Weather prophets at work predictions from coast to coast
The piece surveys long-range weather forecasters across the United States and Canada. Officials dismiss the forecasters as guesses, noting many claim to predict conditions a year ahead while meteorology skeptics warn that signs and myths drive these dire forecasts.
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Uncle Sam's Weather Regu
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
New England
Dominion of Canada
Ald
Edward B. Garriott
Wills L. Moore
Gratitude for Marquis Lafayette Highlighted in U S Memory
The nation honors Marquis de Lafayette for his aid during the American struggle. In 1824 Congress planned a national voyage to bring him to the United States, but he traveled privately. Washington later adopted a statue in Lafayette Square and another for Count Rochambeau in Lafayette Park, a gift from France.
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United States
Marquis LaFayette
LaFayettte
Congress
Marquis
LaFayette
America
LaFayette’ Square
Washington
LaFayette Park
Count Rochambeau
Labor Shortage Delays District Street Improvements
District engineer officials warn winter road and street projects will be slowed due to a labor shortage. About 600 workers are employed, but 200 more are sought. wages may rise to attract help. Laborers prefer private contractors for weekly pay, while the district pays biweekly, a point especially noted for colored workers.
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Engineer Department
Hunt
Roosevelt backs fullest protection for Japanese, Metcalf report says
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress highlighting Secretary Metcalf's investigation into the Japanese question in San Francisco. He emphasizes protecting treaty obligations and extending protection to Japanese subjects amid assaults and boycotts. The Metcalf report argues segregation in schools is unjust and proposes age-based enrollment rules for trades. Senate and House actions include passage of minor bills and the Indian appropriation bill.
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Washington
Metcalf
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Congress
Pifene Hay Nam Coe
Mettering
Senate
House
Tuilian
Harriman Wins Control of St Paul Railroad War
Hill loses grip as Harriman and Standard Oil secure dominance of the Milwaukee St Paul. Stock issue of 100 million to solidify St Paul control while Morgan Hill buyers seek Pacific expansion. Meantime strikes loom over railroads bidding a cent wage gap and Portland transit resumes after a failed action.
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St. Paul
Union Pacific
Standard Oil
Chicago
H. Harriman
J. J. Hill
Cil
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Harriman-Standard Ol
Hill
Harriman
Northern Pacific
Morgan
Bill
Klangau Famine Worsens With Half Million Destitute
Famine reports from Klangau describe 500000 destitute persons encamped at Trinktansu and many arriving at Banking. Corriston named chief of police of Minneapolis by mayor-elect J. Haynes. In Helens, Montana, the bodies of nine and twelve year olds Gertie and Melythia Hoffman were found across the Canadian border following the November blizzard.
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Bhanghal
Klangau
Trinktansu
Col. Corriston
Minneapolis
Frank T. Corriston
Minnesota National Guard
J. Haynes
Helens
Mont
Gertie
Melythia Hoffman
Canadian
Historic New York Insurance Ballots Tip Half Million Votes
New York city voters cast an unprecedented total ballot in elections for trustees of the New York Life and Mutual Life Insurance companies. About 800000 ballots were counted with roughly 500000 in the New York Life race, amid bitter contest and long counting. Grand Jury probes may yield forgery and grand larceny indictments by month’s end.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Uckery
International Policyholders' Committee
Samuel Untermesser
Reform
Susman Found Guilty in Second Degree Murder Verdict
Kingston Jamaica December 20 The Susman jury returns a guilty verdict of murder in the second degree. The Prinzessin Victoria Luise, wrecked off Port Royal December 16, remains near shore with damaged bottom boilers and engines. The Bremen continues to monitor the wreck while salvage attempts occur and Captain Brunswig’s body is buried after he killed himself aboard the steamer.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Victoria
Port Royal
Bremen
Virzinia
Brunswig
Murder verdict in Sussman case echoes Christmas relief
Henry Sussman was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of his wife after a night of deliberation. The jury sentenced him to life imprisonment under the statute. Sussman claimed nervous strain and left the courtroom saying this was a Christmas present to give a fellow. His lawyer will seek a new trial and he faces sentencing by Salar Gay.
