Seven Days Up To Date In Briefs And Crises
The weekly digest reports AFL headquarters staying in New York with next session in Cincinnati Ohio. Philadelphia street car workers strike for higher wages and recognition. Secretary Carlisle urges greenback retirement. Fitzsimmons Maher boxing bout set for February 14 near El Paso Texas. Deeds transfer Willow Springs to trust in Omaha. Fatal train collision in Jackson Tennessee claims fireman Moses Hill. engineer Jack Kennedy severely burned. Miles P Mitchell murdered in Whiteville Tennessee. lynching feared after suspect found with blood on clothes. Father Nussbaum critically ill from stroke at La Porte Indiana. Newfoundland schooner Argonaut lost with all aboard after leaving St John’s twenty seven days ago. Swedish Lutheran synod conference at La Porte discusses vacancies and theology. Illinois corps corruption trial updates and new House clerks appointed. Wes Atkins guilty in Oklahoma City. life term recommended. San Francisco police to close poor rooms. Percy Illinois mine idled with 100 out of work. Multiple local arrests for assaults in Indiana. Marion Illinois murder trial delayed to Feb 10. Burglaries in Smithboro Illinois. Other notes include a Rockford railway sale and broader political and crime items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohio
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Congress
Greenback
Fitzsimmons
Maher
el Paso
Texas
Omaha
Willow Springs
Illinois Central
Jackson, Tenn
Moses Hill
Jack Kennedy
Miles P. Mitchell
Whiteville
Tenn
Joseph Nussbaum
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Laporte
Ind
St. Johns
N. F
Halifax
Mission Conference
Swedish Luthern Augustana Synod
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Allison
New York
Tameen
Ludlow Street
Raymond Bushrod
Rockport
Matilda Jones
James Grimes
Hunter
Council
Marion
Ill
Thomas Reynolds
Greenville
Porter & Son
Smithboro
House of Representatives
E. J. Totten
Charles N. Thomas
Massachusetts
N. S. Gallagher
Wes” Atkins
Mitchell
Choctaw City
Oklahoma City
Crowley
San Francisco
Little Muddy Coal Company
Percy
McGuire & Mathems
St. Louis
John Robinson
May Eckert
William Johnson
James Cunningham
Columbia City
Dunfee
Frank Williams
Ligonier
Iowa
Zanzibar
Eldoma
Massai
Berlin
Moscow
West End
Rockford, Ill
Bentley Masslick
Guarantee Titles and Trust Company
Several Obituaries and Local News Updates
Miss June daughter of ex-Auditor E. B. Henderson died in Martinsville Indiana at 22. Mrs Lucy Fuller died after moving to Rockford Illinois in 1888 and Daniel W. Tichnor died. Matthews Woods aged 80 found dead in Princeton Indiana from heart disease. Central Christian church Browning Kansas dedicated by Elder D E Hughes. Plans form to organize an Irish American army to aid Ireland if Britain enters European war. Samuel Gompers elected president of the American Federation of Labor defeating John McBride by eighteen votes. Patriots of America formed to push free coinage of silver. Sixteen thousand New York tailors on strike against employers’ efforts to break unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June
E. B. Henderson
Martinsville
Ind
Lucy Fuller
Rockford
Ill
Daniel W. Tichnor
Matthews Woods
Princeton
Central Christian Church
Browning
Kit
D. E. Hughes
United States
Ireland
Great Britain
Samuel Gompers
New York
American Federation of Labor
John McBride
Patriots of America
International and domestic items from a late 19th century paper
Barney Barnato plans to inspect Cripple Creek mines for investment. Armenians suffer in destroyed villages as Turkish missionaries are reported safe. Indiana damaged in Thames collision. Pillsbury wins four chess games in St Petersburg. Embassies in Constantinople brace for siege. Red Cross appeals for funds. Russia protests to Japan over Corea. British Guiana militia readies for potential invasion. Toronto trial of Arthur A. Dicks ends for lack of proof. arson charge remains. Swiss leaders elected. Spanish cabinet resigns. Scotsman arrives Halifax after 12 days at sea. Fire on Samoa at Havre. control achieved. Dervish raid near