Government Witness Shocks London Dynamos Case In Ivory Trial
The London Bow Street hearing on Edward J. Ivory alias Edward Bell featured a secret Irish agent known as Jones testifying about Clan na Gael links and the U S dynamite plot. Jones described fear of exposure as officials hid his identity and silenced sketching in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E B. Gin
Jones
Armagh
Ireland
New York
Clanna Gael Association
Ivory
Prissoner
Seceret
United States
Gill
Pears
Vaughn
Melville
Scotland Yard
Witness in Clan na Gael case recalls oath and danger
The article recounts a court scene where Jones admits taking the Clan na Gael oath amid questions on his alias and home address. A jailor notes Jones is "a dead man" while Jones admits spying for Britain and gathering secrets on Irish groups including the United Irish and D. A. in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clan-Na-Gael
Associated Press
Jones
Ivory
New York
Tvory
Gill
Clanna Gael
England
William Lyman
Allance
Boland
New York City
Irsh
United Irish
T. HL
D. A
Secret Irish revolutionary networks revealed in 189 convention evidence
Testimony detailed initiation into a Shamrock club and the Nelly club with figures like Lyman Toland Gallagher Kearney and Tynan. It describes secret district orders, revolutionary funds, deaths of the Manchester martyrs, and a Chicago convention tied to Clan na Gael. Ivory held as treasurer in a hidden movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tir Argumenthon Ant
Shamrock Club
Lyman
Toland
Gallagher
Kearney
Tynan
Nelly Club
Mearns
Nolan
Dublin
Jones
Asd
Chicago
Deary
J. Tynan
O'Donovan Tessa
Ivory
Y Movement
Thomas Meric Jones
Chicaga
St. John Gaffney
McCoy's
America
Cody
New York
Clan-na-Gael
Ireland
Damages Settled in Debs Strike Case in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee on November 17 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway settled damage suits against the company and H W McKenna by John O Rourke and Robert Mair. The plaintiffs received a sum in release of all claims. O Rourke and Blair were ARU union members arrested in July 1894 on warrants for obstructing the mails and conspiring to defeat interstate commerce laws. After examination there was no evidence tying them to the mail train affair and they were discharged. The men were bound over, indicted later, and the cases noticed by the US district attorney about a year ago. Meanwhile, the federal official's resignation story and successor noted. The other item reports Commissioner Miller of the Internal Revenue Bureau resigning to join American Bonding and Trust Co. in Baltimore. ex-Representative Forman of Illinois expected as successor. Miller will stay until successor ready.
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company
H.W. McKenna
Tte
John O' Hourke
Robert Mair
O'Rourke
Blair
American Railway Union
Bloodgood
United States
O'Rouke
Forman
Milneis
Washington
Joseph 8. Miller
Internal Revenue Bureau
American Bonding and Trust Company
Baltimore
Ilinois
Miller
St. Louis
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Schuyler Memorial House
Chariton Holm
New York
Muste Hall
Miss Willard
Annie M. Palmer
Town
Chicago
Publication Association
Agnes Slack
England
Frances Willard
Henry Somerset
Congress
Turkey
Armenia
America
National Council of Jewish Women Opens First Convention in Gotham
The first convention of the National Council of Jewish Women opened in Tuxedo Hall New York with 120 delegates including about fifty from New York City Prominent attendees include Mrs Eilen M Henrotin Mrs L Nussbaum Mrs Etta Ceell KR Hirsch and Mrs Hattie Heller Delegates from Canada include Mrs Meldola de Cola Chicago leads the council with officers from Chicago President Mrs H Solomon Vice President Mrs E Mandel Treasurer Mrs J Selz Secretary Miss Sadie American Recording Secretary Mrs T J Wolf Seventeen states represented and delegates from New York City and beyond.
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Sion
Gotham
New York
National Council of Jewish Women
Tuxedo Hall
New York City
Eilen M. Henrotin
Chicago
Mra. L. Nussbaum
Indianapolis
Mra
Etta Ceell Kr, Hirsch
Des Moines
Hattie Heller
St. Louis
Canada
Meldola de Cola
Illinots Melange Hears of Arrest in Lamoine Case
A respected Lamoine township elder faced arrest on insanity charges after a son alleged violence. The sheriff arrived with a warrant but the hearing was set for next Tuesday with the elder released in the interim. The man quipped about his supposed insanity, noting long life and odd past remarks.
Battleship Texas sunk story and lumber price rise noted
A history page notes the battleship Texas sunk at New York Bay has been repaired. Lumber prices in Chicago have jumped from 60 cents to 1 a thousand feet with further hikes expected. A range of political moves and local incidents are described including a murder arrest in Chicago and a Florida governor’s call for a defense convention.
