Immigrants Arrivals Rise With Italy Leading Counts
The annual immigration report shows 648,743 arrivals in the last fiscal year with 466,369 men and 182,374 women. Italy supplied 178,375, Austria Hungary 171,988, and Russia 107,347, while Ireland fell to 20,138. One hundred sixty two thousand one hundred eighty eight could not read or write and 74,003 were under 14. Four thousand nine hundred seventy four were refused landing including 3,044 paupers and 275 labourers.
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Commissioner of Immigration
Ita
United States
Italy
Austria Hungary
Ireland
Bulgarian Brigands Threaten Missionary Life Over Ransom
Rev George J. Marsh an American missionary in Bulgaria reports threats from brigands who demand 6000 Napoleons about 24000 dollars. Dr J Burton of Boston foreign secretary of the American Board notified the State Department of the complaint. The State Department asks Bulgaria to investigate and provide protection for Marsh.
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J. Burton
Boston
Board of For Ten Minions
State Department
George J. Marsh
Bulgaria
Marsh
Captain and Crew Rescued From John Minor Wreck Reef
The schooner John Miner hit Point au Barques reef in a north gale while bound from Harbor Springs to Detroit with hardwood lumber. Captain Norman Afe Donald and 6 crewmen were rescued by the saving crew as the vessel was total loss.
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John Miner
Harbor Springs
Detroit
Point Au Barques Reef
Norman McDonald
Miner
Great Lakes
Normal Afe Donald
Lillian
Gratea Point
St John's
N. F
Schooney Rosebud
England Debates Empire Preferential Trade Policy
The National Union of Conservative Associations adopts a resolution championed by Sir Howard Vincent urging preferential trade within the British empire. He advocates taxing competing home goods to raise revenue, while ministers defend the education bill and delay action.
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EISAC
National Union of Conservative Associati Nn
England
Howard Vintent
Oxford
Howard Vincent
Palma Says Isle Is Grateful and Desires Close Ties
In Havana President Palma denies Cu ban gratitude to the United States and rejects indifference to reciprocity. He states Cubans remain grateful and seek the closest commercial and political relations with the United States as the cabinet considers a treaty with some provisions objected to but not rejected.
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United States
Havana
Palma
Horses burnt to death in New York stable fire
A fire consumed the five story Gansevoort livery and boarding Stables at 339 West 16th Street New York killing forty horses and injuring three men who escaped death. The blaze started in a truck load of furniture on the first floor and destroyed the building and a vehicle shed. Police evacuated nearby tenements as the loss reached about 50000 dollars.
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New York
West 16Th Street
Gansevoort
Teneventsa
Brother Held as Robber in Pittsburgh Case
James Cawley elder brother of Charles the young inventor charged with killing his mother a brother and two sisters while overworked is held in Pittsburgh on a highway robbery charge with two companions. He allegedly held up two men in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards and in attempting to escape one victim William Huff was struck and killed by a shifting engine. News from San Francisco reports a federal injunction against Salt Trust to show cause why it should be made permanent. In Japan typhoon and tidal waves killed thousands and damaged Yokohama breakwater and ships including the battleship Shikishina.
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James Cawley
Charles
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
William Huff
Massacres Reported Near Dubnitze Amid Turkish Advance
Frontier dispatch says Turkish troops drive through the Dubnitze area forcing women and children into Bulgaria. Villages Stamer Drenovo Serbinovy and Pirine are reported destroyed with Oran burned and inhabitants massacred.
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Dubnitze Gon
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Serbinovy
Pirine
Oran
Negroe Buchanan Hanged After Quick Texas Trial
The negro James Buchanan confessed to murdering a Hicks family in Texas. Guards and state troops surrounded the case as crowds attempted lynching. He waived the legal delay and was executed within hours in Nacogdoches after a speedy trial and death sentence set for November 17.
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James Buchanan
Nacogdoches
Texas
Hicks
Buchanan
Spradley
Bowers
Students Tie Up Minister in School Class Feud
In a Kansas City suburb, Argentine, high school students staged a week of class clashes. They trapped Rev E B Smith for two hours over sophomore grievances, sprayed freshmen with water, and bound a student in a sewer manhole. The skirmishes stemmed from sophomores seeking to paint class numerals on the roof of the smelter.
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Felice
Argentine
Kansas City
E. B. Smith
James Younger Dead A paroled outlaw ends his life
James Younger, once a ringleader with the bandit group aided by the James boys, dies by suicide in a St. Paul hotel. Depression, illness, and a denied marriage request are cited as motives.
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Inmen Younger
James Boys
Reardon
St. Paul
Board of Pardons
Tragic Divorce Case Ends in Double Homicide
A separated couple quarrel over alleged abuse ends with Woodin shooting his wife and her parents after accusing his father in law of forcing the wife from him. He then killed their child before attempting to shoot himself, and was jailed after neighbors intervened.
