Leaders of Labor Open New York AFL Convention
The American Federation of Labor opened at Madison Square Garden with leaders from the United States Canada and Britain in attendance. John McBride and Samuel Gompers addressed the assembly as officers are chosen amid debates on headquarters relocation and labor reforms.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Madison Square Garden
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Samuel Gompers
Indianapolis
John McBride
Federation
J. W. Sullivan
McBride
Committee On
Denver
Debs
Burns and Holmes
Ile
John B. Lennon
John Swinton
Father Ducey
Cooper Union
Gompers
James O'Connell
International Machinists’ Association
Ienry Weissman
Germany says it will honor treaties amid tariff dispute
Berlin December 10. In the Reichstag Baron von Bieberstein refused to modify the U S differential sugar duty, stating it violates the treaty but Germany will stand by its accords. He defended Germany's meat prohibition as domestic concern and noted American insurers in Prussia require compliance with German law before licenses can be restored.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Baron Marschal von Bieberstein
Herrritzen
Germany
United States
Cleveland
Congress
America
Michigan Day at Atlanta Show Draws Detroit Delegation
About 300 Detroit chamber of commerce and Detroit Manufacturers' Club members visited Atlanta for Michigan Day at the exposition. They traveled via Cincinnati and Chattanooga, received a reception in Cincinnati, and heard addresses from President Collier and J H Sowarth before remaining in Atlanta until Wednesday.
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Atlanta
Michigan
Detroit Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Cincinnati
Canattanooga
Collier
J. H. Sowarth
Pat Crowe Sentenced for Grand Larceny in Missouri
In St Joseph Missouri Pat Crowe pleads guilty to grand larceny and receives a three year penitentiary term. He had been indicted for train robbery and faces another Denver related diamond heist case. Crowe led a Burlington express train hold up near St Joseph January 18 1904. Peter McGeoch Will allocates 750000 to 1000000 to two daughters and a son. widow Mary P McGeoch receives 25000 per an ante nuptial agreement.
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St. Joseph
Pat Crowe
Desperado
Denver
Crowe
Milwaukee
Peter McGeoch
Mosiday
Mary ‘P. McGeoch
Death of well known author George Sala at Brighton
London Dec 9. George Augustus Sala the noted journalist and author died at Brighton after long illness. Cause of death was a complication of disorders including liver, kidney and nerve disease. Sala, born 1828 in London, wrote for Welcome Guest Temple Bar Magazine and many periodicals. He was a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and produced numerous books and essays.
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Empires
Brighton
England
London
Cgeorge Augustus Sala
Mr. Bala
George Augustus Henry Sala
Welcome Guest
Temple Bar
Capt. Dangerous
Illustrated London News
Hogarth
Morocco
Barbary
Waterloo
Peninsula
Rome
Venice
Wat Tyler
M. P
Paris
America
Renegade Apaches Said to Kill Six Near Arizona Border
Reports from Deming New Mexico describe six murders blamed on renegade Apaches from San Carlos. Troops from Forts Bayard and Grant pursue across rough country toward the Sierra Madre. Early killings include three Hinton brothers and Searles on Eagle Creek and a Merrill with his 16 year old niece six miles west of Ash Springs. Bodies mutilated and a general sense of condemnation by reservation Indians.
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Deming
N.M
Arizona
San Carlos
Bayard
Grant
Old Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Eagle Creek
Hinton
Searles
Merrill
Ash Springs
Postal workers barred from lobbying for legislation
Postmaster General Wilson issued an order prohibiting postal employees from organizing or contributing funds to influence Legislation. The directive targets efforts by employees across classes to fund committees or representatives for appearances before congressional committees. Violators face removal.
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Washington
Wilson
American Railroad Concession Opens Route Peking to Sea
A U S syndicate wins a Chinese government concession to build a 200 mile line from tidewater to Peking tapping a coal district. Construction will be government-backed with American capital and engineers driving the project.
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Peking
Port Townsend
Wash
Tidewater
Tug Pearl 8 Campbell Foundered Off Huron Island
Duluth reports the tug Pearl 8 Campbell of Inman Line foundered off Huron Island about 40 miles from L’Anse Michigan during a 50 mile per hour northeast storm. Crew included Capt W L McGilvra and officers John Lloyd George McCort Fred England plus unknown cook and two firemen. The vessel sank after ice filled her hull as seas rose and fires died. Castle and Corona tugs offered aid but could not reach her.
