Catholic University Opens Record Clerical Student Class
The Catholic University of America in Washington opened the coming scholastic year with the largest class of clerical and lay students ever enrolled. Robert Wefchern, a Pow derly lieutenant, has completed effective work to curb Romanian Jewish emigration to the United States. The Post Office balance sheet for the year ending June 30, 1900 shows expenditures of 107,249,295 and revenue of 102,344,579, leaving an excess of expenditures of 4,994,718, about 1.5 million less than the prior year deficit.
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Catholic University of America
Washington
Robert Wefchern
Powderly
Immigration Bureau
United States
Post Office Department
Harrisburg builder Engle declares failure with big liabilities
A Harrisburg builder B H Engle reports liabilities around 250 000 while assets total about 200 000. Judgments and mortgages cover roughly 100 000 of the debt as of the latest filing.
Vandalia Rail Line Expands Access to Lake Michigan Outlet
The Vandalia railroad system leases the Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus road, linking Benton Harbor to Buchanan Michigan and creating a route to Lake Michigan. The town of Kaskaskia Illinois has been erased by the Mississippi River shift, leaving no trace of its existence. The fishing schooner T. Baylor arrived at Charlotte Warrior, Finn, badly damaged after a swordfish struck the hull, four feet of the sword piercing the bottom and wounding a crewman, nearly sinking the vessel.
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Vandalia Railroad
Milwaukee
Benton Harbor
Ilinois
T. §. Baylor
Charlotte Warrior
Finn
Miners win recognition strike in Baskett Ky with wage cut
Miners at Baskett Kentucky secure union recognition after a strike that led to wage reductions. The mine owner never recognized the union but paid wages about five cents above the union schedule. This may be the first strike for lower wages in the area.
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Baskett
Sanitary Caundry Co
Chicago Laundry Trust
Tone
Minos Steel Co
Joliet Til
Pressed Steel Car Co
Joliet
Georgia
Benjamin Campbell
Pittsiecg
Cape Town
Central Relief Committee
Galveston
Tex
Minneapolis
Minns
Return of refugees eyed by authorities in Johannesburg
The military governor of Johannesburg said on September 28 he would be ready to receive 3 000 to 4 000 refugees weekly after October 10. In Montreal on September 2 Thomas J Chisholm was arrested on conspiracy charges connected to defrauding Halifax Merchants' Bank of 220 000 via fraudulent warehouse receipts.
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Johannesburg
Thomas J. Chisholm
Montreal
McGillis
McCullough
Merchants’ Bank
Halifax
France
India
Havana
Cuba
Department of State employees warned against political donations
By direction of Secretary Hay the department of state employees are notified they owe no political obligation or service. Eight injured in Chicago after a Calumet electric car collided with a southbound Lake Shore & Michigan Southern train. Robert Lansing of Watertown N Y named receiver of Ellwood Silk Co assets 112 280 debts 53 132. Seventeen picnickers injured in a Pittsburg wagon collision with a suburban trolley car. one child may die. George R Blanchard former railroad official dies in New York. Cooke locomotive works Paterson N J to build 58 engines for Southern Pacific with around the clock shifts and six months steady work. Prof Robert Koch to devote a year to malaria cure research in Dutch West Indies and East Africa claims cure is positive. Hamilton print works strike in Lowell resumes on 8th. bleach house must fill places or risk suspension.
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Hay
Department of State
Chicago
Calumet
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Robert Lansing
Watertown
N. Y
Ellwood Silk Co
Pittsburg
Wasron
George R. Blanchard
The
Fire Railroad
Central and Joint Traffic Associations
New York City
Cooke Locomotive Works
Paterson
Southern Pacific Railroad Co
Robert Koch
Verlin University
Dutch West Indies
East Africa
Hamilton Print Works
Lowell
Mass
Bleach House
Train Robbery at Mosquito Creek Bridge Ends in Double Murders
A Burlington line Express Messenger Charles Baxter was killed during a bank like hold up three miles south of Council Bluffs Iowa as two masked robbers boarded at Union Pacific transfer. One robber died after dynamite blast while the other escaped, the dead man may be George of St Joseph. The train then continued to Kansas City with the loot untouched.
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Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Burlington Road
Charles. Baxter
Union Pacific Transfer
Mosquito Creek
Donnelly
Frank Holman
Messenger Baxter
Baxter
William McGrew
George
St. Joseph
British Force Captures Tsansu After Bayonet Assault
Kumassi dispatch reports Col. Wilcox's column fighting Ashantis last Sunday. After an initial charge failed the British retired and resumed rifle duels until reinforcements arrived. Del Wilcox then seized Tsansu and later took three more villages at bayonet point and burned them. Forty Ashantis died. British losses include Maj. MeJiss and Capt. Luard severely wounded, three officers and three men killed, 28 wounded.
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London
London Post
Kumassi
Col. Wilcox
del Wilcox
Tsansu
Kruger under tight restrictions in Kru Ger
Lorenzo Marques dispatch says Kruger is virtually a prisoner with curbs on his carriage use and public appearances. He was warned not to speak publicly and to stop wearing the green sash of office. He plans to sail on a Dutch cruiser foroland next week.
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New York
Lorenzo Marques
Kruger
Wruger
Zolland
War critique fuels British church meeting
At a Baptist union gathering in London on October 4 Rev Dr John Clifford urging opposition to war in settling disputes. He condemned the use of force and warned that Joseph Chamberlain’s manner, described as masterly impulse, poses a grave threat to national and global welfare as the government drives forward.
