Move to settle strike spreads across Duluth and Seattle
In St Paul on December 4 officials said no alarm over Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members returning to work. Seattle yards show few workers and no settlement. Duluth reports only three returning then likely to strike again. Governor Eberhart aids talks while Erdman act arbitration remains unviable. Freight moves slowly with congestion and about 1500 workers brought to Twin Cities, with normalcy expected soon.
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Brotherhood
Duluth
Seattle
St. Paul
Switchmen’s Union
West
Brotherhood of Railway
Hawley
Minneapolis
Eberhart
Martin
Switchmen
E. W. Decker
Minneapolis Clearing House Association
L. W. Hill
Great Northern
Twin Cities
Rail freight delay notices withdrawn in strike settlement
Chicago December 4. Traffic managers of railroads passing the northwest issued orders to receive all freight to points on their lines without restrictions. Delay notices posted when the switchmen strike began were withdrawn. Managers expect conditions to return to normal within a few days.
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Chicago
Northwest
Telegraphers Seek 20 Percent Raise in Cincinnati Talks
Three conferences between top officials of the Order of Railway Telegraphers and Big Four General Manager Van Wynkle over a 20 percent wage increase have occurred in two days with no agreement yet reached. More meetings are likely.
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Cincinnati
van Wynkle
Big Four
Open Land to Settlement in Wyoming Under Homestead Law
Secretary Bal linger designated 140 800 acres in Wyoming as subject to disposition under the enlarged homestead law. The Interior Department says these localities are not worthy of successful irrigation. Including these, 12 286 080 acres in Wyoming have been designated as subject to possession under the homestead law.
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Washington
Ballinger
Wyoming
Interior Department
Mrs. Doxey Extradited to St. Louis in Murder Case
Officer Wade Matthews of St. Louis escorted Mrs. L. B. Doxey from Columbus Nebraska to St. Louis to answer murder charges in connection with William J. Erder’s death. The procession included Doxey's husband and father, attorney I. L. Albert, and a nurse.
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Dexey
St. Louis
Omaha
Offcer Wade Matthews
Columbus
Neb
L. B. Dexey
William J. Erder
Steamer Thistlemore Lost in Terrific Gale Off Appledore
In a fierce gale along the British coast the steamer Thistlemore with a crew of thirty disappeared off Appledore in Barnstable bay. Four bodies have washed ashore. it is believed all hands were lost. Captain Yeo commanded the vessel bound from Liverpool to an American port.
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London
Channel
British Isles
Thistlemore
Appledore
Barnstable Bay
Yeo
Liverpool
Lloyds
Congress
Falmouth
Warriner Case Taken Up by Grand Jury
Cincinnati December 4 Prosecuting Attorney Hunt opened the grand jury proceedings with the Warriner case the former Big Four railroad treasurer. Frank M Couden cashier in the U S customs house admitted revealing a ten year old shortage in a purely commercial transaction and Ida Brockway and Mrs Jeanette Ford quarrels preceded the testimony. Warriner was forced to make a lump 25000 cash settlement to escape blackmail for seventeen years to come.
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Cincinnati
Hunt
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four
Frank M. Couden
United States Customs Office
Ida Brockway
Jeanette Ford
Warriner
Refuse to Pay Insurance on Mrs Snead Policies
New York reports that three large insurers refuse to honor Mrs Ocey Ward law Martin Snead life policies totaling over 30000 until the body found in an East Orange New Jersey unfurnished house bath tub is identified as Mrs Snead. The $24000 policy on Fletcher Snead remains unpaid with no claim filed.
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New York
Ocey Wardlaw
Martin Snead
East Orange
N. J
Snead
Fletcher Snead
No Clair
Buttermilk Saves Peach Grove Home From Fire
In Pennimore Wisconsin on December 4 a large fire destroyed the A F Habberman Creamery plant. Town of 500 organized a bucket brigade using 500 buckets of buttermilk to protect the adjacent Wesley Garlach house and avert loss.
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Pennimore
Wis
Peach Grove
A. F. Habberman Creamery Company
Wesley Garlach
Zelaya dispatches agents to Washington over Knox note
President Zelaya has sent special agents to Washington to contest Secretary Knox's ultimatum by appealing to the State Department and later to Congress. The department knows who the emissaries are, but there is no sign of espionage. Washington is watching while the government remains calm and marks time for further action on Nicaragua.
