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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1908
Page
1
Chicago January 20. Merchants from Minneapolis challenge railroads Boston & Maine and others before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The dispute asks if railroads may raise rates on shipments from the East via the Great Lakes to Minneapolis to include marine insurance.
Kansas City reporters describe the start of a six day eight hour race at Convention Hall with entrants including Root Fogler Moran Downing and other champions from the recent New York six day race. The event marks the first in a series to crown American long distance champions.
The United Mine Workers of America finalize arrangements for the nineteenth annual national convention at Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis. The event starts at 10 am tomorrow, with over 190,000 organized miners represented. President John Mitchell declines re election due to ill health and will transfer the presidency to his successor.
The AFL executive council meets at headquarters to decide disputes among rival unions and to formalize a new building trades department uniting all building trades unions. The plan, discussed previously in New York, aims for a nationwide organization with over one million members. Coal and ice ads appear at page bottom.
Alarmed by the national prohibition wave leading brewers distillers and liquor dealers will meet in Louisville to discuss the situation. The conference aims to draft a model license law to present to the American press and public as a solution for regulating the liquor traffic.
London reports the eighth annual Labour Party gathering in Hull where the Amalgamated Society of Engineers will push a plan for socialization of the means of production distribution and exchange under a democratic state. The proposal aims to end capitalism and landlordism and promote gender economic equality.
Members of the Democratic National Committee sub committee arrived in Denver to review seating and decoration plans for the Convention Hall. They will assess facilities for newspaper and telegraph operations and hotel accommodations for the July gathering.
Alumni and friends gather in Bloomington for Foundation Day events marked by a larger scale than prior years. The university, founded in 1820 with a small faculty, now enrolls more than 1,500 students and 75 faculty. A new $100,000 library building will be dedicated at June commencement.
A Pacific Coast Ad Men convention opened in Oakland California and runs through Thursday. Delegates from California Washington Oregon and Idaho discuss advertising methods and regional advantages while enjoying events hosted by local papers and organizations.
Urbana Il Jan 20 The annual Corn Growers and Stockmen s Convention opened at the University of Illinois for a two week session. Attendance is unusually large with prominent farmers from all parts of the state. The program began with instruction in farm mechanics and milk testing followed by lectures on corn judging and general stock judging.
Ten Chinese men were placed on trial in Boston on murder charges connected to the bloody Tong riot last August. The clash left four or five Chinese residents dead.
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