Summary of key events across nations and markets
A week in review reports a Memphis tornado causing one death and major property damage, a 500 delegate irrigation congress, coal freight rate hikes, and Roosevelt moving toward a coal settlement. A Southern Pacific through train wreck near San Antonio injures passengers, while plow manufacturer consolidation seeks a 75 million dollar capitalization. Other items note British Columbia coal holdings sale, New Orleans streetcar strikes, Chinese royal marriage, national debt drop, Greek casualties in Bulgarian unrest, and various naval and labor developments.
Death in Coal Mine Near Black Diamond Wash Kills Eleven
A mine explosion at Lawson mine near Black Diamond Washington last night killed eleven miners and injured three. The blast occurred on the fourth level around 9 o clock, trapping workers who perished from after damp after the initial blast. Fourteen on No 4 south and four on No 4 north faced the incident, with others on No 3 level.
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Black Diamond
Washington
Seattle
Wash
Lawson
No. 4 South
No. 4 North
No. 3
No. 4 Sonth
First Governor John Whiteaker Dies in Oregon
Ex governor John Whiteaker, Oregon’s first governor under the state constitution, died at his Eugene home at 7:45 pm after long illness. He suffered two strokes, outlived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter. Funeral services will be held under Eugene lodge A F and A M auspices, likely Saturday.
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Eugene, Or
John Whiteaker
State of
Oregon
Eugene
Eugene Lodge A. F. & A. M
Oregon Governor and statesman born in Indiana in 1820
Born in Indiana in 1820, he married in 1847 and moved to Oregon in 1853. He served as probate judge in 1856 and joined the territorial legislature in 1857. Elected governor in 1858, he also served in the 1866 legislature and was Speaker of the House in 1570, later presiding as senator in 1874. He represented Oregon in Congress starting 1878 and was Port land’s internal revenue collector in 1885 before dying in 1902.
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Indiana
Oregon
Senate
Congress
Portland
Memorial fund drives mail flood and chain scheme
Cleveland reports Colonel Myron T. Merrick treasurer of the National McKinley Memorial Association receiving hundreds of letters daily with email contributions. An endless chain scheme using 10 cent 5 cent and 2 cent notes has circulated, with up to 50,000 letters received and sent to the treasurer's office in Canton. Many envelopes come from Europe.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Merrick
National McKinley Memorial Association
Memorial Fund
Monument Fund
Tully
Judge Day
Canton
Europe
Trains Collide in Tunnel Kill Five Near Cornwallis
Five persons died and three injured in a head on collision between two freight trains in a tunnel near Cornwallis on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The wreck involved cattle cars with all stock killed or injured and about twenty cars derailed. Three bodies have been recovered. two remain unreachable due to debris.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Cornwallis
Baltimore & Ohio
Cromwell Granted Powers Over Panama Canal Property
William Nelson Cromwell, general counsel for the Panama Canal Company, has returned from Paris and is empowered to deliver to Attorney General Knox every conveyance decree concession or document relating to the company properties. He holds unquestionable power to convey the canal plant concessions and other property to the United States free of any liens or claims.
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New York
William Nelson Cromwell
New Panama Canal Company
Pwice
Knox
Paris
United States
Camden Reservoir Burst Floods City Streets
The Camden New Jersey reservoir near the Delaware River burst on October 4 releasing about 8 million gallons of water. Water flooded cellars along Twenty seventh street and caused damage as the embankment eroded after a watchman failed to reset a valve, allowing the break to propagate.
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Camden
N. J
City
Delaware River
Oregon News Briefs: Fort Columbia Barracks Nears Finish
The week in Oregon features near completion of the Fort Columbia barracks, preparations for the Agricultural ball at the state college on October 15, and a surge of industry growth notes. A post office burglary was foiled, Willamette Univ opens its 37th annual session with 35 students, and hunting for pheasants continues as the October 1 law expires. The Indian war veterans seek $300,000 in 4 percent bonds, harvests and fairs dominate headlines, and a sword fund for Admiral Clark aims to raise about 1200. Disease quarantines tighten as smallpox and other illnesses rise in Fogne.
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Indian War Veterans of
Oregon
Salem
Dalles
Portland Markets Wheat and more prices listed
Market report shows wheat from Walla Walla and valley at 62 to 63 cents with blacetem at 65c, barley at 19.50 to 20.50 per ton, oats No 1 white at 11.02y per cental, hay prices, poultry items, cheese and butter quotes, potatoes, wool and mohair values, and cattle, veal, mutton and lamb rates across regional grades.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Young America
Hutter
Volcano Threat Looms Over San Fernando de Maasaya
The Santiago volcano in Nicaragua looms as a likely eruption, threatening San Fernando de Maasaya and its 20,000 residents who are greatly alarmed by the potential eruption.
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Santiago
San Fernando de Maasaya
Moros Crushed as Pershing Force Pounds Forts
In Mindanao the Moros offer slight resistance to Captain Pershing s column. After skirmishes the Moros retreat to six lakeside forts. Pershing shells the forts with McNair s battery while Moros flee. Twenty Moros killed. no American casualties. Sun filled with note of Sumner s letter to the Mairu Sultans.
