Miners Seek Wage Hikes Across Districts In UMWA Meeting
The United Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis finished debating a run of mine wage basis raise of 12 1 2 cents per ton with seven cents more for machine mined coal and a proportional boost for inside and outside labor. Indiana already pays 2 25 daily minimum to inside laborers, while other districts would see varied increases. The panel also discussed defense funds, uniform initiation fees of 10, proposed age-based fees for youths, and weighing employment rules as the convention nears closure.
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Ind
United Mine Workers’ of America
Wilson
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Mitchell
Ray Hudson
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Col Philip Deitsch Dead Cincinnati Chief of Police
Col Philip Deitsch, chief of Cincinnati police, died at 10 20 Friday morning after bronchial pneumonia. A 33d degree mason and former soldier, he led the department since 1888 and was president of the National Bureau of Identification. He was born in 1840 in Bavaria and came to Cincinnati at 16, serving in the Civil War before joining the police force.
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United States
National Bureau of Identification
Chicago
Hanselmann Commandery
Scottish Rite
The
Mystic Shrine
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Rhenish
Bavaria
United States Army
Army of the Potomac
Fifth Army Corps
Fitz John Porter
Gettysburg
Amor Smith, Jr
Thirty Per Cent of Customs Due in Venezuela Deal
Washington reports say allies likely to receive 30 percent of customs at La Guayra and Puerto Cabello to back foreign claims. Italy favors an honorable compromise, and Britain Germany plan to maintain a naval presence. Venezuela’s revenues cover claims while loans remain secured.
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Puerto Cabello
Washington
Bowen
Porto Cabello
Caribbean
Caracas
Berlin
Hague Arbitration Court
Acre Dispute Moves Toward Formal Brazil Bolivia Pact
Bolivian expedition heads from La Paz to join the contigents at Ruren Baque as talks with Brazil advance. Brazilian minister in Rio informs President Pande has full power to finalize a formal agreement over Acre. Diplomats in Washington stress American interests remain safeguarded amid tensions.
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Bolivia
Acre
la Paz
Rurena Baque
London
Rio Janeiro
Pande
Brazil
Washington
Hag Onday
Oth
Hay
International Yacht Regatta Opens This Week
Kalamazoo Mich Jan 27 Commdre D C Olin of the Kalamazoo Ice Yacht club announced the international yacht regatta at Pull Lake will open on Wednesday.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
D. C. Olin
Shoe Cutters From Cincinnati Arrive in Lynn
Six shoe cutters from Cincinnati arrived in Lynn Massachusetts on Friday and were escorted to the Watson shoe factory. A crowd gathered and hissed as Knights of Labor pickets persuaded one man not to enter work.
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Lynn
Mass
Cincinnati
Watson Shoe Factory
Knights of Labor
Not Liable to Pay Inheritance Tax
New York January 24 Surrogate Fitzgerald on Gen Frederick D Grant request ruled that the estate of Mrs Julia Dent Grant widow of President Grant was not liable to pay inheritance tax.
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New York
Fitzgerald
Frederick D. Grant
Julia Dent Grant
President Grant
Once Famous Actor Chippendale Dies at 83 in Forest Home
Philadelphia January 24 Frederick Chippendale aged 83 famed as a character actor died at Forest Home where he had resided for 12 years after retiring from the stage three years earlier.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Chippendale
Forest Home
Chippendale
Regatta Postponed Indefinitely in Gull Lake Event
Kalamazoo Mich Jan 24 The international ice watching regatta planned for Gull Lake was postponed indefinitely due to rough lake surface. Organizers cited dangerous conditions and poor ice quality delaying the opening scheduled for January 20.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Gull Lake
Divorces Targeted by Interfaith Committee Action
Episcopal Presbyteran and Methodist groups form an executive committee to push uniform marriage and divorce laws. Bishop Doane of Albany is chairman and Rev Dr W H Roberts of the Presbyterian general assembly serves as secretary. Delegates urge broad religious backing to curb divorces and harmonize laws, with immediate work by the secretary.
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New York
Episcopal
Presbyterian
Doane
Albany
W. H. Roberts
Presbyterian General Assembly
America
Vaccination Shows Cattle Immune To Tuberculosis
Philadelphia report cites two year experiments by Dr. Leonard Pearson and Dr. S H Gilliland of the University of Pennsylvania proving cattle can be made immune to tuberculosis through venous injection of a non virulent tubercle bacilli suspension.