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Duluth
Minn
Pearl
Campbell
Inman Line
Huron Island
L’anse
Mich
W. L. McGilvra
John Lloyd
George McCort
Fred England
Cook
Kent
Moonlight
McCort
Sheboygan
Vastle
Corona
Huron Isle
Enterprise
Castle
Duron Bay
Leith
Scotland
Stannard
Shields
Dundee
New York
Cape Wrath
Faroe Islands
Henry Anders
Rostock
Liverpool
Ringsend
Mersey
Three Children Killed by Powder Blast in Charleroi
In Charleroi Pennsylvania a coal miner Mike Andrejas loses his three children when he stores gunpowder near an open fire. The explosion blows out part of the house and the children die within minutes. Other items from the day include a double murder in Bluefield Virginia and a Chicago junk shop seizure of stolen property.
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Pittsburgh
Charleroi
Mike Andrejas
Andrejas
Chicago
R. Rosenburg
West 13Th Place
Rosenburg
Sam
Jauie Nathan
Manny
Cme
Chicago Telephone Company
State of Trade Shows Slow Demand Amid Prices Rise
A weekly Dun report notes overall business remains sluggish with weak consumer distribution and excess production capacity. Wheat gains, corn soft, cotton weak, iron lower, leather down, hides down, and pork rice tobacco firm. failures rise modestly in US and Canada.
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Congress
United States
Canada
R. G. Dun & Co
Jacksonville
Augusta
Birmingham
Milwaukee
Kansas City
St. Louis
Navigation closes on the lakes for 1895 season
Chicago reports the lake trade ending at noon with grain and other lines above prior records. The season saw 58 seamen lost, most from man overboard or falls. 43 boats valued at 178,700 and 20,195 net tons were lost including 23 ashore, 9 foundered, 4 burned and 7 after collisions. Next season expects major tonnage growth with new steel vessels.
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Chicago
United States
Great Lakes
Africa
Georgian Bay
Yes
A Dastardly Deed in Colleton County Lynching
A mob lynched two women and a man in Colleton County near Jiarnwell and Wamipton lines over suspected theft of a Bible and church furniture. An inquest led by Trial Justice Walker charged four men, including a physician, with the crime based on heirs testimony.
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Columbia
Colleton County
Jiarnwell
Wamipton
Walker
Republicans Question President’s Message and Currency Cure
A compilation of reactions from senators and editors condemns the address for lacking practical remedies for economic ills. Critics fault the greenback retirement plan, warn of increased debt, and cite insufficient revenue as central flaws while noting mixed views on foreign policy.
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Aldrich
R. I
Cleveland
Ike
Bonda
N. Y
Chicago Tribune
Wall Street
Lombard Street
Alen
Senate
Teller
Allison
Chicago Inter Ocean
Cincinnati Tribune
New York
Cinemnat! Commercial Gazette
Boston Journal
Congress
Philadelphia Bulletin
WN. Y. Press
Cuba
Spain
Laltimore American
Washington Post
House of Representatives
N. Y. Tribune
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Chandler
N. H
Greenbacks
N. Y. Mail
United States
Philadelphia
Short World Names and War Factoids From The Era
A rapid strip of notes mentions Gen I the Tartan commander in the Chinese army, fireproof wood for ships via sulphate and phosphate infusion, Biblical siege cruelties, rubber heel tests at Fort Leavenworth, and German wartime plans to evacuate women and children to Germany from Metz and Strasbourg.
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Seige
Jerusalem
Titan
Josephus
War Department
Fort Leavenworth
Metz
Strasburg
Germany
Old Man Reunites With Young Wife After Burlington Arrest
A farmer named Sitevens of Banner Illinois located his young wife in Burlington after a long search. Police arrested her with a man named George Cary. In court Mrs Stevens used her influence to soften her husband and he chose not to pursue action, leaving with her.
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Sitevens
Banner
Ill
Burlington
George Cary
Couri
Stevens
Des Moines Butcher Charles Barney Showcases Remarkable Strength
Charles Lloyd Barney a 21 year old Des Moines butcher and rival of Sandow is described as having extraordinary strength. He is said to lift a beam carrying eight men and recently supported an 800 pound horse on his shoulders in demonstrations known to his intimates.
