President Kinley seeks cabinet unity for coming term
President Kinley announced at a White House cabinet meeting that he desires all cabinet members to remain through his next four years. Responses were favorable though no firm pledges were made, while Attorney General Griggs voiced appreciation and no intent to retire. The speech credited official advisers for past achievements and stressed needing a supportive majority in his current cabinet.
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Washington
MrKinley
White House
Griggs
Hay
Gage
Long
Hitchcock
Wilson
Smith
Root
Fight Over Chicago Sewage In Supreme Court
Missouri attorney B Schnurmacher argues before the Supreme Court that Chicago drainage threatens 4,000,000 people along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers with typhoid and disease germs. Justices question tests while arguments from ex Judge Springer oppose Chicago. In New York Grant Bros stock firm faces rumors of defalcation up to 175000 as Stedman promises liability under 100000.
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Illinois
Mississippi
B. Schnurmacher
Missouri
Springer
City of
St. Louis
Chicago
Schnurmacher
Ilinois
Missiissippi
Frainage Canal
Justice White
Sue Caracter
Chis
Amage
New York
Grant Bros
E. G. Stedman
Stedman
Captain McClusky
Detective Bureau
Police Department
Supreme Court Mulls Big Water Highway Expenditures Case
The court will review the water highway project spending with a ruling not anticipated until late in the month. The decision centers on the vast expenditures and the legality of the enterprise as argued by involved parties.
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Supreme Court
Broad Stays Six Rounds With McGovern in Crowded Bout
Kid Broad of Cleveland lasts six rounds against champion Terry McGovern at Tattersalls in Chicago. Broad uses a bold, slick attack with two knockdowns and a near fourth knockdown, staying on his feet through most exchanges. Both men bleed after the decisive six round, and Broad ends with a sportsmanlike kiss to McGovern.
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Chicago
Kid Broad
Cleveland
Terry McGovern
Tattersalls
McGovern
Broad
Hoisting Engineers Strike In Indiana Coal Fields
Indiana labor strife over hoisting engineers in the coal fields draws no official notice to the United Mine Workers national executive board in session. President Mitchell says he cannot predict the union’s stance. The union does not control the engineers and may refrain from action unless mines operate with non union workers. The session was to extend into tonight without new disclosures.
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Indianapolis
Unite d Mine Workers of America
Stevenson Building
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Birmingham
Ala
General Assembly
Knights of Labor
United States
Canada
Parsons
Joe M. Parsons
New York
Andrew J. O'Keefe
National Executive Board
John W. Hayes
Magnolia Hall
Workman
D. Chamberlain
Colorado
Engineer's Hall
Financier Henry Villard Dies After Illness
Henry Villard died at Thor wood Park near Dobbs Ferry after apoplexy. He suffered weeks of illness and a severe cold last week. Surrounded by family including wife, Oswald Villard, Harold G Villard and others, his funeral is planned at their residence with interment in Sleepy Hollow cemetery beside his youngest son Hilgard. Villard born Henrich Hilgard in Speyer in 1835, shifted name after family opposition to emigration, began rail career in 1871 and endured two financial losses.
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New York
Henry Villard
Thorwood Park
Dobbs Ferry
Willard
William Lloyd Garrison
Oswakd
Harold G
Boston
James W. Bell
Dresden
Germany
Sleepy Hollow
Hilgard
Northern Pacific Railroad
Henrich Hilgard
Speyer
Rhenish
Bavaria
America
Chicago thieves rob Momence store in clothing heist
Ivankakee Illinois reports three Chicago thieves stole 400 dollars worth of clothing from a Momence shop on November 6. The trio changed garments inside the store, leaving a marked shirt that identified them. All were arrested in Englewood Saturday night and brought to Kankakee on Monday. stolen property not recovered. Adjutant General Reece allows cadets at the Bunker Hill Military academy to drill and parade with arms but without ammunition until December 31, 1901.
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Ivankakee
Ill
Chicago
Momence
Englewood
Kankakee
Springfield
Reece
Bunker H.1] Military Academy
Arbitration favored by Indiana labor official
Washington November 14 The industrial commission heard L P McCormack labor commissioner of Indiana who favored compulsory arbitration. Berlin November 14 Thirteen people were killed and nineteen others injured seriously in a fire explosion at the Plute coal imat loge near Brie.
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Washington
The
Industrial Commission
L. P. McCormack
Indiana
Berlin
Brie
Captain John D. Hart Dies at Prime of Life
Captain John D. Hart, famed for filibustering voyages to Cuba in the 1890s, dies in Philadelphia at age 41 after a paralytic attack. Hart owned the Bermuda and Laurada, led the Laurada in arms shipments for Cuban insurgents, was convicted of neutralities violations and sentenced to two years plus fines, later pardoned after the war began. He rose from Baltimore fruit trade to Philadelphia sea ventures, accumulating wealth and commanding multiple vessels.
