Indiana Ghoul Cantrell Letter Supports Louisville Body Snatching Claim
A letter found by Rufus Cantrell's mother corroborates his claim of going to Louisville to work with grave robbers. Dr Edward L David of the University of Louisville said Kentucky law provided bodies legally and Cantrell was offered transport to Indianapolis for work in dissection.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Rufus Cantrell
Cantrell
Louisville
Louitsville
Rufus J. Cantrell
Medical College
University of Louisville
Kentucky School of Medicine
David
Taylor & Sons
Milton & Son
William Watson
Edward L. David
Kentucky
Manufacturers fight organized labor in national letter
Chicago October 25 The National Association of Manufacturers mails a circular to all US manufacturers attacking labor aims and eight hour day proposals in Congress. Signatory is David M. Parry of Indianapolis, president, urging membership as part of a bitter struggle against perceived unlawful labor demands.
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Chicago
National Association of Manufacturers of
United States of America
Organized Labor
Congress
Manufacturers’ Association
David M. Parry
Indianapolis
Havana Health Report Shows No Yellow Fever for Year
Dr Finley head of Havana sanitation remarks on September health, noting a death rate of 17.86 per 1000 and marking a full year since a yellow fever case occurred in the city, an event unmatched in local memory.
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Havana
Finley
Rev Daniel Tenney Dies in San Diego at 61
San Diego Cal Oct 25 Reverend Daniel Tenney a retired Presbyterian minister died at his home aged 61 He leaves a widow and four children including Reverend Charles Tenney president of the Imperial university at Tien-Tsin China Tenney had lived in the city ten years and at Oxford founded a western college and seminary for women
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San Diego
Cal
Daniel Tenney
Charles Tenney
Imperial University
Tien-Tsin
China
Oxford
Tenney
Western College and Seminary For
Philippines commission invites bids for Manila franchises
Gov Taft reports the Philippines commission has passed an act inviting bids for street railroad electric light and other franchises in Manila with bids to be opened March 5 1903 and advertised in the United States.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
U S Business Failures and Canadian Week Totals
New York report shows 194 business failures in the United States for the week ending October 24, down from 203 the prior week and 233 a year earlier. Canada records 23 failures for the same period, up from 15 last week.
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New York
United States
Canada
Pacers Sir Albert S and Prince Alert Set for $10000 Dash
Memphis reports a marquee match race for $10,000 a side planned Friday night between pacers Sir Albert S 2031 and Prince Alert 2 03 %, a half mile dash in a single heat.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sir Albert S
Prince Alert
Inquest Holds Barber Death From Apple Shooting
Cold Springs Harbor authorities report John Volkman an 18 year old barber died after Charles Meinel missed a target and shot Volkman in the forehead on stage at Thespian hall during a medicine show. Meinel arrested awaiting manslaughter hearing. Volkman’s parents live in Germany.
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Cold Springs Harbor
N. Y
John Volkman
Thespian Hall
Charles Meinel
Meiner
Volkman
Meinel
Germany
Fever and Privations in Colombia Reach Kingston
The German steamer Hercynia reports heavy fighting inland as revolutionists press during troop withdrawals. At Savanilla government soldiers die from fever and privations with corpses left on the pier. Disease is widespread on the coast as Colombians struggle to manage cargo handling due to local shortages.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Hercynia
Colon
Colombia
Savanilla
Missing ticket agent and suspected robbery in Carbondale
Frank M. Flagg, ticket agent for Illinois Central at Texas Junction on the Cape Girardeau branch, is missing with the money drawer contents gone. Trainsmen report seeing men near the office. officials doubt a murder verdict, noting the stash may not be large.
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Carbondale
Ill
Frank M. Flagg
Illinois Central Railroad
Texas Junction
Cape Girardeau
Big Muddy
Flagg
Governor Yates Ill After Southern Campaign Tour
Gov. Yates returns to Springfield after a three day campaign tour in Southern Illinois. He was confined to his home Sunday night by illness and placed under a physician's care. His temperature rose to 103, prompting fears of a protracted illness.
