Miners Stand Firm As Coal Operators Offer 10% Return Pay
In Scranton district 36 collieries of Lackawanna Hillsdale and Temple Iron offer a ten percent wage advance to workers who return. Sixty three colliery operators in the district have not signaled any concession. In Shennandoah unions vote to hold out until a word from President Mitchell. Delegates are chosen in anticipation of a convention. resolutions urge miners to remain off the job until instructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Lackawanna Company
Hillsdale and Temple Iron Companies
Shennandoah
Mitchell
Mitchells Speech Reveals No New Policy on 10 Percent Cut
Labor leader President Mitchell spoke to about 20 000 at West Side park after the march. He hinted at a future position on the 10 percent concession but offered no firm plan, suggesting a convention might resolve the issue. Local unions had not requested a miners convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
West Side Park
T. D. Nichols
Lackawanna
Wyoming
George Purcell
Indiana
National Executive Board
P. J. Dunn
Wilkesimore
Fred Dilcher
Ohio
Benjamin James
Pennsylvania
Mary Jones
Coal firm posts notices at two Hazleton collieries
Hazleton, Pa. October 3 The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company yesterday posted notices at its Audenreidh and Hoeneybrook collieries similar to notices put up Monday night by the Lehigh Valley Coal company signed by General Superintendent Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Audenreidh
Hoeneybrook
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Richards
Mays Faces Bigamy Claims After Two Marriages
In Matton Illinois D C Mays, married to Minnie Meinhold for thirteen years, reportedly told his wife of a job loss and later wed Miss Stopp in Danville Indiana. Wives Minnie and Miss Stopp plan to seek full legal remedies under bigamy laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matton
Ill
D. C
Mays
Minnie Meinhold
Indianapolis
Chicago
Danville
Ind
Buried Alive in Wisconsin Ditch Collapse
A Baraboo, Wisconsin tragedy reports Jacob Mueller buried by a ditch collapse fourteen feet deep near Merrimac. The incident description notes he was trapped as earth caved in beside the embankment and authorities investigate the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Wis
Jacob Mueller
Mueller
Mitchell Against Conference in Hazleton Meeting
President Mitchell arrived in Hazleton and began talks with five national officers. He denied any talk of settlement or calling a delegate convention, saying the session would be long while focusing on relief for destitute strikers. More men returned to work and Shamokin district reports gains.
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Mitchell
Hazleton
Shamokin
New Moline and Peoria Line Forms From Davenport Road
A Chicago report states the Moline and Peoria railway is a renamed Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern line. The new company, capitalized at 100000, plans an extension from East Moline through Rock Island Henry Mercer Warren Knox Fulton to Peoria City with a Canton branch to Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Moline and Peoria Railway
Springfield
Davenport
Rock Island and
Nortwestern
Clinton
Iowa
Rock Island
Moline
East Moline
Peoria
Galesburg
Port Bryon Junction
Henry
Mercer
Warren, Knox, Fulton and
Peoria City
Canton
Til
Havana
Iowa Patents and Local Post Office Changes
Iowa patents include Nicholas Barry Jr for Muscatine blank cutting and drilling and grinding machines. A post office opens at Luhsford Davis county with David A Brunk postmaster. Pensions listed for Caroline M Gibson James M Stevens minor Helen C King as per original widows grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Nicholas Barry, Jr
Muscatine
Luhsford
Davis County
David A. Brunk
Pwans
Caroline M. Gibson
Grundy Center
James M. Stevens
Ottumwa
Helen C. King
Knoxville
Law Students Organize McClain Club in Iowa City
Iowa City law students form the McClain Club a nonpartisan group aiming to elect Emlin McClain as supreme judge. Each member will write ten letters to personal friends urging support and the results will be known when votes are counted in the next election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
McClain
Emlin McClain
Supreme Judge
Girl Kills Her Father in Frightful Fracas
In Dubuque on October 3 a 60 year old man Henry Schaffer, intoxicated, attacked his wife and daughter near La Motte. The daughter defended her mother and fatally struck him with a club. A coroner's jury absolved the girl of blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Henry Schaffer
la Motte
Croker Says He Would Make Hanna Jump If Pressed
New York on October 3 reports Croker declaring that if he had absolute power he would force Hanna and his allies to resign. He argues that Hanna’s personal attack otherwise yields no real issues and shows fear of public discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Croker
Hanna
Kruger Still a Prisoner in Portuguese Governor’s House
Dispatches from Lorenzo Marques and London report Kruger confined in the Portuguese governor’s residence with plans to sail to Europe next week. He lost the green sash and is barred from using the governor’s carriage after delivering a patriotic speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Marques
Kruger
Europe
Bank Robbery at Elk Port Seizes $1000 in Cash
Burglars blew the Elk Port bank safe with nitro glycerin securing $1000 and papers. The town marshal saw three men exit and they fled toward nearby woods. A. C. Tiefle Co. owners of the bank run a general store. Elkport lies on the West Union railway line. sheriff heads a search party for the burglars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton County
Elkport
West Union
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Iowans Save Money Deposits Rise at State Banks
Des Moines reports show 232 savings banks and 216 state banks filed Sept. 5 deposits with the auditor. The three month period records a $3,526,849 rise in deposits, totaling $94,673,906 across the institutions.
