Miners End Strike Accept 65 Cent Rate in Pittsburgh District
The interstate miners convention voted 495 to 317 to accept the 65 cent per ton proposal in the Pittsburgh district and related areas. Work may resume in ten days with Illinois opposition and potential immediate openings in Ohio and Pittsburgh coal mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Illinois
National Executive Board
Springfield
Hazleton
Ratchford
National Anti Spiritualistic Association Formed After Con ference
The National Anti Spiritualistic Association of America was formed in Anderson Indiana after a nationwide conference of anti Spiritualistic leaders. The meeting drew broad representation and the next annual gathering may be in Columbus Ohio. Ohio association posted a $50 000 cash challenge to any medium to reproduce phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
National Anti-Spiritualistic Association of America
Columbus
Ohio Association
Fatal Blast Kills Twenty Four at Pamela Quarry
A severe explosion at Pamela's quarry near Vera Cruz railway in Mexico City kills twenty four spectators and two cavalrymen as gases ignite after the blast. Many more are injured as onlookers rush to view the debris. The quarry supplies rock for Vera Cruz harbor improvements.
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City of
Mexico
Pamela’s
Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz Harbor
Trade review notes broad advance and rising prices
New York Sept 11 R G Dun and Co reports continued growth in production employment and purchasing power with unions expanding payrolls by about four percent from a year prior. Wheat and cotton prices rise as foreign demand and woolen mills lift demand. weekly U S failures total 215 vs 315 last year in the United States and 35 vs 47 in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Brainess
Boston
United States
Canada
Wreck near Emporia Kills Many as Bryan Aids the Injured
A Santa Fe collision three miles east of Emporia on Wednesday night killed twelve to fifteen and injured many more. The Mexico and California express and the fast mail were involved, with engines exploding and passengers escaping through smoking cars. Bryan assisted the wounded and attended to victims. Separate note reports yellow fever cases in New Orleans with 748 cases since July 8 and nine deaths, plus continued fumigation and strict quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Times
Emporia
Kan
Santa Fe
Here
Mexico
California
W. J. Bryan
Burlington
Mr. Bryan
New Orleans
Board of Health
Oliphant
Gelpi
Ocean Springs
Gant
Grant
Prices in 1806 and 1897 Compared
Assistant Secretary Brigham of agriculture releases a table comparing farm product prices this year to the same period in 1806 using Cincinnati price figures. The report highlights the overall price increases across commodity groups and provides specific item contrasts to guide farmers and markets.
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Washington
Brigham
Department of Agriculture
Cincinnati
Farmers in Good Spirits After Western Tour
Secretary Wilbur returns to the agricultural department after a month away visiting trans Missis sippi states with focus on irrigation horse raising and sugar beet growing He notes farmers are buoyant and confident and that there is no idle man west of the Mississippi seeking work Probable Loss of a Steamer in Seattle News reports the steamship Cleveland arriving from St Michael's with 65 passengers and 400000 in gold dust while warning of the possible loss of the steamer Liza Anderson carrying 125 gold seekers caught in a storm en route to St Michael's
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbon
Agricultural Department
trans-Mississippi
Montana
Utah
Mississippi
Seattle
Wash
Cleveland
St. Michael's
Liza Anderson
Port Arthur and Sabine Pass Struck by Devastating Tidal Wave
A tidal wave hit Port Arthur and Sabine Pass on Tuesday morning leaving multiple dead and many injured. In Port Arthur seven killed with several buildings destroyed there and surrounding areas. Sabine Pass reports higher fatalities with estimates up to 30 dead, town largely wiped out and water eight feet deep in places.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Sabine Pass
Beaumont
Port Arthur Many Buildings Were Blown Down, Including the Railroad Roundhouse
May Ainsworth
Natatorium
Bank
Town Site Company
Slotel Hayden
Strong & League
Brennan
Colonado
Spence & Lyons
C. J. Miller
Kennedy
Herald
Alfred Wolf
Hayes
M. M. Zollinski
Dan A. Barraclough
Old Town
Gulf
Pass
Sabine Hotel
W. ©. Wylie
Port Arthur Banking Company
Leaumont
Winnie
Webb
Southern Pacific Railroad
Scar Lake
Southern Pacific
James Singers
St. Louis
Gulf & Interstate
Webb Station
Wheeler
Gen Lee refrains from Cuba remarks after talks at State Dept
Consul General Lee met with Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secretary Day at the state department. He declined public comment on Cuba and told a friend the insurgents are likely to win independence without outside help. He will not return to Havana before the 30 days unless the president requires it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lee
State Department
Sherman
Day
Cuba
Havana
Carlists watched for opportunity amid Cuban crisis
The Spanish press notes ongoing belief that Carlists seek a chance to profit from government Cuba tensions when patriotic motives are not shown. Meanwhile reports from Buffalo and Boston cover a looming break up of the Western Elevator Association and John L. Sullivan announcing a mayoral bid with a gambling platform. Paris reports Sarah Bernhardt narrowly escaped death at Belleisle en Mer as she and a rescuer fell from cliffs. Aberdeen records a cyclone like storm causing heavy damage, wind driven rain, and moved barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Cuba
Tress
Aberdeen
Hazleton Reacts as Lattimer Massacre Sparks Riot Fear
Nearly 4,000 Pennsylvania state militia occupy Hazleton, Lattimer, and surrounding towns after the Lattimer miners massacre. Warrants target Sheriff Martin and deputies for murder as crowds demand prosecutions and a fund-raising committee forms. Governor Hastings warns to disperse riotous groups while coal operators back the sheriff. Community mass meeting of about 5,000 supporters calls for legal action and unity.
