Global News Roundup From 1903 Era Events
Denmark borrows 100 million dollars while John W. Gates returns from Europe and the U S Supreme Court reconvenes. A Mississippi Confederate group meets in Jackson and the earliest snow in seven years hits Minneapolis on the 13th. Turklsh and Macedonian insurgents clash as a Lake Charles lumber deal ships 350000 feet abroad. Ambassador Choate and Generals launch with King Edward on the 13th. Chickasaw requests a land office at Tishomingo. Pawnee mine explosion kills two and wounds four. Mrs Doan found dead near Level Green with two bullets. A $5 million independent packing plant planned at South St Joseph. Kentucky judge Allen Hyden ambushed and killed. A drunken soldier damages a Catholic church in St Marys Kansas. Boston to host National Education Association meeting July 6 1903. Guerrero dies of yellow fever in Guayaquil. A bomb kills a boy in New York Italian parade. Perth cap awarded. Pittsfield inquest blames motor man for Roosevelt injury. De Brodsky and Morin die in Paris dirigible crash. Sicilian agriculture strike turns violent near Syracuse. Seymour school building opened and praised by locals. St Louis secret order disperses with revolver in hand. 23 prisoners moved from Muskogee to Fort Leavenworth. 200 remain. Mrs Josephine Ward, kin of Madison and Grant, dies in New York at 80. Loeb identified as stock exchange member and railway director.
Mitchell Receives Honor From United Mine Workers
President Mitchell met with District Presidents Nichols Duffy and Fahey in Wilkes Barre to present his arbitration case for miners. He received a gold badge and watch from Polish Lithuanian and Slavonic UMW members, with a diamond J M monogram and a pendant depicting a miner’s lamp and breaker boy. He thanked the group for their support and pledged to advance workers’ welfare and harmony.
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Mitchell
Burglars Strike Two Bryan Groceries Breaking In
Sometime Saturday night burglars entered Sanders Bros Co and J H Mawhinney grocery stores in Bryan. They forced a back door, smashed a cash register, and escaped through a broken window covered by wire netting. Only a small cash sum and some goods were stolen. Two similar burglaries occurred recently and officers are on alert.
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Bryan
Texas
Sanders Bros. & Co
J. H. Mawhinney
Mawhinney
Roosevelt order may ease Philippine freight and rice supply
Manila reports that President Roosevelt allows foreign vessels to coastwise trade in the Philippines. The civil commission plans immediate action to avert famine relief for the poor. War related damage locusts and cholera have harmed agriculture, with silver price decline darkening business prospects locally.
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Manila
Roosevelt
Philippines
Civil Commission
Mountainview man found guilty in Burns murder
A. E. Shaw of Mountainview was found guilty of the murder of Walter Burns of Graham Texas. The killing arose from a land contest and Shaw claimed self defense.
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Hobart
O. T
A. E. Shaw
Mountainview
Walter Burns
Graham
Texas
Shaw
Governor Yates Stricken By Illness After Campaign Tour
Governor Yates returned from a three day campaign tour to Springfield and was confined to his home by illness. His temperature rose to 103 degrees and a protracted illness is feared.
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Yates
Springfield
Ill
Rice Market Shows Narrow Movement With Active Clean Rice
New Orleans reports little change in rough rice price levels over the week. Clean rice remains strong with light receipts and quick absorption, while low grades lag. A $1,000,000 irrigation canal project spanning St. Landry to Vermilion parishes begins, funded by a New York syndicate, to aid water supply and transport for rice and fuel oil. The Porto Rican market remains gluttted with vice as export prospects grow for San Juan and Ponce.
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New Orleans
Japan
Porto Sican
San Juan
Ponce
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Fice
St. Landry
Acadia
Calcasieu
Vermilion Parishes
Drouth
New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Dies at 80 in New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, noted woman suffragist, died of old age at her West Ninety-fourth Street home in New York. She weakened about a week prior, with funeral planned for Wednesday at Woodlawn Cemetery. several relatives were mentioned in descendant lines.
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New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
West Ninety-fourth Street
Stanton
Rence
York
Henry
L. Stanton
Theodore Stanton
Paris
G. Th Stanton
Cliffe
L. l
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cattle Ejected From Marietta Areas Under U D Department Orders
Indian police act under interior department orders eject large herds near Marietta for failing to pay tribal tax. Cattle driven to Red River and into Texas. Stockmen plan to seek injunction to stop authorities from removing stock.
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Marietta
United States
Red River
Texas
Man in Velasco Slashes Self in Attempted Suicide
John H. Harkelroad arrived in Velasco Texas and after breakfast closed his room and tried to cut his throat with a razor. Interruption by residents halted the act. He later sliced his throat but failed to complete the deed. He previously lived at Brenham and left a note bequeathing his property. He is described as recovering after the gash was sewed up.
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Velasco
Texas
John H. Harkelroad
Brenham
Comanche County Cotton Shipments Rise This Season
Comanche Texas reports 8389 bales shipped up to Tuesday, compared with 5245 last year. About 150 bales in yards. Comanche leads the line by shipping more cotton than any other station. Frost could aid opening cotton in bottom land. all three town gins still cutting.
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Comanche County
Comanche
Texas
Farmer Held Up Near Sherman West of City
Sherman Texas October 27 J W Miller a farmer of the Southmayor section was held up by two robbers while driving home Saturday evening about three miles west of Sherman and relieved of 150 dollars. Miller escaped and made his way back to the city to report the incident.
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Sherman
Texas
J. W. Miller
Southmayor
Miller
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