Laborers Debate Over Federation Finances and Goals
The American Federation of Labor met at Bautimone on December 15 to review a year with expenses of 2100.34 dollars including president salary and The Union Advocate printing. Proposals favored dues reform, international labor ties, and a boycott against Milwaukee beer amid strikes and a Russia extradition debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bautimone
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Executive Council
Union Advocate
England
International Brotherhood of Labor
Henry Broadhurst
Stional Trades Conference of
Great Britain
Labor Organizations of
Organization
Russia
Brewers’ National Committee
Milwaukee
Shoemakers
New York
Knights of Labor
New York Sun
Gompers
W. B. Cremer
Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners of
Cremer
Federation of the World
Brotherhood of Men
Robbers murder old Carter Junction shopkeeper lady
Dec 15 report from Kitcore Kentucky details a store break in at Carter Junction. Mrs Sarah OToole, 76, is strangled by thieves during the robbery while her brother Thomas Powell is bound and gagged. The attackers fled as residents search nearby rail towns for the criminals.
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Kitcore
Thomas Powell
Carter Junction
Sarah O'Toole
Powell
Georgia
Macon
Thomas Woolfolk
Rutherford
Solicitor Hardeman
Hardeman
Emissaries of Ireland reception faces Irish woes
Washington dispatch describes a December reception at the Mason temple with Sir Thomas Esmonde and Arthur O Connor. Senator Sherman presided for a home rule plea while Senator Ingalls urged Ireland's cause as linked to humanity, noting British oppression and past colonial conflict. Resolutions of sympathy were adopted as debates highlighted Irish struggle and American ties.
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Sherman
Ingalls
Emerald Isle
Thomas Esmonde
Arthur O'Connor
M. P
Masonic Temple
Ireland
Great Britain
America
O'Connor
Hawley
Esmond
Congress
Fred Douglass
Fisheries Negotiations Show Hope of Advantageous Settlement
Sir Charles Tupper, Canada’s envoy to the fisheries talks, arrived in Winairec to visit family and said adjournment until January 4 indicates progress toward a fair settlement. He hinted at broader commercial ties and reciprocity aiding Canada, while avoiding specific comments on current talks.
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Charles Tupper
Winairec
Man
Sir Charles Tupper
Canada
Washington
Sir Charles
Cleveland
Fairchild
Carlisle
United States
New York
Board OF Trade
Board of Trade and Transportation
National Board of Trade
Internal Revenue
Post Office Department
Eccentric Kansas City Millionaire Ends Life by Laudanum
Sands W Hopkins 28 year old Kansas City millionaire famed for fanciful acts and a dramatic past died from a heavy laudanum dose. He owned wealth from an early age, married Miss Magee of Independence in 1880, and after a gun accident that killed his wife fled into excess. Recent weeks saw thefts, a diamond loss, and a final self administered dose in his uncle’s home after a night of drinking.
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Lyons
Eugene M. Hanmon
Sterling
Hanmon
Susie Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Mary Ballard
Pittsburh
Austin Ballard
Kansas
Kansas City
Hopkins
Magee
Europe
New York
Gilsey
Hot Springs
Hart
Denial by Secretary Bartlett on Mitkiewicz concessions
Washington dispatch reports D W Bartlett secretary of the Chinese legation denies opposing the Mitkiewicz concessions. He asserts no ties to Russell & Co denies receiving any related dispatches or publishing on the subject and denies objection to Barker concessions. Separate items note a disastrous Elkhart fire and multiple obituaries from Dec 15.
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Washington
Senate
Philetus Sawyer
Don M. Dickinson
Sawyer
Committee On Post Offices
Senator Butler
Edmunds
Butler
the Star
Ways and Means Committee
House
Carlisle
Randall
Ways and Means
Gay
Louisiana
Turple
Turpie
Indiana
Hoar
Count Mitkiewicz
D. W. Bartlett
Legation
Mitkiewicz
New York Journal
Messrs. Russell & Co
China
Wharton Barker Syndicate
New York
Mitkiewicz- Barker
House of Russell & Co
Barker
New York Money and Produce Market Quotations
The Bulletin of Commerce reports money rates closing at 4 percent, with highs to 5 percent and steady exchange. Government bonds and currencies show bids around 119 to 125, while stocks opened higher then maintained gains into a strong close. General market notes cover flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, pork, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, and various sugars with prices and bid ranges.
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New York
Minnesota
Ohio
Yic
Western
State
Scenery of terror grips Crawford county Indiana
Intense excitement spreads as Vigilance committees form to combat the feared White Caps. A stand against depredations is declared with a possible pitched battle anticipated at Leavenworth. Women and children flee, rumors claim dozen houses burned overnight, raising fears of loss of life.
