Miners Reach Accord in Colorado Lignite Labor Talks
Representatives of northern coal district miners and operators in Louisville Colorado reached a nine hour agreement to resume work Monday on an eight hour day with a ten percent wage increase. A district referendum will be held tonight with results announced Monday. The plan preserves pay scales and adjusts mining rates by vein thickness.
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Louisville
Colo
Northern Coal District
Strahy
Northern Coal & Coke Company
Colorado
Ife
Mob Wrecks Colfax Brewery Building in Bloomington
A large mob of hundreds of men women and children attacked and wrecked a new cold storage brewery plant in Colfax near Bloomington. Police say warrants are sworn and a trial is scheduled for next Wednesday amid temperance element threats.
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Bloomington
Til
Colfax
FY. D. Radeke
Kanikakee
Unknown Sayings of Christ Discovered in Egypt
London reports that archaeologists digging near Cairo uncovered papyri from the second century containing sayings attributed to Jesus. The texts, many introduced as "Jesus saith," show variations from known gospels and link to St Thomas, including a highlighted path to the kingdom of heaven.
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London
Jesus
Egypt
Cairo
Bernard P. Grenfell
Egypt Exploration Fund
Hunt
Grenfell
el Tabeh
Christ
St. Thomas
Kingdom of
Heaven
Dr. Grenfell
Evangelist
Driven insane by the trains
Mrs Vassiti, a 40 year old who had never seen steam or electric propulsion, lives in Russia and recently moved to New York. She became insane after trains passed her daughter's door, complained for a fortnight, covered her eyes, then screamed, and attempted to leap from a window to ward off a train before being hospitalized.
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New York
Mre
Vassiti
Russia
Millions in Bonds Raise Funds for Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
New York November 14. Debentury bonds totaling 50.5 million dollars were contracted for by J P Morgan & Co with a view to broad overseas purchase and local underwriting. Lake Shore directors approved the marketing plan at a special meeting. A concurrent 50.9 million bond issue at four percent was authorized to cover unfunded debt. Notes totaling 25 million dollars mature in January.
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New York
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
New York Herald
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kuhn, Loch &Co
Baltimore & Ohio
WIFE SEES HUSBAND ELECTROCUTED AT ILLINOIS POLE
Bloomington reports Frank Lester, superintendent of Home Telephone at Urbana, was electrocuted while working atop a pole. His wife witnessed the accident and was prostrated. Lester had been divorced five weeks earlier and had married Misa Grace Harmison of St Joseph the day after the divorce ended.
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Bloomington
Frank Lester
Home Telephone Company
Urbana
Lester
Misa Grace Harmison
St. Joseph
Salsbury Confesses Ties to Michigan Water Scandal
Former Grand Rapids city attorney Lant K. Salsbury pleads to a bribery count and admits ties to the notable water scandal. Sentence deferred to December as he agrees to testify in related cases and prosecutors hint at further arrests of ex officials and residents. The case is framed as potentially the nation’s worst water scandal fallout.
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Grand Rapida
Mich
K. Salsbury
Cutor
Rabilemen
City oMciala Ara
Salsbury
Éanes
Aircote
Tle St. Louis
Detroit
House of Currect Son
Chicago Strikers Stand Firm as Desks, Power Riot Fears Rise
Chicago observers report a stubborn street railway strike with unions refusing further talks after an alleged rebuff by Street Railway officials. Police enforce order as strikers threaten to escalate with coal supply and non union crews filling roles at power houses.
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Chicago
State Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
W. D. Mahon
Employes' Association
McCulloch
Oelrich Family Power of Attorney Revoked
Formal revocation filed in San Francisco yesterday cancels April 1897 powers granted by Mrs. Theresa Oelrichs to Herman Oelrichs over her California property. The action, executed in New York November 8, 1897, affects Mrs. Oelrichs business matters on the coast. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr, sister of Theresa, also revokes his authority. her document has arrived here but awaits filing.
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San Francisco
Theresa Oelrich
Herman Oelrichs
Oetrichs
New York
Demia
California
Mortensen death sentence refused by Utah board
Salt Lake City November 14 the state board of pardons refused to commute the death sentence of Peter Mortensen. He will be shot to death in the penitentiary yard next Friday. Cheyenne November 14 Governor Chatterton denied Tom Hort's appeal for commutation to life imprisonment. He will be hanged in the Laramie county jail next Friday.
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Board of Pardons
Salt Lake City
State Board of Pardons
Peter Mortensen
Mortensen
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chatterton
Tom Hort
Willie Nickell
Laramie County
Merchant from Paris and Australia attempts suicide
San Francisco reports T Meta yer, a well known Paris and Australia merchant who recently moved here, cut his throat with a razor at a local hospital. The weapon was seized and doctors fear he may require confinement in a state institution unless his Paris or Sydney connections arrange alternatives.
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San Francisco
TK. T. Metayer
Paris
Australia
Persous
Paria
Sydney
Negro Escaped Mob Law Narrative in New York
Edward Slreen of Mount Vernon, accused of assaulting a secretary to former State Senator J. N. Mills, was acquitted. Bronxville residents had threatened lynching after the victim identified him, but authorities say the case was resolved in court. Mayor Fiske and his family testified Green was at his home on a political mission during the assault.
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New York
Edward Slreen
Mount Vernon
J. N. Mills
Green
Bronxville
Fiske
Mrs Theresa A Oelrichs revokes power of attorney in New York
Great surprise shook New York as Mrs Theresa A Oelrichs revoked the general power of attorney she had granted to her husband in 1807. The couple, once central to society, has not featured prominently in social affairs this season.
