Secretary Shaw frees banks from reserve on government deposits
Secretary Shaw announced that banks will not be required to hold a reserve against government deposits secured by government bonds. Comptroller of the Currency concurs. The treasury holds about 130 million in deposits. daily deposits near half a million will continue with banks allowed to use municipal bonds or similar securities as collateral. Each case to be judged on its own merits.
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New York
Shaw
Sub-Treasury
Financial
Lyman J. Gage
United States Trust Company
Hepburn
Chase National Bank
Vanderlip
National City Bank
Washington
Treasury
Maine
California
Minnesota
New Orleans
Efemit
Caid
Internal Revenue
Irrigation Interests Hill May Attend National Congress
James J. Hill president of the Great Northern railway wrote C. E. Wantland to confirm his possible attendance at the National Irrigation Congress in Colorado Springs from October 6 to 9. Also received a letter from Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army colonies about preparing an address on colony work on irrigated lands.
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Great Northern Railway
Denver
Colo
James J. Hill
C. E. Wantland
National Irrigation Congress
Colorado Springs
Wantland
Booth-Tucker
Great Salvation Army Colonies
Ministers Adopt Resolutions Call Mediation On Coal Strike
NEW YORK September 30 resolutions urging President Roosevelt to appoint a mediation commission to settle the coal strike were adopted at the Methodist preachers weekly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Methodist Preachers
Mandamus Granted Over State Tax Equalization Board
The Missouri supreme court in Jefferson City issued a writ of mandamus to William Preston Hill of St. Louis requiring the state board of equalization to meet and set a new cash value assessment for numerous corporations in the state. The board includes Governor Dockery Secretary of State Cook Treasurer Williams Auditor Allen and Attorney General Craw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jefferson City
William Preston Hill
State Board of Equalization
Dockery
Cook
Williams
Allen
Craw
Emile Zola Dies in Paris After Stove Asphyxiation
Paris reports the death of novelist Emile Zola born April 2 1840 found in his bedroom with fumes from a malfunctioning stove. His wife Madame Zola is gravely ill and authorities note possible self-inflicted death rumors overshadowed by a case involving a coughing dog. doctors gave no life to Zola though they revived Madame Zola.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Zola
Madame Zola
Medan
Madam Zola
Roosevelt Doing Well After Wound Dressing
Washington September 30 President Roosevelt’s wound dressing was followed by a statement from Secretary Cortelyou. The wound is satisfactory the morning temperature is normal the patient slept well and is in a rolling chair. He is cheerful has shown no impatience or restlessness and follows physician directions with scrupulous care. Since the aspirating needle evacuation on the 22d the patient shows steady improvement. 11 a.m. September 29.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Physicians Attend Wound Dressing at Temporary White House
Surgeon General Rixey of the navy Surgeon General O Reilly of the army Dr Schaeffer the bone specialist from New York and Dr Lang were present when the wound was dressed at the temporary White House for about three quarters of an hour. The slight temperature rise noted yesterday before the second operation had disappeared this morning and this was considered favorable by the physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rixey
Navy
O'Reilly
Army
Schaeffer
New York
Lang
White House
Hint of Roots Resigning Rumor Circulates in Washington
Washington reports a circulating rumor that Secretary Root may retire from the cabinet next spring or summer. The Post will publish the claim, but several cabinet members and Payne say they have no confirmation and expect Root to remain through the current term.
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Washington
the Post
Root
New York
Turkish Forces Shell Albanian Villages in Mitrovitza
Belgrade reports fighting between Turkish regulars and Albanians in Mitrovitza European Turkey. Turkish forces shelled and reduced to ashes the Albanian villages of Koprin and Babronitsch.
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Belgrade
Servia
Mitrovitza
Turkey
Koprin
Babronitsch
Football Player dies after Sioux Falls game injury
Harry Wilson Jordan aged 19, son of contractor Charles Jordan, died from neck and spine injuries sustained last Thursday in a football game between Vermilion University and Sioux Falls Baptist College. He was a member of the Baptist College team and died last night after a severe paralyzing injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Harry Wilson Jordan
Charles Jordan
Vermilion University
Sioux Falls Baptist College
President Roosevelt Undergoes Bone Incision for Recovery
Physicians report the president’s bone infection was slightly affected and drainage established after an incision. Surgeons expect a speedy recovery with the bone area very small and no blood poisoning risk. Early consultation with Dr Newton Shaffer noted, operation performed by Surgeon General Rixey with Dr Lung and others. Recovery anticipated once on his feet again.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Newton Shaffer
New York
Rixey
Lung
O’reilly
Shaffer, Urie
Stitt
George B. Cortelyou
Newton M. Shaffer
Roosevelt
Navy
Laying a Cable to Manila Will Reach By July 1903
Vice President George G. Ward of the Commercial Cable Company said the Manila cable project will be completed by July 4, 1903. The cable is being built in London at about 50 miles daily and 300 per week, with three ships The Silverton Colonia and AngHa laying from Manila and San Francisco and splicing in mid ocean.
