Brotherhood Trainmen Return to Work Reports Mixed In West
Officials said Seattle members largely remain idle with only a few returning to the rails in Duluth three men came back in Duluth while Seattle yards show little activity. Minneapolis leaders urged settlement talks as Governor Eberhart indicated a movement toward resolution though no formal agreement emerged. Freight movement remains strained with about 1500 workers brought to the Twin Cities and rail officials optimistic normal service will resume soon.
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Brotherhood
Duluth
Seattle
Wort
St. Paul
Witchmen's Union
Brotherhood of Railway
Bac
Hawley
Minneapolis
Eberhart
Martin
The
Switchmen
BE. W. Decker
Minneapolis Clearing House Association
L. W. Hill
Grea Northern
Hill
Switch Men's Union
Met
Brotherhood of Railways
Mr. Hawley
Twin Cities
Telegraphers Seek 20 Percent Pay Increase
Cincinnati December reports three conferences between railroad telegraphers leaders and Big Four General Manager Van Wynkle regarding a demand for a 20 percent raise. No agreement yet. more talks likely to occur.
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Cincinnati
van Wynkle
Big Four
Land Designations Under Homestead Law Include Wyoming Acreage
The Interior Department designates 12 286 080 acres in Wyoming as subject to possession under the homestead law. Localities in Garden area slated for sale are not deemed suitable for irrigation development.
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Interior Department
Wyoming
Zelaya Defeated Loyalists Deserting to Estrada
Colonel Guadamuz aligned with General Estrada at Rama with ten soldiers after deserting President Zelaya. The Zelaya force at Kama totals 1,490 with 200 sick, subsisting on scarce pilot bread and native cheese.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Guadamuz
Zelaya
Estrada
Rama
Guadamu
Kama
Takes Up Warriver Case Before Cincinnati Grand Jury
Prosecuting Attorney Hun tense presented evidence in the Charles L Warriner case to the Cincinnati grand jury. The inquiry centers on a missing 325000 from a 643000 expenditure, with Warriner, Frank M Couden and Ida Brockway figures in a 12 year span of letters and a prior lump sum settlement. Possible further indictments loom as investigators pursue hidden funds.
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Cincinnati
Grant
Hunas
Charles L Warriver
Frank M. Couden
United States Custom Office
Ida Brockway
Jeanette Ford
E. & Cook
Warriner
Parr Says He Acted Under Higher Orders In Sugar Dock Case
New York dispatch reports Deputy Surveyor Richard Parr testified about raiding the Williamsburg docks on November 11, 1907, finding evidence of trick scales that helped indict defendants and cost American Sugar Refining Co. over 2 million in back duties. He said Roosevelt and the secretary of the treasury would be his superiors, while denying orders from lower authority.
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New York
Williamsburg
Richard Parr
American Sugar Refining Company
Parr
Roosevelt
Lee
Walking duel proposed by William Watson over Le Gallienne feud
New York reports English poet William Watson arrived with his wife and suggested a walking match as a settlement method with Richard Le Gallienne. Watson recalls past feats and claims his poem The Woman With the Serpent's Tongue inspired Le Gallienne to challenge him. Watson insists his poem referenced no specific woman.
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New York
Richard le Gal Henne
Willam Watson
England
Colt's Son in Court On Mail Fraud Charge
Olcott C. Colt of New York, son of the inventor, faces trial in the U S district court in Kansas City for using the mails to defraud. Indicted in May 1908, he had been in Paris. Judge Phillipa set bond at 1600, provided by George G Gaugh. The 1901 charges allege Colt ran a brokerage and loan business in Kansas City and New York and that after receiving fees for obtaining loans he and his "experts" often secured no loan.
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Kansas City
Olcott C. Coll
New York
United States District Court
Paris
Phillipa
George G. Gaugh
Colt
Olcott Colt
Kanane City
Jenna
Transport Still Fast in Mud Near Fort Dilaywore
The transport Prairie, bound for the Pan American Canal with 700 crew and cargo, ran aground near Fort Dilaywore in Nicaragua. Rescue efforts and salvage plans were underway as officials reported weather and navigation challenges in the muddy bay area.
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Philadelphia
Transpor Prairie
Pan Ama Canal Sone
Perlhiy
Nicaragua
Nelgove Rnor
Fort Dilaywore
Insurance policies held up after East Orange death find
New York reports three large insurers refuse to honor policies on Mrs. Snead until death is proven. Her husband Fletcher Snead remains missing. Aunt Virginia Wardlaw is jailed in East Orange. mother and sister also involved. Authorities note hypnotic influence and neurasthenia.
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Snear
Aunt
East Orange N. J
New York
Ocey Ward
Martin Snead
East Orange
N. J
Snead
Fletcher Snead
Po Clain
Virginia Wardlaw
Robert M. Martin
Motier
Roallyn
Julian Carabba
Local Residents Travel to Omaha for Various Tasks
A string of residents and visitors travel to Omaha today for medical, business, or personal reasons. Miss Nettle Hawkaworth, Mrs. Cook, and several others head to the city by early Burlington or other trains, while F H Dunbar attends a boxing match in South Omaha and returns at midnight. Community members also note road conditions and upcoming land sale near Union.
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John Murray
Omaha
Burlington
F. C. Caldwell
Frank Kauble
Glenwood
Black Hand plot arrests in Collinsville Illinois
Four Italian men were arrested in Collinsville charged with a Black Hand extortion plot against L. F. Lamaghi, a merchant and former mayor. Lamaghi received threats demanding 6000 with warnings of harm to his family. guards guarded the scene as he placed 3600 in stage money. Anallan confessed and named three others who were seized.
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St. Louis
Collinsville
L. F. Lamaghi
Lamaghi
Anallan
Masked Woman Hurls Acid at Bellefontaine Woman
Mrs George Mann answered a door ring in Bellefontaine on December 4 and met a masked assailant who threw vitriol in her face shouting to burn her eyes out. Physicians saved her eyes but she will bear deep facial burns. her husband reported a threatening letter promising his wife would be dead when he got home.
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Bellefontaine
George Mann
Tariff Bill In French Congress Leaves Rates Mostly Unchanged
Paris Dec 4 The cotton and wart schedules as palled by the chamber of deputies leave minimum rates unchanged while maximum rates on various grades rise from to 25 percent.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Postmaster Reports Overpayment to Rural Carrier J M Young
The Mynard postmaster received notice from Washington that Rural Carrier J M Young on the Mynard route has been overpaid by 210 dollars over about twenty one months. The Postal Department seeks repayment and a reduced future salary of 780 dollars yearly, while Young refuses and may resign. He appeals to Senator Burkett for relief.
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Mynard
Postal Department
Washington
J. M. Young
Te Department
Voice
AWA
Congress
Young
Mr. Young
Burkett
Loans and Discounts at Banking House
The notice advertises loans and discounts for new and unsecured credit. It mentions banking services related to house, furniture and fts with a total figure of 3,008 in local currency. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
Loyal Sons and Daughters host surprise at Lena Maurer home
The Loyal Sons and Daughters of the Christian church met at BH C McMahen's office then went to Lena Maurer's home in South Park. Members arrived to a pleasant surprise with games music and a fireside luncheon. Miss Maurer was initially surprised but welcomed the guests warmly.
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Misa Maurer
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B. L. Hyde
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South Omaha
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T. H. Pollock
Plattsmouth
Adam Kaffenberger
A. J. Hunter
Murray
Darlington
Margaret Harrison
Grace
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Lincoln
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D. O. Dwyer
Cam. N. Seybert
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Rock Bluffa
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Bank OF Murdock
Murdock, Neb
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