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Prinzess
Victoria
Louise
Minneapolis
Henry Susshan
Hatel
Sussman
Open Millions of Acres in Montana Lands
President Roosevelt’s forest reserve withdrawal order is modified in Montana. Telegraphic notices from Washington indicate several million acres will be opened to settlement, though coal lands remain withdrawn. Protests prompted the change affecting entire counties in many instances.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
United States
Washington
Forest Reserve
Roosevelt
Oil Probe Resumed In Missouri Suit In New York
Missouri seeks to oust Standard Oil Company of Indiana from Missouri. Proceedings before Commissioner Robert A. Anthony resumed with two witnesses testifying that there was no restraint on the oil trade. Also regional brief about a woman found dead in a shack in North Dakota after coal gas exposure.
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Missouri
New York
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Robert A. Anthony
Minot
N. D
Teabella McKeith
Plalsdell
Ends Life to Escape Cups in Minnesota Farm Veteran
In Benton county, Daniel Dahmas a well known Benton county farmer, took his life by drinking three ounces of laudanum as a result of an inability to quit drinking. The death occurred near St Cloud Minnesota on December 20.
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St. Cloud
Mtnn
Daniel Dahmas
Benton County
Town Votes to Build Plant in Deer River Minnesota
Town voters in Deer River will decide if the council’s plan to construct an electric light plant a telephone system and a heating system proceeds. The proposal stems from action taken at a recent council meeting and would join utilities under town ownership if approved.
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Planta, Deer River
Minn
Deer River
Drank Poison by Mistake at Oregon County Lumber Camp
Two lumber camp workers in Oregon County mistook poison for whisky. One man died within an hour, the other barely recovered after falling ill.
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Calumet, Mich
Origon County
Rush Coal Northwest Energizes Railroads
Railroads rush to move coal from Northwest seams in a surge of energy policy and logistics. Major lines push commitments to increase shipments, with firms and government agencies coordinating toward expanded capacity and faster transit.
Weather Holds Key To Fuel Famine Threat In Northwest
Northwestern villages fear a fuel famine as winter weather may worsen supply. Railroads rush coal into imperiled districts amid late arrivals and ongoing car shortages. Great Northern prepares an eighty car coal train from Superior to Grand Forks while other shipments of Whol coal arrive to augment relief efforts.
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St. Paul
Myery
Ship Para
Great Northern
Superior
Wis
Grand Forks
Wardens Out of Politics Civil Service Law Proposed
St. Paul Dec 22 The state game and fish commission recommends divorcing politics from fish and game management and urges a civil service law for game wardens statewide. The lengthy report, filed with the governor, details the department's operations and suggests changes to related laws.
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Game Commission
St. Paul
State Game and Fish Commission
Department
Steamer Pennsylvania Reaches Port After Rough Voyage
The overdue steamer Pennsylvania arrived in Seattle late last night with eighty two passengers, a large ore cargo, and gold dust. The voyage from Valdez lasted almost eleven days. The vessel battled storms and rough rollers, threatening collision with rocks at one point, while the crew and passengers faced peril.
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Pennsylvania
Seattle
Dee
Valdez
Former Fargo School Head Convicted Under Prohibition Law
P Cahill, former president of the Fargo board of education and former state board of school directors, was found guilty of violating the state prohibition law by conducting a blind pig at a Kindred hotel he owned.
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Fargo
N. D
P. Cahill Quiet
Fargo Board of Education
State Board of School Directors
Kindred
GOES MAD BEATS WIFE IN SHOVEL ATTACK AT TOWN
In Spooner Wisconsin Edward Wilson assaulted his wife with a shovel nearly killing her. He attempted suicide afterward. Wilson was later examined for sanity and ordered to Mendota asylum. In Pierre South Dakota residents of Murdo Lyman county pushed county division legislation and repeal of the free range law, with petitions circulated ahead of the next session.
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Spooner
Wis
Edward Wilson
Wilson
Mendota Asylum
Leek County
Pierre
Murdo
Lyman County
Fatally Burned Maid in Minneapolis Fire Incident
In Minneapolis on December 22, Bes sie Striebel, a maid, was fatally burned when a kerosene lamp exploded at August Hehl’s home. Mrs Hehl suffered injuries likely not to improve. Also, in Sheldon North Carolina, December 22, Frank Branger, an early pioneer north of the area, was found unconscious on the prairie from freezing and died shortly after.
