Peary’s Polar Quest Adds to World’s Memoire of North
A long dispatch chronicles Lieutenant Peary’s return from his polar dash, noting records reached at latitude 83 degrees 17 minutes and the Greenland coast survey. It praises his Arctic collection of skins, bones, and artifacts, and compares his progress with Norse and Duke of Abruzzi expeditions while detailing graves of explorers lost in the ice.
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Pears
Cape Hecla
Peary
Cape Sabine
Weary
Greenland
Melville Bay
Independence Bay
Smith Sound
Arctic Ocean
Grinnell Land
Witima Thule
Duke of
Ve Abruzzi
Intutmide
Degrons
Nansen
SG Dev
Rees
Sihier Hd Denga
Dundonald Issues Sweep to Reform Canadian Cavalry Arms
The Earl of Dundonald orders abolition of cavalry swords and reshapes the force. The new policy prioritizes rifles and updated equipment. Officers and men are reassigned as equipment shifts to carbines and muskets.
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Crop Statistics and Navy Officer Recruitment Notice
The monthly agriculture report notes US corn condition at 74.6 on Oct 1 with Ohio at 88 and US rye yield expected at 17 bushels per acre. It also provides spring wheat at 14.4 and oats at 24.5 bushels per acre. Dun a week quotes a favorable but cautious business outlook amid labor fuel and money pressures. A navy telegram invites nominations for midshipmen as high officer demand prompts a Nov 12 special exam in Washington.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Ohio
New York
R. G. Dun & Company
Prizes Offered to Combat Miners Disease Dust
Johannesburg October 12 The chamber of mines offers prizes of 2400, 1250 and 500 dollars for best practical device to reduce miner dust causing phthisis. Competition open worldwide and aims to improve drilling dust control.
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Johannesburg
Chamber of Mines
Truce Sought in Anthracite Strike Political Deadlock
In New York and Pennsylvania a series of high level talks failed to break the coal strike impasse. Senators Platt Quay Penrose and Governor Odell pressed for mediation while operators resisted any political settlement. Mitchell kept largely apart from the Platt meeting as miners threaten further action and possible federal troop involvement looms.
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New York
Thomas C. Platt
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Senator Platt
Senator Quay
Odell
Penrose
Platt
Lauterbach
Harrisburg
Albany
Asa- Yand House
Moses W. Salomon
Chicago
Chicagoan
Jo. Worgan
Mr Morean
Veterans Elect Stewart Commander in Chief Over Black
Washington reports show General J T Stewart of Pennsylvania chosen as commander in chief of the Grand Army with General John C Black as a leading rival. The pension committee condemned the pension bureau division while noting muster rolls and membership changes since 1890. United States veterans totals and death figures are summarized alongside remarks on veterans’ auxiliaries and Confederate comrades. The piece also notes a Vatican plan to fund Peter's peace via local contributions through papal representatives in Mexico.
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Hooper Young
New York
Anna Pulitzer
Morris Canal
Jersey City
William Hooper Young
St. Joseph
William Sidenfaden
John McGee
United States
Stewart
Pennsylvania
Black
Grand Army
Washington
Pension Committee
Pension Bureau
Silas H. Towler
Minneapolis
J. T. Stewart
John C. Black
Illinois
John McElroy
Daniel Sickles
New York City
William M. Olin
Massachusetts
James M. Averill
Georgia
Torrance
Evans
Ohio city government changes ad and salaries plan
Columbus reports a conference committee settlement on city government structure with a flexible board of directors not exceeding five and two year terms for officers. It notes changes to municipal borrowing limits, civil service aims, and council member salaries up to 1200 dollars yearly.
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House
Senate
Buckeye
Columbus
Department of Public Service
Housé
Cincinnati
Department of Public Safety
Boards of Education
Embezzlement Charges Reach International Court
The secretary of state issued a warrant to surrender Martin Johansen from New York to Norwegian authorities for embezzling 20 percent at a Christiania match factory. Gov of Tama requests extradition of John W. Tishen charged with embezzling 450 in Burlington Iowa, held in Bow Street London. Andrew Carnegie’s library gifts to Belfast and Limerick cited as related to library establishment amid celebration and dialogue.
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Washington
Martin Johansen
New York
Christiania
Kroger
Tawa
John W. Tishen
Burington
Bow Street
London
Woman Saved After Five Weeks Lost in Woods
Mrs. Mary Button, eighty two, was lost in the Black Forest region for five weeks and has regained consciousness. She describes wandering mountains filled with rattlesnakes and bears, living on berries and mountain water, and a desperate encounter with rattlesnakes before collapsing for about two weeks. She was later found by miners near Bear Necking, then brought to the area.
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Fm Woods
Mary Button
Black Forest
Cross Forks
Philadelphia Ledger
Hie
Gfnseny Diggers
Bartor Nominated for Congress by Seventh District Democrats
Chester Bryan, publisher of the Madison County Democrat, was nominated for congress by the Democrats of the Seventh district at a convention held in this city.
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Bartor
Chester Bryan
Madison County Democrat
Cornerstone Dedicated for Potomac Memorial Bridge
The cornerstone for a planned memorial bridge linking Washington to Arlington cemetery was dedicated at a large White Lot outdoor ceremony. Secretary of War Root led remarks praising the project, and read a Roosevelt letter expressing regret at not attending.
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Washington
Potomac
Arlington Cemetery
Root
Roosevelt
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