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Labor Leaders Pleased by Solid Front in Anthracite Strike
In Hazleton Pa October reports show miners remaining unified against a 10 percent wage increase offered by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron. President Mitchell cites no resumption until a union convention, while the Panther Creek and Lehigh Valley valleys see continued suspensions and persisting uncertainty about a settlement. Labor leaders plan to attend a Wilkes-Barre demonstration with 25,000 participants as notices of wage raises and powder-price cuts circulate among collieries.
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Hazleton
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Tron Company
Schuylkill Valley
Mitchell
Lehigh Valley
Calvin Pardee
Lattimer
Oneida
Cranberry
Reading
Panther Creek
National Board
Wilkesbarre
Wilkes
Lehigh
Transports In Par Base And Far East Moves
Washington dispatch reports General MarArthur cables the War Department that the transport Belgian King arrived in Manila Saturday and the transport Logan arrived today. The Universal reached Na Basuk with forage for Taku and the Argyle sailed from Nagasaki for Manila. Petersburgh notes official declarations denying Manchurian annexation reports and states Russia's far east tasks are not based on those claims.
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General MarArthur
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Manila
Universal
Na- Basuk
Taku
Argyle
Nagasaki
Petersbrurg
Ort
Russia
Far East
Manchuria
Recapture British Gana Battery Gun and Ammunition
London dispatch from Lord Roberts dated September 30 reports Rundle's troops in the Bethlehem district recaptured a mountain battery gun just at Nicholson's Nek from the Boers and also seized 65,000 rounds of Martini rifles ammunition.
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Lord Roberts
Sys
Rundle
Bethlehemistrict
Nicholson
Nek
Population of Los Angeles in 1900
Washington announces official population figures for Los Angeles California. The 1900 population is 102,479, up from 70,395 in 1890. The increase is 52,084 persons, a 103.53 percent rise since 1890.
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Baden-Powell Takes Command of Transvaal Police
PRETORIA Oct 2 General Baden Powell has arrived to assume charge of the police in the Transvaal and the Orange River colony with a force of 12,000 men under his command.
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Falice
Pretoria
Baden- Powell
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Orange River Colony
Explosion at Komatipoort Kills Gordon Highlanders
Oct 2 report of an explosion at Komatipoort during Boer ammunition destruction by the British. The incident resulted in the death of seventy members of the Gordon Highlanders.
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Wighlanderd
Lourenzo Marquez
Komatipoort
Uventy
Reef supplies gratefully relieved from Galveston
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn reports a Galveston message stating reef supplies were very gratefully relieved. The briefing confirms assistance reached the reef areas as of October 2. The source notes timely aid to the galveston facilities following the reef disruption.
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Thanoks Brow
Galveston
Washington
Meiklejohn
Chaffee Assigns Troop Guard for Legation Mission
Washington confirms General Chaffee sent orders designating Ninth Infantry, Third Cavalry Squadron, and Exht Battery to form a legation guard. They will aim to secure supplies to Tong Chow before the water falls, following withdrawal instructions from Pekin.
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War Department
Chafee
United States
China
Taku
Waslirsten
Tiensin
Strike Deepens in Anthracite Coal Fields
President Mitchell announced at noon that the strike is practically complete and work will not resume until a convention represents the collieries in the anthracite field. He noted the Panther Creek valley plans to suspend operations and said he will attend a labor demonstration in Wilkesbarre with about 25,000 participants.
Dentists Hope Clue Identifies Cedar Lake Head
A severed head found in a grain sack near Cedar Lake, across the Indiana line, is identified only by a silver tooth plate with two upper false incisors wired to it. The quicklime used to preserve the head destroyed facial features, making recognition impossible. Dentists may hold the key to identification.
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Chicago
Cedar Lake
Indiana
Southern Pacific to Move Headquarters to SanFrancis
Oct 2 The new president of the Southern Pacific will base his headquarters in this city not New York J C Stubbs second vice president said on returning from a three weeks east trip He added that C P Huntington s work would be divided between the New York chairman and the San Francisco president with office here.
