Explosive Attack Hits New York Iron Works Crowd Threatened
A bomb shattered the Allied Iron association front room at 7 East Fourteenth Street in New York injuring no one seriously as the crowd spilled onto busy streets. The blast follows earlier violent incidents linked to Post McCord contractors and a deadly dynamite accident at the Altman building. Police restored order after the incident.
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New York
Allied Iron Association
East Fourteenth Street
Fourteenth Street
Brooklyn
New Williamsburg Bridge
Qaiy
Structural Iron Workers
Poste McCord
Association
Reward Offered in Santa Fe Wreck Near Reading Kansas
J E Hurley Santa Fe general manager offers a 5000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those who wrecked a passenger train near Reading Kansas with bolts angle bars rail joints and spikes removed. In Emporia the Lang wreck that killed Engineer Harry Davis and Express Messenger Elmer Lerrick is likely the work of wreckers. A tool house break in at Emporia Junction and later theft of a clawbar and wrench tie to earlier incidents. This is the fifth deliberate Santa Fe wreck near Lang and railroad police lack a crew or motive.
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Topeka
Kan
J. E. Hurley
Santa Fe Railway
Reading
Hurley
Lang
Harry Davis
Elmer Lerrick
Hmparia Junction
Santa Fe
Ohlinger Hiring Mix Up Delays Baby Arrival Call
In Richmond Indiana on December 19 a baby boy was born at the home of Mr and Mrs George Ohlinger. The father tried to call for help but dialed the fire department by mistake due to a transposed telephone number. The error occurred just before the stork arrived. The accidental call connected to No 27 instead of 27 the doctor’s number.
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Richmond
Ind
George Ohlinger
Richmond Fire Department
Ohlinger
Tire Department
Saloons Opened Sunday in Rock Island Defying Closing Order
Rock Island Illinois on December 19 reports several saloons opened Sunday against Mayor McCaskrin's Sunday closing order. The mayor personally inspected each venue and revoked licenses. Four large establishments, including Rock Island House and Turner Hall, were affected.
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Rock Island, Ill
McCaskrin
MecCaskrin
Rock Island House
Turner Hall
Church installs mirrors for hat tidiness at Albion church
Albion Michigan December 19. First Methodist church will buy wall mirrors so women can adjust hats after service. Past or had urged women to remove hats in church and the new mirrors enable tidiness without disruption.
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Albion
Mich
First Methodist Church
Fire at Blackwell Prison women’s wing traps inmates
A fire gutted the women’s wing of Blackwell Prison on Blackwell Island. Male convicts were pressed into service to rescue 400 inmates and 50 hospital patients. The convicts assisted without incident as heroes. In Washington, President Roosevelt appointed Joseph Bucklin Bishop to the Isthmian Canal Commission to fill the vacancy from Chief Engineer Wallace’s resignation.
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New York
The
Evening Journal
Blackwell's Island
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin
Isthmian Canal Commission
Walace
Bishop
Their troubles are ended in Duluth reunion tale
Olaf Rikola and his wife, once separated for three years, were reunited when she arrived from Chicago. The couple, from the Tyrolese mountains, married against her parents’ wishes and were separated after the groom pursued their location through Pittsburg and finally to Duluth.
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Duluth
Minn
Olaf Rikola
Sabbats
Chicago
United States
Rikola
Pittsburg
Incipient Riot in Shanghai Over Mixed Court Accident
Rioters target foreigners including the German consul and the US vice consul as boycotters lash out after an accident at the mixed court. Local volunteers and naval detachments restore order while Chinese shops close. Reports say President Mc Call of New York Life Insurance is seriously ill with pneumonia.
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Shanghai
United States
McCall
The
New -York Life Insurance Company
Senator Stephen B. Elkins Viewed on Rail Rate Fight
West Virginia senior senator and interstate commerce chairman Stephen B. Elkins will play a key role in the railroad rate debate in Congress. He has deep knowledge of the industry and sees reform as needed but wants to avoid radical measures.
