Cummins Proposes Uniform Interstate Freight Classification
Washington December 11 A clash over railroad legislation looms in Congress with Senator Cummins Iowa introducing a bill for a uniform nationwide freight classification to guide rates and empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum and minimum rates while limiting court review of fixed rates. Senator Elkins plans an opposing measure in January.
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Interstate Commission
Elkins
Washington
Congress
Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress Quits Until Monday In Congress Adjournments
Washington reports the senate adjourned after a session of one hour ten minutes until Monday while the house adjourned until Tuesday after a session of about ninety minutes. Both chambers wait on their committees for action.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Trade Review For Week Buoyed By Holidays Across Regions
Bradstreet's notes colder weather and approaching holidays lifting trade across the north and west while southern trade gains. The week saw reduced impact from the railroad strike on retail sentiment though flour output in large Northwestern cities signals tighter trade. Failures for the week numbered 259. Wheat exports reached 3,990,457 bushels and corn exports 569,224 bushels.
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New York
Bradstreet
Escape From Audubon Jail Spurs Prison Break
Two young men named Morey and Perry confined in Audubon county jail on horse stealing charges escaped through a second story window and hid in the corridor when the sheriff locked the cells. They were arrested in South Omaha while attempting to sell the stolen team.
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Council Bluffs
Morey
Perry
Audubon
South Omaha
Grants Stay to Morse Banker with Ten Day Window
In New York on December 11 Judge Neves granted Charles W. Morse a ten day stay to apply for a new trial. The convicted banker faces a fifteen year term in Atlanta Federal Prison after a misappropriation of national bank funds. The motion for a new trial was referred to Judge Hough, who originally presided.
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New York
Neves
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
National Bank
Morse
Hough
Warships Georgia and Nebraska Collision Off Virginia Capes
Battle ships Georgia and Nebraska collided during tactical exercises off the Virginia capes. The impact caused strained rivets but the ships sustained no serious damage and returned to Hampton Roads with the fleet.
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Georgia
Nebraska
Virginia Capes
Washington
Hampton Roads
Thomas Case In High Court Arguments Iowa Law
Des Moines reports attorneys Lyon and Mulvaney depart for Washington to present before the U S Supreme Court in the Charles Thomas case a life sentence inmate at Fort Madison penitentiary. The appeal challenges an Iowa law restricting juries to first degree murder in certain poison cases while allowing broader options for shooting or stabbing murders.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Lyon
Mulvaney
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Thomas
Fort Madison
Mabel Schofield
Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court
High Tribunal
John Mulvaney
Turned Hose on Sleuths in Divorce Testimony
Mrs. Colby testified in Mason City that she forced two detectives to retreat by dousing them with water as they trailed her. She described persistent surveillance by detectives hired by her husband W Sommerville Colby in the divorce case.
Ship crew feared dead after steamer blaze off Pelee
Cleveland December 11. Thirteen crew members of the steamer Clarion who burned off Pelee island are missing. Marines believe Captain Thomas Bell and his men perished when their lifeboat capsized.
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Cleveland
Clarion
Pelee Island
Thomas Bell
Iowa farmer commits suicide near West Branch
Iowa City December 11. Frank Myers a prosperous farmer living south of West Branch shot himself in his haymow. Neighbors found him about an hour later. He leaves a wife and children. No cause is known.
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Iowa City
Frank Myers
West Branch
Fatal Riot at Miners Meeting in Oralabor Des Moines
In a Des Moines area riot during a miners union meeting at Oralabor a constable Frank Sporer was shot and fatally wounded. About 150 in attendance witnessed the shooting sparked by a general order from the miners’ organization. Witness accounts conflicted on the shooter’s identity. Victor Wilson led the meeting and fled the building after the riot.
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Des Moines
Coal Miners’ Union
Oralabor
Northwestern
Frank Sporer
Crocker Township
Union
Sporer
General Organization of Miners
Victor Wilson
Miners’ Union
Wilson
Ankeny
Yardman Dispatches Locomotive In Pueblo Derailment
J A Kirk a yardman boarded a switch engine in Pueblo yards and forced the engineer and fireman from the cab. The engine moved away and derailed after he jumped off when the train was under way.
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Pueblo
Cold
J. A. Kirk
Millionaire W Gould Brokaw accused in separation suit
Telegrams from W Gould Brokaw to wife Mary Blair Brokaw were read in a Mineola court case over a separation and $30 000 a year alimony. Messages ordered the chauffeur to take Mrs Brokaw for drives and not stop, she testified she was not allowed to alight. Reconciliation overtures were judged unlikely by her father James A Blair.
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Brokaw
New York
W. Gould Brokaw
Mary Blair Brokaw
Mineola
Reverend Long Disappears From Plainfield Parish
Rev. E C Long, pastor of Plainfield Methodist Church for three months, left town suddenly amid rumors about his finances and character. District superintendent Dr. Bissel reportedly urged explanations, while parishioners accuse him of heavy drinking and leaving a $100 bank debt and large store bills behind.
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Plainfield
Nashua
Bissel
Cedar Rapids
E. C. Long
Plainfield Methodist Church
Long
Hugs Red Hot Stove Ends Lynch’s Delirium Tremens Ordeal
David Lynch died at Mercy hospital in Waverly Iowa after an delirium tremens episode. He entered a sheriff's room seeking lodging and, in a frenzy, removed his clothes and stood on a hot stove causing severe burns before authorities could subdue him.
