Public appeals for settlement of anthracite strike
The Public Alliance in Wilkes-Barre appeals to President Roosevelt after four months of coal strike fighting, urging Morgan to concede and arbitration while warning of ruin if the fight continues. President Mitchell says no negotiations yet as troops in Philadelphia warn of force to quell violence in Panther Creek valley and the overall strike remains largely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Roosevelt
United States
J. P. Morgan
Public Alliance
T. F. Hart
Mitchell
Atlantic City
Sea Shore
Philadelphia
Robin
Panther Creek
Cavalry Regiment Relieved From Philippine Duty
Gen Chaffee reports to the war department that another cavalry regiment can be spared from the Philippines. One regiment and six troops of the 9th cavalry will sail on the Logan for San Francisco September 15, with remainder sailing October 1. U.S. stationing plans await designation.
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Washington
Chaffee
War Department
Davis
Philippine Islands
9Th Cavalry
Logan
San Francisco
United States
Cuba Recognizes Republic Amid Letters From European Leaders
President Palma at a cabinet meeting read autograph letters from King George of Greece Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and Dr Campos Benes recognizing the republic of Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Cuba
Havana
Palma
King George
Greece
Francis Joseph
Austria
Campos
Benes
Pres
Republic of
Roosevelt Monroeism speech draws wide European notice
Vienna reports President Roosevelt’s Monroeism speech attracts broad attention. Neue Freie Presse says it targets Great Britain and echoes a reply to the colonial premiers conference, warning of possible conflict over Canada. Neues Wiener Tageblatt calls it a campaign forecast, not a Europe warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Roosevelt
Neue Freie Preese
Great Britain
Canada
England
Neues Wiener Tageblatt
Europe
Apostolic Delegate Guidi Named for Philippines
Rome announces Mer Guidi appointed apostolic delegate in the Philippines. He is said to depart for Manila soon after Vatican notes a schismatic Catholic group forming in the islands. The Vatican dismisses the movement as unlikely to develop under leaders excommunicated from the Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mer. Guidi
Philippines
Mgr. Guidi
Manila
Vatican
Alleged Train Robbers Seized in Spokane
Three men identified by a Chicago tramp on the Sand Point train hold up are jailed in Spokane. The suspects listed as Thomas McDonald Frank Niff and J W Murray deny involvement with the robbery and await further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
Sand Point
William Pearson
Chicago
Thomas McDonald
Frank Niff
J. W. Murray
Bear Paw campaign to become national park site
Helena Montana August 29 after 25 years of unmarked graves the bones of 21 soldiers who fell near the Bear Paw mountains in the Nez Perce campaign will be honored with a monument and the area withdrawn from entry as Interior asks Congress to create Bear Paw National Park and erect a monument General Miles commanded the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Nez Perces
Bear Paw Mountains
Miles
Interior Department
Bear Paw
Asbestos Deposit Found Near Ropes Mine in Ishpeming
A local company plans development after a vari able asbestos deposit near the Ropes gold mine is found. Test pits show an 800 by 20 foot deposit with thousands of tons in sight. Fiber averages five inches long and is valued at $40 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishpeming
Mich
Ropes
Further Eruption of Mont Pelée Report Dated Aug 25
Paris dispatches from the ministry of the colonies in Fort de France Martinique dated Monday August 25 make no mention of any new eruption of Mont Pelée.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Pelee
Paris
Ministry of the Colonies
Fort de France
Martinique
Mont Pel Ee
Ada Gray Dies After Long Stage Career
Ada Gray dies at Fordham home for Incurables after years in East Lynne. Funeral held Thursday as Actor's Ford of America notes she supported them for seven years.
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Ada Gray
New York
East Lynne
Fordham
Ford of America
Dust Clouds From Martinique Cover Caribbean Ports
Reports from St John Antigua Basseterre Roseau Point a Pierre and Basse Terre describe a cloud of fine dust and ash sweeping from Martinique. Dense mist and semi dark seas, loud detonations heard locally, and panic-stricken populations mark the eruption’s spread from Mont Pelee’s activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
Antigua
Basseterre
St. Kitts
Roseau
Dominica
Mont Pelee
Highefall
Martinique
Point A Purie
Island of
Guadeloupe
Basse Terre
Gaudeloupe
Washout halts fast mail. two trainmen dead at Fairchild
A washout on the Chicago and Northwestern near Fairchild Wisconsin late Saturday night killed engineer Ira Wallace of Altoona and fireman Robinson of St Paul. The high speed eastbound mail car plunged into the ditch while passenger cars stayed upright but all were derailed. Track blocked until Sunday night. bodies removed to Maul Claire on a special train.