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Philadelphia
John D. Hart
Illart
Bermuda
Cuban
Spain
United States
Hart
Laura
Ada
Cuba
Butler
Accomac County
Baltimore
Captain Hart and filibuster activity tied to Cuba
Captain Hart fitted out the Lauirada to aid Cuban insurgents, carrying men rifles and munitions past U S and Spanish eyes. Convicted for preparing a military expedition against a peaceful nation, his arrest sparked mixed public reaction and a rare presidential pardon. In Racine Wisconsin Joseph Colts was found unconscious after a gas-filled room incident at a boarding house.
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Cuba
Camden
N. J
United States
Cuban
Captain Hart
Wilmington
Del
Florida Keys
United States Revenue
Philadelphia
Spain
Racine, Wis
Joseph Colts
Bremmer Biscuit Company
Chicago
Colts
Indiana coal strike idles thousands of workers in state
Terre Haute Indiana November 14 more than 200 hoisting engineers and 7000 miners idle as Indiana block and bituminous coal operators fail to sign a scale proposed by the engineers. Beloit Wisconsin November 14 Mrs Mary Riley killed by passing coal cars near Milwaukee road track while gathering coal. she died shortly after at the hospital.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Beloit
Wis
Mary Riley
Milwaukee Road
Freer Life Hinted in Harrington Divorce Case
In Racine Wisconsin on November 14 the court ordered Harrington to pay Etta Harrington fifty dollars in attorney fees and twenty five dollars weekly temporary alimony, plus seventy five dollars for preparatory fees and seventy five dollars arrears. Both spouses sue for divorce and the cases will be tried together.
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Racine, Wis
Etta Harrington
Chicago
Harrington
Alleged Holdups Arrested in Wisconsin and Iowa Incident
Jesse Smith and Charles Custard arrested in Milwaukee and brought to Mond du Lac charged with holding up farmer John Hauprich in late October and stealing 40 dollars, notes, and a deposit certificate. Martin Clark and TL Dowland also held. In Burlington Iowa dynamite blasted Mrs. A Larson’s Mediapolis house. Albert Carlson, driver, detained, claiming jealousy motive.
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Wis
Jesse Smith
Charles Custard
Milwaukee
Mond du Lac
Martin Clark
Dowland
Smith
Custard
Hauprich
Burlington
A. Larson
Mediapolis
Albert Carlson
Carlson
Rumor of George W. Peck Returning to Journalism as Editor
In Milwaukee on November 14 friends of former Governor George W. Peck hear a rumor he will join the New York World as editor of a Sunday supplement with a handsome salary. Peck gave partial confirmation when questioned yesterday.
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Milwaukee
George W. Peck
New York World
Peck
Passing of Marcus Daly and Montana political clash
Marcus Daly of Montana dies at the Netherland Hotel in New York with family present. Daly, born 1842 in Ireland, co founder of Amalgamated Copper and Anaconda operations, longtime foe of William A. Clark over Montana senatorship, left an estate around 20 million and 75 million capital. Also from Washington, the Supreme Court affirms Michigan riparian damages ruling in Scranton v Wheeler over access to St Marys Falls river via a government navigation project.
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Marcus Daly
Montana
Hotel Netherland
Daly
Ireland
America
Amalgamated Copper Company
San Francisco
Macky
Comstock
Anaconda
William A. Clark
Clark
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Harlan
Gimore
Michigan
Scranton
Supreme Court
Marquette resident Clark Youngs dies in Nome voyage
Word arrived that Clark Youngs of Marquette died of pneumonia at Cape Nome on October 21 after leaving Aug 1 to represent a local syndicate. He carried a gasoline power pump to secure mining contracts, with over $3000 invested by backers now facing losses as the venture collapses.
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Marquette, Mich
Clark Youngs
Cape Nome
Marquette
Debates on Negro Education and Voting Rights Split Clergy
A Newark meeting of Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational Society discussed appropriations for colored academies and debated disfranchisement laws. Bishops Andrews Mathieu Fowler and Mason weighed Booker T. Washington's approach with calls for education as a path to rights and unity.
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New York
The
Freedman's Aid and
Southern Educational Society
Newark
N. J
Bdward G. Andrews
Mathiieu
South
Levi Gilbert
Western Christin Advocate
Bishop Fowler
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Mason
D. A. Goodsell
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GP &Ta Bors&n Ry
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