Strike Will Go On as Miners Await Official Advice
In Shamokin and Hazleton Pennsylvania reports say Scranton convention terms fail to satisfy coal operators and railroad executives. The United Mine Workers press for a 10 percent wage increase, while railroads and individual mine owners weigh concessions as a conference in New York looms and strikes persist in the Wilkesbarre area.
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Shamokin
Mount ‘Armel
Reading
Hazleton
Scranton
New York
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Chase
Lehigh Coal Company
Markle
Disasters Near Nova Scotia Hit Shipping and Roads
Halifax reports further coast disasters with thirty vessels driven ashore and widespread damages in Nova Scotia. Heavy rain and washouts flood rivers, wreck the Sydney express with two washouts, and disrupt Cape Breton lines as the Gloucester schooner Ministery reports one man lost at sea.
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Halifax
N. S
Canadian Pacific
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Straits of Congo
Montreal
Canso
Plague Ship Arrives in Montevideo From Antwerp
The British steamer Highland Prince arrived from Antwerp with bubonic plague aboard. Five deaths occurred during the voyage, including the captain and first officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Antwerp
Submarine Holland Commissioned for Naval Training
Washington October 15 The submarine Holland was placed in commission yesterday and will be sent to the naval academy at Annapolis for cadets to become thoroughly familiar with this modern weapon of warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Commiasioe
Washington
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Waldersace Leaves for Pekin with Small Escort
Count von Walderses and staff departed Tianjin for Pekin at 5 p.m. today. The field marshal plans to return to Tianjin before cold weather, with Shanghai as a possible winter headquarters as German operations pause after winter begins.
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Tien Tsin
Shanghai
von Walderses
Pekin
Reformist Split in South China Aids Dowager Empress Clash
Diplomatic circles report two factions in South China. Sun Yat Sen leads a reformist rebellion aiming to depose the dowager empress, while Kang Yu Wei advocates drastic reforms. British and French interests loom as Canton may fall under rebel control.
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Paris
China
Kang Yu Wei
Sun Yat Sen
Sun Yet Sen
Kokohama
Socres
Canton
Great Britain
France
Black Flags
Defeat for Kwang Si Rebels Near Kwang Tung
Report from Canton says Kwang Si rebels defeated imperial troops on the Kwang Tung border. General Su resigns after his plea for reinforcements was ignored. Chinese troops desecrate a foreign cemetery at Nan Shih Tu. viceroy dismisses the commander. Fourth Indian brigade reaches Taku but gale prevents landing. Sir Ernest Satow succeeds Sir Claude McDonald as British minister to China arriving at Tien Tsun.
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Shanghai
Canton
Kwang Si
Kwang Tung
Nan Shih Tu
India
Taku
Ernest M. Satow
Claude M. McDonald
China
Tien Tsin
Belmont Declines Rainbow Prizes After Disqualification
Belmont owner August Belmont of Mineola declares he will not accept prizes won in past season races, where Mineola finished second to Cornelius Vanderbilt's Rainbow before Rainbow was disqualified by the New York and Atlantic Yacht clubs. Belmont spoke from his Hempstead, L I., home after returning from the south.
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New York
Belmont
Mineola
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Rainbow
Atlantic Yacht Clubs
Hempstead
L. I
South
German Note discussed at Pekin conference
A Pekin conference of diplomats on October 8 discussed the German note of October 1. It omitted Tung Fuh Sian and Yu Hsin as ringleaders, deemed the punishment inadequate, and held that penalties must be carried out by league delegates.
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Berlin
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Tung Fuh Sian
Yu Hsin
Farm Machinery Demand Highlighted in Australia
A letter to the United States Department of Agriculture from Penrith College New South Wales urges improved 2% agricultural machines for Australia. The writer notes scarce maize cutting and collecting machines and asks for a sugar cane harvester, seeing big opportunities for American manufacturers in New South Wales and Queensland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Penrith College
New South Wales
Australia
Queensland
Captain Dever Shields Rescued In Marinluque Action
Manila report says Captain Dever Shields and fifty-one men of Company F Twenty-ninth United States volunteers, captured by insurgents last month on Marinluque, were rescued yesterday by American rescue forces with all members unharmed.
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Manila
Devereaux Shields
United States Volunteers
Marinluque
King George of Greece Arrives in Paris for Exhibition Visit
King George of Greece arrives in Paris with General Reineck and Nicholas Thou. He is greeted by high French officials at the railway station and escorted to the Hotel Bristol for his official visit to the exposition. No special incidents reported.
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King George
Paris
Greece
Reineck
Nicholas Thou
Bristol
Refusal to Pay Tribal Tax Triggers Ardmore Arrests
A dozen Ardmore merchants were arrested by Indian police for refusing to pay the tribal tax. Captain Ellis ordered closures, but the merchants submitted peacefully. United States Judge Townsend issued injunctions against police action, and the shops were reopened. The case moves to federal courts.
