White House Holds Emergency Coal Conference Amid Strike Standstill
A White House conference on the coal strike adjourned after three hours with no statement. Attendees included Secretary of War Steel, Secretary of the Navy Moody, Attorney General Knapp, Postmaster General Wayford, and labor commissioner G. Wright. The group pledged secrecy on discussions.
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Washington
White House
Steel
Navy
Moody
Knuex
Wayvie
Carroll GO. Wrisht
United States
Panieda
Deyne
Minera
Explosion Destroys Rail Line in Tisanqua Area
Early Sunday a track section on the Silver Creek branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway was blown up with dynamite. The blast rattled New Philadelphia and Silver Creek as workers arrived with guards and deputies. Later reports mention a plotted attack on New Jersey Central tracks with five regiments guarding the line.
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Tisanqua
Silver Creek
Philadelphia and Reading
New Philadelphia
Corliers
Lehigh Galand Navigation Company
New Jersey Central
Thirteenth Regiment
Insane man killed in Wisconsin car incident
A man from Marinette reports seven insane suspects in a fatal shooting of John Moucha, who was wounded in a car crash west of Wausaukee. Otia Weasel, a lumber camp cook, shot Moucha as he approached CST A See Ki. A separate note mentions a plan to unite several firms in Pawtucket to manufacture tors and novel ties, targeting a $10 million deal.
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A. Marinette
Wis
Tagn
John Moucha
Wausaukee
Otia Weasell
CST
Pawtucket
Big Fire at Amory Rages Through City Railroad District
A chaotic report from Shanghai describes a large blaze spreading through Amory damaging multiple areas. Officials note trials of locomotives on government railways favor American brands over British.
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Av Fon
Failure to End Anthracite Strike Marks Deep Disappointment
Washington reports a gloomy scene as President Roosevelt's efforts to resolve the anthracite strike fail. Talks with mine operators and union leaders yielded no agreement, with proposals for arbitration rejected and a adjournment blamed on entrenched positions. Observers warn that persistence of the dispute may delay a settlement and complicate market dynamics in Pennsylvania.
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Washington, D. C
Cenkopordiors
Fonday
Mrr. Mitchell
Sromuy Agughell
Peninsylvania
Gov. Stone
Roosevelt
Congress
Riot near Wilkes-Barre sparks town unrest
Washington reports a failed arbitration at the conference fueling ongoing strike tensions. Miners may return to work as hope fades, while leaders expect continued resistance. A Friday clash at Notting mine saw a deputy shot in the abdomen as troopers restored order.
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Washington
Wilkesbarre
Notting Mine
AL Hefto
Maybury Still Hopes For Detroit Conference Results
Detroit wired message from Mayor Maybury thanks for courtesies and regrets that presidential intervention failed. He notes the Detroit conference planned for Thursday October aims to address calamities threatening citizens' comfort health and lives and hopes for favorable outcomes.
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Detroit
Mich
Sonia
Tipon
Corlely
Washington
Maybury
Repis
Girl Defies Court Injunction For Scranton Marriage
Miss Helen DeLong of Scranton Va. marries Ge Wirt despite two court injunctions. The New York dispatch notes the couple wed in defiance of the restraining order and portrays the saga as a dignified personal union.
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Grider
New York
Helen DeLong
Scranton. Va
Ge Wirt
Powder Explosion Wounds Several After Milba’s Statue Blast
Reports from Valparaiso detail a deadly blast at the Aetun powder plant near Milba’s Statue. The incident injured several, with two dead and others hurt, amid a severe storm battering the region and disrupting rail lines on Al pine Pass.
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Valparaiso
Aetun
Milba
Explosion Tolls Rise in Lawson Mine Disaster
An explosion of firedamp at Lawson One in Washington state traps workers. Twelve men die and three are injured while nine more are believed buried. Rescue teams remove three bodies as fans clear the shaft and efforts continue to recover others.
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Black Diamond
Mina
Sir
Parkersburg
W. Va
Orawaljis
Taltimore
Qhig
Pret Pearce
Tring
William Miller
Leukemia
Trmnp
Beyoud
Veterans recall Civil War in Washington encampment
Washington correspondent revisits the Grand Review and the Civil War veterans procession along the capitol’s great street. The piece notes presidents, leaders, and soldiers who trod the pavement, the nation’s tragic fault lines, and the enduring memory of the war’s road from Sumter to the White House.
