Roosevelt refuses to dismiss Miller over union objection
President Roosevelt will not remove Foreman Miller from the public printing office due to union objections. He vows to govern by the laws of the land and deny discrimination, stating the decision is final and about government employment not union status. The AFL leaders offered no clear plan to influence the election, while conservatives push to keep unions out of politics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Foreman Miller
Public Printing Office
Samuel Gompers
James Duncan
John Mitchell
James O’connell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
United States
Miller
Nashville to aid workers on St Andrews for Colombia case
The gunboat Nashville departs Pensacola for St Andrews, Nicaragua, to protect American citizens who suffered mistreatment by employers. Commander John Hubbard leads the mission to investigate and safeguard the sufferers with a small marine guard aboard. No exchange has occurred between Bogota and Washington on the matter.
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Washington
Navy E Department
Pensacola
Nashville
St. Andrews
Nicaragua
John Hubbard
State Department
Bogota
Iowa Banker to Be Tried for Bank Losses
Le Mars Iowa Sept 30 T F Ward vice president and manager of Le Mars National Bank to be tried in federal court at Sioux City next month. Ward allegedly lost 30000 of the bank's funds speculating on the Chicago board of trade two years ago according to the indictment.
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Iowa
le Mars
T. F. Ward
le Mars National Bank
Sioux City
Ward
Chicago Board of Trade
King of Yap Will Leaves $1.5 Million Estate News
William G. Hartridge reports from San Francisco that David D. O Keefe known as the King of Yap left a will disposing of 1.5 million dollars. His Savannah Georgia widow is expected to receive fifty percent of the estate.
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King of Yap
San Francisco
William G. Hartridge
Caroline Island
David D. O’keefe
Yap
Savannah
Drought Hurts Ohio Valley and Gulf States Crops
Washington reports a week of generally favorable temperatures with minimal rainfall east of the Rockies. Drought persists in the Ohio Valley and worsens in Tennessee and central and west Gulf states. Cotton opens and corn matures, but rust and shedding are widespread in the central and western belt while tobacco remains partly uncut in Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Central
West Gulf States
Pacific Coast
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Corn Belt
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
North Pacific Coast
Cotton
Georgia
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Women fight at hall door in Spanish War Veterans
In New Haven Connecticut the wavering faction of the Woman's Auxiliary clashed at the door of the annual meeting injuring at least three members. The incident followed attempts by Mrs Mary Sherman Miles Chapter delegates from Washington to enter the gathering while under suspension. The chapter bears the name of General Miles' wife and its initiation has been declared illegal. The convention later admitted the insurgents.
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New Haven
Conn
Spanish War Veterans’ Association
Mary Sherman Miles
Washington
Miles
Noted economist and reformer Lloyd dies at μ
We record the death of Mr Lloyd an observer of economic movements born May 1 1847 in New York City He studied at Columbia and law school served as assistant secretary of the American Free Trade league and lectured in New York high schools He championed wage earners and opposed trusts He helped in the anthracite coal commission with Darrow and authored several works on labor and wealth including A Strike of the Millionaires Against Miners and Wealth Against Commonwealth.
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New ‘Zealand
Lloyd
Darrow
Anthracite Coal Commission
New York City
Columbia Grammar School
Columbia College
Law School
American Free Trade League
William Cullen Bryant
David A. Wells
New York
Young Men’s Municipal Reform Association of
Tweed
International Labor Federation
Berne
Switzerland
American Federation of Labor
New Zealand
Commonwealth
England
Citizens Score Corruption at Milwaukee Mass Meeting
A large crowd gathered at West Side Turner hall to protest city and county corruption sparked by the alderman raid over saloon licenses and a failing county inquiry. Speakers included Judge Emil Walther and leaders such as F C Winckler Bean Boggs and Wild. Otto Dorner spoke German.
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Milwaukee
West Side
Turner Hall
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Ward Improvement
Emil Waliher
F. C. Winckler
I. M. Bean
Thomas G. Boggs
Robert Wild
Otto Dorner
Explosion wrecks Connell powder mills plant
An explosion at the Connell powder mills near Shamokin Pennsylvania destroyed the dye house and two storehouses, with fire spreading to three additional plant buildings. No injuries are reported in the brief item.
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Shamokin
Connell
Here
Duel Ends With Wounds in French Country Club
Paris reports a sword duel at a country club near Biarritz between Count Arcos of Clavijo and the marquis of Argadia. The marquis was wounded three times in the wrist and forearm.
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Paris
Biarritz
Arcos of
Clavijo
Argadia
Punish Abuser of Wife in Clyde Case
In Clyde Ohio on September 29 a man was punished after chasing his wife and ten day old baby from their home. John Hush was seized by his fellow workers at a sauerkraut factory and ducked in the river for his drunken assault.
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Clyde, O
John Hush
Sauerkraut
Umpire Kelly Suffered Shoulder Injury in Game
Umpire Kelly of the Western league broke his shoulder blade while officiating a game between local American Association and Western League teams in Kansas City Missouri on September 29.
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Kansas City
Kelly
Girl Sues Admiring Suitor Over Picture on Engine
Denver file reports J A Johnson an Union Pacific engineer placed his sweetheart picture on his locomotive headlight and she now sues him for damages.
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Denver
Colo
J. A. Johnson
Union Pacific
Husband shoots wife then turns gun on self at church
In La Crosse Wisconsin on September 29 Herman Rossow shot his wife inside the German Lutheran church and then wounded himself. Both are reported in critical condition with possible death.
