John Burns A Works Leader Who Changed London Labour
John Burns born in west Scotland rose from an engineer’s apprentice to London’s leading labor figure. He helped drive the 1886 dockers strike and later reforms on the London county council including fair wages, shorter hours, end of subletting, and direct employment of workers for council projects. His life story and public influence reflect a man who bridged working class struggle and political advancement.
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John Burns
London
Burns
Scotland
John
Africa
England
Democratic Federation
Hyndman
London Republican
Pall Mall
Trafalgar Square
Hyde Park
Cunningham Grahame
Lowem
Tom Mann
House of Commons
London County Council
Council
Spencer County Old Soldiers plan care for Lincoln mother grave
Indiana notes reveal Spencer county Old Soldiers propose buying 20 acres around Mrs Nancy Hanks Lincoln burial site to convert to a park. The area remains forested and marked only by a modest Studebaker tombstone as a tribute to Lincoln's mother.
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Evansville
Ind
Old Soldiers’ Association
Spencer County
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
President Lincoln
Lincoln
Studebakers
Old Soldiers
Mishawaka
Eliza Hering
Palmer
Jeg
Temperance Revival Sparks Talk in Marion and Vincennes
Fragmentary notes report revival meetings stirring authorities in Marion and Vincennes. Mentions include St Joseph county spending 150 dollars and a verdict of 1.35, with references to Tripoli and Agar Seymourt in unclear context.
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Marion
St. Joseph County
Local Judge Awards Widow Damages and Estate Moves
A widow secured 1200 damages against a sylcem keeper who sold liquor. Ontario Silverware Co. in Muncie enters receivership to aid in settling a major stockholder’s estate. Prisoners in Logansport jail will miss Thanksgiving dinner due to a new jail project and budget limits. Indiana deaths include Dr D W Voyles and Simon Heilly, with other notices from New Albany Elwood and Bloomington. A Mishawaka body found. shooting unclear. Mrs Kate Schmidt sues Joseph Wolnitz’s estate for 20000 over induced marriage promises. Gov Shaw and family visit Culver Military Academy as 17 gun salute honors the governor. Columbus youths disrupt a school house roof and flee when police summoned.
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Ontario Silverware Company
Muncie
Logansport
Robbery in Court House Stuns Marshalltown
Thieves blew open the safe in the Southwestern Mutual Life Insurance office in Marshalltown basement of the courthouse. Cash drafts and certificates of deposit totaling 6500 were taken while court was in session. No witnesses heard the explosion or saw the robbers.
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Marshalltown
Southwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Association
Court House
Chicago Laborers Move Toward 6-Hour Day and Higher Wages
Chicago labor groups plan to demand a six hour workday and higher wage scale from builders and contractors. If lockout threats hold, unions and the building trades council will vote and act promptly once local organizations decide.
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Chicago
Building Trades Council
Eboth
Odd Fellows Elect Officers After Yearly Report
The grand encampment spent much of the morning on officers reports led by W H Leedy. The year ending June 30 1899 showed 25010 07 paid for reef and charity and a gain of 508 members. Officers elected included J N Nuzum Grand Patriarch Elwood H C Scearce Grand High Priest J D Henderson Grand Senior Warden W H Leedy Grand Scribe A C Daily Grand Treasurer J Frank Mann Grand Representative J F Wallick. Twenty one candidates for junior warden competed late into the afternoon.
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W. H. Leedy
J. N. Nuzum
Elwood
H. C. Scearce
Mooresville
J. D. Henderson
South Bend
HH. Leedy
Indianapolis
A. C. Daily
J. Frank Mann
Decatur
J. F. Wallick
China and United States Trade Interests Scene in China Partition Debate
Washington reports the United States urges guarantees from Britain Germany France and Russia to protect existing American trade privileges in China if the empire is partitioned. Officials say the U.S. will stay out of the division except to preserve its trade interests, while Germany and England may yield, Russia and France resist.
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Washington
China
Great Britain
Germany
France
Russia
United States
England
Diary of starving New York authoress found
Evelyn Adama, a young New York authoress who starved to death, was buried in Utica. A diary recovered details her hunger while awaiting publication, recounting meals on crackers and water, despair, hope for recognition, and plans to obtain money from envelopes as she struggled with familial rejection.
