Fatal New York City boiler explosion at power house
Thirteen believed dead and many injured after two blasts of gas and dynamite at the New York Central Power House at Fifty Street and Park Avenue. A trolley car was lifted onto a passing auto, four killed, and debris and falling ceilings reported across nearby buildings.
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Park Avenue
Croker
E. B. Livermore
Mary B. Pope
McMarrow
Patrick Jordan
Thomas Stagg
Watchman Power House
John Ryan
William Poetschke
Coren
Edith Offpner
Charles Roberts
Adams Express Company
Fortieth Street
Madison
Child’s Hospital
Haris
Bible Teachers’ Training School
Lexington Avenue
Power House
Wife Held as Suspect in Detroit Fatal Ax Attack
Francis Kniffen was found dead in bed with his skull split after an axe attack. His widow Nellie Kniffen was taken into custody after telling neighbors she woke to his groans and found him dying. a bloody ax was found in the wood shed.
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Detroit
Mich
Francis Kniffen
Nellie Kniffen
Mediation Efforts Fail in Rail Strife as Wage Dispute Bites
Chicago December 19 No results expected today from Mediator Charles P Neill efforts to settle the wage dispute between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and western railroads. Neill held two talks with railroad managers and one with engineers but reports indicate mediation so far unsuccessful.
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Chicago
Charles P. Neill
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Eagineers
Western Railroads
Brotherhood
Neill
Ensieers
Weather forecast for Rock Island and vicinity
Generally fair and colder tonight and Tuesday with low around 25 degrees. Temperature at 7 a m 31. Wind 11 mph. Relative humidity 72 to 76 percent. High pressure west of Mississippi brings fair skies, coldest reading Winnipeg 33 above zero. Rocky Mountain high approaches, forecast for tonight and Tuesday remains the same with lower temperatures. Observations show entries for last night and today with sun set at 4 17 and moon rise at 5 07 pm.
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Ontario
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Lake Region
Ohio
Mississippi
Idaho
Winnipeg
Rocky Mountain
Henry Farman Aims for Michelin Cup Flight Record
Henry Farman, flying at Etampes, competed for the Michelin cup and achieved a remarkable eight hours nine minutes flight covering 462 kilometers 287 miles before descending after realizing he had not beaten the distance record Maurice Tabuteau set six hours in a prior run Farman hoped to exceed the record but was off by 3 kilometers John B Moisant reached 9364 feet in a Memphis report noting American pilots Drexel and Johnstone nearer to the world mark
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Etampes
France
Henry Farman
Maurice Tabuteau
Farman
Tabuteau
Moisant
Memphis
John B. Moisant
London
United States
Armstrong Drexel
Ralph Johnstone
Bloodhounds and posses hunt for slayer near Pontiac
Bloodhounds and armed searchers comb the region for W H Morris of Plano linked to the murder of Stella Dumas. Dogs followed a lead to an abandoned barn as the Fox River was dragged without result. Separate item notes Taft will attend the Grand Army encampment in Rochester next August.
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W. H. Morris
Plano, Ii
Stella Dumas
Pontiacil
Fox J
Taft
Washington
The
Grand Army
Rochester
N. Y
Cudahy Estate Valued at 11 Million in Will
Chicago December 19 Michael Cudahy founder of the Cudahy meat packing firm left an estate worth 11 million dollars. Nine million is personal property. The widow Catherine Cudahy receives 30 thousand annual. Hospitals and similar institutions receive specified sums and his seven children are to receive annuities.
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Chicago
Michael Cudahy
Cudahy
Catherine Cudahy
Lorimer Case Bribery Claims Split in Report
Chattanooga Senator Frazier says four Illinois lawmakers who backed Lorimer were bribed and seven votes were tainted. In Philadelphia ex-governor Folk condemns the senate subcommittee’s majority for Whitewash tactics. Colonel W. B. Britton, longtime 8th Wisconsin commander, dies in Janesville.
