Santa Fe Strike Shuts Down Telegraph and Railroad Ops
Dispatches report a Santa Fe strike affecting the line from a west division toward Blateneni with Yardmaster Thomas Peters as a key contact. Union offices deny interest in a sympathetic strike and claim about 2,060 operators are affected, challenging retention and reversal of the action.
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Elerke
Thomas Peters
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Tte Dolphin
TWO MEN ASPHYXIATED IN NE Newark STORE GAS
Miles Novotny a 33 year old stenographer in government service was found dead in a boarding house on West Seventeenth Street New York December 17. He apparently opened a gas stove vent and slept as gas escaped. Henry M Gibbons 63 was found dead in adjacent room after attempts to revive him failed.
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Miles Novotny
West Seventeenth Street
Chicago
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Tim
St Lawrence State hospital patient attacks attendant with knife
A patient named Smith at St Lawrence State hospital attacked Attendant Cummings with a knife in his room. Smith stabbed him in the face, slashing cheeks and wounding the head area. over a hundred stitches were needed but the attendant will recover with a scarred face.
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Ogdenburg
N.Y
Dee
Smith
St Lawrence State Hospital
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Peace Plan Delayed as Britain Demands Minor Change
Washington dispatch reports British minister Sir Ernest Satow seeks a modification of two points in the joint note on the Chinese matter. The demand promises further diplomatic delay as ministers must consult their governments. The nature of the objection is not specified but is viewed as a stylistic change rather than a substantive alteration.
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Great Britain
Washington
Pekin
Ernest Mason Satow
Io Pekin
Week in Congress Sees Army Bill Delayed Till After Holidays
Washington leads with plans to push the Hay Pauncefote treaty and ship subsidy in the Senate this week. Appropriation and army bills are unlikely before holiday recess. Senator Lodge hopes to vote on the canal treaty before adjournment. House items include district divisions and the Lanham claims bill. Private pension bills fill remaining time. District of Columbia business set for tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
House
Lanham (Tex
District of Columbia
Five More Bodies Recovered From Fire Ruins
Dunkirk December 17 five more victims of the normal school fire were recovered yesterday bringing total dead to six. The charred remains were found at the foot of a fire escape and another body was recovered earlier. Proposals call for all to be buried together in one grave marked by a single monument in Fredonia cemetery.
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Dunkirk
Fredonia
Saloon Fight Leaves Man Injured in Scranton Notch
Patrick Mc Nulty aged 35 was stabbed twice in a Saloon fight in the Notch late Saturday night. William Murray 68 is jailed after the altercation over primary elections to replace resigned councilman J. I. Greet.
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Scranton
Patrick McNulty
William Murray
Notch
Murray
J. I. Greet
Ex Governor Wolcons Illness Reported Serious
Boston reports former Governor Roger Wolcon had a very bad night and is said to be resting. His condition is regarded as very serious.
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Wolcons
Boston
Roger Wolcon
Indians Lynching and Night of Mass Mob Violence
A violent mob of about two thousand lynched Rowlands and Henderson in the Jazzyard after a confession of murder. The scene included a break-in at the jail, a noose on Rowlands, and bullets that killed both men. Simons, targeted near his barber shop, was beaten to death while two would-be rescuers fled. The mob then looted a bag containing about $40 and dispersed, leaving a trail of death and fear in the town. Nearby reports mention Valley Forge convention planning and drunken brawl in Hazleton with Bresenski dying from injuries.
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Meerrtoe
X Hatirick
Wautdebe
Sowa Vonlac
Ind
Rowlands
Stet
Hollie Simons
Derning
Sherif Clemens
Iniun County
Anderson
Jim Henderson
Henderson
Ihan
Court House
Brady
Debruler
Simons
Walter Evans
Winslow
Americans Moving Northward in the Philippines
Advices from Panay Island report American troops advancing north and west with detachments of the Sixth, Eighteenth, and Twenty-sixth regiments active near stations. Insurgent losses include five killed, several wounded, and 406 prisoners in ten days. Americans: two killed, three wounded. Large numbers of natives pledge allegiance to the United States as operations continue across Luzon. Gen Wheaton notes 430 natives registered at Calanao. Separately, the Philippine commission focuses on a tariff bill that Taft says will set rates around 40 percent of existing levels, with protection for established industries and some goods admitted free.
