Miners and Companies Push Outside Settlement Talks
In Scranton on Nov 22 the mine workers and mine owners agreed to try an outside deal to end the anthracite strike. The proposed basis includes a 10 percent wage rise a nine hour day and trade pacts between miners and their employing companies. The weighing of coal by legal ton remains unsettled with the commission acting as conciliator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Mitchell
Gray
MacVeaga
Mitchel
Gowan
Ross
Miners’ Union
Erie Company
Delaware & Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co
Peter Roberts
Mahanoy City
Simon P. Wolverton
Reading Company
Particu
Wilkesbarre
Frank P. Lenahan
John O'Malley
Lenahan
The
Reading Co
Dr. Roberts
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
United States
National Civic Federation
Boards of Trade
Wayne MacVeaga
Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
German Briquette Machinery Syndicate Expands to U S Exports
Berlin reports manufacturers of coal waste briquette machinery form a syndicate to promote exports to the United States. An engineer is sent to explain plant cost estimates and processes. Syndicate imports American coal waste and lignite samples to analyze and test machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
United States
America
Union Steel Co forms from Donnerday and Sharon mills
Pittsburg news reports the consolidation of Union Steel Co. works at Donnerday and Sharon Steel interests owned by John Stevenson Jr and Mellon group. A. W. Mellon will be president with Stevenson Jr and W. H. Donner as vice presidents and William Flynn as chairman of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Union Steel Co
Donnerday
Mellen
W. H. Donner
Sharon Steel Co
John Stevenson Jr
William “Mn
George W. Carr
A. W. Mellon
John Stevenson, Jr
William Flynn
Belmont Leases Stock Farm for Stud Use Near Lexington
Belmont owner Perry through his secretary Clarence Hall secured a long term lease on J. C. Graves Arbondale stock farm a 250 acre property three miles from Lexington Kentucky. Belmont will keep a stud there permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Clarence Hall
Perry
Belmont
J. C. Graves
Arbondale
Law School Receives $50,000 Donation in Will
New Haven Conn Nov 21 by the terms of the will of the late Augustus Lines of this city after the death of his widow 50 000 is to go to the Yale law school for the support of a professorship of testamentary law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law School
New Haven
Conn
Augustus
Yale Law School
Embezzler in Detroit Clerk Lamb Surrenders
Osbert B. Lamb a 26 year old mortgage office clerk in Detroit has been locked up on a charge of embezzling 4000 dollars from his employer A Jackson's mortgage and loan office. Lamb walked into police headquarters and surrendered himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Osbert B. Lamb
A. Jackson
Lamb
French Ambassador Honored at Columbia Reception
New York November 18 reception hosted by Columbia University faculty honored M Jules Cambon ambassador of France. Large turnout from the French colony attended the event in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
M. Jules Cambon
France
Columbia University
Amalgamated Steel Workers Rule Rift Flare Returns
In New Orleans on November 18 the dispute between Amalgamated Association president Shaffer and AFL president Gompers flared anew during a labor convention with prospects of a final showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Steel Workers
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Standard Oil Declares $10 Dividend Payable Dec 15
New York November 18 The Standard Oil Co has declared a quarterly dividend of $10 per share payable December 15. The dividend for the same quarter last year was $8.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Co
Paris bill seeks workers’ share in profits
Deputy Ernest Roche, calling himself a nationalist socialist, introduced in the chamber a bill to force companies with government running concessions to admit employees to a share of profits within six months of passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ernest Roche
Smallpox Epidemic Reported in Maine Lumber Camps
Reports from northern Maine lumber camps indicate the start of a smallpox epidemic. The alerts come as health officials monitor remote work sites in Portland and surrounding areas for potential spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Home-Coming Festivities Enliven Memphis Welcome to Wright
In Memphis on Nov 20 festivities honored Gen Luke E Wright with a parade breakfast two receptions and a banquet headlined by President Roosevelt More than 3000 people attended including former Gov Benton McMillan and Gen Joseph Wheeler Roosevelt spoke praising national unity and Wright's administration while Wright thanked both races for their cooperation during the Philippines transition. The colored reception lauded Wright for aiding during yellow fever outbreaks and Roosevelt urged citizens to uphold civic virtues. The party departed for Washington at midnight via the Southern Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Luke E. Wright
Philippines
Roosevelt
Benton McMillan
Joseph Wheeler
Gayoso Hotel
Gen. Wright
Williams
Gov. McMillan
McKinley
Earth
Washington
Southern Railroad
Col. L. S. Brown
Southern
Secret Service Finds No Plot Against President Roosevelt
Chief Wilkie of the United States secret service said after a thorough investigation that Mrs. Lena Doxheimer was mistaken about a plot to kill the president. He remains convinced there was no such plot, while praising her honesty and sincerity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Lena Dopxheimer
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Doxheimer
Railway Fights Settled in Toledo Court
