Fire at Nelson Morris Warehouse Kills Dozens in Chicago
Chicago reports show 41 dead including 36 known and 15 missing firemen after yesterday's blaze at the Nelson Morris beef warehouse. Crowds watched as 43 engine and 3 truck companies fought the flames, with bodies recovered and the search continuing. The disaster prompted city leaders to organize relief for families, with a half million dollar relief fund and $250 burial grants per family.
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Chicago
Nelson-Morris Company
Huse Inte
Chicago Club
More Fuel Depots Sought by Navy in Plan
Washington reports the secretary of the navy urges Congress to establish fuel depots at Bremerton San Francisco and San Diego with Olongapo Pearl Harbor New York and Boston named as likely coaling stations. The aim is to build ample coal stock for fleets and enable more vessels and better guns, with an appropriation requested to establish these bases.
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Washington, D. C
Bremerton
San Francisco
San Diego
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Olongapo
Pearl Harbor
New York
Boston
Meyer
Ger ard issues challenge to Johnson for heavyweight title
New York telegram shows Al Kaufman asking Barney Gerard to challenge Jack Johnson for the world heavyweight championship. Gerard sends Johnson a counter offer in Chicago. Johnson says he will accept the Kaufman challenge if a suitable purse of at least $25,000 is offered and the fight occurs within six months to a year. He has not yet received Gerard's telegram.
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New York
Barney Gerard
al Kaufman
San Francisco
Jack Johnson
Gerard
Johnson
Chicago
Kaufman
Poison Mystery Nets Two Women In Chico Home
Neighbors suspect a murder pact as Mrs. William Whiteline dies and her daughter Lavina Corey falls ill after ingesting poison. Corey recovers enough to claim her mother poisoned her with pork gravy. Police investigate possible outsider involvement as a cryptic note on the door fuels the mystery.
Hindus on ship at Tacoma struck by beri-beri
Six Hindu sailors aboard the British steamer Beachy in Seattle were found to have beri-beri health authorities said. The vessel was loading at Tacoma and to be quarantined this afternoon. One sailor died Tuesday and another was reported dying. The Beachy had arrived from the Orient earlier in the week.
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Seattle
Wash
Sailora
Tacoma
Five New Telephone Lines To Pendleton Area
Pendleton gains three additional two wire lines to serve Tutuila flat farmers as existing seven and eight lines are split. Subscrib ers include John Crow Claude Crow Charles Hamilton L L Mann and several ranches while poles along Wade hill past Judge Fees residence are in place awaiting wire delivery expected daily.
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Pendleton
Farming Country
Tutullla
Lew Ines
John Crow
Claude Crow
Charles Hamilton
L. L. Mann
Storie and Ritner Ranch
Umbarger Brothers
Bruno Weber
William Wright
Thomas Thompson
Wade Hill
Judge Fee
Oregon Washington Railroad Merger Valuation Declared
Portland December reports a valuation of 116.4 million dollars placed on rail properties to be taken over by the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation company. Payment to stockholders totals 78.28 million with debt assumed, while various subsidiary lines receive tens of millions in compensation. Officials indicate current officers remain with possible later changes and bonds will be listed to cover debts.
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Harriman System
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Portland
Ore
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Railroad Company
Snake River Valley Railroad
North Comet Railroad Company
Northwestern Railroad Company
Oreggon-Washington
Ir 18
Northwest
Son
Charges Against Accused in Grand Larceny Case
In San Francisco, charges of grand larceny against M. Woodson, J. Woodson, Smith, and Margaret Henry over $66,000 worth of bullion stolen from the ship Ryanboldt were dismissed in police court. They face one count of bringing stolen goods into the state. the change moves the matter to the superior court for trial.
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San Francisco
Cal
Die
J. & Woodson
Smith
Margaret Henry
Ryanboldt
Seattle
Paying Teller Fraud Claim Grows to $100000
Tacomi December 23 President Thorne of the National Bank of Commerce corrected yesterday figures on alleged embezzlement by paying teller Frank Fuhrman. He now says the loss may reach $100,000. Fuhrman is under arrest but silent.
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Tacomi
Thorne
National Bank of Commerce
Frank Fuhrman
Fuhrman
President Gives White House Turkeys as Christmas Gifts
Washington D C December 23 102 married White House employees received turkeys from the president as Christmas gifts. The distribution marked a seasonal gesture in the executive mansion.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Fire chief Moron to be buried with city honors
Chicago fire department chief Marshall Moron was killed in yesterday’s fire. He will be buried with military honors by the city, with funeral time not yet set as plans are completed.
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Chicago
Dee
Marshall Moron
Shubert Theatre Fire Damages New Orleans District
A Dec. 22 blaze in the Tlarentia street business area heavily damages the Shubert theatre and threatens the district. Three Black people were burned in the fire, which caused about 200,000 dollars in damage.
