Switchmen Strike Ordered to Hit Northwestern Routes
Frank T. Hawley president of the Switchmen's Union says a strike order will take effect tonight across all Northwestern railroads from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast unless substantial concessions are won before 6 PM. The move threatens widespread disruption on major lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Superior
Pacific Coast
Union
St. Paul
Frank T. Hawley
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Northwest
Hawley
Big Debate on Britain's Budget in House of Lords
London November 30. The Lords devoted the day to final arguments and a division on the government budget bill. The session drew a crowded gallery and many bishops attended as Archbishop of York opened the afternoon debate. Several peers were sworn in to vote while opposing Lord Lansdowne's amendment on the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Lords
Archbishop of York
York
Lord Lansdowne
Appeal to Court of Last Resort in AFL Contempt Case
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia stays the mandate sending Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the AFL to jail. The stay is indefinite pending appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Washington
Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Copper Merger Talks Continue With Copper Interests
New York November 30 after J. P. Morgan company statement the proposed merger of large copper producers remains in formation. It is believed the Standard Oil decision has altered plans and a coalition of copper interests will form in a way not affected by federal statutes. No announcement is expected for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan & Company
Standard Oil
Wilhelma Murder Trial Opens in Newark
Mary J. Wilhelm stands trial for the alleged murder of her husband Frank Wilhelma a wealthy contractor. Real estate dealer Nicholas Sica faces a separate trial on the same indictment for the crime reported from Newark dated November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Frank Wilhelma
State Today
Mary J. Wilhelm
Nicholas
Sica
Wheat Market Ends Higher as December Soars
Chicago on November 30 reports December wheat closing at 1.06 percent gains, signaling firm prices amid market activity. The brief note cites Chicago grain futures movement with wheat finishing up on the session.
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Chicago
Pocatello to Host Northwestern Immig ration Bureau for Homeseekers
A new Northwestern Immigration association bureau opens in the Pacific hotel depot lobby in Pocatello Idaho to distribute literature and samples to homeseekers. R. A. Unger leads the bureau which will collect visitor names and forward them to Idaho commercial clubs and real estate firms.
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Northwest
Pocatello
Northwestern Immigration Association
Northwestern States
Pacific Hotel
Short Line
Idaho
Gem State
R. A. Unger
Buhl
Unger
Central Bureau
the Association
T R and party in fine health
Londinns, B E B, Nov 30 Colonel Roosevelt Kermit Roosevelt Edmund Heller and Leslie A Tal ton arrived here from the Guas Ingishu plateau. All are in splendid health. Roosevelt was elated over the success of his hunt. The party will go to Njoro to visit Lord Delamere on his ranch until December 10, then proceed to Nairobi.
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Londinns
B. EB
Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Edmund Heller
Leslie A. Tarlton
Guas Ingishu
Njoro
Lord Delamere
Nairobi
Elks Lodge Undergoes Rapid Furnishing in Twin Falls
The McCornick block third flot is gaining a lush look as new furniture and lodge paraphernalia are installed in the large lodge and club rooms. Spending $1500 on modern furnishings, the Dec 8 installation date will feature the Pocatello team with direful apparatus to manage the new Elks. At least seventy members will join the charter list, signaling a bold Twin Falls launch of B P O E membership.
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Twin Falls
McCornick
Pocatello
Elks
Lodge
Quiet wedding links Laimbeer and Collins in 1904 tour
William Laimbeer a New York broker and club man wed Mrs Nathalie Schenck Collins after a brief engagement. The bride previously separated from Captain Glenn Collins of the British army during a world wedding tour in 1904. Schenck had met Collins at George Goulds Lakewood home. Laimbeers first wife was actress Clara Bloodgood who killed herself in Baltimore.
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William Laimbeer
New York
Nathalie Schenck Collins
Glenn Collins
Miss Schenck
Captain Collins
George Gould
Lakewood
Mr. Laimbeer
Clara Bloodgood
Baltimore
Guilty Verdict Returned in Stephens Rape Case
The district court jury found William J. Stephens guilty of rape after a three hour deliberation, returning the verdict at 3 10 p m in the state versus William J. Stephens case.
