Conference on Miners Wages Heads to Scranton Meeting
New York March 3 The anthracite coal operators agreed to a conference with miners representatives led by Thomas L. Lewis successor of John Mitchell: George F Baer William H Truesdale and other coal road presidents will hear demands for union recognition higher wages shorter hours and other concessions Lewis will be treated as a miner representative not United Mine Workers officer. He supports direct conferences over conciliation boards.
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Baer
Truesdale
John Mitchell
Scranton
New York
George F. Baer
William H. Truesdale
Thomias L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Country Life Inquiry Commission is Scored by Representatives
Washington March 3 The conference report on the agricultural bill was adopted by the house after debate about the country life commission. Representative Stanley warned against a body of frock coats silk hats in cars with champagne while instructing farmers. Representative Tawney warned that continued commissions would mean executive government not by law.
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Stanley
Tawney
Washington
House
Country Life Commission
Roosevelt Taxon? No Merger Law Claim
Seven members of the senate judiciary committee report that President Roosevelt acted without authority in approving the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron by United States Steel, a merger claimed to violate the Sherman act. Two majority members offered views narrowing the claim. Senators Nelson Kittredge Foraker Culberson Bacon Rayner Ovemnan signed.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Roosevelt
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Nelson
Kittredge
Foraker
Culberson
Bacon
Rayner
Ovemnan
Subsidy bill defeated amid fiery House debate
Washington March 3 the house rejected the ship subsidy bill by 172 to 175 with Representative Moon leading opposition. Critics called the measure an infernal fraud designed to plunder the treasury and charged a lobby on the floor. Others condemned sending the flag abroad as an outrageous concession of enslavement.
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Treasury
Washington
House
Moon
Clark
Tre
Alt. Moon
Tennessee
Cochran
Emme Cummings Will Creates Income for Olga Roosevelt
The will of Emme Cummings values an estate over $1,000,000 and directs that Olga Roosevelt, a cousin of the president, receive the income from $260,000 until she turns twenty-one, at which time she will inherit the principal.
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New York
Emme Cummings
Olga Roosevelt
Explosion at Port Blanchard Colliery Kills Two
A gas explosion at Pennsylvania Coal Company's Number 46 mine near Wilkes-Barre Port Blanchard Pa on March 8 killed two miners and seriously injured twelve. The blast set woodwork in the Pittston gangway ablaze and entombed about forty men. Rescue teams worked amid dangerous black damp conditions with limited progress.
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Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Port Blanchard
Here
Pittston
Miners Escape Mine Fire Then Four Burned Men Die Expected
A report from Pittston hospital indicates four burned miners are likely to die after an exit from the mine to the surface. The group escaped the blaze unharmed on the way out, but fatalities are anticipated among the injured workers.
Ottumwa riot claim hinges on hallucination by Mrs Johnston
Mrs C M Johnston of Ottumwa confessed she was not attacked by a Negro and that the attack claim arose from an opiate induced hallucination. Detective Way notes the admission calmed a jail mob awaiting a formal statement. A crowd of white women had gathered seeking to present bouquets to John Junken charged with Clara Rosen's death, heightening tension.
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Ottumwa
C. M. Johnston
Des Moines
D. B. Way
John Junken
Clara Rosen
Gems in Demand Big Increase in Importations Showrs
New York statistics show March entries for diamonds pearls rubies and other gems through the port valued at 2916710 dollars, up 200447 from February 1908. Overall imports reached 66857526 dollars, about 18.5 million more than the same month last year.
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New York
Nine Die In New York Tenement Fire
A four story brick tenement on Seventh Avenue near Thirty second Street caught fire early today. Nine people died including four men three women and two children. The blaze started in the basement and spread rapidly trapping residents who tried to jump from windows as police and firemen conducted several rescues amid cheering crowds.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Aliens Filling Prisons in New York State
Superintendent C. V. Colling informs Congressman Bennet that aliens now comprise about 34 percent of inmates in Sing Sing Auburn and Clinton prisons. Of these prisoners 84 percent are aliens who have never been naturalized.
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Albany
N. Y
C. V. Colling
State Prison Department
William S. Bennet
New York State
Sing Sing
Auburn
Clinton
Jurors Warned Not to Discuss Milk Trust Case
In Chicago, Judge McSurely warned jurors in the milk trust trial against discussing the case with their wives. He cautioned that wives might hold affect opinions on milk companies for price increases.
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Milk Trust
Chicago
Alarcha
McSurely
Ex-Supervisor Coffey Sentenced for Bribe in Frisco
Ex-Supervisor M. W. Coffey was sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of accepting a bribe related to granting a trolley franchise to United Railroads in San Francisco California. In Washington District a nephew of Speaker Cannon Richard Cannon of Danville Alabama was injured in a collapse on Pennsylvania Avenue suffering a painful scalp wound.
