Hicks to Get 26000 For A Year On Stage Tour Plotted
Miner Hicks signs a one year contract paying 26000 with manager Schmidt after rescue colaborators Linville and Thomas arrange advance plans. Hicks will perform two shows in Bakersfield then Hanford Lulare and Fresno, with Los Angeles and Nevada mining camps to follow, as Schmidt promotes the act nationwide.
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Miner Hicks
Armory
Mr. Schmidt
Berkeley
Harry Linville
Harry W. Thomas
Schmidt
Linville
Hicks
Bakersfield
Hanford
Tulare
Fresno
Angeles
Los Angeles
Nevada
Harry Thomas
Trains Collision Kills Six On Tacoma Line
An interurban passenger train and a work train collided near Milton, Washington, killing six and injuring twelve. Conductor George Ross and motorman William Guyon were among the dead and injured. The wreck, on a sharp grade in a deep cut, crushed the leading passenger car. the flagman believed responsible was not found.
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Tacoma
Wash
Milton
George Ross
Seattle
Yelock
William Harris
George Tusher
Edgewood
William Guyon
Martin Johnson
Georgetown
D. E. Conley
J. A. Ward
A. W. Collins
Roosevelt Still Hammering Away Sunshine State?
Roosevelt plans a new independent report on Japanese immigration and will transmit it to Congress with a third message. Frank Sergent, immigration commissioner general, briefed the President on his California immigration via Hawaii findings, though he will not outline conclusions yet. The report could affect Pacific coast policy by curbing influx from Hawaii and easing California labor tensions.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Washington
Congress
Frank Sergent
White House
Roosevelt
California
Hawaii
Pacific
Japan
Honolulu
Schmidt engages Linville for big contract lecture role
Hicks approves Schmidt's offer and Linville, a well educated rescuer, is chosen as lecturer. Schmidt, a contractor, plans to profit from the arrangement, expecting it to be his largest contract yet. Linville's education and rescue experience are cited as fitting for the lecturer position.
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Sible
Hicks
Schmidt
Linville
Sam Reymer Rejoined by Family After Estrangement
Pittsburg December 26 Samuel Reymer and his wife Nellie Paris a dancing girl were reunited with the husband's family after two years of estrangement during which his father Jacob Reymer the candy king disinherited him. The marriage began in 1905 after a stormy scene but Sam later sought to chart his own path.
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Pittsburg
Samuel Reymer
Nellie Paris
Jacob Reymer
Reymer
King Oscar’s Health News From Stockholm Bulletin
Stockholm report states King Oscar’s temperature has fallen but heart and lung condition remain unchanged. Physicians issued the morning bulletin noting the fever reduction without improvement in cardiac and pulmonary status.
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Stockholm
Oscar
Vancouver beats Stanford in Pacific coast rugby thriller
In Vancouver British Columbia on December 26 the all star Vancouver rugby team overturned a likely defeat to Stanford University by a dramatic finish. The international match for the Pacific coast championship ended 11 to 9 in favor of Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Allstar
Stanford University
Pacific Coast
Fresno Teachers Open Fortieth State Convention
Fresno hosts the fortieth annual California teachers convention with C. C. Van Liew of Chico arriving first as president. He says the key issue is adopting a new constitution to form an incorporation under California law, giving the association stronger governance and financial control for lasting growth.
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Fresno
Preano
C. C. van Liew
Chico
van Liew
Grooms in East Side Duel with Pitchforks Ends Fatal
In New York on December 26 two grooms from a fashionable riding academy on East 58th street fought with pitchforks over a fork possession. Thomas Connolly suffered fatal injuries when the prong penetrated his eye and brain. James Cassidy wielded the fork and was arrested after the duel escalated and colleagues feared intervention.
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New York
East 58Th Street
Thomas Connolly
James Cassidy
Cer
Connolly
Cassidy
Market roundup sugar and wheat mixed in late December
In New York sugar markets stayed steady with refined and raw grades showing modest changes. In Chicago wheat opened a touch softer on initial selling but quickly firmed as shorts covered and commissions bought, with May wheat trading around 77 to 78 cents after an early decline.
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Chicago
Pfaeffle Seeks Contest After Tight District Vote
San Francisco December 26 Eugene Pfaeffle Republican and Union Labor nominee and unsuccessful candidate for the Legislature in the 46th Assembly District filed suit in the superior court to contest the election of John Wessling Independence League candidate alleging ballot stuffing. Official returns show Wessling 299 votes to Pfaeffle 281.
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San Francisco
Eugene Pfaecftle
Union
Superior Court
John Weassling
Independence League
Wesslong
Pfaeffle
Mail carrier arrested stealing from pouches
Santa Cruz December 26 At an early hour this morning Robert Neb aon a employee of a local transfer company holding a contract to move the United States mail between the post office and the depot was arrested while in the act of taking several packages from the pouches on his wagon.
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Santa Cruz
Robert Neb
United States
Hanrahan to take charge of Southern Pacific strike
Pau Hanrahan to assume leadership of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen strike in Peoria Alabama. Grand Master John J. Hanrahan expected to depart soon, with no public statement planned for now as the situation develops and preparations proceed.
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Peoria
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Southern Pacific
John J. Hansnahen
Hanrahan
Japanese Smuggling at the Rio Grande Border
Japanese crowds head for the Rio Grande border seeking entry to the United States. Most are penniless and said to be discharged soldiers. Yesterday 54 were refused admission. last night a group was smuggled into Fort Hancock, Texas, but this morning immigration officials captured them near the El Paso border patrols.
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EL Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
United States
Fort Hancock
Santa Fe manager blames shippers for car famine
Topeka, Kas., Dec. 25. KH. J. Hurley, general manager of the Santa Fe railroad, blamed shippers for railroad congestion noting the car shortage is not equipment related. He cited 14,000 loaded cars in Galveston awaiting unloading and urged faster unloads by consignors to relieve the bottleneck.
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Topeka
Kas
KH. J. Hurley
Santa Fe Railroad
Consigneesa
Galveston
Weather Report and Travel Note From San Francisco
The forecast calls for rain tonight and Thursday across San Francisco and vicinity and the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys with brisk south winds. Also mentioned is travel by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cheney passing through Bakersfield en route to New York to sail for Paris. Cheney is identified as formerly Miss Cora Batahart of Bakersfield.
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San Francisco
Des
Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Harry Cheney
Bakersfield
New York
Paris
Cheney
Cora Batahart
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Dr. Stinchfield
Lailor
Sam Reymer
Stanford
Rio
Pau
Hannahan
Santa FE
Jr. A. Hughes
Kern
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