Mail Cars Saved by Guarded New Orleans Street Strike
New Orleans officials report no violence as mail cars continue service during the street railway strike. Wires and ground issues hinder uptown lines while cars run to sub stations. union officers face federal arrest and bond rulings, with public sympathy shifting toward the strikers. Mayor Capdevielle and officials press for settlement as federal action unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Guardians of the Peace
Railway Company
Canal Street
Arabella Street
Magazine
Custom House
New Orleans Street Railway Company
United States
Carmen's Union
Craig
Kursheedt
Capdevielle
Wabash Railroad Wage Demands Prompt Possible Strike
In Springfield Michigan on September 30 machinists at the Wabash Railroad shops demand wage increases. Boiler makers seek a raise from five to cents per hour and machinists from three to cents per hour. The company has until next Thursday to act or a strike will result. Mechanic C H Doebeler says the matter is in the hands of officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
C. H. Doebeler
Norfolk & Western section men strike for higher wages
Portsmouth workers on the Norfolk and Western went on strike seeking a wage boost from 1.2 to 1.4 dollars per day. Report says Portsmouth to Columbus workers may join if demands are not met.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk & Western Section
Kenova
W. Va
Columbus
Record-Breaking Run Barge Wisconsin Reaches Isthmus
The U S battleship Wisconsin under Capt George C Reiter arrived at Panama after leaving San Francisco Sept 17 and exchanged salutes with land batteries. Rear Admiral Silas Casey will assume command of American naval forces on the isthmus. The San Francisco cruiser has orders to proceed to Cape Haytien.
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Panama
United States
Wisconsin
George C. Reiter
San Francisco
Isthmus
Reiter
General Salazar
Washington
Navy Department
Silas Casey
Pacific
Casey
Asa Walker
San Juan
P. R
Cape Haytien
Mont- Sava
Revolutionists declare Acre independence and war on Bolivia
Herald correspondence from Rio reports under Galvez Revolutionists proclaim Acre independence at Xapury. Inhabitants join the revolution. Many Bolivian prisoners are reported as being well treated by the revolutionaries.
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New York
Galvez
Xapury
Acre
Bolivia
Herald
Rio
Zola dies of carbonic oxide asphyxia official ruling
Paris reports an official post mortem finding Emile Zola died from carbonic oxide asphyxia while trying to open a window The crowd surrounds his home awaiting details of the funeral and possible Dreyfus attendance The government and notable figures sign the condolence register while Dreyfus visits the residence expressing gratitude and emotion
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Paris
Emile Zola
Zola
Dreyfus
Patrie
Mme. Zola
Montmartre
League of the Rights of Man
Premier Combes
M. Waldeck Rousseau
Maitre Labori
Picquart
M. Millerand
Jules Clarette
The
Temps
Academy
M. Clarette
M. Zola
Cunard Shipping Subsidy Agreement Arranged
London officials announce a government subsidy of 750000 dollars annually for Cunard. The plan funds two large fast transatlantic steamers, with a twenty year term after the second launch. Cunard will stay British and avoid freight rate hikes amid Morgan shipping competition.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
Morgan Shipping Combine
Cunard Company
Cunard
Liverpool
Zaron Inverclde
Commander McLean Stays Aboard Cincinnati On Sept 30
COLON Colombia Sept 30 Commander McLean of the cruiser Cincinnati will not sail for New York today on the steamer Finance and will remain in command aboard the Cincinnati. Commander Mason continues in charge of naval forces on shore.
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Colon
Colombia
McLean
Cincinnati
New York
Finance
Mason
Carnegie Gift Rejected by London Council
The Marylebone Borough Council report recommends thanking Andrew Carnegie for a 150000 offer to establish free libraries but says they cannot accept. The rejection cites higher rates as the reason, while Carnegie reportedly donates about 45 million dollars annually, averaging eight libraries daily.
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London
Marylebone
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Conference on Coffee Supply and Demand Held Today
New York Sept 3 A meeting of South American official delegates and U S exchanges figures to discuss adjusting coffee production to match rising supply. Fifteen delegates will gather at the New York Coffee Exchange under the Bureau of American Republics. Production jumped from 5 million to 12.5 million bags as regions mature, prompting talks on boosting consumption.