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Hazleton
Lattimer
Martin
Citizens’ Committee
Wilkesbarre
Harwood
Freeland
Audenreidh
Hastings
Pennsylvania National Guard
MacAdoo
Phoenixville
Harrisburg
J. Daniel Hastings
The
Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Panic at Theater Triggers Rift in Niles Performance
During a Manhattan Amusement syndicate show in Niles Michigan 1500 patrons panicked as actors fought and cries of fire rang out. Women fainted and children screamed as the fire department responded. Stanley Wells and Charles Wells led police efforts while Wells was accused of threatening to shoot Miss Vesta and striking her twice. The company had had no pay for four months and hundreds were lightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles, Mich
Manhattan Amusement Syndicate
Stanley Wells
Charles Wells
Wells
Vesta
Star Pointer Wins Major Match Race In Two Heats
Star Pointer defeats Joe Patchen in Medford Massachusetts for a $4000 purse. Star Pointer wins the first heat in 2 03 percent and the second heat by a length. Final quarter splits show a close contest with thrilling finishes in both heats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Mass
Star Pointer
Joe Patchen
Girl missing and held by Sioux on Cheyenne river
The Indian department was notified that a 13 year old white girl is on the Cheyenne river reservation and reportedly held in bondage by the Indians after being stolen in Canada. Authorities seek rescue. Also 27 drowned when the British steamer Polyphemus collided near Jebel Tar in the Red Sea.
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Port Said
Bones Identified as Human in Luetgert Case Evidence
In the Luetgert murder trial the state rests its corpus delicti on bones identified as human by Bailey of Field Columbian Museum and Howes of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. Experts confirm multiple bone fragments from the middle vat and furnace ashes as human, with cross-examination planned before motive evidence resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luetgzert
Chicago
Luetgert
George Vincent Bailey
Field Columbian Museum
R. A. Howes
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
Mr. Bailey
McEwen
Robert A. Howes
Mary Siemering
Feldt
Frank Bialk
Odorowski
Tosch
Louise Luetgert
Adolph L. Luetgert
Gold Crowded South Coast Crew Returns From Klondike Route
The steam schooner South Coast under Capt. Zad dart arrived in Seattle from St. Michaels after an 11 day run the voyage carried 200 passengers and about $250,000 in gold. Half the travelers hailed from the Klondike with sums from $1,000 to $35,000 each amid famine fears. Other items note a wreck scare near Kodiak, an attempted Wells Fargo train robbery thwarted near Foraker Ohio, a fatal Arkansas freight wreck, two sisters burned to death in Lynn Massachusetts, and Gov. P ingree granting eight pardons in Michigan.
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Seattle
Wash
South Coast
F. Zaddart
St. Michaels
Klondike
Birch Creek
Circle City
Eliza Anderson
Kodiak
Alaska
Starr
Anderson
Sulphur Creek Gold Rush Report From Klondike
Reports from Sulphur Creek in Beattie Washington describe new gold diggings rivaling Eldorado and Bonanza. Prospectors yielded $34 per pan and $300 per day, triggering a stampede with 500 men crossing to stake claims. Independent witnesses link Sulphur Creek to the Indian river watershed across the divide from Klondike.
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Dawson City
Jildorado Creek
Dominion Creek
John E. Light
Chicago
Ill
Dawson
Bella
McKinnon Boys
Wellington
B. C
Eldorado Creek
Dominion
Eldorado
Bonanza
Indian River
Klondike
Seattle
Wash
Portland
St. Michael’s
Moran Brothers
John C. Barr
Hamilton
North American Trading and Transportation Company
Yukon
Humboldt
St. Michael
Eliza Anderson
Dutch Harbor
P. LB. Weare
North American Transportation & Trading Company
Weare
Party of Four Drowned Near Waverly Iowa
A pleasure trip near Waverly Iowa ends in tragedy as Rev Scott Hyatt his wife Royal McQueen and Miss Mae Tibbetts drown in the Cedar River. Their bodies are recovered after a search and an initial theory suggests retreating depth and failed rescue attempts.
