Inspection Tour President Grants Miles Philippines Visit
The War Department released an order to Lieutenant General Miles approving his authority to inspect the Philippines army. He will sail around September 16 to examine instruction, discipline and supplies, without interfering with General Chaffee or General Davis, and will report findings on army administration.
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Washington
War Department
Miles
Philippines
Liliam Sanger
Chaffee
Davis
Breckenridge
Army Headquarters
Witney
Reber
Maus
General Miles
British iron prices rise on American demand amid steel trade shifts
American demand for British iron and steel boosts prices in New York Chicago and Philadelphia. A rumored 66 000 ton order lacks confirmation but overall demand steadies exports as India Australia and South Africa show weaker activity. British producers expect a defensive stance with Europe as exports to the United States grow.
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New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
London
The
Tribune
India
Australia
South Africa
American Steel Combination
Germany
Belgium
United States
North Dakota Federation to Meet at Devils Lake
The North Dakota Federation of Woman clubs will hold its annual state meeting at Devils Lake on September 8 9 10 11 and 12.
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North Dakota
North Dakota Federation of Woman Clubs
Devils Lake
Three Murders Trials Planned in Burleigh County
Burleigh County to hold three murder trials this fall. Jeff May faces trial Sept 22 for killing Harry Hibbs, Alic Chilkotf to be tried in November for killing farmer Simon Welch, and Griffin, who shot Stevens, is jailed on $10,000 bail and may face murder charges. identification challenges loom as key witnesses disappear. Also notes W D Boyce’s Lisbon return with son, high steer prices, and wrecks, with several local incidents and business updates.
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Fred Stevens
Brainerd
Griffin
Burleigh County
Jeff May
Harry G. Hibbs
Alic Chilkotf
Simon Welch
Stevens
Offer Rejected by 3000 Street Car Workers in Chicago
In Chicago on August 27 a large vote by about 3000 Amalgamated Association of Street Car Employes members rejected a company proposal from President Roach. The deal offered a one cent an hour wage raise, dissolution of a rival union group, and employment of only union men. Mahon pressured arbitration but local leaders left the meeting split, with Mahon warning the general union may not back a strike if arbitration is not pursued.
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Chicago
Union Traction Company
Amalgamated Association of
Roach
William Mahon
Mahon
General Union
Democrats Name Republicans for Burleigh Legislature
An adjourned Independent Democratic convention in Burleigh county nominated two Republicans for the legislature L. D. McGahan editor of the Bismarck Palladium and Join Bostrum a former state capitol employee. Both are said to be friendly to Senator Hansbrough. A La Moure stir follows two prisoners Banington and Jones who escaped by burrowing through two feet of masonry after a robbery charge.
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Burleigh County
L. D. McGahan
Bismarck Palladium
Patterson
Bostrum
State Capitol
Hansbrough
la Moure
Banington
Jones
Summit Hill Strike Quieted by Soldiers at Dawn
A possible outbreak at Summit Hill Pennsylvania was averted as Major Gearhart dispatched two companies of soldiers from Manila Park to the district. Troops escorted nonunion workers through a mob to safety on trolley cars, ending turmoil after workers assembled at daybreak.
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Summit Hil
Panther Creek
Gearhart
Manila Park
All Workers Turned Back at Hazleton Colliery Riot
In Hazleton Pennsylvania Aug 27 striking pickets blocked approaches to Lehigh Valley Coal No 40 colliery to deter a resumed operation. Most nonunionists were turned back with no serious trouble. Three strikers named in Monday's riot at No 40 were arrested, with more arrests expected.
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Hazleton
No. 40
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Not Over Wise Allegory on Danger and Remedies
An old allegorical image contrasts a girl startled by a snake with a man who spends heavily on a cyclone cellar while neglecting his family's need for a bottle of Chamberlain's colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy. The text asserts the remedy is a prompt reliable medicine for these diseases and is available from all dealers.
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T. A. Pinner
Draummond
Tenn
Despites Injunction Strikes Paralyze New Orleans Phone Service
New Orleans August 27 A long running linemen strike cripples Cumberland company operations despite federal injunction issued by Judge Parlange. Police report forty eight company poles cut during the night leaving many telephones out of service in the uptown district as reinforcements arrive from other points. Three strikebreakers from Nashville were badly beaten Monday as tensions flare across the city.
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New Orleans
Cumberland Company
Parlange
Pitt and Joseph
Narvice
Pointe
Spain
Nashville
Nine teen prisoners breach jail in Covington attempt
In Covington Tennessee on August 27 nine teen inmates drilled through their cage and nearly broke through the roof. Jailer Smith’s wife armed a trusted man with a shotgun and forced the escapees back to their cells until the jailer returned.
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Covington
Tenn
Smith
Explosive Train Hold-Up by Seven in the Northwest
A Northern Pacific express train near Sand Point Idaho was halted by seven men who forced the engineer to uncouple the express car and attempt to derail it with dynamite. The attackers guarded passengers in coaches and fired shots, but no one was harmed or robbed. the suspects fled after the blast failed. A telegram from St Paul notes the incident was centered four miles west of Sand Point with Conductor William Gilbert and Engineer G H Wilson aboard.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
Sand Point
Ida
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Railway
William Gilbert
G. H. Wilson
William Pearson
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Lisbon
W. D. Boyce
Boyce
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J. B. Stoddard
Billings County
Stewart
C. M. Reeves
Commercial Club of
Fargo
Reeves
Cushing
Grand Forks
Minot
Valley City
Jamestown
Bismarck
Milton Mills
Johnson & Wrooke
B. Byres
Milton Roller Mills
Milton Milling Company
Neche
H. Casey
Moorhead
Great Northern
Peter Oppergood
Daxey
John Rodney
Minnie
Nichol & Shepard Threshers
Chicago Street Car
Powell
Summit Hill
Hazleton, Pa
Hacao Clothing
Capa
Hamm & Company, Tailors
Marshall Field
Board of Business Agents
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