DOOM OF WAGE SCALE
Carroll D Wright urges insurance for workers against accident illness and old age and predicts a shift from wage systems to profit sharing and cooperation He cites a German plan with shared costs and notes England moving to the idea He frames labor as a social and economic power demanding more than a bare wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll D. Wright
Philadelphia
United States Commissioner of Labor
Society of Ethical Culture
Colonel Wright
England
United States
Queen Alexandra narrowly escapes fire at Sandringham
A fire broke out in Queen Alexandra's bedroom at Sandringham on December 11. The flames spread to the sleeping queen's room before Miss Knollys alarmed others and firefighters contained the blaze. Considerable damage occurred before extinguishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Alexandra
Miss Charlotte Knollys
Miss Knollys
King Edward
London
Sandringham
Russia's Reply to Japan Upheld as Satisfactory
Tokyo dispatches report Russia's answer to Japan remains secret in Japan but a Daily Mail correspondent says the reply is satisfactory and hints at an amicable settlement. Concessions on Manchuria and recognition of Japanese supremacy in Korea are noted, with stock markets showing relaxation in tension.
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London
Japan
Russia
Daily Mail
Tokio
Manchuria
Korea
Bryan at the Vatican in private papal audience
William J. Bryan and his son were received in a private audience with Pope Pius in Rome on December 14. Monsignor Kennedy acted as interpreter as Bryan expressed great pleasure at the pope's kind bearing. He also toured Rome's landmarks including the Coliseum and the Roman Forum.
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Pope Pius
Rome
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Monsignor Kennedy
American College
Vatican
Coliseum
Roman Forum
Cicero
Cataline
Great Western's Showing Strength In December Week
The Chicago Great Western Railway reports first week of December 1903 gross earnings higher by 9,174 than the same week last year. Fiscal year to date shows a total increase of 467,735.42 over the prior year.
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Great Western
St. Paul
Chicago Great Western Railway
Millionaire Acquitted of Killing in Missouri
Carthage Missouri December 14 Ben C Ayler Webb City millionaire mine owner who shot Gordon Allen wealthy Joplin man two months ago was acquitted by a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Ben .C. Ayler
Webb City
Gordon Allen
Joplin
Ayler Found Not Guilty in Self-Defense Plea Wins
In circuit court the jury deliberated eight minutes before returning a verdict. Ayler's defense argued self defense and the court accepted the plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayler
Chicago Wins Bid for Republican National Convention
The Republican National Committee decided to hold the 1904 convention in Chicago starting noon June 21. Pittsburgh and St. Louis competed with offers of cash aid, Chicago promising 75 000 and a half, and 48 votes secured for Chicago to 7 for Pittsburgh and 1 for St. Louis. The call assigns four delegates at large and two per district. Porto Rico representatives were told the national committee has no jurisdiction over their delegates, who were instructed to send two delegates and two alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican National Committee
Washington
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Porto Rico
Philippines
Monument Sought for Bill Nye Grave in Arden
Asheville NC December 14 a movement to erect a granite monument over humorist Bill Nye s grave at Arden near here is under way The Sunshine Society of North Carolina raises funds Mrs J M Ransier Hendersonville NC heads the effort with contributions invited from Nye friends nationwide Funds are to be sent to Battery Park Bank Asheville NC custodians of the fund The grave remains unmarked though a lone cedar tree marks the head and a rough stone lies on the mound
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Asheville
N. C
Bill Nye
Arden
North Carolina
Sunshine Society
Nye
Calvary Episcopal Church
Banks Fin
J. M. Ransier
Hendersonville
Memorial Enterprise
Friends of Nye
Battery Park Bank
Chicago Grain and Provisions Closing Quotes and Prices
The market rose on smaller world shipments and rain in Argentina amid unsettled trading. May wheat up, corn mostly higher, oats mixed. pork lard ribs prices quoted for Jan and May. Cash wheat and corn prices listed by class and quality for No 2 to No 3 grades.
