Roosevelt seeks coal crisis peace talks at White House
Washington October 2 President Roosevelt asked coal barons and John Mitchell to meet Friday at the White House to address the anthracite strike. A conference was authorized after cabinet advisors concluded federal intervention is not constitutionally possible. An appeal to both sides to act as men aims to end the coal famine with voluntary cooperation.
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Washington
Coal Road
Rosevelt
White House
Ion
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Roosevelt
United States
Root
Shaw and Moody
Knox
Payne
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Union
John Markle
New York
Morgan
Fire Damp Explosion Kills Miner Crew at Lawson Mine
In Black Diamond Washington on October 2 a fire damp blast trapped 14 workers on the fourth level. Five bodies have been recovered and all others are presumed dead. Rescue efforts continue as authorities investigate the accident.
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Lawson
Black Diamond, Wash
Black Diamond
Wash
Daughter born to Duchess of Manchester in Belfast
Belfast October 2 The duchess of Manchester formerly Miss Helena nan of Cincinnati gave birth this morning Mother and child are doing well The report notes hopes for a temporary arrangement to weather the cold season amid ongoing labor negotiations and a looming meeting among President and coal operators to urge concessions and end the strike.
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Duchess OF Manchester
Belfast
Helena Nan
Cincinnati
PARAMOUR TAKES THE STAND IN MURDER TRIAL
Charles Holada testifies in Des Moines as an alleged partner in plots with Mrs. James Gallaugher to kill her husband. He claims a sequence of methods to make deaths look accidental, sparked by a quarrel after being found with the man’s wife. The trial focuses on Holada and the murdered man’s wife amid conflicting charges.
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Des Moines
Charles Holada
James Gallaugher
atlown_Geterday
Gallaugher
Holada
Young Elsworth
Trint
Woodstock
Ill
Earl A. Ellsworth
Amos W. Anderson
McHenry County
Ellsworth
Anderson
Body Found In Harlem Tenement Death Mystery
Tenie Larsen, a 20 year old Danish woman, was found dead in L Appleord’s Harlem apartment. Police suspect foul play, with Appleord, a 52 year old horse car conductor, questioned after claiming he gasped to die. Coroner says strangulation may be cause, while tax fliers and Danish letters link the deceased to Appleord as niece.
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New York
Tennie Larsen
L. Appleord
Harlem
Stevlch
Appleord
Donovan
Apppleord
Denmark
Scholer
Appleard
Three More Brigadiers Named by President
Washington Oct 2 The president has appointed three brigadier generals in the regular army Col Amos I Kimbell a quartermaster general Col Chambers McKibbon 24th infantry Col Charles C Hood 16th infantry to fill high commands in the army.
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Washington
Amos I. Kimbell
Chambers McKibbon
24Th Infantry
Charles C. Hood
16Th Infantry
Governor of Vermont Elected in Convention
In Montpelier Vermont the state legislative convention elected General John G McCullough Republican of Bennington as governor after a deadlock with the largest share of votes 164 members supported him Percival W Clement the high license local option candidate had 59 votes Felix W MacGettrick the Democrat 45.
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Vermont
Montpelier
John G. McCullough
Bennington
McCullough
Percivyal W. Clement
Felix W. MacGettrick
Record Rainfall Breaks Indianapolis 9 and 11 Minute Marks
A torrential rainfall on Tuesday in Indianapolis produced 1.09 inches in nine minutes, shattering all previous records at the weather bureau. In eleven minutes the city recorded 1.11 inches, exceeding prior records as well.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Gen Chaffee Sails For Home From Manila
General Chaffee and Vice Governor Wright departed Manila aboard the transport Sumner for San Francisco. A large and cordial farewell demonstration greeted their departure as the ship pulled away from the harbor.
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Gen. Chaffee
Manila
Chaffee
Wright
San Francisco
Sumner
National Republican League holds uth annual convention in Chicago
Chicago October 2 The National Republican League held its uth annual convention at the First Regiment armory with about 400 delegates present. Isaac Miller Hamilton addressed the morning session praising the league as nearly debt free and increasingly influential as its aims gain understanding. Roosevelt sent greetings for a successful session. Committees were named and a recess called until tomorrow morning.
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Chicago
Uth
National Republican League
Isaac Miller Hamilton
Roosevelt
Shanks Campaign Plan Publicized in Indianapolis Theater
In Indianapolis on October 2 Lew Shank the Republican recorder candidate posted a playful appeal asking 10 000 girls to kiss their sweethearts and urge voting for him. He campaigns with a water spaniel and jokes about his rival’s fate while officials await results.
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Indianapolis
Lew Shank
Recorder
Shank
Lew Will
Venture seeks 5 million against Stratton estate in Independence mine case
Wealth and home prospects clash as Venture corporation promoters of the Independence mine prepare a 5 million dollar damage suit against W S Stratton's estate. Baker, now with John Hays Hammond, gathers evidence. possible suits may follow from other Venture shareholders who suffered losses. Prince Chun weds Yang Lu cr, aiming to secure an heir to the throne despite Chinese officials’ denials. A Middleton Wisconsin store is robbed of 2000 dollars after a safe blow. In Pottsville, 127 striker warrants are served for various charges. A Port Huron bride, 21, commits suicide with morphine, the second such case in a week.