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New York
George G. Ward
Commercial Cable Company
United States
Manila
P. IL
Colonia
AngHa
San Francisco
Burns Assailant at Stake in Mississippi Murder
CORINTH Mississippi September 29 Tom Clark alias William Gibson a young Negro was burned at the stake after confessing to the brutal assault and murder of Mrs Carey Whitfield on August 19 last in her home. The victim head nearly severed by a razor in a murder that shocked the local gentry and authorities. Detectives from Chicago failed to identify the killer despite arrests. A twelve man citizen committee had pursued leads for days until a confrontation revealed Clark as the murderer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Miss
Tom Clark
William Gibson
Mississippi
Carey Whitfield
Clark
Chicago
Mrs. Whitfield
Heinze Party Is Launched In Butte
F August Heinze organized a new political party named the anti trust democracy. Primaries are set for September 23 with a convention the next day. Ex Governor Robert B Smith acted as spokesman of the meeting while Heinze denounced the regular democracy and alleged alliances with Amalgamated Copper and Standard Oil and Senator Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
F. August Heinze
Anti-Trust Democracy
Heinze
Robert B. Smith
Regular Democracy
Amalgamated Copper Company
Standard Oil Company
Clark
Bright Attire For Grand Army Encampment Guests
Washington September 29 The staff of the pension bureau gathers at a reception to be hosted by Commissioner E F Ware for old soldiers attending the Grand Army encampment next month The bureau’s vast building will be decorated to honor the veterans who fought to preserve the Union
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Washington
Arast
Smipleyes
Pension Bureau
E. F. Ware
Grand Army
National
Lipton Plans Channel Balloon Trip With Rolls
London dispatch reports Sir Thomas Lipton, recently elected to the Aero Club, contemplates crossing the Channel by balloon with the Hon. C. S. Rolls. If the voyage proceeds, Lipton will be accompanied by his steam yacht Erin.
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London
Thomas Lipton
The
Aero Club
C. S. Rolls
Thomas
Erin
Kossuth Monument Unveiled in Cleveland
In Cleveland on September 29 a life size Louis Kossuth statue was unveiled before about 50,000 people. The monument stands on a pedestal and rises about twenty feet high.
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Cleveland
Louis Kossuth
Operator Killed at His Key
CENTRALIA Mo Sept 29 Ed Chapman ticket agent at Browns Station five miles from here was shot and killed today by unidentified parties. Chapman was 19 years old.
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Centralia
Ed Chapman
Brown’s Station
Chapman
Comet Brightens to Naked Eye View at Lick Observatory
Prof W W Campbell of Lick Observatory reports the comet discovered September 1 by Prof C D Perrine has grown steadily brighter since discovery and is now clearly visible to the naked eye, marking a notable celestial development observed from San Jose California on September 29.
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San Jose
Cal
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
Associated Press
C. D. Perrine
Conference in the Wind
Philadelphia reporters note that Thomas C. Nichols Tomas Duffy and John Fahy presidents of three anthracite districts of the United Mine Workers arrived at the Windsor hotel from the coal region and had not returned by 1 30 a m. President Mitchell and Secretary Treasurer Wilson left Pittsburg for the city last night.
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Philadelphia
Thomas C. Nichols
Tomas Duffy
John Fahy
United
Uine
Windsor Hotel
Mitchell
Wilson
Pittsburg
Fire destroys White House furnishings in blaze
Washington reports a blaze of unknown origin consumed about thirty pieces of furniture, some curtains and several heavy plate mirrors, all owned by the White House. The fire caused significant damage to various rooms and parts of the residence. Authorities investigated the incident for cause and extent.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Emperor Alive in Corea After Death Report
Berlin dispatch confirms the Corea emperor is alive and in good health despite earlier reports of his death. The official telegram to the Corea legation in Berlin states he remains alive and in strong health.
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Berlin
Corean Legation
Corea
Walton Narrow Escape From Dynamite Attack
ST JOSEPH MO September 29 a dynamite plot aimed at Columbus Walton and his family over a store failed as the sticks exploded under the stairs causing structural damage but no injuries were reported to the Walton family.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Columbus Walton
South St. Jo
Seph
Walton
Canteen in Army Fueled Gambler and Deserts Rise
Brigadier General Frederick Funston reports in the annual army review that court martial trials nearly doubled among enlisted men in the past year. He blames two causes: the loss of canteen facilities at post exchanges and the spread of unsupervised saloons near reservations where gambling and dissolute women proliferate.
