Welsh Miners Imported for Ellsworth Coal Refuted
Washington reports evidence of contract labor law violations tied to Welsh miners recruited to Ellsworth Coal in Pennsylvania. Detained at Philadelphia's International hotel, they were shown mining town images and offered high wages. Ellsworth Coal president J W Ellsworth denies any arrangement with foreign workers.
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Washington
Bureau of, Immigration
Department of Commerce and Labor
F. P. Sargent
Department of Justice
United States
Philadelphia
Haverford
New York
Ellsworth Coal Company
Ellsworth
Pontypridd
South Wales
Bureau of Immigration
Wales
International Hotel
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Burdhe
Jones Bros
Ellsworth National Bank
Ellsworth Mining Company
Miller
Pittsburg
J. W. Ellsworth
Mr. Ellsworth
Baltimore Bank Failures Touch Off 1903 Panic Fears
Two Baltimore trust and banking firms with over 10 million in liabilities collapsed or were suspended. Maryland Trust failed over Mexican railway securities unmarketable, Union Trust fell after a bank run. both had been fiscal agents for rail ventures in Mexico and Virginia.
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Baltimore
Maryland Trust Company
London
Maryland Company
Union Trust Company
McLane
South & Western Railway
Virginia
Union Company
Virginia Enterprise
Coins in Grange Hall Corner Stone Removable
Grange Hall at Osolo township burned night before last and coins placed in the southeast corner stone were removed before dawn. Neighbor H A Johnson learned of the hidden money but found the stone empty as the sill was burned. Fire also destroyed 100 bushels of rye stored in the hall belonging to Abner Kane.
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Grange Hall
Osolo Township
H. A. Johnson
Kit Mé Kean
Real Estate Transfers Bespeaking Local Property Moves
Christian M. Troyer and Daniel Stahley transfer land in Union township for 2100 dollars. Harlan A. Stauffer transfers land in Elkhart township to Benjamin Sev erns for 3600 dollars. Frederick Streely and wife transfer a Hall's Kelvin Grove lot in Elkhart for 700 dollars. Aaron J. Felthouse and wife transfer a Hannah Clark’s addition lot in Elkhart to Allen White for 300 dollars. Elkhart Institute Association by trustees transfers a College addition lot in Goshen to Samuel F. Brubaker for 500 dollars. Coppes Zook and Mutschler Co to George Lamb land in Union township for 1000 dollars. Dean Swift by heirs transfers to George Newtin Elkha.
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Christian M. ‘Troyer
Daniel Stahley
Union
Harlan A. Stauffer
Benj. F Severns
Elkhart
Frederick Streely
Enos E. Swartz
Hall
Kelvin Grove
Aaron J. Felthouse
Allen White
Hannah ‘W
Clark’s
Elkhart Institute Association
Samuel F. Brubaker
College
Goshen
Coppes- Zook
Mutschler Co
George “L
Lamb
Dean’ Swift
George ‘Newtin Elkha
Real estate transfers in Elkhart and Goshen areas
A sequence of property conveyances lists by names and spouses transferring lots and acres in Elkhart Elk hart Goshen and Middlebury townships. Values range from 200 to 4 200 dollars with parcels in Fieldhouse Briggsdale Hall Inks Goshen College Goshen Wilden Oak Park and Wilden additions plus 82 acre tracts and 60 acre tracts.
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Ear Shenefield
Allendale
Elk‘hart
Anthony D. McKnight
Frank Johnson
Fieldhouse
Elkhart
Henry I. Colburn
John W. Fieldhouse
Hall
Thomas Addison
Briggsdale
Jacob Kilmer
Stanford Willard
Inks
Wakarusa
Wilbur L. Stonex
Christian K
Mary E. Hostettler
Goshen College
Goshen
William B. Krider
Walker
Mary Powers
Wilden’s
Eliza A. Benham
Lillian New
Lillian New, Lot In’ Oak Park
Jos
Jorgen Ratzer
Ewwin Finn
North Elkhart
John Michael
Benj. F. Deahl
John P. Michael
Daniel CG. Waterman
John S. Yoder
Harrison Tp
Sarah Troyer Yoder Et.al
Fanny Troyer
Catherine Mhostettler
Middlebury
A. Reigel
George W. Trover
Wilden
Miller Johns Accused of Bribe Conspiracy in Ryan Case
In Cincinnati on October 15 D V Miller and J M Johns faced testimony in a case alleging they conspired to obtain a bribe from turf promoter Ryan. Witness C A G Christiansiany tied Miller to urging a letter to Ryan to push the case, noting oversight by post office inspectors had not been highlighted.
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Cincinnati
C. A. G. Christiancy
Tyner
Post Office Department
D. V. Miller
J. M. Johns
Ryan
Miller
Christianicy
The
Postoffice
Conference on employer employee relations opens in United States
The National Civic Federation opened its conference today with discussions from participants across the United States and from England and Canada focusing on better relations between employers and employees. Vienna reports a fierce battle in the Peristeri mountains with 400 insurgents and Turkish forces. insurgents suffer forty killed and fifteen wounded while Turkish casualties were heavy.
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United States
England
Canada
National Civic Federation
Vienna
Peristeri
Macedonia
Fever epidemic spreads from Texas to Mexico and Monterey
Fort Worth reports worsening yellow fever in Laredo with many new cases. The illness is said to be sweeping Monterey in Mexico. In Europe a Constantinople dispatch notes the sultan in a state of collapse and weeping over recent deaths.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Laredo
Monterey
Mex
Berlin
Constantinople
Not Guilty Verdict in Tillman Case Returns
Lexington South Carolina October 15 Tillman case jury acquits defendant this morning in a verdict of not guilty.
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Lexington
S. C
Tillman
Macedonian Leader Sarafoff Reported Killed
Vienna dispatch reports the Macedonian leader Sarafoff has been killed. Confirmation and details remain unclear as authorities review the incident from the October 15 report.
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Vienna
Sarafoff
Supreme Court Denies De Kalb County Courthouse Mandamus
Springfield Til Oct 16 The petition for mandamus to bring the De Kalb county courthouse dispute to the Supreme Court was denied in a verbal decision by Chief Justice Hand. He said the issues are purely local and must be decided by local courts unless there is great public interest or immediate need for relief.
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Supreme Court
de Kalb County
Springfield
Til
Hand
Unique Wedding at Peoria City Hall Top
John Habecker and Susie Schaeffer of Morton Illinois traveled to Peoria to wed approved by Justice Fox who conducted the ceremony atop the city hall creating a distinctive wedding setting in Peoria Illinois on October 16.
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Peoria
John Habecker
Susie Schaeffer
Morton, Il
Justice
Fox
Rome Reported Marriage Planned for Labouchere's Daughter
A Rome dispatch states Marquis Carlo Rudini and Dora Labouchere will wed in Florence toward the end of October. Dora is the daughter of Henry Labouchere, the English member of parliament, and Carlo Rudini is the son of the ex-prime minister.
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Labouchere
Paris
Rome
Carlo Rudini
Dora
Henry Labouchere
Florence
Roosevelt removes Vermont Marshal for deportation breach
President Roosevelt dismisses Fred A. Field the U S marshal for the District of Vermont over dereliction of duty that allowed three Chinese detainees to escape while under deportation orders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fred A. Field
District of Vermont
Sale of Consolidated Assets in Sault Ste. Marie
Arrangements completed to sell the assets of the Lake Superior Consolidated Company in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to English capitalists. The sale is set for completion in October with English investors advancing the purchase.
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Consolidated
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
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