Miners May Strike in Coal Regions Next Spring
John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers declares a wage and hour demand to Philadelphia and Reading Company president George S Baer. He states 150000 miners could unite to back the eight hour day and union recognition, signaling likely strike if employers refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
George S’. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Mitchell
Manila Park
Tamaqua
Pennsylvania Train Wreck Near Logansport Fatal and Injurious
A Pennsylvania railroad collision near Logansport Indiana killed fireman Walter Eversole of Richmond and fatally injured the engineer Grady. An excursion train returning from Cincinnati struck a freight solo leaving the main track. ten cars were on the excursion with four derailed. Several passengers were seriously hurt.
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Pennsylvania
Logansport
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Yards
Walter Eversole
Richmond
Grady
Cincinnati
Amateur aviator dies after plunge from trapeze near Cahokia
John Williams, 38, died at Red House Park near Cahokia Illinois after grabbing a trapeze as a parachute opened mid ascent. He warned friends Goodbye before the balloon rose and he suffered fatal injuries. The aeronaut remained unharmed. A separate report notes the steamer Dorothy with 500 tons of dynamite ran aground off Cleveland harbor and was towed off by tugs.
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Cahokia
John Williams
Red House Park
Ill
Williams
Dorothy
Wilmington
Del
Houghton
Mich
Cleveland Harbor
Many Do Down with Ship Off Florida Coast
Twenty men among the Peconic’s crew of Philadelphia bound coal steamer are drowned after the vessel sinks in a fierce gale off the Florida coast. The catastrophe wipes out nearly all officers and most of the crew, highlighting the peril of sea travel during storms.
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Peconic
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Florida
Detroit River Tunnel Under Detroit Windsor Plan Begins
Workmen sink the initial shaft on the American side of the Detroit river tunnel project to run beneath the river from Windsor to Detroit. The Canadian shaft will follow as surveys continue. the tunnel proper spans about 2.6 miles underground with a surface-to-surface distance near three miles and an estimated construction period of two to three years. The Detroit River Tunnel Company forms from the merger of two prior engineering firms.
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Detroit River
Windsor
Detroit
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Company
Detroit River Tunnel Company
Michigan and Canada Bridge and Construction Company
Canada and Michigan Bridge and Tunnel Company
WINS SWEETHEART BY RUSE IN ST PAUL PROBATE COURT
In St Paul Minnesota a probate court scene unfolds as William L Wallace is arraigned on insanity questions after a daughter Virginia Wallace is involved with a young man. The father allegedly chased the couple and was later arrested after the daughter called police at Margaret Street. He was found by officers storming the home and removed.
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St. Paul
Minn
William L. Wallace
Virginia Wallace
Swain
Gallant
Margaret Street
New Canal on Great Lakes Proposed to connect Superior with Michigan
A syndicate plans a 40 mile canal from Lake Superior via Whitefish River to Gladstone or Escanaba, dredging only sixteen miles. The route would shorten Duluth Superior to Chicago by 265 miles and from the head of the lakes to Buffalo by over 200 miles. Nelson Thomasson in Chicago says formation is slow but shipmasters see a need.
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Aterway
Superior
Michigan
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Whitefish River
Gladstone
Escanaba
Duluth
Chicago
Buffalo
Nelson Thomasson
Kansas Sues Bonding Firms Over State Funds
Attorney General Coleman seeks 250000 from United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore and 500000 from The Title Guaranty and Trust Company of Scranton Pa. over funds tied to the First National Bank of Topeka failure. Suit argues banks used state money to pay debts and that the treasurer’s delay in drawing drafts made his bondmen liable. both firms to contest.
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Coleman
Kansas
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Tithe Guaranty and Trust Company
Scranton
First National Bank of
Topeka
United States Fidelity and Iran Company
Topeka Capitalista
E Title Guaranty and Trust Company Scranton
Kelly
Attorney General
Seven Lives Saved by Phone Warn on Tornado in Winona County
A Minnesota family credited a warning call to a telephone for seven lives saved during a tornado that struck their home in Winona County. The dinner-table scene turned to a dash for shelter as the funnel shaped storm passed, lifting the house and smashing it to the ground with minimal damage to a single board.
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Minnesota
Frank G. Sanders
Isati
Winona County
Minn
A. McConochie
Woman leaps from moving train into river. dies near St Louis
A woman, Mrs Laura Ox, aged about, leaped from a car on a bridge over the river near St Louis while fleeing her niece. She drowned before help could reach her. Nervous trouble said to be the cause. The train stopped for an alleged pretense of riders alighting.
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Carom Fj
Laura Ox
Bae
St. Louis
Japanese Sealer Vessel Lost After Russian Attack Near Kamchatka
News from Victoria reports the Japanese sealing schooner Tora Maru foundered off Copper Island after a storm. Four men aboard were killed and four wounded when Russians fired on the Tora Maru as it attempted to rescue survivors from Matsumoto Maru, whose crew suffered fourteen dead. The Matsumoto Maru had eighteen survivors in three boats reaching the Kamchatka coast fifty miles northeast of Cape Leopards.
