President weighs coal strike options in White House talks
A three hour meeting at the White House among Roosevelt and cabinet members discussed expediting a coal strike resolution. No statements were issued as attendees pledged confidentiality while exploring a plan to urge miners to resume work and seek legislative relief via Congress and Pennsylvania’s legislature, with no federal troop action or mine seizure.
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Wright
Congress
Legislative Branch
Stone
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Victoria and Vancouver get new railway owners and plans
A Guthrie of St Paul and Vancouver partners John Henry and J J Jaffey have bought the Victoria Terminal railway and franchises. The purchase includes control of the Victoria Terminal and Sydney with the mainland and the Delta extension seventeen miles from the Fraser mouth to Cloverdale. Steamship interests of Sydney and Nanaimo Navigation are not included. No immediate action announced on building a mainland link with Westminster. decisions may wait for spring.
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Victoria
B. C
A. Guthrie
St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
John Henry
J. J. Jaffey
Vancouver
Victoria Terminal Railway
Victoria Terminal
Sydney
Mainland
Delta
Frazer River
Cloverdale
Sydney and
Nanaimo Navigation Company
Strathcona
Iroquois
Uncan
W. E. Bodwell
Westminster
Spring
National Banks See Growth in Minnesota Deposits
Minnesota national banks rose from 89 to 119 institutions. Deposits increased from 28,710,102 to 36,426,098 by Sept 15, reflecting a prosperous year since the capital minimum law reduced by Senator Nelson.
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Washington
Minnesota
Nelson
Twin Cities
President Roosevelt to skip G A R parade review
Washington October 6 President Roosevelt will not review the parade of the G A R at the White House reviewing stand. An official statement said he must exercise extreme care and cannot review the veterans. His doctors have forbidden overtaxing his strength after a recent illness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Fire destroys Weim Watt Co. building in Fargo
A morning fire in Fargo wipes out the Weim Watt company wholesale nations and stationery building with stock valued at about 150000 dollars. The fire's cause is unknown and the blaze began as a small flare in the building’s body. The structure was new and recently occupied. The firm will resume in temporary quarters, spurring demand for a paid fire department.
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Fargo
N. D
Weim Watt Company
Fire Destroys Block of Businesses in Aitkin
A fire in Aitkin Minnesota on October 6 destroyed an entire block of Main Street business houses. The blaze began in the rear of Ady Bros merging into the whole building.
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Aitkin, Minn
Main Street
Ady Bros
Two Men Killed by Passenger Train Near Baltic Mine
In Houghton Michigan on October 6 a passenger train struck two laborers along the Copper Range tracks near the Baltic mine six miles southwest of Houghton. The victims were identified as John H. Miller and John Haischer from papers found on their persons.
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Houghton, Mich
Baltic Mine
Houghton
John H. Miller
John Haischer
Federation of Labor to $0.10 Weekly Assessment Plan
The Federation of Labor plans a resolution at its Cambridge Ohio meeting to ask the American Federation of Labor to assess 1,500,000 members ten cents a week for coal miners on strike. If acted upon, about $150,000 weekly would be raised. Cleveland groups contribute to the miners’ strike fund.
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Federation of Labor
Cleveland
Cambridge
American Federation of Labor
United Trades and Tabor Council of
Striking street car workers cause wrecks in Geneva
A strike by street car employees in Geneva led to serious disturbances with twenty cars wrecked and police struggling to restore order. Many arrests were made as the strike, begun last Sunday, continued.
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Geneva
Running Fight Ends in Farm Death at Gering Neb
Clarence Fullerton, a farmer, was shot and killed by Walter Houston in a running altercation near Gering Nebraska. The dispute stemmed from Houston’s tales about Fullerton and his housekeeper, sparking the fatal confrontation.
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Gering
Neb
Clarence Fullerton
Walter Houston
Fullerton
Houston
Demure Girl Seeks New Tennis Racket After Faulty Gift
A young woman visits a large sporting goods store to return a sprung strings tennis racket bought as a birthday present. She explains it broke on first trial and requests a replacement, noting the item was misrepresented and that a similar supposed souvenir product was misnamed. The clerk provides a new racket the next day.
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Sporting
New York Times
Teamsters Threaten Chicago Express Strike Over Wages
One thousand Express Drivers union members threaten a strike if demands are not met. The Teamsters Joint Council urges postponement for ten days to seek a peaceful settlement as Chicago express companies refuse to recognize the union or pay the scale.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Express Drivers
Joint Council
Express
Ten
The
Teamsters
Woman offers Kentucky coal land to Roosevelt for government mining
Mrs. Johanna C. Samuels of Nashville and Washington writes to President Roosevelt offering a Kentucky mining tract to be mined by the government during the coal strike without compensation. She says the property is idle and offers to leave all details to the president, asking no payment or favors.
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United States
Pennsylvania
New York
Roosevelt
Johanna CC. Samuels
Nashville
Mayor DeVille Orders Streetcars Running Amid Strike
New Orleans mayor Capdeville warns street railway owners to operate all lines by noon regardless of strike status. The company offered 20 cents an hour, slightly above striker wages, and promises cars will run. Police and possibly militia may be used if violence erupts as private telephone wires are cut.