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Washington
Elis Encarmimtent
Republic
Pennsylvania
Lund Ieee Hi
Feneth
Aso Ie Owas
Lentott
Yohn Quincy Adisaml
Falhom
Jackson
Pcis
Sumter
Accident at Marysville Seats Collapse Injures Hundreds
In Marysville Missouri a tent collapse during a local talent show hurled about fifteen hundred people, injuring around two hundred. Ex-mayor J. C G. Tintmelly suffered multiple leg injuries. Rose Montgomery of Boleson Alabama was wounded in the back and may die. An unknown child was gravely injured and others were taken to their homes or nearby clinics.
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Maryville
Vrouml
J. C G. Tintmelly
Amareville
Rose Montgomery
Boleson
Aia
Engineer Fought Bravely In Robbery at Power Office
Five masked men attacked the Lloncoursville Electric Company power base in what is described as a Friday robbery attempt. Engineer Adar Bly fired on the intruders, killing one and wounding two others. Bly was shot in the hip and leg but survived and alerted authorities.
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Williameport
Phuriday
Lloncoursville
Adar
Bly
Les
Aid
Banker Jay Cooke and the Civil War Bond Boom
Philadelphia financier Jay Cooke shaped the government war bonds totaling about two billion dollars. Born in Sandusky Ohio in 1821, he built Tuy Cooke Co with his sons, aided by partners in Philadelphia. His career later faltered after the Northern Pacific Railroad venture, ending with a quiet retirement in Osceola, Pennsylvania.
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Tay Cooke
Philadelphia
United States
Putin Bay
Ohio
Fay Coole
Ele
Sandusky
Ist
TW. OW. Glark & Co
Haukers
Tuy Conke & Co
Fmimer
Northern Pacific Railroad
Jay Cooke
Oxents
Pension Roll Growth Shows Small Net Increase
The annual pension report by Commissioner Eugene F. Ware notes a modest net rise in pensioners since 1848 with 1044,446 on the rolls as of July 1, and total expenditure near $97,735,000. Soldiers and dependents received SIGT GS-b.1GS for the year amid the gradual growth in beneficiaries.
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Eugene F. Ware
One Cent a Pound for Coal Worsens NYC Supply
New York coal supply remains critically low as dealers charge just over one cent per pound. The public fears delays in reef delivery could cause greater suffering, with wholesalers unable to stock more than a ton of coal and prices rising amid building owners' distress.
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New York
Mnmker
Former superintendent sentenced for bribes in Ames
In Ames Judge Trooks sentenced former superintendent Dolies Fronl W. son to six years and a half in prison for accepting bribes. No new trial crafted. Also reports blast in Glasgow Kentucky with four killed and one injured. A Chicago freight train derailment near Alton injures several. Gen Miles sails for the Philippines from San Francisco aboard the transport Pham as with accompanying officers.
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Ames
Minneapnits Anna
Thursedias
Trooks
Dolies Fronl W. Son
Chicago
Bold bank robbery near Norman shocks town
Robbers blew open the Norman bank safe before daylight and seized about 4 000 dollars. Four armed men threatened residents as they carried out the heist, then fled the scene while armed pursuers search for them. Citizens report seeing the robbers at work and the building partially blown apart by the explosion.
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Norman
Aunden
Morphine Kills Ovicer in Manila Death Report
Captain and assistant surgeon of the United States Army, Ovicer Jackson, dies in Manila. Niece listed as Columbis, Ohio. Phe browinetinees unknown. Sharkey pleads not guilty to murder of banker Nicholas Fish in New York. Ltis Wall fell 600 feet to death from a car accident. In Wales a crepe detachment caused a mine shaft collapse at Pintypool. eight men perished instantly.
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Ovicer
Frederick
Sharkey
Christy
Mas Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
New York
Paulsidsay
Beath
Bauldon
Pintypool
Wales
Ebya Co Innak Robbery Burns Cash and Notes Seized
The Innak of Ebya Co was robbed early Thursday. Burglars secured 2000 in cash and twelve thousand in notes, which they burned.
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Raltlingis Banc. A. Almerai
Innak of Ebya Co
Veterans Parade Honors Civil War Heroes in Nation’s Capital
An account recalls a capital city tribute to Civil War veterans, detailing a May procession with blue uniforms, banners, and flowers. It notes Gen Sherman, Gen Harrison, and other commanders, plus pension statistics and claims about the aging soldiers and their dependents.
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Shiloh
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Lookout Mountain
Atlanta
Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Imperial Tome Deeree
Napoleon
Army of Virginia
Mende
Merritt
Custer
Ninth Army Corps
Sherman
Cahun
Hys
Teylis
Tloward
Tagen
Logan
Blair
Cows Die After Eating Dynamite Near Marlinsburg
Thirteen cows owned by Claude Peters near Marlinsburg Pennsylvania were killed when they ingested dynamite sticks from an open blast box. The explosion occurred as the herd investigated the shed, blowing cows into the air and leaving a scene of hoofs and wreckage. Authorities noted the accident as highly unusual in its circumstances.
