Street Car Tie Up Riots In Chicago Strike Action
Crowds of 15 000 street car workers and supporters converged at Tattersall's hall to denounce aldermen and demand municipal ownership of lines. Violent clashes erupted on Archer and State streets as police fired shots in the air and rioters battled officers and strikebreakers. two nonunion workers exchanged fire, wounding two.
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Chicago
TOF Milbicipal
City Railway Company
Archer Avenue
Wentworth Avenue
Chicago City Railway Company
State Street
Forty-first Street
Mahon
Chirrow
Prowtish
Mahen
Darrow
Front
Sangamon
Conmon
Moros Suffer Heavy Losses in Jolo Fighting
In five days of combat near Jolo Gen. Leonard Wood’s forces kill 300 Moros and wound Maj. H L Scott with five privates injured. Has sen lured into an ambush and killed, as American troops push rebels from Siet Jake to their headquarters. Armies driven into swamps with 76 dead left behind on Nov 16 and 40 more killed on Nov 17.
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Joto
Leonard Wood
H. L. Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Gen. Wood
Siet Lake
Jolo
Maj. Scott
Panglima Hassen
Hassen
Maj
Scott
Siet Jake
Argus
Wood
Railroads See Surge in Killed and Injured
A state report from the Interstate Commerce Commission shows 49 531 casualties on U S railroads in the year ending June 30 1903 with 3 554 deaths and 45 977 injuries. It notes more complete reporting and a larger workforce with many inexperienced workers contributing to the rise.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ten Thousand Starve Cape Verde Islands Famine
Letters from the Cape Verde islands report severe famine with 10 000 deaths in Santiago alone. Despite relief efforts the death rate remains high. Portugal governs the archipelago near Africa where climate and deficient water worsen conditions. External aid comes only from Lisbon’s Board of Trade.
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Lqgue Verde Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Santiago
Portugal
Foge
Amberia
Sal Sinch
Board of Trade of
Lisbon
Exposition Expenditure Report For St Louis Exposition
President Carter provides a public accounting of the 15 million dollar appropriation for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Through Sept 30 receipts reached 10,386,985.58 with disbursements 10,154,096.77, leaving 232,888.81 balance. Detailed costs cover building purchases and construction. 50 states and territories and 43 foreign countries to exhibit. Carter expects results to exceed government and public expectations.
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Carter
St. Louis
Thomas H Carter
National Commission of the
Roosevelt
United States
The
Exposition Company
Oil discovery and travel surge hit early 1900s notes
Oil found at Lawton townsite and a strong oil flow reported in Toronto Kansas at 1000 feet. St Louis hotels prepared to house 60000 guests. Home rule party in Hawaii gains near total victory. UK imports and exports rise in October. Bessie Knecht known as sleeping girl dies after 47 days revival. Philippines shows trade balance in favor of exports over imports post American occupation. Ohio man August Garnix commits suicide due to wife’s illness and poverty.
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Lawton
QO. T
St Louis
Toronto
Kan
Joseph A. Gill
Justicar
Supreme Coourt
Indian Territory
Home Rule Party
Hawaii
Elect
Bessie Knecht
Salt Lake City
Utah
South Dakota
United States District Court
Balanc
August Garnix
West Nimisilla Bridge
Canton
Ohio
Cincinna
Rassie
Boston F Herald
Andrew
Charlie ‘Schwabs
Atlante-Constitution
Peter
Detroit ‘Tribune
St. Louis
Chicago
Omaha Bee
Washington, Star
Kalger
South America
St. Louis Republic
Europe
Carnegie
Washington Star
United States
Canada
Boston Globe
Peter of
Servia
American Public Health Association
Various Front Pages Themed Editorials on World Affairs
A collage of opinion quips from multiple papers notes leaders and events. It cites calls for peace in Asia remarks about Alaska's boundary, oil price surges in Indiana and Ohio, and reactions to Carnegie and Schwab in finance. It blends political commentary with social observations across several U.S. cities.
Labor Men In Uproar At AFL Convention In Boston
An uproar at Faneuil Hall as socialistic resolutions are reported unfavorably by the American Federation of Labor committee. President Gompers orders galleries cleared after hostile demonstrations. Delegates debate socialist principles as resolutions against public ownership surface. Several hundred spectators are ejected and form a outside protest.
