Miners Accept Peace Plan Endorsed at Scranton Convention
Under President Mitchell guidance the Scranton miners unanimously approved continuing the anthracite commission award for at least three years with a return to work by all April 1 suspensions and fired workers. The move ends the strike threat in the Eastern field and strengthens the miners organization with new popular support.
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Mitchell
Scranton
Miners’ Convention
Anthracite Coal Commission
Reso
Anthracite Commission
Moscow Governor General Wounded by Bomb Explosion
Vice Admiral Doubassoff, governor general of Moscow, was severely injured when a bomb in a candy box exploded beside his carriage on Sunday. One foot was blown off, and he may die from back and head injuries. The attacker, a revolutionist, died in the blast, along with several others nearby.
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Moscow
Doubassoff
Metz
Ekaterinoslav
Col. Kokonetzoff
Admiral Doubassoff
Russian Revolutionary Party
Sakharoff
Saratov
Ufa
Clarke faces audit finding on county funds shortage
Indiana state news reports that William Clarke, retiring Terre Haute county treasurer, owes the county 820,000 with no payments since Jan 1. A five member citizens committee says he paid 101,000 into Terre Haute city funds but still leaves 40,000 unpaid, which others assume. Clarke, who served four years, will contest the report.
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Citizens’ Committee
Terre Haute
William Clarke
Chicago
Clarke
Rev. Algernon S Crapsey Faces Heresy Charges at Rochester
The 50 year old rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Rochester New York Rev Algernon S Crapsey is charged over his book Religion and Politics and a December sermon. Accusers say he denies the virgin birth resurrection miracles and divine origin. A investigating committee found evidence insufficient for presentment.
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Algernon S. Crapsey
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Rochester
N. Y
Dr. Crapsey
Christ
Sherburn Merrill Becker A Young Milwaukee Mayor Candidate
Sherburn Merrill Becker known as Sherbie at age 80 ran for Milwaukee mayor after serving as Supervisor and Alderman. Harvard educated though did not graduate, he traveled world twice before entering politics and is noted for energy and wealth.
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Sherburn
Merrill Becker
David S. Rose
Milwaukee
Becker
Harvard
Ira B. Smith
Labor moves and wage gains across the nation
A sweeping labor wave features wage hikes in mills and rail shops, union organizing in Allentown and Seattle, strike settlements in Carbondale and Pottsville, and a push for a Cleveland labor temple. Leaders press eight hour limits, new unions form in New Hampshire, and public notices urge caution in Chicago hiring.
Timeline of 14th to 19th century events in The Weekly Historian
A long list chronicles events from 1192 to 1900 including assassinations battles plagues and political changes. Notable items include the 1607 Chesapeake settlement 1665 London plague 1772 Struensee execution 1781 Petersburg battle 1848 abolition in French dominions and 1865 Johnson surrender. The piece also notes New York’s plan for a great free ocean beach with Rockaway Beach as a potential site under city parks and health departments.
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Newfoundland
Earl of Northampton
St. Giles
London
Milton
Bank of England
Sweden
Russia
Prussia
Denmark
Saxony
Cartagena
Admiral Vernon
Louis XV
France
Hungary
Lord Malifax
Count Struensee
Copenhagen
Danbury
Conn
Petersburg
Maryland
Duren
Geneva
Landstadt
Baltimore
Turkey
Guatemala
New York
St. Jean de Arc
Palestine
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fort King
Exmouth
Atlantic
Montreal
Venezola
Giovanni Pianori
Louis Napoleon
Victor Emmanuel
Austria
Pomona
U. S
Gen. Johnson
Sarrass
Vom Moltke
Berlin
London Chartered Bank of Australia
International Naval Review
Oklahoma
Venezuela
Matanzas
Cuba
Sampson
United
City of
Department of Parks
Department of Health
Rockaway Beach
Daring Bedford Man Fatally Injured in Slide for Life
A Madison youth named Gray died after a wire rope stunt in Bedford Indiana. He attempted a rapid slide from the courthouse dome to the square to raise money, but the catching bag failed and his body struck a tree. He suffered a broken leg, multiple arm fractures, and internal injuries. doctors say he will die.
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Bedford
Ind
Gray
Madison
Court House
Miners reject new wage proposals amid arbitration offer
After declining two new pay plans, the operators stand by a renewed arbitration framework and limited arbitration on new issues. Mitchell urges accepting terms to avoid a likely defeat in a strike, while miners push for conciliatory measures. A related speech by Brand Whitlock advocates gender equality and warns against exploiting women’s roles.