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Waverly
David Lynch
Mercy Hospital
Knapp
Lynch
Labor Federation Backs Switchmen in Northwest Strike
Cincinnati December 11 The American Federation of Labor will support the railroad switchmen on strike in the northwest to the extent of its powers Samuel Gompers president of the federation announced after a long conference with Frank Hawley president of the Switchmen's Union of North America He said the unions may extend aid financially and morally to the strikers and that the claims are just Hawley praised the decision and dismissed railroad officials claims that the strike was nearly finished
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Northwest
Samuel Gompers
Frank Hawley
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Gompers
Mr. Hawley
Hawley
Mrs Ford Indicted Again in Warriner Case
Cincinnati December 11 the grand jury returned a true bill charging Mrs Jeanette Stewart Ford with blackmail in the Warriner case. This marks the third indictment against her, following previous charges of receiving stolen property. She remains free on bond on the stolen money charges.
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Warriner
Cincinnati
Jeanette Stewart Ford
Mrs. Ford
River Boosters Seek Large Funding for Waterways
Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana was reelected president at the Rivers and Harbors Congress closing session. Officers included J. F. Ellison and John A. Fox, with resolutions urging regular annual appropriations, $59 million for river and harbor work and $50 million yearly for ten years, or bond funding if needed. The group urged making river and harbor funding equal to other major appropriations to bolster domestic and foreign commerce ahead of Panama Canal opportunities.
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Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Congress
J. F. Ellison
Cincinnati
John A. Fox
Arkansas
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
United States
Panama Canal
New Jersey Moves Toward Prosecution of Wardlaw
The state takes first step toward prosecuting Virginia Wardlaw held in East Orange county jail for the murder of her niece Ocey Wardlaw Snead. Prosecutor Mott expects sufficient evidence only to bind Wardlaw over to the grand jury at the ongoing preliminary hearing.
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New Jersey
Miss Wardlaw
New York
Virginia Wardlaw
Orange County
Ocey Wardlaw Snead
Mott
Alma Kellner Missing in Louisville Case
Louisville police continue to search for eight year old Alma Kellner who disappeared from her home on Wednesday with no trace found despite multiple inquiries.
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Alma Kellner
Louisville
Three Savannah Women Die in Axe Attack
In Savannah Georgia on December 11 a man described as a negro killed Mrs Eliza Gribble aged seventy and Mrs Carrie Orland after assaulting them with an axe and left Mrs Waoggie Hunter dying in a local hospital as detectives pursue leads. One hundred fifty black residents are held for questioning at the police station.
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Savannah
Eliza Gribble
Carrie Orland
Waoggie Hunter
Des Moines Man Pays Record Prices at Iowa Corn Exposition
Des Moines news reports record prices for top Iowa corn shows. E E Faville paid $335 for ten ears at the national exposition in Omaha and set world records for best ear and best ten ears, while B T Meredith paid $160 for one ear on Iowa land. Judges name Des Moines as next year’s expo host.
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E. E. Faville
Des Moines
Omaha
Iowa
Coliseum
B. T. Meredith
EB BE. Faville
Meredith
United States
Charles O. Garrett
Mitchellville
J. J. Proudfit
Altoona
Polk County
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Waterloo
Ames
Explosion at St Paul Kills One Injures Three
A dynamite blast in a freight car at Minnesota transfer yards killed Claus Larsen, fatally injured Andrew Anderson, and seriously injured Charles Stitch. The explosion, which occurred while dynamite was being removed, was accidental and not linked to a strike. All victims were freight handlers amid early excitement over possible union involvement.
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St. Paw
Minnesota Transfer Yards
Claus Larsen
Andrew Anderson
Charles
Stitch
DAR Clerk Defaulter Secrecy Keeps Case Quiet
A clerk at the Daughters of the American Revolution national headquarters admitted defalcations totaling several thousand dollars over at least three years. Society officers chose not to prosecute, dismissed the clerk, and withheld her name, while the matter leaked out quietly.
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Washington
Dev
Daughters of the American Revolution
Society
Hogs and Cattle Markets in Chicago December 11 1909
The Chicago market report shows hog receipts 11000 with strong demand and varied quotes from light hogs 8 19 to 8 50 up to heavy shipping grades 8 25 to 8 65. Cattle and sheep show steady to strong demand with official totals and tomorrow’s receipts projected, and grain markets noted at end.
North American Live Stock Commission Company Asset Note
John A. Babcock and North American Live Stock Commission Company associated with S&S Stock Yards Chicago DLL mentioned in care of note.
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John A. Babcock
American Live
Stock Commission Company
S&s Stock Yards
Chicago
Dll
Prize corn at auction sets record high prices
At the National Corn exposition, prize ears drew record bids with E. E. Faville paying 335 dollars for ten champion ears grown by J. R. Overstreet of Franklin Indiana. Arthur Capper paid 280 dollars for seventy ears while H. B. Krugger paid 104 dollars for a peck of wheat seed to carry home to Wisconsin.
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Omaha
E. E. Faville
Des
J. R. Overstreet
Franklin
Ind
Faville
Arthur Capper
Topeka
H. B. Krugger
Beaver Dam
Wis
Wisconsin
Ice Trust Found Guilty Fined Five Thousand Dollars
The American Ice Company, a major New York firm in the staple goods trade, was found guilty in the state supreme court of restraining competition and attempting to create a monopoly in the sale of ice. The jury deliberated about one hour and forty minutes before the court imposed the maximum $5,000 fine under the Delleny antimonopoly law.
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Great New York Corporation
New York
American Ice Company
State Supreme Court
Fire destroys big factory in Kent O Dee VP yThe Chain plant
A blaze consumed the Chain company plant in Kent, leaving about a hundred workers idle. Loss pegged at 170000 dollars as firefighters battled the flames.
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Kent
O. Dee
yThe Chain Company
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Burns
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E. T. Meredith
ST. Paul
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
ICE Trust
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