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Mittee
American Federation of Labor
American Federation
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Congress
Phillips
Belmont-Morgan
Denver
Charles Lloyd Barney
Des Moines
Sandow
Iowa 1895 election returns show Drake leads with 208689
Official 1895 Iowa returns record 401292 total votes with Drake 208689, Babb 149433, Crane 32118, Bacon 11052. Overall turnout 14518 fewer than two years prior. Drake’s plurality up 26995 from Jackson in 1893.
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Iowa
Secretary of State
Drake
Babb
Crane
Bacon
Jackson
Gen Drake honored at Drake University in Des Moines
Gen F M Drake received a royal reception at Drake University Des Moines founder and chief patron. It was his first appearance since his election as governor with the school turning out to honor him. Addresses were made by the president faculty and the general.
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Gen. Drake
F. M. Drake
Drake University
Des Moines
Unsuccessful Burlington Murder Attempt Faces Second Trial
Robert Johnson tried to kill his wife last August in Burlington but escaped a verdict of insanity. Mount Pleasant asylum officials declare him perfectly sane and hand him to Des Moines County Sheriff for another trial.
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Robert Johnson
Burlington
Mount Pleasant
Des Moines
State pharmacy commission annual report highlights
Secretary Spaulding reports 1,369 registered pharmacists and 1,750 drug store proprietors in the state. Drug stores total 1,450. There are 750 liquor sale permits held by Iowa druggists, up ten percent from last year.
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Spaulding
State Pharmacy Commission
Iowa
Woman maid dies after Mother Goose carnival in Dubuque
Hattie Richardson aged 17 serving as maid to the queen at a Mother Goose carnival under Methodist auspices in Dubuque suffered paralysis and died a few hours after being removed from the hall. She was the daughter of the late George H. Richardson a wealthy boot and shoe manufacturer.
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Hattie Richardson
Dubuque
Methodist Church
George H. Richardson
Ban on Catholic Benevolent Society Dominates Dubuque Briefs
News in brief covers Archbishop Hennessey banning the Catholic Benevolent Society for defying orders by hosting a picnic. Other items note lodge anniversaries in Knoxville and Marion, Armour's corn crib contract in Albia, a $50,000 loss for Smedley Manufacturing, a fatal railroad tank collapse in Iowa Falls, and various local incidents from across Iowa including murders, pardons, and notable births and deaths.
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Dubuque
Catholic Benevolent Society
Hennessey
Knoxville Lodge No
Marion Lodge
D.of R
Knoxville
C. G. Brobst
Pp. D. Armour
Chicago
Sioux City
Missouri River
Anna Beeson
Anamosa
Claude Curtis
Des Moines and
Kansas City
Norwalk
Dan Turner
Prairieburg
Western
Union
Des Moines
Alpaugh
Dallas County Abstract Company
Berry
Scott County Savings Bank of
Davenport
Frank Gillis
Rint Taylor
Ottumwa
J. J. Wilson
Iowa
Algona
Dr. Seckler
Lester
James C. Green
Irvington
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Albia
Adams Kixpress Company
William Locke
Creston
Thomas Bechelheimer
Clark Luther
Boone County
Luther
Daniel Boone
Cooper & Speers
Marshalltown
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Wolverine State
Sala
American Railroad
China
Fred Munroe
Munroe
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
France
Journal Des Debats
John L. Waller
Madagascar
Cumberland
Charles Pittman
Emily Street
iHome
Blueheld
W. Va
Bear Wallow
Giles County
John
Mary Feaglans
Julian
Ken
Houston
Tex
Dee
Wes
Wheelock
Martin Julian
Bob Kitzsimmons
Peter Maher
Shermain
State OF Trade
Bradstreet and Dun
Bradstreet
Venezuela
Caracas
Crespo
Acevedo
British Guiana
Havana
Suarez Valdez
Navarro
Maximo Gomez
Maceo
Riforma
Lis Villas
Camnaguey
Trilladeros
Ottawa
William
Jake Margulis
Jake
Wisley
Nessaunee, Mich
Jehpeming
Sword and Gun
Iowa State News
Iowa Pharmacies
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