Labor Federation Convention Completes Organization
Scranton Pa December seven American Federation of Labor closes three day session with 212 delegates the largest ever and 197 resolutions referred to committees. Speakers include Frank Chandler on British labor and Benjamin Tillett on socialism amid debates on arbitration and labor rights across North America and Europe.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Great Britain
W. D. Mahon
Detroit
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Scranton Street Railway Company
Executive Council
Licely
Publc
San Francisco
Een
Pennsylvania
Knoxville
Tenn
Carriage and Wagon Workers
Cincinnati
Frank Chandler
Carpenters and Joiners
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Chandler
Prest McKinley
Jones
Ei Peogt
Benjamin Tillett
British Trades Union Congress
Tillett
Gompers
J . Draper
Canadian Trades Union Congress
Canada
British Columbia
Draper
Apani Gompers
Actalso
Harriet Keyser
Church League
Organized Labor
Julia Llewellyn
Women's International Labor League
Conspiracy Warrants Tied to Machinists Union Action
Warrants issued at the Machinists Union's instance allege the company brought men into the state to work and failed to inform them a strike was underway. The alleged failure is claimed to violate an Illinois statute.
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Machinists’ Union
Fai
Illinois
Head End Collision Kills Two on C and O Trains
In Charleston West Virginia on December 7 a head end crash between two heavy Chesapeake and Ohio freight trains near Nuttall and Fayette Station killed Fireman W E Meader and an unknown tramp. A brakeman died from burns and the engineer suffered injuries. The wreck halted traffic for about eleven hours. The disaster was blamed on a telegraph operator who allegedly forgot to deliver orders. Both engines were wrecked and several cars derailed. The train crews resided in Hinton.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio
W. E. Meader
Smith
Nuttall
Fayette Station
Hinton
Postponed Cuba election sought by Maso faction
Havana report says Senor Pierra Fidel left for Washington to present to authorities grievances of Maso supporters. They demand a new central canvassing board and provincial boards, a delay of elections until January 31 to implement reforms, and Root involvement.
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Havana
Senor Pierra Fidel
Washington
General Maso
Cuba
Senor Estrada Palma
Jawe
Root
Maso
Iowa students attend Livestock Exposition closing night
About 40,000 people visited the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago as it closed. Iowa public school pupils gained free grounds admission, with most of the 15,900 animals remaining through Monday. Intercollegiate livestock judging awards named Iowa with the Spear trophy. Guelph, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and North Dakota ranked in order. Christobal XI, a Hereford belonging to ZT Kinsell of Mount Ayr, was cited among notable exhibits.
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Ctucago
Iowa
Guelph
Uthels
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
North Dakota
Illnois
Christobal XI
Kinsell
Mount Ayr
Mrs Elizabeth Howe Dale to Testify in Inquest
Subpoenas issued for key witnesses in Hoboken to probe the death of Emmeline Tule, five, daughter of Marvey Dale of Chicago. The list includes the mother Mrs Elizabeth Howe Tale, Dr Kuditch, Albert Waller, hotel staff, and detectives. Mrs Dale remains under guard in a hospital, ready to relate her account.
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New York
Emmeline Tule
Marvey S. Dale
Chicago
Hoboken
N. J
Elizabeth Howe Tale
Dr. Kuditch
Emmeline
Albert Waller
Robber Industry Prospers in Midwestern Towns
Three robbers looted the Archibald Banking Company vault at Archibald Ohio last night, taking about 2000 in gold and currency. A small vault chest was destroyed and a local resident was wounded. A posse pursues the robbers, believed to have fled toward Michigan.
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Delta
Archibald Banking Company
Archibald
John Hoffmayer
Fulton
Williams
Henry Counties
Michigan
Here ford sale fatality at fair as shows expand
A death occurred last night from congestion of the lungs linked to exposure at the Here ford sale. Exhibits drew thousands with top prizes awarded: Senior champion polled Durham male Gulden Gauntlet J H Miller Peru Ind. junior champion Tippecanoe Forty-fourth W W Crane Tippecanoe City Ohio. senior champion polled Durham female Royal Queen J H Miller. junior champion Ruby of Buttonwood PF S Hines Malott Park Ind. The show will expand next year, adding time and space, with two weeks of events and revised judging across fat stock and fancy bred stock classes in two separate weeks.