The Toledo Railway and Terminal Co and the Gould lines settled their long court dispute. President Ramsey led the bitter bid against crossing the Ann Arbor tracks, a case won by the terminal company. A second suit involving the Wheeling and Lake Erie, another Gould line, was also in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Toledo Railway and Terminal Co
Gould Lines
Ramsey
Toledo Railway and Terminal
Ann Arbor
Terminal Company
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Gould Road
Mayor Johnson Wins Lakeside Feature in Five and Half Furlongs
In Chicago yesterday Mayor Johnson, the even money favorite, won the handicap feature at Lakeside. The Don finished second with Agnes Mack third as six top sprinters contested the five and a half furlongs. The race was a hot contest from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mayor Johnson
Lakeside
Don
Agnes Mack
Army Officer Resigns from Army to Join Civil Life
Lieut. Col. John A. Johnson assistant adjutant general resigns from the army with February 1 1903 as the effective date He hails from Pennsylvania and will leave Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John A. Johnson
Army
Pennsylvania
British Cruiser Phaeton Breaks Blockade at Ciudad Bolivar
The British cruiser Phaeton left Port of Spain Trinidad and was reported to have forced the blockade at Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela. It seized mail and provisions for the destitute English colony yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Phaeton
Ciudad
Bolivar
Venezuela
Apple Growers Congress Adjourns In St Louis
The American apple growers congress adjourned in St. Louis after meeting here last night. The session adjourned to reconvene next November with 127 members enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Congress
Not Wanted Penalties for Cane Community Refuge
A Canadian religious sect from Crowland Assiniboine seeks U.S. refuge, led by Ivan Ponomareff. Assistant Commissioner Richards states public lands are reserved for U.S. citizens or those declaring intent to become citizens, rejecting their request to settle on government lands. The letter notes their vegetarian practice and reliance on manual labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cane
Noa Etna
Sease
Christian Community of the Universal Brotherhood
Crowsland
Assinibon
Canada
Ivan Ponomareff
United States
Interior Department
Richards
General Land Office
Russia
Great Britain
Water Cure Fatal to Philippine Friar Case
The Secretary of War sent papers to the Attorney General on Father Augustine who died after a water cure by Vermont regiment troops in the Philippines. No current U S army member is found responsible. jurisdiction questions loom as discharged officers face no court martial. Captain Brownell admits the cure was given and the friar died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
Father Augustine
Vermont
Philippines
Charles Francis Adams
Lake George
United States Army
Brownell
Commissioner Jones Seeks Placing Agencies Under Training School Superintendents
New York reports that Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones cites federal spending to 1899 at 845,275,290 on warfare and 240,000,000 for Native education. He urges agencies be placed under supervising training school superintendents to improve administration, noting 3,437,785 spent in the last fiscal year for 249 schools serving 24,434 pupils plus Hampton and public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
New York
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Hampton, Va
Pay Raise for Michigan Central Yard Switchers
Detroit announces a voluntary wage increase for 500 switchmen on the Michigan Central between Detroit and Chicago and at Michigan junction points. Effective December 1 the payroll rises by about $6,000 monthly to align with Chicago railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
L’hominideau
Michigan Central Railway
Chicago
Michigan
Chicago Railways
Ephraim Shanaberger Returns to Bowling Green
Ephraim Shanaberger, once the county's wealthiest farmer, has returned to Bowling Green from a Texas religious group called the Roll Flyers. He and his wife, driven by zeal, left him in poverty after months away in Livingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Ephraim Shanaberger
Livingston
Tex
Shanaberger
Democratic Campaign Committee to Be Permanent
Washington November twenty second. Democratic congressional campaign committee to be made a permanent institution to educate the people to democratic doctrines and sustain enthusiasm for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Gen Viljoen to sail to New York from Southampton
London November 22 The steamer St Louis sailing today from Southampton to New York will carry Gen Viljoen the former Boer commander among its passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vijoen
London
St. Louis
Southampton
New York
Viljoen
Schwab Arrives in New York Aboard Yacht Margarita
Charles M. Schwab president of United States Steel returns to New York aboard his chartered yacht Margarita after a Mediterranean cruise. He is reported to be looking very well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Mediterranean
Margarita
Cannes
Refugee Bardwell Killed by Electric Tram in City
In San Francisco on November 22 Albert Bardwell a six year old Guatemala volcano refugee who had arrived on Wednesday was run over and killed by an electric tram the following day.
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San Francisco
Albert Bardwell
Guatemala
Samson and Jephthah in Judges Lesson
The lesson highlights Samson's rise and fall in Judges 13 16 and Jephthah's vow in 11 12, urging moral strength over brute force. It warns against trifling with temptation and notes Samson's tragedy and eventual return to God.