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Claude Peters
Marlinsburg
Peters
Mission Work in Alaska by City Pastor
Rev Charles M Y Ensign of the Third Presbyterian Church plans missionary work in Eagle Alaska near the Yukon River. He and his wife will travel there to preach gospel to miners and soldiers among two companies stationed at the post on the Alaska British Columbia boundary.
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Sious City
Charles MY. Ensign
Third Presbyterian Church
Lions City
Towa
Eagle
Alaska
Basie
Yukon River
Colunthia
Mrs Mollie Hunt Sentenced to One Year at Anamosa
Mrs Mollie E Hunt who attempted to murder A H Goonspeed in Atlantic was sentenced to one year in the Anamosa penitentiary. The crime arose from jealousy over Goonspeed’s attentions to another woman and involved firing four shots, two missing. Hunt has four grown children and is divorced from her husband. Goodspeed is a widower.
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Mollie E. Hunt
A. H. Goonspeed
Atlantic
Anamosa
Molle
Alatosa
Tint
A. EE. Gaudiya
Rnodspeed
Lanakance
Goodspeed
Paddock Found Living Hermit Life on Lake Superior
Duluth police locate H B Paddock after a week search. He is in a lakeside cabin near Lake Superior sipping a pipe tranquilly, claiming to live as a hermit and offering no apology for his letters to his wife. His trunk was found at a boarding house as clues.
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Port Dodge
Dhumboldt
Duluth
Blinn
Lake Superior
Buldeck
Rels
Fort Dodge Rail Foreman Sustains Fatal Train Accident
Mike Wish er, a section foreman on the Alanais Central Railroad, was run over by a box car at Dunlip Wednesday morning and both legs were severed. His condition was hopeless and dependents include a wife and three children. The incident occurred as a freight car was “kicked” into a siding while a train from Conneil Bhui’s to Fort Dodge stopped at Dunlip.
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Dunlip
Fort Dodge
Mike Wisher
Alinais Central Railroad
Tie
Conneil Bhui’s
Dunlinp
Fisher
Faust Umul
Cateht and
Rim
Des Moines Family Keeps Twins Warm in Oven
A Des Moines family used an improvised heater to keep their two newborn twins, three and eight pounds, warm in a kitchen oven for three weeks. The children, sons of A. St. Simmons a day laborer, are now kept in a basket near the stove amid the mother's pride.
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Des Moines
Gertie
Te Stove
A. St. Simmons
Webster City Pastor Assaulted by Knox Gang
Rev. Paul Schroder, pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church, was beaten by WM. Knox and a group of five in Randall Street after attempting to break up a street fight. The five were arrested on charges of assault and battery. The incident sparked a widespread local sensation.
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Webster City
WM. Knox
Boon
Paul Stroder
bin Np
Ltandall
Knox
Paul Schroder
State Treasury Report Shows Healthy Balance and Assets
Des Moines reports show the quarterly examination to the governor and judge indicates the state treasury and bank holdings total 41,125,744.57. More than 1,006,000 dollars belong to the general revenue fund and 5100,050 of agriculture college bonds and securities are on hand.
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Des Moines
Cnship
Treasury
General Revenue Fund
Agriculture College
Des Moines Man Indicted in Attempted Murder Case
James Marcus, described in the article as a black man and described as conachman, was indicted by the Polk County grand jury on an attempted murder charge. The alleged incident occurred when Liggett visited Miss Truce Searles at her home. Marcus has been jailed since the shooting night about a month ago.
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Des Moines
James Marcus
Ts. W. Liggett
Miss Truce Searles
Polk County
Marcus
Tragic Death at Car Carnival Train Collision
Cedar Rapids dispatch reports 17 year old Alvin Niles back driver at the car nival killed instantly at midnight when struck by a Ghicago and Northwestern passenger train. Vehicle demolished.
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Cedar Rapids
Alvin Niles
Passengier
Fort Dodge robbery string ends with victim bound
Two masked men knocked down and bound C. Er. Bruce, a porter at the Straw bowl ing alleys, stealing 80 pounds before dawn Friday. Bruce was left tied and was freed when morning workers opened the alley. Hog cholera spreads across the state, blamed on soft corn by some.
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A. Fort Dodge
C. Er. Bruce
Porter
Bruce
Des Moines Board Opens New Ward for Inebriates
The board of control on Friday ordered a new ward at Cherokee hospital to operate starting December 10. After that date all inebriates and morphine addicts from Cherokee and neighboring districts will be sent there instead of Mt. Pleasant.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Cherokee Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Rebekah Lodge Holds District Convention
Districts 86 and S82 of the Rebekah lodge met in convention here Friday with two hundred delegates from various points in the districts in attendance. The event gathered representatives from Ilhmilton and Webster Came ron areas.