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London
The
Baptist Union
John Clifford
Union
Joseph Chamberlain
Sickles Political Tour Opens Across Midwestern States
Chicago Oct. 5 under the auspices of the Republican National Committee General Daniel Sickles will begin an extended tour today speaking in Maryland West Virginia Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Indiana Illinois Nebraska and Kansas.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Daniel Sickles
Maryland
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Conservatives Make Big Gains In War Vote
London reports a khaki boom across the country with stronger Conservative and ministerial support and diminished Liberal majorities. Early rural results hint at possible Liberal rehabilitation, but backers of the government celebrate Chamberlain and party organizers as parliament dissolution is favored. The workingmen endorse the war with a clear vote.
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London
Mr. Chamberlain
Malone Contrasts Catholic Rights Across Nations
The Rev Thomas H Malone disputes Bishop McFaul’s views on Catholics and American citizenship in the North American Review. He argues Americans broadly allow Catholics full constitutional rights and religious freedom, noting even in the Philippines, under protection of the American flag, Catholics face fewer persecutions. He contests claims of denied spiritual privileges in penal institutions.
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Er. Malone
New York
Thomas H. Malone
Colorado State Board of Charities and Corrections
North American Review
James McFaul
Father ‘Malone
Trenton
Father Malone
America
Philippines
Malone
Window Glass Makers Debate Combine At Pittsburg Meet
A special meeting of the Window Glass Manufacturers association in Pittsburg discussed forming a combine or a selling agency. The plan to establish a selling agency like the old American Glass Co won. a three member committee was appointed to finalize details. Membership reached 953 firms from 1100 possible, with 600 pots active and 100 more to be added next week.
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Pittsburg
Window Glass Manufacturers’ Association
C. P. Cole
Lancaster
Old American Glass Co
J. C. C. Campbell
Blair
H. D. Vancline
Kane
Springer Cunningham
Canadian officers take occupancy of disputed territory near Porcupine
J H Cobb reports from Juneau that Canadian officials have moved into winter quarters along the international line near Porcupine City. Gold Commissioner Martin posted that American claims would be confirmed but no claims were presented as miners fled to avoid cost and formalities.
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Tacoma
Wash
J. H. Cobb
Juneau
Porcupine District
Cobb
Martin
International Line
Porcupine City
Larceny Case Involving Diamonds From Hotel Vendome
New York October 4. H H Stridiron of Chicago charged with larceny of diamonds valued at $1000 from Esson at the Hotel Vendome. Gems owned by Evelyn Hayes. Case continued. Stridiron allegedly took the jewelry and hid it in a hotel safe under an assumed name during a frenzy after Esson shot Stridiron and killed himself.
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New York
H. H. Striditon
Chicago
John Esson
Hotel Vendome
Esson
Evelyn Hayes
Stridiron
Cem
Plumbers Strike for Uniform Wages in Pittsburg
Fifteen hundred journeymen plumbers, employed by 11 firms in Pittsburg, struck yesterday for uniform wages and a revision of the trade rules.
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Pittsburg
Peabody Educational Fund Holds Annual Meeting
In New York on October 4 the Peabody educational fund held its annual meeting. Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller was elected first vice chairman and presided. Bishop Whipple was elected second vice president.
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New York
The
Peabody Educational Fund
Supreme Court
Melville W. Fuller
Bishop Whipple
First Telegram Links Skagway to Seattle Trade Era
The first telegram from Skagway to Seattle received in Seattle marks a historic milestone in Alaska trade with the outside world. The message took seven hours to transit signaling faster communications and stronger commerce between the regions.
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Seattle
Wash
Skagway
Alaska
Refuse the Yield as Coal Strike Talks Go On
Wilkesbarre and Hazleton report strain in the anthracite strike as operators push a 10 percent wage increase while union leaders debate strategy. Mitchell faces choices on settlement amid calls for a joint convention in Scranton and concerns over actual gains for miners and laborers.
Peary Likely to Stay North With Windward This Autumn
St Johns reports the Windward failed to return from the north. Locals think Peary will not attempt a fall return. If the season was open, he may push the Windward into higher latitudes for a future voyage, implying no notable record this year.
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St. Johns
N. F
Peary
Fuss in a Restaurant Sparks Courtroom Jabber
A Chicago Evening News item features Towne and Browne trading quips about a dinner insult, a necktie gift, and a sarcastic remark turned into a domestic skit. The exchange highlights civic wit and social satire from the Philadelphia Press era.
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Judge Courtwright
The
Chicago Evening News
Towne
Philadelphia Press
Ex-Congressman Praises Peruna Cure for Catarrh
Ex-Congressman A T Goodwyn of Alabama writes of using two bottles of Peruna and feeling improvement within a week after years of catarrh. He endorses Dr Hartman’s remedy as a national cure and urges sending for a free book on catarrh from Columbus Ohio.
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A. T. Goodwyn
Alabama
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
T. Goodwyn
Hartman
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Shamokin
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Daniel Hibbush
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Harry Stratton
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Pittsburg Valve
Charles M. Lee
Boston
Athol
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Porcuspine
Scranton
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Maxwell
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Mitchell
Hazleton
United Mine Workers
Pred Dileher
N. JO. Nicholls
Lackawanna
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James Duffy
Lehigh Valley
John Fahey
Schuylkill Valley
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