Rock Island Special on Wreck Near Trenton
A Rock Island California Special derailed near Trenton Missouri killing a fireman and injuring several others. Passengers escaped but trapped travelers burned in Pullmans as fire spread. cause unknown. The train, one of the line’s finest, originated in Chicago and was bound for California with crews continuing beyond Rock Island.
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Rock Island
Hieaco
Trenton
C. P. Lininger
Trenformery
Eldon
W. J. Miliington
William Flinn
Kansas City
J. Z. Cruing
Davenport
Iowa
Steve Howard
Alabama
Encer
Dellas
Texas
J. €. Childers
Anderson
Ind
Ancy Hamershley
Julius Meddlesome
Boston
Mass
David Siegel
Cleveland
Ohio
Igh Sper
Sis
Purner
Ning
Iesse
Trenton P
Lininger
Ing
Golden State Limited
Chicago
Champ Clark
House
Alexander and Murphy
Sours
Martin
South Dakota
Kaid
Nebraska
McKinley
California
Morgan
Oklahoma
Bartholdt
Missouri
Foster
Vermont
United States
Weather summary and astronomical events forecast
Generally fair and warmer tonight and Saturday. Tonight’s low around 25 degrees. 7 am temperature 15, max 24 hours 17, min 12 hours 13. No precipitation in 24 hours. Humidity 83 last evening, 96 this morning. Sun sets 4:39, rises 7:21, moon rises 9:46 p m. Mars and Saturn in conjunction 4 am, Mars 115 degrees north of Saturn. Jupiter's outer satellite No 3 in transit. Earth at perihelion 6 am moving at greatest speed.
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J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Earth
Trask Dies in Freight Express Collision
Trask, a leading financier and head of his namesake banking house, was killed in a wreck when a freight train collided with a Montreal express after the latter halted at a block signal. The impact demolished the rear sleeper and telescoped the forward sleeper. one passenger and a negro porter were injured.
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Montreal
Trask
Pressenger
Bacon Presents Credentials as U S Ambassador to France
Paris December 31 Robert Bacon former secretary of state presented his credentials to President Fallieres as the United States ambassador to France in a ceremony with embassy staff, escort by cuirassiers, infantry salutes, and the band playing Hail Columbia. The exchanges were cordial in the Salon Des Ambassadeurs.
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Paris
Robert Bacon
Henry White
United_States
Francs
Fallieres
Bacon
Columbia
Pinchon
Salon Des Ambassadeurs
Coldest Day the South Has Known
Atlanta reports a severe Arctic blast across the entire region with temperatures from two degrees above zero in Asheville to 28 in Tampa and 22 in El Paso, hailed by cotton growers as destroying boll weevil, while Jacksonville records 20 above and Florida’s orange belt hit hard. A separate note from Portland mentions a slight earthquake shock felt at 4:23 PM.
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Atlanta
Orange Belt
Florida
Asheville
N. C
Paso
Texas
Jacksonville
Fla
Tampa
South
Southwest
Forty Relatives Claim Large Estate in Mystery Widow Case
In Los Angeles on December 31 a crowd of more than forty second cousins emerged to contest the $100,000 legacy of Mrs. Mathilde Walken, who died two years ago leaving no evident kin. Claimants span from Belfast to West Liberty, Iowa, led by C W White Mortimer the British vice consul, who represents James and Robert Watson Sarah Warren and Rose Baxter. They have notified all other claimants to prove kinship, and the state’s rights to the estate hang over a courtroom battle and possible surrender of the estate if proofs fail.
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Los Angeles
Mathilde Walken
Belfast
Ireland
West Liberty
Iowa
C. W. White Mortimer
James
Robert Watson
Sarah Warren
Rose Baxter
Bryan Anni
Renip
Corporations May Dodge Inventory in Paying Tax
Washington reports internal revenue views on how corporations may treat inventories for tax returns. If income can be sworn accurately from records, a physical inventory may not be required, though end year inventories remain necessary when calendar year and fiscal year differ, with ruling applying to current year returns only.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Office
Lamphere Dies in Prison Amid Gunness Case
Ray Lamphere, accused in the Belle Gunness murder plot and arson linked to her Laporte area “murder farm,” died in state prison at 7 p.m. of tuberculosis after attempts to win a reprieve. He uttered no statements and remained lips sealed as officials sought a confession. Lamphere, 38, had worked at the farm for three years before Gunness and her children vanished in 1908.
