Data roundup cites medical cures and labor unrest
A condensed survey reports Dr. Simon Flexner curing rattlesnake bites with antitoxin, a Pennsylvanian strike at Hazel No. 1 and 2 and Atlas plants after 34 firings, a grand jury probe into alleged election fraud in St. Louis, and mining ventures by Guffey Queen and Carnegie Steel tied to Great Lakes Coal Co. with 5 million dollars capital.
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Simon Flexner
University of Pennsylvania
Charles E. Woitle
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Atlas
Washington
Folk
St. Louis
W.l
Pennsylvania
Guffey & Queen
Carnegie Steel Co
Great Lakes Coal Co
Brady’s Bend
England
Ernest Lederle
Health Department of
New York City
Cigar Dealers’ Association of America
O’reilly
Lieut. Lyster
Medical Department
United States Legation Guard
Pekin
China
Claude Stillman
The
Murphy Varnish Co
Newark
N. J
Gov. Murphy
New Jersey
Jocko
Mont
Flathead
Charles Hasser
Union Hill
N. Y
Henry Sweet
East Glenwood
Ill
Sweet
J. B. Lewman
Louisville
van Epps
Atlanta
Lewmans
Chicago
McCann
Stewart
Eleventh Hour
Prosperity
Missouri
Jenkins, Grosscup, Baker and Bunn
United States Court of Appeals
Western Union Telegraph Co
Josiah Finton
Ford Finton
Eakle
Davenport
Oxford
Emmanuel Crump
California
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Mint
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Alton
Chicago & Eastern
Newton
French Bros
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mary J. Lewis
Woodmen of America
Pittsburg
Through Canada Roads Made Straight and Narrow
Report by Robert Watchorn, special immigrant inspector, urges that all routes into the United States be tightened. He notes Europe bound migrants use Canada as a backdoor, exploiting lax border gaps and mercenary agents. The conclusion calls for making all entry paths equally strict.
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Robert Watchorn
Washington
Sargent
Immigration Bureau
Paris
France
United States
Canada
Watchorn
Canadian
Montreal
New York
O Ner
Belgium
Holland
Postmaster Bristow Reports Record Year for Appointments
The annual report by J L Bristow shows 2 370 presidential postmasters appointed last year the highest in postal history. Total postmaster appointments 16 970 up 1 313 with more offices upgraded. Burglary and mail box robberies rise as arrests reach 1 721 with 304 postal workers among those charged.
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J. L. Bristow
Washington
Postal Service
United States
Triple Murder at Gibson Farm in Wynne Arkansas
Three Gibson daughters aged 17, 12, and 10 were killed at their home near Wynne while their father Thomas Gibson was away at a circus. A suspected crime scene assault preceded the killings. David Cross confessed witnessing the event and named a man named Johnson as the killer.
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David Cross
Cross
Johnson
Doukhobor Invasion Moves Toward Yorkton
Winnipeg reports 1600 Doukhobors marching to Yorkton in a peaceful protest aimed at spreading their vegetarian humanitarian creed. The group, heavily composed of women and children, endures harsh conditions with many barefoot and scantily clothed as several births occur during the march.
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Winnipeg
Man
Yorkton
Looting of Sodus Bank Vault Exploded by Dynamite
Burglars dynamited the private Charles K. Knapp Bank vault at Sodus near Rochester early yesterday and secured about $5,000. The vault and building were wrecked. the owner declines to reveal the exact loss.
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Gardner
Ill
Exchange National Bank
Edmondson
Rochester
N. Y
Charles K. Knapp
Sodus
Robbery Strikes Appleton Saloon Keeper for 8000
Martin Cornelius a wealthy saloonkeeper in Appleton Wisconsin was held up and robbed of eight thousand dollars late Tuesday night.