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Hereford
Durham
J. WH. Miller
Peru
Ind
Tippecanoe
W. W. Crane
Tippecanoe City
Royal Queen
J. H. Miller
Ruby
Buttonwood
Malott Park
Lassen
Board to review grounds before submitting to War Secretary
The board may examine their territories again to better inform themselves of conditions and needs in their departments prior to submitting their report to the Secretary of War.
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Secretary of War
Plague Runs Through Hawaiian Islands and Eastwick Case Probed
Daily health bulletin cites a second plague case on Oahu from a new focus with deaths on Kauai and a Chinaman’s death linked to rats. State Department reviews Eastwick stock certificate case with medical history urging Foreign Office appeal. US embers seek help for London prisoner. Commerce updates note Russian tariff on iron and steel imports with origin proofs required.
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Washington
Harlne Hospital
L. E. Cooper
Hiawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Pacific
Kauai
Navy
Cooper
Kealla
State Department
Miss Eastwick
London
Department
Foreign Office
United States
Catholic Societies to Convene in Cincinnati Next Week
Final arrangements for the American Federation of Catholic Societies convention in Cincinnati are complete. The three day event begins Tuesday with a 11 a m opening at the Auditorium, featuring Governor Nash and Mayor Fleischmann, with President Fries and others expected to respond. Executive sessions dominate the agenda as delegates decide on forming a permanent federation from the Long Branch initiative.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Il A& m
Nash
Fleischmann
Fries
Long Branch
Butchers Arrested in Chicago for Diseased Meat Sale
CHICAGO December 7 Frederick Hess a butcher and Otto Hock his clerk were arrested by meat inspectors charged with selling diseased meat. It is said they sold twenty five infected hogs.
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Chicago
Frederick Hess
Otto Hock
Roosevelt Signs Bill Admitting Free Exhibits To Expositions
President Roosevelt signed the first bill of his term, admitting free of duty and allowing transfer of foreign exhibits from the Pan-American Exposition to the South Carolina Interstate and Industrial Exposition in Charleston. The event was announced from Washington on December 7. Senate actions and accompanying notices referenced Rear Admiral Sampson’s health, naval movements, appointments, and political visits by Governor Yates and other officials. The report notes Admiral Remey’s departure from Yokohama, Cromwell’s arrival in Genoa, and an Indian agent appointment for Frank M. Conser, alongside naval promotions and future postmaster nominations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
South Carolina
Navy Department
Remey
Brooklyn
Yokohama
Kobe
Japan
Cromwell
Chicago
Genoa
Italy
Frank M. Conser
Ohio
Yates
Ilinois
Hines
Marine Corps
W. E. Noa
E. H. Ellis
J. A. Hughes
TH. Roberts, Jr
Wilson
N. Y
Depew
Europe
New York
Root
Odell
Woodruff
Henderson
Trust Company's Affairs At Omaha Facing Uncertainty
Omaha from December 7. Directors of the Omaha Loan and Trust Company met with Edward Betule of Philadelphia, who represents Eastern creditors, as President A A Wiman explained the firm’s condition. He cited uncertain real estate values and noted the company’s 1885 setup with 500000 capital, loans on city property and farms, totaling 12 to 15 million in real estate mortgages over sixteen years, mostly local with Missouri exceptions. Wiman said details on facilities were unsettled and mentioned past debts on debentures and guarantees linked to securities. Directors listed include Withon Barton Nash Millard Wallace Morseman and Lake. Wiman and his son W I Wiman hold top posts.
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Omaha
Omaha Loan and Trust Company
Edward Betule
Philadelphia
A. A. Wiman
Witman
Nebraska
Missouri
Wiman
Trust Company
Ala. Withon
Guy C. Barton
E. W. Nash
J. 11. Millard
W. W. Wallace
EK. M. Morseman
George B. Lake
Mr. Wiman
W. I. Wiman
Automatic Telephones in Chicago Plan to Install Free Service
Chicago reports the Automatic Electric Company files papers in Springfield to form with 2 million capital. Incorporators include Gearhart Law Wheeler Watkins Eddy Russell & Co. The scheme charges users up to 85 dollars yearly for business and eight for residence with no charge for incoming calls and five cents for outgoing calls. A meter on the switchboard records calls.
