Gompers Is Out as AFL President McBride Elected
The 1882 veteran Samuel Gompers loses the AFL presidency to John McBride at the Denver convention. Indianapolis wins the headquarters bid over Washington by 1,290 to 926 votes for five years. McBride, backed by unions including the Mine Workers, is chosen with McCraith and Lennon among top officers amid calls for administrative change.
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Allen
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Philadelphia
James Duncan
Baltimore
Randy Keannan
A. McGraith
Boston
Typographical Union
John B. Lennon
Winter wheat condition slips slightly from last year
Government crop report shows winter wheat on December 1 at 89 percent, down from 91.5 in 1893 and 87.4 in 1892, with state figures ranging from 73 percent in Kansas to 93 percent in Ohio and 92 percent in Michigan and California. Acreage sown for 1895 rose to about 24.2 million acres after revisions. In other items, Claus A. Blixt pleads not guilty to murder. the Fayerweather will case favors five colleges. an embezzlement case totalling 8,000 dollars and a railroad extension to Cripple Creek are noted.
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Bank Clerk in Council Bluffs shoots Fidelity agents
Fidelity agents G A Cromwell and F D Hayden were wounded in a bank shooting by Huntington after a missing $500 check. Huntington killed himself after firing on the men and was pronounced dead at 1 10 p m. An inquest will be held as police investigate the incident.
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Chicago
Fidelity
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Cromwell
Hayden
J. D. Edmundson
C. B. Hannan
Fidelity Company
Judge Gilfillan Dead Chief Justice of Minnesota
Minnesota Chief Justice James Gilfillan died Sunday morning at 6 04 in his 65th year after a long illness. Born in Bannockburn Scotland on November 9 1829 he practiced law in Buffalo before moving to St Paul in 1857 and served as chief justice since 1873. His family gathered beside him in his final days.
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Fire at Brush Creek causes $7000 loss in Brush Creek hotel barn
Fire at Brush Creek in West Union La Dec 18 started in the St. Cloud hotel barn and burned nine horses and other livestock. The hotel and city schoolhouse were saved with difficulty due to water shortages as the town has no fire department. Claims indicate about 7000 dollars loss with small insurance.
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Discharges Linked to Sympathy for Strikes in Sioux City
A Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway layoff hit engineers, firemen, and conductors in Sioux City, with officials alleging sympathy for strikers sparked the action. More dismissals loom and trouble is threatened as the dispute widens.
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Montana Millionaire Settles Wife Case for 410000
Aaron Hirshfield, the Helena banker made famous by a Fargo trial, has settled with his wife. He will pay 410,000 and she drops all further claims, with expenses borne by her. A divorce separating the pair is expected.
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