Democrats to Choose Convention Time and Place
W F Harrity seeks January 16 Washington gathering to decide the date and venue for the Democratic national convention. A July middle date is believed likely. The committee will also consider restricting accommodations to delegates alternates members and press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
W. F. Harrity
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Harrity
National Committee
A. P. Collins
Massachusetts
William F. Harrity
Pennsylvania
Bradely B. Smalley
Vermont
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
Ben T. Cable
Ilinois
Edward C. Wall
Wisconsin
Citizenship a Farce Conference Ad dress to the Country
The Conference of Colored Men at Detroit on December 16 adopts an address arguing that Black status in the United States resembles denizenship more than native rights. It calls for opposing injustices, strengthening moral and educational efforts, and forming a national compact while resisting inferiority.
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Conference of Colored Men
Detrott
United States
Union
Federation Urges 8 Hour Day Movement
At the Federation of Labor session George E. McNeill of Boston reported that a general push for an eight hour day was deemed unwise. The executive committee should choose strong organizations to start the contest. The vote backed labor determining work hours over police or courts.
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Federation of Labor
New York
George E. McNeill
Boston
Minnesota businessmen to discuss fire insurance rate cuts
MINNEAPOLIS December 16 Next Tuesday a meeting of Minnesota business men will be held in the city to discuss reducing fire insurance rates across the state. The organizers and attendees openly seek to lower insurance costs statewide.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Death sentence affirmed for two Des Moines men
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of John Hamil and George Weems for the 1894 murder of L. B. Ridpath, a conductor on the Chicago and Great Western railway. The governor must set the execution date.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court of the State
John Hamil
George Weems
John Krout
L. B. Ridpath
Chicago and Great Western Railway
Tried to Burn Her Husband
A report from Richardton describes a boy claiming his mother and a stranger killed his father and tried to burn the body in a hay stack but the flames failed. Fred Weigmann and A F Strich of New Salem confirm the tale but could not identify any names.
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Bismarcse
N. D
Fred Weigmann
A. F. Strich
New Salem
Richardton
Stonemasons End Strike in Victory for Workers
New York December 16 The eng kas vec strike has been declared off. The result is a victory for the men. About workers were on strike and most returned to work for three dollars a day and hours.
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Stonemasons
New York
Eng
Kas Vec
Colorado Murderer Hanged at Canon City Penitentiary
Abe Taylor was hanged at 7 40 a m at the Colorado penitentiary for the murder of City Marshal Emerson of Alamosa during an attempted arrest for theft about two years ago.
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Colorado
Canon City
Colo
Abe Taylor
Emerson
Alamosa
Opening of Red Lake lands set for May 15
Washington Dec 13 Senator Nelson Representatives Towne and Eddy urged Secretary Smith to fix May 15 as the opening date for agricultural lands on the Red Lake reservation in a forthcoming proclamation. Towne to introduce a timber lands disposal bill similar to Major Baldwin’s plan with a proviso blocking sales on sections 16 and 36 until state school land rights are resolved.
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WasHingdon
Nelson
Towne
Eddy
Smith
Red Lake Reservation
Baldwin
Davis
Senate session focuses on rules change and committee divisions
Washington December 13 The senate met for about an hour mainly to debate Senator Dubois proposal to amend rules to distribute appropriation bills among committees. Senator Hill of New York reintroduced rules amendments from the last congress during the Sherman silver law deadlock, while Mr Call of Florida announced to bring up his Armenian resolution.
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Washindon
Senate
Dubois
Senator Hill
New York
Mr. Call
Florida
Uniform Bankruptcy Plan Introduced In Senate
Washington December 13 Senator George of Mississippi introduced a bill to create a uniform bankruptcy system, substantially identical to a version reported from the judiciary committee last session as a substitute for the Bailey bill that passed the house.
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Washington
George
Dem
Miss
Committee On Judiciary
House
Paris Chamber Restricts Army Rations After Jan 1 1897
The chamber of deputies after debating the military budget ruled that, barring unusual circumstances, no more tinned meats will be supplied to the army after January 1, 1897. Only products made in France or French colonies will be used.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Minor items of interest from across the nation
The national conference of colored men meets in Detroit while diphtheria runs high in New York City with 282 cases reported. Lord Wallcourt plans marriage to Miss May Palliser. The schooner Elwood is believed lost off Alaska with all aboard. El Kaber temple holds its annual meeting in Cedar Rapids with officers elected. Lyons Iowa receives $50,000 for Kane Pennington engine plant. Detroit justice of the peace J Blair Simpson is jailed on charges involving a girl under legal age.