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Stephens
William J. Stephens
Night session held in state v Stephens case
Judge Budge ordered a night district court session as testimony began in the rape case of William J. Stephens with the defendant testifying in his own defense. The jury heard the state witnesses including Stephens’s wife and her daughter the alleged victim and the cross examination of the little girl proceeded.
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William J. Stephens
Budge
Mrs. Stephens
Bessie Chapman
Naomi Chapman
Witty
Robert Terrell
Stephens
H. V. A. Ferguson
Joseph P. Greene
C. W. Rosdahl
David Miles
Harlow Hoopes
Charles Medford
Bert Evans
L. C. Warner
Charles Panter
J. 8. Wheeler
O. J. Bell
J. M. Bistline
L. Reubelman
Plot to Assassinate John D Rockefeller Unearthed
Cleveland reports police guarded Forest Hill home all night after a lumber dealer Sawyer Smith overheard a plan in Alliance to kidnap or kill John D Rockefeller. The warning prompted Rockefeller to skip a church banquet. The plot allegedly involved two men and offered the same reward for success.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Rockefeller
Sawyer Smith
Iiser
Ohio
Alliance
Mation
Smith
Severe Japanese Storm Capsizes Vessel Kisag in Maru
A fierce storm near Shimone sek i sinks Kisag in Maru with all aboard feared dead. Twenty five bodies wash ashore as many fishing boats are wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Shimonoseki
Zelaya Opens Door to Step Down as Canal Work Advances
Portneuf Marsh Valley irrigation bond sale frees $300000 to progress on the canal project with a new contract likely to Bannock Engineering. Burns says work will accelerate next spring for completion by irrigation season 1910 while bondholders praise the project’s potential. Also Zelaya signals willingness to retire if Congress can appoint a provisional president as Marines stand by in Panama ready to move if needed.
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Joseph Burns
Portneuf-Marsh Valley Irrigation Company
Pocatello
L. C. Rose of
Chicago
Colonial Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Burns
Bannock Engineering Company
Portneuf-Marsh
Bannock County
Washington
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Congress
United States
Bluefields
Pichilinque Bay
Mexico
Buffalo
Panama
Corinto
Pacific
Navy Department
State Department
Ohio man's head looks like lion
Cincinnati reports Charles Miers a 22 year old shoemaker whose skull has enlarged over three years shifting his appearance toward a lion. Doctors at the city hospital classify his condition as leontiasis ossea and warn he may go insane or die soon.
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Cincinnati
Charles Miers
Miers
Juarez Jockey Club Opens With Noted Entries
Hundreds of horses from top stables in the United States and Mexico prepare at the Juarez race track opposite El Paso for the opening of the Juarez Jockey Club meeting. Key officials include Alberto Terrazas of Chihuahua as president and Mars Cassidy of New York as starter. The Chihuahua handicap on opening day carries $2000 in gold.
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el Paso
Texas
United States
Mexico
Juarez
Juarez Jockey Club
America
Alberto Terrazas
Chihuahua
J. G. Follansbee
New York
M. J. Winn
Louisville
Lyman H. Davis
Mars Cassidy
Famous Cracksman Caught in Frisco
San Francisco reports the arrest of a famed cracksman after a struggle with three police officers while cracking a downtown saloon safe. The suspect identified as James B. Rogers carried cards and drafts in many names including John Bennett Rogers with shipments to Seattle Berlin London and Paris.
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San Francisco
James B. Rogers
John Bennett Rogers
Seattle
Berlin
London
Paris
Puget Sound National Bank
Dora Rogers
Rogers
Accused of a wholesale poisoning in East Cambridge
Boston, Nov. 30. Mrs Mary Kelleher faces trial as a suspected poisoner linked to six family deaths. Doctors report arsenic traces in victims though jail attendants see no typical murderess traits. Prosecution contends she stood to gain life insurance payouts with no nurses present during illnesses. Deaths occurred in Somerville and at Carney Hospital.
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Boston
Mass
Mary Kelleher
East Cambridge
Gunness
H. H. Holmes
William Kelleher
Catherine M. Kelleher
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Britain
Lansdowne
Gompers and Associates
Buck’s
BIG Copper
TAPIS
T. R
Nathalie Schenck
McGinnis
L. T. McGinnis
Joplin
Young McGinnis
Tannehill
Burke
Walter Smith
EB. J. Storey
Agai
Storey
Portneuf-Marsh Valley
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