Arbritration Adjourns as Coal Dispute Probes Wages and Hours
The arbitration panel for the anthracite operators and miners pauses hearings in Wilkes-Barre delaying testimony to November 14 to allow both sides time to prepare. Miners will present first when hearings resume, with 67 operators and major coal concerns to be heard. The panel tours mines and towns, inspects facilities, and notes safety and working conditions, while all parties abstain from public statements.
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Scranton
Wyoming Valley
Hazleton
Gray
Wilkesbarre
Dorrance
Lehigh Valley Coal Comany
North Wilkesbarre
Ertering
D. Warriner
Lehigh Valley Company
W. J. Richardson
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Nicholls
National Board
John Fallon
Susquehanna
North Wilkesbarra
All Saints Day
Ashley
Sugar Notch
Plymouth
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Road
Kentucky campaign outlook muddled as voters show little interest
In Louisville on November 1 campaign heat fades as Democrats expect seven House seats in Kentucky while Republicans predict one. Three districts remain in doubt with two currently held by Republicans and one by a Democrat.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Louisiana Election Outlook As Republicans Rally In New Orleans
Louisiana voters prepare to elect seven congressmen with Republicans pressing for a big showing to win administration recognition. Democrats have benefited from a two year poll tax prerequisite affecting registration and voter turnout remains a key factor in the race.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Georgia Election Quiet Ahead of Congressional Vote
Georgia voters show little interest in next Tuesday's election for members of congress. The state already chose the governor and state officers on October 1, leaving Georgia poised for a solid Democratic congressional delegation.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Congress
Democrats Likely Sweep Virginia Congressional Race
In Virginia, Nov 1, Democrats appear set to win the congressional elections Tuesday. The Ninth District shows the only GOP challenge with Rep. Rhea facing W. J. Stemp, and indications favor the Democrats.
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Richmond
Rhea
W. J. Stemp
Rosebery Welcomes Liberal Leaders Conference Idea
Lord Rosebery spoke at a crowded Edinburgh meeting on November 1 and welcomed the suggestion of a conference between liberal leaders amid growing calls for unity.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Lord Rosebery
Former premier signals stance on home rule and liberal prospects
The former premier expressed willingness to support the proposal but reiterated his abdication of home rule and did not see the liberals gaining power soon. He argued the government might fund the Boers more and said he would appoint Lord Kitchener as secretary of war if he were premier.
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Sai
Lord Kitchener
Roosevelt Visits Brandy Station Guests At Country Home
President Roosevelt Secretary Root Secretary Cortelyou and Surgeon General Rixey dine with Representative John Rixey at a Brandy Station home. The president leaves for Manassas after a crowd greets him but notes turkeys did not materialize. He speaks of walking and honors civil war memory at Grant and Lee avenues.
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Brandy Station
Roosevelt
Root
Cortelyou
Rixey
John Rixey
Manassas
Historc
Grant
Lee
Precautions Guard Delaware Ballots Ahead of Election
In Dover Delaware on November 1 authorities guard official ballots to be used next Tuesday. Sussex County placed armed guards over ballots and Kent County stored ballot boxes in a fireproof nearly impenetrable room. Ballots will be kept sealed until Monday when distribution to election boards begins.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Sussex
Kent County
Public School Funds To Go To McKinley Memorial
It is reported no school principals kept lists of children who donated to the battleship American Boy fund. Efforts to return money failed. Cincinnati boy W Rand kin Goode heads the effort and holds 1500 dollars intended to be given to the McKinley memorial fountain committee.
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Chicago
Chhildren
Tribune
Cincinnati
W. Rankin Goode
Meihinley
Riotous Halloween in Toronto Students Face Police After Rampage
Halloween revelers from Toronto colleges marched through main streets throwing stones at streetcars and smashing store windows. Mounted police charged the crowd early today. six students were arrested and several sustained serious injuries.
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Toronto
Ontario
Negotiations Continue Amid Strike Tensions in Paris
In Paris on November 1 negotiations between striking miners and coal mine owners continued without decisive results. Minor disorders arose in mining districts but troops kept peace. Socialist deputy M Bailey urged Premier Combes to arrange arbitration promptly. The miners' conference opened, though not tied to the strike, likely to drift into strike talks.
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Paris
M. Bailey
Combes
Young Woman of Nerve Guides Runaway Team to Stop
Fort Benton November 1 Special Dispatch to the Standard Miss Katie Connelley a brave Montana girl steadied herself on the wagon seat and braced herself to rein in a runaway team dragging branches attached to her father's wagon She steered the horses against a high sidewalk in front of the River Press office to halt the danger She is the daughter of Pat Connelley cattleman of the Shonkin.