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Chicago
Argentina
Chicago Live Stock Prices Soften and Hold Steady
Chicago live stock markets show cattle receipts at 24 000 with varied ranges for steers cows heifers and calves. Hog receipts at 48 000 with steady to 5 cent changes and mixed to butcher categories. Sheep receipts 2 000 with lambs and wethers steady to higher in places.
Kansas City Livestock Market Report
Kansas City live stock market notes cattle receipts 10000 including 200 southern steady with some weakness in export and dressed beef steers. Prices range from 1.50 to 6.00 for various cattle, hog receipts 8000 weak to lower with top around 4.75, sheep receipts 3000 firm to slightly higher with native and western lambs and fed ewes priced across the range.
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Kansas City
Omaha Market Summary Cattle Hogs Sheep Receipts and Prices
South Omaha reports cattle receipts 4800 steady with native steers 3.00 to 5.30, cows 2.50 to 3.75, western and Texas steers, range cows, canners, stockers, calves and bulls listed. Hogs receipts 9500 slow, several price bands from 4.00 to 4.50. Sheep receipts 15000 steady with western yearlings 3.65 to 4.00, wethers 3.35 to 3.65, ewes 2.75 to 3.25, lambs 4.00 to 5.50.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Texas
Death of Judge Fletcher Ladd in Boston Hospital
Judge Fletcher Ladd died in a private Boston hospital after serving three years as a supreme justice in the Philippines. The report notes his death occurred in Boston on December 14.
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Ladd
Boston
Fletcher Ladd
Philippines
Roumania Opposes Standard Oil Ambitions
Reports from Bucharest say Standard Oil faces strong opposition as it seeks foothold in Roumania. At a private government supporters meeting, M. Stourdza warned Americans aim to monopolize the national petroleum industry and must be kept from an economic yoke. The company reportedly abandons plans to merge Roumanian oil firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roumania
Standard Oil
Vienna
Bucharest
Standard Oil Company
M. Stourdza
Council of Ministers
Miners 12 Percent Wage Cut Triggers Somerset Strike Call
National Secretary William B Wilson and United Mine Workers district officers decided to call a strike of Somerset Coal Company miners on Wednesday in response to a 12 percent wage reduction. The company runs sixteen mines in western Pennsylvania. compliance among miners is uncertain as some prefer winter work at reduced pay to idleness.
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Altoona
William B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
Somerset Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Man sinks into long unused coal mine in Henley
In Henley Staffordshire a passerby dropped through a footpath into a long abandoned coal mine. Rescue attempts failed due to poisonous gases. A funeral was held near the site and officials face addressing the hazards of defunct pits undermining the district.
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London
Henley
Staffordshire
Wealthiest Indiana man Judge Cheney dies at eighty six
Fort Wayne reports the death of Judge James Cheney described as the wealthiest man in Indiana. A financier who partnered with Jay Gould, he helped fund ventures in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. At death he held heavy stock in Wabash and Nickle Plate with an estimated fortune of 25 million dollars.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
Ind
James Cheney
Jay Gould
Ohio
Illinois
Wabash and Nickle Plate
Winter Wheat Seeded Area Drops 6 Percent
Washington reports 32,000,000 acres sown for winter wheat down six percent from fall 1902 estimates. Condition on Dec 1 stands at 86.6 versus 99.7 in 1902 and a nine year average of 92.7.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Professor Ezra Allen Presents Historic Scenes Lecture
The third winter entertainment at the Normal college features Professor Ezra Allen discussing Scenes of Historic Interest in New England with personal visits guiding his vivid descriptions. A large-screen arc light stereopticon will accompany the talk in Assembly Hall on Monday December 21 at 8 30 p m.
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Ezra Allen
New England
Allen
Normal College
Dillon
Assembly Hall
Ballard's Snow Liniment Praised by Texas Man
W.8S. Bailey of True Texas reports his wife recovered from five years of arm paralysis after using Ballard's Snow Liniment. He also notes success on old sores frostbites and skin eruptions. Package prices 250 500 and 1.00 sold by Riley the Druggist.
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Baily
P. O. True
Texas
Ballard
Riley
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