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Texas
Brooklyn
Lumtermans
Chicago
Missouri
United States
Btone
John Komoroski
West Fortieth Street
Leo Troms
Unemployed Across Occupations in Census Year 1890
The report by Labor Commissioner Wright presents first time data on unemployed persons by occupation and race from the 1890 census. It details 4.59 million unemployed at some point, with 972,000 men and 167,672 women unemployed for the full year, totaling about 5.01 percent of workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carrot B. Wright
Secretary of the Interior
Knights of Labor Select Rochester for General Assembly
Walls City chosen as the site for the Knights of Labor general assembly after a four ballot vote among candidates Boston Baltimore Butte Montreal Little Rock San Francisco Chattanooga and Louisville. Immigration curbs debated while labor reform and postal savings measures gain endorsement. Local council meetings and national figures referenced along with New York Jewish Women council notes and Kentucky election returns.
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Walls City
Knights of Labor Assembly
Rochester
N. Y
Assembly
Boston
Baltimore
Butte
Mont
Montreal
Littl Rock
San Francisco
Chattanooga
Louisville
General Assembly
Congress
Eigil
Sovereign
McKinley
Hanna
Wall Street
Bryan
Corn Kings of the Plains and Their Tribulations
The piece portrays corn as kings on Kansas and Nebraska prairies, detailing corn carnivals, the political use of corn, and the social joy around harvest. It notes prosperity when corn thrives, famine risk from July heat and hot winds, and the shift from wheat to corn feeding, plus the rise of Kaffir corn as a new crop with potential impact on semiarid farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Wheat
King Cattle
King Gorn
Prairies
All Loyal to the Flag at Gordon Lecture
General Gordon spoke two and a half hours at the Lincoln club in Rochester about the Last Days of the Confederacy. He raised the American flag and pledged that it shall never bear a blot or stain, with veterans applauding wildly and many moved to tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Children for bailiffs in Federal Court Kansas City
In Kansas City federal court three young boys Freddie Graham Saul Prozan and Harold Gale were sworn in as bailiffs at the start of a term. The 12 year old tallest boy stood only halfway to the judge's desk but all raised their right hands and took the oath with bravado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Court
Kansas City
Freddie Graham
Saul Prozan
Harold Gale
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sage seeks $100 suit over horse killed by Erie Railroad
Russell Sage rails against corporations while pursuing damages over a horse killed on the Erie line. He exhumed the horse to contest the railroad's claim, discovering the leg was not broken. Sage aims to force a payout, insisting on principle over money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage
Erie Railroad
New York Journal
Will provides $1 to common law claimant in Hopk ins will
The Kansas City probate filing of Charles Grandison Hopkins’s will includes a clause declaring he is not married and has no children, followed by a provision gifting $1 to any person proven to be claimed as such by sworn testimony, after or before the will’s execution. Nearby reports note a 12 month strike of 800 weavers at Barnoldswick with little settlement prospects and occasional riots, while the Hoffmans in the county jail are accused of stealing chickens during morning foraging expeditions with two dogs.
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Altgeld
Springfield
Chicago
United States
Veslay
General Missionary Committee
M. BE
Dhurch
Carlisle
Covington, Ky
Mise Annie Howard
New Orleans
Harrison
Walter Parrott
Court House
Custer County
Baptist Congress
Nashville
Congress
Robert Pierce
Sullivan
Tle
Missouri
Charles Grandison Hopkins
Kansas City
Leeds
Barnoldswick
Yorkshire
Northern Counties Weavers’ Association
London Telegraph
Wilson Hoffman
Philadelphia
Sixty-third Street
Gity Hall
Chicago Chronicle
York Haven to House One of Nation's Largest Electric Plants
A Philadelphia Times report notes York Haven Pennsylvania will host a massive electric plant costing about 2 to 3 million dollars with 20 000 horsepower. Supervisors include H I Carter Severy and Einstein from New York. The plant aims to serve nearby cities within 30 to 40 miles and could spur three or four large mills. About 2 000 workers start in spring, with a three year construction horizon.
