Officer Shot Sequel to Brownsville Affair at Fort Reno
El Reno Oklahoma December 22 Captain Edgar B Macklin of Company C 25th United States Infantry was shot twice and badly wounded in his quarters by a negro who fled after demanding money Bloodhounds will track the assailant The secretary of war had ordered a court martial for Macklin for alleged conduct at Brownsville last August Physicians say he will likely recover The assassin is believed to be one of the negro soldiers discharged by Roosevelt funeral services for Mrs Robert R McCabe to be held Monday in Evanston
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el Reno
Okin
Edtgar B. Macklin
25Th
United States Infantry
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Oklahoma City
Fort Reno
Macklin
Secretary of War
General Staff
Okla
Edgar B. Macklin
Comp Infantry
Cass
al Ibis
Robert R. McCabe
Evanston
Peoria County Board Proposes Grand Jury Abolition and Budget Shifts
The Peoria county board seeks retrenchment by abolishing the grand jury except on court order and moving marriage fees and more office work to the county. They call for autopsies by the county physician, death certificates issued by him, and half of inheritance tax to the county. Bishop Charles C. McCabe’s funeral is noted for Monday in Chicago.
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Rock Island
Peoria
Lucas Butts
Recorder
Wasson
Peoria County
NO TRUTH IN STORY OF 80-CAR TRAIN
St. Paul December 22 The Great Northern Superintendent of Transportation Bryan calls the report that an eighty car coal train would depart Superior Wisconsin bound for North Dakota on a passenger schedule extremely nonsensical He states coal trains have been from Superior to Minnesota North and South Dakota for the last hundred days as fast as they could be made up and that eighty cars in one train is impractical He adds they are rushing commercial coal out of Superior as fast as trains can be made up
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Superior
Rescue steamer Frithjof wrecked in Antarctic voyage ends
Buenos Ayres reports the Norwegian whaling steamer Frithjof wrecked in the Antarctic on November 10. Nine crew members are missing and 27 survivors have reached Buenos Aires. The Frithjof had sailed in 1905 to rescue the Nordenskjald Antarctic expedition.
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Buenos Ayres
Frithjof
Antarctic
Nordenskjald
Virulent influenza rages in England amid ill leaders
London reports a particularly virulent influenza outbreak affecting prominent figures. The Archbishop of Canterbury is barely convalescent while Arthur Balfour and Speaker are seriously ill. In Salt Lake City, Senator disclaims paternity of Mrs. Jey's children and disinherits them.
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London
Dec
J of Canterbury
Arthur Balfour
Speaker Ae
Brown
Lake City
Utah
Hicks Not Free Inch Progress Work of Hours
Bakersfield California December 22 The entombed miner Hicks was not released during the night. Boulders again blocked the drift and soft dirt forced rescuers to brace themselves. Only about an inch of progress was made in the early hours. Timbering was required and the miner remains in good condition nearby.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Hicks
First Hearing to Oust Oil Companies
New York dispatch reports a likely first hearing to oust Standard Oil of Indiana Waters-Pierce and Republic Oil from Missouri. Judge Johnson for Waters-Pierce announced the January 7 session in St Louis after initial testimony reviewed by Commissioner Anthony. The case then goes to Missouri's supreme court for final adjudication.
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New York
Hohe
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Waters-Pierce Company
Republic Oil Company
Missouri
St. Louis
Johnson
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Anthony
Supreme Court
More Pay for Steel Men Illinois Company Advances Wages 10 Percent
Illinois Steel announces a ten percent wage increase as a Christmas gift benefiting about 12,000 workers across its plants. North Chicago, Joliet, and Bay View Milwaukee sites are among those receiving boosts, with South Chicago mill workers totaling around 8,000. The action, slated for New Year's Day, lifts wages from laborers to skilled workers alike.
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Illinois Company
Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
Joliet Works
Bay View
Milwaukee
Leather Merger Near United and Central Leather Firms
New York December 22 The Times says stockholders of United States Leather and Central Leather may approve a merger plan formed in December 1904. Directors of both companies have agreed to carry out the plan, ending lengthy talks.
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United States
New York
United States Leather Company
Central Leather Company
the Times Today
Roosevelt Romance Scandal Ties To Roosevelts Funeral
New York reports arrangements for Mrs. Lulu Grover funeral were made by President Roosevelt with help from U S District Attorney Stimson and secret service agents. Investigators seized her letters and possessions. only mourners were Mrs. Richard H Connor and Secret Service operative Tate. Grover, daughter of a Dakota ranchman, sent Roosevelt a diamond studded revolver before her death by chloroform at 2089 Lexington Avenue on December 8, saying her heart was broken.
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New York
Lulu Grover
Roosevelt
East Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Richard H. Connor
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Park Avenue
Secret Service
Tate
Bronx
Mr. Tate
Ms. Connor
Prairies
Mrs. Connor
Roosévelt
New Sel
Connor
Grover
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Another Chance for Mrs. Meyers in Murder Case
Federal Judge Phillips granted a writ of habeas corpus for Mrs. Agnes Myers who is jailed in Liberty Missouri under a murder sentence to be executed January 10. The sheriff must produce her in Kansas City court on December 31.
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Kansas City
Phillips
Agnes Myers
Liberty
County Auditor's Record $113,265 Pay in One Year
Cuyahoga County Ohio Auditor R C Wright reveals net compensation for the last fiscal year totaled 113,265 dollars. The amount is unprecedented among state, county, or municipal officials. The fee-based wage system under which the pay was drawn is ending with the current year.