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New York
Evelyn Adama
Utica
N. Y
State banks grow deposits as auditors note big cash on hand
The auditor reports 98 state bank and trust filings for the year ending Oct 31, three banks closed and five new ones formed. Assets rose by about 3 million dollars and deposits by roughly 4.5 million. Building and loan associations show a sharp two year decline.
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Auditor of State
Lairks
Coffee Market Soars After Jammed Ship Arrives
A Great hammering hit the coffee market as the steamship J. W. Taylor from Brazil arrived laden with coffee and bubonic plague cargo. United States may delay landings and curb shipments from Brazilian ports. Monday closings rose 20 to 6 points from Saturday with 27 730 bags traded, prices up 123 points from three weeks ago. Dealers foresee further gains.
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New York
J. W. Taylor
Brazil
United States
Heavy judgment in suit over insurance policy in Indiana
In Jeffersonville Indiana on November 21 a jury awarded Mrs Anna Foster $2065 the full policy amount plus interest on a Sply In 2 policy against the Endowment rank Knights of Pythias. The suit claimed Frank O Foster died by his own action and the payment was resisted on that ground.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Sply
Anna Foster
Knights of Pythias
Frank O. Foster
Reading locomotive sets short distance speed record
Atlantic City, November 21. Engine 1028 of the Reading railroad hauling ten coaches set a new short distance speed record on a Camden to Atlantic City run of 551/4 miles in 47 minutes at an average of 5 seconds per mile or 70.6 miles per hour. The heaviest train to time for the distance and only officials aboard.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Reading Railroad
Camden
Industrial School Benefit Moves Ahead in City
Miss Etta Miller, principal of school No. 14, leads a campaign to fund Mrs Blanchards girls industrial school with an entertainment. Teachers note improved dress after training while Plymouth church hosts Miss Katherine Breed to lecture on Yellowstone park. Miss Reed’s praised appearances aid ticket sales led by graduates this week.
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Etta Miller
Plymouth Church
Yellowstone Park
Gen Wood Favored as Cuba Governor General
Santiago de Cuba papers express enthusiasm for the potential appointment of General Leonard Wood as governor general of Cuba. They say his leadership would secure government favorable to the people and reflect a shift in American administration policy.
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Wood
Santiago DE Cuba
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Izen. Wold
Plan to draft 16,000 men yearly for Chilean army
Valparaiso Chile November 21 war committee of the chamber of deputies proposes calling out 16 000 men per year for national service A bill will be sent to the senate for issuing 50 million dollars in paper money to fund public works construction
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Valparaiso
Chile
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Gas Company Files Demurrer in Mandate Suit
Ferdinand Winter for Indianapolis Gas Company appeared in Superior Court No 1 to demur against the alternative writ of mandate issued by Judge McMasters on a city petition. The city requires a 12 inch gas pipe from Indianapolis to the gas field by November 21 or return to court. Oral argument is scheduled for Thursday morning.
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Ferdinand Winter
Indianapolis Gas Company
Superior Court
McMasters
Indianapolis
Kern
Winter
Actor Farrington Found Dead on Train in Newark
The body of Ross B. Farrington an actor from Newark New Jersey was found in a Pullman sleeping car Monday night on the Southern Railway. His friends in Newark have been notified.
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Logansport
Joseph. Cockburn
Maso
Templé
Jamies T. “Cockburn
Thomas ‘Jolly
Tipton
Washington
Ross B. Farrington
Newark
N. J
Southern Railway
Phillips Walks at City Hospital After Shooting
Henry Phillips, shot by John Mitchell weeks ago, is walking around the City hospital eating fried potatoes and porter-house steak. He occasionally vomits a grain of shot but shows no concern and has grown accustomed to it.
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Phillips
Henry Phillips
John Mitchell
City Hospital
District plans bold DC treasury onslaught at Congress
Washington bankers and residents prepare to press major projects when Congress meets. Reclamation of Potomac flats, a memorial bridge to Arlington Heights, a $1,000,000 White House addition, a presidential summer residence, and new boulevards are proposed, along with higher maintenance funding for the city.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Treasury
United States
Congress
Potomac Flats
Potomac
Arlington Heights
White House
Railroads in St Louis and Indianapolis Leaders Visit
Supt J Q Van Winkle of the Big Four in St Louis and H J Milner of Terre Haute in Indianapolis as the Pennsylvania lines monthly report shows 1225 employees paid 25719 10 for October disablement and death benefits. Since founding ten years ago 11656 members aided and 2550260 31 paid out. Union station crowds for odd fellows and masons meetings and heavy outbound traffic noted as a moving epidemic.
