Iowa Mine Operators Elect Reese to Lead for Year
At the Des Moines convention the Iowa Mine Operators Association elected John P. Reese of Des Moines as president for the coming year. Duties of the office were expanded with a salary and full-time devotion. Other officers include David Denning as vice president and Edward Gray as secretary and treasurer. The group discussed merging coal operators but took no action. Delegates urged lower railroad rates for Iowa coal to compete with markets elsewhere. No wage-scale plans were set for the March miners conference.
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Des Moines
Joseph Sharp
Albia
Iowa Mine Operators’ Association
Savery Hotel
John P. Reese
David Denning
Cincinnati
Dward Gray
L. L. Lodwick
H. L. Waterman
H. M. Schuler
H. H. Canfield
Coal Operators’ Association
Commercial Coal Operators’ Association
Iowa
Iowa Grange Meets Delivers Labor Warning At Des Moines
State Master A. B. Judson told about 50 delegates and public attendees at the Savery hotel that farm labor shortages threaten higher farm prices. The convention of about 1,500 members will meet two more days.
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Des Moines
A. B. Judson
Iowa Grange
the Patrons of Husbandry of America
Savery Hotel
Wright May Lose Place as Farmers Commissioner Term Nears End
Des Moines report says State Food and Dairy Commissioner H. R. Wright may not be reappointed when his term ends in April 1910. It was rumored Governor Carroll indicated he would not renew Wright after consultations with supporters.
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State Food and Dairy
Des Moines
H. R. Wright
Carroll
State House
Wright
Boy Autoist Kills St Louis Man
Theodore R. Ballard former Merchants' Exchange president and Missouri Democrat was struck down in St Louis by an automobile driven by an eighteen year old youth who was arrested.
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St. Louis
Theodore R. Ballard
Merchants’ Exchange
Missouri
Ten More Saloons Closed In Webster County
Webster county outside Fort Dodge is dry after ten remaining saloons closed by court injunction on a technicality. The action leaves only Fort Dodge open, with all other towns now dry.
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Webster County
Fort Dodge
Anti-Saloon League
Lally Named Candidate for Iowa District Judge Seat
In Denison Iowa on December 15 the Review endorses P E C Lally for district judge to succeed Zara A Church whose retirement was recently announced.
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Lally
Denison
P. E. C. Lally
Zara A. Church
Panama Ousts American W G Spiller
W G Spiller owner of the Astor House and alleged owner of the Cuban steamer Oteri was expelled from Panama by President Obaldia. A decree accuses him of enticing laborers from the isthmus and places him aboard the Magdalena bound for New York. A separate fire report from Kansas City notes two women and three men rescued from a sixth floor Kemper building fire after smoke disabled exits.
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W. G. Spiller
New York
Colon
Astor House
Panama Territory
Magdalena
Obaldia
Kansas City
Kemper
Woman Found Lying in Street with Jewelry Bonds in Monterey
A well dressed woman believed to be Mrs Ina L Cummings of St Louis was found in Monterey on December 15 lying in the street holding a handbag containing diamonds worth 12 dollars and other jewelry, 20000 dollars in railroad and industrial bonds, and insurance policies for 30000 dollars on Oakland property.
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Monterey
Cal
Oakland
Ina L. Cummings
St. Louis
W D Lee Dies in Toledo Prominent Toledo Chronicle Editor
Death at sixty from heart disease ends a longtime Republican figure in Toledo Iowa. W D Lee served as editor of the Toledo Chronicle for years and held the postmastership in Toledo for eight years in the past.
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W. D. Lee
Toledo
Marshalltown
Toledo Chronicle
Forty Hurt in Canadian Northern Express Wreck
The Canadian Northern express wrecked 109 miles east of Winnipeg Manitoba. The cars overturned. No fatalities but forty people were injured as crews responded to the scene on December 15.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Northern Express
Here
Break in Wheat Prices Dominates Trading Day
Severe slumps due to liquidation marked grain and provision pits in Chicago. Wheat prices fell from earlier highs with December at 1.13 and May at 1.10 3/4, while corn and oats and pork lard ribs also traded lower. Cash prices showed No 2 hard wheat at 1.14 to 1.18 and No 3 corn at 64 1/4 to 64 4/5 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago figures dated December 14 show cattle receipts at 11 000 with weak demand. Hogs receipts 26000 steady with prices from 8.10 to 8.70 and averages around 8.45 to 8.60. Sheep receipts 21000 weak with natives and westerns listing 3.50 to 8.20 and yearlings at 6.25 to 7.40.
