International Machinists Convention Adopts Eight Hour Rule
Delegates at Kansas City Missouri backed a proposed eight hour workday rule amid debate on labor policy. The gathering featured leaders from the International Association of Machinists and regional officials, plus discussions on wages and industry standards.
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International Association of Machnints
Kansagar
International Asociation of Machinists
Kansas City
Committee On Law
United States
Canada
International Association of Machinists of North America
Senate Free Homestead Bill Advances Amid Session Turmoil
The senate votes 42 to 11 for free homes on public lands for bona fide settlers while the body debates committee appointments and a diverging House bill. Executives, forestry orders, and Behring Sea investigations shape a day of quick moves and policy wrangles.
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Morgen
Terrierie
Seth Iraen
Reed
Mears
Simpen
Lewis
St. Paps
House
Sion
Debor
Kentucky
Behring Sea
Com
Immigrant Traffic and Western Lines Meet in Chicago
Western lines and attorneys discussed immigrant traffic control after a supreme court ruling. A tacit agreement may keep the clearinghouse alive without signatures. Western roads plan round trip to eastern gateways and one way onward. Rock Island rivals promise reduced Utah to Chicago rates for teachers’ summer travel.
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Peesibie Danerr
Chicago
Curcano May
Supreme Court
Iso
Western Passenger Association
Central Passenger Committee
Christian Endeavor
Rock Island
Utah
Missouri River
Notable Disturbances and Disasters Across the Nation
A flash of incidents fills the short span from coast to coast. Died: James M Hercutss known as Uncle Jim in Cincinnati aged 70. Leona caught fire at sea returning to port with sixteen corpses aboard. Outlaws Parker and two others escaped Prescott jail injuring jailor and district attorney. Yeates in Louisville killed Laura Jones before fatally shooting himself. In Arkansas Ingle Mevesr murdered in Pine Bluff. author unknown. Florida treasurer reports a $50,000 shortage. Elbert Colorado bandits loot stores. Atkinson Nebraska Exchange Bank seized. assets $117,400 and liabilities $110,900. Treasury balance $230,732,406. gold reserve $148,289,954. Fires devastate Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. New York egg loss of 150,000 cases. River project funds approved for Arkansas and national rail commissions discussed.
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England
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Columbia University of Washington City
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Galveston
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Prescott
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Louisville
Laura Jones
Yeates
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Florida
Elbert
Col
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Neb
State Bank Examiner
Great Lakes fishing trust proposed by English capitalists
A Chicago discussion outlines a plan to form a company to control Great Lakes fishing through a trust influencing prices to fishermen and consumers. Key players include A Booth Packing Co and several Detroit Buffalo Minneapolis firms. Booth denies trust aims, says aims aid poorer fishermen and lobby against tax measures.
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Great Lakes
Ascrt
Chicago
A. Booth Packing Co
Booth
Davis Fish Co
Detroit
Killarney Fishing Co
Davis Fresh and Salt Fish Co
Buffalo Fish Co
Buffalo
McArthur & Co
West Selkirk
Baltimore Packing Co
Minneapolis
Canada
Michigan
Transvaal Immigration Law Repeal Report Questioned
In the house of commons Mr. Chamberlain answered Sydney Buxton that no official confirmation had been received of a report the Transvaal government repealed the immigration law. He said there was no reason to doubt the report and it would ease tensions if correct.
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May
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Buxton
Rosebery
Great Britain
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Neel
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Smith
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Lewenthal
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Congress
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Brook Senate
Board of Levee Commissioners
Varoo- Mississippi Delta
Johns M. Simentenland
Amd
Thomas Ko Storkdale
Joseph Mayne
Price
Siitewatch
Sai
Bio
Improved Machinery Raises White Pine Lumber Costs
A report to the senate by the commissioner of labor compares US and Canada lumber costs. It shows daily mill wages of 1.71 dollars in the United States and 1.41 in Canada, while labor cost per foot of lumber is 8 cents in the US versus 1.23 dollars in Canada, due to better machinery in the United States increasing worker output.
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Wasmixorox, May
Senate
Commissioner of Labor
United States
Canada
Henry Jones Hanged in Michigan City Prison
A special to the News reports Henry Jones a colored convict at the Indiana state prison was hanged shortly after midnight for the murder of a fellow convict Thomas who testified at his trial. Jones showed no fear and walked to the scaffold without a tremor.
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Jones
Body of Unknown Man Recovered From Chicago River
The body of a man about 25 was found near the State Street bridge in Chicago. He had been in the water for some time and wore a short black mustache with brown hair and eyes. An insurance book in his pocket listed several names and addresses, including John Kuntzler of Bradford, Pa, and others with Philadelphia addresses.
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Cmcaco
State Street
John Kuntzler
Bradford
Philadelphia
Mortality, Resignations, and War Relics Highlight Southern Gleanings
In New Orleans a white and colored meeting discusses negro mortality and hygiene amid census data showing higher deaths among children of color. Andrew Jackson’s granddaughter Mary E. Wilcox resigns from the Treasury with government service since 1850. Confederate Veterans counts by state, while drownings and accidents claim lives in Tennessee and Kentucky. A Fredericksburg relic, a three-bullet welded piece, appears. and a murder case in Georgia prompts a transport in a cage to Macon for a hang. Judge Jones of Galveston dies. shotgun accident in Tennessee. Montgomery secures a new depot. Pensacola to gain a giant grain elevator. Georgia’s wealth magnate Johnson reportedly buys gold bricks. San Jacinto battleground funds passed. Mississippi improvement funds allocated.
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New York
Iphia
Louie Meston
Andrew Jackson
Mary E. Wilcox
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Wilcox
War Department
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Mississippi
White House
Treasury
Mississippi Legislature Seventh Day Confirms Levee and Capitol Plans
Jackson discussions reveal Capitol site deliberations and a plan to fund a new State house. Bills authorize Palmyra levee district creation and the Mississippi delta levee system while balancing bonds and taxes to cover costs. The Senate and House debate revenue measures, capitol location, and governor-veto rulings amidst committee reports.
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Geals
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Mississippi
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Clee
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Teath
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Jackson
Miss
House
Onder
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Hapman
Sunflower
Watou Levee
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Carrell
Oktibbeha
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Supreme Court
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Megihiy
Ok Bulding
Board of Levee Commissioners
Varco Mississippi Delta
Amllor
A. J. McLavcee
Abbay
Tunica Ag
Housten
Global myths and oddities in a single era
A string of curiosities covers Greenland myths, giant East Indies spiders, missionaries' travel gear, Alaska orange prices, Yellow River floods toll, garden pest myths, Paris schools offering free meals, and Mexican pupils allowed to smoke after recitations.
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East Indies
Circle City
Alaska
Yellow River
China
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