End of Great Strike Prospects Tied to 10 Percent Offer
Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron Company lifts a 10 percent wage offer Sunday. The plan aims to reach every collier in Pennsylvania’s anthracite district by Tuesday. Operators expect a resumption of mining and full staffing once accepted. The firm runs 39 collieries, 27 shut down due to lack of demand. miners’ acceptance remains uncertain.
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Philadelphia
Coal & Iron Company
Pennsylvania
Tima
Philadelphia & Reading Company
Howard Convicted in Goebel Murder Complicity Case
Judge Cantrill overruled Howard’s motion for a new trial in Frankfort Kentucky and sentenced James Howard to hang on December 7 for complicity in the murder of William Goebel. Attorneys may file bill of exceptions in the appeal before October. Howard maintained his innocence when asked to show cause.
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James Howard
Cantrill
Frankfort
Howard
Wm. Goebel
Court of Appeals
Doubled Interment for Florida Governor Drew and Wife
The bodies of former Gov. George F. P. Drew and his wife Amelia, who died in Jacksonville, were laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery in a double vault with side by side caskets. The Jacksonville funeral drew a large and impressive crowd.
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Drew
Florida
Lair
George FP. Drew
Amelia Drew
Jacksonville, Fla
Evergreen Cemetery
Jacksonville
Governor orders militia as Georgetown riot warned
Governor McSweeney of South Carolina received a telegram from Georgetown Mayor W D Morgan requesting militia to quell a potential race riot after a black man killed a white man. He ordered Colonel Sparkman to deploy cavalry to the scene amid white and black population tensions.
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McSweeney
South Caro Ung
W. D. Morgan
Georgetown
Sparkman
Three Men Shot in Port Tampa City Feud Ends in Deaths
In Port Tampa City Florida three men including Hope Barnett and Edward Stanford were killed in a street duel blamed on a political feud. Charles Barnett was wounded as the clash left one branch of the Barnett family implicated in the violence. In Galveston Texas a grim total of 2889 bodies have been recovered after the wreck. 28 bodies were found Saturday in six wards where remains lay.
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Hope Barnett
Edward Stanford
Port Tampa City
Fla
Charles Barnett
Brother
Swernty
Kiebt
Galveston
Tex
Trinity River Flood Rises Barrier in Texas Valley
Unprecedented Trinity River flood continues advancing over a mile into the valley. Farms and fields are ruined as crops are destroyed. The Rock Island bridge over West Fork near Newark has washed away, cutting transport and signaling severe flood impact.
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Trinity River
Texas
Rock Island
West Fork
Newark
Degraded Officials Decree Reported From China Dispatches
From Canton Consul McWade comes word that emperor decrees punish Tuan Kangia and other ministers in a reasserted Chinese blame for the bloodshed. The peace commission notes and the denial of a forthcoming condemnation decree are also reflected in the cables from Pekin and Washington.
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Wade
Teia
China
Canton
McWade
Tuan
Sheng
Cons Fer Alao
Conger
Casnux
Washington
Kangia
Holda
MeWann
Porto Rican Federalists Align with Democratic Party
A San Juan dispatch says the Porto Rican federal party at a Caguas convention pledged affiliation with the U S democratic party. W J Bryan and J K Jones urged harmony and Munoz Rivera criticized the Foraker bill, favoring greater self rule as delegates plan to nominate a congress commissioner. Republican meetings in San Juan backed the administration and named house of delegates candidates.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Federal Party
Caguas
Democratic Party
United States
W. J. Bryan
J. K. Jones
National Democratic Committees
Munoz Rivera
Congress
San Juno
House of Delegates
Mystery in Chicago Head Found in Grain Sack
A severed head was found in a grain sack near Cedar Lake Chicago across the Indiana line. A silver tooth plate with two wired upper incisors is the only clue to identity. The head was packed in quicklime, destroying features, making identification impossible and likening the case to the Gulden Suppe mystery.
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Cedar Lake
Chicago
Indiana
New York
Hanna Denounces Politics in Coal Strike Settlement
Senator Hanna warns against using the coal miners strike for political gain and says the settlement should be solved on its own merits. He stresses the duty to end the deplorable trouble and opposes discussing the strike for party capital. Also notes Oxl ham population return and farm experiments with grapes near Jackson Mississippi.
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Pannsylvania
Hanna
Republican National Committee
Particulara
Relief funds to aid Galveston storm victims grow
Galveston relief authorities report total cash contributions reaching 781013.63 from all sources, with Governor Sayers sending 100000 more, bringing projected totals to 851013.08. Despite aid, housing for about 8600 homeless remains urgent amid ongoing debris removal and sanitation costs.
