Political notes and regional elections in Guam and Puerto Rico
The piece notes no American injuries in Guam after the earthquake and questions Puerto Rican rights. It reports a Guayama election violence leaving three dead and about a dozen wounded. It also lists pension figures: Ohio 104,060. Pennsylvania 103,697. New York 88,026. Illinois 72,026. Indiana 66,586. Missouri 52,813.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Colleges Trim Degrees Stir Debate Over Bachelor Worth
Harvard reduces its collegiate course to three years and Columbia shortens to two, signaling a shift in collegiate preparation for professional studies and prompting questions about the future value and definition of a bachelor degree.
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Harvard
Columbia
Brooklyn firm tests wood fuels for steam plants
A Brooklyn firm reports success using rosewood and mahogany as substitutes for hard coal in steam plants. The experiment aims to cut fuel costs, with the note that pianos should not be traded for soft coal.
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Brooklyn
Inventive Nation Seeks New Fuel To Replace Coal Heat
The article argues for an economical substitute for hard coal in home heating to avoid ash nuisance and heat waste. It notes a national crisis opening minds to a new fuel ideal for modern dwellings.
Canary Island professor claims atmospheric generator success
Prof Clemente Figueras of the Canary Islands says he invented a device that collects atmospheric electricity, stores it and uses it for many purposes. He has built a rough setup producing about 550 volts to light his home and run a 20 horsepower motor.
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Clemente Figueras
Canary Islands
First Woman Chaplain Serves Wyoming Prison
The Laramie Wyoming penitentiary employs the United States only woman chaplain, Mrs May Preston Slosson wife of the University of Wyoming faculty vice president. She has led the prison's spiritual welfare for over two years.
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United States
Laramie
Wyo
Tis
May Preston Slosson
University of Wyoming
Early to bed and early to rise urged by education chief
United States commissioner of education Dr. W. T. Marris believes success comes to those who are early to bed and early to rise. He has long kept to a schedule retiring near roost time and rising by three o'clock, with his best work done between then and the arrival of his clerks at the bureau.
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W. T. Marris
United States
Bureau
Prospect of briquettes from coal and petroleum
The high coal price spurs inquiries into fuel questions. With rising petroleum output, someone may begin making solid petroleum briquettes. These briquettes could combine coal and petroleum virtues without their drawbacks.
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France
Hopes for Health Through Modern Science Rise
The article extols scientific advances promising longer life and cures for many ailments. It speaks of eventual reduction of mortality and the possibility that even death may lose its terrors, bringing renewed health and vitality to the oldest and most infirm.
Discovery of the Jersey Prison Ship Unearths Revolutionary Era Relic
After more than a century, the Jersey prison ship from the American Revolution has been accidentally found by workers laying launching stays for the battleship Connecticut. Historians sought the Jersey for 50 years as the half-burned hull rests under 12 to 14 feet of sediment and water, surprisingly intact.
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Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Lightning not strike water, says Harvard professor
Prof Trowbridge of Harvard reports a battery of 20 000 cells produced a voltage of 6 000 009 comparable to lightning, challenging common belief. Prof K W Hedges of the British Lightning Research committee is studying protective measures in this country and will likely find the finding of interest.
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K. W. Hedges
British Lightning Research Committee
John Trowbridge
Harvard University
Trowbridge
Friday Without Fish Raises Calendar Doubt
A committee on biology is to assess whether seas face overfishing and potential fish scarcity. If danger is found, a calendar committee may be formed to abolish Friday, questioning what Friday would be without fish.
A Week's History of News From All Regions
A summary of world crops notes Europe facing a cool wet summer with late 1902 harvest. Missionary societies seek repayment from Turkey for Ellen M Stone. Secretary of the Treasury accepts $15 million in bonds. over $20 million flows to trade canals. War Department to beef up to 250000 troops. Immigration reports 648,743 arrivals. Italy leads with 175,375. Counterfeit $10 note detected. President leaves hospital list. Education reports 17,299,230 public school pupils. calls for stricter alien exclusion laws. Federal service warned enforcement of political assessments law.
