Various Global Labor Notes and Royal News Highlights
A digest of labor and social topics including Knights of Labor aging, New York branches of Dregs social democracy, New Year cigarette girl cooperatives, and twelve other industrial and political items. Reports cover Mexican quarry blasts, Richmond grocers organizing, Ceylon oil projects, London Klondike capital, Birmingham power plant plans, Bernhardt earnings, and other assorted historical notes.
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Cubiaco
Dregs
Social Democracy
New York
New Years Cigarette Girls
Order of the Knights of Labor
Richmond
Ceylon
Firtzen Klondike
London
Birmingham
Earthquake Ravages Tashkaent Tur kestan and Samarkand
An earthquake struck Tashkaent in Turkestan on a Saturday night, damaging antiquities in Tashkaent and Samarkand. The report notes Samarkand’s historic tomb of The Lame Timur and describes the city’s former glory as a capital of a vast empire with many now-decayed monuments and forty colleges once thriving.
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Tashkaent
Turkestan
Russia
Samarkand
Urah- Trube
Central Asia
Timur
Tamerlane
Kesh
Volga
Persian Gulf
Ganges
Hellespont
Asia
High Death Rate At Havana From Yellow Fever and Other Diseases
Washington report notes 3826 weekly deaths in Havana with 15 yellow fever and 29 enteric fevers, dysentery 84, enteritis 55. Underreporting shifts yellow fever to other disease categories. Gen Fitzhugh Lee met President McKinley at the White House to discuss Cuba policy with Secretary Alger present. Lee advised to stay in office and return to Havana soon as Cuba’s situation remains critical.
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Havana
Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Brunner
Jayet
Wasu Hinet Ton
Fitzhugh Lee
Cuba
White House
Gen. Lee
McKinley
Alger
War Department
Lee
Royal Residence in Ireland Considered by Queen
London reports a possible royal residence in Ireland as the queen signals interest through a letter to the duchess of York congratulating her on a tour there. She asks if part of each year in Ireland would suit. Michael Davitt counters that the Irish do not want royalty and accuses the duke and duchess of misreading Irish hospitality as loyalty.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Epuysuren
Scotland
Masons
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska
Durie
United Hatters of North America
London
Galena
Kansas
Italy
Monte Cantini
Carlsbad
Sim Isaac Houpen
Arthur Sullivan
United States
Spike’s Prairie
Kaufman
Tex
Duke of
Veragua
Christopher Columbus
Switzerland
Engadine
Brees
Mathilde von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
Rome
Wilhelmina
Holland
Prince Bernhard
Saxe-Weimar
Emma
Long Branch
Ireland
Duchess of York
Michael Davitt
Duke
Gunboat Wheeling Heads for Maiden Cruise
The gun boat Wheeling left Mare Island navy yards on Sunday for her maiden warship cruise. After coating and provisioning, she will head to San Diego where she is expected to stay ready to tow in the Alert in South American waters if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
San Francisco
Navy Yards
Mare Island
San Diego
South American
Cycling Accidents Prompt London Legal Action
London on September 20 reports a surge in cycling accidents with ten deaths and about twenty injuries in the first half of the week. Public anger grows as calls for legislation to curb the dangers mount.
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London
Mexican Army Captain Executed for Subordination
City of Mexico reports Capt Cota of the Twelfth Infantry was condemned to death for killing a regiment major during the Yaqui rebellion in Sonora. He was shot here Saturday.
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City of Mexico
Cota
Twelfth Infantry
Sonora
Well Known Poetess Declared Insane in San Francisco
San Francisco on September 20 reports Miss Flora MacDonald Shearer, a nationally known poetess, has been declared insane and was sent Saturday to a private asylum in Liverpool. Her relatives live in Scotland or on the Isle of Skye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Flora MacDonald Shearer
Livermore
Scotland
Isle of Skye
Kans Trust Law Sparks Turmoil Over Kansas City Stock Yards
Legal action under the Sherman law frets Kansas City live stock exchanges as judges discuss interstate commerce limits. Officials warn dissolution could hit patron honesty and trading, amid debate on how far state versus federal power applies.
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Kansas City
Foster
John
Mg@oy
Sion
Foster de Law
Kansas
Missouri
United States
Rey Nearly Mills & Co
Exchange
Yards Co
Fourth-Rate Power: Globe Editorial on United States
The Globe editorial condemns arbitration with the United States, calling it a minor world actor. It argues Britain should adopt a firmer tone to defend its rights and reject being saluted out of actions by a perceived fourth-rate power.
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United States
the Globe
Lord Salisbury
America
The
Globe
Constitution Leaves Portsmouth for Boston Centennial
The U S frigate Constitution known as Old Ironsides sailed from the Kittery navy yard area in tow by the Leyden for Boston. The voyage occurred Monday and will center the centennial anniversary of her launch. Isles of Shoals passed at about 3 PM.