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Southern Pacific
New York
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Church dispatch quotes pope on American church relations
London Oct 2 Bishop Treland has arrived from Rome en route to the United States. In an interview he quotes the pope praising the American government's relations with the church in Cuba and the Philippines and noting goodwill, justice, and respect for church liberties and rights.
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Treland
Rome
United States
Quba
Philippines
Sheng Saves Missionaries in China Crisis
Paris dispatch reports the French consul general in Shanghai received a Sept 24 telegram from the Sent Che Li governor via Sheng that missionaries and engineers at Theng Ting Fu were safe. By Sept 28 authorities had ensured their security and the Belgian mission at Ning Tian Lung was also reported safe.
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Shanghai
Che Li
Sheng
Theng Ting Fu
Ning Tian Lung Wis
Vroance Tries Ite Hand
London dispatch reports the Austro Hungarian foreign office has received a circulated note from Franco. The note agrees on seeking redress for anti foreign attacks and urges Pekin ministers to begin negotiations on other issues, including fort prohibitions and legation guards.
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London
Morning Post
Franco
Pekin
Galveston Laborers Released As Debris Work Advances
One thousand workers employed in debris removal will be released tomorrow as progress allows. The action will free labor for railroads and large corporations to obtain workers needed to continue restricting their properties.
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Galveston
Bodies recovered of two men drowned in lake
The bodies of William Hosea and Charles Dillinger, both from St Joseph Missouri, were recovered at Big McNopald lake near Perham Minnesota. They will be taken to St Joseph for burial.
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Pioneer Press
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Big McNopald Lake
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Labor Lender Says Ten Per Cent Wage Increase Would Be A Great Victory
Hazleton Pa Sept 29 Reported settlement rumors did not change the coal strike scene. President Mitchell weighed a 10 percent wage offer under a sliding scale. He warned that any gain could be reversed by market coal prices and said acceptance lay with the miners through their unions and district presidents.
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General Miles Orders Moral and Physical Army Reform
Lieutenant General Miles issues a general order to improve morale and fitness across the army. It emphasizes patriotic readings during holidays, strict drill, respect for flag and ocean, and cheerful martial music. Units should assemble for battlefield tactics instruction and frequent marches and sports to foster military spirit.
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Washington
Miles
Boers Beaten After Three Hours At Pienaar River
Lord Roberts reports from Pretoria dated September 27 that Pa gev's force repelled a Boer assault at Pienar river station after three hours of fighting. Buller took Macmac river and eastern Burghers poll after stiff resistance. Heilbron Heits and Lindley were reoccupied.
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Gnough
New Ministry in Japan Postponed Premiership Change Likely
London dispatch reports the Yamagata ministry has resigned and Marquis Ita is expected to become premier. The policy toward China is unlikely to change, with Ita favoring cooperation with Britain and opposing Russian domination or partition of China.
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London
Yamagata
Yokohama
Daily Mail
Marquis Ita
China
Great Britain
Lopez Arrives in United States to Explain Filipino Side
Lopez, once Aguinaldo’s secretary, arrives in New York aboard the Campania invited by Fisk Warren to present the Filipino perspective on their fight with the United States. He states his visit aims to inform Americans about Philippine desires for peaceful independence and justice, not to meddle in American politics.
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Nav Yoric
Sexta Lopez
Aguinaldo
Campania
Lopez
Fisk Warren
Queenstown
Mr. George
Tie
Imperial Hotel
United States
America
Philippines
Pay for Samoan Natives Surrendered Rifles
In Washington on October 1 Aaron von Sternberg discussed closing the Samoan rifles payment. About 2000 rifles were surrendered by natives who agreed to $12.50 each. Dr Solf proposed payment under consular oversight to avoid unrest. The United States, Germany and Great Britain will jointly fund the settlement and expect no difficulty.