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Agricultural Department
Europe
State Department
Turkey
Ellen M. Stone
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Italy
Treasury Department
Commissioner of Education
Commissioner of Immigration
Anni
Shaw transfers cash for government bonds in New York
The New York subtreasury secretary transfers 20 050 000 dollars in cash to banks to pay for 15 000 000 dollars of four per cent government bonds at market price. Lipton accepts a challenge for a third America's Cup race by the New York Yacht Club with the first race set for August 20 1903. Hazing at West Point ends per Col Mills report. The United States Packing Co of Trenton New Jersey is incorporated with 1 000 000 dollars authorized capital, likely rising to 50 000 000. An actor Edmond T Lay dies at Bellevue Hospital aged 73. He acted with Edwin Booth and others. In New York law offices Wing C Turner former Climax Bottling president killed Robert Hamilton his successor and the secretary W J Mallard at a meeting to settle differences. Mitchell writes Roosevelt praising his stance on the miners strike, miners unions sending delegates to heed his guidance. Fears linger over possible unemployment among strikers. Dun and Bradstreet notes the coal strike settlement removes a major industry handicap. Railroads expect congestion when crop movement starts. October earnings up 3.5 percent from 1901. In Boston the National United Irish League holds two large mass meetings.
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New York
Shaw
Thomas J. Lipton
New York Yacht Club
West Point Military Academy
A. L. Mills
Trenton
N. J
William C. Turner
Climax Bottling Company
Pittsburg
Robert
Mitchell
Trade Review
Dun & Co
Boston
National United Irish League
Miscellaneous 1903 Robberies Trials and Murders Reported
Unknown thieves raided St Banke fur store in Cleveland taking nearly all stock valued at 5000 dollars. Jim Buchanan the Hicks family killer was hanged at Nacogdoches after pleading guilty. Mrs Joseph dies from poisoned coffee in Youngstown with three others ill and Nicholas Joseph arrested. Mississippi Valley Medical elects Edwin Walker president Memphis as October 1903 meeting site. East St Louis Minors Federation of Labor bans union men from state militia. Mosquitoes kill 6000 head of sheep on Matagorda Island. James Younger commits suicide in St Paul after parole. London wages fell by 7.67 million in 1901. Ohio municipal code grants governor power to remove mayors. Race riot kills eight blacks and three whites in Littleton Alabama. City Marshal Benjamin Will killed at Blossom Texas negro festival riot.
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St. Banke
Cleveland
Hicks
Jim Buchanan
Nacogdoches
Tex
Youngstown
Mary Joseph
Nicholas Joseph
Mississippi Valley Medical Association
Edwin Walker
Evansville
Memphis
East St. Louis
Minors Federation of Labor
Matagorda Island
Rockport
George A. Grandells
James Younger
Minnesota
Enieide
St. Paul
Minn
London Chamber of Commerce
England
Ohio
Littleton
Ala
Blossom
Benjamin Will
Mishawaka Bank Official Assaulted in Chicago Robbery
I E Clark secretary treasurer of Mishawaka national bank was attacked by four men and robbed of a $10 000 letter of credit in Chicago Gen Grant states reforms must affect the Philippines before fortunes can be made there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I. Clark
Mishawaka (Ind.) National Bank
Chicago
Gen. Grant
Philippines
Pope bids Guidi act on Philippine friars dispute
In Rome the pope urged Archbishop Guidi to secure speedy action on the friars dispute in the Philippines. Other items report reopening of Parliament disruptions, accusations against Gov. Llewellyn, and various international incidents including a treaty about Cuba and a failed land scheme.
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Rome
Guidi
Philippines
John O'Donnell
St. Vincent Island
Gov. Llewellyn
Jamaica
St. John's
N. I
Pretoria
Marl Roberts
United States
Gen. Fernandez
Colombia
Bogota
Haiti
Wavana
Bragg
Cuba
Miners Convention Fails to Vote on Strike Settlement Plan
Reports from Wilkes Barre say the miners convention did not vote on a proposed settlement plan on day one, delays caused by engineers and firemen. Other items: indictments against Edward Butler for bribe payments, Charles Young charged with murder, a mob burning a suspect in Forest City Arkansas, and various political and criminal developments across the country.
Miscellaneous World News Highlights Across Nations
Reports detail a wide range of events from a New York raid recovering one million dollars to claims of Colombia’s President Marroquin being captured by General Fernandez. Other items note Prussia's railway ambitions, shifts in London coal prices, and Cuba U S reciprocity fears.
Mitchell Urges Unanimous Vote to End Strike at Arbitration Tribunal
President Mitchell addresses mine workers at Wilkesbarre urging acceptance of a leader-recommended plan to end the strike and return to old jobs, with issues to be submitted to the tribunal named by the U.S. president. He emphasizes equal treatment for all workers and cautions some sacrifices may occur.
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Wilkesbarre
Mine Workers’ Convention
Mitchell
United States
Iam
Immigrant Stats Highlight Reading Tests and Rejections
Washington reports show 648743 arrivals in the last fiscal year, with 466369 males and 182374 females. Italy leads with 178375 arrivals, others rising in Austria-Hungary and Russia, while Ireland falls.