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J. Q. van Winkle
Big Four
St. Louis
H. J. Milner
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Penmsylvania Lines
Union
State Odd-Fellows
Masons
Remarkable Ditching Machine Demonstrated by Dalton
Richard Dalton of Wilmette tests a novel trenching machine in Evanston under a 10,000-foot contract. The craft resembles a steamboat with a rear paddle wheel and digs trenches three feet wide and six feet deep at about a foot per minute. The 20 horsepower engine powers a 13 foot diameter paddle wheel with eight scoops that move dirt to embankments on both sides.
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Chicago
Richard Dalton
Wilmette
Tévanston
Dalton
Quincys Blunder Involving Revenue Officer Seizure
Representative Blankenship in Terre Haute district heard lawbreaking by distiller Wm. Tyre near Bedford. Blankenship seized distillery effects including hay stacks, unlawfully. he is returning the hay under dispute.
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Quincy
Blankenship
Internal Revenue Officer
Terre Haute
Wm. Tyre
Bedford
Births Deaths and Marriages Notices List
Births list includes William and Lizzie Frantzieb at 1427 Hendricks Street a girl and other couples with addresses and newborns. Deaths note Isaac Sagalosky heart nephritis Julia Cummings heart failure Patrick Curran pneumonia Charles A Hill exhaustion Mrs S K Morss pneumonia Minchie Reynolds mitral insufficiency Theodore J Rugenstein consumption. Marriage licenses record Archibald McFadden Lela Stokes Householder Isaac Coppock Eliza J. Stanton Arthur C Boyles Ella B Smith Nicholas Voltz Barbara Weisenbach Jerry Gatewood Julia Morris.
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Isaac Sagalosky
Eddy-st
Julia Cummings
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Patrick Curran
Fowler St
Charles A. Hill
S. East-st
S. K. Morss
N. Capitol Ave
Minchie Reynolds
S. New Jersey St
Theodore J. Rug
Lipton Plans New Schooner For 1901 Cup Challenge
GLASGOW Nov 41 Sir Thomas Lipton's next cup challenger will be schooner rigged. Watson will design the new boat. The challenger will be posted next September for races to take place in May 1901. Lipton wants his schooner ready by next June to gain a summer racing experience before tackling the cup.
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Lipton
Glasgow
Thomas Lipton
Watson
Fall Meal for 100 at Ormonde Lunchroom
Business lunch served daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A ladies' lunch is offered on the second floor at Ormonde located at 16 West Pearl Street.
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Our Business
Ormonde
Pearl St
A Good Combination In Photo Studio Work
Stewart M. Ponder equips his photo studio with the best instruments and Wilhite, an operator with years of experience, turns out excellent work at remarkably low prices. 229 Massachusetts Ave. Neckbands put on skirts free Progress Laundry Tel 1121.
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Stewart M. Ponder
Wilhite
Massachusetts Ave
Impecunious Davis Cake Walk Tops Sales Pace
Kerry Mills, noted composer of At a Georgia camp meeting and Whistling Rufus, releases a new cake walk titled Impecunious Davis. The song has already sold about 265000 copies and adds to Mills's popular catalog.
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Davis
Kerry Mills
Georgia
Rufus
Beveridge Heads to Washington to Address Congress
Senator Beveridge departed Tuesday evening for Washington to prepare for a planned address before Congress when it convenes on the first Monday in December.
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Beveridge
Senator Beveridge
Washington
Congress
Town Talk Items Include Marriages Divorces And Rail Accident Claim
Judge Alford marries Jerry Gatewood and Julia Morris in criminal court. A concert by Charles Fr Hansen is planned at Plymouth church Wednesday night. Ella Cassell gets a divorce from Winfield. Cassell is in the workhouse for abuse. Rose Bentley seeks 3000 from Indianapolis street car firm after a car start dumped her at Washington and Illinois. Gov Mount seeks George A Weston for false pretense, held at Evanston Ill. Republican editors discuss January convention in Indianapolis. Iron molders conference at Grand Hotel—few attendees. State treasurer Levy says debt payments will not occur within ten years. Twelfth Indiana regiment to hold Missionary Ridge reunion in Columbus Indiana. Miss Lizzie George, 25, is confined for sanity review, claims she wants to go to Fort Wayne. Her mother opposes.
