24 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
1
The Chicago stockyards fire killed 27 and left many unidentifed. Firemen were rescued from debris after a nightlong struggle with flames. Flags flew at half mast across the city as families gathered at undertakers and homes to mourn and honour heroes.
The Atlantic battleship fleet, now abroad, is likely to cruise German ports next summer. The Navy Department reached a tentative decision for each ship to make a Germany voyage after recently visiting British and French ports, a move criticized by German newspapers. The criticism followed Commander William S. Sims’s London speech alleging U S aid to Britain in a foreign war.
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island, who underwent a slight operation in Roosevelt Hospital for a growth on his right hand, will likely be discharged tomorrow.
Dispatches from Peking to the state department report 2.5 million people in a Chinese province affected by plague. The December 24 update details the spread and impact of the outbreak on the region and its population.
A grand jury returned 122 indictments against alleged vote sellers in Portsmouth Ohio, bringing total fraud charges from November's election to about 400. Fifty men plead guilty in connection with the case.
Madrid reports the padlock bill cleared both houses despite Vatican opposition. Premier Canalejas, a Catholic, defended religious liberty against clerical backlash and stalled concordat talks. Senate vote 149 to 58. lower house 108 to 920?. The clash strained Madrid Vatican relations as two-year limits on new congregations were set.
Three days of strikes in three Lynn shoe plants have put 1,600 workers out of work. Only 65 strikers are in lasting and heeling, while all other departments shut down. Brophy Bros and Hennessy Maxwell Harrigan may move plants due to union disputes.
London reports Ce cil 8. Grace nephew of New York Mayor W. R. Grace listed among airmen missing after his plane crossed the French coast en route to England. A coast guard search is under way along the English coast for the aviator who wore a cork tie jacket.
Maryville Mo December 24 The defense failed to move for a change of venue in the state case against Sie Rasen charged with murdering the Hubbell family My wife and two children The trial date remains January and the defense indicated they may seek an interlocutory appeal while maintaining the current judge is satisfactory and not to suggest a new judge
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