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Manila
Mindanao
Pershing
Macin
Camp Vicars
Captain Pershing
William&. McNair
J. J. Morrow
Sumner
Uncle Sam's Finances In September 1902 Surplus Of 11 Million
Washington October 3 The monthly comparative statement of government receipts and expenditures shows September 1902 total receipts of 45 580 381 an increase of over 40 00 000 from September 1901. Expenditures were 37 554 795 leaving a surplus of about 11 000 000. Customs 26 255 777 up 7 000 000 Internal revenue 19 789 808 down 2 700 000 Miscellaneous 2 564 895 down 250 000 War department costs about 250 000 higher than 1901 navy costs up about 1 500 000.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
War Department
Navy
Post Office Employees Limited From Political Activity
Postmaster General Payne issues a circular to post office staff outlining the strict limits on political activity. Classified staff may vote and express opinions privately but must not participate in political management or campaigns or use their office to influence movements or create public scandal.
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Washington
Payne
Post Office Department
Classified
Underwood Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Seattle Oct 3 Paul Underwood and his wife were found guilty of murder in the second degree for drowning their infant in Salmon Bay. The jurors were out less than half an hour after a trial marked by stoic calm from the defendant as emotions ran through his family. The crime occurred on the last day of May and he was captured after a two week statewide chase. Penalty ranges from 10 to 20 years in prison.
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Seattle
Paul Underwood
Salmon Bay
Underwood
Striker Mob Halts Plymouth Washery Operations
In Wilkes Barre on October 3 a Plymouth washery suspended work after a mob of men and boys cut belts and blocked machinery. Workers from Scranton were driven away, but troops from the Ninth Regiment found the scene quiet upon arrival and the mob had dispersed.
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Wilwesbarre
Plymouth
Scranton
Jacobs
Ninth Regiment
McCulloch Wins Vermont Governor Post In Convention
In Montpelier on October 3, the legislature elected John G. McCulloch of Bennington as governor. He failed to win a majority at the polls but secured a majority in the convention with 164 votes. Stanton, a Republican, was chosen lieutenant governor with 181 votes, preserving Republican control.
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Montpelier
John G. McCulloch
Bennington
McCulloch
Stanton
American Settlers Increase in British Columbia
Vancouver British Columbia Oct 3 1909 Estimates show about 27000 Americans have settled as bona fide settlers this year with over 20000 already recorded. By year end sixty five immigrants from various countries will be recorded.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
B. C
Street Railway Strike Stalls City for Fourth Day
New Orleans on October 3 reports no streetcars in service with only two mail cars moving. The strike enters its fourth day as widespread stoppage continues to paralyze transit.
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New Orleans
Coal Strike Ends In Deadlock Over Union Recognition
Washington Oct 4 The coal conference with President failed to yield a settlement. Miners propose arbitration to be named by the president and to abide by its terms for up to five years. Operators reject arbitration and press for federal troops and court actions while demanding workers return to mines without recognizing the union. Both sides stayed in the city last night but plans to continue the struggle leave the outcome uncertain.
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Washington
White House
Court of Common Pleas
District of Pennsylvania
President appeals to mine operators and miners for public good
The president speaks to operators and miners about the anthracite trade crisis. He says he speaks for the general public not the parties, warns of a looming winter fuel famine, and urges a settlement without discussing individual claims, urging sacrifice for the common good.
Coal strike to continue after operators refuse concessions
President Mitchell condemned the operators for denying concessions or arbitration and predicted the coal strike would persist with miners likely to win. Delaware & Hudson vice president David Wilcox attacked the United Mine Workers as an unlawful, coercive monopoly, insisting law must decide who works and pay. Other operators echoed these positions.
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Mitchell
United States
David Wilcox
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
United Mineworkers
Circuit Court of the United States
Wilcox
Iron Workers Agent Fined for Rock Island Strike
Chicago Oct 6 W E Francis business agent of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers was fined 200 by a joint arbitration committee for ordering a strike at the Rock Island depot. He acted after contractors gave a traveler building job to the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. The stoppage halted work on projects valued at over 9 million, involving all building trades.
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Chicago
W E. Francis
Bridge & Structural Iron Workers
Rock Island
Francis
Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners
Miners Ordered to Work at Blue Creek and Blocton Mines
President Flynn of the United Mineworkers district of Alabama announced orders for 1600 miners at Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad to resume work. The action follows the company's refusal to withhold all wage deductions demanded by the union for anthracite strikers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Flynn
United Mineworkers of America, District of Alabama
Tennessee Coal & Iron Railroad Company
Blue Creek
Blocton
Anthwcite
Roosevelt seeks federal role in end to cost strike
In Washington on October 2 President Roosevelt convened advisers including Attorney General Knox and Secretary Moody to assess federal powers to end the cost strike. They concluded federal interference is not warranted, but a further conference will explore any lawful options while emphasizing no need for federal troops or use of court processes.