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Aaron von Sternberg
State Department
Apia
Solf
Samos
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Death of W B McNider Pioneer Sioux City Leader
Word arrives from Sioux City that W B McNider died at Presbyterian Hospital in Cedar Rapids last night. He was former general freight and passenger agent for the Great Northern at Sioux City and recently district deputy for the Elks in northern Iowa. McNider had gone to Chicago for a cancer operation, a known risky procedure.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Cidenea
Chicago
Caneer
Frankfort seeks new trial in Goebel case
The defense filed ambitional affidavits in the James Howard Goebel murder case seeking a new trial after the sentence to hang was overruled. Prosecutors filed counter-affidavits this morning. Most defense affidavits challenge juror conduct, including one claiming jurors did not remain together on a required occasion.
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Frankfort
James Howard
Goebel
Ifoward
Decennia
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Temperance Union Convention Adopts Address by National President
Litellia reports from Kansas City the Young People's Temperance union convention closes with an address by Marshal Shantz, national president. The next convention location to be decided within sixty days by the executive committee with possible sites including Lincoln Chicago Indianapolis or Los Angeles. Los Angeles chamber of commerce offers 2000 dollars to aid expenses if held there.
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Youngs People’s Temperance Union
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Indianapolis
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Los Angeles
Potter Palmer Leaves Paris After Last Reception
Mrs. Potter Palmer, with her husband, hosted her final Paris reception this week and will depart October 10 aboard the Deutschland. After efforts to secure Legions of Honor decorations failed, she has decided to end her social season and sail home in a few days via London.
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Cabelgram
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Legain of Honor
Kruger's Altered Remark on Six Months Holiday
London October 1 An interesting report from Rome says that Kruger in a letter to his wife announcing a six months holiday said after Machadodorp's capture he knew the struggle was hopeless and urged moderation but Steyn's arbitrary behavior overruled his counsel.
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Live Stock Market Report from Hiuth Omaha Union Stock Yards
The Omaha stock market shows quiet cattle activity with steady to strong price ranges. Hog and sheep trades run steady to firm, with hogs near yesterday’s levels and sheep and lambs holding at steady to strong prices, amid limited fat lamb offerings and cautious buying for lower quality stock.
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Hind
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed Amid Sluggish Trade
Cattle receipts around 6600 with steady prices across categories. Desirable natives 35.50, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 4.00, calves up to 5.50. Hogs receipts about 5000 with activity strong, heavy and mixed $4.00 to 5.30, light $3.25 to 4.30. Sheep receipts 2100 with markets around 4.50 to 4.75 for certain lots. stockers and culls noted at 2.50 to 4.00 across sections.
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Juni Satumbe
Fortune Found On Wolcott After Death In St Louis
W. Wolcott of Boston died in Indianapolis from apoplexy. He was a Saint Louis publisher and banker, with large Missouri holdings. His effects revealed about $500000 in government bonds and $2000 in cash. His daughter and wife arrived in response to the death, and he had ties to Wolcott and Hume and Wolcott Co. with offices in Boston New York and St. Louis.
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Ind
Wachusett Dam Contract Awarded to Chicago Firms
MacArthur Bros Winston and Sopher of Chicago win the Wachusett dam contract from the Metropolitan water board in Boston. The bid totals 1,603,633 dollars, the lowest in the bidder list. The dam will be 1800 feet long and 200 feet high, impounding the Nashua river waters to form a six mile long backwater lake for the Metropolitan district.
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Winston & Sopher
Chicago
Boston
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Metropolitan Water Board
Nashua River
Whittersee Visits Amid Allied Guards at Rail Station
Count von Whittersee and staff arrived at noon to a station decorated with symbols of Germany, Russia, and France. Guards of honor from all allies greeted them, while tug symbols from Britain and others were notably absent.
Blame Cast On Steyn From Kruger Letter
London report from Komatipoort says Kruger, after six months' holiday, told that following Machutiodorp's capture he saw the struggle as hopeless and advised moderation, but counsel was overruled.
Quiet Filipino Front Near Manila Amid Brief Night Attacks
Filipino residents around Manila have been quieter but last Wednesday night saw brisk attacks at Las Pinas Paranaque and outlying towns Imus Bacoor Mantin Bupa. American officers report that alleged amigos in the town participated in the actions.
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