News Notes From Washington and Illinois Visit Highlights
News notes mention Mrs Hixon Davis and Miss Martha Davis in Washington D C. Denny Thurber now in Terre Haute spent Sunday at home. John A Mattix takes a position with Sullivan Mercantile Co. Miss Anna Enouches and Miss Mary Lannan visited relatives near Olney Illinois last week. LonG Warren Co advertises as headquarters for stores with a five year guarantee on Radiant Home fire bowl. Mr and Mrs Will Akir of Winter PA visiting Carlisle residents spent Monday in the city.
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Denny Thurber
Terre Haute
Will Akir
Windter, Pa
Carlisle
City
Long, Warren & Co
Arrest of ex delegate Louis Decker on perjury bribery charges
Louis Decker a former member of the house of delegates and a fugitive from justice was arrested here last night on charges of perjury and bribery in connection with the Boodle arrest case in St. Louis on October 8.
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St. Louis
Louis Decker
House of Delegates
Fatal Fire Hits Beaumont Oil Fields
A large blaze in the Beaumont Texas oilfields last night killed one worker and caused several thousand dollars in property damage. The fire broke out just before 11 PM and swept rapidly through the Hogg Swayne tract destroying a major oilfield area as flames illuminated the scene.
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Beaumont
Tex
Hogg-Swayne Tract
Hogg- Swayne
Bat Terror Strikes Leyte Towns and Police Disarmed
General Jesse Lee reports ladrones attacked Carigara Leyte twice killing constabulary and levying contributions. Town population fled to mountains as ladrones broaden activity across the islands. In Bulacan province police are disarmed and volunteers formed to curb lacronism and bolster security.
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Manila
Jesse Lee
Tacloban
Leyte
Carigara
Bulacan
Luzon
Bandits Raid Ranchi Sonora Led by Bravo Juan Loot Stores
Advices from Tucson report a band of raiders believed led by Bravo Juan entered Ranchi in Sonora near Hermosillo. They placed guards, entered the business district, looted stores and houses, and terrorized residents who offered little resistance.
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Tucson
A. T
Bravo Juan
Ranchi
Sonora
Mexico
Hermosillo
Congress opens to fight the white slave traffic
The congress for the prevention of the white slave traffic opened in Lauktorboncestath with Count Von Keller welcoming delegates in the name of Emperor William. He noted the emperor's interest in the international movement. Lord Aberdeen conveyed similar wishes from King Edward.
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Lauktorboncestath
Congress For
Count von Keller
William
Lord Aberdeen
Edward
Cable ship Colonia completes Pacific cable stretch
Vancouver reports that the cable ship Colonia buoyed the Pacific cable one mile off Fanning Island station at 11 o clock Monday morning. It laid 3 455 nautical miles of cable between the Vancouver Island station and that point since Sept 18 with smooth sailing and no incidents.
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Vancouver
B. C
Colonia
Pacific
Fanning Island
Vancouver Island
Miners Renew Arbitrate Offer as Strike Crisis Persists
President Roosevelt urged operators and miners to meet on a common plane to resume coal mine operations without delay. He asked for immediate action to meet the public needs, stating he would not entertain a debate of claims but appealed to patriotism and sacrifice for the general good.
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Roosevelt
Coal conference ends without agreement in Washington
In Washington on October 4, a White House meeting between the president, coal operators, and miners failed to produce a settlement. Miners support arbitration by a tribunal named by the president, while operators reject arbitration and demand federal troops and court actions. Both sides say the strike will continue and pledge to avoid violence.
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Washington
White House
Miners’ Labor Organization
Court of Common Pleas
District of Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Roosevelt Seeks End to Coal Strike Through Miners Union
President Roosevelt discussed the coal strike with Frank P. Sargent who may carry a message to John Mitchell. A plan envisages the miners and their leaders ending the strike with a later full investigation of mining conditions. Government counts on mutual action, operators showing no progress.
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Washington
Frank P. Sargent
Immigration
Roosevelt
Sargent
Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Philadelphia
Strike leaders prepare for tighter line in coal dispute
Wilkes Barre Pa October 6 The Washington conference between President Roosevelt coal operators and anthracite mine workers representatives failed to yield results. Strike leaders are tightening their lines to resist any operator move to break the strikers.