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Elkins
Congress
West Virginia
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
General Strike Threatens Russia as Labor Unions Call Walkout
A general political strike across Russia is called to begin Thursday at noon, supported by the Union of Unions and allied bodies in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Proletariat forces prepare to halt railways and telegraphs, with heightened security and tense city streets on the eve of the anticipated clash.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Union of Unions
Union of Peasants
General Railway Union
Councils of Workmen
Moscow
Central Committee of
Railroad Union
Baltic
Emperor’s Pay Rise Order Read to Troops at Taarskoe-Selo
The emperor ordered higher pay for soldiers and a fool’s pay, read aloud to the troops. At Taarskoe-Selo he reviewed three guard regiments led by patron St. Nicholas, marking a notable display of loyalty to the emperor.
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Taarskoe-Selo
St. Nicholas
Editor Accuses De Witte on Universal Suffrage Crisis
The Molva claims government blame for any general strike as Count de Witte aims to delay the duma until next summer and pacify the country. Tsarist officials hear universal suffrage favored by Tsar rejected by many, while Count Bobrinsky supports change for Russia’s salvation.
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Count de Witte
Associated Press
Tsarskoe-Selo
Zemstvo Congress
Dmitri Shipoff
M. Shipoff
M. Shiipoff
M. Gutchkoff
Baron Korff
Count Bobrinsky
Russia
Shoots at Stone Throwers in Marion Home Scene
Marion Indiana report of two unknown men hurling stones through windows at the Miller family on West Willow Street. George Miller grabbed a shotgun during a recent incident narrowly missing a child, then shot at two men as they fled, injuring one man who aided the other escape.
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Marion
Ind
George Miller
West Wile Street
Miller
Local disturbance reports stray attacker and damaged property
Miller notified the police alone after a pursuit to a Merhtian street. The attack remains unexplained with no identified motive or suspects. Bones slow to heal and windows broken with weatherboarding split across multiple areas.
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Pibitorn
Amd
Drive Back to Slavery Chinese Woman Faces Deportation
The Supreme Court dismissed as out of jurisdiction a Seattle Chinese woman's deportation case. Ah Sou claimed she was brought to the United States under coercion by a Chinese master and would be controlled if returned to China. The district court had canceled deportation, the circuit court reversed, and the latest ruling preserves that appellate decision.
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Woeshington
Dee
Supreme Court of the United States
Tsa
Ah Sou
Seattle
Wash
Chita
United States District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Gearin heads to Washington after Oregon seat appointment
John M. Gearin travels to Washington to assume the Oregon Senate seat following the death of John A. Mitchell. The move comes as the U S Senate eyes holiday adjournment and major political activities unfold globally.
Markets in Chicago Open with Mixed Hogs and Weak Cattle
Chicago markets report weaker opening for hogs with light and mixed packers trading around 4.80 to 5.15 per cwt and rough grades 4.80 to 4.90. Cattle and sheep show dull, steady to lower conditions with natives and western stockers weak 3.40 to 6.40 per cwt and lambs easing. Official receipts yesterday were 25,57 and shipments 7,15. today receipts 37,000. tomorrow 34,000.
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Eavy Shipping
Merle
Two Laborers Rescued From Underwater Mine Cavity
In a dramatic rescue at a Long Island City bore, two laborers trapped for over forty hours were freed by divers and three rescuers who swam into the icy water. They guided the men to safety as pumps battled the flood and the tunnel top neared collapse. In Cincinnati, a site for a new Union Hebrew college was purchased near the University of Cincinnati.
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New York
Mast River
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Long Island City
Tiree
Rir
Benjamin Lewis
Charles Murdorn
Philip Eollondo
New Hebrew College
Cincinnati
Clifton
Union Hebrew College
University of Cinccnnati
Ballot of Civil War Soldier Found in Michigan
Frank Barten, a cigarmaker of Battle Creek, received a relic from M. Sutherland of Hastings. It is the ballot cast by Major Joseph Barten of the Thirteenth Michigan infantry for president in 1864. Soldiers voting on the field sent their ballots to Lansing to be counted. The ballot was delivered to Frank Barten.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Frank Barten
M. Sutherland
Hastings
Joseph Barten
Thirteenth Michigan Infantry
Lansing
Major Borten
Sutherland
Frank Borten
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Stephen B. Elkins
Ross
Gov
Minas
Pmaithtat
Czar
Eyagdy
DE Witte
Papen
John M. Gearin
John A. Mitchell
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Max Piasecki & Co
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Grain Market
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