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Springfield
Ill
Yates
Illinois
Yard workers seek five cent wage rise in Chicago district
Grand Master P. H. Morrissey and Vice Grand Master W. G. Lee arrived in Chicago to aid about 7 000 yard men demanding a five cent hourly wage increase. Railroads were told an answer is due by next Friday.
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Chicago
P. H. Morrissey
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
W. G. Lee
Missing Consul Returns After Wilderness Ordeal
United States Consul Alonza Garrett of Lando Mexico, native of Huntington, returned to the consulate Saturday night after four days with friends in the Sierra Madre mountains. The hunting party became water bound and went without food for much of the time.
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Huntington
W. Va
United States
Alonza Garrett
Lando
Mex
Sierras Madre Mountains
Garrett
Czar of Russia to visit Montenegro Athens and Constantinople
Copenhagen correspondent reports the czar of Russia will travel after Italy to Montenegro and Athens and likely to Constantinople. An interview with the pope is planned during the Italian leg of the tour.
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London
Copenhagen
Russia
Italy
Montenegro
Athens
Constantinople
Author Frank Norris Dead in San Francisco
Frank Norris the novelist died in San Francisco from complications after an appendectomy performed three days ago. His work The Octopus is cited as the novel that brought him greatest fame.
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Frank Norris
San Francisco
The
Mines Prolonged Standstill Pending Safe Underground Work
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania October 25 mining activity rose with 22 more mines operating and output near 100000 tons while full capacity would employ about 145000 men. Safety demands delay resuming full work and inspectors withhold permits until underground workings are proven safe. There is growing employer employee calm and plans to rehire union miners as conditions permit. The anthracite strike commission prepares for hearings in Washington with key operators and union leaders arriving to discuss procedures and testimony.
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Wilkesbarre
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Co
M. B. Williams
Wyoming
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Washington
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
George F. Baer
Reading
E. F. Thomas
Baer
Mitchell
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Fahy
Brunswick Flood Submerges City Center Five Blocks
Brunswick Georgia faced 48 hours of heavy rain that flooded five central blocks from Monk to Mansfield. Newcastle Street saw 10 to 15 inches of water, submerging the fire department house and flooding jails from Bay to Union. Traffic halted, the Brunswick Electrical Supply Co ceased operations, and rail service suffered washouts on the Southern between Brunswick and Jesup. Mails were belated as a heavy northeast gale persisted.
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Brunswick
Monk Street
Mansfield
Newcastle Street
Bay
Union Streets
Brunswick Electrical Supply Co
Jesup
Brunswick & Birmingham
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Dies at 86 in New York Home
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, famed suffragist, died of old age Sunday at her West 94th Street residence. Survivors include daughters Mrs. M. F Lawrence and Mrs. Stanton Blatch, sons Henry and Robert L Stanton, Theodore Stanton in Paris, and G Smith Stanton of Wardenclyffe. Funeral planned for Wednesday at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
West 94Th Street
Stanton
Diamonds stolen from Wocher & Weinman vaults in Chicago
Diamonds valued at 8000 dollars were stolen from Wocher & Weinman jewelry vaults in the Masonic temple. The robbery occurred Saturday night or early Sunday morning with no crew seen. A night watchman on duty reported no trace of the thieves, and the theft was discovered late Sunday night by a firm member visiting the store.
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Chicago
Wocher & Weinman
Masonic Temple
Sale of Food Supplies Funds Aid Provinces
Manila on October 27 reports twenty seven thousand dollars raised from food supplies sales in Batangas Laguna Luzon and Mindoro. Generals J Frank in Bell organized the effort and the funds were turned over to the insular government for civil commission use among the Batangas Laguna and Mindoro populations.
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Manila
Batangas
Laguna
Luzon
Mindoro
J. Frankin Bell
Gen. Bell
Explosion Damages Fairmont Powder Works
The Fairmont powder works located 18 miles from Fairmont West Virginia was damaged by an explosion of 600 kegs of powder on Sunday. The factory suffered 30000 dollars in damage with machinery destroyed and iron hurled for miles. No injuries were reported. Earth was torn up for forty feet.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Mass meeting seeks ban on Corbett Rich bout in Waterbury
The Christian Endeavor society and the Epworth League of Waterbury held a mass meeting at First M E Church and voted to petition Mayor Kilduff and Assistant Attorney John P Kellogg asking them to use measures to stop the proposed Corbett-Rich bout scheduled for November 8.