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Minneapolis
August Hehl
Bessie Striebel
Mrs. Hehl
Sheldon
N. C
Frank OQ. Branger
Here
Pardoned Rolla man Daniel Kenison recalls 1905 assault case
Daniel Kenison of Rolla, pardoned at a recent pardoning board meeting, pleaded guilty to an assault with a dangerous weapon charge from a Rolla district court dated August 6, 1906, and received a three year seven month sentence. The incident stemmed from a July 4, 1905 assault on Sheriff J J Douglas during a disturbance arrest. Douglas sustained a head wound from a beer bottle. Kenison expressed remorse and pled guilty. The petition was signed by Sheriff Douglas, States Attorney Bateson, and prominent Rivette County citizens. Burleigh County law also notes Harry Thaw’s notoriety in Stanford White’s murder case.
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Kenison
Bim
Douglas
Bateson
Rivette County
Kestson
Gtate
Urr Jette County
Four Guilty of Land Frauds in Nebraska Spade Ranch Case
In Omaha a federal court convicted Bartlett Richards, C. C. Jameson, Aquilla Triplett, and an executive of Nebraska Land and Feeding Company on thirty six counts. They allegedly conspired to defraud the government by fraudulent homestead entries to vast lands within the Spade ranch enclosure in Cherry Sheridan and Box Butte counties Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Federal District Court
Bartlett Richards
With. Comstock
C. C. Jameson
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Aquilla Triplett
Opium War Threat Looms Over China Reform
Berlin dispatch reports critical tension in Tien Tsin as South Chinese opium dealers and gambling-house owners react to reforms and opium trade suppression. Arm depots are found at several locations. Japan increases Pekin legation guard. Kiangsi and Hunan see revolutionary sectarians and army deserters massing.
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China
Berlin
Fennkfurter Zeitong
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Kiangsi
Honan
British Premier withdraws education bill after Lords clash
London December 21 Premier Campbell Bannerman leads government in withdrawing the education bill after defending Commons rejection of Lords amendments and denying peers right to lecture Parliament in a strong parliamentary clash.
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Lords
London
Campbell-Bannerman
House of Commons
House of Lords
Commons
Concession by Japan on Amur navigation ends dispute
In St. Petersburg on December 22, a note reports that the Russian Japanese treaty nears completion and that Japan abandons its demand for international navigation of the Amur river. Japan asks only that the Algun treaty be revoked regarding Sungari river navigation, which lies entirely in Chinese Manchuria and has no sea access via the Amur.
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Amur
St. Petersburg
Des
Japan
Algun
Sungari
Manchuria
Amuir
Claims Right to Kill Wife in Brutal Butler Murder
A Butler man, Max Kaitle, a Russian, killed his wife by striking her with an iron and wounded a young daughter and a boarder. He told police he had a right to kill his wife and that it was nobody’s business but his own. A mob threatened him until police intervened.
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Butler
Max Kaitle
Kastle
Kettle
Acquittal in Mount Ayr Banker Fraud Case
Mount Ayr banker Day Dunning was acquitted by a jury after a trial on fraudulent banking charges. In Osceola, Iver Peterson, jailed for beating his wife, attempted suicide with poison but survived under physician care. In Annandale, Mrs. Sarah Hoogen, sixty, was killed when struck by a Seo flyer returning from church.
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Mount Ayr
Osceola
Iowa
Day Dunning
Poleon
Beaudette
Minn
Iver Peterson
Annandale
Sarah Hoogen
Seo
Creamery burned near Marshfield in fatal blaze
Creamery located three miles south of Marshfield Wisconsin burned to the ground last night. In Stone City Kansas a mine explosion killed two miners and injured fifteen. Two eleven year old boys drowned while skating at Layton near Pittsburg.
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Stone City
Kan
Pittsburg
Layton
Here
Harriman Breaks Sea? Local Inquiry Sparks Fix Plans
A terse local report notes Harriman authorities addressing a break in the sea defense line with planned fixes. Officials urge calm as crews inspect points of damage and outline immediate repair steps.
Roosevelt Urges Reparations for Colorado River Break
President Roosevelt pushes Congress to reimburse Southern Pacific for repairs to the Colorado River break in Mexico via California Development Company. He informs E H Harriman that delay harms Imperial Valley with projected losses reaching 18 million dollars, and seeks swift action despite congressional adjournment.
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Congress
Southern Pacific
Washington
Roosevelt
Colorado
Mexico
Califorilla Development Company
E. H. Harriman
New York
Hearings End Sudden in Missouri Standgrad Case
News wires report hearings in the State of Missouri against Standgrad Oil, Waters-Pierce Oil, and Republic Oil ended abruptly in Kansas City and likely move to St. Louis for further testimony. Other items note floods in Tacoma, land openings in North Dakota, public official malfeasance charges in St. Paul, and several brief local incidents across the nation.