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Indiana
Vincennes
Ind
Crawford County
Leavenworth
A Human Fiend Tries to Kill Wife After Prison Release
Frank Murphy, 27, released from prison for razor attack on his brother, returns home in New York and attacks his wife with a razor. A police officer intervenes, saving the woman as Murphy stands bound over in court. He vows to hang for murder if given the chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Murphy
Murphy
New York Debilitating Yellow Fog Halts Telegraph
New York at 11 o'clock tonight is enveloped in dense yellow fog so dark gas has to be lit in downtown offices. Heavy rain worsens the conditions and telegraphic communications are seriously interrupted across the city.
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Republican Clubs
New York
Chickeringhal
J. P. Foster
Republican Club
Evarts
Cooper Union
Lynch
Mississippi
Soldier Arrested for Treachery by Bribed Spying
Laucien Chatelain a sergeant in the 111th Line Regiment was arrested for divulging military secrets to Germany. Reports say Berlin offered two hundred thousand francs for the information. Aveusta Gov Bodwell dies suddenly at 5:30 AM from heart disease. born June 18 1818 in Methuen Mass, founder of Bodwell Granite and Halewell Granite. twice served in the ice and was elected governor in 1886 by Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laucien Chatelain
111Th Linge Regiment
Aveusta
Bodwell
Joseph R. Bodwell
Methuen
Mass
Penobscott Bay
Bodwell Granite Company
Halewell Granite Company
Harper Bribe Offer Thrown Into Bank Wrecker Case
United States District Attorney quotes Harper, the convicted bank wrecker, offering a 35000 bribe and promising to help convict Fidelity Bank officers if Burnett secures his acquittal or a light sentence. Other items include a major Portland Maine factory fire, a Milford woman found dead by stove, and a Derby depot permit hearing set for January 18 in New Haven.
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Harper
United States District Attorney
Fidelity Bank
Burnett
Julis Ann Tibball
Milford
Osborne
Derby Railroad
Commerce Street
New Haven
Matetr
Derby Station
William M. Gilbert
Winsted
Folly Crossing
Wethersfield
Connecticut Valley Road
Andrew Berry
Austin
Hartford
Rockville
Tolland
George Adams
Dora Adams
Annie Chapman
Dora
Annie
B. Frank Marsh
Washington
Major Hoxford
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Federation OF Labor
BancGor
Clarence Whitney
James Foster
Peter Bennett
Bennett
Justin Fulton
Boston
Rand & Avery
Boulanger
St. Petcrssure
Novoo Vremya
Paris
Gen. Boulanger
M. Sasini
Chamber of Deputies
Bgrwin
Reichstag
Connecticut
Conn
William Harris
Harris
St. Paul’s
St. Paul, Minn
Carnival Association
Montreal
Denver
David Milo
Thomas Dent
East Eighteenth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Bell Telephone
Crawbaugh Telephone Syndicate
Supreme Courts
Bell Patent
Powderly
Scranton
Cincinnati
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Emissaries OF
Thomas Kilby Smith
Salmon P. Chase
Polk
Fifty-fourth
Ohio Volunteers
Philadelphia
Don Pratt
Massachusetts
Erm
Henry Foot
Erie
Clinton
Riddle Streets
Victor Simis
Simis
Maj. Way
New Brunswick
N. J
A. M. Way
Empire Building and Loan Association
Way
Col. Grimstead
Franklin and
Hopkinton Road
Samuel Neal
W. W. Jenckes
George Westcott
Faut River
A. B. Sanford
Globe Yarn Mills
Home Market Club
Norte Adams
Stamford
Beruin
Bunderrath
Antibes
Germany
Riviera
Nice
Riddleberger
Ricumont
Mahone
Senator Riddleberger
Cook County
Foss
Edwin A. Burke
Matson
Amelie
Portugal
Vienna Fremdenblatt
Austria
Eugene Zimmerman
Spain
Natrona
Charles Fry
Fry
Chicago and Atlantic Railroad
Jonesboro
Wong Ah Hung
San Francisco
Peocey Fairchliaux
Bartlett
Elkhart
Evxsant
Excelsior Starch Company
London
San Remo
Claremont
N. H
Charvortz
N.C
Charles E. Crittenden
Greeensboro
G. G. Morgan
Morgan
Dexven
Col
Lesher, McNasser & Harris
Ed Barr
Gardner P. Lloyd
Ornance
American Coal Company
J. H. Hunneman
Joseph H. Hunneman
Roxbury
William Hunneman
Mme. Boucicaut
Cannes
Carthy, Lls
Hitchman
William Hitchman
Ward's Island
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
Middle Atlantic
the Bulletin OF Commerce
Maine
Porttlane
Eastern Forge Company
Dearing
Dr Armand
Cooley House
D. C. Callender & Co
Exeh. Place
Waterbury, Conn
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