No Rail Strike Settled For West Roads After Noon Conference
Chicago officials announced no rail strike on west north and south routes from Chicago after a midday conference among railroad managers engineers led by Grand Chief Stone and mediator Neill. A 1 1 3 percent wage increase, about 40 cents a day, was agreed with details to be drafted. signatures expected late today. The deal saves millions annually for engineers on affected lines and avoids a strike that could cost Rock Island and others.
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Chicago
Stone
Neill
Cheaper coal ordered on Union Pacific line
President Lovett of the Union Pacific in New York ordered a 55 cent per ton coal price reduction at the mine. The move was sent as a Christmas present to coal consumers across Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska after strong protests against a recent price increase.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
New York
Rock Springs
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Delay Capital Hearing Postponed to December 29 in Chicago
The preliminary hearing for Capital Investment Co. and its alleged head Sidmon McHie along with about twenty employees and William J. Lloyd of Western Union, following a raid, was delayed to December 29 at the government attorneys’ request.
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Chicago
Capital Investment Company
Sidmon McHie
William J. Lloyd
Western Union
Four Men Die In Bucket Descent At Mine
Eccles West Virginia December 24 four men fell four hundred feet to the bottom of No 5 shaft when the bucket they rode overturned in the New River coal mine.
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Eccles
W. Va
New River
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Unsettled with snow tonight and Sunday, warmer. Low tonight about 10 degrees above zero, temperature at 7 am zero. Yesterday high 28, low last night zero. Precipitation none. Wind 9 mph, humidity 82 at 7 pm and 93 at 7 am. Local forecaster J. M. Sherier notes astronomical events with Mercury at greatest elongation east, moonrise early tomorrow, sun position noon today.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Mexican Insurrectos Block Traffic and Seize Train Parts
Reports from El Paso and Ciudad Juarez say Mexican insurgents set fire to bridges on a Northwestern passenger route south of Lena and seized part of a train last Thursday. Civilians were executed by rebels near Jiuahua and federal commander Navarro waits for reinforcements as reporters depart.
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Texas
Mexico Northwestern
Cacas Grandes
Lena Station
Juarez
Lena
Conejos
Washington
State Department
Edwards
Ciudad Juarez
Jiuahua
Mexico
Navarro
Pedernales
Gerald Brandon
Mexican Herald
War Office
F. A. Sommerfield
Admits Starting Fire At Philadelphia Leather Plant
John Kornego, a Polish lodging house resident, surrendered to police and confessed to setting fire at the Friedland er Leather Remnants plant on Wednesday night. He claimed revenge for being fired, saying he worked there until a year ago and was rejected after reapplying. The blaze killed 13 firemen and a policeman.
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Philadelphia
John Korne
Front
Broad Streets
Friedlander Leather Remnants Company
Kornego
Broken Raelish
David Friedlander
Alabama pardons 100 inmates at Christmas mass release
Montgomery December 24 The Alabama governor pardon and parole board freed over 100 convicts including 20 life prisoners and 49 serving time for homicides as the state prison doors opened for Christmas clemency.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Comer
Detective Jesse Gilman Shot in Chicago Stand-Off
Chicago reports Detective Jesse Gilman died after a gunfight with Gregory Graci whom he and another officer sought to arrest following Graci firing four shots in a dispute with a laundry owner. Graci was killed in the exchange. Gilman later succumbed to wounds.
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Chicago
Jesse Gilman
Gregori Graci
Graci
Life term given Joseph Wendling
Louisville, Kentucky December 24. Joseph Wendling, convicted December 3 of the murder of 86 year old Alma Kellner, was today formally sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
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Louisville
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Aviator Cecil S Grace Missing After English Channel Flight
Cecil S Grace, missing since Thursday on a return channel flight, is feared to have fallen into the North Sea. A vast search of the east coast by motor cars and warships failed to locate him while inquiries via wireless tracked the airman. Grace sought the Baron de Forest prize of 20000 dollars for the longest British made aeroplane voyage including the channel passage this year.
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Dover Phdfedar
Tanton
Cecil S. Grace
North Seas
England
Grace
Baron de Forest
Look Out for the Hornet Filibuster Vessel
Officials warn that the Hornet may appear off Honduras coast as a filibustering ship. If arms are found aboard the vessel will be seized by authorities in Central America and at sea.