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New York
South America
Congress
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Adverts
An 1800s style advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and diarrhoea with claims of calming many ailments. Mentions 25 cents a bottle and promotion across social classes. Also promotes Glenn's Soap for skin issues and Hilifs Hale and Whisker Dye products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gruge
Glenn
Diplomatic View Of Macedonia Crisis In 1908
In Constantinople diplomatic circles question the gravity of Macedonia tensions despite Turkey mobilizing 40 000 militia reserves. The Shipka pass fetes are cited as overblown, with winter coming likely halting moves and fears of a general revolution deemed unlikely. In Vienna deputy Stapinski of Galicia plans to visit America to study Polish immigrant needs and aid return and training efforts. Archbishop Kain of St Louis has altered a prior request in Rome.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Porte
Shipka Pass
Macedonian Committee
Vienna
Herr Stapinski
Diet of
Galicia
Polish People’s Party
America
Various European and global notices from 1900s reports
Reports from Sofia describe protests over Russian influence in Macedonia. Britain mandates that future army meat contracts require mutton from British colonies. In San Sebastian King Alfonso reportedly refuses decrees from General Weyler. Duchess De Valencay in Paris operated for appendicitis and is said to be out of danger. British steamer Capella carried the abandoned Norwegian ship Winona’s crew from New Orleans to Liverpool. Voshnik village in Poland sees 120 of 12 houses burned, two children die from the blaze. A misreported obituary for General Von Gossler is corrected: it was his brother Gustave who died, not him.
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Sofia
Shipka Pass Celebra
San Sebastian
Alfonso
General Weyler
Duchess de Valencay
Helen Morton
General von Gossler
Dantzig
Gustave von Gossler
Rain postpones Fort Riley maneuvers amid mud and wary review
At Fort Riley on September 30 heavy rain left ground muddy and slippery forcing Brig Gen Bates to cancel today’s maneuvers. Gov Stanley and Assistant Secretary Sanger visited, with Sanger and Gen Carter inspecting campsites and discussing tomorrow’s limited drills. A large convoy defense attack was planned for tomorrow along with a visit by Kansas State Medical Society members to evaluate field hospital procedures.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Camp Root
Stanley
Kansas
Sanger
Carter
Army
Bates
General Bates
Jes
National Guard
Eighteenth Infantry
Kansas National Guard
State Medical Society of Kansas
Junction City
Naval officer William Bronaugh dies in act on Kearsarge
Lieutenant Commander William Venable Bronaugh of the United States Navy died by suicide aboard the battleship Kearsarge at the navy yard. He faced heavy duties as executive officer, with colleagues noting a distressing rise in such acts in the service. Bronaugh, a Kentucky-born graduate of the Naval Academy in 1873, was mourned by friends and naval officials.
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New York
William Venable Bronaugh
United States Navy
Kearsarge
Navy Yard
Bronaugh
Purnell Beeer Oo
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Kentucky
Naval Academy
Headless and Armless Body Discovered in East River
A young woman about twenty, five feet five, around 130 pounds, was found floating in the East River. The head and arms were missing and the body appeared almost nude, making identification unlikely. Police cannot confirm murder due to possible postmortem dismemberment.
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New York
East River
Attempt to kill a Sheriff in Osceola alley
Sheriff C. C. Scott of Clark County, Iowa, was struck on the head with a club by an unknown assailant in a dark Osceola alley. Found unconscious an hour later, he remains in serious condition though officials do not expect the injury to be fatal. The attacker fled.
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Des Moines
C. c. Scott
Clark County
Osceola
Postmaster General Estimates Rise in Next Fiscal Year
Washington reports postmaster general projections show total post office appropriations at 46,925,200 for the coming year, up 3,614,700 from the current year. Free delivery costs total 21,228,300, up 1,892.80, with detailed increases for postmasters clerks substitutes and service-related expenses. Rural and urban routes, box inspections, and related allocations are outlined alongside a rural delivery expansion to 14,000 routes and a 12,000-route increase planned for next year. Also noted are Agriculture Department appropriations near five million dollars, up from 4,503,960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Winne
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Receivers Appointed for National Salt Company
National Salt Company moved into court receivership in Trenton New Jersey as Franklin P. McDermott of Jersey City and Nathan Beardslee of Warsaw New York were named receivers by Chancellor Magic. The firm shows liabilities of 1 150 000 with quick assets 858 000. a 225 000 loss in the first half year and expected monthly losses tied to a salt purchase contract expiring January 1904.
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Trenton
N. J
Chancellor Magic
Elizabeth
Frank P. McDermott
Jersey City
Nathan
Beardslee
Warsaw
N. Y
National Salt Company
Chauncey F. Strickland
New York City
Michigan Salt Association
National irrigation congress to open in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Sept. 30 The tenth national irrigation congress opens Oct. 6 with reports of strong attendance. Delegations from Omaha St Paul New Mexico Texas Wyoming Kansas Nebraska arrive by private cars. Topics cover proper expenditure of 8 million dollars in public funds and proceeds from land sales to reclaim arid lands and provide homes for millions.
