Roosevelt authorizes Philippine census under act
President Roosevelt signed an order for a census in the Philippine Islands under the Philippine Act. The order, dated September 25, follows a Philippine Commission certificate stating insurrection is suppressed and recommends using the present Census Bureau to compile and publish statistical data.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Phillipine commission
cen
sng
Philippine commission
Moros Taken and Coal Shortage in the City
Reports indicate Moros are taken and a coal shortage worsens as dealers claim anthracite supply in the city is only about 19 percent of demand while soft coal meets barely a quarter of needs.
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aigmand
Viners Charge Bribery In Local President Case
Scranton district president Nicholls accuses ex-mine foreman Michiel Grimes of leading a campaign by coal companies to bribe mine workers with money and jobs to vote to return to work. Grimes and coal interests deny the charges as Nicholls asserts informants can prove them in court.
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Nicholls
Scranton
Michiel “Grimes
Nicholle
Grimes
Nicholis
United
Wantey Hotel
cat Scranton
Battalions tour districts report quiet rail strike impact
In Wilkesbarre Pa on September 27 soldiers completed a tour of districts long affected by disturbances and found conditions quiet. Officials noted coal operations remain limited but more workers are in the mines than at the height of the strike while strike leaders claim solid support and no desertions. Governor Stone is urged to send troops to Centralia. General Gobin advises arrest of lawbreakers rather than troop deployment. A Hartford report quotes a harsh rebuke of President Baer at the Connecticut Democratic convention questioning his credentials and predicting a distant place where he will face no cold weather or anthracite worries.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
Stitchell
Pittsburg
Wilson
Mitchell
Shenandoah
Sterif Knorr
Columbia county
Stone
Centralia
Gobin
Baer
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Homer
Crum Mings
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Washington
William Dinkella
United States
Japan
Chas. HL. Abbott
Flsgo harbor
Dinkella
Alteny
N. Yu
Chafee
Sumner
war department
Chaffee
Manila
San Francisco
Philippines
Davis
MRS JOSEPHINE D PEARY HONORED FOR WIFEHOOD SERVICE
Fragmented clippings report Mrs. Josephine D Peary accompanying her husband to Arctic expeditions and enduring trials at home. Other notes include a German steamer wreck, a bay rum incident at Fort Slocum, a Princeton professor's death after chloral overdose, a presidential pardon for William Dinkella, and a war department update on General Chaffee sailing from Manila.
Jersey Murderer Found Drowned After Murder of Constable
Samuel Greenage, who on Thursday killed Constable Hany Bucks in Bridgeton New Jersey, was found dead by suicide in Seeley’s rill pond in Green-Wich township. The sheriff and his posse had hunted him at night through the marshes.
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Jersey
Bridgeton
N. J
Samuel Greenage
Hany Bucks
Seeley’s rill pond
Green- Wich township
Greenage
Boy tied naked to tree in New Orleans assault case
George Trauth white boy was found bound naked to a tree after being assaulted and tortured. He identified a local Negro, Clem Garttson, as the assailant. A search led to an arrest and transfer to parish prison amid neighbor outrage.
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New Orleans
George’ Trauth
Clem Garttson
Detroit Would End Strike Big Convention Sought
Detroit leaders moved to invite all Pennsylvania field dependent coal towns to a grand convention in the city to press for resumption of coal production through public opinion or government action. A six member council committee will convene next Monday to plan the invitation and arrangements. In Canton, Elihu Root and Senator Hanna visited Mrs. McKenney, joining a luncheon with General Basings before touring her family home tomb and returning to Cleveland.
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Detroit
Mich
Pennsylvania
Smith
late front
Cleveland
Desertions Rise With Army Canteen Ban Report
Washington dispatch reports Brigadier General Frederic Funston warns army discipline declines as court martial trials nearly double. He cites desertion spikes tied to restrictions on officers and the canteen ban, blaming monotony post field service and saloon closures for soldier misconduct and morale drop.
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Funston
Geog
Washington
Fredericx Funston
department of the Colorado
Boy Prevents Rail Route Disaster Near Elkton
A boy alerted a telegrapher to a washed out flood hazard near Elkton as heavy rains caused a dangerous washout on the line. Trains on the Washington New York express face delays while the Baltimore and Ohio tracks are used between Bay View Junction and Wilmington traffic with minimal delay. The culvert was repaired today and service resumed.
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Wilmington
Baltimore
Elkton
pers
Washington
New York
Ohio
Bay View “Junction
Wil amington
Philadelphia
Suit Against Pennsy's Relief Court Decision
The circuit court ruled against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company relief department in a suit to oust it from relief work for exceeding its charter prohibiting insurance duties. The prosecutor’s contention was sustained and the case will be appealed to the state supreme court. Princeton Gets 1 400 000 Bequest to Princeton from Miss Mary J Winthrop of New York totals 1400000 and may fund intellectual growth at the seminary and a new gymnasium. A pair of burglars overpowered policemen, stole 400, then bound and gashed one officer, tying another to a post. a running fight followed as they escaped.
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Secretaias
Jonal
Telier
Treasury
Shaw
bendis
treasury_department
Unites
United States of New York
Pennsy’s
Bueyrts
circuit court
relief’ department
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania company
supreme court
Princeton
N. J
Mary
Winthrop
New York
Youngstown
Beechwood Improvement Co
South Sharon
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ancestorite
Barback
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Syracuse
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hisa
Ruchi
arctic
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Catania
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