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Waterbury
Christian Endeavor Society
Epworth League
M. E
Kilduff
John P. Kellogg
Death of Alfred Ayers writer Thomas Embaley Osman at 76
New York reports the death of Thomas Embaley Osman known as Alfred Ayers after an apoplectic shock on September 29. He died Sunday in his 77th year. His notable works include The Verbalist The Orthoepist and Some Illused Words and he was also active in elocution acting.
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New York
Thomas Embley Osman
Alfred Ayers
Osman
Illiteracy figures from immigrant and native children
Census office reports show 95.6 percent of native white children with native parents and 99.1 percent of native white children with foreign born parents aged 10 to 14 can read and write in the united states. regional variations and urban clustering of immigrants help explain the gaps.
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Washington
United States
South Atlantic States
North Atlantic
Heirloom Five Dollar Treasury Note Found in Carbondale
In Carbondale Illinois on October 27 a five dollar US Treasury note No 1 of Series A printed May 1 1862 and signed by L E Chittenden and W E Spinner is identified as an heirloom from 1864. The Milhouse family received it from John Milhouse father of the current owner A D Milhouse.
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Carbondale
Ill
Treasury
United States
A. D. Milhouse
L. E. Chittenden
Register of the Treasury
W. E. Spinner
Milhouse
John Milhouse
Cholera Spreading in Mindanao and Panay Island Regions
Cholera shows a strong foothold on Mindanao with expectations of wider spread. Iloilo province and Panay island report bad and light conditions respectively, while Manila has seen no new cases. Total cases reported to date exceed 100,000.
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Manila
Get
Mindanao
Iloilo
Panay
Macedonian leader reported killed in Turkish fight
A Constantinople dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. says M. wontcheff, a Macedonian leader, was killed in a clash between insurgents and Turkish troops between Revrekop and Melnik. The insurgents lost 23 men in the engagement.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Co
Constantinople
M. Wontcheff
Revrekop
Melnik
Turkey
Morgan's Profits Set Record for 1902 Finance Era
New York October 24 1902 J Pierpont Morgan & Co reports profits from major combinations totaling 42 19 million up to Thursday profits not including other interests.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Postmaster General Payne Hosts Dinner For President Cabinet
Washington October 24 Postmaster General Payne entertained the President and cabinet at a dinner at the Arlington hotel Thursday night. The event was described as a purely social function.
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Washington
Payne
Arlington Hotel
Twenty-Two Passengers Hurt in Yonkers Trolley Collision
Twenty-two passengers were injured when a Yonkers trolley collided with an automobile in front of Grey stone, the former home of the late Samuel J. Tilden. The Sunday accident occurred in New York on October 27.
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New York
Yonkers
Greystone
Samuel J. Tilden
Staunton player dies after Sunday football game
Howard Schmidt, Staunton local football team member, was injured in a Sunday game against a St. Louis team and died within ten minutes. The coroner will hold an inquest.
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Staunton
Ill
Howard Schmidt
St. Louis
Paget Shot by Friend in Country While Shooting
London reports Almeric Hugh Paget husband of Pauline Whitney of New York was accidentally shot by a friend while shooting in the country. He was rushed to London where doctors removed one of his eyes.
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London
Almeric Hugh Paget
Pauline Whitney
New York
Paget
Boer Generals Abandon U S Visit for Home Return
In Brussels a Standard correspondent reports that Generals Botha and De la Rey have definitively canceled plans to tour the United States and will return soon to South Africa.
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America
London
Brussels
The
Standard
Botha
Delarey
United States
South Africa
Supreme Court Limits Damages for Lost Child to 3000
In a Webster county case the Iowa supreme court ruled that damages for the death of a child under five cannot exceed three thousand dollars. The decision sets a state cap on wrongful death claims for young children.
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Des Moines
Webster County
Supreme Court
An Ideal Woman's Medicine by Lydia E Pinkham
An advertisement praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female diseases. It claims unprecedented demand, widespread testimonials, and invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice, noting correspondence is for women only.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Atlantic
Pacific
Paxton Co
Columbus Av
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T. W. CL. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
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