Miners Agree to 10 Percent Wages Hike If Pay Stays Till April
Scranton miners, after a two day convention, accept a 10 per cent wage increase if operators continue the higher pay through next April and abolish the sliding scale. They will strike again unless the convention's terms are adopted and await arbitration if rejected. Officials fear instability as major railroads plan a New York meeting to discuss the issue.
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Scranton
Swampkin
Mt. Carmel
Reading
Mitchell
Hazleton
New York
United Mine Workers
Sperstiot
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Chase
Lehigh Coal Co
Markie
Watch Meeting Proposed by Southern Methodist Bishop
Jackson Miss Oct 15 Bishop Charles Galloway president of the general board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church south will issue a circular urging the 1 1 2 million Methodists in the south to assemble in their churches on New Year’s Eve for an old fashioned watch meeting to climax the twentieth century movement The fund now totals 1 100 000 dollars
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Jackson
Miss
Charles Galloway
General Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Captain Deveraux Shields and men recovered
Capt. Deveraux Shields and 51 men of Company F, 29th regiment, U S V infantry, captured last month on Marinduque, were rescued Saturday by the American rescue force with all members of the party safe.
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Manila
Deveraux Shields
U. S. V. Infantry
Marinduque
New Orleans Steamship Agent Aleck Harris Dies
New Orleans on October 15 reports the death of Aleck Harris a longtime Cromwell Line agent and a widely known steamship agent in the city He passed away Sunday morning leaving a notable figure in the local maritime business.
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New Orleans
Aleck Harris
Cromwell Line
Remarkable 30,200 Volt Underground Cable Feat
In St Paul Minnesota on Sunday Henry Floy of New York carried 30,200 volts through a three mile underground cable. The prior record was 20,000 volts at Niagara Falls. The system uses three copper conductors in paper tubes within a lead sheath through vitrified clay conduits. The line will power Apple River Wisconsin area for St Paul Light & Power Co delivering about 5,000 horsepower.
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St. Paul, Minn
Henry Floy
New York
Niagara Falls
St. Paul Light & Power Co
Apple River
Wisconsin
Boers Active Near Kroonstad in October Moves
Cape Town reports Boer forces in the Kroonstad district harassing British troops as Gen De Wet declares burghers resisting service will be POWs. A British party mistook Boers for friends near Khaki, killing Capt Wiltshire. Boers seize a Cheshire detachment near Frankfort, while a dawn laager raid by Col Grove with the West Kents kills seven, wounds nine, and captures eighteen.
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Cape Town
Kroonstad
DeWet
Lindley
Wiltshire
Cheshire Regiment
Frankfort
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Grove
West Kents
Dam labor dispute looms at Clinton Metro dam site
Clinton Mass Oct 15 The See start was unsaied by the saes there was prospect of labor trouble. About 200 men have worked day and night for three months on the dam site under Metro politan board oversight. They have been paid $1.50 for nine hours. Trouble may come as notices say contractors will pay 131% cents an hour for ten hours or $1.35 per day.
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Clinton
Mass
Saes
Metropolitan Board
Agricultural machinery demand eyed in Australia
A Penrith College letter to the United States Department of Agriculture highlights the shortage of many agricultural machines in New South Wales and Queensland. It calls for cutting and collecting equipment and sugar cane cutters, suggesting strong opportunities for American manufacturers expanding beyond the United States.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Penrith College
New South Wales
Australia
Queensland
United States
Bartenders Strike Shuts Murphysboro Saloons
Carbondale Ill Oct 15 A unique strike hits Murphysboro where all 30 city bartenders are out for overtime and picnic day pay. Saloon keepers refuse to concede, making a long settlement likely.
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Carbondale
Ill
Murphysboro
City of Barcelona Narrowly Avoids Shore On New Rhone Island
At Marseilles on October 9 the steamer City of Barcelona nearly ran aground off a newly formed sand island near the Rhone mouth, created by recent floods, located about three miles from the coast.
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Marseilles
Barcelona
Rhone
Essexville mother administers laudanum to child then to self
Bay City reports that Mrs. Louis Mills of Essexsville gave lau danum to her 4 year old daughter on Sunday resulting in the child’s death and then took a dose herself. Authorities say she was temporarily insane. she survives.
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Bay City, Mich
Louis Mills
Essexsville
Sunday
Gov Wood weighs appointing railroad commission
Havana Oct 15 Gov Gen Wood considers appointing a railroad commission to fix rates and regulate construction after numerous complaints of excessive freight charges.