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Wilkesbarre
Washington
Roosevelt
Damages Sought Over Grave Robbery At Medical College
The widow and children of Wallace Johnson begin suit against Central College of Physicians and Surgeons officials over his body stolen from Ebenezer cemetery. Rufus Cantrell testifies the body was in the college building among barrels. he asserts Miss Glendore Gates’ body was in the second barrel. Cantrell admits leading the gang that took Gates and says others can verify his claims.
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Medical College
Indianapolis
Central College of Physicians and Surgeons
Wallace Johnson
Ebenezer
Johnson
Rufus Cantrell
College
Cantrell
Glendore Gates
Anderson Cemetery
Tragedy Looms as Man Killed in Hunting Accident
Madison Indiana October 4 Albert Schelke aged thirty was instantly killed yesterday by accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Jos Maurer. They were preparing to go hunting.
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Madison
Ind
Albert Schelke
Jos. Maurer
Man from Marshall Attempts Suicide in Terre Haute Jail
Robert E. Smith of Marshall Illinois attempted death by his own hand in Terre Haute Indiana after arrest on embezzlement charges. He had come to the city years ago for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Robert E. Smith
Marshall, Ill
Hartley Grain Elevator Burns In Goodland Loss Hits 159000
The Hartley Grain company’s large elevator at Goodland Indiana burned, destroying 300000 bushels of oats. The fire caused an estimated loss of about 159000 dollars, with partial insurance coverage reported.
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Goodland
Ind
Hartley Grain Company
Browns and officers clash in Crescent City battle
In Crescent City an inland town near Guthrie Oklahoma a fight broke out between town officers and four Brown brothers Mal Don Bill and John, well known local farmers. Mel Burgess is reported dead and Mal Brown seriously wounded with several others injured. The Browns are Kentucky mountaineers who have lived in the county since its opening and the trouble began two weeks ago with railroad graders.
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Guthrie
O. T
Crescent City
Brown Brothers
Mal
Don
Bill
John
Mel Burgess
Mal Brown
General Summer Warns Bacolod Sultan to Stop Opposition
General Summer, commanding American forces on Mindanao, sent an ultimatum to the sultan of Bacolod. He warns him to cease opposition, cites Macru campaign results, and promises punishment if resistance continues.
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Manila
Summer
Mindanao Island
Bacolod
Train wreck near Galva kills fireman in Illinois
Fast mail No. 8 on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy derailed two blocks east of Galva depot in the pre dawn hours. Fireman Sands was instantly killed and Engineer C. B. Johnson of Galesburg was fatally injured.
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Peoria
Ill
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Galva
Sands
C. B. Johnson
Galesburg
Governor General Granted Power to Close Libraries
In Warsaw on October 4 the governor general was empowered to close any public library or reading room run by individuals firms or corporations in Russian Poland provinces. The move is seen as aimed at suppressing Socialists and Polish Nationalists.
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Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Russia
Lui Kun Yi
Nankin
American Society of Municipal Improvement
Rochester
N. B
Frank Higgins
Willie Doherty
S J. Joan
Ohio General Assembly
Morrison bond approved for retrial of Castle case
Topeka Kansas October 7 Supreme court approves Jessie Morrison ten thousand dollar bond while she serves a fifteen year penitentiary sentence for killing Clara Wiley Castle. Morrison will be released pending rehearing of her case by the court.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
Jessie Morrison
Clara Wiley Castle
Miss Morrison
Labor Federation Leaders Open Week in Washington
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor began a weeklong session in Washington. A secretary treasurer report notes the federation is in excellent condition with over 200000 new members added in the last four months.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Isaac Weymouth Hangs Self After Murder of Marshal
Isaac Weymouth, who killed Cedarville Marshal Harris during an arrest, hanged himself Sunday morning in Springfield. Despondency over money matters is given as the suspected cause, and he had recently separated from his wife.
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Springfield
Isaac Weymouth
Marshal Harris
Cedarville
Cuban Official Gazette Pardons Election Fraud Convicts
An Official Gazette order pardons all persons under sentence for election frauds committed before May 20, the date of the Cuban republic’s establishment, and suspends their prosecution in the courts.
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Havana
Official
Peru ministry resigns after congress censure motion
Lima Peru October 8 the Peruvian ministry has resigned following a joint censure motion adopted October 3 by both houses of congress indicating a political crisis and cabinet changes.
