Resolutions On Offiers And Freight Rates At Transmississippi Meet
Nov 27 report from the Transmississippi congress notes officer elections to be decided by the executive committee after venue is chosen. W J Bryan chosen as secretary treasurer on escort to the chair. Hugh Craig discusses the Nicaraguan canal, speakers Mahoney and Bryson address freight rates. Harmon and Gaunt propose tariff and naturalization changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Hugh Craig
San Fransisco
Chamber of Commerce
W. L Merry
James V. Mahoney
Sioux City
Lon Bryson
Davenport
Mr. Mahoney
West
Freeman Knowles
South Dakota
Mahoney
Denver
Deadwood
M. W. W. Harmon
Missonr
Marysville
Robbery Motive Tied to Family Slayings in Brownsville
In Brownsville Oregon L Montgomery, under arrest for killing his father and mother and Daniel McKeecher, is suspected of robbing them for several hundred dollars from a hop crop sale. The youth is described as wild and reckless and the motive is believed to be robbery. In Barcelona Spain Republican leaders plan a mass meeting to condemn Cuba policy and to demand autonomy as a path to end the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
L. Montgomery
Daniel McKeecher
Montgomery
Cuba
Barcelona
Spain
Collision at Crete Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
Reports from Athens on November 25 indicate a clash between Turkish troops and Christians at Crete. Initial tallies suggest about eighty killed and wounded combined, with several Turkish casualties also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Crete
Treasury to pay express charges both ways for gold recovery
The treasury department announced it would cover express charges both ways to move gold back to the treasury as part of efforts to bolster the gold reserve. In Cuba insurgents derailed a train in Santa Clara killing and wounding passengers. The Knights meet at Rochester next for its annual gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasmaetox
Treasury Department
Havana
Onibarien
Province of
Santa Clara
Knights
Rochester
Asrington
Knights i Rosh
N. Sys
Fire destroys corner building killing five and injuring many
A corner building at Van Buren Street was destroyed by fire on Friday causing a $875000 loss to owners and tenants. Five people died and several others were severely injured, including Landgray who jumped from a fourth story window and died, while two others were fatally injured. Others escaped or survived after smoke or debris exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ture
van Buren and
Atreats
Carning
Théidendares
J. O'Donnell
John Doss
Iperhan
Jont Paixprkadey
I T Sherrie
Te Pela
Edna Rittert
Mary Pinky
Daniel McNally
Engine Company No. 2
Famine Threatens Armenians in Anatolia After Disturbances
In Constantinople and Asiatic provinces, Armenians estimate $50 million in property losses and about 40,000 deaths from recent upheavals. Analysts fear winter will bring more deaths from exposure and famine, with relief efforts likely insufficient to avert further suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Anatolia
Armenians Must Have Aid Appeals for Relief Funds
The notice urges Christian world aid for Armenian Christians massacred by Turks with villages burned and property seized. Relief committees in London and New York coordinate donations directed to Spencer Trask at 27 Pine Street New York to be distributed by a mixed commission of missionaries and consuls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Trask
Pine Street
New York
London
Bishop Potter
Archbishop Corrigan
J Morris K. Jeanp
W. AH
P. Faunce
Jacob H. Schiff
David T. Burrell
Treasuer
Fast Overland in Collision in New Mexico
A head on collision between the east bound Chicago Limited and a freight train on a sharp curve near Shoemaker New Mexico destroys both engines and damages multiple cars. Two killed and several injured. Postal Clerk H C Russell and Postal Clerk F D Pitney die. Benton Cunningham and J M Robb badly hurt.
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New Mexico
Toreka
Kan
Frey
N. M
Chicago Limited
H C. Russell
Benton Cunningham
Seeley
Cowley County
J. M. Robb
Fitzsimmons Welcomes a Son in Houston
Born in Houston in November 1928 a boy is welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons. The birth is announced in local society notes highlighting the family and infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzsimmons
Houston, Tex
Robert Fitzsimmons
Grain and Provisions Market Quiet Amid Limited Activity
Chicago grain and provisions markets opened with almost no activity as wires were down. May wheat rose briefly to 618 with December at 4 down, then weakened. Corn and oats stayed mostly inactive while provisions followed selling pressure causing declines in several fat and rib contracts.
