County News Roundup with Accidents and Visits
October items from across the region include Miss Margaret Scott and Miss Esther Scott visiting Indianapolis, the Skinner family in Zanesville and Cleveland, and Rev. Joseph C. Fields settling in as pastor. Reports cover a deadly gas explosion at Homestead Pa with several injured, coal region guard deployments, a wreck on a Wabash river bridge killing two, a Lancaster reform school barn fire, and labor strikes potentially widening across Harriman lines. Also noted are Peary seeking treatment in Philadelphia and a Texas murder confession pursued by authorities near Nacogdoches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apams Minis
Margaret Scott
Esther Scott
Indianapolis
Abas
Skinner
Zanesville
Jay
Joe Skinner
Cleveland
Nora Kincade
Josie Harriman
Athens
Joseph C. Fields
Martinsburg
John Dunmead
Baltimore
Anna Smith
Newark
Zoe Murphy
Columbus
James Murphy
Akron
Pittsburg
Homestead
Seventh Avenue
Post Ofice
Homestead Improvement Company
Sophia Stitfel
John Kitch
John Kistle
Joseph McCune
Bullock
Homestead Land Improvement Company
Ann Street
Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash River
Matthew Hennessey
Mattoon
Reform School
Tancaster
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Roosevelts Meet Amid Coal Strike Talks in 1902
Reading chief Baer met with J Pierpont Morgan in New York to discuss the coal strike as Quay visited the president with no public statement. Erie reports urge strikers to return with protection, while national guard options remain debated. Germany and Russia supplied coal talks surface in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baer
Reading Company
Reading
J. Pierpont Morgan
Quay
Roosevelt
Washington
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Germany
Russia
Orel
Brauerline Steamship Company
Isamburg
Mariupol
Youocany
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Root
Morgan
Washington, D
Mr. Morgan
Cr azed by drink killer in Kentucky town rampage
Lloyd Nelson Young a white planter intoxicated went on a rampage near Pembroke Kentucky after being put off a train. He killed Rebecca Macray and fatally wounded Joseph Tandy before being captured by a posse and jailed to avert a lynch mob. Phenomenal hailstorm later damaged St Louis area causing extensive property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
Lloyd Nelson Young
Pembroke
Rebecca Macray
Joseph Tandy
Counterfeit coins in the Philippines and a warlike sultan
Reports say counterfeit American silver dollars circulated in the Philippines, possibly shipped from San Francisco. The Sultan of Bacolod Mindanao demands war after rejecting friendly overtures from General Summer, while fortifications and hostile forces grow. Also notes bishops conference in Cincinnati and Major M. B. Wright’s death in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillippines
Manilla
China
Philippines
San Francisco
Bacolod
Mindanao
General Summer
Bacnind
Mohsammed
Meteo
Bachlad
Yosseatson
Nickars
Cantare
Strikers Accept Gov Heard Ultimatum End Long Streetcar Tie Up
Streetcar employes accept Governor Heard’s ultimatum by secret ballot. Return allowed at 20 cents 10 hours minimum 74 hours daily with no discrimination for those cleared by courts. Settlement follows two weeks of stoppage attracting praise to W. S. Parkerson Senator Foster and Mayor Capdevielle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Heard
W. S. Parkerson
United States
Foster
Capdevielle
Van Wert Echoes on Tom Johnson Meeting Critics
The Van Wert Bulletin shares street echoes from a Tom Johnson gathering. Democrats from diverse vocations condemn his policies, calling them dangerous class rhetoric and questioning tax plans, railroad valuations, and the single tax theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Tom Johnson