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Woodin
Parante
Joseph Gulick
Mount Pleag
Ant, Mich
Hit
Leads Marshal to a Robber in Wood River Post Office Heist
Marshal Joseph Simon tracked two suspects after a Wood River post office robbery. He spotted a man fitting the description in a Rayenng saloon, arrested him after a brief chase, then detained a second stranger who matched the robbers. The next morning Wood River officers identified the prisoner as a participant.
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Wood River
Rayenng
Neb
Joseph Simon
Simon
Carelessness Cited Behind Large Fire Losses in U S
Chicago business leaders heard that most of the nation’s 150 million dollar annual fire losses stem from ignorance or carelessness. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association hosted the meeting at the Auditorium to seek ways to lower rates through better safety. Edward Atkinson and John R. Waters led discussions urging careful building design and safer electrical practices.
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Chicago
United States
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Edward Atkinson
Boston Manufacturers’ Mutual
John R. Waters
Nework
Diamond Thift at Duluth Stuns Prominent Woman
Seven thousand dollars of diamonds and precious stones were lifted from the First National Bank building in Duluth after Mrs. T. D Merrill, wife of Merrill & Ring timber man, retrieved them from the safety vaults and returned to discover the theft had occurred.
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First National Bank
Duluth
T. D Merrill
Merrill & Ring
Army to Be Reduced to 59 000 Men in Philippines Era
The War Department desumalgates a general order reducing army strength to 59 000 men, the minimum by law. The President directs the cut due to the peaceful Philippines situation, noting current strength near 65 000.
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War Department
Philippines
Coal Strike Settled After White House Conference
The White House hosted a 220 am meeting on Thursday with President Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan representatives to finalize the coal strike settlement. Bishop John L. Spalding of Peoria Illinois was named sixth arbitrator for the miners and his appointment was accepted by operators.
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White House
Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
John L. Spalding
Peoria
Escapes Lynching Threats and Faces Trial Move
Jim Buchanan, described as colored and accused of murdering the Hicks family, has been secured in the east Texas penitentiary after a week of evasion. The Governor orders two militia companies to Nabogdoches to accompany him for trial. Governor directs troop escort amid ongoing legal actions.
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Jim Buchanan
Hicks
East Texas
Nacogdoches
Harvest prospects and crop reports from Europe and beyond
The report surveys 1902 crop conditions across Europe and other regions. It notes cooler weather delaying harvests in Germany and Austria, varied grain quality, and forecasts for wheat, barley, rye, and maize yields. It highlights Romania and Bulgaria as having strong wheat, oats, and maize prospects, with Argentina and India showing favorable outlooks and Spain predicting a record wheat crop.
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Coun
German Empire
Hungary
Act Winistry of Agriculture
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Denmark
Argentine
Australia
India
Japan
Spain
Nile
Upper
Egypt
Twenty-Ninth Annual National WCTU Convention Opens in Portland
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union begins its twenty-ninth annual convention in Portland Maine with representation from every state and territory. President L M Stevens presides, with Lady Henry Somerset and Rev Henry Saunders among attendees. Reports show gains and funds raised for Manila missions and related support.
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National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
L. M. N Stevens
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Henry Somerset
W. Cc. Tuw
Henry 8. Saunders
London
England
Stevens
Mira
Susanna M. D. Frey
Illinois
Manila
Somell-Will
Bermudas
Cuba
Mexico
Helen Morton Barker
Frances B. Willard
Margaret Dye Bilis
New Jersey
Belle Kearney
Missouri
Agricultural notes warn blight may ruin New York potato crop
Agricultural news reports half of New York State potatoes damaged by wet weather and impending calamity. Beet crop injury noted. India shows crop improvement and fewer farming victims as rains relieve drought. Texas cotton hurt by Mexican weevils with 100000 bales loss estimated. Experiments with Lipscomb bug and Egyptian cotton to combat pests. Little peach disease spreads in Michigan with no known remedy. Louisiana leads in cotton production, U S imports rise and irrigation methods improve yields.
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Mason
Berkit ‘Res
India
Texas
Agricultural Department
Michigan Droit
Lousiana
Union
Gareline Neil Geeceie
Apa
Uoed
Industrial and transport outlooks overshadowed by coke rail limits
The piece surveys freight and steel markets with emphasis on coke supply, railway congestion, and rising prices. It notes September earnings up 0.4 percent from last year and 202 percent above 1900, with continued liberal imports, high locomotive demand, and scarce transport capacity despite price gains. It also discusses monetary shifts, corn crops, and bank-rail dynamics shaping late-year shipping and meat prices.
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Manufacturs
Fubl
Xoun
BR. G. Dux
Thoblea
Chicago
New York
Market price rundown for cattle hogs grains and dairy
Chicago and Milwaukee markets show cattle shipments at 4.00 to 7.50, hogs 4.28 to 7.05, wheat No 2 red 7H to Thes cori No 2, oats No 2 20e, rye No 2 48e to ic, butter 18c to 2lc, corn No 2 yellow 62c, oats 40e to 62e, barley No 2 68c to 87c, and cattle shipping around 3.00 to 4.50 with mixed prices noted.
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Gattle
Scholce
Sean Cind
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iWberscom
Clovers& Ieee Oles Sbi
Steers
Eae Ping Si
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