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Washington
Zelaya
Knox
State Department
Congress
United States
Nicaragua
Cows Infected At Mount Pleasant Dairy Sanitation Hike
State Veterinary J H Spence was called to Mount Pleasant to inspect cows at the state institution. Over fifty cows tested positive for infection and were ordered killed. Unsanitary barn conditions believed responsible. improvements to follow immediately.
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Clinton
J. H. Spence
Mount Pleasant
Trade reports show irregularity in seasonable retail and strikes
Bradstreet's reports varying trade conditions with warmer weather affecting apparel sales while the northwest switchmen strike tightens industry. Holiday trading shows activity, jobbing is strong, spring orders ship well, iron and steel demand weakens slightly yet output remains large. Leather firm hides cheaper, weekly failures total 230. Wheat exports reach 3,652,486 bushels and corn exports 356,523 bushels.
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New York
Bradstreet's
Northwest
Shooting case nets trio from Mis souris Valley
Deputy Sheriff Coulherd brought Guy Marley Henry Marley and Ira Brundridge to Logan for alleged complicity in the shooting of a stepmother. All deny involvement while liquor on Brundridge is noted. A preliminary hearing is set for Monday as Mrs Marley’s condition worsens.
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Logan
Coulherd
Guy Marley
Missouris Valley
Henry Marley
Lra Brundridge
Brundridge
Davenport Seizes Suspect in Washington IA Holdup
Davenport police report Ryan Johnson, described as a colored coal miner from Des Moines, arrested with $13, matching the description of the Washington IA ticket agent robber. He is linked to recent holdups in Clinton Iowa City and West Liberty. King Edward agrees to arbitrate Alsop dispute between U S and Chile.
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Davenport
Ryan Johnson
Washington
Des Moines
Clinton
Iowa City
West Liberty
King Edward
London
Alsop
United States
Chile
Tariff Bill Passes French Chamber Sets Rates Adjusted
Paris December 4. The cotton and wool schedules approved by the chamber of deputies largely keep minimum rates, while maximum rates on various grades rise from 2 to 25 percent.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Parr Testifies in Sugar Trial About Trick Scales
Special Agent Richard Parr describes raiding Williamsburg docks on November 11, 1907, and finding evidence that helped indictment and over $2 million in back duties. He explains how a steel rod through a hidden hole made scales understate weight during duty assessments. Defense questions credibility. Roosevelt and Loeb referenced as superiors.
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New York
Williamsburg
Richard Parr
American Sugar Refining Company
Parr
Roosevelt
Collector Loeb
Secretary of the Treasury
Colt's Son in Court Charged With Mail Fraud
Olcott C Colt of New York and son of the inventor will be tried in Kansas City next term on a mail fraud charge. Indicted in May 1908 he appeared before Judge Phillips with bond set at 1500 provided by his father in law George G Gaugh. The 1997 filing accuses him of running a brokerage and loan business with offices in Kansas City and New York where fees were taken but loans not obtained.
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Kansas City
Olcott C. Colt
New York
United States District Court
Paris
Phillips
George G. Gaugh
Colt
Olcott Colt
Actor Dies by Poison Over Breakup in Fort Dodge
Harry Adams known as J. C. Williams drank an ounce of carbolic acid in the Ward hotel lobby before employees and guests, saying he preferred death to separation from his eighteen year old partner Jennie Saggers in a theatrical act.
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Fort Dodge
Harry Adams
J. C. Williams
Ward Hotel
Jennie Saggers
Campaign Now On In England
London December 4 prime ministerial prorogation ended parliament. The king thanked MPs for funding measures and lamented their failure. Lloyd George urged retaliation against the Lords at a Liberal luncheon. Churchill began campaigning in Lancashire while Lansdowne and Chamberlain prepared unionist speeches in Plymouth.
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London
House of Commons
National Liberal Club
Lloyd-George
Winston Spencer Churchill
Lancashire
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
J. Austen Chamberlain
Plymouth
Walking duel proposed in clash between Le Gallienne and Watson
New York reports a suggestion for a walking match to settle a feud between Richard Le Gallienne and William Watson. Watson retorts that Le Gallienne once walked fifteen miles and tired, while Watson could do thirty, as the poem “The Woman With the Serpent's Tongue” is cited in the dispute.
