Labor Federation Debates Immigration and Trade Autonomy
The American Federation of Labor opened sessions in Scranton with Edward F. McSweeney discussing immigration policy. Delegates considered eighty-eight resolutions on labor issues including anti Chinese exclusion, independent political action, and trade autonomy, but a key decision on brewery engineers and the St Louis dispute was deferred to the executive council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Edward F. McSweeney
Port of
New York
Wa Ting Fang
Wu Ting Fang
Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Congress
Wu ‘Ting Fang
Co-Operative Commonwealth
United States
Committee On Credentials
St. Louis
William M. Brandt
Trades and Labor Union
International Union of Steam Engineers
Brandt
Executive Council
Foreman attacked by worker near railroad site in Peru
Charles Fox, superintendent for Kenefick and Hunt on the Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie line, was injured by a Black man who refused orders. The suspect fled into the Wabash River as a lynch mob pursued him. Fox’s condition could improve if the fugitive is captured.
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Peru
Ind
Charles Fox
Kenefick & Hunt
Cincinnati, Richmond and Muncie
Fox
Wabash River
Libel suit linked to Woodmen paper in Omaha trial
Miss Maggie Frizzell of Fort Smith Arkansas sues J Cullen Root sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World for 50000 damages in federal court. The Tidings Omaha lodge paper allegedly libeled her by tying her to removal and destruction of a tombstone over a friend’s grave.
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Omaha, Neb
Maggie Fizzell
Fort Smith
Ark
J. Cullen Root
Woodmen of the World
Munger
Omaha
Frizzell
Waleska Sailor Vessel Breaks Record After Gale
The Waleska schooner captained by Herman Ludwig arrived from Ludington after a fierce Lake Michigan gale. Loose deck fittings water casks and rigging were lost and on the Benton Harbor to Ludington leg she set a sailing record, covering 136 miles in eleven hours.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Waleska
Herman Ludwig
Ludington
Lake Michigan
Jury Completes in Maggee Triple Murder Trial at Watseka
The jury in Burt Maggee's trial for killing his wife his child and his mother-in-law at his mother-in-law's home last May is seated. Eli Hershberger, Maggee's brother-in-law, testified with damaging statements against the defendant.
Signs Point to a Strike Over Thanksgiving Suspensions
Chicago and Alton shopmen threaten strike after fifty workers refused Thanksgiving day work and were suspended. Bloomington, Illinois, Dec. 7. Company power shortage prompted half day work with extra pay. fifty men refused and were dismissed, prompting appeals to fellow workers to join in a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Lls
Chicago and Alton
Union Officials Seek Settlement Without Strike
National officers of the machinists union have been sent for to negotiate a settlement as efforts to avoid a strike continue. Representatives aim to secure higher pay and reinstatement for laid off workers, but the railroad is unlikely to concede. The road faces engine shortages amid peak traffic, and officials insist they will not yield.
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Machinists’ Union
Anti-Duelline Reserve Decides For The Miners
Topeka Kan December 7 Judge Frank Doster chief justice of the Kansas supreme court arbitrated a dispute between coal mine operators and United Mine Workers district 14. He ruled in favor of the miners interpreting the 1900 wage clause double shifted entries as meaning two men working together, aligning with miners understanding and enforcing the promisor’s knowledge of the promisee’s interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Frank Doster
Kansas Supreme Court
United Mine Workers of District 14
Doster
Sheepmen Form a Combine to Control Sweetwater Winter Range
In Rawlins Wyoming the Sweetwater country sheepmen form a combine to lease or buy every alternate Union Pacific section across about 1,500,000 acres of winter feeding ground in the Red Desert. They aim to exclude Utah flockmasters and local cattlemen, promising to end range conflicts. They propose a lease rate of 1 cent per acre or $4,800 annually.
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Cheyenne
Wye
Rawlins
Sweetwater Country
Utah
Red Desert
Sweetwater Valley
Union Pacific
Railroad Company
Wisconsin Insane Asylum Association Elects Officers
The County Insane Asylums association of Wisconsin elected officers: President J. E. Coffland Richland Center. Vice President W. H. Smith Eau Galle. Secretary Ross Grignon Kaukauna. Next convention set for Oshkosh in 1902.
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LaCrosse
Wis
County Insane Asylums Association of Wisconsin
J. E. Coffland
Richland Center
W. BH. Smith
Eau Galle
Ross
Grignon
Kaukauna
Oshkosh
Widow Mrs Oakley Found Frozen Near Home in Bay City
Mrs Martin M Oakley 71 of 905 Fraser street Bay City was found frozen to death in front of her home at daylight Thursday after attending a party nearby. She had a heart condition and was last seen returning home alone Wednesday night.
