Telegraph Strike Yields Low Walkout Rate Across Southern Lines
Washington reports show 152 operators quit out of about 1,400 Southern Railway telegraphers. Most returned to key duties. some were replaced from clerical staff. Delays occurred mainly at Alto, 100 miles north of Atlanta, but overall service continued. The company commends operators for loyalty while noting under ten percent vacancy.
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Cannon
Southern Railroad Co
Gannon
Southern Road
Alto
Atlanta
Anniston
Memphis
North Alabama
Danville
Richmond
Norfolk
Telegraphers Strike Shows Mixed Reports in South
Birmingham April 14 There is little change in the Southern system telegraphers strike. Super intendent Wickersham says strikers' places are filled and trains run normally. Telegraphers claim more men joined the strike and new hires were sent back after working under a misapprehension. Sympathy surfaced first at Blocton where union miners ran out the new operators.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern
Wickersham
Alabama Great Southern Railway
Blocton
Here
Wnion
Southern railway restores full service after strike
In Chattanooga on April 14 passengers saw little delay as vacancies caused by striking workers were filled by former telegraphers in Southern railway offices. Officials promise full train service, both freight and passenger, within 24 hours.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern
Alabama Great Southern
Memphis
Southern Railway
Telegraph workers strike widens at Knoxville rail division
Knoxville telegraph operators continue walking out. twenty nine now out with two vacancies left. Superintendent Ewing says most positions filled, but more men may quit. Railroad officials report traffic has not...
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville
Southern Railway
Ewing
Volunteer Crew for the Holland Inquiries and Church Creed Debate
Washington April 14. Government to provide commander and crew for the Holland after the raft novelty, with applicants from junior naval officers. Preference to a volunteer for the post rather than p.12 assignment. Chicago April 14. The Interior will publish an editorial urging replacement of the current confession of faith with a short evangelical creed. Dr Gray cites broad church opposition to the existing clause and predicts an early vote approving a new creed by a large majority.
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Chicago
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Hillis
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Colorado River Flood Reaches Wharton and Eagle Lake
The Colorado River flood has reached Wharton Texas with half the town under water and one casualty. Crops suffer heavy losses as residents flee to town, cattle moved out. Eagle Lake reports severe inundation as river waters spill over.
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Houston
Tex
Wharton
Eagle Lake
Notable deaths and a double tragedy reported in brief
Gordon Nebraska reports the death of Rev John W Julian 85 a pioneer Methodist preacher and 55 years in the Indiana M FE conference He was known as the fighting chaplain of the 53d Indiana volunteers Walter Q Gresham was colonel In Bakerville Tennessee Joe Stringer killed his wife by choking her then shot himself after a separation and attempted reconciliation prior to the suicide
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John W. Julian
Indiana
M. FE
Indiana Volunteers
Walter Q. Gresham
Bakerville
Tenn
Joe Stringer
Stringer
Despondent 83-year-old George Manger ends life in Scranton
In Scranton on April 14 George Manger, 83, died by suicide at his daughter's home. He had been in poor health and despondent, obtaining a revolver and shooting himself in the mouth.
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Scranton, Pa
Geo. Manger
Telegraphers win recognition and holiday concession
Ottawa April 14 The Inter-Colonial Railway Co grants recognition of the Order of Railway Telegraphers and approves a 15 day holiday for each operator during the year.
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Ont
Inter-Colonial Railway Co
Raiway Telegraphers
British Report Tracks Boer Movements South Near Cape
Gen Roberts reports Bloemfontein area calm with enemy movements south checked and Wepener holding out. Methuen at Awrtkopfontein with small fast columns while Chesham engages a Boer commando. Mafeking relief uncertain per Daily Mail note. War office says 4000 horses arrive this week, 2000 more next week, not yet fit for work.
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Wepener
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Enemy adopts new tactics near Bloemfontein in Boer columns
London reports in April that Boer forces south of Bloemfontein shift to rapid movement using Cape carts for transport and minimal forage. Nine thousand Boers are said to be south of De Wetsdorp, with lines extending to Odendahl as returning burghers rejoin the enemy.
