Global news roundup from a world tense and troubled
Berlin hospitals congested with cmp patients and yellow fever spreading across Europe. An official decree allows American pork into Dunkirk and Le Havre ports. Train robberies rise in Roenia and the emperor of Chins studies English arithmetic. A deadly earthquake in East Moganki claims 330 worshippers. rail crashes in Paris and Mooktun kill dozens. Dom Pedro dies without official Brazil recognition. German nationality restrictions hit Parisians. epidemic fear grows in Germany with 38 cases in Berlin. Maritime and mining disasters occur in England and Germany as famine relief efforts begin in Russia.
Workmen Strike Across Steel and Iron Mills in Pennsylvania and Ohio
Reports indicate widespread labor unrest as Edgar Thompson works at Braddock PA and Hancock Flint-Green works at Findlay OH halt or cut shifts. Induced changes reduce hours, wages. Crane Iron Works in Chicago and Greensburg plants face wage disputes. In Martinsburg PA and Aberfoyle mill workers staged strike actions amid injunctions. Multiple employers respond with wage metrics and temporary layoffs while union leaders seek per capita taxes and solidarity from members.
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Edgar Thomp- Geel
Braddock
Hancock Flint-Grem
Findlay
United Mine "Werke
Crane Iron Works
Chiesegms
Fifty-Second Congress opens with Democrats caucusing for speaker
The Fifty-Second Congress opened at noon with the Democrats delaying business to caucus for a speaker after adjournment. The House adjourned until noon tomorrow following a roll call showing 335 members present. The clerk of the last House, Mr. McPherson, called the session to order and members swore in. A note of flowers on desks marked the opening.
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Canera
House
MicPherson
Holman
Senate
White House
Congress
Crisp
Congresman Kerr
Pennsylvania
York
Liveler
Ohio
Dalton
Milburn
Mc.Cay
Indiana
Anne Holihen
Tr . Crisp
Georgia
Henderson
Iinois Reed
Thomas
Reed
Simpson
Kansas
Thomas C. Watson
Watson
Thelerk
Mills
Mr. Crisp
Bern
Milbury
Cri
Beens
Jones
Arkansas
Hoar
Dubois
Idaho
Cullom
Call
Florida
Davidson
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Halea
Flaggett
Miller
Wisconsin
Dem
Speater
Milliken
Maine
The Very Hard Fight of Judge Crisp’s Career
The article traces Judge Crisp’s life from birth in Sheffield England on January 29 1845 to his rise in Georgia politics and law. It covers Confederate service prison time at Fort Delaware and his rapid ascent to Solicitor General Judge of the Superior Court and Congress member. It then describes his controversial election as Speaker of the House and the opening adjournments as both houses organize and administer oaths.
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Crisp
Sheffield
England
Georgia
Fort Delaware
Ellaville
Southwest Judicial Circuit
Superior Court
Farmers Alliance
Indiame
Keets
Nebraska
Thansay
Joseph Carney
Rob Ars
Carney
Newton
Mews
Russell Sage
New York
John Herbert Philips
Hanover National Bank
Thiday
Navy Secretary Tracy Reports Naval Advances and Costs
The Navy Department summary shows progress with armored vessels and a new armor-piercing projectile. It notes 13 vessels since 1889 and 24 under construction, with a total 155,820 tons planned and 347 guns needed. It urges a Pacific Coast ordnance station, a vessel like the New York, torpedo cruisers, and naval militia support. The annual navy estimate stands at 27,14,639.80, a reduction from last year.
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Secretary of the Navy
America
Pacific
Nicaragua Canal
New York
Deadly Louisville fire kills ten in candy store blaze
A large blaze in Louisville destroyed Frank A Menne & Co. candy and Christmas store killing six to ten people. Names of the dead include Charles Kimmel Barbara Bell Clara Ranch Millie Greenwald Amanda Dicky Annie Tuckland and Lillie Kern others wounded Theresa Holthaus Lizzie McGarry. The Boone paper company and adjoining buildings suffered heavy losses. Firemen Silvester Doyle Tom Moore Will Davis and Baker died in a collapsing wall after an explosion and are missing.
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Louisville
Frank A.menne & Co
Charles Kimmel
Barbara Bell
Clara Ranch
Millie Greenwald
Amanda Dicky
Annie Tuckland
Lillie Kern
Theresa Holthaus
Lizzie McGarry
Main Street
Boone Paper Company
Bamberger, Strenz & Co
Bamberger, Strong & Co
Bliss Wilson & 9
Ishaabooc: & Sons
Miller, Woolfolk, Payne & C O
Silvester Doyle
Tom Moore
Will Davis
Baker
Scaffolding Collapse Kills Two in Lehighton Ice House
Bethlehem report says a scaffold failed while carpenters were building a large ice house, dropping workers 35 feet. Thomas Ames aged 35 of Franklin and Oscar Heilman aged 2 of Lehighton died. Injured include Aaron Dreisbach Nathan Heilman Henry Schultz Levi Hahn and Benjamin Ruch, with three listed as seriously hurt.
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Bethlehem
Lehighton
Thomas Ames
Franklin
Oscar Heilman
Aaron Dreisbach
Mahoning
Nathan Heilman
Henry Schultz
Levi Hahn
Benjamin Ruch
East Penn
Wheat in the Northwest stock gains in Minneapolis elevators
The Northwestern Miller reports private Minneapolis elevators hold 1,507,000 bushels of wheat, up 58,000 from last Monday, bringing total Minneapolis and Duluth stocks to 11,528,646 bushels. Country elevators in Minneapolis and the Dakotas total 9,916,500 bushels, up 471,909 for the week. Overall Northwestern stock reaches 21,445,146 bushels, up 1,667,428 from a year ago.
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Northwest
Minneapolis
Northwestern
Duleth
Two
Dakotas
R.G. Dun & Co
Chicago
St. Louis
Paul
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Work Train Plunges Into River Near Ottawa Ohio
Cincinnati dispatches from Ottawa report a wreck on the Findlay Fort Wayne and Western line. A work train with a caboose plunged into the River Wear after falling 30 feet killing three men and badly injuring about seventy five workers. Some of the injured may die.
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Wear Findlay
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ottawa
Findlay, Ft. Wayne & Western
Prohibitionists to test Baker Ballot bill in courts
The Prohibitionista to Test ita Constita city chair says the Baker Ballot bill will be constitutionally tested at the earliest moment. The party petition will be brought before Philadelphia courts. Ex Judge Amos Briggs of Philadelphia has sent his view to Mr Patton claiming the act conflicts with the fifth section of the Declaration of Lights and is void and without force.
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Prohibitionista
Ita Constita
Prohibition State Committee
Baker
Philadelphia
Amos Briggs
Patton
President's Message on Trade, Lynchings, and Foreign Affairs
President discusses meat inspection leading to open ports for American pork in Germany Denmark Italy Austria and France while noting cooperation with State Department and Agriculture. He condemns the New Orleans Italian lynching and outlines federal approach to foreign nationals and treaty rights. He covers Chilean civil war actions, Valparaiso incident, Chinese labor policy, the Madrid World’s Fair invitation, Russian treatment of Jews, and tariff legislation impact on employment and industry.
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Europe
United States
Germany
Denmark
Italy
Austria
France
State Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
New Orleans
Chili
Valparaiso
Balmaceda
Togin
China
Madrid
America
Columbus
Treasury Department
Treasury
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