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Fairchild
Wis
Fast Mail
Chicago & Northwestern
Ira Wallace
Altoona
Robinson
St. Paul
Mau Claire
Bottle found near Bahia Honda hints at Africa voyage
A bottle recovered off Key West carries a dated note from April 15 1902 addressed to brothers and others. It claims to have capsized at 4 30 pm with coordinates near 15 1 latitude and 3 13 longitude. The message states it was thrown from the schooner Angelina about the Africa coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Bahia Honda
Isuckra
Harry R. P. Thorpjohnson
Angelina
Africa
Strike Threat Near in Cattle Packing Districts
Chicago reports that unless a wage increase settlement is reached, cattle butchers at stock yards will strike next Wednesday. The strike threatens to affect packers in Kansas City South Omaha St Louis Sioux City St Paul and St Joseph Missouri with a ten percent raise demand from the Butchers' Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
Italian King and Emperor Begin Homeward Journey
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and Emperor William return home from their visit. The pair traveled together by carriage to Wild Park station as rain and distance influenced their plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potadam
Prussia
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Emperor William
King
Wild Park
Murder in Monroe Mich A Frenchman Killed by Mob
Walter Lammerand of Toledo returns home to find his wife with a Frenchman. After a quarrel the suspect fled and was shot dead by a pursuing mob. An inquest is planned for Saturday. Mrs Lamervid identifies the deceased as Joseph Labarge of Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe, Mich
Walter Lamerand
Toledo
Third Street
Revolutionists Repulsed at Taguay in Five-Hour Battle
From Curacao reports state government forces under Gen Matos repulsed the revolutionary advance guard led by Gens Zoilo and Vidal at Taguay after a five hour fight. About two hundred revolutionaries were killed or wounded. President Castro is at Cua near Carecas.
Colored People of the Middle West WHI Meet In Metropolis
Colored citizens of Metropolis and Henry Cobb post plan a large emancipation celebration September 22 and 23. The event covers parts of southern Illinois southeastern Missouri and western Kentucky with visitors from the region. Prominent speakers include Gov. Yates Senator Mason Secretary Rose and Gen. Black from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolis
This Place
Henry Cobb Post
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Gov. Yates
William F. Mason
James A. Rose
Ilaaols
John C. Black
Chicago
The President Roosevelts Bear Hunt Stuns Newport
President Roosevelt, in New Hampshire, eschewed public duties to hunt in the Corbin preserve on Croydon mountain. He shot a bear just before dark after being urged by Senator Proctor who is also an adept hunter.
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Newport
N. H
Roosevelt
Corbin Preserve
Croydon Mountain
Proctor
Heirs Receive Over Million in Fair Estate Settlement
In San Francisco on August 30, heirs of the late Mrs. C. L. Fair win more than 1 million dollars from an agreement with Mrs. H. Oelrichs and Mrs. W. I. Vanderbilt Jr. Herman Oelrichs pays 300000 in gold to Mrs. Nelson, deposited in First National Bank, awaiting full transfer to the Fair heirs within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Nelson
Fair
Mortgage Filed For Ten Million Dollar Bond Issue
A ten million dollar mortgage was filed in Hudson county New Jersey on Friday. Bethlehem Steel Co of Pennsylvania gives a deed to Colonial Trust Co of New York to secure a 10 million dollar issue of 20 year five percent gold bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel Co
Pennsylvania
County Register
Hudson County
New Jersey
Colonial Trust Co
Roosevelt Invited to Knoxville by City Officials
Knoxville leaders Congressman Giteon and Brownlow wired President Roosevelt inviting him to stop in Knoxville while en route from Chatanooga to Asheville seeking a formal stopover tribute by the city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Knoxville
Tenn
Giteon and Brownlow
Asheville
Chattanooge
President Plans Wheeling Stop During Southern Trip
Newport Aug 30 Secretary Cortelyou said the president will stop in Wheeling on his journey to Tennessee and North Carolina. The schedule printed emphasizes a brief appearance and security details for the stop as part of the broader tour.
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Wheeling
Newport
B. L
Cortelyou
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mock War Opens Between Army and Navy on New England Coast
News reports a simulated naval invasion along the southern New England coast with 5 000 troops at sea and 5 000 on land. Fort Rodman and Gay Head host potential landings as Adm Higginson leads the fleet in a staged conflict with Maj. Gen. MacArthur commanding land defenses.
