Car Shortage Sparks Interstate Inquiry and Remedies
Chicago and Washington heard witnesses describe a nationwide freight car shortage and varied fixes.Proposals include a universal car clearing house, higher per diem charges, reciprocal demurrage, shorter unloading free time, and new terminal facilities to speed movement.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce
Harlan and Lane
Washington
Pines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicazb
Lane
Harlan
Laable
South
Mont
Harlan and
Interstate Commerce Committee
W. B. Biddle
Rock Island Railroad
Biddle
Jteckney
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Insurance Men Meet to Organize in New York
More than twenty prominent life insurance executives gathered in New York at the invitation of Paul Morton of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The aim is to form a national association modeled on underwriters and bankers, with provisions for special lines of insurance business.
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Paul Morton
National Association
New York
United States
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Claims Right to Murder His Wife in Butler Pa
Max Kaftle a Russian killed his wife by striking her with an iron in Butler Pennsylvania. He also injured a daughter and a boarder. A police squad prevented mob violence at his home. Kaftle claimed he had the right to kill his wife and that it was nobody’s business. Russians in Russia say he killed several wives and a standing reward exists for his arrest.
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Butler
Max Kaftle
Kaftle
Russia
Hicks Still In Mine Shaft But Is Brave
Bakersfield California December 21 Little progress was made in rescuing Miner Hicks last night He may be reached today The decomposed granite shifts hinder the effort and push the drift off course Hicks talks to rescuers through the wall and tries to guide them He remains brave and upbeat saying he feels no ill effect from confinement through the pipe he jokes with rescuers and grows stronger despite the long ordeal
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Bakersfield
Cal
Hicks
PAYS PENALTY FOR DASTARDLY CRIME
Joda Hamilton, a 20 year old farmer, was hanged in Houston Missouri for the October murder of neighbor Barney Parsons, his wife, and their three children. He killed Parsons after a failed debt demand, then shot Parsons twice and beat the rest to death, dumped bodies in a creek, confessed, and was arrested promptly.
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Houston
Joda Hamilton
Barney Parsons
Parsons
Hamilton
Parson
Vatican protests over French expulsion of papal official
Rome reports the Vatican issued a formal note protesting French government actions restricting church communications. The note, sent to papal representatives worldwide, condemns the expulsion of Mgr Montagnini, secretary of the papal nunciature in Paris, as an attack on religion.
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Rome
Vatican
France
Mgr. Montagnini
Paris
King prorogues parliament in colorless address
London Dec 21 The king read the message proroguing parliament in the house of Lords. The speech offered a colorless account of major international agreements Great Britain had joined in the past two months. Parliament adjourned until February 2.
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London
House of Lords
Great Britain
Mrs Maybrick Urges Prison Reform In New York
Florence Maybrick, once in English prisons, spoke to a Dr Parkhurst church group urging humane treatment and labor rights for inmates. She cited Sing Sing confinement conditions, solitary cells, and water and ventilation gaps, contrasting with worldwide practices and calling for public awakening to separate first offenders from habitual criminals.
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New York
Florence Maybrick
Penitentiaries of
America
Young Men's Club
Mine Explosion Kills Five in Pittsburg Coal Mine
Three miners died yesterday at the Fidelity Coal company's mine near Stone City, bringing total deaths to five. Two more of the injured were not expected to survive, with additional fatalities anticipated today.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Fidelity Coal Company
Stone City
Wells Fargo Express Box Missing With 30000 Dollars
Reno report says an express box valued at thirty thousand dollars vanished from the Wells Fargo office after last night’s train from Tonopah. Messenger Edward Crofton, en route to San Francisco, was mentioned in the incident.
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Reno
Wells-Fargo
Tonopah
Edward Crofton
San Francisco
Madman Attempts to Kill Judge Cutting at Cook County
Chicago dispatch reports Frank F. Ellerbrock attempted to shoot Judge Charles L. S. Cutting of the probate court in the hallway of the criminal court building. Cutting overpowered him, and both men struggled until deputy sheriffs jailed Ellerbrock. The assailant, believed insane, has been indicted for assault with attempt to kill.
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Madman
Judge Cutting
Cook County
Chicago
Charles 8S
Frank F. Ellerbrock
Cutting
Ellerbrock
Uassault
Graft case verdict hits Nebraska land ring
Bartlett Richards W G Comstock and Charles C Jameson of the Nebraska Land and Feeding company were found guilty on 36 of 28 counts for defrauding the United States of lands in Sheridan Cherry and Box Butte counties. They face fines up to 360000 each and up to 72 years in prison. Trial began Nov 19 with 132 witnesses.
