Union Mine Attacked by 400 Nonunion Miners
Four hundred union miners from several towns attacked Prospect Hill mines in Vincennes Ind causing two fatally injured and about a dozen seriously hurt. Foreman Scott and family defended themselves as the mob struck. building damaged and gun drawn against Mrs Scott. Operators say coopertive mine pays above scale but cannot afford union wages. further trouble anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Washington
Mannelisburg
Petersburg
Princeton
Montgomery
Prospect Hill
Union Station
William Scott
Scott
W. P. Collins
Henry Hannery
Tragic Ice Accident Claims Three Life in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota on November 20 Miss Belle Woods aged 25 Chas P Vallencey aged 26 and Stanley McLeod aged 24 drowned after skating into an airhole on St. Louis Bay Tuesday night. Rescue attempts failed as they sank quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Woods
Chas. P. Vallencey
Stanley McLeod
Duluth
Minn
St. Louis Bay
Fourteen Governors to Attend Live Stock Exposition
Chicago Nov 20. Advices to General Manager Skinner show at least 14 governors of states with large live stock interests will attend the International Live Stock exposition to be held at Union Stock Yards the week after next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Skinner
Union Stock Yards
German Colony Purchases 40000 Acres in Oklahoma Territory
Guthrie O T November 20 Forty thousand acres near Navyajoc Great county O T have been sold to a representative of a colony of 1100 German families coming from Germany to settle in Oklahoma Each family receives 40 acres confirming a planned mass immigration and land allotment to support settlement efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
O. T
Navyajoc
Great County
Oklahoma
Germany
Tin plate workers vote against strike settlement
Pittsburg November 20 The tin plate workers of the Amalgamated association voted unanimously against the proposal for a three year extension of the wage scale from the late strike settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
The_ tin-plate workers
Amalgamated Association
Their Bridal Tour at An End
Washington dispatch reports Gen and Mrs Corbin have returned from a bridal tour in New York and Canada. Gen Corbin resumes official duties at the War Department on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gen
Mrs. Corbin
New York
Canada
Corbin
The
War Department
Robbers Blow Open Bank Safe in Mondovi Heist
In Mondovi Wisconsin on November 20 robbers blew open the vault of the First National Bank and took between 5000 and 6000 dollars. The crime is described as the work of professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondovi
Wis
National Bank
Prominent Men Attend 133rd NY Chamber Banquet at Delmonico's
The 133d annual New York chamber of commerce banquet at Delmonico's drew 405 covers. Attendees at the table of honor included Ambassador Joseph Choate Secretary of State John Day Senator McLaurin Whitelaw Reid Gov Albert Summins Chauncey Depew Andrew Carnegie Mayor-elect Beth Low and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Delmonico
Morris K. Jessup
Joseph H. Choate
John Day
John
Iowa
Chauncey I. Depew
Donald Sage Mackay
Andrew Carnegie
Beth Low
Nelson A. Miles
J. Pierpont Morgan
William F. Dodge
Sam D. Babcock
John R. Brooke
Carl Schurz
Alexander E. Orr
Jev. O'Dell
Albert 5. Parker
Nervous hysteria stumps Chicago physicians at Polyclinic
Mrs Marie Becker of Colorado visited the Chicago stock yards to watch cattle slaughter and pigs humane. shocked, she collapsed shrieking. Doctors at the Chicago Polyclinic report the case has baffled their skill as they treat her nervous shock and hysteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marie Becker
Colorado
Blaze Destroys Warehouse In St Paul Fire Loss In 150000
Fire at the People's Storage Co. five story brick building in St Paul on Tuesday evening caused about 150000 in damage. Ground floor housed stores while upper floors served as a warehouse with household furniture. About 30000 of the loss affects the building. insurance partly covers the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
People’s Storage Co
People's Storage Co
Noted horticulturist Thos Meehan dies at 77
Philadelphia loses a leading botanist and horticulturist Thos Meehan who died at his Germantown home after a lingering illness. The international figure, 77, devoted his career to botany and horticulture and authored thousands of articles for scientific publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thos. Meehan
Germantown
United States Gypsum Co Formed In Consolidation
Lawrence Kansas November 20 1906 arrangements are nearly complete for the consolidation of gypsum cement plaster and stucco plants into one corporation to be named United States Gypsum Co with 16000000 capital of which 5000000 will be preferred and expected to yield seven percent annual dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lawrence
Kan
United States Gypsum Co
Diplomatic Move Pledges Troop Action for Captives Rescue
