Roosevelt study on coal strike shows no federal remedy
Washington October 1 President Roosevelt and three cabinet members plus Governor Crane discussed possible federal action to end the coal strike. Advisors found no legal authority for federal interference or use of troops. A second conference is planned with Root present and potential talks with coal operators and miners. Meanwhile a stage coach was robbed near Middletown New York as passengers surrendered valuables.
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Washington
White House
Knox
Moody
Payne
Crane
Mssachusetts
Laathere
Stone
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Root
Middletown
N. Y
Pioneer
Warwick
Goshen
Florida
Clinton
Horatio
Wisner
Wisner Brothers
America
New York Press
Stock Exchange
Bull
Shaw
Mayor orders trees cut for alms house firewood
Portland Maine October 1 Mayor Boothbay has issued orders during the scarcity that all trees be cut and removed to the alms house where inmates will convert them to firewood for distribution to the poor.
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Portland
Mavyor Boothbay
British Shipping Pact with Morgan Leaders to Keep Fleet British
At a Sheffield luncheon Lord Kitchener and Ambassador Choate led a ceremony announcing an agreement with J P Morgan and the Cunard line. British vessels in the Atlantic shipping combine would remain British in reality with majority British directors and flagging. Half the future tonnage to be built in Britain and crewed largely by Britons. The deal lasts twenty years and is renewable. Britain retains flexibility to end it if harmed.
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Sheffield
England
Lord Kitchener
Ambassador Choate
Cutler Hobson
Gerald W. Balfour
Board of Trade
Duke of Norfolk
French
Ian Hamilton
South Africa
Balfour
Atlantic
Baron Inverclyde
Cunard Steamship Company
J. P. Morgan
Shipping Combine
Mr. Balfour
Cunard Company
Mr. Morgan
Great Britain
Combine
British Mercantile Marine
Choate
United States
Cho
Mr. Choate
Cunard Steamship Directors
London
Morgan Shipping Combine
Two Young White Men Hanged in Florida for Murder
Theodore Smith and Thomas C. Faircloth, young white men, were hanged in Jonson Florida after killing the aged Lewis couple. Both men displayed nerve addressing the crowd and inspecting coffins. Faircloth was baptized in jail and both men professed religion and accepted death. Smith left behind a wife and baby. Faircloth hoped for a marriage ceremony before execution but the sheriff refused.
Cunard Directors Detail Subsidy Terms and Fleet Plans
London reports Cunard Steamship directors outline government subsidy terms amounting to 750000 dollars annually for twenty years after the second liner is completed. The plan keeps Cunard British and requires freight-rate increases while the fleet remains under government use during the subsidy.
Irish Nationalist John Roche Sentenced to Six Months
London reports John Roche Nationalist member of the House of Commons for East Galway was sentenced at Mount Bellew Galway to six months at hard labor under the crimes act for inciting the boycott of land owners.
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London
John Roche
House of Commons
Galway
Mount Bellew
President's condition improves after day of meetings
Washington reports the president had a comfortable day with more conferences than usual. Doctors say the wound continues to heal and Dr Lung states the case is progressing satisfactorily as the patient remains cheerful and buoyant.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Lung
Judge Dismisses Action Over Northern Securities Party Status
Minneapolis Oct 1 Judge Amidon dismissed the original bill and the intervening bill in Power versus Northern Pacific Railway. The court ruled Northern Securities must be a party and neither Power nor Weidenfeld could obtain a merits decree. Boutelle sought appeal rights for the plaintiff's attorneys, which were granted. Lieutenant Commander Bronaugh commits suicide on the Kearsarge at the navy yard.
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Minneapolis
Cammille Weidenfeld
Peter Power
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Amidon
United States District Court
Weidenfeld
Northern Securities Company
Power
New York
William V. Bronaugh
United States Navy
Kearsarge
Navy Yard
Bronaugh
Commander Bronaugh
Kentucky
Naval Academy
Indications Point to Attempted Suicide by Ex Senator Thurston's Son
St Louis October 1 Clarence Thurston son of former Nebraska senator and World Fair attaché found unconscious from asphyxiation in hotel room. Door tightly closed keyhole plugged windows bolted gas jets open indicating an attempt at suicide He was taken to City Hospital physicians say he may die.
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St. Louis
Clarence Thurston
United States
Thurston
Nebraska
Santa Fe freight collision kills Fireman Lythe near Thackerville
Ardmore reports a head end collision between two Santa Fe freight trains near Thackerville on October 1 left Fireman C. W. Lythe dead and one engineer seriously injured. The cause remains undetermined.
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Ardmore
N. T
Santa Fe
Thackerville
C. W. Lythe
Coal Merchant in New York Fatally Wounds Self
Henry C. Scheel, a New York coal merchant, attempted suicide on Oct 1 amid coal strike hardships. Doctors report little hope for his recovery.
