Desperate telegraphers vow to push strike to end
Telegrams describe a fierce strike with threats of violence to supporters. Reports from Moscow say leaders urge followers to endure, while a plan to assassinate Interior Minister Durtiove and Superintendent Sevastien is alleged. Ambassdor Meyer arrives from Berlin amid unrest.
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Post Andi
Moscow
Vindskavisas
Caucasia
St. Petersburg
Durtiove
M. Sevastienoff
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Helsingbera
Meyer
Berlin
Howard University Students Rebel in Riot Over President
In Washington on December 9, about 400 Howard University students fled chapel exercises and booed and kissed President John Gordon. The clash began after claims of prejudice against Black students and alleged Board of Trustees investigations.
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Washington, D.C
Howard University
John Gordon
Gordon
Board of
Milwaukee Alderman Murphy Guilty of Bribe Acceptance
Milwaukee reports Alderman William Murphy was found guilty of accepting a 380 bribe from Oscar Davis to secure passage of a sidetrack ordinance. The trial followed grand jury indictment with sentence deferred pending motion for new trial.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Williamr Murphy
Common Council
Oscar Davis
Dr Oliver D Hart Pleads Guilty to Murder in Chicago
Chicago UL December 9 Dr Oltey L D Hart formerly of St Louis admitted guilt to the murder of Irens Kloxow after arriving in Chicago months earlier. He confessed to the crime and pleaded guilty before authorities.
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Oliver D. Hart
Chicago
Oltey LD. Hark
St. Louis
Irens Kloxow
Baroness Denies Seeking Forgiveness for Catholic Return
Baroness Von Sehwitz denies any intention to rejoin the Roman Catholic Church. She states her renunciation a year ago was irreversible and that her visit to Peoria was for business, not reconciliation with Bishop Spalding. Her wardship links to Marquis De Montfiers noted, with prior endowments to Catholic institutions cited.
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Lotmer
Spalding
Boulben
Sixler
Marquis de Mon Fives
Dedwitz
Matequis Demontiers
Spakiing
Peoria
Catholic College
Washington, D. C
Zedwity
Ann
End in Sight Ends in Sight Des Moines City Railroad Fight
Des Moines district court rules the Civic League cannot sue over the Des Moines City Railway franchise. The court now allows the state to join, bringing the stake before the courts for a verdict on the franchise validity. A compromise may settle the matter without further appeal.
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Des Moines City Railway Company
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Civic League
Secretary Taft reports US Army strength and costs in 1905
The 1905 annual war department report shows the standing U S army at 59 814 with 4 750 officers and 11 enlisted men per 1 100. total military service cost 115 843 87 01 for year ending June 30 1905. Estimates for 1906 and 1907 run about 105 and 105 billion dollars.
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Taft
United States
Titorles Ag Showa
Army of the
United States Veseeeriverss Philippine
Hawaiian Islands
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Philippine Islands
Bicycle race leaders trail record by miles in New York
In New York on December QuAlS day leaders in a bicycle race trailed the record by over four hundred miles. The scoring shows pairs Hedell Bedell Hoot-Log Jer totaling 2 088 tiles over 4 laps. Vanders Lagit Stol Maclean Moran 2 088 3 Hopper Hallister Downing Bowler 2 038 Logan Downey 3 038 1 Galvin Donald 2037 9 Deretinger Dusset 2 098 3. This afternoon the relative positions remained unchanged with the leaders at 2 109 miles and 1 lap.
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Dec
Hedell-Bedell
Oviles
Football stays after conferences decide not to abolish game
New York December 9 reports a meeting among about 204 colleges led by West Point to reform football. A new 11 member rules committee will be created independently. delegates must be amateurs and those who earned money from athletics are barred. A second conference is set for December 28 in New York. West Point delegates Capt. Pierce and Lt. Col. Howze led the motions.
