Delegates rally at Scranton for AFL convention in session
Delegates from across the United States and Canada fill Jer myn hotel corridors as the American Federation of Labor opens in Scranton. Topics include Chinese exclusion, trades autonomy, shipbuilding contracts, and color line disputes. The convention plans a defense fund and reform proposals amid clashes over jurisdiction.
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Jermyn
United States
Canada
American Federation of Labor
Pacific Coast
John T. Morgans
Portland
William F. Seal
Central Trades and Labor Council
Richmond
Richmond Trades and Labor Council
Ats
Virginia State Union
Tobacco Workers’ International Union
Richmond Council
Tobacco Workers’ Union
Henry Fischer
Louisville
Organization of Glass Tile Workers
Illinois
Indiana
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Twin City Rapid Transit raises wages for street crews
In Minneapolis on December 4 the Twin City Rapid Transit Company announced a wage hike for streetcar operators and conductors effective January 1. The average increase is 3 cents per hour, bringing rates to 18 cents/hour for employees under six months and 20 cents/hour for longer-tenured staff, affecting over 40 workers. Separately in Pittsburgh on the same day, Duquesne switchmen ended their strike as the Monongahela division declined to join, easing local freight disruption and signaling relief for the South Side.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Stillwater
Pittsburg
Duquesne
Monongahela
Continental Tobacco buys Wetmore Tobacco control in St Louis
The Continental Tobacco Company has purchased control of the Wetmore Tobacco Company of St. Louis. The report notes this corporate action among several other items in the period’s business news.
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Continental Tobacco Company
Wetmore Tobacco Company
St. Louis
Porto Rico
Europe
W. B. Smith
Barnesville
Yale Law School
Francis Wayland
Yale
Yancey Generator Company
New Orleans
Jules Marchand
Charles Fitchell
National Palace
Mexico
Peoria
United States
Gas firm wins injunction over railroad to lay pipes
Marion Ind December 4 Judge Paulus grants permanent injunction in suit by Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Co against Chicago Indiana and Eastern Railroad Co. The gas firm may lay pipes along agreed right of way as needed while the railroad’s attempt to test gas mains is noted. The ruling impacts gas belt operations as details of the Saturday incident are touched on.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Paulus
Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company
Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railroad Company
Plan for Chicago to South Bend railway line outlined
The proposal outlines a 35 steam trip to Chicago at three hours with hourly departures from South Bend and Chicago. A private freight and passenger track is proposed with rights of way nearly completed. The line would cross streets and alleys only in cities, on a private right of way.
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Chicago
South Bend
City approves 60000 grade crossing award in Terre Haute
Terre Haute council votes ten to one to appropriate sixty thousand dollars to the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad company for damages awarded for opening a street through the company yards at grade. The move faces possible court injunction from prominent citizens claiming debt limit violations. Other Indiana items note Ball Brothers jar works stoppage over union issues and DePauw University oratorical contest plans with Edith Noble among speakers. A missionary conference set for Lafayette features ministers from Muncie Terre Haute Covington and Indianapolis with China connections.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Company
Muncie
Ball Brothers
Matt McGuigan
Greencastle
de Pauw University
Edith Noble
Mitchell
O. W. Rummell
Spearville
D. D. Beauchamp
Andrews
J. A. Lewis
Caer
Maxwell
Worthington
C. C. Lowther
Kansas
George Devers
D. D
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Bapist
C. M. Carter
C. D. Case
Crawfordsville
J. P. Henson
Covington
E. W. Lounsbury
Kioags
Ww. Co. Taylor
Oepaianapoli
H. J. Openshaw
China
Jenckes mill in Terre Haute destroyed by fire
Early today the Jenckes four story brick mill and a three story frame elevator and corn crib were destroyed by fire in Terre Haute Indiana. All contents burned including about 25000 bushels of corn. Loss estimated 40000 to 50000 dollars with 20000 dollars insured. Firefighters Mike Scanlan and Frank Eddy suffered minor injuries from a falling wall. Owner Ray Jenckes has not decided if rebuilding.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Jenckes
Lung Properties
Mike Scanlan
Frank Eddy
Ray Jenckes
Fire destroys new Methodist Episcopal Church at Jonesboro