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Philadelphia
Leonard Pearson
Veterinary Department
University of Pennsylvania
Pearson
S. H. Gilliland
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Columbia and Savannah
A strong quake was felt in Columbia and suburbs at 8:16 p.m. Friday. Savannah reported two distinct shocks at 8:15 p.m. with Tybee Island houses noticeably shaken.
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Columbia
S. C
Savannah
Tybee Island
Alleged Gamblers Indicted in New York
District Attorney Jerome announced that the grand jury has returned indictments against several alleged keepers or managers of reputed gambling houses in New York. The cases had been under investigation as part of ongoing efforts to curb illicit gaming.
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New York
Jerome
To Construct a Cuban Capital
Havana delegates approve 300000 for building a new capital as the house and senate meet apart. The move aims to unite the government offices in a single seat amid ongoing discussions and planning.
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House of Representatives
House
Senate
Death of Charles M. Sherman Showman Died at 70
Clinton Missouri reports the death of Charles M. Sherman a 70 year old showman who passed away Friday He once built a fortune in the Columbus Ohio museum business in the 1860s and in 1871 started a wagon show touring from Bushnell Illinois to nearby towns.
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Clinton
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Bushnell, Til
Death From the Plague in Mazatlan
Mazatlan reports five deaths from the plague on Friday and 44 patients in hospital. Two refugees remain in sheds as authorities struggle with morale and ongoing business disruption.
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Mazatlan
Univer
Parcels Post Relations Open Negotiations Await Replies
The United States awaits official advices from European nations on parcels post relations. Through the state department the government signaled readiness to negotiate parcels post treaties, but no country has yet responded.
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United States
Washington
Europe
State Department
Indeterminate Term For Forgery In Carbondale Case
Carbondale Illinois January 27 Rev W P Washington colored has been sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Chester penitentiary for forgery He was vice moderator of the Mount Olive African Baptist Missionary association a member of the preachers and deacons unions and pastor of the Negro Baptist church at Murphysboro He was suspended from office when arrested.
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Ill
W. P. Washington
Chester
Mount Olive
Ex Secretary Long Ill at St. Margarets Hospital
John Davis Long former secretary of the navy is seriously ill at St. Margaret's hospital Boston with a chronic kidney disease. Doctor Cabot says he may not leave the hospital for some time.
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Death of Mrs. Alice Garrett in St. Louis Sanatorium
Mrs. Alice Garrett died at the Missouri Baptist sanatorium in St. Louis. She was the first local patient to receive formalin solution as a cure for blood poisoning, a treatment recently developed by Dr. Barrows of New York.
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Alice Garrett
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium
Barrows
New York
Aged Widow Engaged to Wed Count San Martino
Paris dispatch reports 72 year old Mme Danesi nee Mary Peck of Rhode Island engaged to Rome's Count San Martino. He is half her age. the couple's betrothal highlights a wealth disparity as the count lacks riches while the bride boasts fortune.
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Mme. Danesi
Mary Peck
Rhode Island
Count San Martino
Rome
Coal strike commission stenographic contract noted
In Philadelphia on January 26 a record contract for stenographic reporting of the coal strike commission proceedings is highlighted as the most profitable in the nation. Daily costs reach about $1,000, with the total likely to reach $70,000.
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Philadelphia
Coal Strike Commission
Health Officers to Meet on Quarantine Uniform Gulf Ports
Galveston Texas January 26 health officers from gulf states will gather here Monday to agree on a uniform quarantine regulation system for gulf ports, aiming to standardize health rules and responses across the region.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf States
Gulf Ports
Judge W R Jay Accepts Supreme Court Appointment
Canton Ohio January 27 Judge W R Jay has accepted a tender of appointment as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Judge Day said Monday in answer to a query as to his appointment I received the letter from President Roosevelt and I mailed my acceptance this day Day does not know when the appointment will be sent to the Senate.
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Roosevelt
Thirteenth Annual Banquet of New York Confederate Camps
The thirteenth annual banquet of the Confederate veteran camps of New York at the Waldorf Astoria drew over five hundred comarches and guests. Charles Francis Adams spoke on Robert E Lee, Henry Watterson praised Abraham Lincoln, and William Hepburn Russell responded to Jefferson Davis. Women attended, adding brilliance to the event.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
Robert E. Lee
Col
Henry Watterson
Canning Machinery Exhibit to Open in February
Washington reporters report a joint exhibition by the canning machinery and supplies association and North American canners to be held in the city starting February 9. Sherman of New York and J A Chisholm meet with the president, who will press an electric button at the White House to start the machinery.