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Chicago
Crigaco
Newa
South Omaha Live Stock Market Report November 26
South Omaha cattle receipts reached 1 800 as market stayed active. Beef steers held at 5.0 to 8.0 dollars. western and Texas steers ranged up to 8.25. Cows and heifers traded around 2.00 to 9.15, canners 1.25 to 4.0, stockers and feeders showing movement. bulls and calves noted with varied pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Texas
Happenings From Home and Abroad Headlines
A compact digest notes Aloous Hooper’s inauguration as Baltimore’s first Republican mayor in 80 years. Bandit Jack Brady is convicted of murder in Marysville, California, with life imprisonment. Pioneer Adam Ault killed by train near Decatur Indiana.
Various Early 20th Century News Snippets Across U S Regions
Internal revenue receipts fall by 4 million dollars. A Wright from Philadelphia elected past general master workman by the Knights of Taybur. Protests over Rabel Pashe as military commander of Alepp district. Mooded with one dollar bills. Secretary Morton leaves Washington for a two week western vacation. Cripple Creek gold output exceeds one million per month. Immigration convention in St Paul discusses Corn Belt expansion northward. John Dillon, Irish leader, marries Miss Matthew daughter of Justice Matthew. Judge Hindman restrains Iowa Soldiers’ Home pension part payment. A. G. Clark drowns with two Indians near Petoskey Michigan. Dominick Wagner acquitted of embezzling parish funds. Michigan Day at Atlanta Exposition December 9. One cent per mile rate secured. Wisconsin Central tax sale adjourned for delinquent state taxes of 850. Sioux City ordinance cuts gas and heating rates. National Hardware Association holds annual session in Pittsburg. American Window Glass Jobbers’ Association meets in Detroit. Thieves rob Summit post office of stamps and cash. Interstate Commerce officials entertained in Nashville on way to Atlanta Exposition. Edward Whipple of New York committed to Utica hospital for arson-related insanity. William J. Smith found dead in Shamokin PA. Kansas Equal Suffrage Association meets in Eureka. Interior Department issues requisition for 10.85 million for quarterly pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Wright
Philadelphia
Knights of Taybur
The
Powers
Allian
Rabel Pashe
Alepp
Kansas
Morton
Washington
West
Cripple Creek
St. Paul
Johnn Dillon
Oratory
Brompton
London
Matthew
Hihdman
Iowa Soldiers’ Home Management
A. G. Clark
Hunter
Petoskey
Mich
Little Traverse Bay
Dominick
Wagner
St. Joseph, Mo
Michigan
Atlanta Exposition
Michigan Bratcc
Wisconsin Central Railway
Ironwood
Sioux City
National Hardware Association
Pittsburg
American Window Glass Jobbers’ Association
Detroit
Summit
Utica State Hospital
William J. Smith
Pennsylvania
Shamokin
Kansas Equal Suffrage Association
Eureka
Kan
Secretary of the Interior
Treasury
Multiple Labor and Legal Briefs Across States
Delegates from Kansas discuss next year’s jubilee in Newton. Coal operators and miners end strike at Boone, with 25 cents per ton. National tin plate workers strike off at Anderson Indiana. Michigan enforces compulsory schooling. two parents fined in St Clair. Northern Life Association gains Illinois license on assessment plan. Judge Riner releases Race Horse Bannock in Wyoming. Possible Western rail strike if 10 percent wage cut persists. Two Black women killed by axe in Russellville Arkansas. City Recorder Johnson of
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Kansas
Newton
Boone.la
National Tin Plate Works
Anderson
Ind
Michigan
St. Clair
Northern Life Association
Marshalltown
Ila
Illinois
Riner
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Jackson
Hole
New York and Pennsylvania
Russellville Ark
Johnson
Mining firms seize Ludington and Hamilton ore interests
The Chapin Mining Company of Michigan has secured control of the Ludington and Hamilton concerns. The combine expects to produce over 1,000,000 tons of ore during 1906. A teacher in Kan., aged 60, released on self defense after assaulting four persons, reportedly drank Capta, and carried a Natchet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pital
Henderson
Chapin Mining Company of Michigan
Ludington
Hamilton
Monument to honor Dr F Smith and other 19th century items