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Faneuil Hall
Boston
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Committee On Resolutions
Hayes
Cleveland
Jompers
Ohio Supreme Court backs Christian Scientists in manslaughter case
The court held Christian Scientists did not violate Ohio statutes in practicing their creed. In State v Sylva and Lcotta Bishop of Butler County the couple faced manslaughter charges after their 8 year old died from injuries treated by prayer and no physician. The high court overruled the trial judge and upheld acquittal on excep tions.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Sylva
Lcotta
Butler County
Holmes Gard
Supreme Court
Grateful Dog Saves Boy in Brookdale Pond Incident
Walter De Witt, 17, of Brookdale New Jersey, nearly drowned after his raft capsized in Town House pond. A homeless mongrel, once abused as a chicken thief, swam to his aid and kept him afloat until he reached shore.
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Bayes
Walter de Witt
Brookdale
N. J
de Witt
House Pond
Mrs Francis Elected President Of St Louis Woman's Club
Mrs David R Francis was elected president of the St Louis Woman's Club succeeding Mrs James L Blair who resigned. The brief item notes a leadership transition in the club.
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David R. Francis
St Louis Woman's Club
James L. Blair
Janie Stewart, Boyesen
Chicago
Daporte
Ind
Domiatco—Buszette
Italy
Mia Giuseppe Denico
West Hoboken
N. J
Tragic Big Four Train Collision Near Tremont Injures Dozens
A head on crash between westbound freight and work train on the Big Four Railroad near Mackinaw Tremont at 2 45 PM left twenty six dead and many injured. Conductor J W Dudgeight blamed for failing to stop. A boiler explosion and debris flung bodies along the tracks as rescuers arrived with doctors and Turkish rugs used to remove mangled remains.
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Big
Coliistoy
Peoriape
Aihietyone
Jehst Efteen
Qwork
Mackinaw and
Tremont
Jil
J. W. Dudgeoight
Judge
Indianapolis
Urbanas
Walt
Mackinaw
George Becker
Mackings
Mivert
Russell Noonan
Pekin
C. H. Barnard
William Bailey
Missouri Sets Plan for St Louis to Kansas City Highway
Missouri plans a grand cross state highway from St Louis to Kansas City with three route options of 274 288 and 290 miles. Built for beauty and stability the 100 foot wide road uses macadam eight inches deep and features clay wagon paths drainage sluices a pedestrian plank walk and shade trees planted by nearby residents. Cost capped at 3000 per mile total about 900000 with funding from counties and state appropriations.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
New York State
Cuban Reciprocity Bill Passes House By Wide Vote
Honee secures approval of the Cuban reciprocity measure in the House by 335 to 21. The bill lowers Dingley tariff schedules by 20 percent for Cuban imports, triggering immediate applause on the floor and in the galleries. Dissenters include Republicans and Democrats such as Darragh Smith Loud Bordney Bishop McMorran Gillett Metcalf Needham McLachlan Daniels loge Shaforth Bell Livernash Wynn Davey Meyer Broussard Robertson Breazeale.
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Honee
United States
House of Representatives
Messrs
Darragh
Smith
Loud
Bordney
Bishop
McMorran
Michigan
Gillett
Metcalf
Needham
McLachlan
Daniels
California
Loge
Colorado
Shaforth
Bell
Livernash
Livernash and Wynn
Davey
Meyer, Broussard
Robertson
Breaseale
Louisiana
Tyner near death and a career spanning presidents
The article notes James Tyner a former Postmaster General and Civil War era official is gravely ill. It recounts his long service from the Civil War through several administrations and his work with Grant in the army mails and cabinet, plus other federal topics of the era.
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Syner
Tyner
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
West
Gen. Grant
Congress
Schuyler Colfax
Bulldine Steel Structures and Framing Precision
The article notes that many steel structures for modern skyscrapers are planned far away and built across Pennsylvania towns. Each piece is fitted and numbered at the mill before transport, so exact measurements avoid drilling for rivets.
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Bulldine Steel
Pennsylvania
Ivery
Iron shipments to Europe boost Alabama producers
Bourke from the Wires notes Alabama iron producers sent large shipments to Europe where prices are better. A Philadelphia arrest reports Samuel Davis, a Black man, charged with tearing out a horse's tongue. In New Haven, Judge Cleaveland refused to appoint Isaac WV Stiles' Christian daughter, citing reliance on Christian Science for diphtheria.
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Bourke
Alabama
Europe
Samuel Davis
Philadelphia
Cleaveland
New _ Haven
Conn
Isaac
Stiles
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Salt Lake Herald
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Washington Pot
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Christian Science
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