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Des Moines
Claims on a Dead Man's Wealth in Davenport
A claimant presenting as A C Connaughton, son of Dr. P W Connaughton, appeared in Davenport Iowa seeking a share of the estate and the $10 000 bank deposit payable to P W Connaughton. The appearance haunts the administration of the deceased physician who died August 12 after moving from Georgia in 1878 and marrying locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
P. W. Connaughton
Connaughton
Georgia
A. C. Conmnaughton
A. C. Connaughton
Youtsey Case Delayed in Georgetown Court
Georgetown Kentucky October 3 The Youtsey case was called this morning the defense requested more delay to serve certain summonses and the court adjourned the case until Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Youtsey
Missing Census Man Sought in Fond du Lac
Detectives search Fond du Lac Wisconsin for William T Spaulding the census man who disappeared after staying two days at the Palmer House with considerable money on him. He was in town for a short visit several days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
William T. Spaulding
Spaulding
Palmer House
Bunco Men Target Farmington Residents With Glass Spectacles
Farmington, Oct 3. A couple of con men have been working local residents for a week palming off cheap glass spectacles as the outside representatives of the optical department of a Detroit store. They claim the lenses are of special quality to lure victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Mich
Bunco
Optical Department
Detroit
Sioux City Carnival and Interstate Festival Opens
Sioux City Iowa welcomed visitors from Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska as its carnival and interstate festival opened on Labor Day with daytime and evening parades. The event lasts six days and attracts thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Factory Inspectors Begin National Convention in Indianapolis
The National Association of Factor Inspectors opened its convention in Indianapolis with about twenty states represented. The gathering started yesterday and continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
National Association of Factor Inspectors
Boy shoots sister over two dollars in Wichita
In Wichita on October 3, 6 year old Guy Riggs shot his 16 year old sister with a target gun after she refused to surrender $2 he claimed. The injured girl was rushed to a hospital in dangerous condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Guy Riggs
SOPHS AND FRESH CLASH OVER MILK CAN PRANK
Iowa City October 3. Sophomores and freshmen met at noon as the latter attempted to remove a milk can labeled Freshy 1904 hung in a tree at the campus entrance. The melee featured rough play with hair pulling bleeding faces and torn clothes as authorities consider next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Sophs
Football before Roosevelt rallies Upbeat LSN9 team drills ahead of Iowa clash
Cedar Falls headlines note the L. S. N. 8. football squad will hold Friday practice seven miles from Waterloo where a major Republican rally with Governor Roosevelt is set to occur. Coach Fred Williams has stirred strong partisan team spirit ahead of the Iowa game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
University of Iowa
Waterloo
Roosevelt
New York
Fred Williams
Roosevelt in Nebraska Tour Draws Big Crowds
Senator Dolliver optimistic after stops at Anselmo Seneca and Plattsmouth as Roosevelt’s train tour continues in Nebraska. Large crowds gather and Dolliver says Republicans likely to carry the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Seneca
Neb
Roosevelt
Anselmo
Plattsmouth
Dolliver
Milwaukee Bride Still Unwed When Farmer Takes Own Life
Frank Whitehead, a Whitewater farmer, killed himself rather than wed Miss Lillie Taylor. Dispatches report the couple were to marry today, with a new furniture outfit already ordered and preparations complete for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Frank Whitehead
Whitewater
Whitehead
Lillie Taylor
McKinley Drives With Wife Despite Assassination Plot
Canton Ohio October 3 McKinley ignored word of a planned assassination attempt and set out on a long drive today accompanied by his wife Miss Barber.
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Canton
Ohio
MccKinley
Miss Barber
Dayton's Shoe Factory Fire in Williamsport
Fire destroyed Dayton's shoe factory in Williamsport Pennsylvania at midnight. The loss was 360000 and the plant was well insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Dayton
Clear Lake Iowa Emerges as West's Popular Summer Resort
Clear Lake Iowa has become a favored summer resort drawing prominent visitors from Iowa Illinois Minnesota and beyond. The lake offers cool temps fishing sailing and bathing with ample hotel and cottage accommodations and low round trip rail rates from the Iowa Central Railway prompting excursions and potential seasonal stays. Geo S Batty G P A Marshalltown Iowa promotes illustrated guides and rail info.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Clear Lake
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michiga
Illinois
Iowa Central Railway
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltown
Exposition Express Luxurious Sleeping Cars
Train message notes leaving Buffalo at 8:00 P M and arriving via Lehigh Valley Railroad on the Exposition Express offering luxurious sleeping cars as part of the service.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bryan Denies Bribery Story At Democratic Meet
Indiana dispatch reports the quadrennial meeting of the National Association of Democratic Clubs opening in Tomlinson Hall with Hearst presiding. Speakers included Jones Hamilton Lewis and McMillan. Tonight Rourke Cochran Sovereign Cerrall Zeisler to speak amid a smaller crowd. Leaders fault a Bryan speaking slot two days after the convention for low attendance.
