China Negotiations Continue as Powers Coordinate Actions
Washington reports Britain follows US in Chinese talks with Sir Claude MacDonald authorized to assess Li Hung Chang and other envoys credentials. Rockhill and Conger ministers in Pekin to handle punishments for ring leaders. French proposals noted but unlikely to resolve all complex issues before report deadlines. Boiler explosion near Flatonia Texas kills five, injures six, and destroys a gin, leaving debris scattered miles away.
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Washington
United States
Claude O"macdonald
Pekin
Conger
Itpn
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Lord Salisbury
Claude MacDonald
Rockhill
State Department
Coiger
Taku
Yang Lu
Flatonia
Texas
Henry MecMicken
Florie Winkfield
Crisis in coal strike narrows options in WilkesBarre
WilkesBarre October 6 The coal miners strike crisis nears a decision point as both sides wait on President Mitchell. Analysts say a delay could prompt a better offer from operators and a prolonged settlement, while the 10 percent wage offer may not fully raise miners’ pay but could be a first step to future concessions.
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Wilkesbarre
Associated Press
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Dismasted Vessel Sighted Near New Orleans Report
The Brit fish steamer Paddington from Marseilles reports on September 18 at latitude 20.02 north longitude 31.04 west that it passed an American brigantine with fore and main masts gone, hull intact, no crew seen. Seas were high and one lifeboat was launched to inspect.
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New Orleans
Paddington
Marseilles
Dimes for Galveston Schools Protest
Miss Hill of Galveston Ball High urged a statewide dime from public school children to fund ten months of Galveston schooling after the hurricane. Superintendent Horne noted many students already ask to donate and plans to begin collecting Monday to sustain the 1900-1901 term.
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Register
Tragic Coal Oil Accident Claims 9 Year Old Anna Norment
In Smithville Texas Anna Norment nine dies after kerosene can exploded while she kindled a fire for supper. Burning oil splashed on her, a house fire followed but was put out with no further damage. She leaves a widowed mother and seven siblings.
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Smithville
Texas
Anna Norment
Fort Worth Charter Changes
Fort Worth Texas October 6 committee appointed by the city council to suggest changes in the charter has completed its work. The revision provides that charter officers shall be elected by the people custodian of city's funds to be selected by the highest bidder school trustees to be elected by the people all ordinances are to be voted on by the people the mayor to be corporation judge for public utilities compensation must be made to the city. Eight hours to constitute a day s work by laborers and city council to have no power to establish workshops for city employes.
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Fort Worth
Texas
San Antonio Women Vote on School Recess Time
In San Antonio Texas an unusual election was held to decide recess length for public school students. All 3150 ballots favored equal rights as women led voting with 2187 preferring a half hour recess and 1063 choosing one and a half hours. The vote resolved a long standing school issue.
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San Antonio
Texas
Cuero Cotton Mill Plans Revealed in Cuero Texas
The Cuero cotton mill plans are here with a photo at the post office showing a fine looking building. Specifications will be ready soon and bids will be sought for erecting the mill.
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Cuero Cotton Mill
Cuero
Texas
Ultimatum to strikers marks end of lenient policy
Sheriff Harvey intensifies stance against marching strikers near Lattimer, sending deputies and guarding Lehigh Valley yards as coal operators brace for further protests. President Mitchell may face a joint Scranton convention to decide on the 10 percent wage increase and a possible shift toward an international wage scale.
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Hazleton
Associated Press
Harvey
Galvin, Pardee & Co
Lattimer
Lehigh Valley
Wilkesbarre
Mahanoy City
Centralia
Lost Creek
Vey
Mitchell
Uni
Aioe
Scranton
United Ne Workers
West Point Waiters Strike Over Salary Rise
Twenty two waiters at the West Point mess hall halted work before dinner demanding a five dollar monthly raise. Major Hall, treasurer of the commissary department, agreed to the increase. A strike also looms in two other departments due to more cadets increasing workload. The former wages for waiters were twenty dollars per ration.