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Omaha
Bartlett Richards
W. G. Comstock
Charles C. Jameson
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Rich Land Owners
Augusila Triplett
United States
Sheridan
Cherry
Nebraska
Land and Feeding Company
Spade” Ranch
Box Butte
Neh
Kinkaid
Richards and
Comstock
Congress Daily Summary and a Bandit Incident
Washington proceedings recap the Senate debate on Roosevelt’s handling of the 25th infantry discharges and a call for a full military committee investigation, with adjournment to January 3, 1907. In the House Mondell passes an entry settlement bill for the Shoshone reservation and Payne pushes the president message distribution resolution before Christmas recess. In Leadville a masked bandit fatally shoots a ticket agent at the Denver and Rio Grande depot, robs the cash drawer, and eludes pursuit.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Foraker
Roosevelt
25Th Infantry
Lodge
Scott
Ohio
Senate Military Committee
HOUSE
Mondell
Wyoming
Payne
New York
Leadville
Colo
Joe Dale
Denver and Rio Grande
Mob Takes Negro Life In Capital Of Maryland
A sensational report claims a mob killed a Black man in the capital city, amid charges of racial violence. The piece notes political wire services and public reaction while linking the incident to broader tensions in the era.
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Maryland
Breaks Open Jail and Avenges Assault on White Woman
In Annapolis a mob of about 60 masked men seized Henry Davis alias Henry Chambers from the jail and lynched him for a felonious assault on Mrs. John Reid near Annapolis. The warden and deputies were overpowered as the door was battered. Davis confessed to the crime and was killed with a noose and gunfire, with the mob removing souvenirs from the scene.
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Annapolis
Henry Davis
Henry Chambers
John Reid
Smallwood
Taylor
Smallwood and
Crouse
Mardellus
Atkinson Arrest Ties Morton Park Bank to Notes
Chicago reports that $30,000 of Morton Park bank funds were used on notes signed by a woman stenographer. William J. Atkinson, bank president, was arrested at his suburban home on an exeat warrant by Judge K M Landis. Bond set at $25,000, he must stay within the district until bank affairs are settled.
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Chicago
Lincoln Bank
Morton Park
Atkinson
William J. Atkinson
Morton Park Bank
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
Jacob Ringer
Landis
Funeral of Bishop McCabe Viewed by Public in Philadelphia
The body of Bishop Charles C. McCabe lay in Arch Street Methodist Episcopal church for public viewing after his death in New York. Brief funeral rites followed before the remains were sent by Pennsylvania train to Evanston, Illinois for interment.
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Philadelphia
Charles C. McCabe
New York
Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania
West
Evanston
Teller Denies Theft Charge in $50,000 Shortage
William C. Anderson, teller at First National Bank, arrived in Kansas City from Austin in custody of two officers. He denied stealing $50,000 and rejected rumors of women involved, insisting he is glad to be home to clear his mind. Bank officials estimate the shortage at $9,000.
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Kansas City
First National
Kansas
William C. Anderson
First National Bank
Austin
Tex
Anderson
Austrian postal strike roils Austria over pay and hours
Dec 21 Vienna authorities announce a nationwide postal workers strike involving all post offices and about 25 000 employees protesting long hours and pay. Wages start at 45 cents daily and rise to 90 cents after 40 50 years of service amid a long agitation for higher pay.
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Vienna
Austria
Double life term for Curtis Jett in Cockrill murder
Louisville report states Curtis Jett was found guilty of the assassination of James Cockrill in Jackson four years ago and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is already serving a life term for complicity in the murder of Attorney Marcum years earlier.
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Louisville
Curtis Jett
James Cockrill
Jackson
Jett
Marcum
Corner Stone Laid at New Court Building Ceremony
State officers and a few citizens attended the laying of the corner stone at the new Supreme Court Building in Springfield NN on December 2. Workmen placed the large stone while officials served as witnesses. no speeches or addresses were delivered.
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Supreme Court
Springfield
Bryce Named Ambassador to Washington
Washington reports James Bryce, chief secretary of Ireland, appointed ambassador to Washington to succeed Sir Mortimer Durand. Advices of his designation arrived, with formal announcement to follow. Bryce reportedly resigning cabinet post to take the diplomatic post. Ten terrorists executed in Riga for plotting against the Baltic governor general.
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Washington
James Bryce
Ireland
Mortimer Durand
Bryce
Riga
Russia
Baltic
Walt
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