Men in Public Life and Curious Political Habits
A collection of vivid vignettes from U.S. political figures. Count von Buelow gains fame as a cheerful phrase maker chancellor. Senator Spooner and Senator Hoar are depicted with peculiar mannerisms and anecdotes. Peter De Villa, once rich in the Klondike, now nails boxes in Santa Cruz while facing a weak mining lawsuit. Ex Senator Dawes is driven to vote by his coachman Patrick O Hearn, then Dawes votes after he arrives, a democratic loyalty echoed in a shared outcome.
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Count von Buelow
Germany
Spooner
Senator Hoar
Massachussetts
Washington
Peter de Villa
Klondike
Ben Lemont
Santa Cruz
Cal
Nome
Dawes
Massachusettes
Patrick O’hearn
Patrick
Mr. Dawes
Bright Japanese girl Mitsen Okada to teach in Japan after study
Mitsen Okada, a 21 year old Japanese student at Wellesley, will return to Tokyo to teach English at the high normal school after three years of study. Born in Tokyo, she arrived in August, improved English, and earned honorable mention from her English teachers. She is shy yet lively, with bright eyes and cheerful demeanor.
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Mitsen Okada
Wellesley
Reston Post
Mias Okada
Department of Education
Tokio
Japan
Boston
Okada
Miss Okada
Tami Imai
Tufts College
Shibata
New England Conservatory of Music
Kiyo Makino
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Makino
DIY serving waitress folds into kitchen cart
The article describes a compact labor saver from American Kitchen Magazine: a boxy stand on casters that becomes a serving table and dinner wagon. Built from a 20 by 17 by 12 inch box with four 14 inch legs, shelves, and a front board, it holds dishes during meals and rolls to the kitchen afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Kitchen Magazine
Cleaning a Mackintosh with Soap and Water
A simple method to clean a dirty mackintosh involves spreading it on a table and scrubbing with yellow soap and soft water using a nail brush. Rinse in cold water until all soap is gone and hang in the shade to dry without wringing or near heat.
A Bath Without Water Invention
A robe woven with wires conducts a current to heat the wearer. The warming effect grows until the user sweats as if in a Turkish bath, delivering a dry sauna-like experience without water.
Czarina’s Bathroom Row Roils Russian Court
The czarina faces backlash after turning Alexander II’s cabinet room into a bathroom. The room, where the czar’s grandfather issued the ukase freeing 23,000,000 serfs, was to be preserved as a memorial. Papers and furnishings were moved to a museum, triggering widespread resentment among Russians.
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Alexsander II
She Kissed the Wrong Man in a Comical Mixup
Mrs. Sarah Plunket of Concordia Kansas travels to Ohio and kisses a stranger thinking he is her husband. In a barber shop she kisses a man with a lathered face and asks him to write daily. The real husband sits in the next chair and both men later greet each other.
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Sarah Plunket
Concordia
Kan
Ohio
Two Autumn Street Gowns Feature Zibeline and Embroidered Details
The first suit showcases dark gray zibeline with a gel red cloth bolero basque in ecru lace reembroidered with green silk. It includes a red waistcoat, a festooned flounced skirt, and square lace motifs. The second gown uses dark brown zibeline with black velvet trims and gobelin blue taffeta accents, a bolero bodice opening over a front-ornamented blouse, and a pleated skirt with box plaits and applique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiener Sode
Toulouse geese capture France's pride in showrooms
The article notes Toulouse geese are beloved in France and England for exhibition, yet American fanciers favor Embden. It describes breeding methods by Wright and Campain, highlighting size, gray color, and plumage, with Birmingham weights showing Embden as the steadier standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Toulouse
Lewis Wright
Miss Campain
Birmingham
Handy manure shed design described for waste prevention
A brief description promotes a simple manure shed to protect fodder and soil from rain and loss. It notes removable end planks allow easy filling and emptying, with a cement floor and embedded side planks for durability, credit to Fred O. Sibley via Epitomist.
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Fred O. Sibley
Turkeys as Bug Killers in Colorado Fields
Colorado farmers, beet sugar producers, and fruit growers are raising turkeys to control grasshoppers and other pests. Experiments over years show turkeys effectively reduce insect populations in fields and orchards, with interest growing statewide and turkey eggs in demand for hatching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Fieht and Farm
Ogilvy
Weld County
Denver
Cow Peas in the North for Summer to Winter Crops
The Cincinnati Commercial advises northern farmers to plant cow peas around June 1 to harvest by late August. Recommend choosing early-maturing seed, drilling 15 pounds per acre in 30 to 36 inch rows, and keeping cultivation clean until vines spread. Suggest using rye or winter wheat as cover crops and turning under for spring crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinnati Commercial
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Standard Oil
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Schwab
Refugee
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Zorah
Eshtaol
Manoah
Israel
Jephthah
B. C
Gilead
Jehovah
Beliverer
God
Miss Mitsen Okada
Czarina
Toulouse Goose
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