Moscow Trouble Ending By Tomorrow
In Moscow the backbone of the insurrection is broken and the uprising is breaking up. Guerilla bands move small detachments. center shows life as stores reopen and residents emerge after days confined. Martial law in Odessa. Poland uprising planned with general strike. railroads halt.
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Moscow
Odessa
St. Petersburg
Poland
Baltic
Russia
Sosnovice
Novce Vremya
Rostoff
Don
Sadovia
Shredder Accident Leaves Farmer’s Arm Severely Mangled
Marshalltown Iowa December 28 Harry Coleman a young farmer near Green Mountain was injured when his right arm was caught in a shredder yesterday. The limb was mangled and amputation at the elbow was necessary. He is expected to recover.
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Harry Coleman
Green Mountain
Marshalltown
Safe blowers rob Moore bank for $1,000 in break in
In Moore Oklahoma, men blew open the safe of the town's only bank and escaped with about $1,000. The incident occurred yesterday near Oklahoma City, with authorities pursuing the suspects.
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Moore
Ookahoma City
Here
Payne Examined Denies $40,000 Payment Charge
Former state insurance commissioner Louis F. Payne testified to the insurance investigating committee that James D. Wells claim that $40,000 was paid by Mutual Reserve Life to Payne for writing its own investigation reports was false in every particular. Payne attributed the assertion to a personal fight between Wells and President Burnham.
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New York, N
Louis F. Payne
Insurance Investigating Committee
James D. Wells
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Payne
Mutual Reserve
Insurance Department
Wells
Burnham
Bernhardt Theater Closures Prompt International Attention
In Washington action by the theatrical Syndicate closing its Texas theaters and New Orleans houses against Mine Sarah Bernhardt spurs possible U.S.-France discussions. The French ambassador Jusserand has requested a full statement to review the case and pursue fair treatment for the citizen and public figure.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
New Orleans
Sarah Bernhardt
State Department
Zepublic
Mme. Bernhardt
M. Jusserand
Stevens for lock canal in Panama project debate
Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer J Stevens of the Isthmian Canal Commission arrived in Washington to present views on canal type. Stevens favors a lock canal built to a moderately high level after months on the ground studying the major engineering challenge.
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Washington, D. C
Shonts
J. . Stevens
Isthmian Canal Commission
Washington
Stevens
Traction Monopoly Seized By Belmont Robber Barons
New Yorkers wake to August Belmont wielding control over Manhattan and Bronx street car lines. With Rothschild funding and Thomas Ryan's connivance Belmont holds surface elevated and subway routes, able to dictate future construction and operations.
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New York
August Belmont
Thomas. Ryan
Belmont
Manhattan
Bronx
Railroads Confer With Commission Over Rebates
In Washington on December 28 representatives of leading trans Mississippi railroads met with the interstate commerce commission to discuss rebates and the commission's efforts to end discrimination in favor of large shippers.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Trial of Archibald McKinney cruelty case moves forward
In Aledo on December 28 the McKinneys face a strong state case over alleged cruelty to their ward Stella Grady. Witnesses testify of marks on the girl and questions about Mrs McKinney’s sanity. Trials draw a crowded court as doctors, neighbors and clergy recount suspected abuse.
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Aledo
Wil
Archibald McKinney
Stella Grady
Miss Grady
Rev
H. C. Allen
MacKinney
N. C. Reynolds
Cook
Jerome's plurality grows by five thousand in official counts
New York December 28 official canvass reports district attorney Jerome’s plurality now 15,064, up from 11,450. The increase comes from corrections by the board of canvassers and the counting of void and protected ballots before Justice Glegerich, reflecting election-night results adjusted after review.
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New York
Jerome
Board of Elections
Board of Canvassers
Glegerich
Team Overturns Coach In Remarkable Train Accident
Houston Minn Dec 28 A runaway team dashed into a switchstand as a St Paul passenger train passed causing the rear coach to overturn into a ditch. Three persons were seriously hurt and 17 more slightly injured. Fred Van Coelin KR C Drips both of La Crosse and Mrs Evan Jares of Lime Spring Ind were badly crushed and bruised.
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Iowa
Houston
Minn
St. Paul
Fred van Coelin
KR. C. Drips
la Crosse
Evan Jares
Lime Spring
Building Chances for Public Building Bill Favor Muscatine
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Cannon likely to allow a small public building bill for sites owned by the government. Muscatine and other cities with sites hope for federal buildings, as Congressman Dawson presses for a Muscatine plant.
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Washington, DC
Cannon
Frank J. Stillman
Muscatine
Washington
Dawson
Plea Pleads by Cleveland Coal Dealers Officials
Three officers of the Cleveland Retail Coal Dealers association pleaded guilty to violating the Valentine anti trust law. Each was fined 500 dollars and costs, which they paid.
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Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
Cleveland, O
Cleveland Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
Fire at Niagara Falls destroys three hotels
Three health resorts the Imperial Porter and temperance houses and several adjacent buildings burned in an early morning fire at Niagara Falls. All guests escaped with only loss of clothing and personal effects. Estimated damage 140000 dollars.