Marion Indiana December reports a fire destroying the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jonesboro Grant county with losses of 4400 dollars fully insured. The church had been dedicated just a year prior.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
New Methodist Episcopal Church
Jonesboro
Grant County
Anti-saloon League reorganizes in Lebanon Indiana
Lebanon Ind December 4 The Anti-saloon League has reorganized with W H Wiley as president Rev O A Cook first vice president A N Holloway second vice president C L Butner third vice president N A Morris secretary S L I Cason treasurer and W H Higgins as chairman of the remonstrance committee The league has driven saloons from the First ward and will target remaining wards next.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lebanon
Ind
Anti-saloon League
W. H. Wiley
O. A. Cook
A. N. Holloway
C. ¥. Butner
N. A. Morris
S. LI. Cason
Remonstrance Committee
W. H. Higgins
Levington Files for Bankruptcy in Fort Wayne Firm
Henrietta Levington wife of glove and mitten house manager filed bankruptcy showing liabilities of 17044 and assets of 5612.61 The firm has been a glove and mitten maker in Fort Wayne for years but recently shifted to jobbing trade Principal creditors include Battaner Brothers New York 2800 Sawyer Tanning Company Napa 1200 Western Knitting Mills Rochester Mich 1000 Christian Wilkins Gloversville NY 2300 Hamilton National Bank Fort Wayne 180 and several Chicago firms under 1000
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Henrietta Levington
Samuel Levington
Battaner Brothers
New York
Sawyer Tanning Company
Napa
Cal
Western Knitting Mills
Rochester
Mich
Christian Wilkins
Gloversville
N. Y
Hamilton National Bank
Chicago
Indiana shop owner assigns to Lawrence in $37,000 liabilities
Vincennes Ind Dec 4 R R Scott who owns stores at Bicknell and Mooresville made an assignment today to T E Lawrence. Liabilities total 37000 with assets of 34000.
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Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
R. R. Scott
Bicknell
Mooresville
T. E. Lawrence
Old couple's romance at Valparaiso wedding
Valparaiso marriage links two lifelong lovers who had divorced and remarried others after 1841 and 1852. John M. Currier and Luna M. Morse, now in Chicago, reunited in Valparaiso where Currier proposed yesterday. Both have children and grandchildren.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
John M. Currier
Luna M. Morse
Currier
Colorado
Chicago
Veneman estates promise big suburban transfer in Pittsburg
William and Solomon Veneman report from the East that they will soon inherit from 70000 to 100000 dollars worth of suburban property in Pittsburg as part of the Solomon Veneman estate settlement. The case has long been in litigation though recently decided. Solomon, nicknamed Ginseng Sol for his root hunting in Asia.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
William
Solomon Veneman
Pittsburg
Asia
Defective City Walks Settled as Injuries Prompt Repairs
The city settled a suit with Mrs Cynthis Stansberry for 200 after a $2,000 claim over accidents on defective sidewalks. The settlement prompts removal of all bad boards, leaving some property owners with mud and water unless they build brick or cement walks.
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Lafaette
Battle Ground
Greencastle
John D. Hillis
Peru
Frank
Omar Bearss
Indiana
Daniel R. Bearss
Rochester
Illinois
State Board of Missions
Wabash
Fort Wayne
William Geake
Carnegie
Natural Gas, Mining and Oil Company
Trenton Rock
Bedford
Ira Leatherman
Ridgevillle
New Pittsburg
Ridgeville
Frank Jessup
William Hathaway
Kokomo
Ramson Vaile
Coronation Privilege Disputes Move to Lords
London court proceedings on coronation rights sift through claims by Duke of Athol Earl of Ancaster Marquis Cholmondeley and Earl Carrington for lord great chamberlainship. Erroll to walk in procession with baton. No chief larderer or herb strewer. Bishops Durham and Bath to support the King on the throne.
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Court of Claims
Edward
Council Chamber
Whitehall
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Earl of
Ancaster
Marquis of Cholmondeley
Earl Carrington
House of Lords
Earl of Erroll
Scotland
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Lurderer
Beatrice Fellows
Herb Strewer
Harry Durrard
Durham
Bath
Labori Denies Pardon Motive In Dreyfus Affair
Paris dispatch reports Labori in the Journal denies seeking Dreyfus pardon for gain. He laments the condition of the pardon and the silence on an innocent man, says his case work cost him most of his practice, and that innocence remains unaffected. Also notes Rhodesian mining progress and British South Africa Company items, plus deportation debates and European royal marriage.