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Galveston
Tex
Jonn Sealy
Galveston Relief Fund
Wate
Jones
Ibulao
Sayers
Sealy
Que
Relief Committee
Haa
Clara Barton
Associated Press
Strike Continues as Wage Advance Sparks Mixed Reactions
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on Monday notices announced a 10 percent wage increase by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. Labor leaders expressed no fear of a split among the coal strikers in the Lehigh region though the advance was reportedly to be ignored by the miners.
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Pyanaylyan
Minera
Wilkegburre
Wil O
Lehigh
Mathracite
Philadelphia
Reading Coal and Iron
Schuylkill Valley
Birmingenun
Greene
Ben Weat Wood
Irondale
Swayne
United States Court
Montgomery Brewing Company
United States Revenue
Opening of State Normal School at Jacksonville Shines
The Jacksonville Alabama State Normal School opens with the most auspicious start in its eighteen years. Its influence extends beyond its immediate district and reaches across the state. President G. W. Dangette praises the institution for growing patronage and confidence in its educational mission.
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State Normal School
Jacksonville
Ala
Astute
Attite
G. W. Dangette
Alabama News Items Mixed With Local Notes
A sprawling Alabama item bundle reports on Ellis Wade a young railway worker in a trance like condition in Tusumbia after a failed wedding. It covers the Alabama Fair contract with Oriental Carnival for November 1, city grounds work, and lighting plans. Also notes Hop Jack revenue ruling, Tuskegee Institute’s 19th session with 800 plus students, pardons for F C Paxton and Frank Devereaux, and Birmingham rolling mills reopening with 2,000 workers.
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Alabama Fair Association
Oriental Carnival Company
Maryland
America
United States
Distilling Ring Dismantled as Officers Procure Evidence
Walker Mathews of Scottsboro area was arrested and taken to Huntsville on illicit distilling charges after officers destroyed a still and about 2000 gallons of mash beer and ferment. Lucina Baker, linked to the Cotney murder, was sentenced at Dadteville to hang November 8.
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Walker Mathews
Nils
Scottsboro
Huntsville
Lnelue Bakr Syntyneed
Lucina Baker
J. I. Cotney
Dadteville
Siege of Shields Crew Report From Marinduque Rescue Effort
A cables message from General MacArthur reports Captain Shields and 51 men of Company F Twenty-ninth Infantry left Santa Cruz Marinduque by gunboat Vallado for Torrijos and have not been heard from, with likely capture and casualties. The event centers on Marinduque south of Luzon where forces were garrisoned and the Twenty-ninth Infantry recruited at Ft McPherson.
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War Department
McArthur
Manila
Devereaux
Shiields
United States Volunteer Infantry
Santa Cruz
Marinduque
Vallados
Boaz
Yorktown
George $. Anderson
Thirty-eighth Volunteer Infantry
Marin Duque
Anderson
Noble
Shields
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Ft. McI
Hesson
Atlante
Mississippi
Natchez
Luzon
United States
Twice Dropped Execution for North Carolina Murderer
Archie Kinduais was hanged at Clinton on Friday for the murder of John Herring. After ten minutes the sheriff dropped him again to hasten death, and a second drop followed the trigger sprung. Life was declared extinct in eight minutes. Chauncey Davis was hanged at Tarboro for burning Mrs. Lavinia Battle’s residence.
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Archie Kinduais
Clinton
N. C
John Herring
Chauncey Davis
Tarboro
Lavinia Battle
Americans to Evacuate as Chaffee Orders Troop Withdrawals
Washington directs bulk of American forces to withdraw with General Chaffee coordinating the move. A Pekin dispatch notes Russian troops and legation leaving, while a 2,000-strong mixed force remains. Russians claim all powers adopting withdrawal policy though other generals deny orders.
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Tai Bron
Chaffee
Washington
Tien Tain
Pekin
Manila
Tarsinna
Ekm
Linovitch
Russia
St. Petersburg
Two Passengers Killed in Santa Fe Wreck Near Guthrie
A northbound Santa Fe through passenger train wrecked at Waterloo fog station fifteen miles south of Guthrie. Two passengers died Thomas Mayer Oklahoma City and Edmund Book Jonaba Texas, with a dozen or more injured. The train was due in Guthrie at 4 40 p m Sunday.
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Guthrie
O.T
Waterloo
Thomas Mayer
Oklahoma City
Edmund Book
Jonaba
Tex
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Tin Kon Yi
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Ellis Wade
Southern Railway
Tuscumbia
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
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Cuba
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Africa
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F.C. Paxton
Atlanta
Frank Devereaux
Rolling Mills Taume
Birmingham and
Gate City
Aet
Republic Iron Aid Steel Company
George W. Briner
Birmingham Rolling Mills
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Servicin Chine Sayinee Bankey Highdiegs
Birmingham
Comstone
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