Riots Break Out as Chicago Striker Votes Seen in Favor of Terms
Rioting erupted in Chicago after ballots on Hart Schaffner & Marx peace terms favored acceptance of a non closed shop. Nonunion workers faced beaten attacks by a mob of 300 strikers in Loop district and at North Kedzie, Emma Peterson was knocked down. Police intervened as the crowd clashed outside Hart Schaffner & Marx shops.
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Chicago
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Loop District
Market
Monroe
George Krebec
West Nineteenth Street
Frank Pletka
Krebec
Blucher
Woman's Trade Union League
Dimmutt
Calogia
Townsend Street
N. EB. Vedo
West Fourteenth Place
Miners killed by fall in Cayuga mine at Scranton
A cave-in in the Clark vein of the Cayuga mine killed three men and injured another as four visitors escaped. Charles Pelvis and Charles Rocia avoided the falling slate after warning signs appeared. Tony Pomiski sustained a badly contused back and head while three unidentified workers perished.
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Scranton
Clark
Cayuga
Charles Plevis
Charles Rocia
Pelvis
Rocia
Tony Pomiski
Mine Explosion Kills Two In Charleroi
Two men are dead after a premature blast in the Charleroi coal works mine. Victims are Job Williams, 20, a driver, and Angelo Bernardo, 30, a shot firer, both residents of Charleroi. Bernardo had attempted to fire a charge when the explosion occurred.
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Charleroi, Pa
Charleroi
Job Williams
Angelo Bernardo
Bernardo
Vincent Chosen as President of Minnesota University
Dr. George Edgar Vincent selected by the board of regents to succeed Dr. Cyrus Northrop as president of the University of Minnesota. Vincent will be paid a salary of 10000 dollars and has accepted the post. Northrop remains president emeritus after resigning two years ago.
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University of Minnesota
Board of Regents
Minneapolis
George Edgar Vincent
University of Chicago
Cyrus Northrop
Northrop
Vincent
Dr. Northrop
Fire traps 200 girls at Derby Desk building
A basement blaze at 311 18 Wabash Avenue in Chicago imperiled about 200 girls on upper floors of the six story Derby Desk Company building. Firemen overcome by smoke, exits used, many escaping via fire escapes and roofs. 2915 Wabash avenue roof escapees rescued by elevator bay. Property damage described as not great.
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Chicago
Derby Desk Company
Wabash Avenue
Mitchell Lifeboat Ruined at Niagara Falls Trial
Niagara Falls N Y Dec 14 The Mitchell lifeboat used by Bobby Leach for a Niagara plunge was wrecked during a trial trip over the Horseshoe Falls. It appears Ann Edson Taylor will keep her title as the waterfall’s queen, following her 1901 victory.
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Nigara Falls
N. Y
Mitchell
Bobby” Leach
Falls
Niagara
Horseshoe Falls
Ann Edson Taylor
Delirious Man Near Death Escapes Hospital
Charles Sears, delirious from a gunshot wound, fled Hazleton hospital in night clothes as temperatures plummeted. He wandered several streets before reaching his home a mile away where his son found him at the door and he fell unconscious. His extremities were frozen and his condition is critical with poor prognosis.
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Wilkesbarre
Charles Sears
Hazleton Hospital
Tramp Struck and Killed by Lake Shore Train in Snow
An unidentified tramp with $600 on him was killed in Elkhart Indiana as he tried to cross switch tracks during a blinding snowstorm after riding a freight. He did not see the approaching Lake Shore train that struck him.
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Elkhart
Ind
Lake Shore
Queen Helena of Italy Sees Stork Visit Expected in January
Queen Helena of Italy, prominent monarch, forecasts a stork visit early in January signaling good omens. Court officials note the anticipated omen could influence public morale and ceremonies planned for the new year.
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of Stork
Wealthy farmer ends life in Elkhart after failed attempts
Manning E. Rogers a 53 year old noted Elkhart farmer shot himself through the right temple and died instantly after a period of despondency over his struggle to quit alcoholic stimulants. He had reportedly tried twice in the past ten days to end his life.
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Elkhart
Ind
Manning E. Rogers
Attacker Buries Wife In Snow Then Slits Own Throat
In Grawn near Traverse City Charles Palmer attacked his wife and mother-in-law, breaking a collarbone and injuring the mother-in-law. Neighbors found the women and Palmer, who then slashed his throat and died. Mrs Palmer is in precarious condition with severe facial injuries. Palmer had been an inpatient at the Northern Michigan asylum.
