World Briefs From The Week Of Global Events
In Russian Poland a cellar case reveals 19 murder victims. Brussels hosts the International Monetary Conference while Paris handles Panama Canal scrutiny. France and Britain juggle custody cases, finance, and press law as Rome denies Pope health fears. Dahomey falls to French troops under Dodds. A London suicide and a London court custody appeal punctuate a week of upheaval. East India Currency Commission adjourns awaiting Brussels talks. France secures a temporary press-control victory amid political tension.
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Russian
Poland
International Monetary Conference
Brussels
Benhanzin
Chamber of Deputies
Washington Political and Police News Summary
President Harrison reports on government affairs while Secretary Rusk releases the Agriculture Department review. Obituaries, retirements, and illnesses touch Washington officials. Budget talks, Polar expeditions, and Navy needs compete with crime reports from Milwaukee, Alabama, and Texas. Homestead strike ends, and Pinkerton hearings adjourn. Floods hit Washington state as tensions rise in Congress and cabinet.
Numerous World News Items Reported From Across the Nation
A long list of diverse events is summarized including fatal house fires in Pittsburg and a mill blaze in Arkansas City with huge losses, court-martial proceedings for Captain Autom, timber land openings in North Michigan, and crop estimates. Other items cover politics, weather disasters, crime, stock markets, and religious education policy.
Markets Report From New York and St Louis
Markets across New York and St Louis show mixed results with cotton and grain prices fluctuating. Cotton middling in New York remains steady while futures for corn oats and wheat vary. livestock prices range for hogs and cattle with modest gains and declines noted.
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New York
Electric Brevities and Political Refugees Incident
Venezuela authorities fired on the American ship Philadelphia after its captain refused to deliver nine political refugees now in New Jersey. A compromise at San Antonio, Texas divided a $900000 estate among relatives and the Catholic Church. A controversial issue involves the governor and alleged constitution defects summoning the Legislature in Georgia.
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Venezuela
Philadelphia
New Joe
San Antonio
Tez
Testimony on Homestead trouble before Senate committee
Nov. 26 Pirrsnine Pa. senate committee continued hearings on Pinkerton use and armed detectives in labor strife at Homestead. Witnesses including Amalgamated leader Weihe criticized Pinkertons, urged arbitration and compulsory boards, and discussed wage levels, conference failures, and state versus federal power.
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Pirrsnine
Pinkerton
Homestead
W. B. Rodgers
Little Bill
William Weihe
Amalgamated Association
Carnegie Company
United States
William G. Roberts
S[omestead
Amalgated Association
Gallinger
Carnegie Steel Company
Pinkertons
Senator Gallinger
Amalgamated
Weihe
Suicide of a Traveling Man in Clinton Hotel
Edwin H. Rymal a traveling salesman from Toledo hanged himself in his Clinton hotel room after two weeks in Koxono Indiana. He attempted hanging with his own suspenders which broke, then used bed clothing to make a noose. He had been drinking heavily.
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Koxono
Ind
Edwin H. Rymal
Toledo
Clinton Hotel
Disastrous fires destroy factories and hotels in multiple cities
A string of fires reports heavy losses across Lynchburg Virginia Winslow Lyscapine North and South Dakota Manitoba and Winnipeg. Wright & Craighill fertilizer house and W A Heffernan sash shop, SP Halsey and R C Stokes Co tobacco works, and the Zinzendorf hotel in Wryntow all burned. Totals run high with estimates near 810000 in one city and 100000 insurance. Park hotel loss 10000 insured. Silver Heights residence at Winnipeg valued about 50000 pounds.