Socialista
Ngxo
Tom
Ft. W
Bigelow
Friday
International court decision awaited in Pious Fund case
Judge Penfield indicates a decision in the Pious Fund dispute between the United States and Mexico may come within the month. He notes court indications favoring the U S position while at The Hague during recent arbitration sessions. Also reported are Siam crown prince visits and a Kentucky deputy arrest pursuit. Senator Hanna’s health worsens after a campaign trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pious Fund Onse
Paris
William K. Penfield
United States State Department
Riordan
San Francisco
Hague
International Court of Arbitration
United States
Mexico
Penfield
Outlaw Seeks Lawrence as Mob Fails to Find Him
Pueblo dispatch reports a mob seeking Lawrence, the man who killed Barkeeper Goldstein. The crowd dispersed after learning a deputy sheriff hid the prisoner in a buggy and moved him toward Pinion station, then onto a freight for Colorado Springs where Lawrence is said to be confined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Lawerence
Barkeeper Goldstein
Pinion Station
Colorado Springs
Lawrence
Fireman Elmer Stone Dies In Minneapolis Fire
The body of Elmer Stone a Sreman in the Lumber Exchange building was found under shavings after the blaze was brought under control. He perished in the fire and the department had left the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Elmer Stone
Sreman
Lumber Exchange
Stone
Markets Report Dense with Grain and Livestock Prices
The Oct. 11 market rundown lists Chicago cattle with varied classes and prices, Western and native lambs and sheep, calves, hogs, and wheat and corn bids. Cattle values span good to choice dry fed steers, medium cows, and heavy bulls, while grain quotes cover No. 2 red wheat and No. 2 corn with mixed futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tewas
Sheppard Lambs
Cleveland
Wittsburg
Prliue
L'Rhine
Mlunis
New York
Canada
Doyerseid
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Scranton
Bryden
Ontario and Western Company
Coal Department
Omaha
Thomas Wilson
International Union of Machinists
Union Pacific Railroad
Harriman
Union Pacific
Salt Lake City
Explorer Peary
Robert E. Peary
W. W. Ween
Dr. Keen
Nacogdoches
Tex
Dersio
Duncan Hicks
AlLtoyaca
San Augustine County
A. W. Chase
Casper Walton
Michigan City
Mys
A.W. Chase
A.W. Chase Marererre Co
Buffeto
Br. A. W. Chace
Secretary Root
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
National Guard
Gobin
Talis
John Markle
Cleim
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Sttikers
Ohio
Reading Road
R. Pirkpont Morgan
St. Louis
Olympic Theater
Ghio Olio
Fotey
Derrit
Mace
Covington
Horetman
Byrre O
Nashville
O'Donovrhin
Indianapolia
Propaganda ‘Nother
Vatican
Wright
M. 2. C. Wright
Board of Review
United States Pension Office
Army of the West
Altoona
Barre
Petersburg
John W. Smith
Harrisburg
H. A. Troxlow
Shade Gap
C. W. Black
Traverse City
Mich
Sutton’s Bay
Charles Amatid
Ferdinand
Joe Ferdinand
Amutid
Amiutid
St. Johns
Get
Robert Bond
Newfoundland
Bond
Gwin
Quincey
Getty
Quincy
Mia
Er Pha
Ati
Elool
Spriisfierl
James Kee
Pop, Mart & Comseny
Ted
Snyder Tork
Reaper
Fire Lagoon
Johnson’s Circus
Crown Prince of
Siam
Chowla Maha Vajiravvudh
Annapaalls
Arlington
Priya Alkharaj Varadhara
Hoph Raving
Mers'al Sumner
Wet
Brown
Cadiz
Trigg County
Hanna
Snanthern Ofin
Iaci Sity
Sci
Hia Phys
Cudazhy
Guthrie, G. T
Michael Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
Osage and
Cherokee Nations
McGovern
Yanger
Benny Yanger
Terry McGovern
Mc@vern
Young Corbett
Butte
Mon
W. Kelly
The
Inter-Mountain
A. H. Cayley
Cayley
Kelly
Arthur Moran
Vanceburg
Twin Creek Bar
Hocton Market
Dawson & Omirt Butta
Grain Market
Bawin
Lee
Siatien
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