Cattle and Hogs Prices Decline at South Omaha Market
South Omaha reports 7500 cattle receipts down 10 cents with native steers 3.75 to 8.00, cows and heifers 5.00 to 6.25, western steers 3.50 to 6.20, stockers 2.75 to 5.10, bulls 2.75 to 4.50. Hog receipts 11700 drop about 5 cents with heavy 8.20 to 8.30, mixed 8.20 to 8.25, light 8.10 to 8.25, pigs 6.50 to 7.50, bulk 8.20 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 11600 down 10 to 20 cents with yearlings 5.75 to 6.80, wethers 5.25 to 5.60, ewes 4.25 to 5.00, lambs 6.50 to 7.75.
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Chicago
Texas
South Omaha
Wood Alcohol Fatal to Two Kurtz Brothers
Two brothers Henry and Oliver Kurtz of Council Bluffs died within three hours after drinking wood alcohol. Oliver, 24, worked at a candy factory and both men reportedly consumed tainted liquor, leading authorities to believe weed alcohol caused the deaths. Henry leaves a widow and five children. Oliver was unmarried.
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Cornell Bluffs
Henry
Oliver Kurtz
Council Bluffs
Henry Kurtz
Oliver
Kurtz
Carroll
Johanna Kurtz
Montreal after boodlers to face malfeasance trial
Montreal report cites Judge Cannon finding and announces immediate trials for fourteen city officials including eight aldermen. The report states $7 200 of city income over six years was feloniously used by the aldermen.
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Montreal
Judge Cannon
Poison Plot Targeting St Joseph Society Woman
Mrs Ella Hartman, a St Joseph cook detained over an alleged attempt to poison Mrs Robert Hastings, is described by doctors as insane. Strychnine was placed in Hastings coffee. Hartman, a former Kansas asylum inmate, is held for investigation.
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St. Joseph Society
St. Joseph
Ella Icrtman
Robert E. Hastings
Bullet for Wife and Self in Sioux City Jealous Feud
In Sioux City Iowa a man identified as Fred Peterson shot his wife as she prepared to leave, then shot himself in the head with the same revolver. Both were in critical condition. a bystander officer was nearby as the wife packed her trunk and prepared to depart. The wife claimed they never legally wed.
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Sioux City
Fred Peterson
Frea Cheirs
Farm hand dies of accidental gunshot in Iowa outing
LeMars Iowa December 15 John Wolf a farm hand died from gunshot wounds suffered while hunting. He was leaning on his gun when it discharged tearing off his right arm and lacerating his feet. He lingered four days. His parents live at Baxter Pennsylvania and the remains were shipped there for burial.
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LeMars
John Wolf
Baxter
O'Reilly Named Bishop of Fargo Dioceses
The pope named Rev. James O'Reilly, rector at St. Anthony of Padua in Minneapolis, as bishop of Fargo North Dakota. Rev. F. M. Fallon of Buffalo, New York, is appointed bishop of London Canada.
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Minneapolis
Pope
North Dakota
Rome
James O'Reilly
St. Anthony of Padua
Fargo
N. D
F. M. Fallon
Buffalo
N. Y
London
Can
Taft denies Thompson as new secretary of agriculture
Emphatic denial from New Haven confirms William O. Thompson of Ohio State University will not become secretary of agriculture. President Taft does not plan a resignation by James Wilson. no appointment to January 1 is expected.
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Wilson
Taft
New Haven
Conn
William O. Thompson
Ohio State University
James Wilson
Kidnapped Girl Declared Legally Dead in Missouri
Nellie Burns who was kidnapped eleven years ago at age seven was declared legally dead by Judge Withrow in St. Louis. The court awarded $235 to cover two life insurance policies on the girl, who vanished while returning home from school and was never found.
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St. Louis
Nellie Burns
Withrow
Circuit Court
Taft Addresses New Haven Chamber Banquet
President Taft spoke to about a thousand business leaders from New Haven and Connecticut at the annual chamber of commerce banquet last night, with social and public figures in attendance.
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New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Taft
Chamber of Sentinerce
King Leopold Undergoes Serious Operation in Brussels
Brussels December 15 King Leopold endured a major operation and showed remarkable recuperative power after regaining consciousness. He signed the new military law, but physicians and household caution remains high as the crisis is expected to last three days. Prince Albert Leopold, heir presumptive, is seen as the likely successor.
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Brussels
Leopold
Senate
Albert Leopold
Count of Flanders
Prince Albert
America
Brokaw Seeks Separation Over Domestic Tensions
New York reports Mrs. W. Gould Brokaw sues for separation with $60,000 annual alimony from Lt. J. Brokaw. He claims he was first to threaten suit after a house party incident last Sunday involving guests and forbidden lodgings, per telegram to his mother-in-law Mrs Blair.