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Coffey
Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
M. W. Coffey
United Railroads
Cannon
Washington
Richard Cannon
Danville
Speaker Cannon
Pennsylvania Avenue
Goodbye From Liliuokalani in Washington
Former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii joined others in Washington on March 3 to bid farewell to President Roosevelt as part of a farewell call.
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Liliuokalani
Washington
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Official Dies in New York
W. H. Tilford a vice president of Standard Oil died at his New York home. The date given is March 3 and the town is New York City. The report notes his high rank within the company.
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Standard Oil
New York
W. H. Tilford
Standard Oil Company
Vinci Cures Child After Measles Pneumonia in Portland
Portland Maine mother recounts six year old girl nearly emaciated after measles followed by pneumonia. After weeks of poor appetite and weak digestion Vinci was given and the child rapidly recovered. Doctor approved continued use. Vinci advertised as natural tonic. Freeport outlet mentioned.
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Portland
Maine
Vinci
J. W. Flagg
Vinci Tield
Freeport
Divorces, Conspiracy, and Labor Bills Debate in House
Martin Dillon of Galena introduces a bill to curb divorce by barring remarriage within a year and punishing false marriage licenses. Thomas Tippit targets bookmakers with a felony for selling pools on horse races. The Chiperfield measure seeks to limit conspiracy prosecutions and repeal the 40 percent convict-labor clause. Other proposals cover wage duties for deserted wives and police badges for train conductors and steamboat captains. A Senate quorum absence blocks a joint ballot. Sunday plans to pray for state senators.
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Sprinefeld
Martin Dillon
Galena
William Ritchie
Chicago
Thomas Tippit
Olney
House Judiciary Committee
Chiperfield
Kleeman
Iit
William Murphy
House of Correction
Nenkbers
Senate
Hopkins
Foss
Mason
Shurtlett
McKinley
Sherman
Lafayette Funk
Stringer
Thomas G. Mcshligott
William A. Sunday
Evangelist
Flr
Springfield
Oglesby
B. M. Chiperfield
Lussuge
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertises quick relief
Colds contracted this season are quickly relieved with Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. Its laxative quality rides the system of the cold. Pleasant to take. Best for children for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. Sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Scissors and sewing machines repaired at local shop
Repairs completed for scissors and sewing machines at a shop on Galena Street. Customer Ryan living at 88 Galena St reported items serviced.
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Ryan
Galena St
Daily Journal Delivery In Citywide Service
The Daily Journal offers citywide newspaper delivery for 10 cents per week. The service advertises full city coverage and convenient access for all residents.
The Jonah superstition on the North Star voyage
Captain Tuttle recalls a voyage from Philadelphia to the Mediterranean where a woman named Johanna, nicknamed Miss Jonah, is blamed for bad luck. A severest gale, a poison scare, a snow storm, and a derelict rescue mark the tale, ending with the captain meeting the doctor in Philadelphia and learning he married Miss Jonah.
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Captain Tuttle
Jonah
North Star
Philadelphia
Mediterranean
Johanna
Meddercroft
Misa Jonah
Azores
Islands
Racoblack
Fayal
Gibraltar
Miss Jonah
Chestnut Street
Don
Helen Sophie Gashe
Minister and shepherd prepare for baptism in Scotland
A pompous Highland minister visits a shepherd to baptize a child. He asks if the family is spiritually prepared. The parent replies he has a grand h haw for tea and two bottles of whisky from the inn, hinting at worldly preparations.
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Munnister
Sam
Litter and Literature in a Dusted Desk Corner
A compact meditation contrasts a writer’s eight inch square writing space with a desk buried under pressing bills. The Newark News quips that tidy desks do not guarantee literature. The Cleveland Leader adds a quip about age and willingness to learn.
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Newark News
A Poor Author and a Struggling Poet on Grub Street
Dr Johnson befriended poet Samuel Boyse while in Grub Street. Boyse, praised for his Deity poem, could not work abroad as his clothes were pawned. Johnson funded his clothes. two days later Boyse again faced hunger and poverty, eating a stew bought by a benefactor as he faced possible starvation.
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Johnson
Grub Street
Samuel Boyse
Boyse
Aater Rees
Fragmentary Concourse Amidst Fallen Tree Debris
A damaged fragment describes a crowded scene around a fallen tree, with people rushing for chips and a tripper grabbing a large piece. An older woman quips about worshiping Gladstone, hinting at political talk as the crowd disperses.
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Humber
Amses
Esa
Sam
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