Davenport Coal Dealers Win Interstate Shipment Ruling
Iowa State Railway Commission rules Milwaukee Railroad must accept coal loaded in Illinois cars for Davenport delivery. Decision ends Milwaukee demand to reload in Milwaukee equipment, cites termination of interstate status at inter change, and mandates acceptance within fifteen days.
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Milwaukee
Illinois
Iowa
Des Moines
Davenport
Milwaukee Railroad
State Railway Commission
Milwaukee Road
Railway Company
Commission
Iowa Commission
Milwaukee Company
Illinois Fields
Farmer Attacks Williams School Head With Severe Beating
Joseph Thomas, a farmer near Williams Iowa, thrashed Professor E B Coe head of Williams schools and expelled him from the building after accusing a boy of vandalism. The incident shocks the town with talk of potential legal action though Coe says it will not go to court.
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Webster City
Joseph Thomas
Williams
E. BE. Coe
Coe
Thomas
Mark Twain Denies Reports of Ill Health
From Redding Connecticut December 24 Mark Twain releases a statement denying rumors of his death. He says he is not dying and Gandily wishes everyone a Merry Christmas while affirming he is behaving as well as possible at his age.
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Redding, Conn
Mark Twain
Widow of Carthage Fire Chief Killed in Trap Door Fall
Mrs. Charles Shipp, widow of Carthage Missouri fire chief, died after falling through a trap door on the second floor of the department engine house. Her husband’s funeral had occurred the day before as she went to collect his belongings.
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Carthage
Charles Shipp
Shipp
Conferees Fail to Settle Twin Cities Rail Strike
In St Paul a meeting with Governor Eberhart and AFL rail labor reps failed to reach a settlement. The railroads offered to rehire as many former workers as room allows until Chicago talks end, then match any pay or condition gains. The switchmen pressed for arbitration under 1908 act with separate Twin Cities talks.
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St. Paul
Eberhart
Railway Council
American Federation of Labor
Twin Cities
Ralph W. Wheelock
State Railroad Commission
W. E. McEwen
Chicago
Twin City
Chicago Lines
Farm engineers to meet at Iowa State College
The American Society of Agricultural Engineers holds its third annual meeting at Iowa State College in Ames on December 28 and 29. The program lists eminent speakers including W. D. Boyer New York Howard W Riley Cornell H B Bonebright Colorado A O Fox Madison W F MacGregor Racine E W Williams Winnipeg M L King Dean Marston E A White John T Stewart H M Bainer and H C Ramsover לפר
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E. W. Williams
Winnipeg, Man
M. L. King
Ames
Dean Marston
E. A. White
University of Iiaois
John T. Stewart
University of Minnesota
H. M. Bainer
The
Colorado Agricultural Colleg
H. C. Ramsover
Ohio State University
Woman shoots husband in Grant quarrel in Iowa
In Grant Iowa, Mrs George Margereum shot her husband during a domestic quarrel at their home. Margereum was wounded in the head and later likely fatally. Mrs Margereum was arrested and brought to Red Oak. The couple had recent domestic troubles with a prior separation.
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Council Bluffs
Grant
Montgomery County
George Margereum
Margereum
Red Oak
Five Thousand Given to Wesleyan University in Endowment Gift
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Musser of Muscatine Iowa donated five thousand dollars in first mortgage bonds to Wesleyan University Mount Pleasant. The gift adds to the permanent endowment fund while the donors are traveling in the Orient.
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Muscatine
Nowa Wesleyan University of
Mount Pleasant
P. M. Musser
Orient
Poisoned Bullet Fatal in Chicago Tong War
Police and onlookers attribute Sing Moy’s death in Chicago to blood poisoning amid the ongoing tong war. They believe a poisoned bullet may have caused the fatal illness as authorities investigate the case.
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Chicago
Sing Moy
Deadlock in Sixth District Democratic Convention
Butler Missouri December 24 efforts to break the deadlock at the Sixth district Democratic convention to nominate a successor to the late Congressman De Armond fail after three sessions and 484 ballots the deadlock remains unchanged.
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Butler
de Armond
Millionaire Brokaw Defends Separated Marriage on Stand
W Gould Brokaw testified in Mineola that he never drank, never struck his wife, and once called her a liar after she had used stronger terms. He said his father in law Joseph Blair threatened to kill him over his love for her as alimony case unfolds.
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Millionaire
Witness
New York
W. Gould Brokaw
Mineola
L. L
Joseph A. Blair
King Albert Enters Capital in Belgian Inauguration
Albert I and Queen Elizabeth enter Brussels to a royal salute and cheering crowds amid a peaceful inaugural ceremony. Socialists fail to disrupt as King Albert honors Leopold II and pledges constitutional liberty, independence, and civilizing Congo policy.
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Brussels
Albert I
Elizabeth
Laeken
Albert
Leopold II
Leopold I
Africa
Belgium
Leopold
Congo
Brooklyn Brother Shoots Sister Then Ends His Life
Abraham Bennett Jr. of Brooklyn fatally shoots his sister Annie Bennett after she refuses to give him money. He shoots her in their home and then kills himself. Annie is in critical condition.
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Sister
New York
Abraham Bennett, Jr
Brooklyn
Annie Bennett
Three Lives Lost in Keystone Stable Fire
Gloversville New York December 24 three people died in a fire that destroyed the Keystone stables following the destruction of the Keystone hotel. Narrow escapes occurred as occupants jumped from an upper story window.
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Gloversville
N. Y
Keystone
Knox Warns Madriz Over U S Protection Pledge
Secretary Knox notifies President Madriz of Nicaragua that the United States will protect American citizens in western Nicaragua. The State Department directs the Managua consul to report risks to residents and Granada, while Red Cross funds aid sick and wounded from both sides in Bluefields, with hospitals set up by war fleets.
