Kentucky feud blamed for murder in Guatemala City
Details of William Fitzgerald's killing by Godfrey Hunter Jr in Guatemala City point to an old Kentucky feud transplanted abroad. Conflicting U.S. government statements discuss self defense versus cold blooded murder, with Hunter and secretary Bailey implicated by some reports but claiming immunity.
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Washington, D.C
William Fitzgerald
Godfrey Hunter, Jr
Guatemala City
United States
Hunter
Godfrey Hunter
McNally
Bailey
United States Legation
James O. Bailey
Kentucky
Fitzgerald
Godfrey
Young Hunter
General McNally
Dr. Hunter
Mr. McNally
State Department
Roosevelt
Guatemala
Coal Strike Talks In Washington With Miners Leader
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrived to confer with Wayne MacVeagh on a proposed self settlement with the miners. Darrow said no final agreement occurred today as parties reviewed proposed terms including a nine hour day a wage rise of ten percent and a yearly pact. Independent operators in New York protested the plan and the Reading company asked to meet Mitchell and colleagues on Friday while planning to continue hearings.
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Washington, D. C
Darrow
New York
Miners’ Union
United Mine Workers
Washington
John Mitchell
Baer
Reading Company
Western Federation of Miners Eyes Continental Expansion
The executive board meeting in Denver discusses plans to extend the union across the continent. Proposals include taking in miners affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and sending organizers into Mexico.
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Denver
The
Western Federation of Miners
American Federation of Labor
Mexico
Railroads Increase Rates Across Central and Southern Lines
Railways ordered to raise rates within thirty days on most commodities including agricultural and mining products by Central Freight Association territory roads and Southern lines to seaboard ports. Classified freight not covered. traffic officers meet December 1 to discuss further increases in iron steel and other commodities. Grain and grain products rates rise with December 8 action. glucose and corn products also advance. dressed beef and export provisions tariff restored January 1. Atlantic port grain rate up 2.5 cents per hundred reflecting inland shifts to gulf ports.
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Central Freight Association
Seaboard
Gulf Ports
Atlantic
Chicago
Woman Shot and Killed in Farm Battle Near Caruthersville
Mrs. L. F. Johnston was killed when six armed men demanded a cow on her farm five miles west of Caruthersville. Johnston fired at the attackers wounding none, then was shot in the back during a retreat to the house. About twenty five shots were found. no witnesses aside from her 9 year old daughter. The inquest was held by Justice Scott with a verdict pending. Eight suspects fled, hunted by officers amid high tensions.
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Caruthersville
L. F. Johnston
Here
Scott
Model Factory by Golden Rule Jones
Toledo Ohio November 24 A great cooperative industrial establishment is to be launched by Mayor Jones. He plans new factory buildings around a central auditorium dining hall gymnasium and park with public meetings and Sunday services for workers. The model village echoes N O Nelson St Louis and aims to be one of the most complete industrial colonies in the country.
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Toledo
Jones
Acme
N. O. Nelson
St. Louis
Locomotive Watchman Steals Engine for Joyride
Peter Earle, a Little Kanawha railroad watchman in Parkersburg West Virginia, stole a locomotive and sped to Palestine and back twice. He struck a railroad bicycle with two men aboard, threw them off, and dashed through several towns with the whistle screaming before abandoning the engine in Parkersburg yards after the whiskey ran out.
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Parkersburg
W. V
Peter Earle
Little Kanawha Railroad Company
Palestine
Arizona woman granted partial divorce over beetle taint and atheism
Mrs. Fanny D. Welch won a partial divorce from William Welch in the Circuit court. Judge Stockbridge ruled the marriage voidable by either party during the other’s lifetime. Welch accused his wife of fearsome beetle collecting and forced her to read atheistic books in Arizona before she left on May 25.
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Baltimore
Fanny D. Welch
Circuit Court
William Welch
Stockbridge
Arizona
Welch
Havana Strike Subdued by Force
In Havana on November 25 steps were planned for a meeting between strike leaders and President Palma, while armed forces quieted rioters in the suburbs. The riot ended with 120 wounded, four seriously, and two strikers plus a fireman killed in a collision between a fire engine and an electric car. Meat shops remained closed as unrest eased.
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Havana
Palma
Chamberlain Heads to South Africa for Boer War
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and his wife left London for South Africa amid broad farewells from friends.
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London
Chamberlain
South Africa
Hot Springs Baths To Aid Horse Treatments
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior Department approved a petition by Liveryman Simon Cooper to pump Hot Springs waters to his stables for horse baths. Cooper has installed large baths where thoroughbreds will receive hot-water treatment, mirroring that used by visitors seeking health.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Simon Cooper
Cooper
Lord Roberts Declines Garter Knights Fees at Windsor
An American visitor at St George's chapel notes Lord Roberts lacks heraldic banners in the Knights of the Garter stall. He refused to pay the $5000 initiation fees, arguing such charges are improper taxes on private wealth. The dispute over donor fees in Britain leaves the matter unresolved.
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London
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor
Knights of the Garter
Royal Chapel
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Great Britain
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Catemala
South
Miner's Union
Railway
Garuthersville, Mo
Golden Rule Jones
Maryland
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