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Havana
Wood
Russians Join Hands and Control Manchuria East of Liao
London dispatch reports Russians have seized Niu Chwang railway at Shan Hai Kwan and joined front with armies at Te Ching north of Mukden. They now hold all Manchuria east of the Liao River and a western portion, while Tsung Li Yamen negotiations with China edge forward.
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London
Li Hung Chang
Tsung Li Yamen
Yung Lu
Shanghai
Times
Niu Chwang
Shan Hai Kwan
Amur
Tciling
Mukden
Manchuria
Liao
Russia
Morrison
Peking
Frederick “D. Gamewell
Methodist Mission Board
Claude MacDonald
Squiers
United States
William
Morning Post
Kwang-Tung
Kwang Si
Sze-Chung
Yang- Tze
Yamen
Canton
Nam- Shih-Tu
India
Taku
Ernst M. Satow
Claude M. McDonald
China
Tien-Tsin
Dowager Empress Frederick Reported Improving
The Court Circular notes the queen had been anxious for a week due to Unclear health reports of Empress Frederick. New information now indicates health reports are favorable, signaling improved condition.
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Empress Frederick
London
Catholic Indian Missions Appoints New National Head
Rev. Father William H. Ketcham of Antlers, Indian Territory, has been appointed to take charge of the entire Catholic Indian missions of the United States with headquarters in Washington, D. C. He is expected to assume leadership soon in Vinita on October 15.
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Vinita
I. T
William H. Ketcham
Antlers, I. T
United States
Washington, D. C
Youtsey in court illness delays Kentucky trial
Georgetown Kentucky Oct 12 13 15 Henry Youtsey collapsed in court during his trial suffering from severe illness with brain fever feared. Judges and lawyers discuss continuance as physicians report improving but uncertain prognosis. Despite Friday night gains prosecutors plan to push resumption of the case when feasible.
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Georgetown
Henry Youtsey
Cantrill
Franklin
Col. Crawford
Youtsey
Col
Crawford
Commonwealth
Henry E. Youtsey
Destructive Typhoon Hits Coastlines Across Asia
A Tacoma dispatch reports a devastating typhoon causing major damage on Formosa and along Taipeh shores. Houses were washed away or flooded, many lives lost, while ships such as the Faichian Maru and Sekio Maru ashore at Taipeh suffered damage. The Kersaint blew ashore at Hankow, steering gear ruined, and a fire nearly sparked panic before brief repairs. Hankow under martial law with foreign troops patrolling.Concessions and Chinese towns see heightened unrest and consular protests amid continuing turmoil.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Tacoma
Wash
Formosa
Taipeh
Kersaint
Hankow Harbor
China
Saigon
Hankow
Transatlantic steamers report hurricane force seas
New York reports incoming trans Atlantic steamers facing very heavy weather and high seas. The Cap Frico suffered a gale from October 3 to 7, with a major sea at 2 PM on the 12th injuring Captain Von Hotten. La Lorraine, Leyland, and Nomadic also report strong winds and heavy seas during their voyages.
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New York
Cap Frico
von Hotten
Havre
Leyland
Corrigan
White Star
Nomadic
Search for drowned students ends with recoveries
In Ypsilanti on Sunday two drowned students from the state normal college were identified as Miss Abbie Cronin of Lawrence and Ward Wood of Bangor. Three thousand people, including students and citizens, joined the search along the Huron river after they were swept away during a canoe trip Saturday night. both bodies were recovered.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
State Normal College
Huron River
Abbie Cronin
Lawrence
Mich
Ward Wood
Bangor
Si las Casey Named Pacific Station Commander
Washington October 13. Rear Admiral Si las Casey, current commandant at League Island Navy Yard, has been selected to succeed Rear Admiral Albert Kautz as commander of the Pacific station upon Kautz's retirement in the near future.
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Kauts
Washington
Silas Casey
League Island Navy Yard
Albert Kautz
Pacific Station
Forest Reserve Set Atop Crow Creek Wyoming Land
The general land office was notified on Friday of a proclamation setting aside 57,000 acres as a forest reserve near the head of Crow Creek in Wyoming.
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New Forest Reserve
Washington
General Land Office
Crow Creek
Wyoming
Interdiction on Arms Imports Tied to China Talks
Washington reports outline US France views on China dispute with plans for punishing culprits, maintaining arms embargo, and seeking indemnities. notes discuss Hague arbitration, legation guards, Taku forts dismantling, and limited military police access as negotiations open. Berlin press adds China intrigue concerns after Empress Dowager death.
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Washington
United States
China
France
Peking
International Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Legislative Branch
Taku
Tien-Tsin
Berlin
The
Hague
Europe
McKinley
M. Delcassi
Lokal Anzeiger
Welland Canal Navigation Stopped After Gate Damage
Toronto Oct 11 The ocean steam ship Wacca Mall struck and damaged two gates of the Welland canal on Wednesday night forcing probable suspension of navigation for at least two days for repairs.