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National Conference of Colored Men
Detroit
Mich
New York City
Bureau of Contagious Diseases
Lord Wallcourt
May Palliser
Elwood
Alaskan
Cook’s Inlet
Glazier Bay
el Kaber Temple
Mystic Shrine
Cedar Rapids
Lyons
Kane-Pennington
Justice of the Peace
J. Blair Simpson
Recorder’s Court
Maud Wentland
DR. Hathaway & CO
United States
Annals of Medicine
DR. Hathaway & CO. Cor
4Th & Nebraska Sts
Sioux City
Reappointed Court of Private Land Claims
Wasu Hineton reports that on December 14 the president named Joseph R. Reed of Iowa as chief justice and associate justices Henry C. Sluss of Kansas Wilbur F. Stone of Colorado William Murray of Tennessee and Thomas C. Fuller of North Carolina to fill renewed terms on the Court of Private Land Claims.
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Court of Land Claims
Wasu Hineton
Court of Private Land Claims
Joseph R. Reed
Iowa
Henry C. Sluss
Kansas
Wilbur F. Stone
Colorado
William Murray
Tennessee
Thomas C. Fuller
North Carolina
Heavy Outflow of Silver Amid Pacific Shipments
The Treasury reports silver shipments from the Pacific coast to China and Japan totaled 16.5 million dollars in the past eleven months, up from 12 million dollars in the previous year.
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New York
United States Treasury Department
Pacific
China
Japan
Gunboats Pass the Dardanelles in Straits Incident
Constantinople dispatch says the British gunboat Dryad and Italian gunboat Archimede passed the straits of the Dardanelles after a brawl at Stamboul. A panic is reported at Galata and Pera.
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Dardanelles
Rome
Constantinople
Dryad
Archimede
Stamboul
Galata
Pera
Minister Wallace Resigns in Ottawa
Hon. Clark Wallace, controller of customs in the dominion cabinet, resigns over the政府 stance on the Manitoba school question. Wallace is grand master of the Orange Grand Lodge of British North America.
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Wallace
Ottawa
Ont
Clark Wallace
Dominion
Manitoba
Orange Grand Lodge
British North America
Fresh Atrocities Reported In Trebizonde Area
A Vienna dispatch to The Times reports fresh atrocities in Asia Minor. The bishop and five ecclesiastics were burned alive while seeking refuge in a building. Additional outrages occurred in other areas of Asia Minor.
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London
Vienna
The
Times
Trebizonde
Asia Minor
Brazil Italy indemnity treaty eyed in Rio dispatch
A Rio de Janeiro report says Brazil's foreign minister and the Italian minister to Rio will sign a treaty on indemnity for Italy’s claims from the late civil war, according to a Colon Colombia dispatch carried by The Word.
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Italy
New York
Colon
Colombia
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Revolting Grave Robberies Spark Topeka Uprising At Medical College
In Topeka Kansas a mob formed after two women's graves were robbed and bodies found at the Kansas City Medical College. Police guarded the Twelfth and Taylor campus as militiamen and a Lawrence infantry company stood ready to respond. Residents denounced the college and United Workmen cut ties with physicians there.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Medical College
Twelfth and
Taylor Streets
Lawrence
A. N. Drake
North Topeka
Kansas City Medical College
L. O. van Fleet
I. A. Johnson
P. H. Lillis
Morrill
False Fire Alarm Triggers Panic at Boston Store
In Chicago on December 13 a false alarm from State and Madison streets caused hundreds to panic as fire companies rushed to the Boston store. Smoke and steam misled a bystander, crowds surged to exits, shelves were broken and several people injured. no fire was found.
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Chicago
State
Madison
Boston
Orphan asylum burns in Milwaukee blaze
The St Francis Catholic orphan asylum in Milwaukee burned causing about 40000 dollars in losses. Two hundred orphans and sixteen Catholic sisters escaped uninjured and found refuge at the nearby convent. Sisters organized a rapid rescue gathering the children aged six months upward and marching them to safety with belongings.
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Milwaukee
St. Francis Catholic Orphan Asylum
Mayor Cancels Aid Offer to Cuban Sympathizers
Omaha Dec 13 Mayor Bemis cancels his plan to accept money and provisions for Cuban insurgents after Judge Dundy states that forwarding such goods would bring him into conflict with federal authorities.