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Indianapolis
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Tomlinson Hall
Hearst
Taggart
Jones
National Committee
Toledo
James Hamilton Lewis
Washington
McMillan
Tennessee
Rourke Cochran
James R. Sovereign
Patrick Cferrall
Sigmund Zeisler
State Committee
Bryan
Indiana
Kingman accuses Bryan of silver plank payoff
Cyrus M. Kingman of Delavan brother of Martin Kingman and cousin of Senator Shelby M. Cullom alleges that William Jennings Bryan’s opposition to a non free silver plank and his presidential nomination were bought by a $156,000 payment from a Colorado silver syndicate. He claims witnesses exist and cites a Jacksonville woman as his source.
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Peoria
Lil
Cyrus M. Kingman
Delavan
Martin Kingman
Shelby M. Cullom
Bryan
Kingman
Bryans
Jacksonville
Ill
Lincoln
Kansas City
Colorado
Bryan Denies Story In Campaign Stop
Portage Wisconsin October 3 Bryan accompanied by Mayor Rose of Milwaukee and gubernatorial candidate Bohmrnch arrived here after leaving La Crosse at midnight. He branded as a malicious campaign lie the claim that he received one hundred fifty thousand dollars from mine owners for pressing the silver plank in the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Wis
Rose
Milwaukee
Bohmrnch
Bryan
la Crosse
Hanna Replies to Bryan as Honest Candidate
Hanna says he will tour the northwest starting October 15 in Madison Wisconsin and move through South Dakota with Frye to help down Petti grew. He dismisses bribery allegations against Bryan as demagogic not dishonest and calls McKinley assassination rumors rot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hanna
Northwest
Madison
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Frye
Pettigrew
Bryan Hanna
Bryan
McKinley
Bryan Meeting in Parkersburg Tied to Trust Support
The article notes that William Jennings Bryan draws support from New York financier Croker and Senator Jones tied to the Round Cotton Bale trust. It says a Parkersburg, West Virginia gathering was led by ex-Senator Camden, a wealthy West Virginian and major Standard Oil stockholder, with no suggestion the Camden-Standard Oil link was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Croker
Trust
Senator Jones
Round Cotton Bale Trust
Parkersburg
W. Va
United States
Camden
West Virginia
Standard Oil Company
Bryast Oe
Weather outlook for Iowa and Chicago
Fair to tonight and Thursday with generally fair conditions. Showers likely in the northwest portion tonight, according to Indications for Iowa reported from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Prominent Negro Lawyer Benjamin Shot at Registration Site
Lexington KY Oct 3 B C O Benjamin noted colored lawyer author lecturer and editor was shot dead by Michael Moynahan foreman of the city rock quarry at a registration place in precinct thirty two after a dispute over a negro seeking to register. Benjamin educated at Oxford traveled widely edited papers across the country and in 1896 campaigned against McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
B. C. O. Benjamin
Michael Moynahan
City Rock
Benjamin
Oxford
England
McKinley
Two Women Murdered in Shensi Province
Washington reports Consul General Goodnow in Shanghai filed a bulletin noting the murder of Miss Hattie J. Rice from Connecticut and Miss Mary Houston from Alabama, both members of the China inland mission, in Lu Cheng Shensi province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Goodnow
Shanghai
Hattie J. Rice
Mary Houston
China Inland Mission
Lu Cheng
Shensi Provine
Connecticut
Alabama
Prosperity claims cited by bankers merchants and rail lines
The piece quotes B M Chattelle of the Illinois Savings Bank on a $27 million rise in savings deposits in Illinois, plus upbeat remarks from Williamson & Co. about gas and electric fixtures, restaurateur Phillip Henrici, and transportation official P S Eustis. It promotes Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry land rates from Abbott to Waverly with specific travel dates and agents in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
B. M. Chattelle
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Williamson & Co
Phillip Henrici
C. W. King
L. N. Knight
Mr. Henrici
Mr. King
P. S. Eustis
Burlington
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry
Abbott, Shell Rock
Waverly
Messrs
Ten & Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jno
G. Farmer
T. A
Excursion Rates to Keokuk for Grand Lodge Meeting
The B R N excursion tickets to Keokuk Iowa for the annual meeting of Grand Lodge Grand Encampment and Rebekah Assembly IOOF of Iowa will be sold at reduced rates from October 16 to 19. Call Cedar Rapids Route agents for rates and train times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Iowa
Grand Lodge
Grand Encampment
Rebekah Assembly
IL O. O. F
Cedar Rapids
Stop-over at Niagara Falls on Lehigh Valley trains
Westbound passengers to New York or Philadelphia may stop at Niagara Falls without charge on Lehigh Valley Railroad routes.
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Niagara Falls
New York
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad
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