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Washington
Frederick Funston
Department of Colorado
Post Exchange
Shaw Plans Bond Buy and Interest Prepayment Policy
The secretary of the treasury announced a 5% 1904 bond purchase at 105 flat, with $19.4 million outstanding. He also issued a circular detailing prepayment of interest on U S bonds from November 1, 1902 to July 1, 1903, at two tenths of 1 percent per month, with stamps upon bonds and rebates for prepaid interest. Fractional months count as full months. rebates stay with the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Publc
Shaw
United States
Treasury
Veteran of Two Wars Passes at 90 in Washington
General Francis J. Lippitt, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, died in Washington today at age 90. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he served as a U S Army officer and participated in early American conflicts. His death marks the loss of a noted military figure who witnessed two defining wars in U.S. history.
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Washington
Francis J. Lippitt
Providence
R. I
Evacuation of Manchuria Begun by Russians
Washington dispatch reports United States Minister Conger in Pekin stating that Russian forces have begun evacuating Manchuria. The cablegram confirms the move amid tense relations following the Russo-Chinese developments.
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China
Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
Conger
Pekin
Manchuria
Heinze Starts New Party in Butte Mass Meeting
In Butte on September 27 followers of F Augustus Heinze who were denied seats at the Bozeman Democratic state convention held a mass meeting. They announced the formation of an independent Heinze Democrats party opposing Senator Clark's leadership and fusion with populists and labor interests.
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Butte
Mont
F. Augustus Heinze
Bozeman
Heinze Democrats
Clark
Indicted banker Barnes pleads guilty in Iowa case
In Union Iowa Judge Hotson presided over a district court term. The state v L J Barnes featured two forgery indictments from seven years prior. Barnes returned to his old home and pleaded guilty to the charges regarding bank notes.
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Wasr Union
District Court
Hotsom
Va. L
State to use Holada as witness in murder case
IOWA CITY Iowa September 27 The state announced it would use Charles Holada as a witness to convict Mrs Gaslaugher of her husband murder It claims Holada would testify he was her paramour that she coaxed him to kill her husband that she threatened Galla ugher The day after the murder she allegedly confessed to shooting her husband and asked Holada to dispose of a watch and revolver which he says he consented to destroy
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Iowa City
Charles Holada
Farmer Mangled by Cars in Night Mishap
In Fort Dodge Iowa on September 27 Jerry Bagley a wealthy farmer from Duncombe turned his team onto a railroad right of way. His body lay beside the track with a crushed skull and his horses and buggy lay mangled a mile ahead. He leaves a wife and several small children.
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Fort Dodge
Jerry Bagley
Duncombe
Illinois Central
Two Years for Assaulting Sheriff in Centerville Jail
Centerville Iowa September 30 Charles Seals a Black prisoner convicted for assaulting Deputy Sheriff Dell Davis in the county jail. He received a two year sentence in the state penitentiary.
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Centerville
Charles Seals
Dell Davis
Mother Murders Infant in Iowa Satchel Death
Delia Liddy, 20, unmarried and living near Elkador, Iowa, poured carbolic acid down her weeks old baby's throat and placed the corpse in a satchel. She was arrested in Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Delia Liddy
Elkador
Presence of Mind Saves Life in Freight Car Incident
In Fort Dodge Iowa on September 30 John Powers of Manchester a brakeman on the Illinois Central grabbed the brake beam as a freight car passed over him and saved himself from a fatal crush.
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Fort Dodge
John Powers
Manchester
Illinois Central
Not Supposed to be Loaded Killed by Playmate Rifle Accident
In Shenandoah Iowa on September 29 Grover Eskew aged 15 was accidentally killed when a rifle discharged in the hands of a playmate, a 14 year old son of E C Vickers. The gun was not supposed to be loaded, authorities said, and the incident is being investigated.
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Shenandoah
Grover Eskew
E. C. Vickers
Machinery for Cereal Mills Arrives in Beatrice
BEATRICE Neb Sept 27 The machinery and ten carloads of stone and other material for the new cereal mills to be erected at Glenover a suburb of this city have arrived.
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Beatrice, Neb
Glenover
Ancient Iberian Temple Found Near Huelva
Professor Sieglin of Berlin reports the probable oldest Iberian temple located where the Odial and Rio Tinto meet near Huelva in southern Spain. The site is said to be dedicated to the Goddess of the Lower World and linked to two caves filled with debris.
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Sieglin
University of Berlin
Spain
Odial
Rio Tinto
Huelva
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Mandamus
Tae
Payne
Megro
Nebraska
Kossuth
Funston
Secretary of Treasury
Farmer
Scott
Pearl Street
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