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Omahaa
Bemis
Dundy
Brotherhood of Tailors and Contractors threatens renewed strikes
New York December 13 reports the Brotherhood of Tailors and Contractors in the city and vicinity is again at odds. Strikes may be ordered involving all affiliated tailors and as many as 30,000 workers, similar to last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brotherhood of Tailors
Three Miners Die in Night Mine Explosion
An explosion in Mine 15 at Rich Hit, Missouri, during the night trapped three men Dick Lowes, Jim Donaldson and Owen Meals. Meals’s body has been recovered and it is believed all three are dead.
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Rich
Dick Lowes
Jim Donaldson
Owen Meals
Meals
Leading Iowa Preacher George R Carroll Dies in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Ia Dec 13 Rev George R Carroll pioneer settler of Iowa chaplain of the Twenty fourth Iowa infantry and longtime Presbyterian minister is dead in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Cedar Rhapips
George R. Carroll
Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry
Skull traits found in Hayward noted by experts
Minneapolis December 13 specialists who measured Harry Hayward's skull and brain report three of Lombroso's four degeneracy stigmas. They cite symmetry of skull brain and face protruding front teeth and narrow arched palate. Overall brain appears fair with frontal lobes underdeveloped though other regions highly developed.
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Minneapolis
Harry Hayward
Caesara Lombroso
Burial Services For Harry Hayward In Lakewood Cemetery
Simple burial services were held at Lakewood cemetery in Minneapolis for Harry Hayward. After the service, Mrs. Hayward fainted as family and close friends viewed the deceased’s face.
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Minneapolis
Harry Hayward
Lakewood Cemetery
Bayard Returns from London Visit Amid Impeachment Talk
Ambassador Bayard has returned from a visit to Viscount Peel and refuses to discuss the impeachment resolution introduced by Congressman William E. Barrett. He says he has not considered resigning and expects to see the full text in due course. He notes only a synopsis of his Edinburgh address may have been published at home.
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New York
World
London
Ambassador Bayard
Viscount Peel
House of Representatives
William E. Barrett
Massachusetts
Bayard
Edinburgh
Washington
Prominent Grain Dealer Rumored Gone With Cash
George W. Corkings, once mayor and banker, vanished with an estimated thirty thousand dollars in cash. Accounts show overdrawals of three thousand with his Minneapolis commission house and ten thousand with Milwaukee parties. Banks in Woonsocket and Mitchell report large losses as authorities search for him.
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Woonsocket
George W. Corkings
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Mitchell
Race Track Managers Plan Midwest Circuit
Sioux City reports a meeting of race track managers set for Thursday in Dubuque to organize a circuit of mile track associations across Iowa Wisconsin Illinois and Southern Minnesota. Represented towns include Sioux City Davenport Peoria Joliet Red Oak Galesburg Mason City Oshkosh and Independence.
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Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Davenport
Peoria
Joliet
Red Oak
Galesburg
Mason City
Oshkosh
Independence
Beginning of a New Industry in OweEnsBoro
OweEnsBoro Kentucky selected for first cornstalk celluloise factory to be used in cofferdams on battleships. Government orders five or six plants soon. celluloise replaces cocoa product, is lighter, cheaper, and passed government tests.
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OweEnsBoro
Durrant Death Warrant Sets Feb 21 Execution Date
In San Francisco on December 13 lawyers for Theodore Durrant sought a writ of probable cause to block removal to San Quentin. The court denied the motion and signed the death warrant fixing Friday February 21 for the execution.
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San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
San Quentin
Durrant
Minnesota Dairymen Meet Proceedings At Litcfie ld
The Minnesota State Dairymen's Association is in session at Litcfiel d with officers present and delegates from across the state. The attendance marks the largest gathering yet for the group.
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Minnesota
Litchfield
Minn
State Dairymen’s Association
State v Curtis case unfolds in Anamosa jail
The State of Iowa vs. R. B. Curtis editor of the Anamosa Daily Call, alleged husband of four wives, was taken up in court today. Curtis has sat in jail for six months as numerous witnesses appear for the state.
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Anamosa, Ia
State of Iowa
R. B. Curtis
Anamosa Daily Call
Fort Sully to Be Sold at Government Appraisal
Pierre South Dakota December 13 E L Merritt a government agent has arrived from Washington to appraise the abandoned Fort Sully building. The property will be sold and the 44000 acre reservation surveyed and opened to settlement next year.