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Bloemfontein
Morning Post
de Wetsdorp
Odendahl
Dalgety Forces Hold Off Boer Assault at Jammerberg
From Jammersberg dated April 13 the Times reports Col Dalgety’s force surrounded by thousands of Boers with eight guns two pom-poms and two Maxims since Monday morning. They withstood heavy Monday and Tuesday attacks and Thursday shelling. Food is plentiful and casualties are small, with Cape Mounted Riflemen bearing the brunt.
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Times
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Boers shift tactics and threaten Ladysmith lines
From Elandslaagte dated April 13 the Daily Telegraph reports Boers moving from Glencoe toward Ladysmith to threaten supply routes. A carbineers corps and Thorneycroft Horse narrowly avoided being cut off on Tuesday due to a Khoi and native guide's treachery.
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Daily Telegraph
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Glencoe
Ladysmith
Thorneycroft
Kimberley Fears an Attack Fears Rise After Guard Mobilization
Kimberley authorities remobilize town guard and remount guns at forts amid fears of a possible attack. Local officials urge calm as residents await further advisories. City leaders emphasize readiness and public safety measures.
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Kimberley
Boers Will Again Press Siege Amid Rifle Troop Reinforcements
A battalion of the Scottish Rifles has arrived and regular troops man the town redoubts. Military authorities, however, deem the fear of a siege groundless.
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Scottish Rifles
Boers Repulsed After Attack at Wepener
Reports from Bloemfontein say Col. Dalgetty's troops repulsed a Boer assault at Wepener with heavy losses and the Boers abandoned the attack, retreating northward.
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Col. Dalgetty
Wepener
Will Settle the Strike in Pittsburgh Coal Conference
The Pittsburgh district coal miners convention moves toward ending the strike after a resolutions report. A seven member committee led by President Dolan and Secretary Dodds will confer with coal operators and report ultimatum terms to the convention. An amicable agreement is expected soon.
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Coal Miners’ Convention
Dolan
Dodds
Weavers Strike at Wil son Woolen Mill Over Foreman
Sixty five girls employed at the Wil son woolen mill in Trenton strike to protest foreman E P Gingvil after he discharged a worker for weaving too light the cloth. The cloth was found heavier than rules allowed and the worker was reinstated but the strike continues with a demand for the foreman’s discharge. Gingyll is from Providence and new to the mill.
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N. J
K. Wilson
E. P. Gingvil
Gingyll
Providence
Real Estate Man Shoots Woman Then Fires Self
Gus Young of Murphysboro shot Miss Kate Van Cloester in Carbondale Illinois on April 14 injuring her before shooting himself in a jealous rage. The woman, from a leading Southern Illinois family, is expected to recover.
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Carbondale, Ill
Gus Young
Murphysboro
Kate van Cloester
Illinois
Immigrant arrest follows Trojan Prince arrival
New York dispatch reports an immigration inspector detaining four Sicilians from Maraneo Sicily on suspicion of counterfeiting after the Trojan Prince docked. In Colorado Springs the Gazette editorial endorses Wolcott for vice presidency, noting its unique 1896 McKinley support.
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Mareneo
Sicily
Senator Wolcott
Colorado Springs
Col
Colorado Springs Gazette
Senator Wolcett
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Colorado
McKinley
Merrick thread mill strike ends with wage increase
In Holyoke Massachusetts on April 4 the Merrick thread mill strike concluded as machine fixers returned to work after management granted a 25 cent raise, making daily wages 2.25 dollars.
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Holyoke
Mass
Merrick
Autopsy Confirms Suicide of Dr. Cocke in Boston
The autopsy on Dr. Jimes R. Cocke, a blind physician, was conducted by Medical Examiner Harris and Dr. Stedman. It confirms death by own action. The body was found in his room in Boston on April 14.
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Jimes R. Cocke
Cead
Harris
Stedman
Persian Shah Travels to Tabriz En Route to Europe
A Teheran dispatch says the shah of Persia has left Tehran for Tabriz in North Persia on his way to Europe. His first stop will be Saint Petersburg.