A November notice lists a plan to erect a monument for the late Dr F. Smith author of America. It mentions a bill to pension ex Confederates by Congressman Otey of Virginia and a debt assignment by Winebrenner Bros Baltimore. Reports on Oklahoma statehood doubt and other items follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Smith
America
Otey
Virginia
Winebrenner Bros
Oyster Packers
Baltimore
Kirkpatrick
Kanas
Oklahoma
Congress
George Harris
San Francisco
Sheldon
South Dakota
Joseph Iagley
Prairievurg
Daniel
Turner
Missouri River
Northawestern
Iowa
Hiampton Navy
Ashton
Marinette
Wis
Denver Chamber of
Archbishops invest and Bolivia Chile boundary talks in session
Archbishops Cassanova and the Buenos Aires prelate perform a pallium ceremony. Bolivia’s congress quietly approves Chilean boundary treaty potentially settling Tacna and Arica. The Nebraska Irrigation Association sets its third annual convention for Sidney on December 18. An unknown tramp dies in Beloit after police find him unconscious. two companions are under arrest. Miss Bagwell murder near Greenwood, South Carolina, prompts reports of lynching suspects John Richards and Thomas Watts. Missionaries depart from Kharput under escort to Constantinople as tremor rattles Grundy, Colorado. Bank robbery at Alpha, Illinois yields 4700 in loot. Morton visits Chicago. Turkey assurances to protect American missionaries. Arthur Arnould, French writer, dies. Marquis of Salisbury replies to Olney on Venezuela. Kansas City Board of Trade calls for belligerent rights. J M Johnson returns from Turkey. Morton won’t send more free garden seed. Parsons and Zimmermann race results noted. bicycle output projected near one million units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassanova
Santiago de Chile
Buenos Ayres
Palliam
Argentina
Bas
Senate
Bolivia
Tacna
Atica
Nebraska State Irrigation Association
Sidney
Beloit
Wis
Wider Srrest
John Richards
Thomnas Watts
Miss. Bagwell
Greenwood
D S. C
Kbharput
Constantinople
Greeley
Colo
State Bank of
Alpha
Moline
Tls
J. Sterling Morton
Secretary of Agriculture
Chicago
Terretth
Durkey
Arthio Arnould
Comaune
Deal
Marquis of Salisbury
Olney
Venezuela
Kansas City Board of Trade
Congress
J. M. Johnson
Jeffersom City
Turkey
Morton
Parsons
Zimmermuur
Widespread News Snapshots From Across Nation And World
The file reports on diverse items including a large gold reserve estimate near 82 million dollars, talk of gymnastic department creation in the army, Speaker Reed's Washington preparations, a 40 000 dollar estate claimed in Ireland, Kansas snow relief for winter wheat, and a Cuban filibustering expedition from Bayport Illinois. It notes burglar William T Barrett posing as a jeweler, a bank robbery in Alphis Illinois, and General Grant’s view on Cuban recognition. Other items mention an earthquake in Greece, newspaper staff strikes in Guthrie, Bryan leading a Transmississippi congress, a deadly Santa Fe wreck near Las Vegas New Mexico, Alaska gold output, arbitration over Trinidad, Pettigrew traveling to Washington, Bradshaw appointed postmaster at Superior Nebraska, Santa Fe penitentiary convicts, a Wyoming game case fine, a wife beating arrest in Plattsmouth, a Catholic Benevolent denial in Dubuque, and a circuit court session interruption at Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tourtess Tivale
Department of Gymanastics
Reed
Washington
Congress
A. Macmaw
Alton
Bayport
Ila
William T Barrett
Boston
State Bank of
Alphis, Ills
Crackamen
Campos
Grant
Greece
Guthrie, O. T
Bryan
Transmississippi Congress
Las Vegas
N M
Alaska
Juneau
England
Rio de Janeiro
Trinidad
Pettigrew
Sioux Falls
John F. Bradshaw
Superior
Neb
Santa Fe
N. M
G. A. Coleman
Big Horn Basin
Yes
Joseph Karnes
Plattsmouth
Revy
Heelan
Dubuque
Catholic Benevolent Association
Sr. Lout
Debs Addresses Packed Central Music Hall on Personal Liberty
Eugene V. Debs spoke to a full house at Central Music hall about Personal Liberty. He argued that judicial overreach threatens constitutional rights, criticizing the Supreme Court and judiciary for expanding power and subjugating working people. Debs cited cases and authorities amid enthusiastic labor backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontenco
Eugene V. Debs
Central Music Hall
Debs
Woodstock
Northwestern Road
Hugeng
Supreme Court
Judiciary
Atrocity Report From Matanzas Slaying of Women and Children
