Coal mines resume in anthracite region amid union talks
In Wilkes Barre and surrounding districts a broad restart of coal mining began with about 67 percent of mines in operation. Lackawanna and Wyoming regions show better readiness, while water and gas hamper larger Wyoming and Lehigh mines. Schuylkill regions report improved conditions. output will be below normal today but near full tomorrow. Some workers refused reemployment after strike, and a delegation met President Mitchell seeking redress. Hazleton district shows few resuming. Markle Jeddo and Ebervale plan resumption pending enough signatures on arbitration pledges.
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Wilkesbarre
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Mitchell
Disturbances of the Soufriere Volcano
Kingston reports ongoing activity at La Soufriere since October 15 keeping Windward island residents in unrest. The eastern crater dominated most eruptions and devastation now covers plantations along the northeast coast to Grand Sable estate, where reestablishment of cultivation may be hopeless for years even if the volcano quiets.
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Kingston
Windward
Grand Sable Estate
Martial Law Proclaimed as Riots Spark Dunkirk Turmoil
Paris Oct martial law declared at Dunkirk after strike riots. Cavalry charged rioters with deaths and injuries while others signed to avoid disruption. Derringer colliery Coxe regis ablaze, firemen deployed. cause blamed on workers during the strike. Troops at collieries, resuming operations uncertain as Hazleton region mines defy arbitration pledges. Explosion at Alaska shaft injures two men. rescue efforts under way. Chicago leader Morton says union vowed to bar anthracite coal until all miners reinstated under return agreement. 14 000 members across 114 towns ready to enforce coal shutdown if needed.
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Chicago
Morton
International Association of Simon
Brotherhood
Mines Resume as Anthracite Mines Restart
Rapid progress in the anthracite region aims to resume coal mining after a six month idleness. Officials say production will be low this week, likely under 25 percent of normal, with many mines not ready for months. A full inspection of gear and timbers is underway to remove gas and impurities and prevent squeezes, as workers apply for posts amid engineer and pumpman shortages. Continued on third page.
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Wilkesbarre
Carnegie Warns on Home Market Strength in Trade
In St Andrews Carnegie argues that a strong home market is the key to foreign competition and cites Germany’s scale to justify manufacturing dominance. He contrasts British subsidies with German home demand and notes U.S. markets as crucial for prosperity. Ireland debate in Commons stirs tempers as Roosevelt letter is discussed but ruled out of order.
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Europe
Great Britain
United States
England
Carnegie
Germany
Ireland
London
House of Commons
William O’brien
Balfour
Roosevelt
United Irish League
Boston
Mass
O'Brien
Cortelyou
League
O’brien
Danish Landsthing Rejects Second Reading of Treaty Ratification
Copenhagen reported that the lands thing yesterday rejected the second reading of the bill for ratifying the treaty with Denmark. The delay follows opposition and debate over terms, delaying the sale and raising questions about the agreement's provisions and implementations amid political friction.
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Copenhagen
Landsthing
Den
Deviltry on the Bumboat Ends with Five Arrests
Miss Jane Smith, a cook, says she was attacked by several men on a boat at Randolph street foot and thrown overboard. She escaped by grabbing a pole and reaching shore with Huger marks on her throat. Five men were later arrested in connection with the incident.
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Chicago
Jane Smith
Eldridge Court
Randolph Street
Larson
Lewis Toombs
Central Station
Larry Brown
Cook
Brown
Bible In The Schools Movement Grows In Kansas City
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church urged Bible instruction in public schools. A resolution pushed for scriptural readings and study, citing Cleveland polls on the Book of Psalms, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. In Topeka, J I Blue lard files suit to remove Bible reading after his son was expelled for inattention during opening exercises.
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Kansas City
Woman's Nome Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Churcl Las
Mary Wickman
Cleveland
Topeka
Wan
Bilelard
Board of Education
Billard
Trainmen Injured in Iron Mountain Wreck Near De Sota
A head end freight collision on the Iron Mountain near De Sota Missouri last night injured seven trainmen. Engineer Strohman and Fireman were seriously hurt. other crew members sustained lesser injuries.
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Iron Mountain
de Sota
Strohman
Weh
Samoan dispute tipped in favor of Germany says King Oscar
Grip, Sweden and Norway minister, returns from Europe with news that King Oscar has decided the Samoan controversy for Germany. The decision, to be formally presented to the three powers, upends U S and British plans to land marines at Apia and ends hopes for joint action to support the decree of the Samoan supreme court. The full scope of the arbital decree remains undisclosed.
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Washington
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Germany
Grip
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Apia
Supreme Court
Bitter writing over Samoa arbitration aims at UK US action
The piece describes a Washington signed convention on November 7 1898 submitting Samoa claims to King Oscar of Sweden and Norway for arbitration. It notes roughly 300000 in claims mainly German and American, bitter correspondence among powers at Apia, and potential US risk over a principle restricting intervention in revolutions. The United States will accept arbitration and pay damages but rejects a binding principle that could limit protection of citizens abroad.
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Oscar
France
United States
Great Britain
Kautz
United States Navy
Sturdy
Apia
Mutaafa
Philip Landsdale
The
Philadelphia
J. R. Monnaghan
Freeman
Isso
Germany
Washington
Sweden
Norway
Panama
Miss Roosevelt Not Engaged Says Official Statement
Washington reports an authoritative statement denying any engagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt to John Greenway of Hot Springs Arkansas. The Little Rock rumor is said to have no foundation and is dismissed as false.