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St. Louis
New York
State of Missouri
Standgrad Oi Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Republic Ol Company
St. Paul
Sentence in Pardoning Board Case at Rolla Aug 16 1906
Daniel Kenison of Fo pleaded guilty to a charge involving a dangerous weapon in a district court case heard at Rolla on August 16 1906. He was sentenced to three years and six months for an assault on Sheriff J J Dopslud on July 4 1905 at Duneeith. Kenison expressed regret and pleaded guilty promptly. The petition was supported by Sheriff Douglas State Attorney Bateson and local prominent residents. Burleigh county names appear in the record with references to Harry Thaw and the Stanford White case context.
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Bismarck
Daniel Kenison
Rolla
Duneeith
J. J. Dopslud
Hentuon
Agian
Atruck
Madman Tries to Kill Self in Minnesota
Eveleth Minnesota December 22 Matthew Hendrickson twenty seven son of a homesteader sixteen miles east of here suddenly went insane yesterday and tried to kill himself with a butcher knife and a double bladed ax. His father and brother wrestled with him during a fierce struggle seriously wounding all then overpowered the youth and recovered the weapons. Doctors say the act occurred during a temporary insanity spell and he is now fully recovered.
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Eveleth
Minn
Matthew Hendrickson
Here
Matthew
Missing Minot Settler and Glenburn Merchant Spark Citywide Alarm
Minot police investigate two Ward county residents missing since December. Gertrude Nelson seeks her brother who left his claim near Wheelock on December 3 and vanished after leaving baggage at Soo station. Andrew Anderson, Glenburn merchant, drove to Minot, left his team at a stable, and has not been seen.
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Minot
N. D
Ward County
Gertrude Nelson
Wheelock
Soo Station
Andrew Anderson
Glenburn
Mother Finds Her Runaway Son in Fergus Falls
A St Paul telegram ordered the arrest of Roy Dose until his parents could reach Fergus Falls Minnesota. The boy, who had run away about two years ago, was found in a local school and placed in custody. His mother arrived from St Paul and did not recognize him at first, but he identified himself and returned home amid a tearful reunion.
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St. Paul
Parente
Fergus Falls
Minn
Roy Dose
Dauehaux
Missing forty years man contests sister's will
Charles J. Glover, long believed dead by relatives, has returned to Manitowoc and Kenosha to contest the will of his sister Nancy Glover who died recently from burns. The heir vanished from his Manitowoc home over forty years ago and was believed dead by his sister and brother in Kenosha for twenty five years.
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Kenosha
Wis
Charles J. Glover
Nancy Glover
Manitowoc
PARDONS FOR CHRISTMAS PRISONERS RELEASED BY GOVERNOR
Two South Dakota penitentiary inmates gained freedom from Governor Elrod on the state pardons board’s Christmas list. Thomas Ford from Buller county was jailed on arson charges while Charles O Bjelkatrom from Stanley county faced horse rustling accusations. In Milwaukee a renowned musical director Frank T Borchert committed suicide after the rejection of his opera Bride of Morocco worsened his mental state.
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South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Elrod
State Board of Pardons
Thomas Ford
Bulle County
Charles O. Bjelkatrom
Stanley County
Milwaukee
Frank T. Borchert
Chicago
St. Louis
Twin Cities
Mayville
Morocco
Plan Succeeds in Winthrop Fire Destroying Foundry
Fire of suspected incendiary origin wiped out H. C. Ollig's large foundry and machine shops at Winthrop, Minn. The blaze followed a possible building fire months earlier. officials said the damage was severe but not catastrophic.
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St. Peters
Minn
H. C. Ollig
Winthrop
Ice slide tragedy near Menominee Bay claims boy
While Charles Stone attended a funeral, an eight year old boy sliding on the ice in Menominee Bay fell into a channel cut by a tug and drowned.
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Menominee
Mich
Charles Stone
Barber Bound Over on Arson Charge in Rockland
Leander Owanson a Minnish barber of Mass City has been bound over to the circuit court on a charge of attempting to burn a building owned by Jacob Tolvonen in Rockland Michigan on December 2.
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Rockland
Mich
Leander, Owanson
Mass City
Circuit Court
Jacob’ Tolvonen
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