Labor in Conference: AFL session opens with large turnout
Two hundred eighty five delegates representing more than a million and a half workers attend the twenty first annual AFL convention at St Thomas college hall. Key actions include seating disputes over United Mine Workers and a verdict on Richmond Central Labor Union, with plans for a separate colored workers’ central union.
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Seranto
American Federation of Labor
Gomperson
United Mine Workers
Central Labor Union
Richmond
Lody
Seathir Tle Central Labor Union
Mitchell
C. L. Shamp
Chicago
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Gompers
Chicago man fails to wed in St Joseph vigil
Joseph Anderson of Chicago arrived in St Joseph to marry Miss Amanda Johnson of Hyansville Indiana. He searched for her Sunday morning but could not find her. Two weeks earlier he visited her home with plans for a Sunday noon wedding after her Evansville departure. Anderson returned to Chicago.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Joseph Anderson
Chicago
Bhig City
Anderson
St. Joe
Amanda Johnson
Hyansville
Ind
Miss Johnson
Boer Meeting at Detroit Urges British Policy Change
Detroit Mich Dec 4 Foaur and Boer sympathizers gathered at Light Guard armory Banday under the Transvaal League to applaud Commandant Jann Keine who served under General Botha and Representative J Z Lewis. Resolutions denouncing export of horses and mules to the British in South Africa were adopted and will be sent to President Roosevelt seeking friendly mediation. Commandant Krige warned the British must fight to the end, else colonies will demand independence and the British empire face a death knell.
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Agenker Prodinta
Band
Detroit
Mich
Thenfond
Banday
Transvaal League
Jann Keine
Botha
J. Z. Lewis
Ghion
South Africa
Roosevelt
Krige
India
Australia
DESPERADOES DISPLAY WILD WEST TACTICS IN TOWN
Three desperadoes held up five houses and eight people in a flash raid, robbing Mrs. Margaret Teetera and her son Carl of jewelry and $20, while another home yielded nothing. They threatened by revolver at a saloon, forced bystanders to surrender valuables, then fled in a carriage. The incident occurred in Alliance on Sunday with police efforts noted.
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Alliance
Margaret Teetera
Carl
Wile
Teetera
Stas J. Williams
Lawrones Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Atolou
Avery
Allenville Merchant Loses $3000 Hidden by Wife
Frank Glover, an Allenville merchant, sold his shop for cash and kept $3000 at home. While he was away in Mattoon, his wife guarded the money but woke to find a thief removing the entire sum. The thief fled and was not captured.
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Mattoon
Ills
Frank Glover
Allenville
Glover
Engineer killed as flywheel bursts at Central Paper plant
Dee, James Tate, engineer, perished when a flywheel burst at the Central Paper Company plant in Muskegon Michigan yesterday. The blast damaged the building by about 4000 dollars and will leave 150 workers temporarily unemployed. Charles Peters, 29, an employee of Nelson Morris Packing, shot himself in St Joseph Missouri on December 8, blowing his head off with a double barreled shotgun. In St Louis on December 3 union leaders announce no non union labor will be hired for World’s Fair works under Director Isaac S Taylor. The US currency comptroller declares a 23 percent dividend for Yemars National Bank creditors at Lemars Iowa.
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Tif
Gompers
City Central Labor Unions
State Federations of Labor
San Francisco
Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Workers
Amalgamated Association
International Association of Machinists
Western Federation of Miners
Pacific Coast
Muskegon
Mich
Dee
James Tate
Central Paper Company
St. Joseph
Charles Peters
Nelson Morris Packing Company
St. Louis
Isaac 8
Taylor
Weather freezes mail as Russia endures extreme cold
Reports describe extremely cold weather across Russia and Iberia delaying mail shipments. Other items note Kilpatrick’s transport arriving in Manila, a rail collision near Kharbin killing 25, a missing man found in Atlanta, an ammonia vent accident injuring two, a Chicago man shooting a boy, a fatal house fire in Altoona, a possible royal divorce in Serbia, and various military and political notes including ships in Charleston and antitrust legislation in the Senate.
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Russia
Iberia
Kilpatrick
Manila
Chicago
Kharbin
Will T. Rush
Atlanta
Belvidere
New York
Timothy Hannifan
Edwin Brouis
Altoona
King Alexander of
Servia
Drage
Prain
Alabama
Charleston
Hoosevelt
City
Mexico
Twenty- Seventh Infantry
Plattsburg
Philippine Islands
Jones
Arkansas
Senate
House
Reciprocity Talks at French Industrial Society Meeting
French Industrial and Commercial society heard Jules Siegfried advocate reciprocity with the United States. Francis Kimble urged cooperation for France American reciprocity and an extended plan for a French industrial college in America.
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Paris
Unite States
French Industrial and Commercial Society
Jules Siegfried
Commercs
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Francis Kimble
American Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
M. Millerand
Nolderlein
Commercial Museum
Philadelphia
M. Miller
Museum
Propose College
Uim
Eranes
Lazare Weiller
Foreign Commerce
Maurice la Gotellerie
Europe
France
Dee
Death in Dynamite Blast at No. 5 Shaft
Bruceville coal miner P. Colson and two companions were injured when a dynamite blast at shaft No 5 misfired and exploded as they investigated. Peter Anderson and Ben Parson among the injured. Colson died from the blast.
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Tollet
Isls
Tolin P. Colson
Bruceville
Two Drownlugs at St Joseph Mark Safe Season
In St Joseph Michigan on December 7 the Eleventh district life saving station reports an unusually low death count for the season with just two fatalities. The crew was dispatched only five times, marking a record low for the district and reflecting a calm period in maritime rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jo
St. Joseph
Mich
Big Gang
Health and patent medicines advertise cures and roguish claims
A fragmented 19th century ad spread touts various remedies for rheumatism coughs and catarrh. It promotes Mleetre Bitters and One Minute cough syrup as swift, pleasant tonics. It cites Roosevelt era literary work and awards a cash reward for catarrh cures. It includes endorsements for Wall's catarrh cure and Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and wholesale druggists.
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A.T. Fundley
Tilden
Indicani
Shane
Yoloran, Schalty, & Pfander
Roosevelt
Wall
Dupnay & Co
Props
Toseda
FF. J. Cheney
West
Traux
Toleda
O, Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Bare Way to California Excursions by Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern
The Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern offers through tourist trips to California departing every Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. Tickets advertise first class service, advance berth reservations, and low round-trip fares. October and November schedules note first and third Tuesday departures with a 21 day ticket limit and ample time to view stations.
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California
Jouras Cedar Rapids
Nelly
Wny
Sulta
Wil Golnta
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry
Ahbouk
Low
Sila
Wil
O. An
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