Fatal clash at Oneida colliery leaves officers dead charm
A special policeman Ralph Mills aged 50 and an officer George Kellner age 38 were killed or wounded in a clash with 500 strikers at Coxe Brothers Oneida colliery. Strikers and non union workers suffered injuries as shots rang out near the mine. Sheriff O'Donnell arrived with a force while a minister dodged stoning. The strike involved thousands of miners with widespread disruption.
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Garleton
Oliceman
Oneida
Coxe Brothers
Vlcums
Ralph Mills
Beaver Meadow
George Kellner
Joseph Leslie
Shepton
Derringer Collieges
Coxe Bros
van Blargin
Kudlick
Number Two
Mills
Joseph Lesko
Kellner Lesko
Tole
Schuylkill County
Philadelphia
James O'Donnell
Carr Houser
Freeland
Supt
Lithuanians condemn Pennsylvania coal strike actions
The National Society of the Lithuanian convention in Elizabeth New Jersey denounces mine owners for sparking the strike by rejecting miners demands. It condemns the use of soldiers to intimidate strikers and calls for their withdrawal.
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New York
National Society of the Lithuanian Convention of the
United States
Elizabeth
N. J
Pennsylvania
Miners Parade in Scranton Shows Solidarity for Strike
Thousands of striking mine workers paraded through Scranton Pennsylvania to honor the labor cause. President Mitchell arrived from Shamokin and was greeted by a large crowd, marking the largest labor demonstration in the Lackawanna Valley. James Moir led the march with the mayor in a carriage as ten thousand plus listened to speakers including Fred Dilcher of Ohio.
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Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Lackawana Valley
Shamokin
James Moir
Fred Dilcher
Ohio
The
Mine Workers’ Union
Demand Indemnity Exiled Americans Seek Redress in London
Eight American citizens, recently arrived penniless in New York, petition the U S government for indemnity against Great Britain after being driven from the Transvaal. They report kidnapping from Johannesburg on July 18, 1900, forced transport to East London, and exile on a Manhattan bound passenger ship with poor rations and deaths aboard.
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New York
The
Herald
Transvaal
United States
Great Britain
Johannesburg
Holland
Washington
London
Manhattan
General Buller Bids Farewell To Troops In Southward Departure
Gen Buller bade farewell to his troops on October 6 in Lydenburg Transvaal Colony. A striking farewell demonstration followed as troops lined the road for miles and cheered him vociferously before his departure southward.
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Lydenburg
Transvaal Colony
Buller
New York Senate Opens Hall of Fame Balloting
The Senate of the University of New York met to count votes for Hall of Fame selections. Ninety seven of one hundred judges had spoken with Emerson, Longfellow, Irving, Hawthorne, and others reaching eligibility majorities. A Friday meeting will decide final selections amid continued balloting and earlier support from Ex President Cleveland for several names.
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New York
Senate
The
University of New York
McCracken
Clarence D. Ashley
Law School
Edward R. Shawn
School of Pedagogy
University
Hall of Fame
William Cullen Bryant
James Fenimore Cooper
Ralph Waldo
Cleveland
Bryant
Cooper
Emerson
Irving
Longfellow
Motley
Webster
Lawrence
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Walton
Henry Wadsworth
Washington Irving
Samuel F. K. Morse
Peter Cooper
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George Peabody
Eli Whitney
Elias Howe
Will leaves Rice fortune to Albert T. Patrick
New York October 10 The second will of William Marsh Rice names Albert T. Patrick as residuary legatee and places nine tenths of the estate under his control with instructions for unspecified charity. Valet Jones is cut out and W O Wetherbee receives five thousand dollars amid plots to gain control.
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New York
William Marsh Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
Jones
W. O. Wetherbee
Wills dispute linked to large New York institution plan
Patrick and Jones face claims their second will, likely drafted by Jones or Patrick, moved a large legacy from the W. M. Rice estate in Houston to fund a major New York institution. Assistant DA Osborne suggests Wetherbee was targeted as a beneficiary to secure his silence. Details will be released by Capt. Mc Clusky, Capt. James A. Barker, and Patrick's lawyers.
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Texas
Patrick
McClusky
James A. Barker
Osborne
Jones
Parick
Rice
Wetherbee
Patrick and
W. M. Rice
Houston
New York
Missing Clerk Schrieber in Paris as Bank Case Unfolds
New York reports no major progress in the William Schrieber case. Authorities seek $108,000 in a shortage from the Elizabethport bank and plan civil action against Mrs. Anna Hart for diamonds valued at $0,000, cash, and personal property tied to Schrieber. Attachments are placed on Hart assets including horses, a carriage, and jewelry by a jeweller, as efforts to seize Schrieber’s funds continue.