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Chicago
Springfield
The
Automatic Electric Company
United States
Stronger Automatic Telephone Exchange
Edwin W. Gearhart
James C. Law
Albert G. Wheeler, Jr
Thomas H. Watkins
Scranton
Charles B. Eddy
Almogordo
N. M
Paralyzed Defendant Tries Impersonation Trial
George Trowbridge alias William Keefe lies near death in a Utica courtroom as he faces trial for impersonating a U S officer. Arrested in Ashtabula Ohio for pension fraud, he suffered a paralytic stroke in Utica jail and has worsened, yet he demanded trial with medical staff present.
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New York
George Trowbridge
William Keefe
United States
Utica
N. Y
Trowbridge
Ashtabula
Kinlock
Raisin firms move to corner unsold California crop
Fresno reports a plan by American Raisin Packing Company firms to control nearly all California Growers Association raisins and seek the remaining outside crops. Raisin demand is high with prices rising from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cents per pound.
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Fresno
Cal
American Raisin Packing Company
California Growers’ Association
Roy Convicted of Murder in Kansas Trial
In Winfield Kansas on December 7 the jury found Clyde Moore seventeen guilty of second degree murder in the April killing of wealthy farmer C L Wilberger on a country road. Acquittal went to co defendant Charlie Betts thirteen who also faced charges of murder and robbery after Moore implicated him during testimony.
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Winfield, Kan
Clyde Moore
C. L. Wilberger
Moore
Charlie Betts
Wiberger
Betts
Convicts Captured After Fort Leavenworth Escape
Two more of the twenty six convicts who escaped from Fort Leavenworth on November 7 have been captured at Lawton Oklahoma Territory. Lawton authorities reported the apprehensions and stated the men were brought to trial looming in the case. News desk observers noted the escape had prompted a large manhunt and federal involvement.
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Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth
Lawton
O. T
Revolt leader Clark among convicts on the loose after escape
A telegram from the sheriff reports Turner Barnes sentenced to ten years for assault and Bob Mark serving five for breaking into a Texas post office. Clark led the revolt and held up Superintendent Hinds. Of the escapees, seven remain at large.
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Cording
Turner Barnes
Bob Mark
Texas
Clark
Hinds
In My Young Days Poker Tale From a Western Station
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recalls a railroad station agent who, waiting for a train at a lonely junction, plays poker with a stranger for small stakes. Two hours pass as luck shifts and discipline costs the narrator dearly before a later promotion ends the tale.
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Detroit Free Press
Moat Lonesome Junction
Express
Kipling and Cicero in New Kipling Edition Review
The Inter Ocean notes a new edition of Kipling's The Iiad from Yale professor Thomas D. Seymour, who argues for unity amid growth in Homer and cites Kipling and Cicero to illustrate literary judgment. The piece weaves reflections on poetry, Homeric prehistory, and the value of cross-era literary influence, with digressions on cats, Egypt, and training.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Rudyard Kipling
Iiad
Thomas D. Seymour
Hillhouse
Yale
Kipling
Tammy Atkins
Seymour
Homer
Agamemhien
Gradu
Cicero
Brutus xviii
Marcus Tullius Cicera
Uncanny Powers Reported By West Coast Natives
English travelers along the west coast of Africa report natives’ uncanny ability to foretell death and disaster. A Strand meeting with a native who rode with an ivory coast expedition leads to speculation. A cable later confirms a French doctor died of blackwater fever.
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London Mail
Africa
Ivory Coast
Strand
Dods
The Soul of a Cat by Margaret Benson
W S Alden previews Margaret Benson’s forthcoming book The Soul of a Cat. The critic notes Benson’s prior access to select cat and bird circles and suggests her new work will reveal deep insight into feline life and nature.
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W. S. Alden
Margaret Benson
England
America
Miss Benson
British Ambassador's Wife and Daughter Arrive in New York
Mary Pauncefote wife of the British ambassador to the United States and her daughter the Hon Sibyl Pauncefote arrived in New York from England to board the steamer St Paul for onward travel in the United States and Canada.
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New York
Mary Pauncefote
United States
Sibyl Pauneefote
England
St Paul
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