President Roosevelt backs permanent tariff commission proposal
In Milwaukee interview Postmaster General Henry Payne reports the president will likely recommend a permanent tariff commission to hear evidence, study imports, and report to Congress. He cites reciprocity with Cuba support and aims to reduce duties on nonprotective goods, aligning with messages from Logansport.
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Congress
Henry 0. Payne
Milwaukee
Wis
Roosevelt
Logansport
Ind
Cuba
McKinley
Indians May Lose Lands Near Spokane Reservation
Spokane Indians, described as comparatively poor, face the threat of losing part of their reservation due to a congressional act opening lands to mineral location and entry after allotments. Agent Anderson reported that the reservation was briefly open last May, enabling vested mineral claims and prompting efforts to seize land from the Indians.
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Anderson
Coalville
Washington State
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Gompers Declines Press Backing in Arbitration Issue
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor refused to comment for newspapers on the coal operators proposal. He told the Associated Press he wants to leave the matter to Mr. Mitchell and colleagues. He called the operators plan to select invited arbitrators insulting to the president and urged careful presidential discretion.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Associated Press
Commission of Arbitration
United States
Dead Letter Office Report Yields Steady Receipts
Acting Postmaster General Wynne presents the annual Dead Letter Office figures for the last fiscal year showing total receipts and routine operations. The report outlines mail classified as undeliverable and the agency’s ongoing efforts to recover or dispose of unclaimed mail items. The findings underscore the department’s efficiency amid rising mail volumes and continuing executive oversight.
Mail totals and a Grin appeal headline
The report shows 9,300,361 pieces of mail, with opened mail totaling 8,216,407 and 1,843,281 unopened. money found in 60,865 letters and parcels amounting to 48,498 dollars, and 50,874 commercial papers valued at 1,399,926 dollars. The Supreme Court reassigned Simeon Grin’s extradition appeal, from a San Francisco embezzlement case, to Washington.
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Grin
United States Supreme Court
Simeon 1
San Francisco
Russia
Aerial Tragedy Near Paris Ends in Instant Death
In Paris, France on a trial trip a dirgible balloon carrying sergeant DeBradsky and companion Morin failed when the car roped to the balloon broke near Stains by St. Denis. The craft fell to the ground from 300 to 400 feet, killing both men instantly as the balloon disappeared into the clouds.
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DeBradsky
Morin
Paris
France
Vaugiriard
de Brodsky
Stains
St. Denis
Aeronauuts
Ticket scalpers hit hard by grand army ticket injunction
Justice Hagner of the district court permanently enjoined thirty three local ticket brokers from selling Grand Army special excursion tickets issued by the Pennsylvania Southern Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads. The brokers claimed legal licensed brokerage and Sherman act issues, but the court ruled the tickets defendable as contracts with original purchasers and forged use faces prosecution. Diplomats in Port au Prince propose a pause for peace talks between revolutionists and provisional government forces after a government defeat at Montreuil. An amateur artist notes painting a topers nose in water colors.
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Justice Hagner
Entity Court of the District of Columbian
Grand Army
Pennsylvania, Southern, Baltimore & Ohio
Chesaneake & Ohio
United States
Powell
Port Au Prince
St. Foix Colin
Montreuis
Will Arbitrate Amid Coal Strike Talks Move Toward Settlement
In Washington a five member commission to settle coal dispute is proposed by coal operators and mine leaders with Morgan Bacon and Secretary Root in attendance. The plan aims to refer all issues to the president appointed panel, with mining and labor stakes and a three year framework for conditions.
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J. P. Morgan
Robert Bacon
Root
Roosevelt
White House
Cortelyou
Mitchell
United Mine Workers Union
Mr. Morgan
Washington
New York
Mr. Bacon
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Arlington Hotel
United States
Army
Navy
United States Courts
Pennsylvania
Miners Reject Arbitration Plan Amid Strike Tensions
Philadelphia dispatches report miners oppose the proposed arbitration by railroad presidents to end the coal strike. Despite hostility, city circles bet on returning sentiment among strikers influencing officials handling the case. Wilkes-Barre Pa President Mitchell declines to comment publicly on Roosevelt mediated proposals, awaiting further information after a Washington flash.