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Appleton
Wis
Martin Cornelius
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets Thanksgiving Day
President Roosevelt designates Thursday November 27 as a day of general thanksgiving. He notes lasting peace and prosperity, calls the nation to halt work and give thanks to God in homes and places of worship for the past year’s blessings.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Mitchell Day Parade Honors John Mitchell in Mining Towns
In Wilkesbarre and other anthracite towns the Mitchell Day celebration closed mines to allow workers to participate. About 10 000 formed a long parade as brass bands played and slogans praised arbitration unity and the union. A mass meeting at Y M C A park featured Rev J E Powers Thomas Haggerty and others.
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Wilkespharre
Mitchell
John Mitchell
Y. M. C. A. Park
J. E. Powers
Spring Valley, Ill
Thomas Haggerty
Reynoldsville
Plague Crisis Prompt Urgent National Health Action
New Haven reports Prof. Robinson cites data showing bubonic plague cases rising in San Francisco despite official denials. Health officers denounce California boards and urge a joint conference with the Surgeon General to eradicate plague nationwide.
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New Haven
Conn
Prof. Robinson
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Health Officers’ Conference
San Francisco
Robinson
National Conference of State
Provincial Boards of Health of
North America
State Board of Health of
California
National Conference of State and
Boards of Health
United States
Surgeon General
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Frederica Wrecked Off Cape Spencer In Storm
The British barkentine Frederica ran aground on rocks two miles east of Cape Spencer Light during yesterday’s gale while en route from Parrsboro to Portland with coal. The crew were rescued.
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St. John
N. B
Frederica
Cape Spencer Light
Parrsboro
N. S
Portland
Roosevelt to Visit South for Memphis Reception and Hunt
President Roosevelt plans a mid November southern trip if duty allows. The sequence centers on attending a Memphis reception for Gen Luke Wright vice governor of the Philippines. A bear hunt in Mississippi’s canebrakes is also anticipated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South
Memphis
Luke Wright
Philippines
Mississippi
Ghastly Find Near Reading Reveals Murdered Tramp
A hunting dog led Walter Locke to a woman’s body off the highway near the Wakefield line. The unidentified tramp bore six wounds five from pistols and one deep neck stab. Indications suggest the killer moved the victim and left the field where found.
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Reading
Mass
Uct
Wakefield Line
Walter Locke
Banker and money missing in Sharpsburg bank case
Sharpsburg Iowa October 30 Erir E Christensen president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank a private institution has been missing since Sunday morning. Bank funds are reported depleted with estimates ranging from 35000 to 50000 dollars.
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Sharpsburg
Erir E. Christensen
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Three Lives Lost in a Collision Near Oxford Ohio
A Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton passenger train collided with a local freight two miles east of Oxford Ohio last night. Engineer Conn and two unknown men were instantly killed.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Double murder and arson in Chicago Heights cottage blast
A dynamite bomb killed Joseph Kordeck and a two year old girl Lucy Kordeck in a Chicago Heights crime. Mrs Kordeck and several others were injured as a neighbor’s home also burned. Charles Smith, a former boarder, was arrested amid threats he made should the Kordecks’ daughter refuse his marriage proposal.
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Chicago
Joseph Kordeck
Chicago Heights
Lucy Kordeck
Lucy
Kor
Smith
Thomas Kobilinski
Philippine church clash and violent crimes in Mindanao
Reported in Manila on the Catholic Church dispute in the Philippines with interment denial at Paco Cemetery and potential court actions by Aglipay leaders. Also described are brutal ladrones attacks on Biliran and Leyte, killings near Garika ra, and ongoing constabulary suppressions in Rizal Bulacan and Luzon with Samar police handling religious fanatic activity.