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Standard
Fort Benton
Katie Connelley
Front Street
River Press Office
Miss Connelley
Montana
Pat Connelley
Shonkin
Well Known Citizen Dies Sudden in Missoula
Francis Cronkrite a famed Missoula resident, died at 3:15 this morning after collapsing from a heart issue he apparently felt during a night of taking medicine for indigestion. Born in Texas, he served in the 171st New York Cavalry and later moved to Montana in 1890 becoming a bookkeeper and deputy postmaster. He leaves a widow and three children Caroline Frank and Ted. Funeral plans to be set tomorrow.
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The
Standard
Missoula
Francis Cronkrit
Misoula
Mr. Cronkrite
Texas
New York
Reduction of County Debt Since 1847 in Missoula
Missoula reports a long term county debt decline from 1847 totaling 191 009 with annual reductions in 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 and a remaining balance of 267 533 33. The statement credits county officers for prudent management despite a Republican label of a ring.
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Missoula
Lichener dies in New York after illness from ice bath
James Frederick Lichener president of the British Columbian Copper company and stepfather of Lady Babe Cunard dies at his New York home from an illness linked to an ice bath taken weeks earlier. Lady Cunard rushed back to America on the Campania but arrived too late to see him alive.
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New York
James Frederick Lichener
British Columbian Copper Company
Babe Cunard
Lady Cunard
America
Campania
October sets county clerk records in Missoula
Missoula reports October as the busiest month in 12 years for the county clerk. Fees topped five hundred dollars as ballots and boxes were dispatched to election judges and all recording tasks were completed up to date.
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Missoula
McKeever Convicted in Kensit Slayer Case
A coroner's jury on November 1 returned a verdict of murder against McKeever, the man charged with killing John Kensit, the anti ritualistic crusader, in Liverpool.
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Liverpool
McKeever
John Kensit
Wild Goose Chase Ends With Rancher Exoneration
Helena report details a four-officer pursuit to a Chateau county ranch seeking James Armour, accused of robbing the north coast limited and the Southern Pacific. Armour proved he was at his ranch during the robberies, and the investigators returned home without arrest.
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The
Standard
Helena
United States
North Coast Limited
Chateau County
Southern Pacific
Portland
Laist
Post Office
Washington
North Coast
United States District Attorney
Rasch
James Armour
Great Northern
Big Sandy
Molineux Trial Testimony on Writings and Poison Package
The cross examination of Roland B. Molineux resumes with questions about Barnet’s attention to his wife and prior testimony. Handwriting experts Max Gumpel and Dr. David Elwell testify the disputed and conceded writings show different hands and that the poison package address resembles the writer’s natural hand but may be disguised. The court adjourns to next Wednesday.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Osborne
Barnet
Molineux
Chesebro
Black
Max Gumpel
Gumpel
Rief
Becker
Sharon Will
Sarah Althea Hill
California
Jin “Couch
Molneux
David Elwell
Elwell
Dyer Browning Mercantile Co Incorporates in Big Timber
Helena November 1 news: The Dyer-Browning Mercantile Company of Big Timber Sweet Grass county is incorporated. George P. Dyer of Bozeman Amos B. Broomfield and Fred Browning of Big Timber are founders with capital stock of eighty five thousand dollars.
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Standard
Helena
Dyer-Browning Mercantile Company of
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
George P. Dyer
Bozeman
Amos B. Broomfield
Fred Browning
Rich ore discovery sparks Boise stampede in Idaho
A wild stampede erupts in Boise after J W Mehargue reports a rich ore body in the Black Hornet district ten miles east. He shows ore from a trench used for claim work, with the blind lead promising an estimated ten thousand dollars per ton auction.
