Miners Submit Compromise Plan in Arbitration Talks
The general scale committee of hard coal miners drafts a reply to operators in a wage dispute. Miners seek a two year agreement with a restricted check off and allow the commission to decide on broader wage demands. Operators want a three year term and a wage inquiry limited to general adjustments. The Southwestern Operators urge President Roosevelt to aid a settlement in the southwest mining conflict.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Commission
Iages
Kansas City
Southwestern Coal Operators’ Association
Roosevelt
Southwest
Southwestern Association
Texas
The
Southwestern
Roosevelt Agrees to Judicial Review for Railway Rate Bill
A White House conference settled that a judicial review feature will be added to the railway rate bill pending in the Senate. The amendment, to be offered by Senator Long, allows U S circuit courts to act as review courts and limits suits to questions of authority or constitutional rights of the carrier. Opposition from Senator Tillman remains, but supporters claim 29 Republican votes and broad minority backing.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Senator Long
United States Circuit Courts
Allison
Cullom
Dolliver
Clapp
Long
Moody
Interstate Commerce
Proutyang Knapp
Commission
Roosevelt
Tillman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate. Commerce Commission
Dynamite trap kills farmer and two horses in Indiana field
In Hobart Indiana Philip Schneider was fatally burned when his plow struck a buried dynamite jar on the Fritsche homestead. A hermit neighbor John A Thompson had prepared a dynamite trap and disappeared after a deputy hesitated to enter. Barn explosions followed, with Thompson's charred remains later found.
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Hobart
Ind
Philip Schneider
Fritsche
John “A. Thompson
Helen Fritsche
Thompson
Schneider
117 Year Old Joseph Halloway Admitted to National Military Home
Marion Indiana April 12 Joseph F Halloway colored says he is 117 years old and has been admitted to the Marion branch of the National Military Home He says he served in the civil war in Company D Fifty fourth Massachusetts infantry and was a servant for Gen Jackson at New Orleans where he helped set breastworks with cotton bales He also cooked for Gen Beauregard before deserting to the Union and enlisting as a cook then a soldier He is not decrepit and passes for an octogenarian.
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Marion
Ind
Joseph F. Halloway
National Military Home
Halloway
Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts (Colored) Infantry
Gen. Jackson
New Orleans
Gen. Beauregard
Vincennes minister wed in Edwardsport charivari
Rev Ray Ragsdale formerly of a Vincennes Methodist church married a popular Edwardsport school teacher. A charivari crowd surrounded the bride’s home during the ceremony. eight guests crossed the threshold and the minister led a spontaneous prayer service with each entrant.
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Vincennes
Ind
Ray Ragsdale
Edwardsport
Knox County
Mayor Lashes Alderman over committee control
Laporte Indiana April 12. Mayor Darrow in a rage over losing the power to appoint city standing committees delivered a sharp rebuke to Dr. F A McGrew a leading surgeon and Republican leader. The incident fuels talk of alleged favoritism as Democrats join with Republicans to pass the ordinance stripping executive appointment power.
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Laporte
Ind
May Be Missing Boy Identified in Indiana Case
May Be Missing Boy in Seeleyville Indiana identified by police as Charley Ross No 2 or Richmond Byers a six year old stolen two years ago The boy matches descriptions including a nick in one ear The father has been notified and charges may be filed against the gypsies who held him if identification is confirmed.
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Seeleyville
Ind
Holmes
Boone
Charley Ross
Richmond Byers
Boy Dies of Hydrophobia in Muncie Family
In Muncie Indiana on April 12 the three year old son of Mr and Mrs F R Croft died from rabies after a dog owned by the family licked the child last summer. The dog later showed hydrophobia and was killed. The boy fell severely ill with hydrophobia last August and died in painful agony.
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Muncie
Ind
F. R. Croft
Snake Fight Ends With 115 Slain In Evansville
Jackson Hunt and James Miley of Pike County are reported to have slain 115 snakes in a fight near Evansville Indiana on April 12. The event is described as a returning effort to reduce a local reptile problem.
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Evansville
Ind
Jackson Hunt
James Miley
Pike
Dowie Seeks Zion Creditors Full Pay in Settlement Talks
John Alexander Dowie would become Zion's pensioner if Voliva's management guarantees 100 cents on the dollar to Zion's creditors, says attorney Emile Wetten. Zion officials report no settlement proposition. Mrs Dowie contemplates divorce amid health and exile pressures as multiple factions clash.
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Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Voliva
Emile.” Wetten
Mr. Wetten
Deacon Granger
Speicher
Piper and Excell
Barnes
Wetten
Chicago
Dowie
Dr. Dowie
the Tabernacle
Attorney Wetten
Auditorium
Waukegan
Gladstone Dowie
Dowie Threats and Zion City Power Shuffle
Chicago April 5 John Alexander Dowie, former Zion City ruler, faces possible arrest on coming visit. Authorities plan charges of misappropriation of funds and slander by mail as Dowie returns next Tuesday to challenge Zion governance. Deacon William Piper notes potential jail if he interferes. Voliva faces oversight changes in power of attorney and a pending receivership.
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Dowie
Church of Zion
Voliva
Zion
Polk Street
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
William Piper
United States
Post Office Department
Aion
Alexander Granger
Deacon Piper
Shiloh Temple
Ocotan
Mexico
Councils of
Piper
Excell
Brasfield
Daniel
Speicher
Barnes
Fielding Wilhite
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Apostle
Son
Marion St
Harrison
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Will
Easter Cravenettes
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