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Washington
White House
Knox
Moody
Payne
Crane
Masachusetts
Roosevelt
United States
Stone
Pennsylvania
Explorers Map Lands Between Cook Inlet and Tanana
A seven member United States Geological Survey party led by Alfred H. Brooks completed a preliminary survey from Tynook to the Tanana then Rampart on the Yukon. They traversed uninhabited wilderness, mapped hundreds of miles, located new streams, named features, and passed nearer Mount McKinley than any prior white explorers. Brooks sent the reports from Seattle after months of hard travel.
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Seattle
United States Geological Survey
Cook Inlet
Tanana
Alfred H. Brooks
Tynook
Ramp Rt
Yukon
Washington
Brooks
Mount McKinley
Cholera Ravages Ilo Ilo Province in Panay
It is reported 5,124 cholera cases and 2,740 deaths in Ilo Ilo on Monday, the highest district total since the outbreak began. Miago records 1,173 cases, Cabettaun 899, and Dumangas 395. People flee to mountains as dead go unburied. Government sends more doctors and medicines amid overwhelming casualties. Total Monday nationwide 5,390 cases and 3,001 deaths.
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Manila
Ilo Ilo
Panay
Miago
Tio Ilo
Cabettaun
Dumanges
Hlo Fle
Coal Shortage Strikes New York City Amid Miner Strike
The coal situation in New York grows dire with only 2000 tons of hard coal in stock against the usual 150000. Tenement districts see prices at 75 cents per bushel or about 25 dollars per ton. dealers reduce allotments to a quarter ton. coal and coal dust sell by the 20 pound pail for 25 cents.
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New York
Fire Chief Croker On Trial In New York Court
Edward F. Croker, chief of the New York fire department, stood trial before Fire Commissioner Sturgis. Charges include incompetency, filing false reports, violation of state constitution, conversion of public property to private use, and conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline.
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New York
Edward F. Croker
New York Fire Department
Sturgis
State of
Salt Company Fails Receivers Appointed in New Jersey
Trenton New Jersey October 2 Chancellor Magic appointed Frank P McDermott of Jersey City and Nathan Beamslee of Warsaw New York as receivers for the National Salt Company. The application for a receiver was by Chauncey H Strickland of New York. The company reports liabilities of and quick assets at 555.
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Trenton
N. J
Magic
Frank P. McDermott
Jersey City
Nathan 8. Beamslee
Waraw
N. Y
National Salt Company
Chauncey H. Strickland
New York
Irrigation Funds Aim to Build Ten Systems Soon
Washington reports that 7.5 to 8 million dollars are available in the reclamation fund for irrigation projects under the last session act. About 4.5 million comes from public land revenues last year, with total expenditures and funds including fees, fines, and land abuses. Officials expect to allocate more than a million beyond current funds to pursue at least ten medium sized irrigation systems, depending on costs, with contracts pending.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Reclamation Fund
Secretary of the
Public Land Service
Aerioultong
City Struggles Through Coal Shortage in New York
Oct 2 New York reports none to spare shows demand soaring as Rochester dispatch notes residents strip sidewalks bridges and lumber for fuel. Hospitals like Hood Wright and St Luke's face critical coal shortages while prices climb to 21 dollars. Welsh and French coal supplies lag with 8,000 tons on the way and 25,000-ton orders awaiting delivery, weeks needed to meet demand.
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New York
Rochester
N. Y
the Times
New York City
Hood Wright Hospital
St. Luke's
St. Mary's Hospital Children
Chani Ties Department
Noted men to attend tenth National Irrigation Congress
Colorado Springs reports encouraging notices for the October 6 opening of the 10th National Irrigation Congress. Delegations from Omaha and St Paul commercial clubs will arrive, with participation from Texas Mexico Wyoming Kansas Nebraska cities. Topics include $8,000,000 in available funds, future land sales, and irrigation enabling homes for millions in arid areas. Letters of endorsement flood in.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Omaha and & Paul
Mexico
Texas
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Captains of Industry
Ocset
Will Turn Immigrants Back
Ottawa Ontario October 2 Frank P Agent commissioner general of the United States discussed with Dominion officials the disposal of undesirable immigrants on Canadian soil and their return to the United States. Freddie superintendent of immigration said Mr Sargentoff had already been taken in and objectionable people would be turned back to the lines for immediate return to the port of embarkation.
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Ottawa
Island fast mail wreck east of here near Skunk river
Des Moines reports the Island fast mail wrecked while trying to pass a freight train near a demolished bridge across the Skunk river. Three cars derailed. three tramps reportedly killed in the incident. No loss of life among other passengers or crew confirmed.
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Des Moines
Island Fast Mail
Newt
Here
Skunk
T. K
Wisconsin arrives at Panama with Commodore Silas Casey
The end department received four cables announcing the arrival of Commodore Silas Casey aboard the Wisconsin at Panama. Reports say his Saed the Wisconsin reached the coast within two weeks, with Rear Admiral commanding American naval forces on the Isthmus noted.
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Washington
Heemia
Silas Casey
Wisconsin
Panama
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