Rail engineers win 10 percent wage increase after dispute
Chicago reports settlement of a wage dispute with sixty one railroads. Engineers receive an average 10 percent raise on the 1910 scale, about 192 dollars per man annually, plus specific daily differentials for engine classes. The accord averted a Western strike, with added improvements in working conditions and control of motor cars.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United States
Neill
Gran
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood
Christ Mas Ave
West
Middle West
Rockefeller completes final gift to University of Chicago
Public notice states John D. Rockefeller has given a final gift of ten million dollars to the University of Chicago, payable in ten annual installments beginning January 1. The total Rockefeller donations to the university reach about ninety four million dollars, and he says future support should come from many donors rather than a single benefactor.
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Chicago
Dev
Rockefeller
University of Chicago
University
Atr
Vote selling indictments lead to disqualification and fines
In Manchester Ohio on December 23 authorities report that five Republicans and Democrats of Adams county pleaded guilty to indictments charging vote selling in the November election. Each offender was dis franchised for five to seven years and fined 25 dollars plus costs. The actions followed 79 indictments by the grand jury with 241 total indicted so far, and predictions forewarn grand jurors may return nearly 1,000 indictments.
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Manchester
Viftu Respublicans
Adams County
Battle in the Philippines Heroic engagement reported
Word arrives of a clash in the Basiaman river district Davao between Monobos tribesmen and a Third United States infantry detachment. Private Holt was killed and a corporal and another private were wounded. Reported heavy losses for the tribesmen, details unavailable.
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Alinila
Tec
Basiaman River
Davao
Monobos
Third United States Infantry
Holt
Pol
Insurgents Burn Bridges Near Lena Station
A Mexico Northwestern passenger train running without orders returned to report dozens of bridges burned below Lena station. The line was halted sixty five miles below Juarez by dynamited track with an eighty foot trestle between Lena and Conejos also burned.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico Northwestern
Tor Casas Grandes
Lena Station
Juarez
Lena
Conejos
Night of tragedy at Chicago stockyards fire
Chief Horan and twenty three firemen die as brick walls collapse during Morris and Co meat storage blaze. Nineteen bodies recovered by midnight, twenty killed were firemen. Dozens hurt as warehouses and tallow house burn, canopy collapse traps crews, heroism noted as others try to reach the chief.
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Hicago
James Horan
Morris & Co
Chief Horan
Horan
William J. Burroughs
Herman Brandenburg
Patrick E. Collins
Thomas Costello
Nicholas Crane
Edward J. Denis
Nicholas Doyle
Andrew Dymoran
Stephen Leon
Chicago Junction Railroad
Charles Moore
Albert Moriarity
Morse Mauraski
Edward Schonsette
William F. Weber
George Enthot
W. G. Sturm
Abimenia
William Burroughs
Lieutenant Fitzgerald
Marshal Seyferlich
Two Dead in Cincinnati Factory District Fire
In Cincinnati on December 22 a blaze in the factory district killed two people and injured several firefighters. The block from Ninth and Sycamore to Broadway was destroyed with about $2,000,000 in losses. Victims include Fireman Robert D. Grear crushed by a wall and Walter Morris, eighteen, fatally struck by a falling trolley pole. Multiple firms housing shoe leather and box works were burned out along with a barn, warehouse, and frame businesses.
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Cincinnati
Robert D. Grear
Walter Morris
Ninth and Sycamore Streets
Broadway
Krippendorf & O'Neal Shoe Company
Taylor-Poole Leather Company
Cahill Shoe Company
Twinlock Company
Sycamore Street Stable Company
Griess-Pheiger Leather Company
Victor Safe and Lock Company
A. & J. Nurse Company
Picture
Duncan Paper Box
Wildberg Box
Hales Catarrh Cure Promoted As Mercury Free
Advertises Halls Catarrh Cure by B F Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Warns against mercury containing remedies and urges purchase through reputable physicians and local druggists. Also mentions Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
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B. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hell
Hali
Great New York Cathedral Organ Nears Completion
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine prepares a $70,000 pipe organ with 6,000 to 7,000 pipes and 23 horsepower electric motors. Builder Ernest Skinner calls it a pinnacle of organ craft with no compromises, featuring new colors and 33 stop combinations controlled by ivory pistons for instant changes. Miles Far Yo is principal organist, aided by two 15 and 7.5 horsepower motors powering the southern and northern divisions respectively.
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St. John the Divine
New York
Ernest M. Skinner
Orgen
Skinner
College of the City of
Sleep Outdoors In Maine Habit Among Skowhegan Residents
Sleep outdoors is common in Skowhegan Maine with about fifty people year round using piazzas and sleeping porches. The practice extends to those who are not ill and includes both winter and summer periods as part of everyday life.
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Maine
Yen
Siee
Den
Two Coal Mines In Philippines Run by Government and Private Firms
In the Philippines two coal mines are operated by different sectors, one under government control and the other by private corporations. The arrangement reflects a split management approach with distinct ownership structures and potential production aims.
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Philippines
Philppines
Premier Canalejas Passes Padlock Bill Despite Vatican Objection
Premier Canalejas edges through passage of the padlock bill amid Vatican objections. The move tightens church state boundaries, prompting debate among lawmakers and church leaders over the bill’s implications for governance and religious liberties.
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Vatican
Spanish premier wins fight over padlock bill in parliament
Madrid reports a stormy night session as the chamber of deputies approved the government padlock bill 108 to 20. Premier Canalejas achieved a notable victory amid opposition and Vatican disapproval before submitting the measure to the cortes. The bill initially barred new religious establishments until concordat revision or new laws pass, with an amendment extending the ban for two years.
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Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Canalejas
Spain
Vatican
Cortes
Baron Sacre Lirio
Fourteen Die in Philadelphia Leather Factory Fire
Fourteen killed in the Daniel Friedlander leather factory fire in Philadelphia, twelve firemen and two policemen among the dead, with more than fifty injured and twenty five still hospitalized. Rescue work continued amid extreme cold as walls collapsed and debris thawed slowly, delaying recovery. one rescued fireman later died en route to hospital.
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Philadelphia
Daniel Friedlander
Thomas Pass
Six Die in Ohio Train Wreck Near Nevada Ohio
Six persons killed and six injured in a head on collision between westbound passenger train No. 15 and eastbound express No. 6 on the Pennsylvania road near Nevada Ohio. Killed passengers include William A. Dowles and Friedlander of Chicago. Collision blamed on eastbound engineer disregarding block signals.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Nevada
Pennsylvania Road
William A. Dowles
Friedlander
Chicago
Coalition Wins Two Seats to Give 126 Majority
London reports the government party will hold a coalition majority of 126 in the new House of Commons after elections closed. The breakdown lists Unionists 272 Liberals 271 Irish Nationalists 73 Independent Nationalists 11 Labour 43.
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House of Commons
London
Labor
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