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Manila
Ollo
Panay
United States
Luzon
Imsur- Benis
Wheaton
Calanao
Philippine Commission
Taft
Porto Rico
Philippines
Brave Soldier Die by Comrade Fire in Samar Island
Cor corporal Herbert Chase of Marlboro Massachusetts Twenty-ninth infantry was shot by private Jake Henderson of the same regiment at Catbalogan Samar Island during the night of October 27. A mistaken identity at the outpost led to the fatal shot as Chase returned to his post after being ordered to shoot. Henderson will be tried for manslaughter. Also reports the House passed war revenue reduction bill with dissent and an attempted income tax provision.
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Globe
James Sweeny
Twenty-ninth
Catbalogan
Samar Island
Herbert Chase
Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry
Marlboro
Mass
Jake Henderson
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Lukban
Chase
Belomans
Hendepsos
Washington
House
Supreme Court
MANHATTAN RESCUES CREW AFTER LAKE CAPSIZE
A steamer arrived in Manitowoc with W H Shields and William McCanty from the Lighthouse Brewery on Squaw Island. They and Mary Davis were rescued after their yawl capsized in a Friday squall. Lucien Morden of Montague drowned. Shields recounts a seven hour struggle in the freezing lake with two women dead and both men nearly lost to the cold.
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Manitowoc
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Dee
Manhattan
W. H. Shields
Wiliam McCanty
Hghthouse Brewery
Squaw Island
Pfr
Lucien Morden
Montague
Mich
Mr. Shields
Shields
Mary Davis
Harbor Springs
McCauly
Morden
Six Day Cyclists Suffer After Race Closely Contested Finish
December 17 report details weary six day cyclists after a grueling event. Elkes Matsger and McFarland won by three feet amid nerve strain and sleeplessness. Participants Turville Aronson Vongo litz faced hospital care with injuries. final scores show tight competition among pairs with Gougoitz Simar close behind.
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Mev Torr
Eastlr
McFarland
Vongoltz
New York Hospital
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Elkes
Turville
Aronson
McFarlaugd
AfieFarland
Pierce
McEachern
Gougoitz
Murdered merchant in Newburg linked to Carlisle incident
Carlisle Pennsylvania December 17 54 year old Wiklam p Rebok formerly a prominent merchant of Newburg was shot Saturday night and killed The death is under investigation with unclear cause and origin of the wound found 15 feet from the body
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Wiklam P. Rebok
Newburg
Reabok
Boers Victory At Magaliesberg With Bold Northumberland Stand
A detailed dispatch from Richfontein describes the Magaliesberg engagement where 3,000 Boers from Warm Baths reinforced a force facing Gen. Clements and Col. Legge. Legge was killed early, Northumberland defenses held until ammunition ran low, then a withdrawn march to Rietfontelm the next day after fierce fighting and a rear-guard action.
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Theo
London
Kicnener
Melgaties
Berg Girtie
Maire Richeneath
Wesgtem Tire
Magaliesberg
Richfontein
Clements
Col. Legge
Delarey
Boyers
Legge
Runge
Initials
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Sia
Fusiliers
Rietfontelm
German Frigate Gneisenau Foundered Off Malaga
Madrid reports the German training frigate Gneisenau sank off Malaga sixty five miles east northeast of Gibraltar. Over 100 cadets drowned, with 461 aboard and 2870 tons of displacement, as mountainous waves struck during a cadet review and a violent wind. Lifeboats saved a few. many perished at sea. reports vary on total loss.
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Gneisenau Bes
Malaga
Gibraltar
Gneisenau
Dantale
Malaga I
Kresthmanno
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