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New York
Richard
le Gallienne
William Watson
England
Mr. Watson
Mr. le Gallienne
Morse resident Joseph Spencer killed by train near Iowa City
The body of Joseph Spencer of Morse was found south of Iowa City on December 4. He was struck by a Rock Island train and left behind a wife and daughter visiting Iowa City. Spencer was a prominent Morse resident.
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Joseph Spencer
Iowa City
Morse
Rock Island
Women Charged in Baby Buried Alive in Mexico House
Mexico City authorities say Maria Isabel Hernandez and two others buried her newborn alive in the walls of an adobe house shortly after birth. The three women were taken into custody as investigators pursue charges.
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Mexico City
Maria Isabel Hernandez
Food value of figs and preservation needs
The fig is a highly nutritious food rich in minerals and albumen, with easily digested sugar and laxative seeds. It can be stored safely only when cooked to kill germs, though cooking reduces quality. The fruit deserves careful preservation to reach consumers fresh.
Zelaya Loyalist Colonel Joins Rama Rebels in Nicaragua
Colonel Guadamuz of the Nicaraguan government army has sided with General Estrada's rebels at Rama with 100 men. Zelaya's forces near Rama total about 1,400 troops, including 200 sick, subsisting on scarce pilot bread and native cheese.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Guadamuz
Zelaya
Estrada
Rama
Snow Blanket Delays Colorado Rail Traffic
A heavy snow covered much of Colorado on December 4 delaying railroad traffic across the region as disruptions ripple through Denver and surrounding areas.
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Colorado
Denver
Chicago Markets Hogs Sheep Cattle Prices 1909 Report
Hogs estimated receipts 11000 with yesterday 19705 and shipments 4256. Market strong to steady with bulk 805 to 830, light 770 to 839, mixed packers 780 to 835, heavy shipping grades 790 to 840, rough 790 to 810. Sheep and cattle steady with receipts 1500 and 400 respectively. Closing note shows active early prices and steady demand.
Care of John A Babcock North American Live Stock
The message indicates care of John A Babcock for the North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards in Chicago Illinois. The reference implies an administrative or handling note regarding livestock business in Chicago.
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North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U. S
Schaller Man Chosen President of State Association
Des Moines reports W. S. Howard of Schaller elected president of the Iowa Implement Dealers association with J. R. Vaughan of Waterloo as vice president and E. P. Armknecht of Donnellson as secretary treasurer. The closing session discussed manufacturers invading retail trade and adopted policies on road widths, branch stores, cost accounting, a manufacturing hall at the state fair grounds, lower express rates on castings, protection of credit sales, and dues rise to five dollars. The convention was praised as prosperous with dealers and manufacturers in attendance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Third Trial of Wedlock in Newton Ends in New Marriage
Mrs. Hannah Lavellur, aged sixty three, wed Albert Ortwig a Marshall county farmer in Newton. Justice Carey performed the ceremony after an ante-nuptial agreement kept their property separate. Both have been married twice before and her former husbands died violently. The first husband Henry Myers died in a fight. Frank Lavellur was burned to death in his barn amid suspicions she murdered him. She had been tried twice with hung juries.
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Newton
Hannah Lavellur
Albert Ortwig
Marshall County
Justice Carey
Henry Myers
Here
Frank Lavellur
Des Moines Welcome Day Opens With Corn Exposition Parade
Des Moines hosts Welcome Day with about 500 school children parading in front of and inside the Coliseum for the Iowa Corn Growers Association contest. Children wear corn leaf outfits as the Highland Park band plays while the fair opens in stages and the Glenn Curtiss aircraft is shown to visitors.
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Des Moines
Iowa Corn Growers
Highland Park
Rheims
Rush of freight in Iowa due to northwest strike
Five Milwaukee Road train crews are stationed in Mason City to handle extra freight as switchmen strike halts operations in the northwest. Eastbound Pacific freight is redirected here and will be managed by this division until the strike ends. Train master Peterson handles yard switching in St. Paul.
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Northwest
Mason City
Milwaukee Road
Pacific
Peterson
Throad
St. Paul
Transport Still Fast in Mud in Delaware River
The Prairie, a transport with 700 marines bound for the canal zone and possibly Nicaragua, ran aground in the Delaware River near Fort Delaware but remained fast in the mud as of December 4 in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Ama Canal Zone
Mragua
Delaware River
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Cincinnati Grand Jury
Rogers
New York Herald
Mrs. Marley
Holdup Man
Loeb
Court
Watson
Howard
T. J. Allen
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
Schaller
State Association
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