Crushed Beneath the Wheels in Otterville Fatal Rail Incident
Ed Ross, 25, known as Ed Ross to Sedalia friends, was killed instantly Thursday night at Otterville Missouri when he fell between two freight cars while performing brakeman duties on Missouri Pacific train No 127. The body was mangled and sent to Vincennes Indiana for burial. Named by his family are his mother Mrs Emma Ross and siblings Daisy Fay Earl Sam. He belonged to Prairie Queen lodge No 18 B R T with life insurance and to the Knights and Ladies of Security. The crash prompted discussion of railway labor conditions as Wabash Railway contemplated actions against strikers.
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E. Ross
Sedalia
Ed Ross
Otterville
Missouri Pacific
H. S. Tanner
John Plant
Vincennes
Ind
Chadron
Neb
Emma Ross
South Engineer
Earl
Sam
Daisy
Fay
Prairie Queen Lodge No
Knights and Ladies of Security
B. R. Cromley
McLaughlin Bros
C. E. Whitney
C R Campbell
Will Hill
Katy
William O’herrin
B. of L. F
Hoffman Hall
A. D. Rogers
R. J. Mann
Ben F. Mercer
Railroad Workers Injuries Reported in Multiple Incidents
A list of railroad laborers injured or ill across several companies and locales. Names include J. V. Marquis in Texas, E. Moody at Chickie Chockie, Tom Frazier in Chickie Chockie, and Alex Jackson in Dallas with various injuries. Other workers suffer lacerations, fractures, contusions, fever, dysentery, and influenza across Missouri Pacific E E Sanders, M K T R A Moses, and more.
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Missouri Pacific
E.E. Sanders
J. V. Marquis
W. M. Stuard
F. B. Emmert
T. Bresnehan
R. A. Moses
Waco
E. Moody
Crusher
Chickie Chockie
P. Karner
Boss Chipper
Parsons
Wabash Lifts Ban on Union Men. Sultans and Sulu Notes
The Wabash announces lifting the ban on American Railway Union men, signaling a potential rush back to railroad work and possible abandonment of large black list damage suits. Col. L Sheldon arrives from Kansas City as Missouri Pacific telegraph duties begin. Hadji Mohammed Momdol Kiram is cited as the first American sultan of the Sulu archipelago with a modest two story home and a vivid critique of American sultanas and policy.
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Chicago
The
Wabash Railroad
Col. L. Sheldon
Missouri Pacific Telegraph Department
Kansas City
R. H. Gray
DeSoto
Nadji Mohammed Momdol Kiram
Sulu
Philippines
Jacob O. Schurman
McKinley
Philippine Commission
Hadji
Hadji Mohammed Momool Kiram
Missouri
Salt Lake City
Sultanas of
Congressman Benton to push public buildings at Nevada and Carthage
Washington January 5 Congressman Benton will introduce bills for erecting public buildings in Nevada Missouri and Carthage Missouri each costing 100000 with a suitable site included the action signals push for new federal facilities in two midwestern towns.
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Washington
Benton
Nevada
Carthage
Sedalia Plans 60 Acre Residence Addition and Open Street
J K Kidd of Sedalia announces a new 60 acre addition south of Liberty Park. West Third Street will open to the city limits forming a boulevard and speedway between two tracks. The kite shaped track will be removed, with houses to be built and a lawn with flower beds replacing the space.
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J. Kk. Kidd
Chas. Dyer
St. Louis
Sedalia
Liberty Park
West Third Street
Heir Heinrichs Returns After Two Years Away
Jefferson City Tribune notes H. J. Heinrichs surprised his parents Mr and Mrs Joe Heinrichs by visiting after two years in Iola Kansas where he is a successful merchant. He plans to return tomorrow and locals welcome his return. He has located a promising vein of lead and zinc in northern Arkansas near Mena Kan. for rich returns.
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H. J. Heinrichs
Joe Heinrichs
Jefferson City
Heinrichs
Iola
Kansas
Tomorro
Arkansas
Mena
Kan
Jefferson City Tribune
Judges labeled gold bugs seek Kansas City appeals seat
The Warrensburg Journal-Democrat asserts Judge Gill did not vote for Bryan in 1896 while seeking reappointment to the Kansas City court of appeals. It also says another candidate, Judge VField of Lexington, refused to back party nominees.
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Warrensburg Journal- Democrat
Gill
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Bryan
Judge Vfield
Lexington
Klondyke Letters Report Mild Winter and New Claim
Judge Ja N. Dalby and wife received a letter from son George in the Klondyke noting an unusually open winter with the thermometer as low as ten degrees below zero. He reports poor trade due to mild weather, sled traffic on frozen streams, and a new claim on Jack Wade creek secured by Dalby and partner Hlowarton about 150 miles from Dawson on American soil. Both men are in good health and optimistic.
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Ja N. Dalby
George
Klondyke
Graham Earle Denies Split and Married Status
Independence Missouri January 4 1899 letter from Graham Earle denies sensational report about his divorce from Cora Hammel Earle and alleged affair with Pauline Ashford saying relations were business only. He notes remarriage to Marguerite Carlin and offers marriage certificate on request. He calls the story advertising hype.
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Independence
Evening Sentinel
Cora Hammel Earle
Pauline Ashford
Graham Earle
P. S
Marguerite Carlin
Labor delegates plan Missouri federation meeting in Sedalia
Local delegates to the State Federation of Labor will meet this week to decide on proper matters before the Sedalia assembly next Monday. The Missouri body will draft labor laws for the legislature and push them through or defeat them, including issues like barber shop inspections.
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State Federation of Labor
Sedalia
Missouri
General Assembly
State Federation backs lobbying to push labor goals
The Globe Democrat quotes a belief that lobbying is a legitimate tool for advancing policy and argues organized labor should use similar methods to reach its aims. The remark frames lobbying as a standard political practice rather than an unethical activity.
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Organized Labor
Globe Democrat
Arranging for the Shoker smoker invitations issued
The committee for the smokers event to honor the State Federation of Labor invites all local labor organizations to send a three member representation. Probate Judge Parsons chairs the reception committee and badges issued on application with credentials. Judge Shirk will speak.
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State Federation of Labor
Parsons
Judge Shirk
Constable Robb Replies to Mandamus Suit Denying Population Claim
Constable Robb files reply to the county court defense in his mandamus suit. He denies Sedalia’s population estimates fall between 15 000 and 35 000 and argues the Barnett bill conflicts with Missouri constitution article 9 section 7. He disclaims intent to retain three $50 warrants and asks the county to return them as void.
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Robb
Sedalia
American Prisoners Released from Filipino Captivity
Dispatch from Manila reports Colonels Hare and Howz have freed all American prisoners held by Filipinos and they have arrived safely with them at Bijou in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Manila
Hare
Howz
Bijou
Quay Not Seated by Senate Committee Vote
A senate committee voted four to three to withhold seating Senator Matthew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania, appointed last fall by the Pennsylvania governor, due to a legislative deadlock and uncertainty over his seat.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Matthew Stanley Quay
Pennsylvania
Suit for 2400 Damages Against Missouri Pacific
L. B. Atkerson sues Missouri Pacific for 2400 damages claiming he was removed from a train one mile west of Sedalia on August 13 and robbed of 35 dollars while returning to the station.
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L. B. Atkerson
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
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J. T Holman
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His Majesty
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Wimper
Geo Dalby
Federation
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