Miners Push for Twenty Percent Increase at Convention
The miners' convention closed Friday afternoon with a record in favor of a twenty per cent raise. Zanesville chosen to host the next session on the first Thursday in December 1903. Cambridge emerged as an urgent bidder for the donor. A constitutional revision raised secretary treasurer pay to seven percent and increased bond to $800. Membership reached 3944. machine miners discussed pay and a joint convention in February was slated. President Green led calls for a 20 percent run of mine advance with differential pay for pick and machine mining. The gathering adjourned after a rousing America.
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Fire at Lincoln hotel kills fourteen in Chicago
A blaze at the Lincoln hotel in Chicago on December 6 caused fourteen deaths by suffocation. Thirteen died in their beds on the third and fourth floors, one died in an ambulance. Firemen and a coroner described the building as a trap with dangerous floor cracks and a single stairway. A jury is to inquest December 12, with the fire blamed on an oil stove explosion in the rear of the third floor.
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Embargo on Keystone cattle challenged by Pennsylvania governor
Governor Stone protests against England’s denial of cattle from Pennsylvania and cites foot and mouth disease as a factor for maintaining or lifting embargoes. London reports the board of agriculture willing to lift New England port restrictions if the U S acts to suppress the outbreak. Imports via Boston and Liverpool linked vessels are described amid limited impact on meat supply and questions over Canadian or Argentine cattle entry.
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England
Fatal Trunk Tragedy in Anchorage Kentucky Child Dies
In Anchorage Kentucky a 6-year-old boy John Allen Jr. and his 8-year-old sister hid in a trunk to sleep. The boy suffocated after the lid was closed and the girl remained unconscious but is expected to recover.
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DUNS REVIEW Indicates Business Activity Surpasses Past Years
R G Dun and Company reports that despite winter weather delaying retail trade, overall business remains above previous years and postponed trade will recover as temperatures drop. Prices for dairy and garden products rise, while food costs stay nearly 1 percent below last year. Separate item notes a large exchange of troops with 15 Philippine regiments moving to the United States and US troops sent to fill positions in the Philippines.
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Shortage Denied and Multiple Local Incidents Reported
Secretary Wilson denied a Parkersburg report that a $1200 shortage existed in a mine workers officers accounts in Virginia relief distributions. A posse pursued three men who robbed a Carlton store, shot Sheriff Tate, and escaped after stealing horses. Mrs Anna Rosenbecker, mother of a boy murderer, was arrested after drawing a revolver on a streetcar conductor. An Ohio River survey bill seeks $200,000 for river navigation study. A Dayton man died crossing streetcar tracks. Ohio bar examiners reported 98 of 148 applicants passed. Cleveland’s Hi McPaniel elected director in the American Warrthousemen’s association. Charles Denny, millionaire brewer, found guilty of perjury in a Suburban Street Railway case.
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United States Navy Puts Dewey On Precedence In Berlin Rumors
Berlin reports German plans for a permanent naval station near the American coast while U S fleets move toward Caribbean waters. The US shows enhanced readiness under Admiral Dewey and asserts decisive power over foreign squadrons. Washington meanwhile debates private claims and duties and other domestic measures.
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Indicted Suspect Faces Trial In Ohio Case
A special grand jury indicted William Glasco, the man who assaulted Miss Maloney, for assault to kill. Glasco remains in an Ohio jail for safety concerns but will be brought to face Stralgament Monday.
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Ter
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