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Waverly
Waterloo
Scott Hyatt
Royal McQueen
Mae Tibbetts
Cedar River
Hyatt
Haytt
McQueen
Miss Tibbetts
Powers Agreed on International Commission for Greece
Dispatches from Constantinople report all ambassadors have instructions to accept Lord Salisbury's plan for a six power international commission. The body would control Greece's revenues to guarantee interest on old bonds and fund the indemnity loan.
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London
Constantinople
Lord Salisbury
International Commission
Greece
World record passenger voyage on the Christopher Columbus
The whaleback Christopher Columbus arrived in Duluth from Chicago to winter at West Superior after carrying 81,143 passengers since June 27, a new world record for passenger traffic on the Great Lakes. In Boise, Idaho a penitentiary conspiracy probe uncovers keys in convicts hands and smuggled drugs, with officials resolved to uncover all who may be implicated.
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Duluth
Minn
Chicago
West Superior
Great Lakes
Boise
Idaho
New Rule Regulates Chronometers at San Francisco Port
Collector Jackson orders customs to search chronometers seized from foreign vessels at this port to prevent smuggling. A separate bulletin notes a severe storm in Marinette Wisconsin with uprooted trees and damaged houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Jackson
Marinette
Wis
Yellow Fever Declared in New Orleans District
In New Orleans six suspected cases on St. Claude street were declared yellow fever by the board of health. A further confirmed case appeared near Miro and Esplanade streets. Officials expect quarantine will contain the outbreak with modern sanitary measures while other cities issue travel controls along the gulf coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Board of Health
St. Claude Street
Miro
Esplanade
Jackson
Miss
Nashville
Tenn
State Board of Health
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Sons of Veterans Elect Officers at National Meeting
At the Sons of Veterans annual gathering in Indianapolis Omaha was selected as the next national encampment site. Charles K. Darling was named Commander in Chief and Fred Bolton appointed adjutant general. Officers for the Ladies Aid Society were also elected with Kate Raynor as National President and Ada Wallace as Vice President.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sons of Veterans
Omaha
Charles K. Darling
Boston
George E. Cogshall
Grand Rapids
Mich
James W. Noel
Indiana
Horace H. Hammer
Reading
C. Boren
Kansas
J. E. Haycraft
The Colorado Wreck at New Castle
Frank Turbank conductor and Engineer Ostrander of the Colorado Midland railway face charges from the coroner's jury for the fatal wreck last week in New Castle. The inquest links their attempt to reach the siding with the Rio Grande west bound train, as Rev. Hartman of Herschel Illinois is named among the dead, bringing the death toll to 11 with six to ten other victims believed buried in the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Col
Frank Turbank
Engineer Ostrander
Colorado Midland Railway
New Castle Siding
Rio Grande
Alexander Hartman
Herschel
Cuban Victory Echoes From Las Tunas Capture
Military experts compare the Cuban seizure of Las Tunas to Grant's Vicksburg victory otraine as Madrid reports posts from the war. Gen Pando asks Cuban lawmakers to convene and fix responsibility for policy amid rising excitement over the Victoria de las Tunas seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Las Tunas
Vicksburg
Union
Madrid
Pando
Victoria de Las Tunas
Santiago de Cuba
Imparcial
Spain
Coffin Is Pardoned After Bank Wrecker Conviction
Francis A. Coffin received a telegraphic pardon from President McKinley sent from Somerset Pennsylvania and signed by Attorney General McKenna. He left the prison to join his wife in Chicago and said he did not know what he would do next. Coffin was sentenced a year ago to eight years for wrecking the Indianapolis National Bank. The pardon is unconditional.
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Indianapolis
Michigan City
Ind
Francis A. Coffin
McKinley
Somerset
McKenna
Chicago
Coffin
Indianapolis National Bank
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Persona
Commissioner General of Immigration
Sioux City
Pioneer Stove Works
Leeds
Carthage
Hancock County
Springheld
Darry Gillam
Ida Southerland
Dora
Eed
Bryan
Texas
Buffalo
Western Elevator Association
Big
Sullivan
John L. Sullivan
Manny
Steamer South Cooast
Lima
Wells Fargo
Chicago Erie Road
Foraker
Memphis
Vanburen
Ark
Lynn
Harriet C. Sheldon
Matilda Sheldon
Lansing
Pingree
Turkey
Colorado
Pocatello
Tort Hall Reservation
San Jose
Cal
Abel Stevens
Milwaukee
Port Washington Road
Charles Higgins
Jack Magner
Ruggles
Samuel Breck
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