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Washington
Knox
Madriz
Nicaragua
United States
Managua
Red Cross
Bluefields
State Department
Estrada
Markets Report Chicago December 24 1909 Hogs and Cattle Prices
Market bullets show hogs receipts 14000 aided by steady to higher tone from yesterday with bulk trades 8.16 to 8.40 and light hogs 7.85 to 8.35. cattle and sheep listings steady to strong with beef cattle and western stockers noted. Closing quotes repeat early gains as grain markets are listed with no further market shifts.
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Texas
Babcock Case at North American Live Stock Office
John A. Babcock files case against North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois. Proceedings seek resolution of disputed account activity and settlement terms between the parties. Records show an active docket with preliminary hearings scheduled in Chicago.
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Case of North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U. 8 S
Chicago, Ill
Little Tim Sul livan Dies After Dying Wish Fulfilled
Funeral for Alderman Little Tim Sullivan on the Bowery drew a large east side crowd with city officials churchmen and clubs. Honorary pallbearers included Charles F. Murphy Timothy L. Woodruff Sheriff Tom Foley and Justices Edward F. McCall and Mitchell L. Erlanger. Sullivan requested burial Friday to free the poor boys for a Christmas dinner Saturday. City hall flags flew at half mast by mayoral order.
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New York
Little Tim” Sullivan
Bowery
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Timothy L. Woodruff
Tom Fr. Foley
Edward F. McCall
Mitchell L. Erlanger
Tim
City Hall
Mrs Harriman Wealth Put At 220 Million
Widow of Edward H Harriman now seen as the world’s richest woman with an estate conservatively valued at 220 million dollars. The earlier appraisal placed Harriman’s estate at 149 million, but market gains since his death have increased its value.
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New Yom
Edward H. Harriman
Mr. Harriman
Deportation of 28 Hungarian and Croatian laborers
Twenty eight Hungarian and Croatian laborers, intended for Shreveport Louisiana to work as stave cutters, have been detained at Ellis Island since October 31 and were ordered deported by Acting Secretary Cable of the department of commerce and labor.
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Washington
Shreveport
Ellis Island
Cable
Department of Commerce and Labor
Fortner Trial Near End As Defense Takes Stage
In St Louis on December 24 the state rested its case against Dwight Fortner former hotel clerk and real estate operator charged with forgery. The defense began presenting testimony and Judge Grimm ordered another night session to push the trial toward completion.
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St. Louis
Dwight Fortner
Dixie Declared Most Popular American Song
Washington reports that Dixie tops a patriotic popularity list, with Yankee Doodle ranked second. O G T Sonneck of the Library of Congress released an authoritative government report on four famous American musical works.
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Washington
O. G. T. Sonneck
Division of Music
Library of Congress
William J. Bryan Ill With Severe Cold in Jacksonville
William J. Bryan, guest of his cousin William S. Jennings in Jacksonville, is too ill to speak at the Duval theater for a hospital benefit. He suffers a severe cold and is threatened with pneumonia and has cancelled future engagements, remaining in the city for several days.
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Jacksonville
William J. Bryan
William S. Jennings
Duval Theater
Bryan
Fraternal Order Failure Cited Over Inadequate Rates
Albany December 24 The state insurance department blamed inadequate rates for the National Provident union collapse a Brooklyn fraternal order taken over for liquidation by Supreme Court order A small percentage may be paid to beneficiaries
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Albany
N. Y
State Insurance Department
National Provident Union
Brooklyn
Department
Supreme Court
Explosion in Herrin Mine Traps 400 Men
At Chicago and Carterville Co mine A in Herrin Illinois eight men died and 400 workers were endangered by a gas explosion. Prompt mine management rescued three alive, including Hueston, Kiem, and Shelton, who are expected to recover. Others perished from the blast and afterdamp as rescuers fight flames and search passages Nos 7 and 6 west. News sparked hysteria in Herrin as shaft workers rushed to surface.
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St. Louis
Chicago and Carterville Company
Herrin
W. T. Pierce
Eugene Barrett
Thomas Williams
George Snyder
Salvatore Greeco
Pietro Romeo
Thomas Harber
James Guinney
Robert Hueston
Pierce
J. Hueston
Charles Kiem
Albert Shelton
Hueston
Snyder
Greece
Rome
Harker
Guinney
Roosevelt party hunts in Uganda amid rare game found
In Kampala on December 24 Kermit Roosevelt secured a fine male sitatunga while Colonel Roosevelt had not yet sighted it. The expedition began toward Holma with a luncheon at Mr Knowles home. The Roosevelts plan a side trip to hunt leopards before rejoining the party.
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Smithsonian
Kermit
Kampala
Uganda
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Knowles
Shoppers Witness Death at Grand Central Station
Crowded Grand Central subway platform witnesses Abraham Fineman leap before an express train. He is killed, leaving a widow and several children. No motive is known for the self inflicted death.
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New York
Grand Central
Abraham Fineman
Fineman
Explosion Kills One Hurts Six In Ashburn Wagon Blast
In Ashburn Missouri a wagon haul containing 1 080 pounds of picric acid exploded, killing Ollie Pugate and injuring six workers while blowing two mules to atoms near Louisiana. The blast occurred December 24 as the crew toiled at the site.
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Louisiana
Ollie Pugate
Pugate
Ashburn
Prairie Arrives at Colon With Marines and Ammunition
The United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie arrived at Colon with 700 marines and 50 000 ea of ammunition aboard.
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Prairie
Colon
United States Auxiliary
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Grant, Ia
Wesleyan
Methodist School
Mussers
Timt
Zermtt Roosevelt
Brokaw
King Albert
Secretary Knox
Hoogs
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
HMS Deported
Europe
Fortner
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