Anthracite Miners Consider Wage Increase Demand
Reports from Ashland House indicate miners may drop broader demands and seek a flat wage raise as the ultimatum, with strike as alternative. Roosevelt's stance and Baer Mitchell confusion noted. Los uncertainty over any immediate White House action. Pittsburg and Indianapolis reports show miners’ leaders facing strain and calls for a national convention on March 35.
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Jos Mitchell
Baer
Reading Railroad
Washington
Loeb
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Mr. Baer
Mr. Robbins
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Died After Prize Fight in San Francisco Ring
A young bantamweight, Tenny Teany, died after a brutal prize fight with Frank Kell for the bantamweight U S championship. Coroner reports cerebral hemorrhage likely from a blow. questions arise of poisoning and doping. This marks the second ring death in a month on the Pacific coast with calls to halt prize fighting.
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Morgan and Cromwell Senate hearing cross examination
Morgan presses Cromwell with stern cross examination as canal investigations continue. focus remains on Panama canal companies amid tense testimony and sharp retorts from Cromwell and Morgan. Gloucester tug disaster leaves three dead when Willard sank after striking a rock ledge near Hockport breakwater. two rescued by local life savers. Doslestown case sees Gustave Coston sentenced to death for murdering his weak minded son by poisoning. In Brazil, Dr Alfonso Costa proclaimed president during republic transition. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar advertised as bowel cleanser and cough remedy by Z J Yates.
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York
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Army appropriation tops Senate and House action
A large appropriation of 63 million dollars was debated in Washington as the House pressed the $60 million aspect of the measure. The Foraker Bill to mark Confederate graves in the North was passed unanimously amid discussion of the army bill. The session also featured debate on interstate commerce and railroad rate proposals by Senator Dolliver in support of the Hepburn bill, with the government salaries bill under discussion for March 4.
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Eleye
Army plans for possible China trouble spark prep
Washington officials say the government has a plan ready for action if China crisis escalates. Three fighting forces study a campaign to meet a potential threat, including sending 20,000 troops from the mainland and 5,000 from the Philippines to form expeditionary forces. Officials fear adding more than 5,000 to Philippine forces risks disaster, and a 2,000-man deployment to Thailand is considered to avert broader trouble.
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Washington
Philippines
Treen
Aneret
Peking
War ferment slows as repeats feared in Spanish theater
Washington reports a cautious mood as officials fear a repetition of defects during the Spanish crisis. The ce ntury department signals no imminent renewal of hostilities while hopes rise for a calmer spring in Tampa and beyond. A separate dispatch notes the empress's death report in China, while medical circles discuss Kenneth Melver's remarkable recovery aided by early treatment and Dr King’s New Discovery amid lung inflammation.
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Century Department
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