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Niagara Falls
Des
Imperial, Porter and Temperance Houses
Kansas oil men urge Missouri aid in war on combine
The legislative committee of the Kansas Oil Producers' association asks Missourians to help break a railway and oil combine blocking independent producers from marketing their oil. The call comes from Chanute Kansas on December 28 as the group seeks broader support.
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Missouri
Chanute
Kan
The
Kansas Oil Producers’ Association
Oil and Railway Combine
Record call money soars to 125 percent on Wall Street
New York December 28 call money climbed to 100 percent, then to 110 and 125 percent. A $400,000 loan was reported at 125 percent, the highest since December 1899 when 186 percent was paid. Other loans reached 100 percent or above.
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New York
N. Y
Gift a Poser to Ex Official
Omaha December 28 Irving Baxter, notified by President Roosevelt of his removal from the office of United States district attorney for Nebraska after he refused to resign, also received on Christmas day a set of Theodore Roosevelt books from a friend who had ordered them weeks before. Baxter puzzles how to properly thank his friend.
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Omaha
Irving
Baxter
Roosevelt
United States District Attorney
Nebraska
Theodore Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railroad Ends Free News Advertising
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces all newspaper advertising must be paid in cash after January 1 and no transportation will be provided. Other lines like the Baltimore and Ohio have not yet acted, while observers note this move may influence nationwide railroad practices.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Desperadoes Escape After Interurban Station Shootout
Five youths believed to be from the blowers gang shot Marshal Thornton in Perrysburg interurban station early today and wounded Deputy Marshal William Scott in the foot before escaping. The incident follows a raid on Toledo car barns last Sunday.
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Liberty
Perrysburg
Ohio
Toledo
Thornton
William Scott
Dry Dock Dewey Heads for Manila Ocean Cruise
The large floating dry dock Dewey departs Solomon's Island to begin a 14,000 mile voyage to the Philippines. Navy officers express doubt about the safety of the long journey before she anchors in Subic Bay.
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Washington, D. C
Dewey
Chesapeake Bay
Solomon's Island
Philippines
Navy Department
Subigibay
Bryan Is Received in Philippines with Honors
Manila reports former U S secretary of state William Jennings Bryan welcomed as an honored guest by the provinces Bulacan Nueva Ecija and Rizal on a ten hour railroad excursion featuring triumphal arches music a parade and banquet in his honor.
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Philippines
Manila
Bulacan
Nueva, Ecija
Rizal
Wiliam J. Bryan
Walsh Safe Says Secretary Doubts Prosecution
Secretary of the Treasury in Chicago states John R. Walsh did not steal funds and did no more than other bankers. He dismisses embezzlement claims, says no criminal proceedings are planned, and that deposits will be returned as government oversees liquidation of the Chicago National Bank and Home Savings Bank.
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Chicago
Treasury
Shaw
Washington
Chicago National Bank
Home Savings Bank
John R. Walsh
United States
Rockefeller brother doubts Lawson loss claims
Frank Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller, told Cleveland reporters he doubts Lawson has been wiped out. He believes Lawson has recently made more money and argues Lawson is too shrewd a speculator to run short in the market, despite reports.
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John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Lawson
Frank Rockefeller
Islands for sale advertised in South Pacific listing
An article from San Francisco dated December 28 reports a local paper advertises sale of Fanning and Washington Islands in the South Pacific under orders of the registrar of the British high commissioner's court for the western Pacific. Fanning Island is a familiar port used by oceanic steamers and current Canadian Pacific ships to the colonies.
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Fanning
Washington
South Pacific
San Francisco
Cal
Washington Islands
British High Commissioner’s Court
Western Pacific
Fanning Island
Supreme Court Upholds Right to Sign Rail Ticket
New York court affirms that selling a railroad ticket passes the purchaser the right to sign the name of the seller on the ticket. The decision creates a precursor for ticket exchanges and affirms the validity of the signer’s endorsement by the buyer.
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NEW York Supreme Court
New York, N. Y
Supreme Court
Newspap er Artist Louis Dalrymple Dies in New York
Louis Dalrymple, noted newspaper caricaturist, died last night in New York at age 42 from acute paresis. Born in Cambridge, Illinois, he built a career shaping political cartoons and caricatures for major papers.
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Louis Dalrymple
New York
Ilinois
N. Y
Dalrymple
Cambridge
Auto Crash Near Sheldon Injures Mrs Hessebrook
Mrs. Martin Hessebrook of Sheldon was thrown from a buggy and seriously injured when an automobile from Sheldon met the buggy near Ash ton. The horse bolted, the buggy was smashed, and the husband claims gross negligence and plans to sue for damages.
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Martin Hessebrook
Sheldon
Ashton
Pioneer Dead John D Wright Dies in Chariton Iowa
Chariton Iowa December 28 Dr James D Wright prominent Iowa pioneer died in his sleep at his son Jenk E Wright home after paralysis. He came to Iowa in October 1856, first settling in Knoxville before relocating to Chariton in April and living there ever since.
