Christmas Riots Across the South Spur Fear and Militia Action
Reports from Meridian Mississippi describe armed tensions near Wahalak, with white residents mobilizing and two negroes reportedly killed before troops arrived under Colonel Samuel McCants. Militia and Gatling gun threats follow violent clashes on trains and in town, while Birmingham and Atlanta see a wave of deadly incidents, and a Leavenworth incident involves a drunken squadron causing damage on public transport.
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Meridian
Miss
Kearly
Wahalak
Columbus
Leland Sparkman
McCants
Mobile & Ohio
Vardaman
Secooba
Scooba
Cooper
Spencer
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Woodward
Leavenworth
Kan
Tragic Wedding? No, Fire Claims Four in Virginia Home
In Norfolk Virginia December 25 a blaze at William Grimstead’s Morris Neck home in Princess Anne county killed the wife and child of Samuel Poyner and the wife and child of Grimstead. Authorities say the fire likely started from an overheated stove.
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Norfolk
Samuel Poyner
William Grimstead
Grimstead
Morris Neck
Princess Anne County
Counties Move To Probe Bridge Trust In District
Supervisors of Whiteside Jo Daviess and Carroll counties and the Stephenson county state’s attorney have appointed committees to form an organization to investigate an alleged bridge trust operating in the district. Similar action is expected in Ogle county. It is alleged bridge firms pool interests and divide county contracts.
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Sterling
Whiteside
Jo Daviess
Carroll
Stephenson County
Oxie County
Revision of Cuban laws as step toward elections
Havana December 25 Governor Magoon signs decree appointing a commission to revise Cuba laws. The body will draft electoral, provisional, municipal laws, a judiciary organization and civil service law. First meeting set for January 6. seen as first step toward new elections.
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Havana
Magoon
Cuba
Noblesville Bank Chief Arrested for Embezzlement
William H. Roney publisher of the Noblesville Times and former president of a private Cicero bank was arrested on embezzlement charges. Bonds set at 8000 dollars. About 4147 dollars allegedly taken for personal use after the bank sale to Farmers and Merchants Bank.
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Noblesville
Ind
William H. Roney
Noblesville Times
Cicero
Roney Bank
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Roney
State settles Farmers and Drovers Bank claim in Waynesburg
A Pittsburgh report says a check for 75 430.20 was sent to State Treasurer William N. Berry to fully satisfy the state's claim against the Farmers and Drovers National Bank of Waynesburg Pa. The bank was closed following currency controller orders over allegedly falsified cashier reports by J B F Rinehart. Bondholders payment creates a lien on funds held by the receiver John B Cunningham.
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Pittsburg
William N. Berry
Farmers and Drovers’ National Bank
Waynesburg
J. B. F. Rinehart
John B. Cunningham
Christmas at the White House in Washington
Washington December 25 A general suspension of public business marked Christmas with only urgent matters attended to by government staff. Officials enjoyed the day with simple observances and the president started early, handling substantial business while gifts were numerous and beautiful.
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Washington
White House
Immigration Surge Abroad Sparks Hawaii and New York Figures
Commissioner General Sargent reports 6,000 Japanese in Hawaii with 600 to 1,000 arriving monthly and 12,000 leaving for the mainland in the past year. In New York Ellis Island records project 1,283,400 more aliens next year from an expected 1,050,000 arrivals this year, a 22.23 percent rise.
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Hawaiian Islands
Sargent
Pacific
Hawaii
United States
New York
Ellis Island
Watenora
Mexican outlaw band is captured in Spain raid
Madrid dispatch reports Lieutenant Maillo and 10 civil guards surrounding Torre Foru at Castle Ful lit to seize the Carlis band of 20, led by General Morro brother of the priest Enrique Morro. The group surrendered with 27 rifles 20 000 cartridge machine to tear up rails. Prisoners sent to Barcelona for speedy trial.
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New York
Madrid
Maillo
Torre Foru
Castle Fullit
Morro
Enrique Morro
Barcelona
New Chicago Bank Formed Amid Forgan Resignation
Chicago reports the formation of a new national bank with 1.5 million capital. James B. Forgan, president of First National, and David R. Forgan announce amicable severance as David resigns from First National and First Trust. David will be president of the new bank, pursuing a large personal stake. Names and location pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Forgan
First National Heads Movement
Chicago
National Bank
David R. Forgen
First National
First Trust& Savings Banks
James B. Forgan
Fight Christmas Exercises in New York Schools
Jewish parents and guardians led a boycott of public school Christmas sessions in New York, with east side papers backing the action. Attendance dropped from 33 1 3 to 60 percent in affected schools as tension over holiday celebrations grew. Also reported, W C Greene bought the Concheno mines at Concheno Chihuahua for 3,000,000 pesos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Side
el Paso
Tex
W. C. Greene
Concheno
Chihuahua
Mex
Nebogatoff Sentenced in Russian Trial to Ten Years
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and three subordinates were sentenced to death for surrendering ships to Japan in 1905. The sentences were commuted to ten years in prison, with additional officers receiving shorter fortress terms and seventy acquitted. The case drew political debate and mercy expectations from the czar.
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St. Petersburg
Nebogatoff
Gregorieff
Senavin
Lichim
Apraxine
Smirnoff
Nicholas I
Coal Grabs Spark Fuel Famine Prompting Injunction
Judge Munger issued an injunction stopping the Burlington from confiscating coal owned by J. E. Woodward & Company of Deitz Wyoming. The suit seeks $20,000 for coal seized over the past two months as a fuel famine spread to towns along the line. More than a hundred carloads were taken, with customers alerting the company through complaints.