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New Orleans
New Offvitnes
Tlarentia Street
Buebneas
Shubert
Chilean Charge Accepts U S Offer to Move Minister
Washington on December 12 the Chilean charge d affaires Yoachm accepted the U S government’s proposal to transport Senor Don Anthal Cruz Chilean minister to Chile aboard an American warship.
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Washington
United States
Senor Don Anthal Cruz
Chile
Senor Yoachm
Legation
Cook to Remain Under American Flag in New York
Dr Frederick Cook returning from Europe on the George Washington declines interviews and says he will issue a carefully prepared statement Monday He plans to stay under the American flag devote himself to scientific matters and prove to Americans that he reached the pole He has no plan to lecture or profit from his Arctic experiences and wants to rehabilitate himself and his family with his narrative.
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New York
Frederick Cook
America
Europe
George Washington
Brooklyn
Indictments in Ohio Election Fraud Case Climb High
Wret Union Ohio December 24 two hundred seventy two indictments were returned to try in connection with Adams county alleged election frauds. One hundred indictments target voters and the remainder accuse those who would have benefited from the fraudulent votes.
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Wret Union
Ohio
Adame County
New Uniforms for Mexican Army Officers
The Mexican army will receive new uniforms shortly. A well known tailoring house through its legal representative Manuel Septien Cosio won the contract. The full dress and fatigue will be radically revised with a high blue coat gray trousers combination for full dress and light cadet gray fatigue.
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Sic
Manuel Septien Cosio
Rust-Proofing Method Attracts British Journal Attention
Consul Albert Halstead of Birmingham notes a British journal announcement of a rust-proofing process for iron and steel. The method involves boiling the metal in one gallon of water with four ounces of phosphoric acid and one ounce of iron filings to create a black noncorroding coating.
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Albert Halstead
Birmingham
Wark Over House Rules Promised
Washington December 23. Representative Norris of Nebraska, an insurgent who led the March fight that curtailed Cannon's powers, predicted a fresh push over the holiday recess to amend the rules on motions to discharge committees from bills. He said the fight would target imperfect rules and be stronger than last March. Love may listen, but is deaf to reason.
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Washington
Norris
Nebrieka
Cannon
Church and State in Open Rupture in Spain
Madrid Dec 23 The Cortez passed the Padlock Bill seizing church state separation and curbing religious orders. Premier Canalaju a plans further anti clerical measures to reform the masses despite clerical opposition. His supporters say action serves humanitarian and political aims amid clerical outcry.
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Madrid
Spain
Cortez
Canalajua
Friends of the Premier
Canajalus
Asten
HG RAILROAD STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED
Chicago, Dec. 23. Commissioner Neill presented to the engineers a proposal for supplementary negotiations to prevent a strike. The railroads offer a ten per cent increase. Stone warned that there must be more concessions or there will be a fight. He said arbitration on the whole wage issue is not acceptable. If the railroads arbitrate between ten per cent and fifteen, an agreement may be reached.
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Chicago
Neill
Stone
LW W MOB NOW IN FRESNO JAIL
Eighty five members of the Industrial Workers of the World are jailed in Treen California on vagrancy charges for violating a street speaking ordinance. They are fed bread and water after a noisy demonstration prompted by protests against local officials. Armed guards surround the jail as citizens fear clashes with visiting industrialists.
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Treen
Cal
Chittenden
Fire victims to be buried simultaneously in friedland leather blaze
Philadelphia reports a rigid probe into the friedland leather company fire, suspected incendiary in origin. city authorities conduct the investigation while all the victims are to be buried at once.
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Philadelphia
Friedland Leather Company
Aged Colon Couple Stopped Overnight En Route
Mr and Mrs C A Goodwin of Colon Michigan an aged couple stopped over night here while en route to Epokane where they expect to locate.
Pendleton examines eastern Oregon asylum sites in auto tour
Governor Bowerman Senator Nottingham and a board toured Pendleton sites in autos with about twenty Umatilla county citizens. The Oliver-Turner tract and the Byers tract impressed them for wheat and bottom land, irrigation, and proximity to the railroad. A new building site south of the railroad also drew interest as a likely asylum location.
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Jay Bowerman
C. W. Nottingham
Oregon
Umatilla County
Pendleton
Bowerman
Nottingham
Oliver
Byers
City
Oliver-Turner
Swartzlander
Wild Horse
Umatilla Indians Hold Annual Camp Meeting Services
Umatilla Indians, about 100, gather at Tutulla mission for the Christmas camp meeting. A New Year gathering with 50 or more attendees from other northwest reservations is planned, continuing through early January under Rev. James J. Dickson and Rev. J. M. Cornelison.
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Umatilla
Tutullla Mission
Northwest
Tutull
Tongit
J. M. Cornelison
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