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Traverse City
Mich
Charles Palmer
Grawn
Palmer
Northern Michigan Asylum
Alaska lawyer seeks heirs in Indiana estate case
Attorneys at Wiseman Alaska have written to Sheriff Barnes in Evansville asking about heirs of John G McGaughey a gold prospector who died there in March 1909 leaving a sizable estate. The inquiry notes he is supposed to have come from southern Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
Wiseman
Alaska
Barnes
John G. McGaughey
Indiana
Packers to Import Meat
Acting on Mayor Nathar's initiative Rome negotiates with Swift & Co Chicago for 6000 tons of Argentine meat to arrive early 1911 The aim is to force lower prices for fresh beef and the plan may be continued if successful.
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Nathar
Rome
Swift & Co
Chicago
Woman shoots husband in self defense after hotel dispute
Marie Lakier Clapp, wife of wealthy clubman Herbert Mason Clapp, confesses to shooting him in Philadelphia after a confrontation at the Majestic hotel. She recounts the sequence in which Clapp assaulted her, seized her, and she fired to defend herself.
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Philadelphia
Marie Lakier Clapp
Herbert Mason Clapp
St. Joseph's Hospital
Souder
Clapp
Majestic
Postal
Girl 15 Hangs Herself in Vineland Visit
Susie Gore aged 15 of Vineland North Carolina visiting Lake City North Carolina went to a barn mounted a barrel tied a rope around her neck and jumped off She was found dead with a note naming a young man for love of whom she ended her life.
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Lake City
Mutineers Imprisoned on Villegagnon Fortress Island
Dec 14 Rio de Janeiro reports crews of the Sao Paulo Ninas Geraes Deodora and Bahia confined in the Villegagnon fortress in the bay. Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana Wisconsin calls for fair skies and warmer temperatures with northwesterly winds.
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Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Ninas Geraes
Deodora
Bahia
Villegagnon
May Yohe Remarries F M Reynolds in Seattle
San Francisco report notes May Yohe former London singer who married Lord Francis Hope and eloped with Major Putnam Strong has wed F M Reynolds a musician formerly with a musical comedy company in Seattle confirming another marriage.
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San Francisco
Cal
Yohe
Francia Hope
Putnam Strong
Strong
New York
F. M. Reynolds
Seattle
Markets at Chicago Reflect Mixed Receipts and Lower Prices
Estimated receipts total 35000 with 17809 leftover from yesterday. Hog prices range from 7 20 to 7 55 for light to heavy shipping grades, while cattle run shows 21000 head with prospects weak to 10 lower and sheep around 33000 with 10 lower outlook.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Summary of Hog and Cattle Prices 1910
Chicago December 14 1910 hogs receipts estimated 35000 yesterday receipts 39542 shipments 6028 left over 17809 tomorrow receipts 26090 hog market prices mostly lower 10 to 15. porkers 7 40 to 7 50. pigs 6 60 to 7 45. Cattle receipts 23000 to 33000 market weak to 10 lower. Western cattle sheep lambs prices list. Grain market by Beach Wickham Grain Co. Chicago postal Telegraph Building.
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Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Illinois
Local Markets Prices At Washington City Market
The Washington City market lists prevailing prices for hay straw flour bran shorts corn meal and butter per load bale sack and hundred. Notable figures include hay 12.00 per load 1.60 per sack for flour 1.60 1.70 per sack and butter 25 cents per unit.
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Washington City
Insurgents Defeated in Chi huahua Battle
Reports from Chihuahua City and El Paso say Mexican government officials confirm a Monday afternoon battle at Cerro Prieto four leagues south of Pedernales. Insurgents reportedly suffered sixty killed and many wounded while fleeing the Federals who shelled their rear. Consul Lomeli in El Paso received dispatches stating rebels suffered casualties and at least thirty wounded.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Cerro Prieto
City of Mexico
Pedernales
May
Antonio V. Lomeli
Girl Shot For A Burglar Near Albuquerque
Mary Williamson, a school teacher living with her uncle W A Gray on a New Mexico homestead near Albuquerque, was shot and killed by Gray who, mistaking a break in for an intruder, fired his shotgun at her after waking her for breakfast.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Mary Williamson
Bnetno
W. A Gray
Gray
Chicago Markets Report Grain and Live Stock Prices
Chicago cash grain prices range with Wheat at 98 4e for No 2 red and No 1 northern at 1.06 41.07, Corn and Oats quotations listed across several grades. Live stock in Chicago shows hogs 7.60 to 7.75, cattle 7.00 to 7.25, sheep 5.50 to 6.50. Omaha receipts 7,300 cattle and 7,500 hogs with varied bids.
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Chicago
Omaha
Wea
Texas
Tive Stack
During & Seresa
Live Stock Commission
Mere Banta
East Buffalo
NOY
e—Redarpea
Marta Dull
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Eideesy Springs
STOGE
John A. Babcock Commission Merchants
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