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Burlington
Omaha
Neb
Munger
Burlington Railroad
J. E. Woodward & Company
Deitz
Wyo
Wreck Probe Blames Freight Crew and Soo Line
Coroner's jury in En derlin North Dakota faulted the freight train crew for incompetence in the Sunday collision. The Soo Line faced severe censure for placing inexperienced men in critical roles. Eleven people died, with two more succumbing to injuries.
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North
Minneapolis
Enderlin
N. D
Soo Road
Not Guilty by Insanity in Slain Father Case
Spokane December 25 Jurors find 18 year old Sidney Sloane not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of his father James F. Sloane a Spokane pioneer merchant. Boat Upset near Montego Bay Jamaica sinks 16 of 25 aboard with sixteen drowned leaving a disaster at sea.
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Spokane
Wash
Sidney Sloane
James F. Sloane
Crown
Kingston
Jamaica
Montego
Bay
Christmas fires burn Santas in churches and homes
In Springfield and Cincinnati on Christmas night a Santa Claus costume and false whiskers ignited. Charles Cohn, 20, janitor at Ross Mayne Methodist Episcopal church, was badly burned as panic spread among 75 children and parents. Elmer Jones of Ridgely sustained head and face burns while Santa for his kids. A Georgia Manufacturing plant fire in Marietta caused about a quarter million in losses before control.
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Cincinnati
Charles Cohn
Rossmayne Methodist Episcopal Church
Springfield
Elmer Jones
Ridgely
Rio Grande Wreck Kills Engineer and Wounds Fireman
Price Utah Dec 25 A Rio Grande passenger train westbound wrecked at Mounds 17 miles east of Price Engineer McGrath was killed Fireman Vaughan seriously injured Two wrecking trains rushed to the scene The wreck apparently followed a collision with a train that had taken a siding Passengers reportedly escaped injury No wire communication to confirm details from the remote location
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Price
Utah
Rio Grande
Mounds
Here
McGrath
Vaughan
Tain
Peary's Men Reach New York for Christmas Dinner
Arctic expedition members aboard the Roosevelt arrived in New York Bay after a voyage started in July 1905 under Robert E. Peary. Most men are in good health and jubilant to dine in civilization this Christmas, contrasting last year’s scant rations in the far north. One man did not return.
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New York
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Roosevelt
New York Bay
Civilization
North
Skeleton Found in Ashes Identified as Brother in Missouri Barn Fire
In Mexico Missouri Emery McCullough found a charred body among embers of a barn destroyed by fire. The victim was later identified as Howard McCullough, Emerys brother. The fire origins and why he was there remain puzzling to local authorities.
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Mexico
Emery McCullough
Howard McCullough
McCullough
Board of Trade Futures Declared Illegal and Void
In Springfield on December 25 the supreme court ruled that contracts to sell grain on a future date are options making them legal yet void. The decision impacts board of trade futures trading and unsettles existing contracts in the region.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Board of Trade
New Traction Company Incorporates in Indianapolis
The Southern Indiana Traction company of Evansville Indiana is incorporated with capital of 4 600 000. The filing is dated December 25 in Indianapolis Indiana and lists Evansville as its origin city.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Southern Indiana Traction Company
Evansville
Cold Wave Across South Continues Three Days More
Washington reports a continuing cold wave expected to last at least three days. Heavy frosts reach as far south as Tampa Florida with temperatures 28 above zero, and the cold extends across southern states.
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Tampa
Washington
Weather Bureau
Fla
Trouble in the South and New Orleans Tieup
Houston reports a new demand from Second Grand Master Shea warning the entire Harriman railroad system could lose firemen and engineers if disputes with the Southern Pacific strike force are not settled. New Orleans freights to the West are nearly blocked as strikebreakers arrive to replace striking firemen, with passenger trains mostly unaffected.
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Houston
Texas
Southern Pacific Firemen
Shea
Brotherhood
Harriman
Brotherhood of Firemen
New Orleans
Western Points
Southern Pacific
Pope Pius X Receives Abundant Christmas Greetings
Rome Dec 25 The pope this Christmas season has received an unprecedented flood of telegrams and letters. Messages pour in from the United States expressing sympathy over the trouble with France and several sovereigns have sent autograph letters to the pontiff.
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Rome
Pius X
United States
France
Goldfield not stagnant says editor denies strike claim
Joseph N. Martin editor of the Goldfield Tribune denies a Chicago report that Goldfield’s population fell by half due to the miners strike. He says stores stayed open and commerce rose as railroad figures show more arrivals than departures.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
Joseph N. Martin
Goldfield
New
Bryan says Beveridge plan mirrors his child labor cure
Nebraska man A J McKelway, secretary of the national child labor committee, reports William J Bryan thanks him for a copy of the Beveridge bill and says its prevention plan for child labor is identical to the plan he has urged to suppress trusts. He adds that Congress can use its interstate commerce power for a simple effective remedy.
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Nebraska
Beveridge
Atlanta
A. J. McKelway
National Child Labor Committee
William J. Bryan
Congress
Carnegie Gift Boosts College of Physicians Fund
Philadelphia December 26 The College of Physicians in Philadelphia receives a Christmas donation of 100000 from Andrew Carnegie to aid building a home and library contingent on raising a substantial sum. Eighty thousand dollars already subscribed. El Reno California December 25 Captain Egar A Macklin, shot at his home by a negro Friday night, shows slight improvement after a good night. Authorities continue pursuit with officers following several crews.
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College of Physicians
Philadelphia
Andrew Carnegie
Macklin
el Reno
Cal
Fort J Hospital
Eagar A. Macklin
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