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Black Hornet
J. W. Mehargue
Anaconda
Mont
Mehargue
Three Million Acres Open to Homestead Entry in Montana
Great Falls Montana November 1 three million acres of land in Montana were opened for entry by actual settlers under an irrigation based homestead program The secretary of the interior amended prior reservations so that irrigation homesteads are allowed on the entire 3 000 000 acres including lands previously blocked by reservations Prospecting homestead offers were refused earlier by local officials but are now expected to surge with the new ruling
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Great Falls
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Blackfeet
Valley County
Protector torpedo boat launch aids harbor defense
Bridgeport Connecticut witnesses the launch of the Protector, a 65 ton 60 by 11 foot submarine torpedo boat designed for harbor defense. Powered by electric propulsion submerged and float cruising, it features a bow trap door for divers to cut cables or mine connections. Attending were Captain Taylor and naval attaches from Russia Britain France Germany Japan Argentina Italy and Chile.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Nov
Ae Lake
Protec
Taylor
United States Naval Board of Construction
Washington
Defendant Disappears in Mansion Temple Tax Case
Chicago November 1 Captain Edward Williams failed to appear as motions for new trial in alleged bribery tied to the Masonic Temple tax conspiracy were heard. Bonds set at 12500 were forfeited and three fugitive warrants issued. Attorney W S Forrest withdrew from Williams case. Motion for Luke Wheeler's new trial was continued for a week.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Edward Williams
Forrest
Willams
Luke Wheeler
West High Street Resident Competes Against Cloud
W F Lohnes of 43 West High Street faces Cloud in a local contest. The brief item notes a matchup or event involving the named individual and the location, without additional context or outcomes.
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W. F. Lohnes
West High Street
Odendahl Grain Firm Liquidates Amid Forgery Allegations
New Orleans reports the Odendahl Commission Company, a major grain exporter, entering liquidation amid claims of forged notes backed by bills of lading and warehouse receipts. Banks hold about 142 500 in the firm’s paper, while E J Odendahl, ex-president of the New Orleans Board of Trade, has left the city.
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New Orleans
E. J. Odendahl
Odendahl Commission Company, Limited
United States
Comptoir National D’escompte de Paris
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
Louisiana National Bank
Commercial National Bank
Odendahl Commission
Boxer uprising alarms foreigners in Sechuan region
Victoria British gunboat master reports growing threat as Boxers attack Sechuan. A rescue plan has been prepared with foreign coordination. A letter from Kaihing near Chengtu via the French commander describes the situation and potential actions.
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Victoria
B. C
Sechuan
Kaihing
Chengtu
Say
Unclear text mentions troops and unrest in Chinese province
The report notes a troop detachments and field win if needed and that boxing athletes plan a rising after harvest. A Muslim priest and disciple were burned after accusations of poisoning water near Hesinehsin close to the provincial capital.
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Bruce
Lewis
Kwangs
Hesinehsin
Montana Supreme Court Denies Morgan Strong Admission
Morgan Strong a former Spokane lawyer now living in Livingston applied to the Montana Supreme Court for admission to practice law but was denied. The court found his petition defective but allowed an amended filing by December 1. Assistant Attorney General Mettler moved for admission.
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Standard
Helena
Morgan Strong
Spokane
Livingston
Supreme Court
Montana
Mettler
Strong
Secretary Tenders Resignation From Great Falls Company
At a special board meeting Andrew Rinker resigned as secretary and treasurer of the Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company after six years in the post. John J. Toomey was elected to succeed him and Walter H. Parrott was appointed general manager with full control of the companys Montana properties.
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Standard
Great Falls
Walter H. Parrott
Minneapolis
General Amanger
Montana
Deep Creek Cemetery Incorporation Filed in Townsend
The Deep Creek Cemetery Association filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capital stock is $1006. Incorporators and trustees include Jacob Tilman G A Norton Jr Mark Lewis Herman Grime and R W Young all of Townsend.
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Hidena, Nav
Deep Creek Cemetery
Townsend
Incorpor
Jacob Tilman
G. A. Norton, Jr
Mark Lewis
Herman Grime
R. W. Young
Nothing Wrong in Relations in Pueblo Tragedy
Mrs Minnie Cooper from Pueblo says relations with Fred Roberts were proper after he shot her and killed himself. She notes she asked for money by letter for salary as bookkeeper at the foundry and says he was a good friend though she could not marry him.
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Pueblo
Colo
Minnie Cooper
Fred Roberts
Balt Lake
Bete Terd
Re Core
Roberts
Foundry
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Rosebery
McKinley Fund
Katie Connelley Andles
Francis Cronkrite
Wis
Meart
Eran
Bath
Steve
Michigan Stove Company
Copper City Commercial Company
James Ar
Mour
Molincux
ACH Fund
Boise
Renning Trench
Salt Lake
Utah
the Tribune
Idaho
Retary of the Interior
Humphreys
Humphreys’ Homeopathic Medicine Co
William and
John * Troots
Anaconda Sunday Standard
Springfield
Ohio
Republic
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer
Pailtak
China
Cemetery Association
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