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Bay City
Mich
Martin M. Oakley
Fraser Street
Body found in woods near Carland with shotgun
Owosco Michigan December 7 The body of A W Covert of Owosco was found sitting against a log in the woods near Carland with a shotgun between his knees The charge had entered his breast He had announced plans to go hunting and is not believed to have had any troubles
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Owosco, Mich
Dee
A. W. Covert
Carland
Chicago hog and cattle market notes December 6
Hogs receipts 28,000 with sellers at 4.35 to 6.85 and heavy packing to 6.40. Cattle receipts 5,000 with estimates from 2.35 to 7.40 for various grades. Sheep and lambs 8,000 with westerns 2.50 to 4.00 and natives 2.50 to 4.25. East Buffalo figures show hogs 5.65 to 6.40 and sheep 3.50 to 5.10. St Louis and exchange quotes for wheat corn oats rye listed with price ranges.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N Y
G. Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Revision Prospects Outline For Isthmian Treaty Debate
Washington December 7 Speaker trenderson announced the Ways and Means Committee line up guiding tariff legislation and the anti revisionists retain control. Members Payne Calwell Hopkins Grosvenor Russell Steele Babcock Tawney Metcalf Lange Metcalf. Metcalf from California signals opposition to Cuba concessions while Jabcock remains on the panel. Cannon heads the Appropriations Committee as the House readies for January with a lift of committee majorities and bills introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Trenderson
Hense Committee
Payne
Calwell
Hopkins
Grosvenor
Russell
Connecticut
Steele
Babcock
Tawney
Metall
Masachusetts
Lange
Kansas
Metcalf
California
Cuba
Jabcock
Ways and Means
House
Senator Lodge
French Industrial College Idea Favored by US Reciprocity Push
Paris editors report a lively discussion by the French Industrial and Commercial society on Franco American reciprocity and a proposed French industrial college in the United States. Jules Siegfried and Francis Kimble advocated extending study to American business methods and inviting students on similar terms to industrial students. A Philadelphia site and museum support were considered, with details requested on costs and institutional reception. France to study US trusts. Lazare Weiller and Maurice La Gotellerie will travel to the United States to assess economic and social effects of trusts, departing December 14 on La Savoie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
French Industrial and Commercial Society
Jules Siegfried
Roosevelt
Congress
M. Millerand
Union of
Higher Commercial
Milerand
Philadelphia
M. Siegfried
AL. Mikler
Neiderlein
Commercial Mueum
M. Miller
Museum
Propos College
France
Lazare Weiller
Foreign Commerce
Maurice la Gotellerie
Cook County
Athenaeum
Alum in Baking Powders Linked to Health Risks
The note explains alum is used in some baking powders and most phosphate powders due to low cost. It warns alum is corrosive and can injure the stomach liver and kidneys when ingested in food.
Funeral of Three Chinamen in Chicago Cemetery
Chinatown mourners held a triple Chinamen funeral in Rosehill Cemetery with a service at Sam Moy’s Clark Street cigar shop. Coffins formed a triangle, prayers invoked, and a banquet followed the burial amid Chinese guards and ritual leaflets.
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Chinatown
Clark Street
Bedies
Rosehill
Moy Foo
Hong Hoin
Moy Dan
Sam Moy
William Eisfeldt
Sam May
South Clark Street
Dramatic chase ends with a stomach remedy promise
The passage portrays a man chasing a car and exhausting himself until a stomach crisis forces a slow pace. It then promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a radical cure for dyspepsia and related digestive ailments, citing a Virginia case of dramatic improvement after taking the medicine and pellets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Pierce
E. J. Ransell, Esq
Woolsey
Prince William Co
Dr. Pierce
Des Moines Plant Destroyed In Mass Fire
Fire at the National Starch Manufacturing plant in southeastern Des Moines, a large facility of the starch trust, destroyed the plant except for the grain elevator and engine house. Loss is about $200,000 with insurance status unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dee. G
National Starch Manufacturing Company
Starch Manufacturing Trust
Hill Affirms He Will Not Resign Nor Relocate
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, declares he has no plan to resign and will not abandon his home in St. Paul. The Commercial Advertiser reports the statement from New York on December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Hill
The
Great Northern Railroad
St. Paul
New York Raises Funds for McKinley Memorial Fund
New York reports funds totaling 43 498 dollars raised for the McKinley memorial fund. The Dresden Savings and Loan bank has made an assignment with deposits totaling 7 000 000 marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McKinley Memorial Fund
Dresden
Germany
Senators Back Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Report
Washington officials report that Money and Bacon of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee favor a favorable report on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty after thorough review. They criticize the Clayton-Bulwer neutrality clause but support ratification to aid canal construction, warning the pact could limit U S policing power in war. The measure awaits Senate action Monday ahead of the holiday recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec. T
Money
Bacon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Press comment on Roosevelt message splits weeklies and dailies
London reports varied reactions to Roosevelt's congress message with The Speaker criticizing its trust handling as insincere and trivial. The Saturday Review lauds U S industrial organization while The Outlook offers cautious endorsement of archist theories and reciprocity.