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Canning Machinery and Supplies Association
United States
Canada
Sherman
New York
J. A. Chisholm
S. F. Sherman
Doblin recants before naval committee on alleged bribe
Philip Doblin told the House Naval Affairs Committee that his Saturday statements alleging bribery were not all true and that he wished to ratify his claim that Quigg had offered a bribe. Gustavus Rogers pressed for clarity as Doblin denied prior bribery accusations and explained his Monday statements.
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Philip Doblin
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Lessler
New York
Quigg
Doblin
Rogers
Committee of Congress
Court of Justice
Mob kills and burns murderer of sheriff near New Orleans
John Thomas, a Negro, shot and killed Sheriff Benjamin F. Ory of St. Charles Parish as officers tried to arrest him near New Orleans on Monday. A mob found him in a drainage ditch at the Aston plantation, fired on him, and then burned the cabin where his body lay.
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John Thomas
Benjamin F. Ory
St. Charles Parish
Thomas
Ory
Asaton
Libel Suit Filed Over Minneapolis Feature in McClure Magazine
Minneapolis attorney Boardman sues McClure Publishing Co for 50000 over alleged libelous statements in the January issue of McClure's Magazine headlined The Fall and Redemption of Minneapolis written by Lincoln Steffens. Summons served on Frederick Little, Northwestern agent, who left for Chicago Monday night.
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Minn
Boardman
McClure Publishing Co
New York City
McClure’s
Lincoln S. Steffens
Frederick Little
Northwestern
Little
Chicago
General Hayes Retired. Davis Promoted in Militia Shuffle
Washington reports Brig. Gen Edward M Hayes, recently promoted, retired Monday and Col Charles L Davis of the Fifth Infantry will be promoted to the vacancy. Other officers to be promoted and retired include Col Joseph P Farley of the ordnance department Col M F Foote and possibly others. Col Francis Moore of the Eleventh cavalry will receive permanent promotion to brigadier general and be assigned to command a military department in the Philippines.
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Edward M. Hayes
Charles L. Davis
Fifth Infantry
Joseph P. Farley
Ordnance Department
M. F. Foote
Col
Francis Moore
Eleventh Cavalry
Philippines
Senate memorial backs constitutional amendment for direct senatorial election
Salem Oregon January 27 the senate adopted a joint memorial requesting Congress to call a convention to propose an amendment to the federal constitution that would provide for the election of U S senators by popular vote.
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Salem
Ore
Senate
Congress
Lynch Treason Sentence Likely Commuted to Life Prison
London. January 27. It is generally conceded that the death sentence on Col. Arthur Lynch for high treason, handed down last Friday, will be commuted to life imprisonment with possible further consideration after a term of years.
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London
Arthur Lynch
High price for peach blow amphora at Marquand sale
New York January 27 at the sale of Oriental lacquers and porcelains from the Marquand collection the top price was 3200 dollars for a six inch Peach blow amphora bought by E D Church.
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New York
E. D. Church
Time Extended Across Cuba Proreciprocity Treaty
The president on Monday sent to the senate an agreement with Cuba extending the time for ratification of the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The initial deadline for ratification was January 31.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
The Strike Declared Off in Winnipeg Railway Row
Winnipeg officials report the strike by United Brotherhood of Railway Employes against the Canadian Northern Railway is officially ended. The labor action had been ongoing since last summer and concluded Monday night.
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Winnipeg
Man
United Brotherhood of Railway
Canadian Northern Railway
Senate panel backs bill barring Panama contracts to non Americans
Washington January 27 The senate committee on interoceanic canals moved to report favorably on legislation prohibiting contracting for the proposed Panama canal to any but American citizens.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
German embassy officials present to the president in Washington
Count Quadt charge d affaires of the German embassy presented to the president in Washington along with his visiting cousin and Maj. Von Etzel the newly appointed military attache.
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Count Quadt
Maj. von Etzel
Discharge of Cavalrymen and Nominations Sent
The secretary of war authorized immediate discharge for 18th Infantry and 14th Cavalry troops with six months or less to serve before sailing for Manila. The President meanwhile sent to the Senate nominations for consul general James W. Ragsdale and Levi S. Willcox, both China postings, with Willcox formerly at Hankow and Ragsdale at Tien-Tsin.
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Secretary of War
18Th Infantry
14Th Cavalry
Manila
Senate
James W. Ragsdale
California
Tien-Tsin
China
Levi S. Willcox
Illinois
Hankow
Son fatally shoots father in Enid dining dispute
Frederick Walker, 20, shot and killed his father Smith Walker of Jefferson at dinner in Enid Oklahoma on Monday. Authorities report the slaying followed an argument after the father chastised him.
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Enid Okla
Frederick Walker
Smith Walker
Jefferson
Tucson
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