Armenian U Women Press Cleveland Message for Turkey End Bloodshed
St Louis November 16 1896 Women of the National Christian Temperance Union urge U S cooperation with Europe to end Turkish massacres of Armenians. Frances Willard leads mass meeting as 4000 citizens back the démarche to President Cleveland. Civil relief funds named for Harpoot and Armeenian towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
National Christian Temperance Union
Grover Cleveland
Washington
Grover Clevelaund
United States
D. C
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Harpoot
Turkey
Europe
E. Willard
Clara C. Hoffman
Exposition Hall
Frangees Willard
Sebes
Christ
Frances Willard
Mount
Ararat
Harpool
Margaret Leitch
Ceylon
Rebecca Krekorian
Aintab
Armeenia
Cyprus
Cay
W.C.T. U
Treaty Ends Italian Protectorate Claim in Abyssinia
Rome reports King Humbert received Menelik’s telegram announcing a peace treaty signed October 26 between Abyssinia and all. The pact nullifies the Ulèwali treaty and recognizes Ethiopia’s full independence. Menelik frees Italians held by Abyssinians. Italy pays indemnity for support. Major Nerzizi signed for Italy.
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Rome
Humbert
Menelik
Abyssnia
Abyssinia
Italy
Ethiopia
Maj
Nerzizi
Menes
Baldissera
Prythrea
Dun Sees Improvement Brightening Economy In Wheat Factor
R G Dun and Co reports a brighter business outlook with many manufacturers expanding. Foreign demand for American wheat supports prices near 88 cents, the highest since 1892. Textile and iron markets rise, copper and tin prices firm, money markets strengthen as banks seek paper. Failures total 275 in the United States and 46 in Canada for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
New York Exchange
Chicago
Bank of Jangland
United States
Canada
Vast Anglo American Chinese Railway Scheme Proposed
Chicago reports nearly 1,000,000 dollars already subscribed to form a giant Anglo American Chinese Railway Construction company. The plan envisions 2,800 miles of Chinese railways, electrification of major cities, harbor dredging, and public improvements funded by an English American syndicate with Louis Spitzer & Co. at London and Shanghai backing the project. John P. Grant handles Chicago formation, linked to Li Hung Chang through the Tsung Li Yamen.
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Chicago
American Trading Company
China
Li Hung Chang
Tsung Li Yamen
Louis Spitzel
Shanghai
Louis Spitzer & Co
London
John P. Grant
Virginia Hotel
Grant
George Macpherson-Grant
Ballindallock
County Elgin
Invershire
Sir John Macpherson-Grant
Flowery Kingdom
Severe Western Washington Floods Cause Wide Devastation
Tacoma and Portland report extreme floods from four days of rain and chinook winds. The Great Northern Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific railways are blocked with two million dollars in damage. Snohomish Skagit and Cowlitz rivers flood farms towns and homes as boats rescue residents and dykes fail.
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Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Snohomish
Columbia
Cowlitz
Florence Henry
Snohomish County
Henry Johns
Monroe
Peter Jackson
Cherry Valley
Mount Vernon
Skagit
Avon
Beaver
Olympia
Stanwood
Great Northern Railroad
West Mount Vernon
Chehalis
White
Nooksack
Stillaguamish
Kelso
August Julesberg
Stockport
New Whatcom
Portland
Ore
Front
Williamette Valley
Columbia River
Receiver Named For Vandalia Railroad in Indiana
Judge Woods appointed Volney T. Malott, president of the Indiana National Bank, receiver for the Vandalia Railroad in an insolvency suit brought by Cox Blair and Paul Jr. The court noted the unusual request by all attorneys and concerns of collusion by some security holders. A Madrid dispatch reports U S Minister Hannis Taylor says Spain U S relations are friendly with no expected conflict.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania Company
Woods
Pennsylvania
London
Madrid
Central News
Wen
Hannis Taylor
United States
Spain
Mr. Taylor
Cleveland
California Wright irrigation law upheld by Supreme Court
The Wright irrigation act was declared constitutional by the U S Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Peckham. The Modesto irrigation district appeal was dismissed as no judicial questions were presented, and bond estimates range from six to twenty million dollars, depending on rulings.