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Newport
R. L
North Atlantic Fleet
Adm
Higginson
Menemsha Bight
Vineyard Sound
Eell
Army
Navy
New England
Fort Rodman
Bedford
Fort Wright
Fisher's Island
New Bedford
Narragansett Bay
Connecticut
New York
Martha's Vineyard
Long Island Sound
Adm. Higginson
Buzzard's
Gay Head
Big Glory Balloon Starts From Denver in Long Distance Flight
The Big Glory balloon, one of the largest ever built, launched from Denver to attempt the world long distance record and possibly reach New York. It carries 140000 cubic feet of hydrogen. Organised by the Denver Post, occupants are Capt. T. Baldwin Percy Hudson and C. S. Sherman. Messages in bottles will indicate the journey.
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Denver
Col
New York
Denver Post
Percy Hudson
C. S. Sherman
The
Post
Sultan of Mindanao Shot While Attempting Escape
Manila reports the sultan of Binidayan held at Camp Vickers Mindanao was shot by a sentry during a failed escape attempt. He had been arrested after a murder of American soldiers in Mindanao and was awaiting surrender of the alleged murderer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Binidayan
Camp Vickers
Island
Mindanao
Ani
Mur‘derere
Carlisle Graham's Feat Swims Niagara Rapids to Lewiston
Carlisle D Graham swam from the whirl pool below Niagara Falls through the lower rapids to Lewiston New York on Sunday. He wore a life preserver and neck scarf as he battled swift currents for about thirty minutes, dodging a dangerous rock near shore before finishing below the new trolley bridge.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Carlsle D. Graham
Lewiston
Graham
Maude Willard
Devil’s Hole
Devil's Hole
Labor Union Denounces Gen Gobin Over Anthracite Crisis
The Central Labor union of Philadelphia adopts a resolution denouncing Brig. Gen. J P S Gobin for ordering troops to shoot strikers if resisted. It urges Gov Stone to revoke Gobin’s commission and seeks indictments for threatening citizens rights to trials. The letter also challenges a promised restraint on escorting non union workers to mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Central Labor Union of Philadelphia
J. P. S. Gobin
Pennsylvania
Gov. Stone
Gen. Gobin
Secretary of the Union
Union
Nichols
Duffy
Fahy
Harrisburg
Sympathy shifts as National Guard backs coal strikers
Parkersburg West Virginia September 1 An unexpected turn sees National Guard sent to keep order in coal fields align with strikers. Guards persuade workers to join the strike causing Rush Run detachment to be recalled. Hundreds of families camp under the open sky as evictions in the New River valley exceed a thousand households with nowhere to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Wa
National Guard
Rush Run
New River Valley
Harney County Stock Suffering From Heat and Drought
Burns Oregon reports record stock suffering in Harney County due to extreme heat and drought. Six months of dry grass, parched springs, and fenced creeks leave cattle without adequate feed or water, with deaths reported in several areas.
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Harney County
Prairie fire Devours Hay and Crops Near Guthrie
A large prairie fire near Guthrie Oklahoma burned about 150 tons of hay and several fields of growing corn. Firefighters, numbering around a hundred, fought the flames with counterfires as a strong north wind hindered containment. The blaze was finally checked by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Lafayette Street Car Strike Ends After Arbitration
A two week strike and boycott in Lafayette Indiana ended when a committee of arbitration ruled against the union. Five discharged men were upheld, while the company was censured and ordered to reinstate workers on the waiting list without union discrimination. Cars had continued running throughout the dispute.
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Lafayette
Ind
Boycot
Amalgamated Association
Street Railroad
His Long Service
Indianapolis veteran Johnny O'Brien retires after 39 years with the Lake Erie and Western railway. He began as a youth driving a team during construction and rose to passenger conductor in 1869, later serving Indianapolis to Michigan City routes without a blemish on his record. He estimates 2,200,000 miles traveled and at 61, he looks forward to time with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Lake Erie & Western Railway
Johnny O'Brien
Indianapois
Michigan City
Lake Erie & Western
The Crumbaker Mystery Clears in Bristol Case
South Bend reports the Crumbaker murder of 1897 may be solved as Sheriff Elliott pursues information from a dying South Bend witness who described the killing with a club during a robbery. The informant is about seventy-five, and names are being withheld as leads continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Johnathan Crumbaker
Bristol
Sheriff Elliott
Elkhart County
Crumbaker
Elliott
Old Indiana Feud Sparks Afternoon Farm Fight
Edward Manus and Roscoe Lawson clashed with pitchforks in the Lawson neighborhood southwest of Anderson. Lawson was seriously injured, Manus was arrested. The fight stems from a feud dating back five years when Manus’s brother killed Lawson’s cousin.