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New York
William Schrieber
Elizabethport
N. J
Gilhooley
Schrieber
Paris
Anna Hart
Sex Abtormes
Miss Hart
Thisternoon
Schreiber
Bank of New Amsterdam
48Th Street
Morris Park Race Rack
Justice Freemedian Attachment Against Schreiber
Justice Freedman issues a $50,000 attachment on William Schreiber, defaulting clerk of Elizabethport Banking Co., upon the application of attorney H B Wessleman. The bailiff received the attachment. Schreiber may hold a bank account in New York.
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New York
Justice Freedman
H. B. Wessleman
William Schreiber
Elizabethport Banking Company
Schreiber
Brave Elevator Boy Saves Factory Girls At Worth Street Fire
Frank Taylor an elevator boy repeatedly ran his car through smoke and flames to save thirty five women on the third floor, eight on the second, and a worker on the fifth floor at 150 Worth Street. Fire damaged the basement and first floor with losses around ten thousand dollars. firemen prevented further tragedy.
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New York
Get
Frank Taylor
Offire
No. 150
Worth Street
W. A. Bingham & Co
H. J. Howlett
Lackmann
Levine
Taylor
Maggie Webster
Howlette
Trouble for Powers in Southern China Grave Situation
London reports outline a grave situation in southern China with limited new details. Editorials urge U S restraint and seek a middle course to secure joint support among powers. Shanghai dispatches note protests by high officials against foreign troop demonstrations.
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China
San Francisco Arrival Highlights Pekin Relief Leader
On the steamer American Mary San Francisco welcomed F D Gamewell noted for defending the Pekin legations and urging severe punishment for uprising leaders. Also arriving were Rev J A Miller and wife Kate Ogborn with Mrs and Mrs 0 Cady. Miller says none of the 15 missionaries at Pao Ting Fu survived.
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San Francisco
Cal
Orient
F. D. Gamewell
Pekin Legations
J. A. Miller
Kate Ogborn
0. Cady
Dr. Miller
Pao Ting Fu
Pekin
Fear Boxer Rising in Hong Kong with Troop Requisition
Ten thousand additional troops from India are requisitioned for Hong Kong as the 1st Bengal Lancers and the Hong Kong regiment are recalled from the North. Indications point to a Boxer rising similar to North China events with rebels believed to be about ten miles north of British borders. A detachment of 1000 Chinese troops was posted at San Chung yesterday and another 1000 arrived today.
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Hong Kong
India
Bengal Lancers
China
San Chung
Second note develops practical suggestions for panels
The text discusses evening panels avoiding comment on the British repry and notes that a French issue may be shelved as live questions. Official circles doubt its impact on harmony, while some papers offer a glimmer of hope due to Emperor Kw a ng Su’s stance, with imperial edict details downplaying the decree’s importance.
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Uffesa
Vessiche Zeitung
Kwang Su
Na Nal Zeitung
Lords accept second German note process says Bevji
London reports Bevji confirms Lord and Habary accepted the second German note process. Triads gain strength with fresh adherents daily. Russian reinforcements move north from Port Arthur to pressure Mukden. Manchuria from Kiatka to Primorsk now in Russian hands.
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London
I.e Bevji
The
Standard
Lord
Shanghai
Kowloon
Port Arthur
Mukden
Manchuria
Kiatka
Primorsk
Amur Co Thy
United States Reply To French Note Delivered In Washington
The U S reply to the latest French note was delivered to M Thiebaut the French chargé d affaires and forwarded to Paris. The communication is said to be favorable in general tone as indicated by the despatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
M. Thiebaut
Liberal gains narrow Tory lead in UK election
London reporting Oct 11 notes Liberal gains in counties outpacing boroughs with Cardiff and Otley division results equalizing gains. Ministerialists and opposition each hold 27 seats more, Stirling and Ca diff outcomes cited, Campbell Bannerman expresses cautious satisfaction amid adverse circumstances and a challenging register.
