of Cold Weather Found
Chicago Illinois December 6 a laborer named M Griffin was found dead in a barn and recorded by police as the first victim of exposure to the cold that prevailed last night.
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Chicago
M. Griffin
Supreme Court Affirms Comptroller as Government Examiner
The Supreme Court held the Comptroller of the Currency acts as a government examiner with power to inspect national banks. John A. Corbett cashier of First National Bank of Ladysmith Wisconsin and others faced charges for false entries in the bank report. A Wisconsin district court had dismissed the complaint, but the high court rejected that interpretation.
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Washington, D. C
Decc
Supreme Court of the United States
John A. Corbett
First National Bank of
Supreme Court
Aviator Killed As Motor Explodes In France
Fern and ez, the aviator, was instantly killed today when the motor exploded during a maneuver at 1650 feet. The aeroplane cramped and the machine dropped to the earth, ending the flight.
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Nice
France
Fernandez
Mistakes Flats: Is Killed By His Nervous Neighbors
New York December 6. Charles H Guthinger mistook a neighbor’s flat for his own and entered James Allen’s apartment. Allen challenged him and fired, wounding Guthinger who died today. Allen and his wife collapsed upon learning the victim was their neighbor.
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New York
Charles H. Guthinger
Jamhes Allen
Allen
Guthing
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Contempt Cases
The Supreme Court granted certiorari in the contempt cases of Gompers Morrison and Mitchell, bringing Buck's Stove and Ranga to review. Morse's petition was denied, leaving his fifteen year prison sentence in effect. Walsh's petition for a writ of review will be filed in Washington on December 20.
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Grants
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Morse
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United
Walsh
Chicago
Til
John R. Walsh
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Milwaukee Camp Fight Ends With Five Day Jail Term
Sunday fight at a Milwaukee area camp five miles southwest of the city led to John Dudley's five day jail sentence after Percy Eldridge pressed charges. Judge Howe heard the case this morning amid reports of a second disturbance later in the day. Dudley reportedly fled as a baseball bat brandished by an associate loomed. The Johnson County Fair plans to resume in 1910 despite $6,000 debt and empty treasury, with Bruce Moore as president and George Hitchcock as secretary. The association owns grounds valued at $17,000 and may seek sale to the board of supervisors under new state law.
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Milwaukee
John Dudley
Percy Eldridge
Howe
Dudley
Johnson County
Iowa City
Johnson County Fair Association
Bruce Moore
George al Hitchcock
Board of Supervisors
Chicagoan Named Minister to China in 1900s Inquest
William J. Calhoun of Chicago was appointed as Minister to China. He accepted the post and the Chinese government signaled pleasure. Calhoun refused to discuss China or his mission, saying business affairs require him to remain in America until January.
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Washington, D.C
State Department
William J. Calhoun
Chicago
China
Calhoun
Cunlhoun
Ill
Orient
America
Doxey Defense Outlined in Arsenic Death Case
Mrs Dora Doxey faces murder and bigamy charges in the death of Wim Erder. Dr Lauren Doxey, her husband, is kept as a witness in St Louis while a probe proceeds. Insurance links loom as he challenges the marriage claim and alleges no arsenic proof.
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St. Lois
Dee
Lauren B. Doxey
Dora B. Doxey
St. Louis
Wim. J. Erder
Troops Present Idle Quiet Around Aetna Mills
Bridgeport Iowa Dec 6 troops are scattered through the troubled district as the Aetna Standard mills remain idle and no plant operations resume. The expected disorders did not occur and conditions stay quiet after a threatened race riot near Scottsboro is defused by authorities. Charles B Kaufman of Wilton Iowa was elected president of the Philo mathian society at the University of Iowa.
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Bridgeport
Oato
Aetna Standard Mills
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Marion
Scottsboro
Here
Iowa’ City
Charles B. Kaufman
Wilton
Iowa
Philomathian Society
University of Iowa
School teacher Harriett Fistler dies by suicide in Clear Lake
Miss Harriett Fistler, 32, a Clear Lake teacher, shot herself in the heart last night. A note said she felt unwell and did not want to be a burden, adding no one was to blame. She had prepared her schoolwork for the week.
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Iowa Evening Press
Mason City
Harriett Fistler
Clear Lake
Moline Man Sought by Chicago Police
Chicago police are asked to search for Graham G Stevens 23 a general superintendent of the Republic Iron and Steel Co Moline Ill who left his office Novem ber 13 for Chicago.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Graham
G. Stevens
The
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Moline
Ill
Treasury estimates show large scale budget cuts for 1911
Secretary MacVeagh submitted fiscal year 1911 appropriations totaling 732,223,075 dollars, down 103,870,208 from the current year and 123,066,493 from 1910. Major departments face reductions with new work only when essential, listing amounts for Legislative, Executive, State, Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, Post Office, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, Justice, and public building plans in Council Bluffs and Ottumwa Iowa plus Danville Illinois.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
House
Legislative
Executive
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
Navy Department
Interior Department
Postoffice Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Justice
Postal Service
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Danville
Til
Ottumwa
Forestry Service
Nichols Defeats Local Squad 56 to 16 in Basketball
Muscatine traveled to Nichols Saturday seeking an upset as Nichols outplayed the visitors. Walter Molis officiated the game with Nichols leading 56 to 16. Field goals credited to Swickard 8 Nugent 5 Zybarth 7 Sebmitt 2 Cummins 4 Smalley 1 Fifer 6 etc. Free throws listed for Fifer and Swickard.
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Muscatine
Nichols
Walter Molis
Swickard
Cumming Fe
Nugent
Smalley AyWarth Wee
Baker Elder
Ruckdeschel Boatman
Fifer
E. Nugent
Zybarth
Sebmitt
Cummins
Smalley
Pifer Ll
Woodmen to Elect At Tuesday Camp Meeting
Camp No 106 of the Modern Woodmen of America will elect officers for the coming year and conduct annual business at its Tuesday night meeting An emblem watch and fob will be given away to attract a large turnout of members.
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Woodmen of America
Party at Buffalo Hosts Young People from City
Mr and Mrs Austin Leach of Buffalo entertained a number of young people from this city at a party Saturday evening. They returned home to this city on the Milwaukee train Sunday morning.
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Austin Leach
Buffalo
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Official
Joe Cannon
Muscatine Lodge
Elk-Antler
Triansport
W. A. Olivey
General Managers' Assn
Lower Court
RED Cross
Dane Willa
Chicago Record-Herald
Tribunal
Chicagoan
Erder
Crane
Iuesuat
DR. Doxey
Aetna
Smalder
Mrs. Austin Leach
Illinois
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