Senate committee probes livestock and dressed meat rates
United States senate committee on inter state commerce opened hearings on livestock and dressed meat shipping rates. Illinois Central official I L Jeffery testified the line had no stock yard transport agreement and could not explain rate disparities between dressed beef and live cattle. He noted prior testimony on fair rates and mentioned a yet unpublished letter to Commissioner Morrison. Local Elgin testimony described dressed beef transforming cattle trade and stable meat prices despite lower cattle prices.
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Missouri
Senator Coke
Texas
Farwell
Illinois
I. L. Jeffers
Illinois Central Ky
Illinois Central
Jeffery
Interstate Commission
Sioux City
Iowa
Chicago
Omaha
St. Louis
Jeftery
Morrison
Central Troffic Association
Wilcox
Larkin
Elgin
London Strikes Stall With No New Moves Across City
The afternoon in London shows no change in the great strike as three thousand tailors march the streets. Reports say the strike leaders urged expulsion of dock workers, while dock companies report more workers at the docks, including former strikers and new hires, keeping the situation tense.
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Liv
Home
Matthews
Tns
Strikers Move on London Albert Docks to Halt Work
A mob of about 800 laborers invaded the Albert docks in London and forced the workers to stop labor this afternoon as strike activity surged in the city.
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London
Albert Docks
Trades Union Congress backs London strike action
The Trades Union Congress in session adopts resolutions affirming the London strikers. It calls on all United Kingdom trades to provide financial support to the strikers. Three thousand looms stopped in Blackburn as trade sinks.
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Trades Union Congress
London
Blacklurn
Laborites hold large parades and meetings in rain
In Indianapolis on September 2 rains interrupted the day yet did not prevent a creditable laborite parade. This afternoon large mass meetings were held at two points in the city.
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Indian Chief Grass Dying
Fort Yates dispatch reports Sioux leader John Grass gravely ill and not expected to recover. His illness prompts concern among tribes and observers in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Grass
Minneapolis
Fort Yates
North Dakota
John Grass
Jury voir dire in Cronin case resumes this morning
The examination of salesmen to assess their fitness or unfitness to serve as jurors in the Cronin case was resumed today. No notable developments have emerged so far.
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Cronin
Will of William Shaw Probate Reveals Large Bequests
The Pittsburgh will assigns one sixteenth shares to ten children and three sixteenths for numerous bequests. Wife receives three sixteenths. Coal lands withheld until minor children reach age. total estate value may reach 13 million for coal lands. Major gifts include University of Pennsylvania 100000, Presbyterian boards 82000 to 38000 totals, American Board 36000, hospitals 100000.
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Pirtsburg
William Shaw
Ilis
Wester University of Pennsylvania
Infamous Atlantic City plot leads to arrests in Hamilton case
In Atlantic City New Jersey Mrs Swinton and her son Josiah Hamilton are jailed on conspiracy charges tied to the Robert Hay Hamilton scandal. Inspector Byrnes exposed a scheme to obtain the family jewels and wealth, with Eva who married Hamilton accused of deceit. A midwife sold a child said to be Hamilton's, while Josiah and Mrs Hamilton allegedly conspired with Mrs Swinton. In Toronto the American Association for the Advancement of Science elected officers George L Goodale president for the Indianapolis meeting next August.
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Atlantic City
Hamilton
Iamilton
Byrnes
Swinton
Toronto
Ont
American Association For the Advancement of Science
George L. Goodale
Chambridge
Massachusetts
Indianapolis
Prairie fires sweep Minnesota as Big Stone City risks ruin
A prairie fire ten miles wide races through Minnesota bottom lands near Lac Qui Parle. Big Stone City is in danger as flames reach two miles southeast. hunters started the blaze two days ago and farmers report widespread loss of hay and stock.
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Lac Qui Parc
Minn
Minnesota
Big Stone City
Mining Town Destroyed by Forest Fire in Montana
News from Black Pine in Deer Lodge county reports the town and the Black Pine Mining works wiped out by a timber fire. Workers fought the blaze as flames shot high and winds roared, with residents fleeing as fire neared. Separately Gardiner near Yellowstone Park was entirely lost to fire, with only one house saved, blamed on camp carelessness and a saloon origin.