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Ardmore
I. T
Ellis
United States
Townsend
Union Pacific Construction Plans and Wyoming Progress
General Manager Dickinson reports to Salt Lake City that Union Pacific will spend about 5.0 million on Wyoming construction by year end, adding 158 miles of new road and shortening the main line by 30.5 miles. Work between LeRoy and Bear River aims to bypass Piedmont hill with 21 miles of track, improving service while freight traffic has been slowed by blockades. Dickinson expects traffic to normalize within 30 days.
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Morrison
Typographical Union No
Joplin
Martineli
B. F. Newkirk
Arcadia
O. T
Flandreau
South Dakota
Pensacola
Fla
Russel A. Alger Syndicate
Foshee
Ala
Joseph Payson Wright
United States Army
Washington, D. C
Legislative Council of Victoria
Legislative Assembly
R. Ralston
Hu Bushey
Detroit
Kaw
Ralston
Detroit Press
Bushey
Frank Gistrap
Pleasanton
Kan
St. Joseph
Mathilda Spratt
Missouri
Virginia
Bloomer
Wis
Charles Atwood
Commerse Disconto Bank
Hamburg
Charles A. Collier
Atlanta
United States
Scott
Pedernales and
Macare
Orinoco
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pullman Company
Pullman, Ill
Kruger
France
Thomas G. Shearman
New York
Brooklyn
Greeley
United States Navy
Newfoundland
Burtn
Plasentia Bay
Keokuk
Robert Hassell
England
St. Stephen
Minn
Nelson Fornstrom
Sixth
United States Infantry
Kansas City
Andrew C. Armstrong
Scribner's Monthly
New Yorkey
Stamford
War Office
Hass
Omaha
Neb
Dickinson
Union Pacific
Buckingham
Salt Lake City
The
Herald
Wyoming
LeRoy
Bear River
Piedmont Hill
Sugar Beet Harvest Begins in Omaha Area
The Omaha Sugar Beet Growers association starts digging beets on the Parker tract east side. 160 acres owned by the association and 150 acres under its direction will be finished by November 1. The group won first prize for best home grown sugar beets at the county fair with beets testing 14.7 percent sugar and 84 percent purity.
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Omaha
Omaha Sugar Beet Growers’ Association
Parker Tract
Douglas County Agricultural Society
Association
Ames
Standard Beet Sugar Company
Land Office Receipts by Nebraska Districts for FY Ending June 30
The land office released fiscal year totals for Nebraska districts including Alliance Broken Bow Lincoln McCook North Platte ONeill and Sidney. Entries and acres are listed with receipts for each district, showing a collective statewide activity across seven offices.
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Washington, D. C
Land Office
Nebraska—Alliance
Broken Bow
Lincoln
McCook
North Platte
O'Neill
Sidney
Monument Unveiled at Carr Cemetery in Ashland
A large crowd from Ashland Memphis and nearby areas attended the Sunday unveiling of a monument to the late Albert W. Frederick. Ashland Camp No 4 Woodmen of the World organized the services with Rev William Van Buren of Ithaca giving the address and the Ashland band providing the music.
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Ashland
Neb
Memphis
Carr Cemetery
Albert W. Frederick
Woodmen of the World
William van Buren
Ithaca
Ashland Band
Nebraska ticket corrections list of electors and statewide offices
Lincoln October 15 corrected slate of candidates across parties for presidential electors and state offices including Republicans fusionists prohibition populists and socialists. Names cover electors governors lieutenant governor secretaries of state auditors treasurer superintendent of public instruction attorney general lands and buildings and other statewide posts with towns and cities noted.