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Pennsylvania
York Haven
York
H. I. Carter
Philadelphia
Severy
Einstein
New York
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Manchester
Philadelphia Times
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Dr. Miles
Haran
Phegan
South Mead
Ind
Baird
Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
the Lanark Gazette
Lecaron
A. R. U. Men
Council OF Jewish Women
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Democratic State Committee
Big Horn
Brittain
Howell
Malloy
Vanmetre
Martin
Quaeley
Mondell
Osborne
Big Horn County
Farmers Tattorar Chaotaoqua
Mls
Farmers’ National Chautauque Association
Rail Association
Samuel M. Inglis
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Peter Vredenburg
Charles F. Mills
T. J. Crowder
Ben F. Workman
Auburn
James A. Stone
Bradfordton
T. Atwood
Roeford
Kate $. Gould
Bone Gap
Eva T. Sinclair
Ashland
United States Supreme Court
Wright Irrigation Law
California
United States Atreult Court
Telegraph
Maced
Luther Laflin Mills
McKintey
Decatur
Canton
O. D. Hill
Sound Money
A.D. Kane
Andrew J. Kane
Christian Church
C. P. Kane
Grand Commandery
Knight Templars
Henry B. Kane
International and Great Northern Railroad
Gold Democrats of
Gold Democratic State Committee
Democrats
Cleveland
Conrad
Thioomington
Charles Conrad
William Cope
Cooksviile
Cope
Fifer
Cairo
Holmes
Makanda
Peoria
Ill
Navy
James Po Tnem
Lee Mays
C. M. Taylor
Princeville
Tils
Edward Auten
Auten
Hitt
Palmer
Tilinios
Jacooh Guyer
Mary Hotchkiss Guyer
Ulnois
Internal Revenue
Vnce Miller
William H. Forman
Llinois
Clarksburg
W. Va
John Grove
Aswe
Martin and
Quealy
Vanmeter
Cou.eres
Mitchell
Florida
South Atlantic
Charles Leavitt
Havana
Jirgan
South Dakota
W. Ss. Foreman
Court of Elaima
Berlin
Greville
Tradford
Hogland
Kier Hardie
Munkacey
Jones Memoral Library
Jacksonville
Tia
Hingis College
H. K. Jones
Ohio
Republican
Democratic
People’s
Prohibition
National Prohibition
Socialist Labor
National Democratic
Kansas
Leedy
Star
George Prentiee
Oscar Phillips
James J. Hubbard
C. B E. Bowers
United States Navy
Orrin Barton
Ottumwall
Abyssinia
Italy
Menelik
Abysaing
New Park
Grover's Woods
Maspeth
John FP. Isom
Lee Ways
Singera
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Falls
Venezuela
London
Noy
Frank E. Norton
Central Police Station
Norton
Massachusetts
Pettus
Pugh
Montgomery
Ala
E. W. Pettus
Jewish Women In Council
8. R. Levy
Ida Zenobia Frazer
Kentucky
Frankfort
Secretary of State
McKiley
South Bend
City Board of Health
New York Financial
Sterling Exchange
Chicago Grain and Produce
Board of Trade
Oorn
Birger
Burbanks
Hebron
Cattio
Western Rangers
Milwaukee Grain
Northern
Sige
Louis Grain
Sie
Omeabe
Detroit Grain
Vermorr
Witge Mae
Visge
Kansas Prairies
Pacific Coast
Prairie Cabin
Nebraska
Jewell County
O. ML. Harger
Chicago Times-Herald
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Russell Sage
Uncle Sage
Erie Railroad Company
Mr. Sage
Blunveltville
Piermont
Erie Road
West Shore Bridge
Nellie
W. Seward Webb
Vermont
Committee On Railroads
Cholly Knickerbocker
Washington Times
Cabstoria
Calle
Portland
Astoria
Salem
Albany
Willamette Valley Points
Pendleton
Baker City
Huntington
Orecon
Great Northern
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Spokane
Palouse Country
Walla Walla
Scenic Columbia
Tekoa
Colfax Founda
Snake River
Umatila
Astern
Oregon
East Wortland
Southern Pacific
Rosenborg
F. J. Wairney
St. Paul, Minn
Walton
Soea
U. S
WM. Walton
Steph. St
Freeport, Il
C.M
St.p
Chicago and
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Kan
City
ScbGam
Dubuque
Kane City
Sioux City
Racine and & W
Pizine
Freeport
Rock Island
Savanna
Coing Enet
Kirkland
M. M. Olin
Rowland
A. Wolf
the Exchange Bank
Amos Wore
David Wour
Dows K. Wor
CG. RowLasn
Amos Wolf
Notary Public
D.C
W. Middlekauff
Morne
Jaw R Drug
Lllinata
Morage &E
Exchange Bank
Lanark, Illesols
Levi T. Bray
F. C
Lanark
J. T. Jacobs
Post Office
Illinois
West Side
Es Mlovv
Iam
Peter Horner
H. Reid Staley, Liett Isa Es
Worr Snively
Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
Lehriner’ Barn
Brooke
Salitarie
Ivanhoe
WLA
Galli
V. CO
Lampert
Rock Creek Lodge
Rhodes
JT Jacoons
A.J. Lampert
Knights OF the Globe
Odd Fellows Hall
Makky Herren
Adje. LLC
W. Minn
Pracarecee
U.S
Oureigs
John W Derburn & CO
Washington, D. C
DeWitt
Burlington
Sowthl
HL. Harris
Milledgeville Station
K. M. Pannen
Chadwick
Chosm
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