Sofia reports U S diplomat Dickinson has urged Bulgaria to deploy troops to trap and free Miss Ellen Stone and Mime Tsikla believed held in a Belleritza mountains defile near Smoich. Washington consulted and reportedly approved the plan after earlier doubts over locating the abductors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Tickinson
United States
Bulgaria
Ellen Stone
Mime Tsikla
Belleritza
Smoich
Dubnitza
Dickinson
Foreign Office
Neve
Washington Anythor
Ags
Miss Stone
British Steamer Detained Off Victoria Docks
London officials detained a British steamer at Victoria docks after a searchlight exposure and inspection. The ship was loaded with contraband for the Boers, including four field guns and raw materials for powder, and appeared prepared to hold up to eight hundred men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Victoria Docks
St Louis Bookmakers Charged After Telegraph Co Raid
Warrants issued in St Louis charging Isaac Cohen Edward Henry William J Armstrong A J McGinness Sam Allen John Leigh and Herman Newman with bookmaking following a raid on the Southern Telegraph and Money Order Co office. Penalty under the statute ranges three to twelve months in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Southern Telegraph and Money Order Co
Isaac Cohen
Edward Henry
Wm. J. Armstrong
A. J. McGinness
Sam Allen
John Leigh
Herman Newman
Window Glass Combine Moves Toward Nationwide Unity
Chicago Nov 20 The Window Glass Combine broadens to include all glass firms as independent makers seek to curb fierce competition by forming a preliminary alliance among the 25 percent of output controlled by independents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Doings in the Hoosier State Investigations Continue
Evansville Indiana reports no new arrests in double murder case. Sherwell may be bound over to higher court with no direct evidence against him. Coroner Walker and Police Chief Heuke work in harmony as trials loom and witnesses place Sherwell with two victims, Renner and Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Sherwell
Walker
Heuke
Harmony
Rheinhold Pthol
Surrey
Miss Renner
Little Boy Blown to Atoms in Indiana Tragedy
In Alexandria Indiana on Tuesday evening 18 year old Charlie Ott found a tin nitro glycerine can in his yard he tied it to his waist and beat it like a drum a massive explosion ripped through the scene neighbors found his mangled remains his arms and legs were blown off and the front of his head torn away two weeks earlier shooters left the dangerous can believing it inert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Ind
Charlie Ott
Fire destroys Irvington home and boarding house
Indiana fire reports parishioner Mrs Mollie Skelton boarding house damaged. Henry F Schoen and wife awaken to flames in Irvington house and save children from a window. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars. Shortly after, fire heavily damages Mollie Skelton's boarding house with medical students escaping as smoke and flames rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Henry F. Schoen
Irvington
Mollie Skelton
Patrick
Myrtle Skelton
Negroes organize stage coach line for city transport
In Jacksonville on November 2 a mass meeting of Black residents approved forming a stock company of 20,900 shares at one dollar each to run a stage coach service throughout the city exclusively for Negroes in response to a new ordinance enforcing racial separation on street cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Railway Property Seized in Anderson Labor Claim Actions
Constables seized all coal and personal property of the Chicago and Southeastern Railway Co in Anderson Indiana on executions from Justice Vermillion's court. The labor claims total five hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Chicago & Southeastern Railway Co
Vermillion
Court For Labor Claims
James Corbett Transferred to Erie Division Superintendent
Huntington Ind November 20 James Corbett ex assistant superintendent of the Chicago and Erie with offices in Huntington has been reassigned to Elmira New York to become superintendent of the Erie Susquehanna division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Corbett
Huntington
Ind
Chicago & Erie Railroad
Elmira
N. Y
Susquehanna
The
Erie
Destructive Fire Destroys Grais Bros Flour Mill
A spontaneous combustion blaze at Grais Bros flour mill in Lake Crystal Minnesota at 1 am Tuesday burned the building and grain stock. Losses include 60400 on the structure 15000 on grain and flour with total damages surpassing 100000 including damage to the electric light plant water works and telephone system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Crystal
Minn
Grais Bros
Senator Sewall Improves But Health Doubtful
Asheville report notes Senator Sewall of New Jersey, visiting for his health, walked with his daughter at Battery Park hotel grounds on Tuesday. His condition has shown some improvement recently, but recovery remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Senator Sewall
New Jersey
Battery Park Hotel
Three Children Burned to Death in Wake County