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New York University
Uestling
United States
West Point
Military Academy
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Pierce
Col
Howze
Mia
Charges Dismissed Against Hull Inspector at St Louis
Washington December 3 Secretary Metcalf dismissed charges of incompetency misconduct and related counts filed by the World's Fair Navigation company of St Louis against Archibald Gordon the local hulls inspector. The committee found nothing in Gordon's conduct warranting censure or removal.
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Gordon
ST. Louis
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce and Favor
World’s Fair Navigation Company
St. Loui
Archibald Gordon
Gorton
Missing Iowa insurance man led double life
Des Moines dispatch reports George Griswold, state agent for State Mutual Insurance, found dead in the river with hands bound. He supposedly lived with his city wife and four children in one area while running a Chicago woman's establishment in another. A child was born in September and Griswold disappeared on September 12. Fraudulent forged notes totaling about 34000 remained unsettled.
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Des Moines
George Griswold
State Mutual Insurance Company
Massachusetts
Stockman
Chicago
Griswold
Washington Slayer Hanged in Insanity Plea
Angus McPhael was hanged at the state prison in Walla Walla for the murder of Fred Alderson at Darrington on May 1 1903. He had pleaded insanity and last night said he believed he killed Alderson, though he claimed no knowledge of the crime. He walked to the gallows unassisted and faced the end with nerve.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Fred Alderson
Darrington
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Alderson
Boy 15 Killer at Play Fatal Jeopardy in Grovertown
George Geyer of Grovertown Indiana died after striking his head on a tree while playing leap frog with his brother. The accident occurred in La Porte on December 3. Police say the boy was 11? years old.
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Grovertown
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Senate may drop Burton from all committees
Washington Dec. Senate plans to drop Senator Burton from every committee he serves on and assign seats to other members. The reorganizing committee weighs removing him entirely from committees and reallocating chairmanships and vacancies across several panels including forests reservations and the protection of game.
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Porto Rico
Lawson Is Free as Grand Jury Fails to Indict
Boston December report shows the county grand jury returned no bill against Thomas W. Lawson on the criminal libel charge brought by Clarence W. Barron, proprietor of the Boston News Bureau. Barron also was not indicted. The outcome ends the case between Lawson and Barron in criminal court.
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Dec
Thomas W. Lawson
Clarence W. Barron
Boston News Bureau
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Lawson
Liel
Tatusan
Train in collision near Caddoa in Colorado
An eastbound California passenger train collided head on with an extra freight at Caddoa Colorado early today. The crash demolished the mail express baggage cars and seven box cars. Several passengers were severely bruised and two railroad workers were seriously injured. A misunderstanding of aiders is believed to have caused the crash.
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Kay
Ayain
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Caddoa
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Farge
Strong
Mall
Woods
Springs a Surprise in Ohio Corporate Suit
George W. Harris filed in Cincinnati Superior Court to assess stockholders of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway. The petition was filed and service sought, catching the interests of current property controllers off guard.
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George W. Harris
Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton
Infant Abandoned at Morton’s Door in New York
A newborn girl was left at the delivery entrance of Paul Morton’s home on Park Avenue. Engineer Fullwood carried the infant inside and alerted a servant who found Mrs Morton away at the opera. Policeman Curtis took the baby to East Nineteenth Street station then to Bellevue foundling ward. no identification tag or numbers were found on the clothing. Paul Morton, head of the Equitable Life Society, occupies Elihu Root’s house at Seventy‑first Street and Park Avenue.
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Bate
Paul Morton
Park Avenue
Charles Pullwood
Aortan
Opera
Fullwood
Policeman Curtis
East Twentieth Street
Foundling Ward
Bellevue
Equitable Life Society
Elihu Root
Seventy-first Street
Park Avenne
Miss Roosevelt Receives Gifts After Red Tape
Valuables and trophies for Miss Aline Roosevelt's Orient trip arrived in Washington after five weeks of examination and appraisal. A White House messenger paid duty, and 27 boxes were delivered to the White House with unpacking starting that day.