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the Times
Teheran
Tabriz
Persia
Europe
St. Petersburg
Woman shoots man in Alexander over alleged defamation
Little Rock reports at Alexander on April 14 Mrs. T. N. Holland shot and instantly killed Wm. Cook, a member of a prominent family. Holland claims Cook defamed her character.
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Alexander
T. N. Holland
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Miners Accept New Scale Amid Powder Market Debate
Terre Haute and Danville dispatches report miners ratified the miners conference scale with operators. The powder purchase terms shift to open market buying while a potential price rise looms as independent powder firms are rumored sold to a trust. Coal payments are set at 80 cents per ton for screened coal and 49 cents for run of mine. Poisoning mystery deepens in Fr Wayne as rat poison appears unused in the house. Detectives investigate but no crew found. Indictments returned in Danville for white capping on March 5 with Floyds and others, bond set at 200 dollars except three. One witness may turn state’s evidence.
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House
Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Miners’ Conference Committee
Fr. Wayne
C. C. Cissell
Danville
Froud
Elwood Walker
Silas Walker
George Alexander
Sam Santeney
William Terry
Lee Bolton
Benson Eggers
Harry Swank
Fred Staley
John Feeder
Otis Hugues
Alexander
Staley
Self Destructs With Fire At Tyrol School
Mina Beadle a Tyrol county school teacher poured kerosene on herself and set fire, dying within an hour. She had made two prior self destruct attempts.
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Laporte
Ind
Mina Beadle
Tyrol
Herseef
Jiss Beadle
Tragic Gas Poisoning Claim Ties To Medical Experiment
Myrtle Wilcox, 16, daughter of Elkhart fireman Charles Wilcox, died in April from inhaling gas from a cook stove two weeks earlier. The case is described as peculiar to medical experience.
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Elkhart
Ind
Myrtle
Charles Wilcox
Woman Dies From Bed Fire While Lighting Pipe
Mrs. Abraham Neeley aged 86 died from injuries after lighting a pipe in bed caused bedclothes to catch fire near Corydon Indiana. The incident occurred several days earlier and led to her death on April 14.
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Corydon, Ind
Abraham Neeley
Here
Neeley
Grasshopper Found During Throat Operation in Huntington
W H Forrest underwent throat surgery in Huntington Indiana when a grasshopper, discovered in the throat during the procedure, was removed and reported.
On Trial for Murder in Evansville Store Shooting
William Boyd stands trial in the Evansville circuit court for fatally shooting Simon Skora last November. Boyd says the shot was accidental. Also: Erick Melin dies from injuries after falling from a barn in Hobart at 36, leaving a family. ABRIDGED TELEGRAMS include Gorman death at 102 and political delegate actions in Tennessee.
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Princeton
Ind
William Boyd
Simon Skora
Evansville
Boyd
Valparaiso
Erick Melin
Hobart
Dalgety Holds Wepener Position As Siege Drags On
Col Dalgety commands colonial forces at Wepener and remains in stubborn resistance. A Chicago firm imports broom corn from Europe for American broom factories. No assistant secretary of the navy will be chosen until Secretary Long returns from Colorado. Major General Miles likely to be promoted to lieutenant general, Brigadier General Corbin to major general. Navy signs contract with Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat Co. for adding boats. Treasury Secretary Gage sets Porto Rico tariff provisions to take effect May 1.
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Europe
Allen
Long
Colorado
Miles
Corbin
Navy Department
Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat Co
Navy
Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
Porto Rico
Market Report from Cincinnati and Chicago Prices
Market figures show flour grades around 3.10 to 3.75, rye at 2.80 to 3.10, and grain like wheat near 73¢ on track. Livestock bids include hogs at 4.60 to 5.65 and cattle around 3.25 to 5.15, with lambs and veal calves at various top quotes. Wheat and corn values in Chicago mirror small-range bids, with spring and hard winter varieties listed and oats at around 24 to 28 cents on track.
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