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Philippines
Manila
Catholic Church of the Philippines
Paco
Aglipay
Church of Rome
Biliran
Leyte
Rizal
Bulacan
Luzon
Samar
Submarine Boat Protector Launched in Bridgeport
Bridgeport Connecticut November 3 1898 The lake submarine torpedo boat Protector was successfully launched. The craft measures 60 feet long 11 feet beam and displaces 65 tons. It uses electricity when submerged and gasoline when cruising awash. A bow trap door allows a diver to cut cables or mine connections. Its burners believe it can destroy submarine defenses or any harbor.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Protector
Landscape Gardener Charles H. Miller Dies in Philadelphia
Charles H. Miller a nationally known landscape engineer died at 73 after a long illness in Philadelphia. Born in England he came to the United States in 1858 and later directed the sunken garden at Fairmount Park during the Centennial. He was serving as consulting landscape engineer for Fairmount Park at his death, having designed many gardens nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Miller
Mr. Miller
England
Miller
Fairmount Park
Convention of Railroaders Unites Four Brother Orders
About 2,800 members from the Brotherhoods of Engineers Conductors Firemen and Trainmen gathered in Springfield Mass for a convention. Delegates came from Buffalo Montreal Jersey City and the coast. The meeting aimed to strengthen cooperation among the four organizations though few definite actions were taken.
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Springfield
Mass
Brotherhoods of Engineers
Buffalo
Montreal
Jersey City
Coast
Three Trainmen Die In Boiler Explosion Near Baltimore
Three Baltimore & Ohio railroad workers perished Sunday when a locomotive boiler exploded at Malethorpe, west of Baltimore. The victims were Engineer E W Biggs Fireman C W Hunt both of Baltimore and stake man C O Starling of Plane No 4 Maryland.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Malethorpe
E. W. Biggs
C. W. Hunt
C. O. Starling
Plane No. 4
Maryland
Tragedy in Coleman: Husband Kills Wife Then Self
Peter Grant shot and killed his wife at Grover six miles north of Coleman Wisconsin, then fatally shot himself. The double murder suicide occurred on Sunday leaving no survivors.
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Coleman, Wis
Peter Grant
Grover
Coleman
Chance for Lumbermen in British Columbia Opens Jobs
Consul Dudley reports British Columbia offers substantial employment for lumbermen as export duties on logs push mills to expand. He notes 5,000 to 6,000 workers could be needed in lumber and shingle mills and logging camps, with wages and living costs lower than Washington.
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British Columbia
Dudley
Vancouver
Department of State
United States
Washington
Oregon
Tramp Author Seeks Aid After Harrowing Colorado Journey
A exhausted tramp limped into the Pueblo Colorado Fuel and Iron dispensary begging for medicine. He admitted to writing The Workers and described traveling by rail and begging for weeks to study the life of the unemployed. He said he came from Aguilar and planned more writing on the lower classes after the rough trip.
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Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Pueblo
Col
Walter A. Wyckoff
Princeton
N. J
Prof. Wyckoff
Aguilar
Huerfano
Colorado
Barnard Sophomores Stage Mock Hazing in Purported Protest
Scraps of a Barnard College item describe girl sophomores staging a playful hazing against freshmen in the wake of Columbus incidents. The piece notes rivals at Columbia and claims the Barnard students banned jewelry and ribbons, and demanded seats for sophomores on crowded street cars.
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Columbus
Barnard College
Columbia
Barnard
Saved A Life Through Dean's Kidney Pills
A testimonial explains Walter Mc Laughlin of 3022 Jacob Street Wheeling West Virginia credits Dean's Kidney Pills with a full recovery after severe back and kidney related symptoms. The ad offers a free trial by mail from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY and lists Logan Drug Co. in Logan WV as a local seller at 50 cents per box.
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Bright
Walter McLaughlin
Jacob Street
Wheeling
W. Va
J. A. Holiday & Son
Dean
Logan Drug Co
McLaughlin
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
R. Paxton CO
Columbus Av
Ston
Mass
Miss Bollman’s Experience Endorses Pinkham’s Remedy
Backache marked as a kidney trouble sign. Miss Kate Botlman of New York City reports weakness and constant pain eased after using Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She says the tonic strengthened her back, reduced fatigue, and restored health, urging others to try it. The letter offers $5000 for proof of genuineness with her testimony included.
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Kate Botitman
142Nd St
Wales Ave
New York City
Lydia E. Pinkham
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