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Lyschburg
Winslow
Lyscapine
Lynch Street
Wright & Craighill
W. A. Heffernan
SP. Halsey
R. C. Stokes & Co
Wryntow
N. C
Zinzendorf
West End Land Company
Yaxbrox
Park Hotel
Robert Kirk
Springfield
Bonhomme County
Yankton
Wisyirea
Manitoba
Donald A. Smith
Winnipeg
Silver Heights
Favor an Extra Session in Democratic Ranks
Washington reports show Democratic Senators and Representatives debating an extra session of Congress next month. Early views favored avoiding it, but with new arrivals the majority leans toward convening soon after inauguration to relieve tariff burdens. Aides warn against fusion with third party groups. Representative Oates urges independence from any coalition.
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Washiington
Harrison
Rusk
Agricultural Department
Washington
Kenna
Scott Wike
Gear
Iowa
Treasury
Green B. Baum
Representative Oates
Alabama
James A. Simmons
Sixth National Bank of New York
Senator Kenna
West Virginia
Congress
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Wanton Murder of a Negro in Kentucky
Louisville dispatch reports at Sparta Kentucky hotel keeper Jerry Constantine shot and killed a black man named Roberts over a forty dollar debt. Roberts promised repayment on Thanksgiving. Constantine warned he would kill him if unpaid and fired at the station, killing Roberts. No arrest reported. Also notes the death of Ohio Governor McKinley’s father in Canton and a La. shooting where two ranchmen were killed by Texas rangers after a suspected horse theft incident.
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Wm. Binder
Milwaukee
Arizona
Kit
Dr. Jones
Captain Veal
Mount Sterling
Ala
Wm. P. Anderson
Dallas
Tex
Borden
Washington
Steve Brodie
Ohio
Wm. J. Belford
M. Morgan
Birmingham
Pittsburg
Texas
San Antonio
Auttom
Eighteenth Infantry
Michigan
Neal
New Orleans
Sherman
Washburn
Boards of Trade
Biela
Nash
Pacific Coast
Desha Lember and Planing Company
Arkansas City
Ark
Sola
Denison
Clark
Hogg
Democratic Party
Mills
Senate
Greenland
Verhof
Fairhaven
Wash
Kansas
Great Lakea
al Smith
New York
Sylvester Critchlow
Homestead
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
Kansas City
Sam Woolner
Peoria
Whisky Trust
Missouri
Jefferson City
Dyrenforth
Bradstreet
Financial Review
Louisville
Sparta
Jerry Constantine
Roberts
Constantine
Robert
New OniKane
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande Valley
Ben
Missouri notes on charters and court cases in 1893 era
Secretary of State issues charters to multiple corporations including Boose and Mackey Tobacco in Clarke County and Arkansas Construction Company in Kan-sas City with varied capitals. Other items report a Christian County Circuit Court horse theft indictment, Eastern capitalists arriving for the Winner bridge foreclosures, a coroner inquest for Geo Decker, a damaging cyclone near West Plains, a California hotel fire, a Kansas City Missouri Pacific yard fatality, and regional insurance losses with scattered details.
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Lesacer
Boose& Mackey Tobacco Company
Clarkevile
Pike County
Saline County
J. M. Ancel
Eac H
Christian County
Frank Wilson
Geo. Skinner
Wilson
I. D. Lamb
Lamb
Smyrna
Missouri
Kansas City Dispatch
Theodore C. Bates
Worcester
Masa
North Side Construction Company
The
Central Syndicate Company
Chicago, Kansas City and Texas Railway Company
Wash Adam
Houston Dispatch
Travis
Geo. Decker
Decker
West Plains
John Armstrong
Armstrong
California
W. C. Finke
Wm. Inman
Geo. Moore
Inman
James Coffee
Missouri Pacific Yarda
Kansas City
Comix
Stone
Shirk
Nevada
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Blaine
Peary
Farquhar
Navy Yard
Justice Field
Supreme Bench
Chicago
Fort Sampler
James
Fort Johnson
Ireland
Paribault
Red Rud
Swarthout Brothers
Morriton
BT. Louis
Eae
Air
Anon
Georgia
Senate Investigating Committee
Missouri News
B. A
Gedalia Basco
Sistas
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