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Gardiner
Black Pine
Mont
Deer Lodge
Helena
Deer Lodge County
Black Pine Mining Company
Phillipsburg
Cinabar
National Park
Yellowstone Park
Empire
Race War in Mississippi Threatens Violence
Reports from Grenada and Greenwood Miss indicate armed black groups near Shellmound and Winter City with whites outnumbered two to one. Volunteers and militia rushed to Shellmound commanded by J C Longstreet and C I Towne, while Governor Lowry leads troops from Jackson to quell unrest amid alliance store tensions.
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Grenada
Miss
Sheilmound
Leflore County
J.C. Longstreet
C. I. Towne
Winona Rifles
Greenwood
Shellmound
Lowry
New Orleans
Jackson
la Flore County
Winter City
Oliver Cromwell
Vicksburg
Farmers’ Alliance
Durant
Cromwell
Suicide at his mother's home ends Conrad Fuchs Jr life
Cincinnati report states Conrad Fuchs Jr 28 secretary of Adams Schlitz Brewing shot himself in bed at his mother's residence with no stated motive. Separate dispatch from New Orleans notes deputy sheriff Jacobs a Republican was shot in Franklin Louisiana in the third congressional district.
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Conrad Fuchs, Jr
Sle
Adams Schlitz Brewing Company
New Orleans
Franklin
Louisiana
Jacobs
Constitutional convention elects permanent president
The morning session at DigiVenne focused on choosing a permanent president. Judge M. C. Brown of Laramie City, the Republican candidate, was elected to the post.
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M. C. Brown
Laramie City
Wyoming Constitution Convention Opens at Capital
Wyomings constitutional convention began its session in Cheyenne as reports came in of a sheriff’s sale at 10 80 this morning. A prisoner named Rinek Bart Smoth was nailed to a door in a sensational incident. Also noted was the death of a 50 year old man in Lepee today.
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Cueyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Bussiaruh
Ole
Over Hills to the Poorhouse A Milwaukee Lady Turned Out
Amelia Foote widow of Milwaukee County’s first municipal judge is homeless at old age after her two sons and a daughter, all prosperous, cast her into the street and seek public charity. Robert Foote a Washington Kansas hotel keeper. Erastus Foote a railway agent with a farm near Waupun. daughter Fannie Foote 8416 roadway Milwaukee.
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Milwaukes
Wis
Amelia Foote
Erastus Foote
Milwaukee County
Robert E. Foote
Washington, Kan
Erastus D. Foote
Waupun
Fannie M. Foote
Daughter Sent Mother to County Farm After Family Rejection
Amelia Foote, with three able children, was turned out by her daughter's action on Sunday and, lacking a place to go, was ordered admitted to the county farm by Supervisor Atkinson. She rode over the Wauwatosa hills to the poorhouse, illustrating the harsh family dynamics and welfare policy of the time.
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Atkinson
Amelia Foote
Wauwatosa Hills
Miracle faith cure ends in Findlay boy's death
Bert Williams, 18, bruised his leg while playing ball in Findlay Ohio. A faith cure group prayed for healing after stitches were removed. Gangrene developed and his leg rotted away. he died Saturday. A consumptive parishioner also died recently after weeks of prayer.
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Ohio
Bert Williams
Young Williams
Hluffton
Man Flies Down Horse Shoe Falls In Barrel Stunt
Prof Graham completed a daring ride over Niagara’s Horse Shoe Falls in a barrel. He credited the rapids as worse than the plunge, reported feeling dazed at the brink and described the roar as unforgettable. He was treated for flesh bruises by a physician at Horne's hotel.
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Graham
Niagara Falls
C. D. Graham
Horne
Steamer Gem City Sinks Near Alton Crew Saved
The Gem City of the Saint Line sank a few miles above Alton around 8 PM after leaving St. Louis. All crew and passengers were rescued, cargo mostly saved, cause of sinking unknown.
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St. Louis
St. Paul
Great Cures of Skin Diseases by Cuticura Remedies
Advertorial letter claims Cuticura Remedies cured severe skin conditions in children and adults. A parent reports dramatic improvement after using Cuticura Resolvent and Soap at Massena Sulphur Springs and at home, praising rapid results and recommending the products for skin diseases. Additional testimonial from Clara Frederick in Broad Brook, Conn., credits externally applied Cuticura Soap and internally used Resolvent with cure.
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John 2. Bero
American House
Hoginsburgh
N.Y
Bezcina
Clara A
Frederick
Broad Brook
Conn
Cuticura
Potter Druc and Chemical Corporation
Boston
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