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Alford
Criminal Court
Jerry Gatewood
Julia Morris
Charles Fr. Hansen
Plymouth
Ella Cassell
Winfield
Leathers
Cassell
Rose Bently
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Washington
Iinoissts
Mount
Ulinois
George A. Weston
Crown Point
Evanston
Denison
State
Republican Editors’ Association
Indianapolis
Grand Hotel
Twelfth Indiana Regiment
Columbus
Ind
Missionary Ridge
Gen. Williams
Carey McPherson
Eggs May Reach 20 Cents This Christmas
J. L. Catterson, manager of the Arthur Jordan company, wholesale butter and eggs, cites high demand and storage eggs as the cause of the egg shortage in Indianapolis. He predicts prices will hit 20 cents by Christmas as farmers ship most eggs to New York and other eastern markets.
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J. L. Catterson
Arthur Jordan Company
Indianapolis
New York
Labor Commissioner Tours Crackdown on Strikes in Indiana
Labor commissioner B Frank Schmid visited Logansport to mediate a leather workers strike formerly with Kreis brothers after a petition to Gov Mount. He also planned a trip to Hartford City where 49 sewer workers quit Saturday demanding higher wages.
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B. Frank Schmid
Logansport
Kreis Brothers
Gov. Mount. Schmid
Hartford City
Smallpox Cases Investigated Near Fort Wayne
Dr. Hurry, secretary of the State board of health, traveled to Fort Wayne on Monday to examine three alleged smallpox cases 20 miles east of the city, at the urgent request of Dr. Carl Proegler, Allen County board of health secretary.
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Allen
Hurry
State Board of Health
Fort Wayne
Carl Proegler
Allen County Board of Health
Sanitary Plumbing Firm Reincorporates in Lafayette
The Incorporated Sanitary Plumbing Company of Lafayette Capital has reincorporated under the act approved March 1 1899 and reports capitalization of ten thousand dollars. The Supreme council Order of chosen friends facilitated the filing.
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Sanitary Plumbing Company
Lafayette
Capital
Supreme Council
Order of Chosen Friends
Briefly Told Domestic and World Dispatches
A mixed set of notes reports Emma Meyers a colored woman killed in New York by Mrs. Manley a Black woman. A Butler county Kentucky mob captured Elders Myler and Carlisle Mormons and ordered them away. Five thousand people greeted Gen Miles at Tucson Arizona. Christmas boxes for Philippines soldiers to be sent from Seattle. Capt Robson and brother John of the schooner Maple Leaf drowned near Toronto. Mrs Leslie Carter ex actress hopes to keep her St Louis plans starting December 4. Seven jurors secured in the Molineux case New York. Judge John Oaks Albuquerque committed death by own action Mormon conference will be held.
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Emma Meyers
Manley
New York
Butler County
Kentucky
Myler
Carlisle
Miles
Tucson
A. T
Philippines
Victoria
Seattle
Robson
John
Maple Leaf
Toronto
Leslie Carter
St. Louis
Molineux
John Oaks
Albuquerque
Mormon’ Conference
Lumbuz
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Richmond
Terre Haute Anti-Saloon League
Bell Telephone Company
Frankfort
Eugene Debs
Houston
Anderson
Melua
Inklings
Vincennes
Johnny Stinson
D. W. Voyles
Simon Heilly
New Albany
Malissa Owens
Amna Turner
Armstead Hatfield
Samburn Sample
Samuel N. Claussen
Kate Schmidt
Joseph Wolnitz
Hungary
ODD
K. of P. Endowment Bank
Uncle Sam
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Sakshe Company
Men’s and Vys’ Outfitters
C. J. Conrad
Mass. Ave
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Lizzie Frantzieb
Hendricks-st
PF. W
Schubert
Vandesest
Fred
Carrie Ogle
Twentyfifth
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Louisa Jensen
Chestnut St
James
Mrs. Barnes
New Jersey
W. S
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Twentysixth
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A. Guhl
Vermont
M. Stout
Smith-st
Frank M. Emily Sinsabaugh
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Elmer
Mrs. Werner
Tacoma-ave
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Union Station
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the Sun
SUN
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