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Frigate Constitution
Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Constitution
Kittery Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Leyden
Boston
Isles of Shoals
Eighteen New Cases Reported in New Orleans
The New Orleans board of health logged eighteen new yellow fever cases on Monday evening, the largest daily total since the outbreak began two weeks prior. Nine cases were reported by Dr. Joseph Holt, all flagged and placed under quarantine. no deaths occurred that day.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Joseph Holt
Long Distance Signaling via Box Kites In Colorado
In Denver on September 21 Sergt Bald win of the Colorado signal service will soon begin experiments with box kites to observe naval and military maneuvers for long distance signaling. He will work with Prof Otto Chanaute of Chicago to build a series of box kites that lift observers to great heights and withstand strong air currents for improved signaling.
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Denver
Col
Sergt. Baldwin
Signal Service of
Colorado
Sergt
Baldwin
Otto Chanaute
Chicago
Made Perpetual Decision in Debs Injunction Case
The opening session of the September term in Wheeling West Virginia saw ex Governor A B Fleming apply to make the injunction against Eugene V Debs and others perpetual The court found no appearance for any defendant and granted the perpetual injunction Judge Jackson stated the decision rests on good law morals and justice He described the injunction as protecting property rights of the Monongah Coal Co and protected free speech and the proper exercise of constitutional rights
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Debs
Wheeling
W. Va
United States Court For
District of West Virginia
A. B. Fleming
Fairmont
Eugene V. Debs
Monongah Coal Co
Jackson
Parkersburg
Equity
England
Monongah
Court of Equity
Andree balloon voyage far north verified by pigeon dispatch
Evelyn Baldwin, meteorologist on the Peary expedition, discusses a pigeon dispatch from Andree reporting the balloon crossing near 82.2 north and 12.5 east. She notes the gas held in frigid conditions, confirms eastward course, and praises the navigator’s precise position fix amid ice and open water. The report also mentions the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arriving at Southampton with 755 passengers and speed data.
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Ling
Andree
Tromsoe
Falken
New York
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Baldwin
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Russia
Southampton
Lloyd Line
Bremen
Engelbart
St. Paul
Five Mob Hangs Five in Versailles Ind Lynching
A mob in Versailles Ripley county Indiana lynched five men believed to be part of a long terror gang after a series of robberies and depredations. Deputies and state officials vow pursuit, while reports describe organized action and threats of further justice by the locals.
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Versailles
Ind
Ripley County
Versilles
Eek
Wooley Bros
Correct
Uties
Midnig
Wooley Brothers
Ater
Clifford Gordon
Gordon
Bert Andrews
Andrews
Osgood
Layle Levi
Wm. Jenkins
Henry Schuster
Levi
Jenkings
Indianapolis
Mount
Oscoop
Ripley
Atney
Bushing
Jenkins
Missouri
Greensburg
Shelbyville
North Vernon
Adison
FBI Aioe
Osgoop
Busching
Ritsearch
Blame Placed on the Dispatcher for Santa Fe Wreck
Emporia Kansas dispatcher's King of Topeka blamed by a coroner's jury for the Santa Fe wreck that killed 13 and injured several. The railway company blamed for insufficient Lang station equipment and agent Larson for not using all precautions.
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Emporia
Kas
Santa Fe
King
Topeka
Lang Station
Larson
Victory for the Strikers in Brockton Lasters Strike
In Brockton Massachusetts on September 21 a major strike by lasters is settled and the strikers are seen as gaining a clear victory.
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Brockton
Mass
Lasters
Harvest Drought Threatens Weakened Russian Provinces
The St Peterssurg dispatch notes a severe harvest in 17 Russian provinces, with drought risking famine as winter wheats fail in a large area. A substantial reserve stock is cited, but concerns persist about future food security and years of hardship.
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Russia
St. Peterssure
West Virginian Dies in Alabama, Aged 52
A West Virginian, Mosite, died in Alabama at 52 after arriving from Wayne County. He was taken Friday amid intense excitement following yellow fever fears.
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Tebbs
Siatean Iy
Harrison, , Ee
Miltoa
Batte
Patel
Aed
Michigan
Pullman
Pean
Wagner
Cincinnati
Ian
D. G. Edwards
Trafic
Ohio
Sient
Peter Ebertz
Joseph . Bernhard
Morrison, Ohio
Sonable
John Knepfie
Market St
Harrison, C
Peeneamm Bontent Yi
Munn & Co
Scientific Americay
OOE
Htaire Munn & CO
Broadway
Elides
H. Ragar
City Hall
Harrison
Harrison, Ohio
General Banking
Nege
Frank Bowles
Asiatic
Timar
London Globe
the Pigeon Dispatch
Versailles Val
HazLetTon
Third Brigade
Gobin
Audenreich
Monarch Washery
Star Washery
Carson
A Audenried
Cranberry
Tuenbach
Stri
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