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Alice
Washington, D. C
Aline Roosevelt
The
White House
Idaho Battleship Idaho launched with wireless telegraphy
The Idaho battleship was launched at Cramp Ship Building yard in Philadelphia. It is a first class battleship and sister to the Mississippi. The ship will rely heavily on electricity for auxiliary systems and will feature wireless telegraph apparatus on its masts. Length 382 feet, beam 77 feet, displacement 13,000 tons, speed 47 knots. Christened by Miss Jay Gooding, daughter of Idaho Governor Gooding.
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Idaho
William Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Mississippi
Cramp Ship Building Company
Jay Gooding
Governor Gooding
Hitchcock Reports Vigorous Action on Western Land Frauds
Washington December report from Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock praises ongoing prosecutions of land fraud rings on the Pacific coast. He notes many convicted or indicted, swift trials planned, and renewed efforts to stop unlawful encroachments and ensure compliant legal use of public lands. The secretary emphasizes public timber trespass investigations and indictments pending in western states.
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Washington, D. C
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Secreary of the Interior
Hitchcock
Lee
Pacific
Thal Section
Enuy
Explosion wrecks gas plant in Washington DC area
An explosion at the Washington Gas Light company plant in Washington DC caused about $150,000 in damages. The blast demolished the engine room building and its machinery. Night engineer Thomas Woods was blown through a building opening and landed in the street, but was unhurt.
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D. C
Washington, D. C
Washington Gas Light Company
Thomas Woods
Twine Trust Reorganized Forming Standard Cordage Co
New York Dec. The reorganization of the Standard Rope and Twine company known as the cordage trust was announced today. The plan provides for foreclosures on a first mortgage and the formation of a new company to be organized under New York law as the Standard Cordage Company.
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Standard Rope and Fwine Company
Cordage Crust
New Company
Standard Cordage Company
Greek Professor Dead in London Observed
London dispatch reports the death of Sir Hichard Claverhouse Jebb, Regius professor of Greek and Conservative MP for Cambridge University, noted in London on December 9.
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Eng
Hichard Claverhouse Jebb
Regius
Cambridge University
Santa Fe Abandons Speed War on California Trains
President Ripley of Santa Fe seeks agreement with rivals to slow the speed of key passenger trains to California and Colorado. Since a 67h15m Chicago to Los Angeles schedule debut, Santa Fe trains often run late, while Rock Island and Southern Pacific push to cut time. Ripley calls for all major lines to join in reducing pace to curb competition and regain mail contracts.
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California
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Rock Island
Southern Pacific
United States
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe
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Golden State Limited
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Pueblo Chieftain Editor Breaks World Typewriting Record
Pueblo Colorado December 9 Ray T Yali editor of the Pueblo Chieftain broke the world typewriting record for 30 minutes and one hour tests with 2600 words in 30 minutes and 4227 words in an hour. The dictation was received by long distance telephone from Denver.
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Pueblo
Colu
Ray T Yalieitiseh
State Service
Une Pueblo Chieftain
Denver
Treasury secretary authorizes government bond interest
Washington December 9 Secretary Shaw announced approval to pay interest on bonds due January 1 1906 dated December 15 1905 and after December 13 total interest payable will be about 4 200 000 on these issues
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Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Stabbed to Death in Police Station Corridor
A colored woman named Dee-isse Parker, age 4, was stabbed to death in the corridor of the West Side police court in New York today. Police arrested William Williams, a colored man aged 19, and charged him with murder.
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New York
New York Banks Report Deficit Under Reserve Rule
New York banks show a deficit of 1244 dollars on today's statement, failing to meet the 25 percent reserve requirement. The report highlights liquidity pressures as of December 3 in New York.
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New York
Grand Rabbi Zadoc Kun Dies in Paris
Dr Zadoc Kun grand rabbi of the Central consistory of Israelites in France died yesterday in Paris. well known in Jewish circles for leadership and scholarship.
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Paris
Yadoc Kun
France
Weather Indications for Iowa From Chicago Bulletin
Special indications for Iowa predict generally fast conditions tonight and Sunday with colder temperatures tonight. Sun rises at 7 20 and sets at 4 19, moon sets at 1 6 am, providing a brief weather forecast snapshot from Chicago.
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