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London
Cardiff
Otley
Yorkshire
Henry Campbell Bannermen
Stirling
Edward J. Reed
Cadiff
James McLean
Henry Campbell Bannerman
Strained relations with Colombia Ecuador Venezuela report
Advices from Colon Colombia say relations with Ecuador and Venezuela are strained. Both are charged with connivances in the Colombian revolution as troops are on the borders awaiting developments. Rebels reportedly gain strength in the interior. Caracas decree opens the Pedernal and Macare canals to free nation, ending English company monopoly.
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Kingston
Colon
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Caracas
Pedernal
Macare Canals
Orinoco
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Form Letters of Endorsement
A mock promotional snippet praises Doan's Kidney Pills as a universal cure for kidney and backache issues. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. George H. Smith of 10 May Street and claims nationwide sales through Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York with a 50 cent price.
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George H. Smith
Foster-Millburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Doan’s
Immigrants from Spain flood Cuba amid fever fears
Havana reports three thousand Spanish immigrants arrived since Oct. 1 with expected total near twelve thousand by month’s end. Yellow fever link attributed to heavy non immune arrivals. Today marks the 424th anniversary of the harboring of the harbor, with the flag over the palace by Gen. Wood. Havana bond issue of twenty five million dollars reportedly awaits Paris terms and Gen. Wood’s approval at four to five percent.
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Havana
Bureau of Immigration
Wood
Gen. Wood
British Plan Expedition to Coal Mines West Hills
Pekin reports a British party will depart on Oct 10 to investigate coal mine supplies in the Western hills. Tai-Huan-Fu arrivals claim Gen Tung-Fuh-Sian moved a large force. his location is unknown. Meanwhile American marines reach Taku and will join the Tien Tsin battalion aboard the Indiana for Cavite.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Tai-Huan-Fu
Tung- Fuh-Sian
Taku
Indiana
Cavite
Cromer Summoned to England for War Office Reform
The Cairo correspondent of the Daily Express reports Lord Cromer, consul-general in Egypt, summoned to England. Possible replacement of War Secretary Marquis of Lansdowne. A Cromer Kitchener Overts commission could restore public confidence and reform of the War Office.
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London
Baron Cromer
Egypt
England
Cairo
Expr
Daily Express
Lord Cromer
Marquis of Lanisdowne
Cromer
Kitchener
War Office
Six Adoration sisters sail to Washington convent opening
Six sisters of the order of Perpetual Adoration arrived in New York from Antwerp aboard the West ern Land, the first of their order to reach the United States. They travel to the new convent just built by Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan in Washington, D. C.
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New York
Order of Perpetual Adoration
Washington, D. C
Thomas F. Ryan
Red Star
Western Land
Antwerp
COLUMN TO MOVE FRIDAY TO Pao Ting Fu
Tien Tsin October 9 The expedition to Paoing Fu has been fixed for Friday next. The column will consist of 700 British German French and Italian troops.
Coler Declines Nomination. Lambert Chosen for Ticket
New York on October 10 William N Coler Jr of Newark New Jersey declined the Democratic nomination for Congress and Judge Geo H Lambert was chosen to replace him on the ticket. He has accepted the position.
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New York
William N. Coler, Jr
Newark
N. J
Geo. H. Lambert
Secretary Root Returns to Washington. Meiklejohn Heads to Nebraska
Washington report notes Secretary Root returning to the capital without addressing war department affairs. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn departed for Nebraska to engage actively in the campaign, signaling ongoing political duties and campaign participation.
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Washington
Root
War Department
Setary Meiklejohn
Nebraska
Foerest Resigns Intent to Step Down in 1991
Perth dispatch reports Premier Sir John Foerest, in presenting the Budget, seeking early relief from the premiership in 1991. He envisions Freemantle becoming the San Francisco of Australia, notes state railway profits funding debt at four percent and a sinking fund at one percent, and quips that the oven fire is the most seasonable blessing at present.
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Perth
West Australia
John Foerest
Freemantle
San Francisco
Australia
Daily Globe prompts for home cooks menu and recipes
The Boston Daily Globe offers a simple affordable breakfast dinner and supper guide each day. It includes top New England housekeeper recipes and can provide special requests. It promotes pest and plant care and arts and crafts tips for women and families.
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Boston Daily
Sunday Globe
The
Globe
New England
Great Britain Accepts German Propositions in Note
Berlin Oct 10 Great Britain replies to Germanys second note with an unreserved and unconditional acceptance. A foreign office official said Britain is mirroring the United States and has instructed her Pekin representative to proceed under the second note. No reference to the September note was made it is said as that note stated general principles only.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Germany
Foreign Office
United States
Becaus
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