Efforts to Settle Southern Pacific Labor Dispute
Officials and union leaders in a conference sought to avert a widespread strike by 175000 railroad workers negotiating new wage scales. Firemen warned of possible action affecting seven rail systems controlled by Edward H. Grand Chief W S Stone as locomotive engineers also joined but declined to opine. The seriousness of potential extended railroad disruption was acknowledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. More
Edward H. Grand
W. 8S
Stone
Emen
Harriman
Powder Mill Explosion Kills Four in Pleasant Prairie Wis
A blast at the Laffin Rand Powder Mill in Pleasant Prairie Kenosha County on January 7 at 1230 PM killed four men and fatally injured two others. Among the dead is Ralph Alderson 55, with three Rus sian victims unnamed. Frank Mais 30 is among the fatally injured. Damage exceeds 10000 dollars. the building measures 20 by 60 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine, Wis
Laffin & Rand Powder Mill Company
Pleasant Prairie
Kenosha County
Ralph Alderson
Frank Mais
Railway disaster buries dozens of workers in Germany
In Bingen Hesse a landslide during a railway cut burying forty workers with thirteen bodies recovered and fifteen injured. An embankment collapsed trapping two more. A rescue effort with fifty laborers and physicians continued through the night amid danger of further slides. Many victims were young. three injured are children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingen
Hesse
Lamscheid
Leiningen
Bop
Poisoned by Canned Beans Tragedy Hits Ontario Family
Three Bocsss pit here was a result of no poisoning caused by eating mined beans. Henry Carter, a well ln resident of Ontario, his daugh ter, Miss Mabel Carter, twenty-eight pars old, and Charles Edward Abbott oak of canned beans for luncheon immediately taken ill. They able to return home but the ill of all three terminated fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Carter
Ontario
Mabel Carter
Charles Edward Abbottoak
Government to Equip Civil Wards with Riot Rifle in Madrid
Madrid government plans to arm civil wards with a humane riot rifle to quell disorder. The weapon is described as lethal only at short range and aimed at reducing injuries to non rioters. Ongoing trouble from petroidues raises food prices and continues at several points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Nine Buildings Wrecked in Arizona Mine Blast
Nine structures were wrecked and mining machinery destroyed in a mine storehouse explosion near Bisbee Lowell Arizona. No lives were reported lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Lowell
Ariz
Bisbee
Proud of having tried Cuticura remedies
Testimonial from Liscomb Iowa dated October 18 1906 praising Cuticura for curing eczema on hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Hite
Liscomb
Iowa
Woolrelated skin complaint prompts husband cure claim
Reading Pennsylvania report notes a wife alleging her husband developed a blood disease from woolen wear. The account mentions remedies including Cuticura Ointment and a promotional book on skin and scalp by a company in Bennerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Carnegie fund excludes University of Chicago professors
New York report shows the Carnegie foundation rejects Chicago university claims to share in Carnegie’s $10,000,000 pension fund for superannuated professors. Trustees rule Harper’s view that the institution was non denominational is not decisive for benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of
Harper
Chicago University
Anarchists Arraigned Over Speech at Meeting
Emma Goldman Alexander Berkman and John R Cor yell were arraigned before a magistrate in New York thanked for incendiary speeches at an anarchistic meeting Sunday. Goldman held on 2000 dollars bail while Berkman and Cor yell were held on 1000 dollars each for examination Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
John R. Coryell
Typhoid cases rise to 1024 in Scranton area
Nine new typhoid cases were reported today by the Scranton bureau of health, bringing total local cases to 1024 with 48 in Dunmore since the epidemic began. Fifteen deaths since Saturday raise the death toll to ninety-two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Bureau of Health
Dunmore
Supreme Court Rules Panama Canal Payment Valid
The U S Supreme Court by Justice Brewer held that the secretary of the treasury acted lawfully and regularly in paying 50 million dollars for the Panama canal property to the new Panama Canal Company of France under the 1902 act. Warren B Wilson challenged the payment, but the court supported government dominion and authority over canal construction and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal Company
France
Act of Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Brewer
Warren B. Wilson
Shaw
Wilson
District of Columbia
District Supreme Court
District Court of Appeals
Chicago
United States
Canal
Referendum Vote Debated On Southern Pacific Strike
Chicago January 8 Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission said the strike question would be decided by a referendum of Southern Pacific workers. He stated his opinion that there will be no strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Deaths by violence in New York City and other incidents
A dated report lists New York City violence deaths for the year with figures by mode including 649 felonious assaults fatal to individuals, 68 tunnel deaths, 97 surface car fatalities, 14 elevated train deaths, 17 tunnel train deaths and 24 auto fatalities in Manhattan. It notes 684 total deaths from various accidents and 115 suicides or self harm. Additional items include a Milwaukee judge sentencing Anton Gutkowski to sixty days for disobeying injunction orders and a Union Wisconsin grade crossing incident injuring a 22 year old Miss Mattie Clemons and her 17 year old brother.