Three colored children from Mack Blalock aged four and younger were burned to death in Wake County North Carolina after their parents locked them inside the house while they went to work on Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Mack Blalock
Wake County
Fire at Keystone Lumber Yard in Ashland Causes Big Loss
Ashland Wisconsin November 20 fire in the Keystone Lumber Co yards destroyed about 4 000 000 feet of lumber one of the companys largest tugs and section of the docks. The loss is reported covered by insurance and totals around 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Keystone Lumber Co
United States Envoy Henry White Visits Lord Salisbury
Visiting Lord Salisbury in London on November 20, Henry White United States charge d affaires and Mrs White meet at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
London
Henry White
United States
Mrs. White
Hatfield House
Hertfordshire
Wall collapses at Terre Haute brewery injures six workers
A 30 foot high wall under construction for the Terre Haute Brewing Co. collapsed trapping six laborers. One man, William Kiskar, 35, was seriously hurt as rescue operations began in Terre Haute Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Terre Haute Brewing Co
William Kiskar
Rev Dr D H Greer Elected Bishop in Western Massachusetts
Rev Dr D H Greer, rector of St Bartholomew's Church in New York, was elected bishop of the new Episcopal diocese of Western Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon. His name was the only one presented to the convention.
Run On a Bank Causes Failure in Tacoma
Tacoma on November 20 reported that the Metropolitan Bank failed after a run sparked by a misunderstanding over a suit against a defunct bank of a similar name. Deposits totaled about 500000 dollars. Dwight Phelps was named receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Dwight Phelps
Tamblyn & Tamblyn Face Involuntary Bankruptcy
In Kansas City Missouri on November 20 1924 involuntary bankruptcy petitions were filed in federal court against Tamblyn and Tamblyn live stock commission merchants operating at the Kansas City stock exchange. Liabilities are listed at 250000 dollars.
Special Grand Jury Drawn in Rathbun Murder Case
Jeffersonville Indiana reports a special grand jury was drawn Tuesday to probe the Rathbun case. Newell C. Rathbun is jailed on a murder charge in the death of an unidentified man believed to be Charles Goodman. The jurors will convene Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbun
Jeffersonville
Ind
Newell C. Rathbun
Charles Goodman
Miller receives 750 volt shock at Anderson power house
William Miller, night operator at the Central power house in Anderson, Indiana, accidentally received 750 volts of electricity through his hands. He was thrown backward and unconscious for ten minutes before recovering and returning to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Wm. Miller
Central Power House
Cattle and Milch Cows Dying in Boone County
In Boone county Indiana cattle and milch cows are dying from stalk pasturage. The black smut affecting the fodder this year is blamed as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitetown
Ind
Boone County
Post Office Established at Maize Indiana And Paoli Murder Trial Deadlock
Washington reports a new post office for Maize in Jennings County Indiana established from Dupont. In Paoli Indiana the jury in the John Hawkins murder case of Sherman Myers failed to reach a verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Indiana
Washington
Maize
Jennings County
Indiana
Dupont
Paoli
Ind
John Hawkins
Sherman Myers
Internal Revenue Receipts Show Decrease From Last Year
The annual report of the commissioner of internal revenue shows total receipts for the year ended June 30, 1901 at $306,871,669, with notable increases in Spirits and Tobacco. For the first three months of the current year receipts were $73,115,536, down $5,355,386 from the prior year, prompting an estimated full-year total near $280,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Murder at Downey Home Shocks Los Angeles Area
The bodies of A P Wilcox his wife and their two year old son were found in their Downey home twelve miles from Los Angeles. The deceased were shot and then butchered with a knife leaving a scene of violent struggle. A neighbor discovery led to the grisly find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Wilcox
Los Angeles
Cal
Downey
Wilcox
Oklahoma Governor Nomination Move Sparks Attorney Career Talk
Horace Speed United States attorney for Oklahoma left Guthrie for Washington after telegrams offered him the Oklahoma governorship from the president and Secretary Hitchcock. He stated he does not want the office and will not accept unless pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Horace Speed
Roosevelt
Bubonic Plague Report From Cape Town Port
The British steamer Monmouth arriving from Cape Town reports over eighty cases of bubonic plague near the port and up to sailing time there had been 380 deaths. Captain Troop commands the Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Norfolk
Monmouth
Troop
South Africa
Grove City Oil and Gas Co Incorporation in Dover