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Colorado Springs
Col
National Irrigation Congress
Omaha
St. Paul
New Mexico
Texas
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Robbery by Masks: Oil Threat at Toledo Home
Two masked men invaded Fred R. Leonard’s home in Toledo on Sept. 30 and seized his wife as she prayed. They bound and gagged her, poured kerosene on her feet, and threatened to ignite the oil unless she disclosed her husband’s wealth. She surrendered earrings and a small sum, then the trio fled.
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Toledo
Fred R. Leonard
Bodies Found After City of Pittsburg Fire
The bodies of L. L. Hunter and L. B. Magill, wealthy manufacturers of Tidlot, Pa., missing since the City of Pittsburg fire last April, were recovered four miles downstream from the wreck and appeared buried in sand after a long search by relatives.
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Paducah
L. L. Hunter
L. B. Magill
Pittsburg
Tidlout
Crane's Nest Company Chartered in Bristol Court
The Crane's Nest Company received a charter in the Bristol Corporation Court for an authorized capital of 10 million dollars. The firm will own extensive coal lands in southwest Virginia and pursue a general coal and iron business. Officers named are George L. Carter as president J Norment Powell as vice president and T F Davis as secretary treasurer.
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Bristol, Tenn
Crane's Nest Company
Corporation Court
Bristol
Virginia
George L. Carter
J. Norment Powell
T. F. Davis
New Trial Granted in Nellie Cropsey Murder Case
The North Carolina Supreme Court granted James Wilcox a new trial in the Nellie Cropsey murder case. The decision cites prejudicial spectator conduct in and around the Elizabeth City courtroom. The retrial is set for November.
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Raleigh
N. C
Supreme Court of North Carolina
James Wilcox
Nellie Cropsey
Elizabeth City
New Colorado Railroad Opens Vast Routt Coal Fields
The Denver Northwestern & Pacific Railroad will thread northwestern Colorado, tapping Coal Creek in Jefferson county and the Routt county Yampa coal field. Four coal seams near Steamboat Springs and large lignite deposits near Coal Creek promise major tonnage, with high quality anthracite and bituminous coal rivaling Pennsylvania.
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Routt County
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis Journal
Denver
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad
Coal Creek
Jefferson County
Middle Park
Grand County
Henry Denman
Colorado State Inspector of Coal Mines
Yampa
Steamboat Springs
Denman
Professor Lakes
Colorado State School of Mines
Steamboat Sprites
Pees
Crested Butte
Gunnison County
Lake
Phur
Middle Penn
Southern Penn
Routt Co
Connellsville
Pat
Coal and Metal Miner's Book
Colorado State School
Golden
J. Only
Routt
Missouri River
Pacite
Canyon City
Trinidad
Palmer Lake
Falar Lake
Steamboat 5
Wiater
Kansas Pacific
Burlington
Rock Island
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Mises
Marshall Pass
Aemi
Missouri FE
Pacific Slope
California
British Columbia
New Zealand
Australia
Wales
Horn
Bast Lake City
Senator Clark
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Cal
Salt Lake City
Central Pacific
San Francisco
United States Navy
General Steam Mercantile Marine
Castle Gate
Utah
Government Navy
Phipps Gift to Boers Not a Nationality Tribute
Henry Phipps of Carnegie Steel arrived in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and explained he did not wish to discuss his $100,000 relief gift for destitute Boers. He noted he sent Arthur White to consult Mr Chamberlain and that England receiving the funds would have altered his intent.
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New York
Henry Phipps
Carnegie Steel Company
Relief Fund
Phip
Soe
Arthur White
Chamberlain
England
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J. P. Organ
Hibben, Hollweg & CO
U. S
J. F. Wild & Co., Bankers
Stevenson Building
Invalid’s
WM. H. Armstrong & CO. Surgical Instrument Makers
Meridian Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Wabash Railroad
Ramsey
Wabash
Carpenters and Joiners
of the
National Conven
Tion
Atlanta
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Canada
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Wilkesbarre
Pittston
Hazleton
Louisville
Haytien
Cunard Line
Carnegie Library
Cunard Shipping
English
Mrs. Winston
Rome
Kain
St. Louis
J. J. Harty
St.Louis
Hong-Kong
Canton
Cable Notes
W. W. Bronaugh
Agricultural Department
Irrigation Congress
New Coal and Iron Company
Wilcox
Bowen-Merrill
NEW Colorado Railroad
David H. Moffat
Mr. Phipps
Sumatra
Tom Keene
Daniel
Barry
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