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Welland Canal
Toronto
Ocean
Wacca Mall
Yale 50 Bates 0 in one sided football game
Yale defeated Bates 50 to 0 on Yale Field in New Haven. The decisive win showcased Yale’s offensive dominance as Bates struggled to advance against the home team’s defense and scoring drive.
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New Haven
Yale
Bates College
Gart
Fin
Hall of Fame contest names top eligibles at NYU senate
New York Oct 13 The New York University senate completed a Hall of Fame eligibility review after counting 252 nominees. Only 30 met the low 51 vote threshold. The following names earned spots on the final table: George Washington Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Ulysses Grant John Marshall Thomas Jefferson Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry W Longfellow Washington Irving Jonathan Edwards David Farragut Samuel Morse Henry Clay George Peabody Nathaniel Hawthorne Robert E Lee Peter Cooper Horace Mann Henry Ward Beecher Eli Whitney James Kent Joseph Storey John Adams William Ellery Channing Aububon Elias Howe William Morris Hunt Gilbert Stuart Asa Gray.
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New York
Senate
New York University
Em Wees Washington
the Fullraham Lincoln
Daniel
Benjamin Franklin
Horace Mann
Henry Ward Beecher
Eli Whitney
James Kent
Joseph Storey
John Adams
William Ellery Channing
John James Audubon
Elias Howe
William Morris Hunt
Gilbert Stuart
Asa Gray
Yellow fever cases rise in Havana amid quarantines
Havana reports 113 yellow fever cases since October 1 with Maj. Peters on sick list and Frank Hayes and Natalie Brown among affected. North American Trust Co offices closed for disinfection as 428 Spanish immigrants in quarantine due to shipborne smallpox.
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Havana
Maj. Peterson
Frank Hayes
North American Trust Co
Natalie Brown
A Row in the Ring at Illinois Athletic Club
Chicago on Friday night saw a six round boxing match between Buddy Ryan and Young Mowatt end in a disputed decision by Referee Hogan. The crowd rioted, Hogan was struck, Sig Hart was severely beaten while trying to defend the referee, and police required ten minutes to separate the principals and restore order.
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Chicago
Illinois Athletic Club
Hogan
Buddy Ryan
Young Mowatt
Sig Hart
Women’s Auxiliary selects new grand board at convention
In St Louis on October 13 the Woman's Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced its new grand executive board. Mary Connell of Denver Agnes McClain of Boston and Lena Stanford of St Louis were chosen as members. Watterson and Downing were re elected grand mistress and grand secretary and treasurer. The next bi annual convention will be in Cleveland Ohio.
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St. Louis
Woman’s Auxiliary
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Mesdames Mary Connell
Denver
Agnes McClain
Boston
Lena Stanford
Mesdames Watterson
Downing
Cleveland
Balloon Centaure arrives from Paris to Kiev record 1304 miles
Kiev reports Centaure the balloon arrives after a 36 hour flight from Paris to Kiev covering 1304 miles. Comte Henry de la Vaul sets a new long distance record, accompanied by Comte Castillon de St. Victor who previously held the record from Paris to Westerwick 855 miles.
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Kiev
Russia
Centaure
Paris
Comte Henry Dé la Vaul
Comte Castillon de St. Victor
Westerwick
Kiew
Locomotive Explodes Near Currysville
Mexico Mo Oct 13 Engine 107 of the Chicago and Alton railroad blew to atoms near Currysville early Friday morning. John Mason a colored porter from Roadhouse Ill was struck by flying steel and his head was severed. Engineer Pat Markey and Fireman Crawford Wheeler from Slater were badly bruised but not fatally. The train was moving at its usual speed when the explosion occurred.
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Mexico
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Currysville
John Mason
Roadhouse
Ill
Pat Markey
Crawford Wheeler
Slater
Illinois Michigan Game Arrangements Set For Oct 27
In Chicago on Friday managers Huft of Illinois and Baird of Michigan finalized plans for the big Illinois Michigan game to be held at Marshall Field on October 27. Officials agreed upon include Hoagland of Princeton and Wren of Harvard.
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Chicago
Huft
Illinois
Baird
Michigan
Marshall Field
Hoagland
Princeton
Wren
Harvard
Philadelphia Machinists Strike Likely Within Week
Philadelphia action centers on about 1,500 machinists after three months of looming talk. Indications from officials and unions point to a planned strike within days, signaling potential work stoppage affecting local industry.
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Philadelphia
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