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Cuyahoga
Ohio
Columbus
R. C. Wright
Cuyahoga County
World Evangelism Efforts Revealed In New Totals
Boston Dec 22 The American board publicized figures on its non Christian world outreach showing 29 386 stations 6 750 men and 6 039 women missionaries 70 700 native workers 1 349 900 communicants 1 120 800 under instruction and income 18 606 000 The rise over last year is noted women missionaries 3031 men 2042 native contributions 1 282 000 total income 2 1260 000
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Boston
Strong
American Board
Foreign Missionary Societies
The
Evangelical Churches of the
Cornea transplant restores near normal vision in blind man
Vienna reports Dr. Zirm's cornea transplant from an 11-year-old donor to a double blind patient. One eye failed as the cornea thickened, but the other eye achieved near normal vision, enabling reading of small print and work. Zirm notes prior failures stemmed from animal to human grafts.
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Vienna
Medical Society
Zirm
Express Rates Probe Opens As Commission Plans Hearings
The interstate commerce commission will investigate express and sleeping car rates after new law grants jurisdiction. Hearings may begin in Washington, with sessions in Chicago and New York as complaints from across the country claim rates are excessive. If reductions are ordered, expect court battles to test the new law’s validity.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
SNP
Fran Lane
Washington
New York
Lane
Commission
United States to Relieve Famine in China
Reports from consuls and officials indicate famine in China is worse than initially thought. At the request of the American National Red Cross the cabinet discussed actions. An appeal for supplies and deployment of army transports to aid famine relief is likely.
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China
Red Cross
Washington
State Department
American National Red Cross
Car Load of Gifts Destroyed by Fire
A carload of mail from Texas points mainly Christmas packages was destroyed by fire south of Muskogee Oklahoma yesterday on the northbound Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train.
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Muskogee
Dee
Texas Points
Revelations Lead To Suit In Schandein Case Divorce
Clara Heyl files for divorce from Jacob Heyl in Milwaukee citing testimony from the Schandein contested will case. She alleges twice he threatened to kill her. The case was dismissed and new proceedings were started in Moline with Attorney Ben Schriver.
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Hey
Schandein
Milwaukee
Clara
Jacob Heyl
Heyl
Ern Peterson
McFarland
Upper House Passes Universal Suffrage and Alton Speculation
Vienna reports the universal suffrage bill passed the upper house by a large majority after a long sitting. The same day the chamber limited life appointments to 180 by crown. In Chicago, rail and financial circles weigh Harriman and Felton’s possible ouster from the Alton as Rock Island presses for control amid suspected $3,000,100 discrepancy in Alton accounts.
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Vienna
Baron von Beck
Chicago
Eli H .Harriman
Chicago & Alton
5. M. Felton
Rock Island
Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Alton
Felton
Sues for Attorney Fees Against Union Electric
H E Curtis as executor of Henry Curtis sues Union Electric Telephone and Telegraph company in Terre Haute Indiana circuit court for 1500 dollars for services as attorney over several years. Also reports an attempted suicide by Abe Rowe in Terre Haute and Dayton violence involving Dana Gilman murder case.
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Union Electric Telephone Company
H. E. Curtis
Henry Curtis
Union Electric Telephone and Telegraph Company
Another Russian count bites the dust in Tver hall
Count Alexis Ignatief a member of the empire council and former governor general for Kiev Volynia and Podolia was shot and killed in a refreshment hall used by the nobles assembly in Tver Russia. The assassin was arrested.
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Tver
Russia
Alexis Ignatief
Council of the Empire
Kiev
Volynia
Podolia
Illinois Hotel Men's Association Meet In Decatur
Illinois hotel men from across the state gather in Decatur for the annual association convention. Business sessions at the Decatur hotel, social events at the St Nicholas, with a banquet likely at the St Nicholas after theater night. Attendees will tour the town by automobile and enjoy planned social activities.
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Decatur
State Association
Illinois
Illinois Hotel Men's Association
St. Nicholas
Terrible Mining Accident West of Carlyle Mil
A Breese Trenton Mining cage collapsed at a shaft 14 miles west of Carlyle killing six miners and injuring several. Names of the dead include Walter Schaffner Herman Schletter Henry Mittege Herman Holtm an Frank Gehrer August Foppe. The crash occurred as the day shift cage descended to 300 feet of a 400 foot shaft with no explosion confirmed. One worker, August Foppy, was reported cut in two. Debris blocked the shaft mouth. recovery will take hours and requi res a digging crew.
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St. Louis
Dee
Breese ‘Trenton
Carlyle
Til
Walter Schaffner
Herman Schleter
Henry Mittege
Herman Holtman
Frank Gehrer
August Foppe
Eaplowten
August Foppey
Resom
Mail this year is heaviest ever
Heavy incoming Christmas mail strains city post office workers. Carriers and subs rushed. Monday and Tuesday next week expected to be the busiest as most presents arrive. Registered mail volume up. Rock Island fast mail train five hours late. New address side board rule to take effect March 1.
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Expres
Rock Island Road
Iowa Traveler Burned To Death In Car Fire
In St Joseph Missouri today Gilliland and an unknown man perished when a stove tipped in a car in Rock Island yards. Gilliland, from Northboro Iowa, was bound for Indian Territory and the fire roasted the occupants as they attempted escape. The incident occurred during a routine travel stop. The other item notes the brig Galilee departing San Diego on a magnetic global survey for the Carnegie Institute. the voyage will last nine to ten months.
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St. Joseph
Gilliuti
Rock Island
Gilliland
Northboro
Iowa
Indian Territory
San Diego
Cal
Galilee
Carnegie Institute
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Seize the
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Dayton
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