The Grove City Oil and Gas Co of Chicago was incorporated in Dover with capital of 500000 to acquire oil lands in Kentucky. Incorporators are Benjamin A. McBurney of Chicago Eliza EB. Cato and Chas. Methrene of Oak Park Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Oil and Gas Co. Incorporated
Dover
Del
Grove City Oil and Gas Co
Chicago
Kentucky
Benjamin A. McBurney
Eliza EB. Cato
Chas. Methrene
Oak Park
Ill
British education expert visits New York to study schools
Prof. Faulkner Stuart of the British department of education is in New York from Canada to inspect Canada’s public school system after arriving from England. He will travel to major southern cities next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Faulkner Stuart
Department of Education
Canada
England
Smelter to Resume At Argentine Kansas Plant
Walter T. Page manager of the Argentine Kansas smelter says the large United States Smelting and Refining Co. plant will restart immediately and half a million dollars will be spent on improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Walter T. Page
Kansas
United States Smelting and Refining Co
German ships reach Venezuelan waters at La Guaira
The German cruiser Falke and the training ship Stein arrived at La Guayra, Caracas, while the cruiser Veneta and the training ship Moltke are also reported in Venezuelan waters as of Nov 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuelan
Caracas
Venezuela
Falke
Stein
la Guayra
Veneta
Moltke
May Tie Up Morosco Factories In Lynn Labor Troubles
Labor troubles in Lynn Massachusetts have escalated threatening to tie up the Morocco factories. The dispute involves manufacturers and the glazers union of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance. Four shops are affected and union recognition, plus piece and week work rates, are at issue. The alliance held a mass meeting and pledged to extend the strike if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Morocco
Glazers
Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance
Textile Workers Organizing Move Aims at National Union
United Textile Workers of America forms to combine scattered textile trade groups. President Sam Gompers of the AFL spoke, James Tansey of Fall River named temporary chairman, Albert Hibbert of Dover chosen temporary secretary, and a 15 member committee was set to lay plans for a permanent body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Textile Workers of America
Sam Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Jas. Tansey
Fall River
Mass
Albert Hibbert
Dover
N. H
Railway Employes Strike Shuts New York Division
Nearly 800 brakemen freight handlers and switchmen in the New York division of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad walked out on Tuesday over the discharge of assistant superintendent Robert Thurbush. The strike disrupts tugboat and float operations in New York City. The Morgantown glass workers also walked out in sympathy at the Morgantown Glass Factory over the discharge of A M Gantz and Charles Frantz for rule violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Robert Thurbush
Motthaven
Flint Glass
Morgantown
W. Va
American Foat Glass Workers
A. M. Gantz
Charles Frantz
Revered Disciples of Christ minister Rev Warren Selding dies
Troy N Y November 20 Rev Warren Selding died in Troy He was a widely known minister who served in every state and established the First Christian Church in Chicago He secured the first 25 000 for founding Hiram College in Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Selding
Troy
N. Y
Disciples of Christ
Chicago
Hiram College
Ohio
Cattle Train Wrecks Near Liberal Killing One Man
A double header cattle train wreck occurred seven miles east of Liberal Kansas on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific line Tuesday. One man was killed and about 200 cattle perished. Several trainmen were injured but not seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal
Kan
Here
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Market summary of grain and live stock prices
Cincinnati markets report winter patent flour at 3.45 to 3.80 with various grades. No 2 red wheat at 76 77 cents. corn and oats mixed on track. Live stock prices across Cincinnati Indianapolis and East Buffalo show ranges for cattle hogs sheep lambs and calves with notable highs and lows. Dated Nov 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
East Buffalo
Canada
Miraculous Cure Claims and A Roller Rink Recollection
An investigator questions a neuralgia sufferer who credits six bottles of a celebrated extract, a partly true tale from the Chicago Tribune. The reminiscence then shifts to a Brase sey wasey rink outing with Miss DeVine and memories of skating with her mother and lawn croquet with her grandmother from over twenty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Rybold
Chicago Tribune
Miss DeVine
Brooklyn
Dialogue Between Two People in Antiquated Exchange
A short exchange shows one speaker asking about relations and the other answering there are none known to them. The line ends with a non-English tag. The fragment reads like a minimal period dialogue with a humorously terse tone.