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West Point
New York
Major Hall
Wharton County Rice Venture Moves Forward
An ambitious rice project in Wharton County Texas proceeds with tests of irrigation by wells near East Bernard. Investors J P Taylor Joel Taylor F B Davis and Alex Hudgins back the light prairie ground plan. If successful the group will plant 500 acres of rice on the site amid Kountze Brothers Camp experiments showing promise.
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Wharton County
Wharton
Texas
East
Bernard
Messrs
J. P
Joel Taylor
F. B. Davis
Alex Hudgins
Kountze
Tornado Hits Biwabik Minnesota Widespread Destruction
A violent tornado in Biwabik Minnesota yesterday carved a 200 foot wide path through the county damaging three mines, with property losses estimated at 75 000 to 100 000. Nine dead and a score or more injured are reported as the storm moved northwest toward Pike Lake injuring a Finnish settlement where a family of six perished. Further casualties are anticipated as reports come in from remote areas.
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Minnesota
Biwabik
Minn
Pike Lake
Engines Crash Near Monticello injuring three
In Monticello Indiana on October 8 passenger trains Nos 33 and 34 on the Monon collided head on on a curve south of town at 2 PM. Three men from Indianapolis were injured engineer James M Covington Laze Noble and Marvin R Maxwell. Both crews jumped and the wreck buried the engines and damaged baggage cars. The southbound train had just left the station and the northbound was slowing for Monticello which prevented greater loss of life.
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Monticello
Ind
Indianapolis
James M. Covington
Laze Noble
Marvin R. Maxwell
No. 33
Floods devastate valleys along Panuco and Tames rivers
Telegraph reports from Tampico say the Panucoa and Tames rivers are at record highs, flooding populated valleys north of Tampico. The Tames near Chila Station is over fifty miles wide, destroying hundreds of houses and causing numerous drownings as tributaries wash away villages and farmland across San Luis Potosi region.
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Mexico
St. Louis
Tampico
Panucoa
Tames
Gulf
Chila Station
Mexican Central
San Luis Potosi
Somnambulist Disappears in Greenville Texas
Sam Edgar vanished from his South Wesley street home during a somnambulistic episode in the early hours. He woke at 2 then 4 32 am, started a fire, and left the house unseen by his family. Relatives are anxious as no trace has been found.
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Greenville
Texas
Sam Edgar
South Wesley Street
District Clerks to Meet in Dallas January
Waxahachie Texas October District Clerk W 8 Kemble secretary treasurer of the State District Clerks association has mailed calls for a meeting at the Dallas district court room on the 12th instant at 10 am He has received about seventy five letters from members expressing intention to attend and predicts a large attendance
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Waxahachie
Texas
W. 8. Kemble
State District Clerks’ Association
Dallas District Court Room
Singer Sewing Machines Shine At Paris Exposition
The Singer Manufacturing Company displays its celebrated sewing machines in Group XIII at the Paris International Exposition. The International Jury awards Singer a Grand Prize for design and adaptability, echoing Chicago’s prior 654 awards record. readers are urged to visit Singer salesrooms nationwide.
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Singer Manufacturing Company
Broadway
New York
Singer
Singer Sewing Machines
Paris
Chicago
United States
Russian Censors Run Newsrooms and Suppress Dissent
The New York Press reports that Russia runs its own press through a central bureau with Naratoff as editor in chief for political questions. Censors threaten punishment for any deviation and have suppressed Gazeta Gatzuka for lack of respect.
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Naratoff
Count Uvaroff
Pushkin
Uvaroff
Gazeta Gatzuka
Tamboy
New York Press
Eye Strain Warns Against Poor Habits At Age
The article notes eye changes tied to aging require glasses around forty five and warns readers that eye strain from reading fine print, embroidery, or glossy paper worsens vision. It emphasizes individual responsibility for eye care and tests veil patterns for visual impact.
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Great Britain
Convention of
Minera
Corliss-Bates
Howarth
Russia
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