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Miss Roosevelt
Washington
Little Rock
Ark
Alice Roosevelt
John Greenway
Hot Springs
Monte Christo Recaptured After Severe Battle
San Domingo October 23 government troops recaptured Monte Christo after heavy fighting with both sides suffering major losses. General Navarre, a former governor, was captured. All is quiet now. Washington October 23 the navy reports the Cincinnati’s commander says a new revolution has begun at Cape Haytien and women and children have sought refuge aboard the ship.
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San Domingo
Monte Christo
Navarre
Washington
Navy Department
Cincinnati
Cape Haytien
Case Against Sherwell Murder Trial Hears Key Witnesses
Evansville Ind Oct 25 The prosecution in the Sherwell murder trial presenting most testimony Tuesday charges him with killing two women in a single night one named Bailey. State evidence shows Sherwell in his surrey near the murder scene and seen talking with a woman resembling Mrs Bailey at a saloon. Witnesses place the surrey near Frank Kippels saloon and near the body after the discovery.
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Evansville
Ind
Sherwell
Bailey
Surrey
Hull Called to New York for campaign duties
Des Moines reports Representative Hull, head of the executive committee, must return to New York to assist Chairman Babcock at congressional committee headquarters. A telegram from Representative Sherman urged Hull to explain the situation to constituents and come back at once. Hull will depart Iowa for New York in a few days.
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Des Moines
Tall
New York
Babcock
Congressional Committee
Hull
J. 8
Sherman
Iowa
Nurse Elizabeth De Pree to serve in Persian Gulf hospital
Miss Elizabeth De Pree, graduate nurse from Butterworth hospital Grand Rapids, has accepted a position at Bahrien island in the Persian Gulf. She will work in the Mason Memorial hospital to be dedicated in November under the Reformed Church of America foreign missions board. Butterworth’s fame grows with ten graduates in the Philippines and a new Petosky hospital staffed by Butterworth nurses. Mohonk Indian Conference opens with Samuel J. Barrows elected president and Bishop Potter delivering the opening address. A Rockford sewing machine trust collapse follows as small companies refuse to join the big firms, keeping plants at high values.
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Grand Rapids. Mich
Elizabeth de Pree
Butterworth Hospital
Bahrien
Persian Gulf
Arabia
Mason Memorial Hospital
Board of Foreign Missions of
The
Reformed Church of America
Philippines
Petosky
Agnes Elliott
Emma Miller
Mabel Jones
Bertha Stauffer
Kate Imus
Three Powers Agree on Shanghai Evacuation Plan
France Great Britain and Germany have reached a military evacuation agreement for Shanghai and the Yangtze valley. The plan, expanded open door policy urged by Hay, involves about 1200 troops with no fixed evacuation date, likely by January 1.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Great Britain
Germany
Shanghai
Hay
Yang-t Kiang Valley
Imperiled soldiers reach Bohottle safe in Sameriland
London dispatch reports that the force commanded by Col Swayne, endangered by Mad Mullah forces, has successfully reached Bohottle safe, after a perilous movement from the Sameriland capital. The foreign office confirmed the advance and noted no further details at this time.
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Bohottle
London
Foreign Office
Sameriland
Col Swayne
Mad Mullah
Gang of horse thieves broken up in Keokuk
Keokuk police say a gang operating across eastern Illinois northern Missouri southern Iowa and as far south as Arkansas has been busted. Members are being brought in and indictments are expected. One thief was captured after losing his way near a main street theft and was placed in the sweat box for information.
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Keokuk
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Oly
Muscatine
Missouri State Line
Farmington
Rights of licensed steamboat officers upheld in case
Washington October 23 Attorney General Knox ruled that licensed officers of steam vessels must testify in certain inquiries despite risk to license status. The issue arose from strikers on the Great Lakes who refused to answer inspectors, fearing license revocation. The opinion declares the strikers' position untenable. Fourth flood hits Keokuk and Des Moines River region. 2000 acres submerged and property damage reported. A late summer flood surge along Skunk River and near Egyptian Levee borders. Benton Harbor couple aged 189 and 70 wed after long childhood acquaintance. Reuben Lee and Mrs Catherine Blake, both of Coloma, wed in a noted romance.
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Washington
Knox
Great Lakes
Board of Government
Keokuk
Skunk River
Des Moines
Benton Harbor Midh
Reuben Lee
Catherine Blake
Coloma
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Hazleton
Hazleton District
Markle & Co
Jeddo
Highland
Oakdale
Ebervale
Arbitration Commission
John Markle
Coxe Bros. & Co
Pardee & Co
West Indies
Dunkirk
Derringer
Coxe
Rege
Coxe Bros. & Cosmen
Shamokin
Alaska
Reading Company
Robert Kowneh
Aaron Freher
Andrew Carnegie
St Andrews University
St. Andrews
Scotland
St. Andrews' University
Donaldson
Choate and White
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry White
Czar
Daily Row
Parliamed
Bible IN the Schools
Thygesen
Raben
Jutland
Calumet
Mich
Lake Linden
Torch Lake
Terre Haute
Fredi Whitlock
Terre Haute Athletic Club
Belgrade
Neb
Union Pacific
Cooley
Oscar OF
Res
Samoa
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Samuel J. Barrows
New York Prison Association
Bishop Potter
Sewing Machine Trust
Rockford, Ills
Sewing Machine Company Trust
China
Yang-Tse-Kiang Valley
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