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Anthracite Strike Commission
Mitchell
Banker Clews urges public discard of secrecy in finance
Banker Clews of New York warns that concealing affairs of insurance banks and financial institutions invites trouble. He calls for university courses for accountants and says corporations should provide full certified reports. He also supports imprisoning railroad officials convicted of rebates and mistreatment of employees.
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Clews
New York
University of Pennsylvania
Ile
Playground Association Aims At Study Of Child Play
The Play Ground Association of America organized in Washington D C outlines goals to study games and play among children of both sexes. It aims to publish a general distribution magazine, train playground directors, and generate nationwide support with honorary President Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Jacob Riis. Dr Lubner T Gulick leads as president.
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Play Ground Association of America
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Jacob Riis
Lubner T. Gulick
New York
Colleges to Hear Ian Maclaren as Lecturer Next Year
Ian Maclaren of Liverpool will be lecturer extraordinary at the Western Theological seminary next year. The New York Herald offers prizes to New York City school children for best exercises in the Metric system. Connecticut authorizes free text books via local option. election shows 73 townships in favor and 44 against. Colum bus teachers to hold Confederate memorial day and Lee and Davis birth days exercises. Supt. Jordan of Minneapolis opposes rifle practice in schools as war training. Max well urges reform in spelling and arithmetic within a broader curriculum and supports self-government in high and upper elementary schools.
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Liverpool
England
Western Theological Seminary
New York Herald
City of
New York
Connecticut
Columbus
Lee
Davis
Supt
Jordan
Minneapolis
National Board For the Promotion
Burglars Raid Girls Rooms At De Pauw University
Miss Mary Benin and Miss Bessie Sale of Bluffton awoke to a burglar at the Kappa Sorority house who threatened to kill them if they cried out. The thief fled with two gold watches a diamond ring an emerald ring and £16 in cash.
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de Pauw University
Mary Benin
Bessie Sale
Bluffton
Kappa
Brothers killed in Pierce battle at Saloon
In New Point Pleasant Land and brother Winfield were mortally wounded in a drunken quarrel heated pistol duel in a saloon. Garrold Williams and Willhins Bare were wounded. all four are jailed in Greenshure County awaiting outcomes as Williams and an ally die or near death.
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Pierce
New Point
Pleasant Land
Winfield Land
Hood
Form Willams
Garrold Williams
Willhins
Greenshure
Margaret Broderick Dies at 101 in Terre Haute Home
Mrs. Margaret Broderick aged 101 died at her daughter’s home in Terre Haute after years of widowhood. She was active until a few weeks before death, enjoyed recounting her County Kerry life to youths, and remained mentally sharp.
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Margaret Broderick
A. W. Walsh
Terre Naute
County Kerry
Ireland
Butler College students suspended over late night water attack
Twenty one Butler College students in Indianapolis were suspended after an escapade near Prof. R. B. Moore’s home. When he appeared at a window he was drenched with water from several buckets and a brick was thrown through the window as a response to new rules.
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Butler College
Indianapolis
R. B. Moore
Tragic Kokomo Farmer Drowns in Quarry Lake
The body of Elbert Rawlings, 44, of three miles south of Kokomo, was found in fifteen feet of water at the city stone quarry by Sheriff Lindley and Officers Hubbard and Youdson. He likely slipped and drowned as he could not swim. Agnes Burdett, aged 15, died after being struck by a train during a birthday party dare in Blammond. Chicago youths John Welsh and John Smith were captured in Goshen after resisting officers during a post office robbery. they are jailed.
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D. W. Finn
Hashpshire Federation of Labor
Pottsville
Chicago
Pittsburg
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Commissioner of Labor
Lehigh and New England Railroad Company
Slatington
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Board of Conciliation
Elbert Rawlings
Kokomo
Joseph Lindley
Hubbard and
Youdson
Agnes Burdett
Blammond
New York Limited
John Welsh
John Smith
Millersburg
Goshen
Girl Ends Life in Cistern in Evansville
Miss Nettie Mace aged 20 in ill health committed suicide by jumping into a cistern in Evansville. The death occurred amid reports of her fragile condition and personal troubles. Police and local officials are handling the case as a death by self inflicted means.
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Nettie Mace
Evansville
Escape and Robbery Headlines Across Our Borders
Within Our Borders John Locke awaits trial in Richmond for grand larceny after a daring escape by climbing forty feet from a chimney to the jail roof. In Avilla an office safe was blown with $600 and stamps stolen in a lone explosion witnessed only by a wary townsman. In Winamac a mother’s neglect leads to a 13 month old girl burned to death as a four year old mishandles fire. Mary Edith Connor dies in the blaze.
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John Locke
Richmond
Ife
Tle
Post Ofice
Avilla
Mary Edith Connor
Winamac
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