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Venture Corporation
Cripple Creek
Colo
Colorado Springs
W. S. Stratton
Baker
John Hays Hammond
United States
Stratton
Independence Mine
Prince Chun
Peking
Berlin
Baron von Ketteler
China
Yang Lu
Port Huron
Mich
Fred Vaitman
Silence Is Golden Exchange On A Boorish Man
A practical politician suggests letting a persistent critic continue speaking. He argues once the public tires of his remarks, people will see him as a bore and view the politician as misrepresented. The Washington Star citation frames the exchange.
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Washington Star
Coler for Governor Strong Platform Is Adopted
In Saratoga N Y a Democratic state convention ended with the unseating of Devery and Folwell followers amid a tense clash yet finished with the state ticket in place. Devery walked out after the credentials report, attacked by labor leaders and pledging to organize anew on the hotel steps.
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Saratoga
N. Y
William S. Devery
Devery
United States Hotel
James Graham
Longshoremen'’s Association
New York
Richard Gatler
United Fridge Workers
Ereentials
Stanchfield
Smore Miners Go On Strike In Alabama District
Birmingham Oct 2 Twenty five hundred miners employed by the Tennessee Coal and Iron and Railroad company suspended work today in obedience to the order of the executive board of the United Mine Workers district of Alabama. The company refused to collect a one dollar weekly union assessment for anthracite strikers. Three thousand men are now out and more mines may join.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
United Mine Workers of the District of Alabama
Bishop consecrated for Central New York
Charles Tyler, formerly vicar of St Agnes chapel New York, was consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York. The report notes his views on colonial government in the Philippines, Cuban tariff reform, sympathy for Romanian Jews, direct election of U.S. senators, and opposition to trading judicial positions for state aid.
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Charles Tyler
St Agnes Chapel
New York
Episcopal Church Diocese of
Central New York
England
Philippines
Cuba
Romania
United States
Birdsall on the Platform in Third District Race
Judge B P Birdsall accepts the Republican nomination for Congress in Iowa's Third District to oppose Speaker Henderson. He denounces monopoly power and endorses tariff readjustment and reciprocity to spur world competition. Also notes President in the White House in poor health and discusses social life and Swift's school days in a syndicated column.
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Clarion
B. P. Birdsall
Congress
Henderson
Republican Party of Laws
Republican Party
Lowa Beleves
Iowa
Ticket Named and Platform in New York Political Ticket
A Brooklyn ticket presents Governor Bird S. Coler as governor and Charles N. Bulger of Oswego as lieutenant governor with Frank Mott of Chautauqua as secretary of state and Charles M. Preston of Ulster as comptroller. The platform denounces trusts and beef and coal trusts, favors national mining ownership, tariff reform, and free list of life necessities while condemning the Dingley tariff and criticizing the president for backing trusts.
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Bird S. Coler
Brooklyn
Charles N. Bulger
Oswego
Frank Mott
Chautauqua
Charles M. Preston
Ulster
John Cannen
Erle
Richard W. Sherman
Oneida
George BR. Finch
Warren
Court of Appeals
John ©. Gray
New York
Uncut Pages Sparked Dispute Over Verses Loan
The exchange notes Miss Gusch praised a volume of Verses given by Rimer, but she found the pages still uncut when she returned the book. The Catholic Standard quotes the remark, highlighting the quarrel over courtesy and literary taste.
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Miss Gusch
Rimer
First Witness Heard in Snyder Bribery Trial
In St Louis on Oct 2 Frederick G Uthoff ex city council member testified that banker Robert M Snyder offered up to 50000 dollars for his vote on the general traction bill. Uthoff said he initially refused then admitted receiving 5000 dollars from Snyder. Ames Sentenced at Minneapolis for Accepting a Bribe.
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St. Louis, Mo
Robert M. Snyder
Frederick G. Uthoff
Uthoff
Snyder
Bank of England raises discount rate to four percent
London and Oct 2 The Bank of England lifted its discount rate from 1 percent to 4 percent today marking a sharp tightening in monetary policy. The move underscores a rapid shift in financial conditions as the central bank acts to curb inflation.
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Bank OF England London
Bank of England
Women Attackster and Policeman Fight at 151 Halsted Street
Bessie Camp is severely cut and Policeman Johnson beaten after a street assault by Alice Hanley and Theresa Walsh at 151 Halsted. Johnson arrives, quarrel continues in a rooming house as Hanley and Walsh join in. Johnson and other officers lock up all involved. The item also mentions wax insect behavior and two stray anecdotes from Chambers' Journal.
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Chicago
Bessie Camp
Johnson
Desplaines Street
Halsted Street
Alice Hanley
Theresa Walsh
Hanknd
Miss Camp
Frank Hanley
Mrs. Hanley
Legal Injunction Quip Amid Silly Banter
A humorous exchange mocks injunctions as a husband and court skit. The Baltimore Herald quotes a line about preventing an injunction to block another injunction while the Philadelphia Press highlights a wife buying items to please her husband, inviting his taunting martyrdom.
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Baltimore Herald
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