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Victoria
B. C
Hakodate
Kamtthatka
Kuriles
Copper
Russlang
Robbery of Wisconsin Man En Route to Portland
James Rice of Stevens Point Wis was robbed in Salt Lake City after a staged dice game. A stranger and two accomplices seized his $400 before escaping. Rice kept his railroad ticket and continued toward Portland as police investigate.
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Wisconsin
Dheame
James Rice
Stevens Point
Wis
Tice
Portland Fair
Salt Lake City
Rice
Portland
Athos Arrives in New York After Awful Sea Ordeal
The steamer Athos, seventeen days overdue from Port Antonio to New York with a cargo of uneatable bananas and bones of half-eaten sharks aboard, drifted under storms after an engine break. It signaled a tow from the Altai and reached New York with eight passengers aboard amid reports of broader labor and other city news.
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Athos
New York
Donald Steamship Company
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Cott
Altai
NEW PEACE PLAN OFFERED IN RUSSO JAPANESE TALKS
In Portsmouth a revised peace plan emerged as Baron Komura handed Mr Witte a formal Japanese proposal after President Roosevelt mediated. The plan divides Sakhalin, covers prisoner costs, and drops limits on Russian naval power while Japan seeks frontier clarification and perpetual renunciation of southern Sakhalin claims. The conference adjourned to Saturday awaiting Russia’s reply.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Roosevelt
Botu
Portsmouth
Council
Navy Yard
Baron Komura
Mr. Witte
Sakhalin
Hoch Escaped Hanging on Supersedens Writ
Johann Hoch the alleged wife murderer and bigamist was not executed in Chicago as a supersedens order was issued by the Illinois Supreme Court clerk acting on Attorney Frank B. Comerford. The delay sparked demonstrations in Cook County Jail and lawyers say the stay likely lasts until spring while the court reviews the case.
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Johann Hoch
Justice Magruder
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago
Supreme Court of Illinois
Frank B. Comerford
Hoch
Cook County
Attoreys
Supreme Court
Henry G Hilton Dies of Nephritis on Morris Heights Estate
Henry G Hilton, second son of the late Judge Henry Hilton, believed to have sacrificed a $10,000,000 estate to marry Sylvia Gerrish, the Casino beauty, died of nephritis at the Hilton estate in Morris Heights New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Graham Hilton
Henry Hilton
Sylvia Gerrish
Hilton
Morris Heights
N. Y
Russian gunboat destroys Castelli on Crete coast
The Russian gunboat Khrabry bombarded Castelli on Crete's north coast after insurgents opposed a landing to seize the custom house. The engagement left Castelli destroyed as Russian forces attempted to secure control of the port area.
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Khrabry
Castelli
Crete
Chicago Market Upturn As Demand Expands Across Sectors
Business activity shows steady expansion with rising prices and strong demand for grain lumber and metal goods. Grain shipments reach 13,171,757 bushels, lumber receipts at 47,908,000 feet, iron ore and forest products up, construction demand intensifies, and failures comparisons shift across regions amid currency shipments and improving collections.
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Chicago
West
Commercial Association
Dan
Chicago to New York Grain and Livestock Prices Summary
Regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and more. Includes bids for wheat corn oats rye and feed values with specific No 2 grades and price per unit across multiple markets.
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National League
L. W. Il
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
St Louis
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Llw
Detroit
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Lightning strikes street car trigger panic in New York
Panic erupts when a lightning strike on a New York street car injures four tens persons as investigators review the incident. In Mississippi, the City Council of Hattiesburg grants a franchise for a 125000 underground telephone system. A New York legislative committee names Charles BE Hughes and James McKeen as counsel for life insurance inquiries, with Joseph H. Choate tipped as advisory counsel.
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New York
Lattiesburg
Miss
New York Joint Legislative Committee
Charles BE. Hughes
James McKeen
Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
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Ralph J. Dean
Ashton
Illinois
John Mitchell Sage
Pennsylvania Road
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Turney
Spain
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Manhattan Island
Vis Alvord
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Bush Terminal Warehouse Company
N. C
Manhattan
Minneapolis
Louisville
Western National Bank of Louisville
Washington
Trempealeau
Fred Claffier
Stockton, Minn
Mississippi River
Coney Island
John Lea
Cleveland
Tenon
Murray
James Hix
Leas
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Ciudad del Minz
San Luis Potosi
George Wolfel
Richard C. Stewart
Stewart Iron Works
Covington
Moscow
Devlin
Norway
United States
Europe
Sweden
Raymond Cardiafini
W. B. Riley
First Baptist Church
A. H. Bailey
Bialistok
Japan
Manzanillo
Natchez
Baralong
President
Oscar
Prince Charles
Stockholm
Conger
Ambassador Conger
GOC
Chicago Typographical Union
Chicago Typothetae
Typothetae
Oroville
Cal
Edwin 8. Holmes, Jr
Moses Haas
Frederick A. Peckham
Saratoga County
Church of God
Latrobe
George W. Hulze
Daisy Porch
Alln C. Deppe
Hickory Run
Banner
Hyde Park
F. A. Mize
Adolph Kreis
Jennings, Mo
Mary J. Wilson
Canada Machinery Company
Saint Edward
Ontario
St. Clair River
Port Huron
Zelda Stewart
John Charters
Johann
New
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