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S. Navy
Washington
State
Navy Departments
Central America
Honduras
Six Die in Ohio Passenger Collision
Fort Wayne Indiana December 24 six killed and six injured in a head on collision at Nevada Ohio between west bound Pennsylvania train No 1 and east bound No 4. Engineers Christian Craid and Clarence Miller among the dead along with Dewitt Beebe George A Horton William Dowler Friedstein. Disregard of block signals blamed on the east bound engineer.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Nevada
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Christian C. Craid
Clarence C. Miller
Engin
Gas stove tragedy kills six at Begroom Ohio
Kenton Ohio December 24 two women and four men were found dead in two rear rooms behind the opera house building. A gas stove without a pipe burned in the room and authorities believe the fumes caused the six deaths.
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Kenton
Ohio
British Aviator Missing Over Channel After Fog
London December 24 The search continues for Cecil Grace the aviator who disappeared after losing his way in fog while attempting the return crossing over the English Channel. Authorities and rescue teams pursue leads and monitor the expected weather window for fresh signals or sightings.
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Cecil S. Grace
London
Cecil Grace
English Channel
Army and Navy Costs Questioned by The Argus
Special Correspondence argues that despite over 2.2 billion spent since 1897, the army and navy are unprepared for war due to mismanagement and waste. It notes Secretary Dickinson’s admission of unpreparedness and warns of potential court martial for officials who speak out, with continuation promised on Page Ten.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Congress
Dickinson
United States
Hull
House Committee On Military Affairs
Head of Engineers Who Won Strike
Eight passengers are dead and 25 more are injured in the Scotch express wreck near Hawes Junction today. Some victims were burned. The catastrophe follows ongoing labor tensions and a recent engineers strike.
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Hawes Junction
Taxes of 1909 to Meet State Needs in Illinois
Springfield December 24 The state auditor estimates total needs of 7 six hundred fifty three thousand one hundred twelve and a half cents to cover October 1 last year through June 30 1911 with the 1909 taxes covering most expenditures and leaving a small balance. Education charitable and penal reformatories receive the bulk until new appropriations arrive.
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McCullough
Deneen
SRP Tseree Ae
General Revenue
Colombians Still "Sore" Over Panama Peace Treaty
In Bogota and across Colombia, public opposition grows to a proposed peace treaty with Panama. Dr Carlos Mendoza arrives as special emissary, sparking strong sentiment but no riots. Simultaneously, Clarence Mackay sends woolen sweaters to about 5,000 telegraph and cable messengers as holiday goodwill. A miners election in Altoona shifts to favor National President T L Lewis by about 1,100 after last year’s loss. Anna Lehmann dies in Appleton at age 100 years 6 months.
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Panama
Bogota
Colombia
Carlos Mendoza
Mendoza
New York
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Commercial Cable Company
America
Mackay
Telegraph
Ocean Cable
Lewis
Altoona
T. L. Lewis
Tots Die Of Cold In Richardson Case
A coroner's jury in Grand Forks North Dakota rules the death of a year old son of Michael Ott due to parental neglect. A sister, four, with the boy, faces probable death from frostbite as neighbors find them behind the home after an all afternoon disappearance.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Michael Ott
Richardson
Fugitive's Wife Informs Police In Canada
William H. Morris, accused slayer of Estelle Dumas in Montgomery near Aurora Ontario, surrendered to police after his wife betrayed him. He attempted suicide by ingesting bichloride of mercury but survived. he is hospitalized at St Charles and will be moved to Geneva, Illinois under guard.
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Aurora
Hale
William H. Morris
Estelle Dumas
Montgomery
Morris
Wade
St. Charles Hospital
Tere
Geneva
Schoolboy Run Over in Moline by Davenport Wagon
Walter Stange aged 9 son of Peter Stange was run down by a Davenport bakery wagon on Fortieth street Moline yesterday afternoon. He escaped serious injury. The driver Gust Electus was fined $2 for disorderly conduct and paid $7 toward the boy’s medical bill.
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Davenport
Moline
Walter
Peter Stange
Fortieth Street
Gust Electus
Electus
Edward Edwards Hospitalized After Delirium Tremens
Edward Edwards, jailed Thursday on a disorderly conduct charge, was moved to St. Anthony's Hospital as doctors fear he may die from delirium tremens. He was arrested Wednesday night while attempting to climb a pole to escape snakes he claimed were biting him.
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Edward Edwards
St. Anthony's Hosputl
McCann Surrenders After Supreme Court Plan Foiled
Chicago December 24 Former Police treasure McCann convicted of accepting bribes in the levee district surrendered himself The state supreme court order imprisoning him shattered his Christmas at home plan where several men were invited Next week he will be moved to Joliet
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