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Tenn
Frazier
Lorimer
Illinois
Folk
Philadelphia
John W. Folk
Missouri
United States ‘Senate
Senator Lorimer
Senate
White Made Chief Justice Headlines Unusual Honor
Washington December 19 Edward Douglass White assumed duties as chief justice of the United States at 12 08 pm Presiding Justice Harlan announced the orders of the day Read his commission and administered the oath White becomes the first associate justice elevated to chief justice and the first time a unified party placed a member of a rival party at the head of the court.
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Washington
Edward Douglass White
The
United States
Harlan
Puller
Justice White
Eateods
McKenney
Supreme Court
Senate
Island Sinks After Earthquake Near San Salvador
A message from Salvador reports a small island sinking in Hopange lagoon southeast of San Salvador after an earthquake. It is claimed, without confirmation, that about 170 persons were killed.
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Port Limon
Costa Rica
Salvador
Hopange Lagoon
San Salvador
Bangor men pledge $22,000 bail for J F Dietz
Miss Myra Dietz urged by Bangor Wisconsin business leaders secured a pledge to post twenty two thousand dollars for bail for her father John F Dietz in La Crosse on December nineteenth.
Pleasant Week Ahead Says Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau predicts a week of moderate temperatures nationwide as barometric pressure trends indicate mild conditions. A disturbance over the Great Lakes is moving east, with another forming in the northwest then advancing east along the northern border. Southern and western states should enjoy generally fair weather.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Government Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Taft Attacks War Scare at International Dispute Talk
At a Washington banquet closing a three day conference on an international court and arbitration, President Taft urged peace and wise military prep. He said the American people will not consent to a standing army like Europe. Others spoke from Jusserand to Choate and Grant amid calls to abolish war.
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Washington
International Conference of the
American Society For Judicial Settlement of
Taft
Woodford
Stewart Woodford
United States
Spain
Jusserand
Joseph H. Choate
Frederick D. Grant
Richard Bartholdt
Martin W. Littleton
Thomas Nelson Page
W. Bourke Cochran
James Brown Scott
Andrew Carnegie
International Court
Congress
Arbitration urged for Boer War losses claim in Berlin report
The Cologne Gazette hopes the dispute over German compensation for Boer War losses, rejected by Great Britain, may be submitted to arbitration under the Anglo German treaty. It proposes an international competence court to decide when international questions fit for arbitration.
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International Court
Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
Cologne
Broaden Express Probe By Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington December 19 The interstate commerce commission plans a thorough extension of its express company inquiry. The probe will cover not only rates and methods but also the financial operations including banking aspects. London December 19 The government coalition majority in the new parliament stands at least 124 with three seats remaining to be contested.
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Interstate Commmerce Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
London
No Comment On Pinchot Report
Washington reports that the majority and minority findings of the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee will be reported out of the House Agriculture Committee without comment.
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Washington
Ballinger-Pinchot
House Committee On Agriculture
Impeachment Move Aims to Force Cabinet in Peking
In Peking on December 19 the imperial senate moved to impeach grand councilors to pressure the throne into creating a constitutional cabinet or dissolving the senate. The throne refused to form a cabinet and declined to accept resignations, while the senate pressed for immediate cabinet creation amid famine reports in Yangtze districts and a surge in child sales.
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Peking
Imperial Senate
Grand Council
Senate
National Assembly
Yang Tse Kiang
Relief Committee
F*r
Nid
Mexican forces claim victory over rebelling forces in Guererro district
Telegram from Mexican foreign relations minister reports General Navarro's troops defeated revolutionists in the Guerrero district at Padernales. Remaining rebels pursued as the republic remains at peace. Mexican consul Diebold adds the government is energetically pushing the campaign and capable of coping with the situation. Lehmann of St. Louis was sworn in as solicitor general and visited the Supreme Court.
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Der
Mexico
Enrique Creel
Senor de Ix Bara
Navarro
Guerrero
Padernales
Conant Velie
Pichtteg
Laredo
Tex
Miguel E. Diebold
Lehmann
Lehann
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Berth Rates in Pullman Cars Approved
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission tentatively approved a fixed charge for paper berths in Pullman cars at 80 percent of the current rate for fewer berths, effective nationwide by June 20. Commissioner Lane announced the Pullman Company accepted the Loftus case conclusions, with reduced rates for long distance and upper berths.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman
United States
Jane
Lane
Pullman Company
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