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Washington
Wright Irrigation Law
California
Supreme Court of the United States
Peckham
Supreme Court of California
Modesto
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
Drainage plan approved by courts in Wisconsin county
In 1889 Trine county residents sought to drain lands near Madison. The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that drainage commissioner proceedings were regular and the law constitutional, allowing continued action if desired.
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Washington
Trine County
Wis
Madison
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of
Clay Nominated for United States Senator in Georgia
Atlanta Ga Nov 17 On the first ballot of the democratic legislative caucus Monday afternoon A B Clay chair man of the democratic state committee for the past four years was nominated for United States senator He received 424 votes four more than the requisite number He is 43 years old and has been speaker of the house and president of the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Democratic Legislative Caucus
Clay
Democratic State Committee
United States
House
Senate
Democratic caucus nominates Pettus to succeed Pugh
On the first ballot in Montgomery Alabama the Democratic caucus nominated LE W Pettus to succeed Senator Pugh. A separate item from Chicago reports Methodists urging an end to Thanksgiving football and asking leaders to refrain from arranging games. In Rockford Illinois the assignee of Marcus Parmelo filed a report showing liabilities of 150000 and assets near 90000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Pugh
Montgomery
Ala
W. Pettus
Chicago
Rockford
D. B. Whitehead
Marcus S. Parmelo
Bryan Opens Two Speeches in Lincoln Campaign
William Jennings Bryan spoke in Lincoln on a Saturday afternoon to 1,350 Mary Bryan club members at the Funke theater and later to traveling Bryan clubs at the Funke opera house. He defended free political belief and urged equal rights under a government derived from the people while advocating bimetallism and opposing moneyed interests.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Funke Theater
Mary Bryan Club
Fie
Mr. Bryan
Bryan Clubs
Veterans
Bryan Home Guards
Funke Opera House
Bohannan’s Hall
Knights of Labor Report Urges Political Unity and Tax Reform
Rochester November 13 The Knights of Labor executive board releases a long report on their role at the populist and democratic national conventions, urging labor organization, caution against strikes, and backing a graduated income tax. It notes immigration issues, education tests, and tariffs, with 120000 members in good standing out of 300000 nominally.
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Rochester
N. Y
Knights of Labor
Knights
Republic
United States
M. J. Bishop
Minute Men of 96
Regular Order
General Assembly
Bishop
Ugram
Niagara Power Comes On To Buffalo Transmission Line
Niagara Falls New York November 16 When at one minute after midnight Secretary W B Rankine of the Niagara Falls Power company switched the main dynamos to the transformer system the 2500 horsepower units fed into the Buffalo Power Transmission line marking the first power dispatch from Niagara Falls to Buffalo twenty two miles away a successful finale to the long heralded transmission project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
W. 3B. Rankine
Niagara Falls Power Company
Buffalo
Niagara
Hoodlum Fined After Treasury Secretary Carlisle Incident
Covington Ky November 14 James Fagin was fined $20 and costs for throwing a lighted cigar into the face of Secretary Carlisle after the gold democratic meeting last month. Eggs were also thrown on the stage during Carlisle's speech at that gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
James Fagin
Iowa News Letter Prospects Bright for Horticulture Session
The thirty first annual Iowa State Horticultural Society meeting will run December 8 to 11 in Des Moines statehouse rooms. Dr F M Powell leads planning with a strong program of papers and premium exhibits. premiums are liberal and entries open to all counties with no entry fee. Labor statistics and school aid topics follow as Iowa officials prepare expanded reports. a Bank Failure at Sioux City is noted as not hurting broader confidence. a local aged settler Justus Seward found dead. a minister involved in a fatal shooting case at Larrabee sparks civic uproar.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Statehouse
F. M. Powell
Glenwood
George H. van Mouten
Department of Fores
O'Bleness
John Story
Glenwood School
Executive Council
Kelly
Iowa
Gov. Jackson
Powell
General Assembly
Sioux City
Iowa Savings
Justus Seward
Peru Township
Dubuque County
Evans
William H. Seward
New York
Mewhirter
Benedict
Turke
Sensational end to Bow Street exam of Ivory Bell
London observers watched the final Bow Street examination of Edward J Ivory Bell alias Edward Bell, a New York saloon keeper and alleged dynamiter. A government spy named Jones testified about Clan na Gael ties and secret camps, provoking dramatic court moments before Ivory was committed for trial.