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London
Roosevelt
Congress
America
United States
Saturday Review
Great Britain
Southern Member Moves Investigation and Apportionment Bill
Washington reports Crumpacker of Indiana introduced a bill to amend the apportionment act to set House membership at 872 based on votes cast rather than population. Moody of Massachusetts seeks a congressional inquiry into Louisiana seating while Fleming of Georgia pushes a probe into Massachusetts voting qualifications. Melbourne notes Australia passes an immigration restriction bill excluding those who cannot speak a European language.
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Washington
Crumpacker
Indiana
House
House of Representatives
Moody
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Congress
Fleming
Georgia
Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth Senate
Fire deaths and injuries across two Louisiana incidents
In Wittsburg a fire killed Mrs. Sarah Klee and her infant daughter Mary while seven others including six children and Samuel Klee were seriously hurt. In Bayou Des Allemandes Miss May Ernest aged 17 and Flossie Delabretonne aged 2 died in a separate blaze. Julia Foraker daughter of Senator Foraker and Francis King Wainwright plan marriage in January. The Peruvian chamber of deputies approved the gold standard law after Senate passage.
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Sarah Klee
Mary
Wittsburg
Samuel Klee
Bayou Des Allemandes
May Ernest
Flossie Delabretonne
Julia Foraker
Senator Foraker
Fracis King Wainwright
Peruvian Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Blast Fatalities At Braceville Coal Mine
John P. Colson a Braceville coal miner is dead and two companions Peter Anderson and Ben Payson are seriously injured after a dynamite blast in shaft No. 5. The fuse failed to explode and the men returned to check the charge when it detonated.
Record small number of fatalities at Eleventh district life saving station
In St. Joseph Michigan on December 7 the eleventh district life saving station reports unusually few deaths this season with only two fatalities. The crew was mobilized five times across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Mich
Dee
Coal famine hits Akron as gas works shut and banks close
A severe coal shortage causes hardship in Akron Ohio with the Akron Gas Company forced to close its works. The Lenoir City Bank in Lenoir City Tennessee has also closed its doors though depositors are told they will lose nothing. The Phi Beta Kappa fraternity marks its 125th anniversary in America. At Steubenville Ohio a fall at the La Belle iron works fatally injures workers 8 B Boren and Michelas Nabonely.
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Akron
Akron Gas Company
Lenoir City Bank
Lenoir City
Tenn
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
America
B. Boren
Michelas Nabonely
la Belle Iron Works
Steubenville
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Fal
Vienna
Insane Asylum Association
St.Louis Grain
Chicago Grain and Produce
Ways and Means Committee
Heciprocity
Uncle Sam
Siegfried
Royal Faking Powder CO
William AT
Novel
Government of
Klondike
Bergelind
Englewood
Barrett
Peterson
Evanston
Charley Means
Kest
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
Washington, Ia
Galeys
Hotel Allen
Southern
Bay State
St. Jo
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Offtodars and Directors
Chas. H. Keen
M. Krex
Frank Stewart
J. M. Sprovans
Frank R. Sace
Pennsylvania Coal
Delta
Centerville
Beacon
Eldon
Illinois
Canton
Douds Station
Oskaloosa
Columbia Phamacy
Tel
Sohn Shields & Son
T. J. Dempsey
Johnson
Harwood
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Iqton
Owa
H. Knecht
Washington National Bank
Wilson
Attorney At Law
Kear Alberson
Jr. Butterfield
Ora “Aatore
Iowa
Marsh W. Bailey
City
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Schuyler W. Livingston
Court House
C. A. Dewey
Attorney-At-Law
Washington CO. Savings Bank
Royal Tailors
Wanamaker
Brown
R. A. Riley
We. Roam
A. Warrn
O.M. Kees
T. Cash
First National Bank
Wm. Bleiroe Robinson
Frank Seen
Eclaenar
W. KR. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
B. Anderson
Dave
Tr Shoe
Lila Whitmore
Ford
Rookery
Ulldin
Maine
T. R
Pap Wile Sm
Mail
le Fgt
Leays
Columbus
Cath Tan
Burlington
O. Ak
Peoria
Cincinnati
Cedar Rapids
Columbus Junction
Iowa Central
Brighton Own
Mason City
Sun
Peoria Ee Gee
Peoria Mall
JN Tittemore
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