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M. Labori
Echo de Paris
Dreyfus
Labori
The
Siecle
London
South Africa
Hobhouse
Lord Hobhouse
Lord Kitchener
Lord Milner
Eyre
Jamaica
Undertaker reports tip of possible grave robbery
Undertaker Wilson of Acton telephoned police about a tip that the body of Samuel Noel, buried at Pleasant View Cemetery near Acton, would be stolen tonight. He saw a negro driver circle the cemetery twice and report on surroundings. Police prepared to watch roads. midnight watchers had seen nothing.
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Wilson
Acton
Samuel Noel
Insane Hospital
Pleasant View
Suicide by Carbolic Acid Shocks Grand Central Hotel
In Tacoma J L McAles ter killed himself after letters from an aunt in Muncie Ind were found on him. The report notes other regional items including tax receipts in Terre Haute, divorces granted in Evansville, and deaths of several residents across Indiana with brief local notes on incorporations and city court actions.
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Tacoma
Wash
J. L. McAlester
Muncie
Ind
Grand Central Hotel
The Predominant Senate and the Aldrich War
L A Coolidge argues that the Senate has gained on the House through limited membership and debate while the House risks gridlock and overreach. Aldrich steers legislation by shaping bills in the Senate and pressuring the House to accept Senate amendments or face rejection.
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Senate
House
Aldrich
Marion worker maimed by shafting mishap
In West Marion at Malleable Ironworks, Harry Linn aged nineteen was crushed when line shafting caught his arms. The belt machine ran slowly but not fast enough to save him from severe injuries. In Lafayette Elisha Campbell aged about sixty was killed crossing the Big Four tracks with his son in law William Bell. Campbell died at a local hospital after being struck.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Harry Linn
West Marion
Linn
Lafayette
Elisha Campbell
New Richmond
Montgomery County
William Bell
Lake Erie
Campbell
Bell
Traction line to Chicago plans rapid electric service
South Bend details show the Chicago and Indiana Airline Railway Company nearly completing plans for a rapid electric car line from South Bend to Chicago. The route shortens the distance to about 51.8 miles, four miles less than the shortest steam route, with an aim to provide fast passenger service.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
Chicago & Indiana Airline Railway Company
Chicago
Hogan Sentenced to Three Years for Shooting in Minnesota
Samuel Hogan will serve three years in the daurance vile in Minnesota after shooting a man who, when asked if he was an anarchist, said he was. Hogan’s opposition to anarchy is likened to anarchy itself, and he would deserve punishment regardless of any word misunderstanding.
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Samuel Hogan
Daurance
Minnesota
Hogan
Major Bond’s Son and Fire Cause In Phillipsburg
In Phillipsburg on December 4 a fire destroyed the summer residence of Major B I Bond, son of Canada’s Anglican metropolitan. The fire left remains and debris at the site, with authorities investigating the cause and extent of the ruin.
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Phillipsburg
Qeay
B. I. Bond
Canada
Promay Insurance
Pres’ Sy Rmi
New York Man Sentenced for Defrauding with Fake Name Davideon
Francis Gordon Dunn of New York was sentenced to a year of penal servitude in Berlin after a conviction for using the name Davideon on a payment check for a one dollar watch. Davideon was Dunn's fiancée, the watch’s intended recipient.
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Berlin
Francis Gordon Dunn
New York
Davideon
Dunn
Manchester Council Averts Higher Bid On Electrical Plant
London December 5 The City Council of Manchester awarded a contract for an electrical plant to a German firm as the lowest English bid exceeded the German bid by £360. The decision reflects the council accepting the German proposal to save costs.
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London
Manchester
Vanderbilt condemned in French court over auto cart crash
Paris report states William K. Vanderbilt was condemned in a French court for damages from a collision between his automobile and an elderly cart at Ty Rauville last year. Vienna dispatch notes Allgemeine Zeitung reports resumed talks on a Russian loan of 4 million pounds and its impending issue.
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Paris
William K. Vanderbilt
France
Ty Rauville
Vienna
Allgemeine Zeitung
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