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London
Edward J. Ivory Bell
Edward Bell
New York
Bow Street
LeCaron
Ivory
Glasgow
P. J. Tynan
Kearney, Haines
Crown
C. E. Gill
Jones
Armagh
Ireland
Clan-na-Gael Association
Gill
Vaughan
Clan-na-Gael
Gil
Treasury Department
Manchester
America
Irish National Alliance
Shamrock Club
Lyman
Boland
Gallagher
Kearney
Tynan
Mearns
Nolan
Dublin
Chicago
O'Donovan Rossa
Mgistrate
Immigrant Arrivals Reported in Last Year
The commissioner of immigration notes 349 267 arrivals in the year with 340 468 landed and 9 199 debarred or deported at ship lines' expense. Debarments included 776 under pre arrival labor contracts and 2 033 from other prohibited classes. 235 became public charges and were returned. Most arrivals were skilled or unskilled workers with about 4.92 million dollars brought in. Of 6 066 adults unable to write, 78 130 could neither read nor write, with Italy and Russia supplying large shares. Males numbered 212 436 and females 180 801.
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Washington
Commissioner of Immigration
United States
Italy
Russia
Hungary
Bohemia and Moravia
Austria-Hungary
Ireland
Arabia
Syria
Portugal
Weyler urged to strike decisive Cuban campaign
Washington reports Spain pressures Weyler to vigorously push operations against rebels. With 60 000 troops in Cuba and 200 000 in total, Weyler seeks a decisive victory before Congress convenes on December 7, while Cuban sources in Key West note no confirmed battle with Maceo and claim Weyler’s plan has failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weyler
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Guba
Maceo
Spain
Congress
Key West
Fla
Trocha
Sensational Developments in Fair Estate Contest
In San Francisco on November 17, Dr. Marc Levingston the executor of the pencil will withdrew his probate petition. The will executed September 21 1894 not mentioning Mrs. Craven was admitted to probate. The $20 000 000 estate involved affects deeds to Mrs Craven claimed to have been drawn by James G Fair at their marriage.
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San Francisco
James .G. Fair
Marc Levingston
Nettie Craven
Craven
Fair Children
Fair
Striker Victors in Milwaukee Railway Damages Case
The Milwaukee strike related damages suits brought by John O Rourke and Robert Blair against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway and E W McKenna were settled Monday morning. The case stems from the 1694 railway strike with $6 000 claims. The St Paul company pays a confidential sum and secures a release of all complaints. O Rourke and Blair were American Railway union members arrested in July 1894 on warrants by Court Commissioner Bloodgood for obstructing mails and conspiracy to defeat interstate commerce aims.
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Milwaukee
Wov
John O’rourke
Robert Blair
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
E. W. McKenna
St. Paul
O'Rourke
Blair
American Railway Union
Bloodgood
United States
De Lome Talks War Risk Asks Spanish Minister
Washington reports Senor Dupuy de Lome warned a possible war with the United States saying its beginning could be foreseen but not its end. The remark signals tension between nations at a high diplomatic level. Burglar error in Bridgeport yields diamonds and a music box. thieves abandon the instrument in the street. Navy officers receive promotions in Washington. Admiral Sir Frederick William Richards dies in Bath at 63.
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New York
Washington
Senor Dupuy de Lome
United States
Spain
London
Sir Frederick William Richards
Admiralty
Bath
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Dun
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State Horticultural Society
Immigration
Railway Company
Senor de Lome
Bridgeport
Conn
Henry Pallock
Bridgeport Beef Company
Black Tock
Navy
Clifford Hi. West
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