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Chariton
James D. Wright
Iowa
Jenk E. Wright
Wright
Knoxville
Resting Easy Yerkes Surges Comfort After Night
Charles T. Yerkes is reported to have passed a comfortable night and is resting easily. The update comes from New York on December 28.
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Charles T. Yerkes
New York
Pass of Melfort Ashore Near Vancouver Island
The British ship Pass of Melfort from Ancon drove ashore on Vancouver Island near Uelulet Tuesday night and was lost with all hands. She carried a crew of 15.
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Melfort
Ancon
Vancouver
Island
Uelulet
Coal gift to Alice Roosevelt by Hazelton miners
Members of local union No. 3 United Mine Workers of America in Hazelton Pennsylvania have decided to present Miss Alice Roosevelt as a wedding gift a carload of the best coal from the anthracite region in appreciation of her father’s role in ending the great strike of 1902.
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Pennsylvania
Hazelton
United Mine Workers of America
Alice Roosevelt
Dixie Ordered To West Indies As Flagship
Washington December 28. The cruiser Dixie will be ordered to the West Indies as soon as she can be commissioned. She will carry a strong marine guard and serve as the flagship of the mosquito squadron detailed for operations in these waters.
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Washington, D. C
Dixie
West Indies
Exposed to Smallpox in Duluth Pest House Theft Case
The Duluth report states that people who bought cooking utensils bedding and clothing from strangers at a row sale last Monday have exposed the community to a smallpox epidemic. The items were stolen from a pest house and sold to unsuspecting buyers.
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Duluth
Minn
Death of Charles Tilton in Ecuador Shifted Rail Work
A telegram from Ecuador reports the death of Charles Tilton due to yellow fever. He had been building a railroad and earlier served as superintendent of the Oneonta Cooperstown and Richfield Springs trolley line.
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Utica
N. Y
Charles Tilton
Ecuador
South America
Oneonta
Cooperstown
Richfield Springs
Illinois banker killed by train at Thomasboro
Harry Collison a prominent banker from Rantoul and Thomasboro was struck by a train and killed instantly at Thomasboro Bloomington Illinois December 28 death reported by local papers describing the event and victims.
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Harry Collison
Rantoul
Thomasboro
Bloomington
Chancellor Walter B. Hill Dies at Georgia University
Walter B. Hill, chancellor at the University of Georgia, died in Athens on December 28. The report notes his long tenure and impact on the institution, with sparse biographical details due to the fragmentary source.
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Walter B. Hill
University of Georgia
Athens, Ga
Walter B
Georg
Wens
Turkish unrest limited to eastern provinces says missionary board
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions’ 95th report, released in Boston on December 28, describes Turkey as generally favorable with no major anxieties. It notes the sharpest unrest in the Van and Bithys eastern regions where bands of Russian revolutionists attacked villages and clashed with Turkish troops, aggravating poverty and suffering there.
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Boston
Mass
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Turkey
Van
Biths
Russia
Prisoners Escape Logan County Jail Using Hammock Aid
Three inmates escaped Logan county jail last night by sawing bars and climbing a thirty foot wall with a hammock as a rope. Five other prisoners were intimidated. the escapees were armed. Officials face blame for allowing weapons and tools to be hidden inside.
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Lincoln
Til
Logan County
Morton Injured in Nebraska Horse Accident
Joy Morton of Chicago, visiting the Morton homestead near Nebraska City, was thrown from a horse while attempting a hurdle jump. He lay unconscious for hours and his condition was reported serious by attending physicians.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Joy Morton
Morton
Nebraska City
Morton Homestead
Snowbound Trains Tie Up West of Santa Rosa
Two Rock Island trains the Golden State Limited and the Chicago Fast Mail are blocked by heavy snow west of Santa Rosa. Rail officials say both trains are well supplied and expect to end the twenty four hour blockade this afternoon.
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Santa Rosa
Topeka. Kun
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Overland Limited
Golden State Limited
Chicago
Banker Jamesy M Buford Dies at 74 in Rock Island
Rock Island banker and former mayor Jamesy M. Buford died yesterday at age 74. He served as president of Rock Island Savings Bank and was a noted manufacturer. He was father in law of RR Cable former chairman of Rock Island railroad board.
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Rock Island
Jamesy M. Buford
Mr. Buford
Rock Island Savings Bank
RR. Cable
Rock [Sland Railroad
Student Weds Secretly in Marion Ceremony
Iowa City announces the secret wedding of Ernest E. Barker and Grace Hostetler, held December 21 in Marion. Barker, a junior medical student at Iowa University, is noted as a prominent quarter mile runner in athletics.
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Iowa City
Ernest E. Barker
Grace Hostettler
Marion
Iowa University
Trial Begins For Midshipman Coffin Hazing Case
The trial of Midshipman Coffin of Nevada started today at Annapolis before a naval court martial on hazing charges. Coffin faces accusations connected to a hazing incident involving fellow trainees at the academy.
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Annapolis
Coffin
Nevada
Weather for Iowa and Chicago December outlook
Weather report notes a threatening night with cooler air and rain or snow in east and central portions. Friday should bring fair skies but cooler temperatures, with a cool eastward wind. Sun rises at 7 19 and sets at 4 25.
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Chicago
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