Hanna Laylin rally roasts Tom Johnson in Bridgeport
Senator Hanna and Secretary Laylin addressed 3,000 in Bridgeport amid rain and mud, denouncing Tom Johnson as a demagogue. Hanna warned against apathy and urged maintaining protective tariff policy and House control to safeguard McKinley era policies.
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Lorain Street Railway
Laylin
Senator Harding
Hanna
St. Louis
Ohio Valley
House of Representatives
McKinley
Johnson
Strikers Hold Firm as State Guards Arrive in Coal Region
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania the anthracite strike deepens as miners refuse to return without concessions while the State prepares to deploy the National Guard. Leaders say the strike must continue until gains are won and 2,500 miners at Lehigh Valley collieries remain firm against work under current terms.
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Mitchell
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Prospect
Oakdale
Midvale
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Wyoming Valley
Wilkesbarre City
National Guard
Coal Company
Stone
National Board
John Fulton
Fallon
President Mitchell Hindered by Roosevelt Plan and Stone Action
The article reports President Roosevelt’s tentative approach to settle the coal strike with the United Mineworkers leader John L. Mitchell. It notes Governor Stone calling out 10 000 National Guard troops hindering negotiations and portrays a tense White House debate over a definite, practical offer.
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White House
Stone
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Ime
White House statement on miners settlement plan
The White House released a statement citing a request from the President to John Mitchell. It says if Mitchell secures immediate return to work of anthracite miners a commission will be appointed to investigate operator miner issues and seek a settlement per the commission’s report. Mitchell is considering the proposal. no decision has been advised.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
White House
Mitchell
United Mineworkers
United States
Moody
Payne
Messrs
Root
Knox
Roosevelt
Anthracite Regional Committee
Miners’ Union
Carrol D. Wright
Philadelphia
John Mitchell
France Gains Cambodian Territory in Siam Accord
Paris reports at the Elysee Palace that a Franco-Siamese convention moves Siam Cambodia’s southern frontier from Piek Kompong Tiam to Stangrainos in Angkor Province. France gains Melatproy and Laos in Bassak Province by following the Padang ridge to the Ong River.
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Paris
Elysee Palace
Delcasse
Siam
Cambodia
Piek Kompong Tiam
Great Lake
Angkor
Padang
Ong River
France
Melatproy
Laos
Bassak
Hanna denies challenging Wheeling mayor to debate on platform
Senator Hanna said he never challenged Mayor Johnson to debate economic questions on the same platform. He added he would discuss certain questions related to their campaigns if needed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Hanna
Johnson
Steel Trust Posts $101 142 158 Nine Month Earnings
United States Steel Corp reports nine month net earnings of 101 million plus for the year to September 30. July to September earnings total 36 764 643 with maintenance and interest deductions. Nine month profits after charges amount to 76 688 068 and undivided profits reach 84 647 982. Preferred dividend payable November 16 and common December 30.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation Today
British miners aid U S strikers in relief fund
The Miners' Federation of Great Britain in Southport voted 6000 dollars for American striking miners relief and urged further voluntary donations. Benjamin Pickard MP praised U S unions while noting potential collusion and trade freedom. In Harrisburg a delegation urged Governor Stone to act to settle the coal strike.
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London
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Southport
Benjamin Pickard
M.P
Federation
America
Mitchell
United States
Pickard
New York
Philadelphia
Swiss minister appointment to Washington confirmed
Berne October 7 The Federal Council informs Dr C D Bourcart Switzerland's London minister that his appointment as Swiss Minister to Washington is final and that no reconsideration will be granted.
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United States
Berne
Federal Council
C. D. Bourcart
Switzerland
London
Ai Washington
Partner of Abraham Lincoln's Murderer Dies
Samuel Arnold, 72, once convicted for participation in the Lincoln assassination, died at his Masonville home in Anne Arundel County. Arnold and allies including Dr. Mudd were convicted in Washington during Johnson’s presidency and were later pardoned after acquittal in the impeachment trial. He had vowed to issue a final statement to exonerate himself, though its existence remains unknown.