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Philadelphia
Wilkesboree
Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Point Blant
Roosevelt
Washington
Arbitration offer halts remarks amid wage dispute
A White House progress note shows a chief official retiring on learning of the arbitration offer and declining to comment further. He avoided discussion of the strike phase claiming only half the strikers belong to the union and did not address that angle of the document.
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White House
Government repulsed in Venezuela battle over Coro
Venezuelan government forces repulsed a renewed effort to retake Corfu capital of Falcon state and suffered heavy losses. A sixty man schooner was sunk. An engagement at Goyabo near Caracas left government troops with 112 dead as rebels encircle Caracas. British cruiser Indefatigable and other vessels arrived at La Guayra.
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Jory
Venezuela
Vic- Willemstad
Curacoa
Corfu
Falcon
Goyabo
Caracas
Grand Army meeting ends with San Francisco picked
Washington Oct 11 The Grand Army of the Republic encampment for 1902 closed. San Francisco won the 1903 gathering after a split in the Union Veterans association over Commander-in-Chief Dyrenforth. Atlantic City offered resistance but fell behind. San Francisco secured 733 votes to 178.
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Grand Army
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
San Francisco
Sons of Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps
Union Veterans’ Association
Union
Dyrenforth
Fenegal Dyrenforth
Grand Army of the
Rpublic
Cal
Atlantic City
Saratoga
New York
Pacific Coast
Shaffer
Hall
New Jersey
Quay Meets The President On Coal Conference
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania met with the President at the White House for an hour to discuss the strike situation. At the end the statement said there was nothing to say. Quay left for Philadelphia after the meeting.
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White House
Washington
Quay
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Prominent Denver financier Frederick A. Keener dies at 75
Frederick A. Keener, a leading Denver figure since 1874, died of heart disease aged 75. He previously ran a grain business in Illinois, operated Mississippi steamers with his brother, helped build the Denver Texas Gulf railroad, and contributed to the South Denver tramway system. He was noted for substantial wealth.
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Denver
Frederick A.keener
Keener
Ilinois
Mississippi
Hoe
Denver, Texas & Gulf
South Denver
Navy report notes delays in battleship builds and need for more construction officers
Rear Admiral Bowles reports progress on ships under construction but cites delays from steel shortages strikes and shipyard shortages. The Navy added the battleship Connecticut? and torpedo craft Decatur Perry Preble Biddle Thornton Wilkes, while urging officers to expand the construction corps amid ongoing large-ship work at New York yard.
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Washington
Bowles
Naval Bureau of Construction
Weasels
San Francisco
Seattle
Nebraska
Virginia
Pennsylvania
St. Louis Glass
Iiinoig
Decatur
Perry
Preble
Biddle
Thornton
Wilkes
Admiral Bowles
Connecticut
New York Navy Yard
Strike Must Go On New York Conference Ends in Deadlock
After two days of talks among operators Governor Odell and senators from New York and Pennsylvania the miners strike remains unsettled. Odell offered a 5 cent per ton coal price rise in exchange for miners returning to work, but operators refused once the concession implied recognizing the union.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Odell
G A R Women Elect Officers in year state officers
Washington October 11 The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic elected officers for the ensuing year President Mrs Anna Hall Wheeling West Virginia Senior vice president Mrs Smith Pittsburg Junior vice president Mrs Lydia Hinkley San Francisco Treasurer Mrs Anna Michener Germantown Chaplain Mrs Mary Stark St Louis Missouri Counselor Mrs Lawrence Kansas
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Washington
The
Grand Army of the Republic
Anna Hall
Wheeling
W. Va
Smith
Pittsburg
Lydia Hinkley
San Francisco
Anna Michener
Germantown
Mary Stark
St. Louis
Crounsellor
Rs. Lawrence
Kansas
Peary to Be Operated On In Philadelphia
Commander R. H. Peary Arctic explorer arrives in Philadelphia to undergo foot treatment at Dr Keen's private hospital. An operation may be necessary as the extent of injuries from frozen feet in the far north remains undetermined.
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Peary
Philadelphia
R. H. Penary
W. W. Keen
Explorer
Dr. Keen
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