Roosevelt in Memphis Parade Marks Welcome in 9 O'clock Arrival
President Roosevelt arrived in Memphis from Smedes Mississippi aboard a special Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train at 9 am. A city parade formed with police escorts and bands, cannon salutes, and a reception at Gayoso hotel followed. General Wright and Secretary Cortelyou also attended as crowds cheered from Main Street to the customs house.
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General Wright
Court of Civil Appeals
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State of Texas
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Labor federation boosts top officers pay at New Orleans meet
The American Federation of Labor raised the president’s salary from 2100 to 3000 and the secretary’s from 1800 to 2500 after a lengthy debate with thirty delegates. A pension plan for aged workers was defeated. A resolutions committee urged investigations into reported mistreatment of Porto Rican laborers in Hawaii. A motion condemning Harvard president Eliot’s remarks on scab labor was adopted. In London, Rev. Dr. Parker's condition was described as hopeless. Rio de Janeiro saw riotous demonstrations marking the day.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Hawaii Island
Eliot
Harvard College
Riots Born From Departure Stir City Shocks
Crowds jeered the former president Dr Campos Salles as he left the city. Rioters stoned newspaper offices while troops moved in to quell the unrest. At least one man died and several were injured amid widespread arrests.
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Pig Iron Shipments Grow Heavy to America
New York November 19 The Tribune reports pig iron shipments to America this month look set to be very heavy with six thousand tons already cleared for Philadelphia and two more steamers scheduled to depart.
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America
the Tribune
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Philadelphia
Lanham to Visit Washington Next Wednesday
Austin report states Governor-elect Lanham will depart for Washington from Weatherford on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Health official Tabor notified that a new fumigating vessel planned for Galveston harbor, built in Philadelphia, has launched and will be ready January 1 at a cost of 37 250 dollars. The Ira O Wyse Oil Co vs Gulf Beaumont and Great Northern RR case at the railroad commission will be heard next month. Western Union paid the controller 1597 taxes on 159 795 day messages and 138 on 27 770 night messages for the quarter ending September 30.
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Farewell Banquet for Papal Delegate in Toronto
Archbishop Falconio, newly appointed to Washington, was feted by Canada's Catholic union in Toronto. Over 200 attendees including Ontario’s premier and Toronto mayor heard him praise Canada, while Dr. O Conor defended territorial ties, stating Canadians seek closer faith and charity but no stronger political bonds with the United States.
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Canada
Washington
Canadian Catholic Union
Ontario
Rid.e
O’conor
United States
Fruitless Hold Up Near Trinidad Ends With Wounded Bandit
Five gunmen attempted a Colorado Southern train robbery twelve miles south of Trinidad. Express Messenger W H Schribner shot one bandit who cannot live. The wounded outlaw died or will die. others fled southeast through rough terrain. The train arrived an hour earlier and carried much money. In New York City William C Mahoney a Boston heir and Harvard graduate killed himself after a rejected marriage proposal from a Paris designer.
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Fort Worth
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Paris
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Hearing resumes as strike commission questions Mitchell
Scranton reports the anthracite strike commission resumes hearings before W W Ross with a crowded courtroom. Chairman Gray urges counsel to speed proceedings and Mitchell may be asked about matters only he knows personally. In New York Hoboken teachers plan to apply for admission to the American Federation of Labor with support from local teacher and principals associations.
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Anthracite Strike Commission
W. W. Ross
Delaware, Lackawanna
New York
Hoboken
American Federation of Labor
Teachers’ Mutual Aid Association
Principals’ Association
Railway deal set for St Louis Memphis Southern purchase
Details arranged by the St Louis and San Francisco Railway for acquiring the St Louis Memphis and Southern Railroad through a collateral trust. Notes issued total four million dollars.
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New York
St. Louis
Vandals damage five statuary groups in Sugisalles
Berlin report says vandals struck Tuesday night damaging five statuary groups on the Sugisalles. The cross element of the designs was knocked off. No suspects have been identified yet.
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Berlin
Sugisalles
Stubbs Marries India King In San Antonio Ceremony
Guy Stubbs son of the Southern Pacific Railway official wed Miss India King in San Antonio on November 19. The report notes a separate fire near the city where nearly 3 million gallons of petroleum stored in reservoirs were destroyed.
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Guy Stubbs
Stubbs
Southern Pacific Railway Company
India King
Odessa
Russia
Latta Sues New York Street Railway for Fifty Thousand
Charles G. Latta a Raleigh cotton merchant sues a New York street railway company for 50000 after being struck by a Broadway car in July. The complaint filed in New York alleges injuries and damages from the incident.
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Charles G. Latta
Raleigh
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