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New York
Henry C. Scheel
Sunday Church Sermon Warns Against Worldly Distractions
The Detroit Free Press reports a pastor in a warm Sunday service rebuking parishioners for focusing on trivialities and personal comfort rather than sacred duties. He warns that one may be dead tomorrow if heat distracts attention from holy words.
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Detroit Free Press
Northwestern Telephone Co Long Distance Reach
The North western Telephone Co reports its long distance lines and connections extend to over 2 000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits offer first class service with low rates.
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Northwestern ‘Telephone Co
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Stock Market Rebounds Amid Coal Strike Rally
New York October 1 The stock market recovered from a demoralized close due to tight money and coal strike fears with Shaw’s bank reserve move and strike negotiations rumors driving gains. Call money eased from 19 to around 2 percent and major railroad stocks led the upturn.
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New York
Shaw
Standard Railway
St. Paul
Louisville and Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific
Cealers
Bull
Coler Lead Ticket Emerges From New York Convention Talks
Saratoga N Y Oct 1 A tentative ticket led by Bird S Coler for governor with Charles N Bulger as lieutenant governor C M Preston secretary of state Frank H Mott attorney general John Cunneen engineer Richard W Herman treasurer D J Van Auken and John C Gray as judge reflects Hill McLaughlin input It notes Kings County delegation mood and potential unit rule tensions while hinting at a plank favoring a 1000 ton barge canal and Devery headed credentials seating</S>
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Saratoga
N. Y
Bird S. Coler
Kings
Charles N. Bulger
Oswego
C. M. Preston
Ulster
Frank H. Mott
Chautauqua
John Cunneen
Erie
Richard
W. Herman
Oneida
D. J. van Auken
Ontario
John C. Gray
New York
Coler
McCarren
Parker
Committee On Platform
Committee On Credentials
William 3. Devery
September Wheat Soars to Board of Trade Peak
September wheat traded at 95 cents on the Chicago Board of Trade the highest since the Leiter deal of the 1890s. The day ended with a 7 and a quarter cent gain as supply remained concentrated among one or two traders.
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Board of Trade
Leiter
Chicago
State tax levy set at 2.53 mills in current year
State Auditor Dunn announced a 2.53 mill state tax levy, down from 2.83 mills last year, with the decrease applied to the state revenue levy, which drops to 1 mill from 1.3 mills. Notices will be sent to county auditors.
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St. Paul
Dunn
Silk Thieves Hit Chariton Store In Professional Heist
A gang of professional thieves broke into A. B. Dent’s general store in Chariton Iowa and stole silks and satins valued at several thousand dollars. The thefts are part of a pattern of silk burglaries reported in the region.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
lIa
A. BE. Dent
Chariton
Durand of Saginaw Nominated Michigan Governor Candidate
Detroit ballots the Democratic state central committee selects L. T. Durand of Saginaw as governor nominee after Judge George H. Durand of Flint withdraws due to paralysis. Silver faction had urged other candidates but Durand wins on the second ballot with 14 votes to 10 for Sligh. nomination then becomes unanimous.
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Detroit
Mich
Democratic State Central Committee
L. T. Durand
Saginaw
George H. Durand
Flint
Durand
J. W. Helms
Adrian
Charles R. Sligh
Grand Rapids
Helms
Judge Durand
Sligh
Heinze Plans Injunction Over Clark Democracy Nominations
In Butte on October 1 F Augustus Heinze announced plans to file an injunction to block county clerk from recording the Clark Democracy nominations from Monday’s county convention. Heinze’s Anti-Trust Democracy met, forming a five member conference committee to negotiate with Populist and Labor parties for a candidate for the state supreme court associate judgeship.
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Butte
Mont
F. Augustus Heinze
Clark Democracy
Heinze
Anti-Trust Democracy
State Supreme Court
Clark
Two Rival Candidates for Rhode Island Governor Nomination
Providence Rhode Island October 1 The Democratic state convention shapes as the closest yet in Rhode Island politics with a tense governor nomination fight between Pawtucket Mayor John J Fitzgerald and Cumberland Assemblyman L J B Garvin Each claims victory no Bryan endorsement or Kansas City platform reaffirmation expected.
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Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
John J. Fitzgerald
Pawtucket
L. J. EB. Garvin
Cumberland
Bryan
Lafollette Opens Wisconsin Republican Campaign in Milwaukee
Governor Robert M. Lafollette opened the Wisconsin Republican campaign at West Side Turner hall Milwaukee before a crowd that overflowed the hall. Major Charles H. Anson presided as candidates for state offices and congress joined on the stage. Lafollette was enthusiastically received.
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Milwaukee
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
West Side
Turner Hall
Charles H. Anson
Congress
Lafollette
General Chaffee Relinquishes Command to General Davis
Manila dispatch reports General Chaffee relinquishing command of the division to Brigadier General Davis. Davis and his staff gathered at headquarters as orders were read in a brief ceremony.
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Manila
Chaffee
Davis
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