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New York
Jan
Board of Coroners
Aia
Wisho
Manhattan
Jersey City
Long Island City
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Anton Gutkowski
A. L. Sanborn
United States
Allis-Chalners Company
Eau Claire
Wis
Mattie Clemons
Omaha
Union
Clemons
Cure A Cold In One Day Promises Refund
An old time ad claims one day cure for a cold using LAXATIVE BROMODIQUININE Tablets with a money back guarantee. The line shows E. W Grove’s signature on each box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W Grove
Bayard Beach Property Advertisement Fragment
To buy, sell, insure or borrow upon city or farm property write BAYARD BEACH bleck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Beach
Bleck
Purifying Work Promised Cure Ad for Constipation
An old advertisement claims a “purifying work” offers a cure for constipation and dizziness. It references Dr. King and markets the product at Holland druggist for 25 cents.
Toledo Strike Over Wage Increase Dispute
In Toledo Ohio on January 8 a strike began as 140 workers at Toledo Machine and Tool walked out after the company refused a 10 percent wage rise sought by the Machinists union. The report notes operations in Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, O
Toledo Machine and Tool Company
Machinists’ Union
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Eases Chronic Nasal Catarrh
For twenty years W. L. Rawls of Bells Tennessee battled nasal catarrh. He says applying Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to the sore surface reduced swelling and soreness, which disappeared and never returned. Best salve in existence. 25 cents at Holland Wheeler’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Rawls
Bells, Tenn
Holland Wheeler's
King Alfonso Opens Cabinet on Morocco War Preparations
Madrid reports King Alfonso presided over a cabinet council where a report on operations in Morocco was presented. Ministers of war and marine said troops and warships were ready and details had been arranged with other powers. Senor Caballero announced the International State Bank in Morocco would soon be established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Alfonso
Morocco
Marine
Senor Caballero
International State Bank
Remarkable Cure Claim For Electric Bitters
H M Adams and wife Henrietta Pa report their child suffered eczema for five years and was deemed incurable until trying Electric Bitters. After two bottles the condition improved and after seven bottles the child was cured. Advertised as a modern blood medicine and tonic. Guaranteed. 50 cents and 1.00 at Holland Wheeler's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Adams
Henrietta
Holland Wheeler's
Murder Plot Targeted Premier Stolypin At Requiem
In St Petersburg a requiem for Major General von der Launitz, the police prefect murdered by an unknown youth, led to the arrest of a man disguised as an army officer who gained entry to the service. Police believe the suspect aimed to kill Premier Stolypin who attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
von der Launitz
Saren
Bain
Stolypin
A Western Wonder at Bowie Texas
W L Hill, once 90 pounds, has grown to over 180 after using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He credits the remedy with curing a terrible cough and doubling his weight after twelve bottles. Guaranteed by Holland Wheeler Drugist with trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S & Hill
Bowie
Tex
W. L. Hill
Dr. King
Holland Wheeler Draggist
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Pleas
Ant Prairie, Wis
BAR
Carnegie’s
Pension Fund
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific
Noble’s Theatre
Grand Opera House
New York City
Haberdashery
World Building
SAM Appel & CO
Huron, S.D
Toledo
Tennessee
Shine Parlor
Adies
John Davy
Premier
J.T. Breen
Budweiser
Anheuser Busch
Edler Bros
Huron
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