Rail Strike Hits Minneapolis-St Paul Rail Freight
Long running switchmen walkout cripples rail traffic across Minneapolis Saint Paul and Duluth Superior. Railroads face calls for double time pay and a 60 cent daily wage rise. freight halts threaten tens of thousands of jobs in mills docks and mines.
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St Paul
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Great Lakes
Duluth
Superior
National Railway Association
Northwest
Switchmen’s Union of North America
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Lake Superior
Chicago
WEATHER AND RIVER BULLETIN UPDATE
Weather report notes rain tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions tonight and a colder Thursday. River bulletin shows Mississippi stages nearly stationary from below Dubuque to Muscatine. Also includes historical notes, astronomical events, and rail labor dispute details.
Eight Miners Are Safe From Mine Fire
Ducktown Tennessee December 1 eight men trapped by shaft house fire were brought to the surface this morning none were physically disabled as a result of the experience the incident occurred yesterday afternoon at the copper mine and all eight were unharmed after rescue
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Knox creates Near Eastern Affairs division
Secretary Knox forms a new Near Eastern Affairs division to manage commercial and political relations in Turkey Persia the Balkans and nearby regions. Evan E Young formerly consul at Saloniki is named chief of the division.
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Evan E. Young
South Dakota
Saloniki
Turkey
Persia
Balkans
Europe
Bids for Jeffries Johnson Fight Delayed Ground Decision
New York December 1 bids for the Jeffries Johnson boxing match were opened but postponed after large offers. Eddie Graney of San Francisco requested delay to decide venue. Proposals included 75,000 dollar guarantee plus 80 percent gross receipts, 125,000 with rights reserved, and varying terms from E M Rickard Ely Nevada to Thomas J McCarey Los Angeles.
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Eddie Graney
San Francisco
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Edward Graney
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John Gleason
Hugh D. McIntosh
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America
England
France
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Ely
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Thomas J. McCarey
Los Angeles
Latham tall winds 1600 feet set world altitude record
In Mourmelon France Hubert Latham reached 1600 feet amid a 40 mile per hour wind, claiming a new official world's record. The report notes concurrent items including a South Dakota Supreme Court ruling upholding the anti discrimination act against Central Lumber Company and a political note on George W. Esan. A steamer Nueces ran aground off the Florida coast prompting Osceola tug assistance.
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Mourmelon
France
Hubert Latham
South Dakota Supreme Court
Pierre
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Supreme Court
Central Lumber Company
George W. Esan
New York
Nueces
French Reef
Florida
Osceola
Men Who Aided Killing of Ito Sought Here
Chicago reports a search for Koreans possibly linked to Prince Ito of Japan’s murder in Harbin last October. Police have word wealthy Koreans, believed to be originators and financiers of the plot, may have fled to Chicago. Separate dispatch from Constantinople notes an earthquake near Bitlis, Turkey destroying several villages with no reported deaths.
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Chicago
Prince Ito
Japan
Harbin
Turkey
Constantinople
Bitlis
Banner year for American agriculture reports 1909 value
Washington shows 1909 farm products worth 8.76 billion dollars, a jump of 869 million from 1908, with corn leading at about 1.72 billion and wheat around 725 million. The report cites vast gains in soil improvement, banking, and farmer status, noting higher enforcement of pure foods laws and a beef price study.
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Washington
Wilson
Reta
Chicago
United States
More Marines Leave to Aid Nicaraguan Insurgents
One hundred fifty marines departed from the Brooklyn navy yard by telegraph from Washington for Nicaragua. The Norwegian steamer Stavangeren has arrived at Bluefields from New York with arms and ammunition for the insurgents, who are now well equipped with machine guns and small arms. Estrada is expected to press the aggressions, while Zelaya shows no immediate advance. General Chamorro reports Greytown unchanged, and reinforcement moves are reported around Rama with another engagement anticipated. France begins inquiries into reports of French citizens being ill treated in Nicaragua.
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Stavangeren
New York
Estrada
Zelaya
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Greytown
Matuty
Rama
France
Paris
Foreign Office
Brooklyn House Scene of Crime
New York December 1 The death in a vacant East Orange New Jersey house is linked to a Brooklyn home once occupied by Virginia Wardlaw and two other women. Police found blood spots in rooms two bundles of human hair and four burned bones including a child's skull in a kitchen stove. Wardlaw is held for further examination.
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O. W. N. Snead
Brooklyn
East Orange
N. J
Cherry Fire Worsens at Shaft Where Lives Were Lost
Princeton Illinois December 1 readings at the St Paul Coal mine in Cherry show 122 degrees at the second level, one degree higher than prior days, indicating the fire may be increasing and potential leaks. A four inch concrete seal was added over the opening as officials assess risk.
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Princeton
St. Paul Coal Company
Cherry
British Lords Reject Budget in Historic Stand
London December 1 the house of lords refused to pass the budget marking a constitutional crisis as the chamber referred the measure to the country. The vote 350 to 75 followed six days of debate with prominent leaders urging assent and amid a packed chamber observers noted the unprecedented move in English history.
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Asquith
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Rosebery
Morley
Lord James of Hereford
Lord Cromer
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York
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Corporation Excise Tax Revenue Forecast for 1910
The Internal Revenue Service expects the corporate excise tax to yield 25 million dollars for the 1910 fiscal year. By July 1, 1910, 15 million will be collected with 10 million more anticipated for Washington. Calendar year 1909 is projected to add further receipts after July 1, 1910, totaling 25 million for 1910. Commissioner Cabell’s report also forecasts 1910 corporate and other receipts at 268 million and 1911 at 280 million. Internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year reached 246,212,719, down 5,453,230 from last year, while the first quarter of the current year shows 65,176,628, up 2,955,057 from the prior year.
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Washington
Laundry saves 1200 in sewn bills reward to honesty
Charles Biddle of Rock City Iowa sent money for laundry in Alaska bound trip with 12 one hundred dollar bills sewn in a garment. The laundress found the bills and returned them intact. Biddle, heading home from Alaska, rewarded all involved for honesty. Admiral Togo retires from naval command to join the military council in Tokyo. Rockefeller dismisses assassination plot rumors as baseless. Kentucky court upholds Beach Hargis life sentence for patricide.
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Charles Biddle
Rock City
Iowa
Biddle
Alaska
Mail Early Christmas Parcels for Country Routes
Washington dated note urges rural Christmas packages be sent early to avoid congestion. Official circular recommends marking packages Not to be opened until Christmas day and dispatching several days in advance as one delivery will occur on all rural routes.
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David Lloyd George
Winston Spencer Churchhill
Board of Trade
Lord Lansdowne
J. Austen Chamberlain
Washington
Post Office Department
Allen Helps With Other Indictments
La Crosse Wisconsin December Phillip Allen the convicted bank wrecker who was taken to Madison yesterday prepared for his removal to Fort Leavenworth penitentiary returned here today to assist with the technical information necessary in drawing indictments in Mineral Point cases as understood
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