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New York
W. Gould
Brokaw
Mary
Conductors to Seek Higher Pay in Lehigh Valley Wage Talks
Hazelton Pa Dec 15 The general committee of the Brotherhood of Conductors of the Lehigh Valley railroad, in session since Wednesday, adjourned after considering a new wage scale. It is officially stated the company will be asked for a wage increase.
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Hazelton
the Brotherhood of Conductors of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Snow Closes Lines Across Nebraska and South Dakota
A heavy snow drift paralyses rail service in North Nebraska and southern South Dakota. Six to ten inches cover the ground with more expected, stranding trains and delaying schedules through the region.
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Norfolk
Neb
North Nebraska
Southern
South Dakota
Hog Market Report from Chicago December 15 1909
Estimated receipts total 45000 with leftovers 8826. Market shows 6 to 10 lower for light hogs, 7 9 to 8 40 for mixed packers, 8 15 to 8 50 for heavy shipping grades. Cattle 25010 weak to 10 lower. Sheep 20000 weak.
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Chicago
Hogs Market Receipts and Shipments Report
Estimated receipts today 45900. Official receipts yesterday 36371. Official shipments yesterday 2457. Officials left over yesterday 8824. Estimated receipts tomorrow 2800. Market mostly weaker. Prices ranged from 8 to 8 55 with varied weights and packer demand.
Market Receipts and Prices for Cattle Sheep and Lambs
Estimated receipts total 20000. Cattle prices range 250 M arket weak to 19 lower Beeves 390 to 825 cows and heifers 209 to 1010 Texas steers 380 to 450 Stockers and feeders 300 to 510 Western cattle 400 to 630. Native sheep 350 to 550 Western sheep 375 to 640 Yearlings 25 to 730 Lambs 50 to 825 Western lambs 575 to 825.
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Texas
Market Slump Marks Opening of Week in Chicago
Closing prices show slow and weak early trading in Chicago on December 15, 1909. Bulk trades hover 8.30 to 8.45, light 7.90 to 8.40, mixed packers 8.10 to 8.50, heavy ship's grades 8.15 to 8.50, rough 8.16 to 8.30. Cattle and sheep fall 10 to 20 points.
John A. Babcock Case at North American Live Stock
Case involving John A. Babcock and the North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois proceeds in court. Attorneys argue on ownership and liability over cattle shipments and dispatch records.
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Case of North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U. 8 S
Managua Rebels Challenge Zelaya as Outbreak Grips Capital
In Managua on December 15 a large anti government street protest erupted with calls for liberty and Estrada. Police did not move to stop the demonstrators as President Zelaya reportedly prepared to announce resignation. A rare street meeting persisted for hours amid mounting opposition to a mining rights bill.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Liberty
United States
Estrada
Zelaya
Antheloya
Congress
Enrique Corda
Protect orate urged as solution to Nicaraguan crisis
Washington reports urge establishing a protectorate over Nicaragua as a possible US or US-Mexico joint action. If insurgents fail to install Zelaya or rioting worsens, Marines could land to restore order and enable a fair election while pledging constitutional adherence.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Mexico
Zelaya
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Nic
Managua
Panama
Good Roads Congress Opens with Plans for National Aid
Topeka hosts the tenth annual Good Roads congress with talks on permanent roads, a system of federal and state highways, use of federal prisoners for road work, and a strictly merit based road program. President Taft is cited as opposing large scale national aid.
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Topeka
National Aid
No Good Roads Congress
Taft
Arrest Warrant Issued for G P Sheldon in Brooklyn Firm Case
A warrant for the arrest of George P. Sheldon former president of the Phenix Insurance Company Brooklyn was placed with Greenwich Connecticut police.
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G. P. Sheldon
New York
George P. Sheldon
Phenix Tnsurance Company
Brooklyn
The
Greenwich
Conn
Fatal Gas Explosion Injures Six in Topeka Cistern
Six men badly injured when natural gas explodes in a Topeka fire cistern on December 15. Snyder, the street commissioner, is reportedly fatally burned with others severely burned.
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Topeka
Snyder
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UWA
Iowa Association
Judson
Heydler
National League
Jora AS
Sydier
Pittsburg
Detroit
Charles W. Murphy
Ball
Murphy
Centrall
Ulladelphia Club
Boodlers
Bullet For Wife
FARN
O'Reilly
Science
Prince Albert OF Flanders
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
National Association
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