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Lima
Peru
Congress
Coal downturn alarms New York and political shifts noted
The piece notes rising coal inflation concerns in New York and that Bird S Coler was nominated by Democrats for governor. It also covers a Peoria convention of grain merchants and U S mint coinage totals. A Minneapolis jury convicts ex chief Frederick W Ames of bribery. News mentions Vermont governor election outcome, China's royal marriage, and Pershing's American column fighting Moros with forts captured and casualties reported.
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National Grain Besters’ Association
Peoria
United States
Minneapolis
Frederick W. Ames
Prince Chun
Yang Lu
China
John A. McCullough
Vermont
Pershing
Mindanao
Zola Will Left Everything to His Wife
The will of Emile Zola leaves all property to his wife. Other items report Russian troop withdrawals from South Manchuria and notable figures such as Evelyn B Baldwin arriving in New York and Francis W Anderson's death from pneumonia.
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Emile Zola
Manchuria
Evelyn B. Baldwin
New York
Francis W. Anderson
St. Paul National Bank
Naval
Department
Grand Castle Knights of the Golden Eagle
Urbana
O. W. J. Clothier
Harvard University
Werler
Alphonso
Bates Nominated for Governor by Massachusetts Republicans
John L Bates was nominated for governor by the Massachusetts Republican state convention. A coal strike dispute drew attention in Great Britain. In Lynn Massachusetts an elevator accident killed two and injured eleven. Official wheat production in France for 1902 reached 23 000 316 bushels. US business failures for the week ending Oct 2 numbered 164. The International Mercantile Marine Company formed after finalizing steamship merger details. Snow plows deployed by Rocky Mountain railroads amid a blizzard. A fatal duel occurred near Paris between two law students over a broken clay pipe. John W Gates returned to London in poor health and will sail home.
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John L. Bates
Massachusette
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Lynn
Mass
France
United States
International Mercantile Marine Company
Paris
John W. Gates
London
England
Ireland
Repeal of Martial Law Gazetted in Natal
Reports note the repeal of martial law in Natal has been gazetted at Pietermaritzburg. Other items describe church steeple collapse signs in Venice San Stefano, ancient Rome tomb discoveries, and Emilia Zola’s remains laid to rest in Paris with simple ceremonies.
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Natal
Pietermaritzburg
Church of San Stefano
Venice
Showa
Forum
Rome
Emilia Zola
Paris
Fez
Carrizo
Tex
Henry Shackelford Davis
London
Robert Snyder
St. Louis
Hearst Nominated for Congress in New York District
The article notes William R Hearst as a congressional candidate in New York Eleventh. It lists coal market facts including Welsh coal sales to America at about 20000 tons and rising anthracite prices in England. It mentions steamers bound for New York and Boston to ship coal from South Wales.
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William R. Hearst
Congress
New York
America
England
South Wales
Boston
Putnam Bradlee Strong
May Yohe
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Geneva
Elkhart
Méilo
Pansy
Economy in State Institutions Under Republican Administrations
Gov. Durbin cites official figures contrasting 1891–1895 Democratic and 1895–1902 Republican management in state institution costs. The data show per capita maintenance and inmate numbers across facilities, culminating in a per capita saving and total annual Republican savings of $162,020.25. A vote for Republican candidates is presented as opposing state debt.
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Marion
Gov. Durbin
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Institution For
Indiana State Prison
New Markets for American Products Solve 1902 Campaign
The piece argues the campaign’s core issue is continuing six years of prosperity through new markets for American goods. It attacks free trade, contending it yields no new markets and benefits rivals, and asserts that new markets lie in American possessions and the Orient, citing geography as the answer.
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Hixon W. Davis
Martha Davis
Washington, D.C
John A. Mattix
The
Sullivan Mercantile Company
Anna Enoches and
Tittle
Mary Lannan
Olney
Ladrones
Cable
Doe Seos
Huntsman
Kentucky Mountaineers
Oklahoma
Fair
Democrats
Bird S. Coler
Covernor
Baturdas
Rocky Mountain
Adlock
New Orleans
Lucie Wolf
Chicago
Jersey City
Ganernia Corbin
Young and
Slood
King Edward
Buckingham Palace
Seduce B. Posey
Evansville
Cleveland
Free Trade
Indiana Reformatory
Reform School For Girls
Emer
Reform School For Boys
Republican Party
Chas. W. Fairbanks
Republican
Aries
Huma
Albert J. Beveridge
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