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New York
Theresa A. Oelrichs
Merman Oelrichs
Humane Society halts Kosher beef killing over cruelty concerns
Denver officials report the State Humane Society has stopped the Kosher method of beef killing amid cruelty allegations. A conference of humane society representatives will meet likely Monday to devise an alternative method acceptable to both Hebrews and humane officers.
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Denver
State Humane Society
Tiebrew Butehera
Hebrewa Aml
The
Humane Society
Money for the Miners at AFL Convention
Boston reports the American Federation of Labor debated aiding the Western Federation of Miners. A substitute resolution urged sympathy and calling on unions to contribute, with an immediate $1000 donation defeated by a show of hands but adopted after a roll call. The committee rejected a plan to ignore injunctions and favor immediate court opposition.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
Western Federation of Miners
Committee On
West
Ufi. P
Valise Held $430000 in Velasco Railways Securities Stolen
President Charles N. Alexander of the Velasco Brazos and Northern railway reported to Dallas detectives that a valise containing $430000 worth of railroad securities was stolen from his buggy last night. The entire Dallas detective force is on the case. The buggy stood on a prominent business district corner as Alexander consulted with others.
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St. Louis
Dallas
Texas
Charles N. Alexander
Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway
Alexander
Ellich
Vessels wrecked in gale at Alcoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony reports a gale driving ashore and wrecking the British ship Arranmore, the County of Pembroke, the Italian bark San Antonio, and the Norwegian barks Two Brothers and Wayfarer. The Russian bark Litto was dismasted in the same storm.
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Port Elizabeth
Cape Colony
Arranmore
County of Pembroke
San Antonio
Two Brothers
Wayfarer
Alcoa Bay
Litto
National W C T U Convention Sessions in Cincinnati
National WCTU reports show 2nd day attendance at Cincinnati meeting. Ada W Nurth of Oregon spoke on Scientific purity teaching. Flower missions led by Lelia Sowall reported year distributions totaling 19 403. Michigan celebrated Jennie Caine birthday with 79 meetings. Reports covered Mercy Purity Temperance Literature Fairs Open Air Meetings and Legislation.
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Cincinnati
Ada W. Nurth
Oregon
Mary A. Iynch
North Carolina
Lelia M. Sowall
Massachusetts
Flower Missions
Michigan
Jennie Caine
New York
Anna Hakerover
Utah
Mary F. Lovell
Pennsylvania
Mercy
Helen L. Buller
Emilie D. Martin
Eden D. Morris
Missouri
Hannah S. Guild
Margaret Dye Ellis
New Jersey
Wreck on East Aurora Train Kills Engineer
In Buffalo on November 14, a Pennsylvan ia East Aurora accommodation wreck killed engineer Alonzo Cole who remained at his post on a bridge. One death four serious injuries and several minor injuries were reported as the train collided after a danger signal was thrown.
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Buffalo
N. Yi
East Aurora
Pennsylvania Road
Alonzo Cole
Tobacco houses uneasy after Sutter failure
The tobacco trade in New York and Chicago faces credit pressure as banks and out of town institutions hesitate to extend loans. Sutter Brothers liabilities near three million dollars have unsettled local firms and prompted rapid requests for settlements. Banks visited for promissory and accommodation papers found loans hard to negotiate, causing a sharp contraction in the wholesale district with no immediate serious results.
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New York
Nor. Ld
Sutter Brothers
Chicago
Lower Manhattan
Sutter
Tobacco
Colombia Refuses to Recognize Panama Independence
Dispatch from Bogota reports Acting President Jorge Holguin vows Colombia will not submit to Isthmian independence and will fight to quell the rebellion. General Rafael Reyes heads 100,000 troops. Colombia receives broad internal support while U S officials deny any march on Panama and promise extended protection of the railroad.
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New York
Panama
New York Herald Aays
Bogota
Colombia
Jorge Holguin
Rafael Reyes
United States
Legation
Interior
Police search for Catholic priest abducted in New York
Police reserves scoured William Bridge area for Father Joseph Cilringione an Italian priest believed abducted after two men posing as officers took him from his home Thursday night He had received threatening letters over his work and was told to pay 8000 dollars by Friday night to avoid removal.
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New York
Williama Bridge
Joseph Cilringione
Cilrinzione
Germany Indirectly Recognizes New Republic
Berlin reports that Germany via its consular officials in Panama has opened business relations with Panama's new government and that the cabinet appears worthy of respect. Officials hint Germany will grant formal recognition promptly upon notification of the republic's organization.
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Germany
New Republic
Berlin
Panama
Tathmua
Foreign Office
Yale and Princeton Battle in Annual Football Test
New Haven reports Yale meets Princeton at Yale Field in the annual championship game expected to draw a larger crowd than last year. Yale drives to score with Hogan and DeWitt contributing as Princeton answers with a fumble return and DeWitt’s late placement kick sealing a 6 to 1 victory.
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New Haven
Yale
Frinceton
Princeton
Marvard
University
Harvard
Hogan
DeWitt
Coalcrase
de Witte
Princetos l
College football scores from November 14
Philadelphia and Cambridge games report first halves with the University of Pennsylvania trailing Copliede Indians, West Point leading Chicago, Columbia clinging to an 11–0 score, Harvard freshmen ahead of Yale freshmen, and Michigan showing a 5–0 edge over Wisconsin in Ann Arbor.
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Philadelphia
University of Tennsylvania
Copliede Indians
West Point
Weat Point
Chicago
Atnsenerkigat
Columbia
Ernell
Ewge
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Peter ‘Mortensen
Federation of Labor
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Anna Bakerover
Washington
State Department
Ecuador
Buena Ventura
McLean
Republic of Panama
Wiade
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