Anendan. cavalry deployed. Privy Council upholds Canadian bank ruling. Republican convention call issued for June in St. Louis. Suffrage convention planned for Jan in Washington. Tennessee Coal elects Hugh M. Inman director. Goodrich named travel agent for Minneapolis. Rock Island dividend delayed. Cable cites slack business. Chicago to Valparaiso rail line extended. double track near finish. Western Railway Club to meet Dec 17 in Chicago. Postal savings bank memorial proposal discussed. Michigan grange backs silver coinage. Dun & Co reports slow trade. Atlantic gale. vessels missing though no disasters reported. Willard Green, 16, near death from cigarette use. Allan G. Thurman dies in Columbus at 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Barnato
Cripple Creek
Col
Turkey
Indiana
Thames
London
Pillsbury
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Red Cross Society
Russia
Japan
Corea
British Guiana
Toronto
Ont
Arthur A. Dicks
M. Adrien Lachenal
Switzerland
M. Deucher Thurgan
Finance, Justice and Public Works
Dominion
Scotsman
Halifax
Liverpool
Havre
Samoa
Frazer
New Orleans
Anendan
Wady Halfa
British Privy Council
Queen's Bench of Canada
Eastern Townships Bank
Rough and Others
Carter
National Republican Committee
St. Louis
Washington
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
New York
Hugh M. Inman
A. J. Goodrich
Minneapolis and
F. P. Rutherford
Minneapolis
Rock Island
Cable
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Valparaiso
Western Railway Club
Auditorium Hotel
J. H. McConnell
Union Pacific Railway
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Michigan State Grange
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade Reports
Atlantic
Williard Green
Buchanan
Mich
Allan G. Thurman
Veteran Statesman
Columbus
Ohio
Multiple Fatalities Reported Across United States
A cascade of fatalities includes Frank Lewellen crushed beneath a Pennsylvania road engine, a Richmond Indiana street railway superintendent's daughter struck by an electric car, Emil Wiesse of Oshkosh killed by trains, and John Davy dying from mining injuries in Coxville Indiana. Also perished were moonshiners Allie Wells and Jennie Whitehead near Morgantown North Carolina, with others injured in a Kentucky steam heater incident and a man found burned near Centralia Illinois. Fire in Council Bluffs Iowa causes 600000 loss, St Paul Minnesota fire costs 200000 and displaces workers. An explosion in Campbell county Tennessee kills eight road workers, the San Francisco schooner Elwood missing near Alaska, with all aboard feared lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lewellen
Kealer
Richmond
Ind
Emil Wiesse
Oshkosh
Wis
John Davy
Brazil Black Coal Company
Coxville
John Tobin
Minneapolis
Minn
Main Street
Allie Wells
Jennie Whitehead
Morgantown
N. C
Sterling
R. M. Honey
C. Robach
Sandoval Road
Centralia
Ill
E. E. Roff
Swanswick
Council Bluffs
Iowa
St. Paul
la Follette
Campbell County
Tenn
Elwood
San Francisco
Alaskan
Cook’s Inlet
Glazier Bay
Washington notes on Bayard resignation rumor
Rumor says Ambassador Bayard may resign soon. A Massachusetts representative introduced a resolution in Congress demanding his impeachment over alleged un American remarks at Edinburgh University. Senator Cullom urged strict Monroe doctrine enforcement in the Senate on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ambassador Bayard
Congress
Representative Barrett
Massachusetts
Edinburgh University
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Senate
Barrett Moves to Impeach Bayard Over Edinburgh Speech
Representative Barrett of Massachusetts introduced a resolution to impeach Thomas F. Bayard, then US ambassador to Britain, for high crimes and misdemeanors after his Edinburgh speech criticizing protection as state socialism. The Senate debated rules, Armenian resolution timing, and Cuba policy, adjourning until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Barrett
Massachusetts
Thomas F. Bayard
United States
Court of St. James
Bayard
Edinburgh
Scotland
Philosophical Institute
Foreign Affairs Committee
Barrett
McCall
Rep