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Fort Sully
Pierre
E. L. Merritt
Washington
Trial of William McMillan for Osgoodby fire ends in guilty verdict
In Toronto on December 13, the jury found William McMillan guilty of setting the January fire at the Osgoodby building. The blaze caused nearly a million dollars in damages.
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Toronto
William McMillan
Osgoodby
Kansas City Judge Convicted in Election Fraud Case
Kansas City reports Henry A C Jeffry, an election judge indicted for the prior election fraud, found guilty and sentenced to three months in the county jail. About six other election officers remain to be tried.
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Kansas City
Henry A. C. Jeffry
Matthews Endorsed by Indiana Democrats for President
The Democratic state central committee in Indianapolis endorsed Governor Claude Matthews for president. The body unanimously recommended him as a fit standard bearer, citing his legislative, secretary of state, and governorship experience. Major Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis was endorsed for governor.
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Indianapolis
Democratic State Central Committee
Matthews
Democrats of
Indiana
Union
Claude Matthews
United States
National Democratic Party
Thomas Taggart
Details settled for Republican convention in St Louis
Washington date December 13 reports that a sub committee finalized main arrangements for the June 16 Republican national convention in St Louis. Plans call for remodeling the exposition hall rostrum and seating to place it midway. Cost estimated at 15000 dollars. Chairman Carter to issue the formal call soon.
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Washington
St. Louis
Messrs
Kerens
Thompson
St. Louis Exposition
Carter
Demand for hotel rooms swells during Republican convention
Telegrams pour in for lodging in St Lovuts as the national Republican convention nears. Dr C M Depew and ex Governor Merriam of Minnesota plan to stop in town. Thirty rooms for ex President Harrison and the Indiana delegation are booked at the Planters hotel.
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St. Lovuts
C. M. Depew
St. Nicholas
Merriam
Minnesota
Harrison
Indiana
Planters
Reed Delays House Committee Announcements
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Reed faces delays in naming House committees due to limited contact with 163 new members. Announcement expected late next week before Christmas holidays. Des Moines action notes 300 miners demand a 10 cent per ton coal wage increase, from 80 to 90 cents, with further talks set for December 14 and effect hoped for December 16.
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Washington
House
Reed
Iowa
Des Moines
Foster Discusses McKinley Prospects After Convention Pick
Ex governor and ex treasury secretary Charles Foster, in New York, says St. Louis is a suitable Republican convention city and expects McKinley to be the nominee. He notes Ohio sentiment is united for McKinley and questions Harrison's candidacy.
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M. Kinley
New York
Charles Foster
Ohio
Treasury
McKinley
Harrison
Foster
Russian Warships at Port Arthur and Kung Pai Losses
The City of Pekin reports from Hong Kong and Yokohama that on Oct. 24 five Russian men of war were inside Port Arthur with nine outside. The Kung Pai blew up at sea killing 550, with 150 burned and 13 saved from officers and crew. Most victims were Chinese soldiers. Also 53 Chinese were executed after a Canton conspiracy attempt.
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Port Arthur
San Francisco
City of Pekin
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Tien Tsin
North China Mail
Kung Pai
Canton
Turtle Mountain Lands Transfer Bill Drafted
Washington reports the Indian affairs commissioner proposes a bill by the Turtle Mountain Indians agreement team to cede nearly all North Dakota lands to the United States while keeping a 12 by 6 mile reservation and receiving 1 million dollars in annual payments of fifty thousand dollars. The plan echoes prior opposition by halfbreed Indians in the last Congress.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
North Dakota
United States
Eastern Iowa Medics Close Annual Union Session
The Union Medical society of Eastern Iowa concluded its annual meeting in Cepar Rapros Ia Papers were presented including one condemning the use of expert testimony in court and was endorsed by the society.
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Eastern Iowa
Cepar Rapros
Union Medical Society
Physicians of
Nervine claims cure for nervous disorders in old ad
A testimonial proclaims Dr Miles Restorative Nervine strengthens weak constitutions and cures nervous conditions. The writer describes relief from sleeplessness leg sensations memory loss and fatigue after several bottles with weight gain from 160 to 176 pounds. Advertisement notes price and availability through Dr Miles Medical Co.
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Miles
Mites
Augusta
Walter R. Burbank
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
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