A Havana dispatch describes Spanish troops under Colonel Melino slaughtering a group of women and children near Cayopino in Matanzas. The killings included bayonet wounds and a baby killed at its mother’s breast. Wives of Spaniards in the sawmill business mourn the massacre as Campos orders Melino court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fernando Figuerdo
Havana
Matanzas
Melino
Comes
Melo
Cayopino
Melina
Martinez de Campos
General Campos
China Denounces Japanese Brutality in Corea
Chinese papers carried by the Empress of China attack Japanese authorities over the Corea massacre. They accuse Japan of barbarity, detailing the queen being hanged by hair and burned, with 15 noblewomen among many victims. palace guards were said to be decimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Vancouuven
Empress of
Earthquake in Mexico Felt in Orrs
A Mexico earthquake reached Orrs on November 25, with reports of noticeable shaking and tremors felt in the town. No injuries or damage are recorded in available notes. Authorities warn residents to expect aftershocks and monitor updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Revenue and receipts show Nigeria fiscal year figures and seizures
Revenue issued today shows total receipts from all sources at 148 246 077 with a drop of 8 922 371. Costs of revenue at 4 127 601, 2.88 percent vs 2.36 prior year. Violations 8 309, 789 arrested, seizures and assessments listed. Still seizures 1 787, arrests 871, one officer killed three wounded. Commissioner Miller predicts 165 000 000 for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehwe
Pons Ieee Rest Etna
Nigeria
Algomargavritie
Terenysta
Seechenty
Miller
Post Office Receipts Show Deficit for 1895
Postmaster General Wilson reports receipts for the year ending June 30 1895 at 76 171 090 and expenditures at 86 790 173. He predicts 1897 revenues of 89 793 130 and expenditures of 94 818 900 with the gap to be covered by Congress. He notes deficits shrink as revenue recovers and cites free government services as masking true costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Post Office Department
Post Office
Abandons Her Position On Armenian Question In Europe
A Vienna report quotes a high politician saying England abandons its former stance on the Armenian question. The British government sees misjudgment in power grouping and Sir Philip Currie receives new instructions. Other items note Greek agitators in Macedonia and Epirus and Russia seeks entente with Japan amid false rumors of a Japanese recognition of Russian spheres.
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Vienna
England
Philip Currie
Europe
Macedonia
Epirus
Vladivostock
Novoe Vremya
Japan
Ceres
Manchuria
Russia
Berlin
Income of the Railroads Report Issued by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission released its annual report on U S railroad income for the year ending June 30 1895 covering 164 529 miles of line 92 percent of total. Gross earnings total 1 003 025 853 with 293 465 792 from passengers 683 022 988 from freight and 26 217 595 from other operations. Operating expenses were 677 677 635 leaving net earnings 325 855 216 versus 820 187 670 in 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wasainatos
United States
Statistician
Settlers in Fatal Fight Over Nez Perces Claim
Lewiston Idaho reports real estate agent Hughes shot and killed amid a dispute over a Nez Perces claim. Ranchers continue filing to the land office as the principal townsite lies about 40 miles away and several Clearwater towns may grow as trading points. Omaha Taken Into the League Chicago Nov 24 at a meeting of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nez Perces
Lewiston
Ida
Hughes
Nez Perces Reservation
Clearwater
Also Mentioned on This Page
Omini
Transmississippi Mane Bas Renewas
INE
Secre
Aloous Hooper
Jack Brady
Cal
Adam Ault
Chicago and Erie Road
Jecatur
Minnesota Supreme Court
Harry Hayward
Ging
H. N. Pilsbury
St. Louis
Southampton
St. Petersburg
Tolhulo
Columbus
Western Baseball League
Nebraska
Col
Leavenworth
Cape Horn
Condor
Handley
Jones
Kilgore
Birmingham
Alf
Joseph Kilgore
John Jones
John Handley
Joseph Hodglts
William
Joseph Donnelly
Samuel Turner
John Coman
Alvo
O.1
Texas Grand Lodge, Knights and Ladies of Honor
Fort Worth
Mex
Joseph Donnell
James Witzgerald
Carondelet
Supreme Court of Missouri
John M. Doolin
Dackbonville
Hom
Stes
Queen’s County
Ireland
Erhiay
Thesday
Omaha
Chicao
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