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Anderson
Ind
Edward Manus
Roscoe Lawson
Lawson
Manus
Alleged Crooke Arrest in Indianapolis at University Park
Michael J. Murray alias Walls and Joan Davis alias Sammy Jamison alias Bob Clark were arrested in University park. Police charge loitering while detectives credit them with an audacious game misdeed linked to W.O. Phillips of Aon Ta at Union station. Murray and Davis are described as two of the oldest crooks in the country.
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Crooke
Indianapolis
Ind
Michael J. Murray
Walls
Joan Davis
Sammy” Jamison
Bob Clark
University Park
Game
W.O. Phillips
Aon
Blind man builds his own house in Lagrange
Sept 1 in Lagrange Indiana reports a local claim of the champion blind man for having planned and built his residence entirely by himself without outside help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
Ind
Railways Merge to Form Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western Co
Stockholders of Cincinnati Hamilton Indianapolis and Indiana Decatur Western ratify merger. New board includes M. D. Woodford, Henry F. Shoemaker, W. A. Read, Gordon MacDonald, C. G. Waldo, John S. Lazarus, W. W. Shoemaker, F. C. Roby, and George R. Balch. By-laws adopted. officers to be elected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis
Indiana, Decatur & Western Railway Cos
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway Co
M. D. Woodford
Cincinnati
Henry F. Shoemaker
New York City
W. A. Read
Gordon
Boys as burglars a Marion courtroom spectacle
In Marion Indiana six boys aged 9 to 12 faced burglary and grand larceny charges. Willie Miller and Clarence Massey were accused of stealing a horse and buggy. The youths admitted to taking groceries worth 25 dollars and 72 cents and other goods from J A Lees grocery, then spent money before their arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Willie Miller
Clarence Massey
Albert Robertson
Frank Shepherd
Wellington Line
Russell Line
J. A. Lees
Gas City
Big oil gusher hits new field near Decatur
A massive oil gusher eight miles northeast of Decatur on the state line keeps flowing at a huge rate. The John Brewer farm straddles Van Wert County Ohio and Adams County Indiana. Attempts to shut it off fail as a lake of oil forms and a nearby creek is dammed to hold the spill. The strike sparks excitement as a new field for Western Ohio and Eastern Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ind
Here
John Brewer
van Wert County
Ohio
Adams County
Indiana
Respite Granted to Louis Russell in Michigan City Case
Gov Durbin granted a thirty day respite to Louis Russell the Negro under sentence of death for the murder of Perry Stout of Princeton Indiana. The delay follows Russell's personal appeal claiming no opportunity to appeal to the supreme court and that his lawyers deserted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Durbin
Louis Russell
Michigan City
Perry Stout
Princeton
Ind
Russell
Supreme Court
A Duel With Guns in Rushville Injures Three
In Walker township Rushville Sep 1 Roma Clingman 40 shot and seriously wounded Stewart Miller 65 his father in law and dangerously injured Mrs Miller at the Miller home Clingman surrendered and is jailed here Miller had a sinking spell after the shooting and was thought dying Clingman claims self defense
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
Roma Clingman
Stewart Miller
Mrs. Miller
Miller
Walker Township
Clingman
Rolla Clingman
Terre Haute Wins Double Header in Exhibition
Terre Haute Indiana enters a sensational finish in a double header against Blooming ton. In game one Terre Haute defeats Blooming ton 7 to 3 with Scott and Starnage leading. In game two Terre Haute wins 9 to 6 as Vickers Brown and Stoner contribute key hits and pitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Vickers
Starnage
McGreevy
Brown
Stoner
Connolly
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Phillippines and Gent
Apostolic Delegate
Sand Point, Mont
Enfire Island
T Monroe
Jozeph Labarge
Taguay
Middle West
Metropolis, Ill
New England Coast
Sultan OF
Res Gieten
aDemenner Tegen Pent
Aimee Pee Sen Maas
Carlisle Graham
Philadelphia Central Labor Union
Oiregon
Oklahoma
John O'Brien
J. D. & We Railways
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