Learning the Business and New Paths After Job Loss
A person discusses career change after losing employment. They are taking weeks of wood carving lessons. The plan includes securing a new position and starting a family boarding house with the wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strong
Chicago Daily News
Proud of His Teeth in Tit Bits Comic Exchange
Dialogue from Tit Bits humor column features Miss Prism, a polite boy, and a dog displaying teeth. Miss Prism frets about a bite while the Boy praises the canine display and his own teeth as proof of bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Prism
Quite a Chef, Lady of the House in Potluck Banter
Perambulating Pete asks a hostess for a potato salad after noting a party at the previous house served cold potatoes. The exchange reflects a humorous social scene in a Brooklyn Eagle snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Bronco Bill Warns Stranger About Poker Prowess
A rough exchange in frontier slang shows Bronco Bill advising a tenderfoot not to gamble with the local men. The banter implies a setting of barroom bravado and caution about risky games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronco Bill
Tenderfoot
Puck
Doctor's reply to rheumatic patient on suffering hands
A rheumatic patient pleads to a doctor about dreadful pain in hands and feet. The physician reminds him to consider the greater inconvenience of living without them. A short exchange quoted from the Chicago Daily News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Justice warns victor in street quarrel over ear bite
A Chicago Post report quotes a judge telling the winner of a street fight that he may be placed under bonds to keep peace. The victorious man retorts that the piece of the ear he bit belongs to him. The exchange ends with a quip from the vanquished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
No Such Thing British Man's Condition Spurs Debate
Dialogue reveals a physician dismissing a broken man as minor hereditary humor while a character insists the case reflects an Englishman. The Philadelphia Press source notes conflicting views on seriousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascum
Philadelphia Press
Quotation Dialogue Sparks Debate in Brooklyn Eagle
A quoted exchange from the Brooklyn Eagle argues against public shaming while illustrating how harsh treatment may compel a man. The dialogue features Constance Well and Perdita voices debating methods of encouragement and consequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance
Perdita
Brooklyn Eagle
Uncertain Age and Growing Romance in Knights Days Echo
A short humorous note from N Y Weekly contrasts Miss Youngthing's weariness with Uncertain Age and Oldbeau’s romantic longing for the knightly era, imagining simpler, chivalrous times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldbeau
Miss Youngthing
N. Y
Uncle Eben’s Philosophy on Dreaming of Autos
Uncle Eben in the Washington Star jokes that some people refuse to work, preferring to sit and dream of automobiles while others push a wheelbarrow. The quip contrasts idle fantasy with real labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
Eben
Washington Star
Satisfactory Explanation Between Lovers
A dialogue fragment shows a man recalling past affection and a woman citing a doctor advised exercise as a reason for distance. The exchange hints at tension over romance and personal health.
Dialogue Snippet Reveals Marital Strain in Courtroom
A judge weighs a remark about money in marriage as Mrs Jones laments asking her husband for every dollar. Old Mr Brown reacts with disbelief, highlighting domestic tensions in a terse courtroom exchange.
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Prospect Mines
New York Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Polyclinic
Dig Blaze
Thomas Meehan
Bellentza Mountains
Hoosier State
Senator Sewall Off
Revenue Affairs
Morosco
United Textile Workers
Hartford Road
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