Mass
Multiple legal actions and crimes across states resulting in sentences and verdicts
Reports include Fred Peitzmeier’s suicide in Fort Madison after life sentence for Officer Graves murder. Schreyer murder trial jurors deadlocked in Bloomington. Pearl Daum fatally stabbed by George Rubright during Evansville revival. James Guinan known as Gid jailed twenty years for burglary. R H McDonald acquitted in San Francisco embezzlement case. Cozier sentenced five years for assault in Coldwater. Broughton eight years and Bedford six years for burglary. Mat Riley recaptured after escaping Aurora jail years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Peitzmeier
Officer Graves
Ottumwa
Fort Madison
Iowa
Jacob Alexander Schreyer
Bloomington
Alfred Bedford
Mat Riley
Aurora
Ill
Burke
Kane County
Resolution seeks land grant total from Union and Central Pacific railroads
On motion by Mr. Cannon a resolution was passed calling the secretary of the interior to report the total amount of land assumed by the Union and Central Pacific railroads under their grant. Mr Wilson presented a Brooklyn church petition asking government transport for relief supplies subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Rep
Utah
Secretary of the Interior
Union and
Central Pacific
Wilson
New York
Central Congregational Church of
Brooklyn
US Consuls to Boost American Goods Abroad
United States Consul Tingle reports a method to increase American trade by having manufacturers use associations to obtain selected country market data. Consuls would gather local merchant input, then the association ships samples to consulates for evaluation and targeted introductions at profitable points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Tingle
Brunswick
Germany
State Department
Boards of Trade
Manufacturers’ Association
Ghastly Turkish massacres and Armenian distress at Van Kaisarich and Zeitoun
Constantinople reports describe thousands of women and girls wandering snowbound with no food or shelter after mass killings around Kaisarich and Zeitoun. Turks raid villages, abduct women, and rulers deny violence while ambassadors warn of extermination plans. American missionaries and residents remain under Turkish protection as danger persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Van
Kaisarich
Kaiarich
Congressional Debates on Impeachment Rhetoric and Tariff Talk
In a heated session, a resolution was amended to strike out impeachment wording, adopted without division. Senator Cullom urged Monroe doctrine support for Armenians, while Ex-Speaker Grow criticized tariffs and gold reserve usage. Nevada Pop. Stewart urged finance inquiry into exchange rates affecting industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eign Affairs
Barrett
Committee
Crisp
Judiciary Committee
Cannon
Cullom
Senate
United States
Grow
Rep
Stewart
Pop
Nevada
Committee On Finance
Stevenson says no grounds for arbitration on Canada Alaska line
Port Townsend December 16. Thomas B. Newell reports Vice President Stevenson believes no grounds exist for arbitration of the Canada Alaska boundary dispute. If England contested, she would have to fight for her rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wash
Thomas
Newell
Congress
Stevenson
Canada
Alaska
England
No Hope for Capt. Bassett as Doorkeeper Near Death
Washington reports a slight rally in the condition of Capt. Isaac Bassett the venerable senate doorkeeper. Doctors say no hope remains and his demise appears imminent with time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Bassett
Washington
Isaac Bassett
Senate
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Ames
Lowa
Cident Record
Washington Notes
The
National
Mr. Hitt
For
Dubois
Hill
Call
Florida
Allen
Committee On Foreign Relations
CRIME
Milwaukee
Peoria
Kansas City
Toledo
ST. Lou
Tringle
Semanjik
Marjia
Izzet Bey
Zeitoun
Zeitounlis
Nene
Marash
Karpoot
Achme
Ouzoon
Serai
Hazira
Bohazkessen
Hadjikishla
Haisalser
Lamasguird
Porte
Terrell
Aintab
Bitlis
Marsovan
Caesarea
Talass
Hadjin
Armenia
Turner
Dem
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