Unknown sailor hero rescues 26 from wrecked Alpha
Vancouver story recounts a lone volunteer who swam from the steamer Alpha to Yellow Island carrying a line. He reached the lighthouse keeper, the rope pulled to the crew, and 26 sailors were saved while eight others perished in the wreck near Baynes Sound. The unknown rescuer disappeared after Union.
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Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Island
Marshal Point
Maple Inlet
Alpha
Baynes Sound
F. N. Yorke
Yellow Island
Ile
Union Bay
Union
Czar
Samuel Barbee
Victoria
Dunn
Murray
H. L. White
Crosby
Sullivan
Stowaya
British Columbian
Missouri Supreme Court Rules AP Not a Monopoly in Star Publishing Case
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously sided with the Associated Press in The Star Publishing Co. versus AP of Illinois. It rejected claims of monopoly and anti trust violations, noting AP operates as a cooperative and not a profit seeking news gathering enterprise. The decision leaves Illinois anti trust law outside Missouri’s reach. A separate Illinois case seeks mandamus to force Denver Evening Post access to AP reports.
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St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jefferson City
Star Publishing Company
Associated Press of Illinois
Associated Press
Star Company
The
Star
Evening News
Post-Dispatch
United States
Illinois
Missouri
Governor-Elect Yates Spends Saturday in Chicago
Richard Yates, governor elect, spent Saturday in Chicago in a lively, shopperlike manner as if preparing for a holiday. The visit showcased the incoming administration’s early public profile in the Windy City.
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Vllinois
Windy City
Chicago
Dre
Richard Yates
Two Primitives in Contempt of Court in Indiana
In Lawrenceburg Indiana Jacob Montooth and his dog faced contempt charges after a man named Mac Hollister struck the hound and later the master. Hollister was arrested and arraigned while the judge warned of remands to the grand jury for tampering with a witness and accepting a bribe. The court noted bribing a prosecting witness carries a year in the penitentary.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Jacob Montooth
Mac” Hollister
Hollister
Squire Probston
Indiana
Carnegie
Richmond
Andrew Carnegie
Winona
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Grain Quotes Report
Chicago market totals show hog receipts about 44 000 with cash sales mostly at 4.75 to 4.82% for various lots while cattle receipts near 5 000 yield ranges from 6.00 to 6.20 for Christmas beeves and lower grades. sheep and lambs quoted up to 5.90. East Buffalo reports 55 cattle cars and 65 hog cars with lower prices and dull markets. St Louis and Milwaukee grain futures list mixed wheat corn oats rye and barley with price points and market tone.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Board of Trade Today
Cape Cod
Perkins Summarizes Puerto Rico Philippines Case
In Washington the Porto Rico Philippines cases feature Counsellor Perkins outlining that US government power is defined by the constitution and Congress cannot exceed it. He argues tariff law applies across the national domain and questions extending jury trials or habeas corpus to new territories. Griggs addresses the appellant's position, while Michigan Military Academy faculty resigns amid a mutinous dispute and eight cadet officers are dismissed by Colonel Rogers.
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Washington
Porto Rico-Philippine Islands
Perkins
United States
Congress
Porto Rico
Philippines
Brown
Justice Brown
Griggs
Messrs. EB
A. Balch
Henry
Rogers
L. R. Bennett
H. W. Warner
H. J. Mallory
H. H. Owen
R. K. Street
Leutenant
W. S. Woodruff
D. M. Thompson
Senate weighs Hay-Pauncefote treaty in executive session
Washington observers report the senate spent most of Dec 19 in executive session debating the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with Kraker and Morgan leading the discussion. Five conventions were ratified as part of clearing the calendar, including a time-extension agreement for ratification to March 4.
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Washington
Senate
Kraker
Morgan
Foraker
Hay
United States
Nicaragua
Lampsard
Costa Rica
House
District of Columbia
Debate Over Compulsory Arbitration Aboard New Zealand Labor
The New Zealand advocate Hugh T. Lusk clashes with Samuel Gompers at a Chicago industrial conference. Lusk defends compulsory arbitration while condemning certain liberties as license, framing liberty differently than American notions and criticizing speakers who misstate the issue. A reference is made to labor strikes and freedom in labor activity.
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Chicago
Hugh T. Lusk
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Lusk
New Zealand
Mr. Lusk
Board of Arbitration
Conference On the
Agatha Hospital Dedication At Clinton Town
The new Agatha hospital building, completed at a cost of 20000 dollars, was dedicated Monday in Clinton Town. Dr John K Fowler gave the dedicatory address, with Mayor George D McDaid and L P Allen also speaking. The 57 by 84 foot three story brick edifice was funded entirely by subscriptions and will serve as a charitable institution run by local philanthropic women.
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Clinton
Dee
Agatha Hospital
Burglars Loot Citizens Bank in Hope Indiana Heist
Five explosions blew the Citiens bank safe in Hope Indiana at 2 30 am. Postmaster Spaugh challenged a robber at the door as the bandits fled with at least eighteen thousand dollars. A posse of twenty men scours the area for the culprits.
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Hope
Ind
Citiens
Spaugh
Lynch Him Rumors Spark Mob at Ida Grove Stall Theft
Fort Dodge Iowa December 19. Charles Arnett arrested by Sheriff Dowd identified as the man who entered Joseph Chase’s stable last Wednesday night and drove off a fine buggy with a blooded horse. Suspected of other thefts, a mob gathered outside the jail shouting Lynch him. Arnett begged protection and offered to name gang members. Sheriff Dowd warned the mob it might hang the felon. Linton Indiana December 19. United Mine Workers clash with Hoisting Engineers and old engineers refuse to join the miners union. Engineers will be discharged and new workers hired. Jalesville Wisconsin December 19. August Timm, veteran blacksmith at North Bend, died suddenly while shoeing a horse. Austin Illinois suburb Chicago reports a Methodist preacher attracting 68 young women with a “500 Girls Wanted” sermon. Fire at Norfolk Navy Yard damages plans and drawings. losses estimated around 200000.
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Fort Dodge
Charles Arnett
Ida Grove
Dowd
Joseph Chase
John Erickson
Linton, Ind
United Mine Workers
Austin
Chicago
Norfolk Navy Yard
Ai Rawinga
Gompers Defends New Zealand Arbitration Policy Jury
Samuel Gompers argues against compulsory arbitration and jail penalties in New Zealand style disputes. He contests limits on wage demands and labels state interference as unwarranted, while a Lusk critique centers on the arbitration system and its authority. Reports from Paris Illinois and Cedar Rapids Iowa cover hangings and house fires with fatalities and suspected foul play, plus counterfeit operations near Pana and Tower Hill.
Eau Claire to LaCrosse Winona Railroad Proposed
A Milwaukee dispatch reports a meeting of Eau Claire business leaders endorsing a plan to build a railroad from Eau Claire to LaCrosse and Winona. The group says $100,000 can be raised in Eau Claire immediately and a leading outside capitalist may finance the project.
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Eau Claire
LaCrosse
Winona
Mau Claire
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