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Baltimore
Samuel Arnold
Abraham LincoLn
Masonville
Anne Arundel County
Arnold
Dr. Mudd
Frank McLaughlin
Washington
Andrew Johnson
Mudd
Johnson
Lincoln
Hotel Circuit for Commercial Travelers
Articles of incorporation filed in Indianapolis for the Commercial Travelers' Hotel Association with $100,000 capital split into 10,000 shares. Directors named: Robert O. Rupert, Frank M. Pray, Adrian D. Fauve, and Wirt Co. Smith. Purpose to build and operate hotels for commercial travelers in towns or cities directed by the board.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Commercial Travelers’ Hotel Associa
Robert O. Rupert
Frank M. Pray
Adrian D. Fauve
Wirt Co. Smith
Body found floating in river near Jersey City
The body of a man with his legs tied was found floating in the river at Jersey City. Police believe the man was murdered.
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New York
Jersey City
Lovecrazy girl confesses murder after attempted suicide
Miss Rodela Bain of Wheeling attempted to kill herself with chloroform and confessed killing rival Miss Gay Smith of Bridgeport Ohio. She is held on a murder warrant. Henry Nolan may face accessory charges as Bain’s statement unfolds. Public sympathy surrounds Bain as investigators proceed.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Rodella Bain
Miss Gay Smith
Bridgeport
Miss Smith
Ritz
Miss Bain
Henry Nolan
Nolan
Fire Devastates Spindle Top Oil Tract Killing Twenty
A midnight Beaumont message reports the Hogg Swayne Syndicate wells on Spindle Top in flames with about forty wells endangered. At least twenty deaths are confirmed and the entire tract faces destruction along with forty derricks burned and one hundred more burning.
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Austin
Texas
Beaumont
Hogg-Swayne Syndicate
Hogg-Swayne
Federation upholds brewery workers charters in AFL decision
Washington Oct 7 The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor denied revocation of charters for the National Union of United Brewery Workers and the International Union of Steam Engineers. Charters were upheld and their rights sustained.
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Washington
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
National Union of United Brewery Workers
International Union of Steam Engineers
Indiana Supreme Court upholds ban on magnetic healing
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled the 1901 medical practice act constitutional and magnetic healing without a medical license remains illegal. George P. Parks of Lawrence County was convicted for treating Edward Garvey, who had a lame ankle, charging $1 under the alias Professor. The court rejected claims that magnetic healing could be a science requiring formal instruction. The State Medical Board welcomed the decision, and the ruling may affect other healers and professors statewide.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana
Gillett
George P. Parks
Lawrence County
Edward Garvey
Parks
Governor Stone Says No Roosevelt Contact On Coal Strike
Harrisburg reports Governor Stone denied any communication with President Roosevelt about the coal strike. He said it was necessary at a military council to mobilize the National Guard division to the anthracite region as a plain public duty, with no consideration of political effects.
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Stone
Harrisburg
Chicago
Roosevelt
Military Council
National Guard
National Manufacturers Meet Mineworkers Over Strike in New York
National President John Mitchell and district leaders met with a National Association of Manufacturers committee at the Iroquois Hotel in Buffalo to discuss the strike. No settlement was agreed. the group planned to meet mine operators in Philadelphia to seek a resolution.
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National Association
Commercial Tribune
Buffalo
N. Y
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers’ Organization
National Rotary
Wilson
Fahy
Duffy and Nichols
National Association of Manufacturers
Irosquois Hotel
Roosevelt
National Manufacturers’ Association
Daniel M. Parry
Indianapolis
Parry Manufacturing Company
Frank~ Leake
Philadelphia
Star and Crescent Mills Company
George Barbour
Detroit
Michigan Stove Company
Richard Young
Brooklyn
John Maxwell
Mitchell
Association
United Mineworkers
David M. Parry
George H. Barbour
New York
Frank Leake
Mineworkers’ Union
Nichols
Duffy
Wilkesbarre
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