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Port Dodge
Rebekah Lodge
Ilhmilton
Webster Cameron
Woman on Trial in Johnson County Murder Case
Alisha Gallaugher faces trial for allegedly killing her husband by a head wound last April. She asserts innocence and confidence in acquittal as jurors are drawn amid publicity. Nearby, Harry Tolada, alleged confederate, also stands charged. venue moves discussed.
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Johnson County
Alisha Gallaugher
George Holbert
Ars
Gallaughers
Ranek
Harry Tolada
Altes
Crallaugher
Herselves
Callaugher
Pire Eition
Wacry Telada
Telada
Gallaugher
Heavy damages awarded in Shelby County bridge injury case
A Shelby County judge ruled for plaintiff Mfr. Jones of Grove Township awarding 6000 for injuries from a fall through a county bridge over Mill Creek Aug 14 1901. Jones claimed 45000 damages and that he faces permanent disability requiring nurse care and multiple physicians. The Shelby County board refused a 2600 settlement.
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Shelby County
Harlan
Aginst Shelly
Mfr. Jones
Grove
Mill Creek
Plaitiff
Shelby County Board of Supervisors
Jones
Fraternal Choppers Hold National Convention Opening
A Boone Special reports over one hundred delegates from seven states attend the Fraternal Choppers of America convention. Illinois not yet admitted but laws to allow entry are in progress. The order, two years old, has more than 6 000 members and Des Moines won the national headquarters by a 23 to 10 vote over Boone.
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Boone
Praternal Choppers of America
Poowa
Nebraska
Kansas
South Dakota
North Dakota
Olelahoma
Indian Territory
Ilinois
Order
Des Moines
Dermanerit
Wreck on the Rock Island disrupts westbound mail service
Des Moines to Newton line wreck blocks traffic for 24 hours after freight collision near Skunk River bridge. No fatalities reported. In a separate carnival incident 9 year old Leroy Pulver witnessed diver Thana Thompson fall from hammock scaffold and suffer a severe fracture of the right arm.
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Toone
Leroy Pulver
David Pulver
Thana Thompson
Efe
Melbourne hotel resident dies after coughing fit
A Marshalltown dispatch reports Wul lie McFarland, once of Melbourne and worker for Paul Shetler, died alone in his room at the Tarson Hotel early Thursday. Suffering for days, he is believed to have burst a brain blood vessel during a coughing spell. the body was found by the hotel clerk.
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Marshalltown
Wullie McFarland
Melbourne
Paul Shetler
Tarson Hotel
Elis
Iowa Miners Pay Dues Amid Strikes and Gains
The report notes miners in Pennsylvania face reduced earnings under the coal strike while those near Des Moines see monthly contributions totaling about 14 dollars. The cross-state pay adjustments reflect regional labor disputes and financial pressure on workers.
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Iowa
Peninsylvania
Des Moines
Widow of Senator Gear Near Death at Old Burlington Home
The widow of late United States Senator Join WW Gear is dying in her aged home in Burlington. She is four years his senior and in fragile health as the end nears.
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Gear
United States
Furlington
Sioux City Board Struggles to Obtain Coal for Schools
The Sioux City board of education has not secured fuel for the eighteen school houses intended for use of anthracite coal.
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Sioux City Board of Education
Tighteen
Woman Stolen by Man Named Pall Arrested in Kossuth
A woman named William Pall of Ti fonka was detained on charges of eloping with the wife of A L Richardson of Bancroft. Authorities indicate Pall fled before the Kossuth County sheriff arrived with required papers.
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Rian
A. Corwith
Aoman
William Pall
Tifonka
AL. F. Richardson
Bancroft
Kossuth
Geo
End of Testimony in H Endershot Murder Case
Barlington special reports testimony closed Thursday and attorneys began their closing arguments in the H Endershot murder case.
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Barlington
H Endershot
Fire destroys barn at Grand Central Hotel complex
A Monday morning blaze at Ledars destroyed the barn and outbuildings at the Grand Central Hotel. Losses reach $2,500 with $1,000 covered by insurance. No wind aided the rapid spread, and the central city location helped prevent greater damage.
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Ledars
Grand Central Hotel
Drunkard Edward McNeel Sentenced in Webster City
Edward BE McNeel of Bagte Grove appeared before Judge Richards on Wednesday charged with habitual drunkenness under the town inebriate law. He was sentenced to one year in the inebriate ward at Mt. Pleasant asylum.
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Edward BE. McNeel
Bagte Grove
Richards
Webster City
Mt. Pleasant
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