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Michigan City
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Laporte
State Penitentiary
Ansens of
Indianapolis
Mar
Ralph Smith
Lamphere
M. L. Lamphere
Springfield County
Bank Holdups Turn Fatal in Oklahoma Shootout
Guthrie Oklahoma December 21 a bank robbery crew was shot by police while attempting a raid at Harrah. One robber was killed and two wounded one fatally while the others were captured. Separate dispatches note a holiday lull in New York trade for 1910 and a centenarian death in Auburn Illinois.
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Guthrie
Okla
Harrah
New York
Dan
Tobacco Trust Grilling Arguments Next Week
The government pressed to extend findings in the tobacco trust cases heard in the U S circuit court for the southern district of New York. It charged the combination with vast assets and domination of cigarette export and domestic tobacco markets, alleging sustained duress and unfair methods to crush competition.
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Washneter
Dee
al General Selsham His. Sp
J. Reynolds
United States
Fi Tobacco Trust
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Supreme Court
Ship Subsidy Debate Sparks Public Strife in Congress
The Argus reports Champ Clark blasting ship subsidy promoters for slander as a fierce battle looms in the House. He argues Democrats built up a strong merchant marine and can restore it without subsidies through duties and updated navigation laws, while condemning alleged bribery claims by subsidy advocates.
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TAV
The
Argus
Washington
Clark
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
High Seas
Americ
Consumers Form League Opposes Rising Living Costs
Consumers form a league to resist increases in the expense of living and accuse powerful monopolies of crushing competition. They claim the group aims to destroy rivals, entrench control, and block new entrants in the trade.
National Anti-Trust League Formed To Boycott High Prices
Washington reports the National Anti-Trust league launched to organize a national boycott of price-raising commodities. Congress members show interest as state chapters form. Women to join on equal terms. movement aims to curb prices by halting use of costly goods, with officers to oversee nonpolitical operations and mailing proclamations.
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Washington
Plana
National Anti-Trust League
Congress
League
Germany
Crusade Just Beginning
Estrada Denies Legally Elected President In Nicaragua
Estrada insists he will not recognize Madriz as president and calls the congress election illegal. He rejects Managua peace proposals and pursues a campaign against the capital. A planned attack on Greytown is debated as Mena arrives post‑battle at Chile with prisoners and supplies. Diaz warns Zelaya about speaking to reporters amid Central American tensions. Carnegie’s rumored $20 million peace endowment amuses Nicaragua as Knox stays quiet.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Estrada
Madriz
Congress
Managua
Greytown
Mena
Chile
Gonzales
Recreo
Estrada Ia
Veslige
Zelayan
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Central America
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Knox
Mr. Carnegie
Fire destroys Express Office and parcels near Grand Central
In New York on December 21 a blaze gutted the American Express office and store rooms near Grand Central Station. The fire consumed Christmas parcels and other valuables, causing an estimated loss of 500 000 dollars.
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New York
American Express Company
Grand Central Station
Pacific Fleet to be split into two divisions
Washington reports a strategic shift as U S Navy moves to divide the Pacific fleet into two separate units to better manage growing Far East interests and administrative challenges amid ongoing modernization and expansion.
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Washington
Far East
Officials labor for settlement on switchmen's strike
Washington reports an effort to straighten the labor tangle and end the switchmen's strike in the northwest. H B Toman of the AFL speaks with Knapp and Neill of the government mediation board as Perham pushes reinstatement demands. no definite outcome by noon.
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Washington
Northwest
H. B. Toman
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neill
Neil
Government Mediation Board
Perham
American Federation
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Aes
New York Central
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France
Portland
Ore
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Auburn
Ill
Dan Flynn
Tobacco Trust
Wickersham
Sabhave
Estrada Insists
Zelaya
Great Lakes
Uelby Knapp
Neill and Perham
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