Mine Workers Convertion Call Sets Scranton Meeting
President Mitchell issues call for a joint anthracite miners convention in Scranton to decide on accepting a ten percent wage increase offered by operators. Delegates chosen by districts will vote with one vote per 100 workers on strike. expected result is return to work and end of the strike after three weeks.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
Scranton
Hazleton
United Mine Workers
Jazleton
Brothers
Berariton
John Mitchele
United Minu Workers of America
Dr. Nicholls
Fpatly
N. W
Wag
Music Hall
Trarleton
United Mine Workers of America
Shamokin
Scrouby
St. Charles Hotel
Flour Mills to Close in Minneapolis Amid Shortage
Minneapolis reports indicate nearly half of local flour mills will close for an indefinite period due to a pronounced flour ingredient shortage. Washburn-Crosby and Pillsbury report 40 percent of their mills idle, while Consolidated Milling may discontinue operations. Domestic supply remains ample for now. election unrest is linked to reduced demand.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Washburn-Crosby
Willsbury Milling Companies
Consolidated Milling Company
Change of Capital Foreseen as Court Fleeing Fortified
Washington reports indicate the Chinese imperial court remains in flight from Peking, relocating to Shensi near Tai Yuen Fu with telegraphic links to Shanghai. The move, forced by fear of allied forces and outbreaks, strengthens defenses at Jova Han while viceroy Yu faces accusation of anti foreign sentiment. German, Japanese and British forces plan to maintain positions as Chinese troops clash with local uprisings along the coast and inland pockets.
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Washington
Peking
State Department
St. Petersburg
Liu Kun-Yih
Chang Chih-rung
Bheasi
Tai Yuen Fu
Shansi
Tai Yuen
Shensi
Shanghai
Empire
Foreca
Africa
Jova- Han
Berlin
Germany
Li Ngan Fu
Berliner Tageblatt
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Tageblatt
Kwanji Su
Gen
Yamaguchi
Totda
Taku
Oluaig
Germaine
Sir Alfred Gusvlee
Cont von Wallersee
Imperial Pleasure Grounds
Purple City
Corner Stone Laid for Mount Zion Church in Holy Land
Cornec Stone Lula the bishop of Jerusalem laid the corner stone of a church to be erected on Mount Zion. The ceremony was conducted in the pope's name and witnessed by the German consul and 600 German pilgrims. The site was presented by Abdul Hamid to Emperor William during his Holy Land visit.
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Jerusalem
Mount Zion
Abdul Hamid
William
Holy Land
Boers retreat and siege news from Africa and U S riot
Reports from London and Pietermaritzburg detail Boer movements near Pilgrims Rest and a detachment near Bultfenstein, with 4 000 to 5 000 Boers retreating carrying four long toms and 22 guns as ammunition runs low. In Chicago Roosevelt faces jeering crowds after a church service, blamed on a local Democratic paper. In Freleth Minnesota a dynamite magazine explosion kills one man and injures 200, destroying a large area.
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Clery Mnt
Dirksen
Stirs
Pretoria
London Iirh
Bultfenstein
London
Pietermaritzburg
Daily Mall
Pilgrims’s Rest
Lydenburg
Freleth
Minn
Spruce Wine
Letter of commendation for train robbery thwarting act
The Darlings ton railway sent Express Messenger Charles S. Hister of Kansas City a commendation letter for his courage in frustrating a train robbery at Council Bluffs. The missive includes a $500 draft as further appreciation. The dead robber was identified as Albert II. Poone of Topeka, Kansas.
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St. Joseph
Darlingston Railway
Charles 5
Hister
Kansas City
Council Blut
Albert II. Poone
Topeka
Kan
Stallion Trotting World Record Falls at Glenyle Track
Cres cens set a new world record for trotting stallions at the Glen ytle track on Saturday afternoon, finishing a mile in 2:40.4, beating his previous mark by three quarters of a second.
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Cleveland
Glenytle
Crescens
Special items and notes from the era in brief
Short specials report a mix of global and U.S. items including Mexico's silver shortage, a German-built locomotive on an American pattern, the Chicago and Alton restricting train agents, and calls at a peace congress. Also noted are warrants in Pittsburgh, a $10 million Pacific cable contract, British capitalists seeking U.S. corporate control, election vote counts in Baltimore, a fire at Welbeck Abbey with losses saved, and the acquittal of Michael Moynahan for self defense. Additional items cover probate rules in Illinois, a train robber shot near Council Bluffs, jury selection in a New York case, a Wheeling attack killing Dryden, a jail breakout in Kankakee, a resignation in Springfield, several National League baseball scores, and unusually long sunshine in Hamburg in 1899.
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Mexico
Chicago & Alton
International Peace Congress
Britain
Transvaal
Pittsburgh
Cleomar- Karine
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company
Tig
United States
Baltimore
Welbeck Abbey
Nottinghamshire
England
Duke of Portland
Michael Moynahan
B. CL. Benjamin
Lexington
Illinois Supreme Court
Council Bluffs
Maxter
Henry Youtsey
Georgetawn
Roosevelt Campaign Tour Through Illinois and Adjacent States
The Democratic leader and vice presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt spoke to large crowds in Litchfield and Alton Illinois and shared a brief encounter with William Jennings Bryan as their trains passed. Prohibition candidate John G Woolley spoke in Indianapolis and toured Paris, Danville, and other Indiana towns with stops planned in Kukomo, Logansport, Watseka, and Chicago.
