Knights of Labor Debate Elections and Immigration
At Rochester New York November 13 the Knights of Labor held a general assembly. Officials debated officer elections with no decision, and previews of new constitution amendments were discussed. The Worthy Foreman urged protections against Oriental competition fearing Japan’s skilled labor and low-cost output. he backed punitive tariffs and immigration tests. The session also covered strikes, longshoremen organizing drives, and rail telegraph ownership proposals, while praising Armenians but opposing immigration without safeguards. Separate brief items note a convict shot after a murder verdict, three girls escaping a reform institution, an accidental death in Iowa, and a Norfolk factory shifting to full-time work for about 2,000 employees.
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Worthy Foreman Bishop
Boston
Japan
Salvation Arny
Asia
Europe
Massachusetts
California
Knights of Labor
Bishop
General Assembly
Remarkable Document At Trial Shocks Court
In Burgao N Nov 13 Mrs George Sternaman testified in her husband’s poisoning case. A note signed by the dead husband written three days before death declares that if he dies he bears no blame on her and that she should not be accused. The statement was produced by Mrs Sternaman amid talk of past husbands’ poisonings. The case adjourned without a verdict.
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Kira. Sternaman
Burga
O, N
Fairchild
George Sternaman
George H. Sternaman
Adventurous Navy Actions and Early 20th Century Trade Notes
Protected by Admiral Selfridge Washington November 18 Acting Secretary Hamlin remitted a $500 fine on the British steamer Boyne after improper manifesting. Turks threatened Armenian passengers. Minneapolis arrived and Selfridge warned the master to depart to avert forceful action. Also reports Boston apples sell in Hamburg at $2.50 to $4 per barrel amid German resistance to American imports. Horseless mail wagons to roll in New York for mail collection and sorting. Court awards $9,500 against Mapes ondsmen after his death and defaulter status as postmaster. Major Chaffee named cavalry instructor. Brown takes command of Troop E at Fort Leavenworth.
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Selfridge
Washieton
Hamlin
Boyne
Smyrna
Minneapolis
Admiral Selfridge
Chaffee
Washington
William GC. Brown
First Cavalry
A. R. Chaffee
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth
Early Closing Law Declared Illegal by Judge Lorain ger
Montreal November 13 Judge Lorain ger declares illegal the early closing law that would force dry goods and grocery stores to close at 8 p m in municipalities. Wastinaros November 14 supreme court hears United States v Oregon and California railway over lands near Portland. Tremont & Suffolk mills in Lamoine Mass start up, employing about 1000 workers.
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Montreal
Lorainger
Supreme Court
United States
Oregon and California
Portland
Demis
Lowenl
Mass
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
Dun Trade Review Signals Bright Turn in Industry
New York November 14 R G Dun and Co weekly trade review reports a sweeping upturn with about 600 factories opening or expanding, strong foreign demand for American wheat lifting prices, and broad gains in iron, copper, and textile sectors. Bradstreet notes steady improvement, jobbers’ activity, and rising wool and leather prices amid lower coffee and pork declines. A mysterious dynamite explosion in West Union Ohio damaged the courthouse but caused no injuries.
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New York
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
India
South America
Australia
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
New Yorke
South States
Campbell Brothers Reunion Amid Kidnap Tale
Sandwich Island sugar millionaire James Campbell, held for a $50,000 ransom in San Francisco, is expected to visit his brother George Campbell, a wealthy rancher west of here, after a mystery traveler and detective aided their reunion following the kidnapping.
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Scott
Kan
James Campbell
Sandwich Island
San Myincisco
Hoy Bhava
Londonderry
Treland
Enoch
San Francisco
George Campbell
Here
Campbell
Rannchman
Kansas Alien Land Law Test Set Before Judge Foster
Santa Fe receivership matter to be submitted to Judge Foster in Torena Kansas on November 14 to decide constitutionality of the Kansas alien land law as applied to railway companies and alien land owners, and whether the law was legally enacted. Receiver Charles F. Johnson joins. ex-Judge Henry Keeler argues the matter must stay in Jefferson county district court with Judge Myer’s consent. Bequeathed to his Sweetheart notes and other brief items follow: Surrogate Fitzgerald grants letters of administration to Miss Violet Gratz Brown on the estate of Fred M. Somers, valued at about $10,000, who was engaged to marry her. the will was sustained after challenge. Prominent Merchant Levi V. Bates dies at Ballston Spa, aged 85. survived by widow, three sons, one daughter, with several listed relatives.
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Santa Fe
Foster
Torena
Kan
Kansas
Charles F. Johnson
Henry Keeler
Jefferson County District Court
Myer
New York
Fitzgerald
Violet Gratz Brown
Fred M. Somers
Outing
Miss Brown
Somers
B. Gratz Brown
St. Louis
Horace Greeley
Saratoga
Levi V. Bates
Ballston
Boston
Savannah
John Bates
Omaha
William Bates
Sanford
Edward Bates
Syracuse
Sarah Mosher
Brooklyn
Arctic explorer Dyche returns from Alaska voyage
Professor L L Dyche arrives home in Lawrence Kansas after five months in Alaska seeking mammals for the university. He calls the trip highly successful and comments that a North Pole passage via the Alaskan route seems feasible.
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Professor Dyche
Lawrence
Kan
L. L. Dyche
Alaska
Kansas University
North Pole
Dyche
Steeplejack Injured in Fall at Suyregilla NJ
James David son known as Steeplejack fell seventy four feet from the steeple of the German Presbyterian church at Suyregilla New Jersey. He landed in sand and is not expected to live. Both legs broken. In Ottumwa Iowa Ned Hemp hillis on trial at Bloomfield charged with the murder of Mamie Peterson the pretty country girl shot May 12. Fifty witnesses to be examined.
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Steplejack
New York
James Davidson
Steeplejack
New German Presbyterian Church
Suyregilla
N. J
Wemphill Prin) Bexins
Ottumwa
Ned Hemphillis
Bloomfield
Here
Mamie Peterson
Advance In Wares at Wilkesbarne Mill Restores Wages
Notices posted at the Wilkesbarne mill say the 15 percent wage cut made last August will be restored on the 16th inst. Four hundred workers are affected by the reversal and return to prior pay.
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Wilkesbarne
Ex Attorney General Dingate Dies in Mexico City
R F Dingate former Missouri attorney general dies at family residence in Mexico City after congestion illness. Reports recount a heavy earthquake felt in Avzuplcu area during the same period as the death.
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R. F.dingate
Missouri
R Congestion
Jungs
Eearthgas
Mexico
Avzpulcu
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