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New Orleans
Capdeville
Alabama Strike Spreads to TCI R Company Mines
Birmingham Oct 6 A UMW order threat idles 4200 miners at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company locations including Blocton and Blue Creek as wage deduction dispute prompts action.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Mine Workers
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Blocton
Blue Creek
Northwestern Telephone Co long distance reach stated
The Northwestern Telephone Co announces its long distance lines and connections extend to over 2,000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. It touts copper metallic circuits first class service and low rates.
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Western Telephone Co
Connec
Minnesota
fPakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Mormon session in Salt Lake City refutes blood atonement claims
Salt Lake City reports the seventy second semi-annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints addressing violent murder rumors. President Ben E Rich asserts no church doctrine endorses blood atonement and condemns the crime linked to Hooper Young.
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Salt Lake City
Church of Latter Day Saints
Pulitzer
New York
Hooper Young
Ben E. Rich
Central States
The
Mormon Church
East
Church
Insane Gunman Killed Near Wausaukee After Rampage
A mentally disturbed man named Raymond, blamed for a fatal shooting in St. Paul and a train incident, was shot and killed by Otto Wenzel, a cook at Charles May's lumber camp, twenty five miles west of Wausaukee. The spree had stirred alarm across Amborg Pembine and Dunbar regions for a week. The killer approached the camp and ignored warnings before falling to Wenzel's shot.
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Ian
Ausaukee
Wis
Marinette
John Koucha
St. Paul
Wausaukee
Otto Wenzel
Charles May
Amborg
Pembine
Dunbar
Raymond
Rimberg
Wenzel
Wisconsin Teachers Exhibit at St Louis Fair Plans
Wisconsin Teachers association outlines an educational exhibit at the St Louis world fair costing 11 090 dollars. It calls for eight groups and 6000 square feet of space across university normal schools colleges and public and private schools to show educational progress.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Wisconsin ‘Teachers’ Association
Ocen
Vine
Uricazo
Tragic Drowning in Peoria Home Under Gas Heater Incident
Mrs. Frank B Townsend drowned in a bathtub after her husband attempted to heat a room by disconnecting a poisonous gas pipe from an instant heater. He was overcome by fumes, then collapsed. Mrs Townsend and the servant found them. doctors say Mr Townsend will recover. The Townsends recently moved from Marshalltown Iowa.
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Peoria
Ill
Frank B. Townsend
Townsend
Marshalltown
Parker Relapse Forces City Temple Sermon Cancellations
London reports that Gioseph Parker pastor of the City Temple suffered a relapse after a spring illness and was unable to preach on Sunday, despite previous signs of recovery. The episode follows a prior serious illness noted last spring.
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London
Gioseph Parker
City Temple
Banker Robert McClure Snyder Convicted of Bribery
St Louis report says banker and promoter Robert McClure Snyder was found guilty of bribery after a weeklong trial. The jury deliberated fifty minutes. he was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. No bondsmen appeared when verdict announced. defense posted an appeal bond for $25,000. Motions for appeal and new trial planned.
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St. Louis
Robert McClure Snyder
State Penitentiary
Snyder
Kaneags City
Henry §. Priest
Morton Jourdan
Reitz Arrives in New York Amid Boer Sympathy Welcome
Francis William Reitz former Transvaal secretary of state landed aboard the Statendam at New York with his wife. A Boer sympathy committee including Irish American representatives greeted him. He said he was not here to agitate for reopening the war but to pursue duty to his country and personal remuneration. He charged that Boers were misled by promises from Kitchener and Milner about amnesty for rebels at the time of coronation.
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New York
Francis William Reitz
Transvaal
Statendam
Vaulogne-Sur- Mer
Reitz
Kitchener
Milner
Convicts Self Mutilate to Dodge Heavy Work
Two convicts John Reagdon and Rosee in the Southern Illinois penitentiary cut off three fingers from the right hand with a rusty hatchet to avoid heavy tasks. They were found bleeding and incapacitated, taken to a prison surgeon, and later forced to stand on a block in the yard for the rest of the day.
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Chester
Fll
Cst. T
John Reagdon
Rosee
New York Heiress Dies After Wood Alcohol Suicide
Pauline Brown, daughter of wealthy New York parents, killed herself with wood alcohol in Minneapolis. Found unconscious in her North Eleventh Street room by friends, an empty bottle on the dresser indicated the deed as she died en route to St Barnabas hospital.
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Minneapolis
Pauline Brown
New York
St. Barnaras Hospital
North Eleventh Street
Knoxville Businessman Shot in Quarrel After Debate
John Swartzell, a well known Knoxville merchant, was killed during a quarrel with traveling men after a discussion on Iowan fighting qualities. A well dressed stranger shouted I am Iowan and will show you I am game then shot Swartzell twice and fled, remains at large.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Swartzell
Swartzell
South Australian Rail Link Proposed on Land Grant Plan
The South Australian government introduces a bill to build a railway from Adelaide to Port Darwin on the land grant system. Tenders from Europe and America will be invited three months after passage, with bidders designating the area they require up to 75,000 acres per mile.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Adelaide
Port Darwin
Europe
America
Death at South Market Street in Land Rapids
Land Rapids Mich Oct 6 William J Barringer a cooper was killed by Thomas A Stewart a black barber on South Market Street Barringer allegedly insulted Stewart s wife and her husband felled him with a blow on the jaw causing almost instant death Stewart is jailed in connection with the incident
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Land Rapids
Mich
William J. Barringer
Thomas A. Stewart
South Market Street
Barringer
Stewart
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