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Litchfield
Ill
Gary
Roosevelt
Ilinois
St. Louis
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Jacksonville
Judge Yates
Alton
Flambeaux
Regular Army
Gov. Stoosevelt
Santiago
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Col. Bryan
Get
Egypt
Cairo
Trusta
Percy Mr. Bryan
Red Bud
Waterloo
Salem
Mr. Bryan
East St. Louis
Gov
Mr. Bryant
Indianapolis
Ind
John G. Woolley
Prohibition
Yomlingen
Martinsville
Tomlinson Hall
Paris
Woolsey
Danville
Cushing
Woolley
Dickie
Kukomo
Logansport
Effner
Indiana
Watseka, Chenoa and Gardner
Hundeball
Chicago
Prisoner Capture Rises to Nearly Sixteen Thousand
A dispatch from Lord Roberts dated October 5 reports continuing prisoner gains in the campaign. The number captured or surrendered daily increases and will soon total about 16,000 men. Commandant Muller appears to have surrendered.
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London
Lord Roberts
Muller
Review of Trade in New York and Rail Market Outlook
R G Dun & Co weekly review notes delays in the anthracite coal settlement affecting business, with activity remaining strong in the west and south. Prices ease slightly in iron wool coal and sugar while produce and textiles stay firm. Steel rail contracts for about 2 million tons are anticipated post election. Weather and rain influence regional markets, with cotton in the southwest checked by rain. Bradstreet’s reports irregular demand due to political factors but overall favorable trade sentiment. cautiousness in new commitments noted in iron and steel. Ten cent cotton remains central to the southern outlook. tin plate scale signed, yet anthracite coal remains a key constraint with rising idle mines.
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New York
R.G. Dun & Co
North Atlantic
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
A Mother's Crime, Inwood Woman Kills Children and Self
New York report details Mrs Lillian Smith a Manhattan Inwood resident who during a Friday episode shot her two children Mitchell 12 and Theodore 8 then killed herself A fourth child near death in Fordham hospital due to carbolic acid burns mentions prior attempts to force the children to drink acid Insanity cited as motive Mrs Smith wife of Walter M Smith connected with Austin Co grocery for two years Also brief notes on Byesville fire and Charles Broadways Stauss withdrawing a $1,000,000 eyesight cure offer
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New York
Lillian Smith
Inwood
Borough of
Manhattan
Mtchel
Theodore
Fordham Hospital
Burt's
Clifton Hotel
M.N. James
Northwestern University Chooses Dr Robert D Sheppard President
Evanston Illinois October 6 1904 Rev Dr Robert D Sheppard elected president of Northwestern University by a seven member trustee committee after two weeks of deliberation to succeed Henry Wirte Rogers. The decision favors a new leader for the institution in a noteworthy change.
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Evanston, Ill
Robert D. Sheppard
Northwestern University
William Deering
Henry Wirte Rogers
Sheppard
Honor Parnell's Memory Parade at Glasnevin Cemetery
Dublin commemorates the death of Charles Stewart Parnell with a smaller procession to Glasnevin. Notables John Redmond and Patrick O'Brien attend. multiple wreaths are placed on the grave, including one from the widow.
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Parnell
Dublin
Get
Charles Stewart Parnel
Glasnevin
John E. Redmond
Patrick J. O'Brien
Baseball results from Monday National League games
At Chicago two games Cincinnati 13 14 4 Chicago 4 13 10 Cincinnati 11 4 Chicago 1 2 7 At St Louis two games Pittsburgh 8 14 0 Bt Louis 6 4 2 Pittsburgh 13 6 St Louis 2 7 4
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Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louia
Pittsburgh
Bt Louis
St Louis
Supersedens Granted in Lynon Murder Case
The supreme court granted a supersedens to Michael J. Lynon, condemned to hang for the murder of his wife in Chicago last February. The case will be reviewed on a writ of error after the presiding judge Frank Baker allegedly made improper remarks before the jury, prejudicing them.
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Springfield
Michael J. Lynon
Chicago
Frank Baker
Synon
The Marshall News and The Pilgrim 2 monthly homejonrva
The Marshall News advertises low clubblog rates for newspapers across many titles including Cincinnati Enquirer Michigan Farmer Western Rural Fay Marahel Chicago Weekly Dispatch and Detroit Journal. It invites calls or addresses to THE MARSHALL NEWS in Marshall Michigan.
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Marshll News
Pilgrim
Marshall News
Cincinnati Enquirers
Marshall Newy
Michigan Farmer
Fay Marahel
News
Chicago Weekly Dispatch
Marshall, Mich- 7
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Dallas
Tex
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W. Va
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Pearl Newman
Ohio
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Aukster Aid
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Clara Burton
National Red Cross Society
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Lu Han
Tong Shan
Kui Ping
China
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Ucn
Pelegraph
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Deep Bay
Adiwirillo
Gen. Tong
Peter Moerdyke
Trinity Dutch Reformed Church
Theoore Roosevelt
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Springfeld
Joo. Tanner
W. A. Stoker
Southern Hospital For the Insane
Stoker
Indiana Southern Insane Hospital
Evansville
Baseball
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Hamburg
Heligoland
Illinois
Maken Many
Snnihern Llala
Review OF Trade
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Ageneica
Charles Broadway Stauss
Mr. Rauss
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Toledo
G. Anderson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Brookton
Mass
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Chase
Elker
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St. Paul, Minn
L. B. Curtis
Sam's of
Posen
United States District Court
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Lorenzo Marques
Mr. Kruseger
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Aail
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Tacoma
Vaenina
Wash
A. J. Robinson
P. O. Box
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Court House
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