Powder price cuts seen as miners strike toll grows
In Hazelton and Scranton Pennsylvania on September 21 reports say miners gain ground as powder prices are cut by operators to curb extortion. Switchmen pledge sympathy strikes with the miners with Grand Master Hawley arriving to map a course for action. Mitchell near collapse slows council meetings amid limited violence and circulating wild tales.
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Hazelton
Scranton
Frank Hawley
Chicago
Tipton
Hazel Con
Mitchell
El Paso Council Orders 40ft Poles Over Wires To Protect Trees
In a quiet meeting the El Paso city council directed the International Electric Light and Power Co. to install poles forty feet high within ninety days to keep high voltage lines above shade trees and prevent hazards. The session also addressed street repairs and reported suspected smallpox and typhoid cases.
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International Electric Light and Power Company
el Paso
Anderson
Capitan
Texas
International Electric Light and Power Co
el Paso Gas and Electric Light Co
Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Co
Fire and Water Committee
International Electric Light Co
International Electric Light & Power Company
City Electrician
S. G. Petticolas
Fatal Fire Destroys Steamers in St Louis Waterfront
A blaze on September 21 destroyed the steamers War Eagle and Carrier and damaged the tug Ida Patton along the Olive to Locust wharf in St Louis. Deaths are reported at five, including four firemen and Joseph Schultz of Salem Illinois. Schultz’s body recovered, others missing or unaccounted.
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St. Louis
War Eagle
Carrier
Olive and Locust Streets
Ida Patton
Joseph Schultz
Salem
Ill
Veteran Rough Rider Dramatizes Breakdown in Big Springs
Bob Preston a Spanish American War veteran under Roosevelt's Rough Riders became violently insane and wrecked a cell at the Big Springs jail. He lashed out smashing windowlights and bending the iron bed, was chained down by the jailer. Preston had been staying with brother Stiles, a stockman, as his household suffered scarlet fever cases, with sleepless days contributing to his condition.
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Big Springs
Tex
Bob Preston
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Stiles
New Orleans
Tangipabos
Louis K. Hotfelter
Ponchtalo Village
Sherif E P. Hix
Fort Worth Floods Flood Fort Worth Areas
Floodwaters inundate Fort Worth and surrounding districts damaging homes roads and property. Officials warn residents to avoid flood zones as crews assess damage and begin relief efforts. Local agencies coordinate shelter and water distribution as residents return to affected neighborhoods.
Four lynchings report shock Dallas and New Orleans
A Western Union bulletin warns of rising Trinity River floods near Dallas as four bodies are recovered near Fort Worth and a thirty foot surge threatens the city. In Tangipahoa parish Louisiana a mob hanged four prisoners after jailbreak, with a coroner’s inquest returning an unknown hands verdict.
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Dallas
Western Union
Trinity River
Isaiah Mollines
Nathaniel Rowan
Charles Elliott
George Bickham
Delegates Return From El Paso County Convention Rift
El Paso county delegates to the state Republican convention report a harmonious meeting with two conventions, one led by Green and the other by Hawley ally Cecil Lyon. Both issued straight tickets for November and urged federal aid for flood-water storage to irrigate western lands along with a plank for a fair libel law.
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el Paso
G. H
Hawley
Green
Henry Terrell
San Antonio
Mission Garden
Hawleyites
E. H. R. Green
Hawley People
Cecil A. Lyon
Sherman
Civil authorities regain control in Galveston
Civil authorities resumed control of Galveston at noon. Fifty three unidentified dead were recovered in two days, with few serious injuries. The channel buoys are restored and shipping will resume. San Antonio sent cars of supplies to San Bernard per the governor's telegram.
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the Herald
San Antonio
Galveston
San Bernard
Wife Kills Husband in Jealous Quarrel at Cerrillos
In Cerrillos New Mexico on September 18 two oclock Fd Johnson a bridge carpenter was shot and killed by his wife a cook during a quarrel sparked by jealousy. The coroner ruled the killing self defense finding no foul play and cleared the wife.
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Cerrillos
N.M
Fd Johnson
Santa Fe
Enteric Fever Outbreak Reported in London
An alarming epidemic of enteric fever has broken out by London with fifty cases on record. The disease is said to have been brought to England by soldiers invalided home from South Africa. Smaller outbreaks are reported in the Provinces.
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London
England
South Africa
Caballero Oyx Co Incorporation in New Mexico
H E Runkle and Lew Gilbert of El Paso and Charles W Alexander of Alsom gordo formed the Caballero Oyx Company with 325000 capital. Headquarters in El Paso and a New Mexico office in Caballero Canon Otero county.
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Santa FE
N. M
H. E. Runkle
Lew Gilbert
el Paso
Charles W. Alexander
Alsmogordo
Caballero @oyx Co
New Mexico
Caballero Canon
Otero County
Four Tramps Die, Four Hurt in Cincinnati Southern Wreck
Four tramps were killed and four more badly if not fatally injured in a Cincinnati Southern wreck near Sadieville Kentucky early today. The train crew escaped unharmed.
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Cincinnati
Sadieville
Navajo Band Strikes From Reservation in Arizona
Reports from northeastern Arizona say Navajo band left their reservation last night and is stealing and slaughtering cattle and menacing settlers. Local authorities issue warnings as residents brace for further clashes.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Albuquerque Fair Delights Santa Fe Leader’s Eyes
J S Morrison city passenger agent of the Santa Fe reports from Albuquerque that the fair parade was gorgeous with standout floats from the Elks Indians and Santa Fe Pacific shop men. The electrical display drew about 3500 spectators and Elks hospitality was highly praised as crowds enjoyed the fair last night and today.
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J.S. Morrisson
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Elks
Santa Fe Pacific
Mr. Morrison
KILLED AT TUCSON AND THE SCAVENGER ROW
A Springer emporium delivery wagon driver named Charlies Geiger was reportedly killed in Tucson, Ariz with no further details. Geiger, a well known El Paso resident, had proposed a patent garbage processing method to aid city refuse removal, but Harry Charman’s scavenging monopoly opposed his entry. The City Council had refused Geiger’s privilege to operate in the scavenger field.
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Charlies Geiger
Springer Emporium
Tucson
Ariz
Geiger
el Paso
Harry Charman
Band of Chihuahua Boys Delights El Paso Audience
The school of arts band from Chihuahua composed entirely of boys performed at the teachers' convention in El Paso. They traveled to Albuquerque on the Santa Fe line, halted after 9 PM, with Felix Martinez arranging a two to three day stop. They are praised as good as Chihuahua’s older band.
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Chihuahua
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
el Paso
School of Arts
Felix Martinez
Wilson expedition returns from China without casualties
Dispatches from Pekin report General Chaffee confirms the Wilson expedition achieved its objective with no troop losses. Syth’s squadron carried out a to-the-northeast maneuver to remove native Christians and returned with fourteen captives as regional hostilities ease.
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Washington
Chaffee
War Department
Taku
Pekin
Wilson
Forsyth
Plague Report To Be Presented At Chamber Meeting
Doctor W N Vilas president of the El Paso board of health returns from San Francisco after two weeks studying bubonic plague and quarantine. He will present an extended verbal report this afternoon at 4 30 to the chamber of commerce and hear the board of health at the same time. He will display the plague bacillus under a microscope and says the information is worth much to the city. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting.
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W.N. Vilas
el Paso Board of Health
San Francisco
Doctor Vilas
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Health
New York Market Quotes From El Paso
New York reports today the Mexican peso price at 481 49 in El Paso with silver valued at 60. The brief listing notes currency and metal quotations from the border exchange.
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New York
el Paso
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