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la Crosse
Wis
Herman Rossow
Rain Quenches Forest Fires in Maine North East
Heavy rains drenched northern and eastern Maine, averting threatened damage from forest fires. Weather eased fire spread, with authorities reporting reduced risk across the state. Local crews had prepared firefighting measures as rain arrived.
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Bangor
Weather Summary and Crop Prospects in Recent Week
Rainfall occurred the night of the 26th after which skies were clear. Sunny weather with drying winds prevailed most of the week. Light frosts caused no damage. Temperature slightly below normal. Soil in excellent condition. plowing and seeding ongoing. Wheat acreage likely to fall. Corn progressing toward maturity with little frost damage. Later reports show minor frost damage but not significant. Pastures excellent. clover hulling satisfactory. broom corn and cow peas good. Potato crop below average with rotting complaints. Apples continue to drop with greatly reduced yield.
Discharged Employees of Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Federal authorities discharge workers at the Consolidated Lake Superior Company after a dispute over activities described as hurling stones through the windows of the structure despite troops present. Investigation continues into the incident and its motives.
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The
Consolidated
Lake’ Superior Company
Rioting at Canadian Side Sparks Army Aid in Sault Ste. Marie
After a day of rioting against Consolidated Lake Superior Co in Sault Ste. Marie 2500 discharged workers rallied and clashed with police and militiamen. Troops arrived from Toronto to restore order as riots over delayed pay and broken promises raged, windows smashed and streetcar service halted.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior Company
Toronto
King’s Grenadiers
Illinois Central to buy six railroad properties in lease plan
The Illinois Central Railroad reports gross earnings over 45 million and plans a Nov 14 stockholders meeting to vote on purchasing six lines. Rantoul, Illinois and Indiana, St Louis & Ohio River, Christopher and Herrin, Mounds & Olive Branch, and Groves & Sand Ridge would add miles and increase trackage.
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Chicago
Illinois’ ‘Central ‘Railroad Company
Rantoul Railroad ,Company
le Roy
Indiana State Line
Illinois and Indiana Railroad
Effingham
St. Louis & Ohio River Railroad
Reevesville
Golconda
Christopher and Herrin
Christopher
Zeigler
Mounds
Plans His Own Cremation in Public Funeral
George Hendel of Royal Center Indiana aged 85 has arranged a public cremation. He built a large iron lined coffin and a cordwood platform soaked with kerosene and plans to burn on the pyre after death. He set funeral ceremonies but will not disclose details. Relatives protest while he says property distribution depends on observance.
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la Porte
Ind
George Hendel
Royal Center
Indicted legislator Brown charged with murder in rowing death
Packersville Connecticut September 30 Thomas F Brown postmaster state representative and board of education chair has been indicted for murder. He is accused of beating Thomas Montgomery to death with an oar during a July 4 rowing incident. Brown says Montgomery fell overboard while fishing.
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Packersville
Conn
Thomas F. Brown
Board of Education
Thomas Montgomery
Brown
Montgomery
Leading Odd Fellow Dying
Baltimore Md September 30 Benjamin Zimmerman aged eighty four the oldest living past grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and member for over fifty years is critically ill at his home from weakness due to age
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Baltimore
Benjamin Zimmerman
The
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Dresden implements mask and umbrella rule in saloons
In Dresden Ohio on September 30 a new screen ordinance takes effect requiring masks in public saloons. Fourteen saloons defy the rule as men enter wearing masks while others bring umbrellas to obscure faces.
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Coshocton
Dresden
Humane Judge Frees Prisoners in Laredo Jail
Federal Judge Burns ordered release of all prisoners in the county jail at Laredo Texas due to yellow fever epidemic. Most detainees faced smuggling charges.
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Humane Judge
Houston
Texas
Burns
Laredo
Governor Yates Hosts Public Reception in Springfield
Governor and Mrs. Yates invite the public to a reception at the executive mansion in Springfield on Wednesday night honoring the members of the state board of agriculture.
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Springfield
Ill
Yates
Executive Mansion
State Board of Agriculture
Seventeen Drown in Portuguese Coastal Storm Loss
A severe northern Portugal storm wrecked two fishing boats with seventy two crew aboard. Sixteen fishermen are confirmed dead and official salvage operations continue.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Austrian Bark Blandina P Wrecked Near Cape Haytien
Hayti Sept 29 Reuters reports the Austrian bark Blandina P captained by Romanich, from Barbados and other ports for Flume, was wrecked at the entrance of the roadstead here near Cape Haytien.
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Cape Haytien
Hayti
Blandina P
Romanich
Barbados
GIVES WEALTH TO HIS FAMILY
William Earle Dodge, noted New York millionaire, is reported to have left a substantial estate plan to benefit his family. The details emphasize a large inheritance and long term provisions for relatives.
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William Earle’ Dodge
New York
William Earle Dodge
Canadian astronomer girdles the globe by new longitudes
A cable from Dr Otto Klotz reports a successful measurement of the longitude between Vancouver and Brisbane, completing the global girdling by establishing the westward arc from Greenwich to Vancouver and the eastward arc to Brisbane. This makes Canada the final link in the longitudinal chain around the world.
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Ottawa
Ont
Otto Klotz
The
Dominion
Vancouver
B. C
iVancouver
Brisbane
Globe
Greenwich
Canada
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Spanish War Veterans’ Auxiliary
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