Convention Adjourns to Meet in New Orleans
Scranton reports the 21st annual American Federation of Labor session ended with officers elected. Gompers as president, Duncan and Mitchell as vice presidents, Morris as president, Kidd as treasurer, Morrison as secretary. Delegates named to British and Canadian unions. Next convention set for New Orleans November 13. Twelve independent political action resolutions were rejected. a committee urged trade jurisdiction respect and district council formation. Also mentions Botha claiming 24,000 armed men in Cane Colony forces.
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New Orleans
Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Washington
James Duncan
Boston
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
James
OAarate
feneth pine
Max Morris
Denver
Thomas I. Kidd
Chicago
Dennis A. Hayes
Philadelphia
John B
enron
Bloomington
Frank Morrison
British
Trades Union Congress
Patrick Dolan
Pittsburg
Henry Blackmore
St. Louis
Canadian
Dennis D. Driscoll
workingmeen
special committee
trades and federation councils
executive council
Eight Die as Illinois Central Collision Near Irene
Rockford HL Dec 16 A connector disobeyed orders causing a collision between an eastbound passenger train and a westbound Chicago freight near Irene and Perryville. Eight dead or missing and eleven injured as an oil car exploded and flames engulfed cars. Rescue delayed by freezing weather and two hours before relief arrived.
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Ilinois Central
Irene
Perryville
Chicago
Richard Ormsby
James Reardon
Freeport
Robert Thompson
Dubuque
American Express company
J. W. Funk
David Behan
Edward Carey
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Destructive eastern storm floods coal regions and towns
A severe storm battered eastern Pennsylvania on December 16, flooding coal regions and paralyzing rail traffic. The Schuylkill Lehigh Susquehanna and Juniata rivers rose up to 15 feet, flooding Wilkes-Barre Allentown Pottsville and other towns. Bridges washed away and mines flooded, with losses in the millions and trains halted.
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Wilkesbarre
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Vosburg
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New Jersey
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Pottsville
Schuylkill county
Schuylkill
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Reading Coal and Iron company
Ashland
Newcastle township
Pennsylvania Railroad company
Pennsylvania railroad
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Schuylkill Haven
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Lehigh river
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Adelaids
Hazleton
Lehigh
John Burns
Oneida
Lehigh Valley railroad
Weatherly
Black creek
Hettiehom
compa
Harriston
Emperor William Worships in Potsdam Palace Church
Reports describe Emperor William visiting the Potsdam church every Sunday with a splendid military escort. The royal residence, built in 1702 by Frederick the Great, sits in Brandenburg near Berlin and hosts a population around 60,000.
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Prussia
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speeliek
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ue Kaiser
Storms Rake Multiple States From Bedford To New York
A sequence of fierce wind and rain storms battered Bedford Pennsylvania and several nearby areas, flooding rail lines and power facilities. Reports from Lancaster, Boston, Susquehanna, Atlantic City and Cumberland note damaged roofs, submerged tracks, and disrupted communications. In New York and New Jersey coasts high seas and wind toppled vessels, with the schooner Mark Gray ashore and a bark Sindia at risk. Maryland saw swollen rivers, landslides, and railroad interruptions, while weather across the region caused widespread business standstills and significant losses.
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N. J
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Georgia
Leech
Barnegat
Ocean City
Train Wreck Kills Three as Rain Swamps Lycoming Creek Bridge
In Williamsport Pennsylvania a freights train No. 85 plunged through a swollen Lycoming Creek bridge amid a heavy rainstorm. Engineer John Martz and fireman Frederick Glass, both Sunbury residents, and brakeman George Hurley, Sunbury, died. The wreck followed a two-span bridge failure as the engine and nine cars disappeared into the floodwaters.
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Newberry
John Martz
Sunbury
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George Hurley
Walsh
uersin
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Schooner Lost In Gale Near British Coast
Fragmentary report notes a schooner lost in a gale off a British coast. Readable bits mention crew, rescue attempts, and ambiguous timings with references to ships and places, but details are unclear and names are partially garbled.
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WISE STAMP OUT REBELS OUTSIDE CAMP LIMITS
General J Frank To Beth leads a campaign in Batangas province to stamp out insurgents. Lt Ronnessy with a U S scout captures an insurgent major and 42 men with 22 rifles and 880 rounds, without losses. Bell charges natives and plans concentration, confiscating outsiders after December 28. Roads fill with frightened locals fleeing war. Torres, condemned for ordering an American death, breaks down on release. Matterson leaves for Hong Kong aboard the Warren.
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Sixto Lopez
Philippines
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Marconi claims wireless message across Atlantic
St Johns Newfoundland December 16 Signor Marconi announced receiving electric signals from Poldhu Cornwall to his station here His kite aerial and a series of three dot strokes transmitted the letter g repeatedly to ensure accuracy London confirms tests across the Atlantic despite severe weather Major Flood Page notes testing difficulties but affirms successful transmission Eight killed in Montana wreck near Essex on Great Northern rails spread causing derailment and damage. 35 mph train pace. 16 injured unknown names listed by officials.
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Mon
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Sensational death by own action in Delaware home
Mrs Lindsey Kent, 46, wife of a prominent businessman in Willington Delaware, died by suicide at her home on Saturday after self inflicted cuts and drowning in a half full bathtub followed by suffocation with a pillow.
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Henry Rodenstein
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Ken
River Me Meeting Aids Work In Ste Fe
Community partners from Mee, River Wo, ME, and St It join forces to improve public services. The effort aims to boost waste management, traffic flow, and emergency response. Officials say the collaboration will fund new facilities and training programs.
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Ste fe
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