Burned at the Stake in Forrest City Mob Executes Charles Young
In Forrest City Arkansas on October 21 a mob overpowered the jail, bound Charles Young and burned him at a stake near town. He faced charges of assault and murder in the case of Mrs Ed Lewis. The mob then searched for another Black man implicated in the crime but had not located him by midnight.
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Forrest City
Ark
Charles Young
Ed Lewis
Young
Lewis
Cremation Plans For Jim Younger Questioned
The body of Jim Younger is embalmed and kept in St Paul awaiting word from Etta Rollins of Dallas sister to the Younger brothers. Younger had wished cremation and the burial will proceed in Kansas City or here depending on arrangements. Willie Evans the youngest U S convict pardoned in Jackson Miss Oct 21. He was nine and a half years old and had served about one year of a three year term for robbery. A glue plant fire in Pittsburg Pa Oct 21 destroyed the American Glue company site at Springdale causing a 120000 loss covered by insurance.
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St. Paul, Minn
Jim Younger
Etta Rollins
Dallas
Tex
Younger
Kansas City
Jackson
Miss
Willie Evans
United States
Longino
Willie
Pittsburg
American Glue Company
Springdale
Here
Heiress Found in Ashland Miss Eva Martin Receives $50,000
Ashland Ohio October 21 Miss Eva Martin Chicago nurse heir to a $50,000 gift from an unknown St. Louis friend resides in the city and has been a nurse at Dr. A L Sharick's hospital since last June. In Dallas Texas October 21 Admiral Sehley received a roving cup at City Park presented by the city in a brief address by Gen. M M Crane.
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Ashland
Eva Martin
Chicago
St. Louis
Endorsed Peruna Remedies From Various Testifiers
A series of testimonial quotes praise Peruna as a preventive and curative for colds and catarrhal conditions. D F Wilber of One The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus and others from Sussex New Brunswick Buffalo New York and New York praise quick recovery and voice improvement with Peruna and urge its use, inviting readers to contact Dr Hartman for free advice.
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Wilber
Pe-ru-na Medicine Co
Columbus, C
D. F. Wilber
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
David F Wilber
C. I. Given
Sussex
C. F. Given
A Matter of Wonder Mrs Peck Returns From Niagara
Mrs Peck has returned from Niagara with remarkable impressions leaving observers speechless. Mr Peck expresses astonishment and repeats the sentiment Wonderful wonderful as he ponders how Niagara accomplished it.
Colonists Tickets to West and Southwest at Half Fare
Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route offer one way Colonists and Settlers tickets to California and North Pacific Coast points and to Missouri Arkansas Indian Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana and more on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from October 21 to April 31 at half first class fare plus 2.00. See nearest agent or write H C Townsend St Louis Mo. He I would die for you She How much is your life insurance Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Iron Mountain
California
North Pacific Coast
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian
Oklahoma Territories
Louisiana
Texas
H. C. Townsend
St. Louis
Four Daily Trains to St Paul via Northwestern Railway
Four daily trains to St Paul Minneapolis via Chicago and Northwestern Railway depart Chicago at 9 A M 630 P M 800 P M and 1000 P M on fast schedules with luxurious equipment including a dining car service. Tickets reservations and pamphlets available from ticket agents or W B Kniskern 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Ill.
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St. Paul-Minneeapolis
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago
North - Western Limited
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Ill
Bankers Route via Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad to New Orleans
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad is set as the official route for Northwest bankers traveling to the American Bankers Association annual meeting in New Orleans November 11 13 1902. Round trip tickets will be sold November 7 8 9 and 10 at a single fare with return limit ten days from issue and possible extension to November 30 upon deposit by November 18 and 50 cent fee. Stopovers allowed. details from local agents or W H Richardson G P A Chicago Tl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railhroad
Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. A
Northwest
American Bankers’ Association
New Orleans
W. H. Richardson
Chicago
Precisely as Advertised Ends in 12 50 Arrival
A traveler aboard a major American railroad notes broad punctuality claims as the terminus is reached at 12 50 exactly. An official boasts that the line arrives on time despite earlier delays, stressing precision across nearly 3 000 miles. The traveler recalls coast arrival time, while the official defends promptness.
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St. Louis Republic
Frisco System Offers Observation Cafe Cars in Service
The Frisco System operates on its trains out of Saint Louis and Kansas City with handsome Observation Cafe Cars under Fred Harvey management. Cars include a library observation room, easy chairs, writing materials, newspapers, and electric lights and fans for passenger comfort. Trains depart daily from Saint Louis and Kansas City.
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Frisco
Saint Louis
Kansas City
Fred Harvey
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