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Lincoln
Neb
John F. Nesbit
Tekumah
Robert B. Wyndham
Plattsmouth
Edward Rouse
Broken Bow
John L. Jasobsen
Omaha
John L. Kennedy
Joseph Ranger
Wilber
Andrew C. Christensen
Minden
Wallace R. Barton
Tecumse
Creighton
Frank A. Burt
Aurora
William Timmins
Orleans
George Hornby
Valentine
Joel Warner
Creston
D. A. Shaffer
St. Edwards
Prohibition
Jerome Shamp
A. A. Perry
D. W. Pierson
Auburn
G. W. Raworths
South Omaha
Dewitt Eager
Beaver Crossing
W. O. Woolmen
Fairfield
James Stockham
James Brooks
Stanton
Henry Huckins
F. H. Alexander
C. Fredericks
Ponca
L. W. Sharp
Giltner
John Tollett
Wilcox
J. Chism
Kearney
J. Jacobsen
T. A. Edwards
Charles H. Dietrich
Hastings
Republican
Willam A. Poynter
St. Paul
C. VY. Svoboda
Dewey L. Whitney
Beatrice
W C. Starkey
Violet
Frank Neuman
Charles Weston
Hay Springs
Theodore Griess
Clay Center
Fusion
Wilson Brodie
Brodie
Propinifiggs Co
V. Ault
Indianola
Wiliam Steuffer
West Point
Samuel B. Howard
O’neill
C. C. Crowell
Blair
Absolom Tipton
Nebraska City
Johns
William K. Fowler
Charles F. Beck
Lyons
Bartley Bain
Page
T. J. Kellie
Hartwell
Burla
Wilkie
Brock
Frank N. Prout
Willis D. Oldham
Dunham M. Strong
North Bend
John Stevens
Arapahoe
Michael Presler
Trumbull
George J3
Follmer
Oak
P. J. Carey
Wahoo
Erastus Hickman
Seward
James Salmon
W. H. Nye
Pender
Socialist
Proceedings to Be Commenced in Grain Growers Case
Lincoln Neb Oct 15 a conference between Auditor Cornell and Deputy Attorney General Oldham leads to legal action in the state’s name against officers of the Grain Growers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Omaha to collect penalties for transacting insurance business without a license.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cornell
Oldham
Child Dies After Button Choking Near Exeter
News from Exeter Nebraska reports the Middleton child choking death when a button caused a fatal airway obstruction. The parents were away. the child died en route to a neighbor after being found in distress.
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Exeter
Neb
Verge Middleton
Remains of Nebraska Soldier to be Returned
Word from the War department says the remains of Walter Burlingame of the Nebraska Regiment will be shipped home soon. He was killed in the Philippines while fighting the enemy, and Crete friends will be notified when the body arrives in San Francisco.
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Dome
Crete
Neb
War Department
Walter Burlingame
Nebraska Regiment
Philippines
San Francisco
Tramps Try to Rob Barrington Laborers on Bridge
Six tramps attempted to hold up two laborers on a Plattsmouth Nebraska bridge gang. The pair were pulled into a moving furniture car at night. Constable Zornes notified at Pacific Junction and officers pursued, with the attackers firing at the officer before they were captured.
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Barrington
Plattsmouth
Neb
Ths Place
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Zornes
Wash
Jury Acquits Mathews in Murder Case Drifted to Lincoln
In Alliance a jury returned a not guilty verdict for Mathews in the murder case of Abou Waite. Mathews, after his acquittal, immediately left for Lincoln, following the trial in the renne(e) of the event.
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Frer
Alliance
Tha Ures
Eof
Bei
Mathews
Abou ‘Waite
Lincoln
Jury Finds Rev. J Rowland Hills Guilty of Bigamy
Blair Nebraska October 15 The jury in the bigamy case against Rev. J Rowland Hills returned a guilty verdict after twenty four hours deliberation. Judge Baxter will pass sentence in one to seven years.
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Blair
Neb
J. Rowland Hills
Hills
Baxter
Death of Dr. Charles C Crawl After Runaway Injury
RANDOLPH Neb Oct 15 Dr Charles C Crawl of Randolph died from injuries suffered when he was hurt in a runaway on September 28 He never regained full consciousness after the contusion of the brain Doctors Allison of Omaha and the city physician treated him but could not save him The long illness culminated in his death.
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Randolph
Neb
Charles C. Crawl
Allison
Omaha
Workman Drowns on Nebraska River
Marshall C. Little a 24 year old river worker for the government fell from a flatboat and drowned near Nebraska City Neb. His body was not recovered his parents reside in Hamburg Iowa.
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River
Nebraska City
Neb
Marshall C. Little
Hamburg
Injured Thresher Harry Wilson in Nebraska Accident
Doniphan Nebraska October 15 Harry Wilson was threshing when he slipped into a fly wheel. He broke his arm and shoulder in three places and sustained two deep head gashes. He is not believed to be in danger.
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Doniphan
Neb
Harry Wilson
Burglary Strikes Ariington Jewelry Store
At Ariington, Nebraska the Baerglars pried open a back window and drilled the safe, stealing about 175 dollars, watches, chains, and rings. Local suspects evaded capture as several drunken men were seen nearby. Sheriff Mencke is investigating.
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Arlington
Neb
Leyeneh: & Co
Dowelry
Nazdrug
Menckerg
Frisco Regulates Laundries With Shorter Hours
San Francisco board of supervisors passes an ordinance cutting laundry operation hours to twelve per day from fifteen to ease overworked labor. A stray line notes a girl’s icy stare as a cautionary aside. Canada saw 24 930 emigrants in the first half of the year ending June 30.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Canada
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Tecena
Waldersace
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Captain Shields
Union Paciics Work
Nebras
Nebraska
Baerglars
Ariington
Security
Carter
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Jesus
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