Payne Sees Roosevelt Tariff Reform and Commission
Milwaukee dispatch reports Postmaster General Henry C Payne stating President Roosevelt will likely urge a permanent tariff commission to study duties and advise Congress. He cites support for tariff revision, reciprocity with Cuba, and testimony based expert reports, aligning with Spooner’s earlier remarks and Logansport speech.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry C. Payne
Roosevelt
Congress
Spooner
Payne
Logansport
Ind
Cuba
McKinley
Republic
Secretary Shaw headlines Baltimore Republican mass meeting
In Baltimore on October 14, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw spoke at a Republican ratification and mass meeting at Music Hall attended by about five thousand voters, women, and children. Local banker John B. Ramsay introduced him as Shaw argued for protectionist policy, citing deficits and consumption as the engine of prosperity, and denouncing Democratic tariff doctrine.
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Baltimore
Leslie M. Shaw
Music Hall
Tostrum
Shaw
John B. Ramsay
Tas
Senator Nelson Dies En Route To Speech After Handcar Ride
In Duluth on October 14 Senator Nelson traveled by handcar toward a train to Two Harbors. Near Wolff Junction a wreck halted progress. the senator was killed for a speech that night. He had visited Hibbing earlier and urged onward to reach the connection. The accident caused a violent jolt but no other injuries were reported.
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Duluth
Minn
United States
Nelson
Hibbing
Wolff Junction
Angel
Manufacturers Plan Aimed at Anthracite Strike Settlement
New York Oct 4 The regular meeting of coal operators followed a conference with a national manufacturers committee outlining a plan to settle the anthracite strike. Operators will consider the plan while miners decide on arbitration proposals submitted to President Roosevelt. A Manufactures' committee member said the plan would be acceptable to Mr Mitchell if miners reject arbitration. The meeting closed with no statement issued. The committee included David M Try Frank Young and Leake noted the plan not formally presented.
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New York
Roosevelt
Washington
Manufacturers
Association
Mitchell
Baer
David M. Try
Frank
Philadelphia
Richard Young
Leake
Manufacturers’ Association
Renin Parry
Manufacturers’ Association At
Buffalo
Ann
Olyphant
Wilcox
Delaware & Hudson
Morgan
Odell
Fifth-avenue Hotel
Tcell
Coal Operators and Miners Face Roosevelt Mediation
Reports from Buffalo last week describe a meeting of the Manufacturers Association and coal operators where Henry Mitchell proposed a 10 percent wage rise in exchange for union recognition. Morgan, Baer, and Roosevelt were cited as key figures with Morgan’s influence praised. observers say both sides must concede to avert national hard coal disruption.
Talk With Operators and Leaders on Arbitration Proposal
New York Oct 14 President Baer of Philadelphia and Reading arrives to discuss a proposed arbitration plan. Olyphant of Delaware & Hudson and Truesdale of Lackawanna steer stance on full time work, car availability, and commission makeup. Markle, independent operator, declines to sign, while Fowler cites public necessity and relief from coal scarcity as motives.
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New York
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Philadelphia
Temple Iron Company
Mr. Baer
Baer
Olyphant
The
Delaware & Hudson
Truesdale
Lackawanna
Fowler
John Markle
Criticised by Gompers on labor plan in Washington
Washington October 4 President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor criticized the operators plan as unfair saying the president's hands should not be tied. The remark came as discussions with Mr Mitchell continued in the capital.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
President urged free hand in mine arbitration commission
The speaker advocates leaving the arbitration commission selection to the President, condemning mine owners for proposing a panel biased toward operators. He cites aims to include an expert miner out of work, an eminent sociologist, and a coal trader, noting no representative of actual miners. He insists the President should decide personnel without owner influence.
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Mitchell
Commission of Arbitration
United States
Arbitration Commission
Coal Strike Settlement Could Boost Supplies Soon
Washington reports say a prompt coal supply improvement hinges on a settlement and immediate mine reopens. Dr. David T. Hay of the U S Geological Survey cautions about timing, while industry observers foresee prices falling to pre strike levels by December and output rising to 100000 tons daily within six weeks if miners return promptly.
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Washington
David T. Hay
Division of Mineral Resources
United States Geological Survey
Gan
Scranton Mining Prepares to Resume Full Output
In Scranton Pennsylvania mining chiefs say most mines could run at full capacity within a week after the strike ends. Workers have been tidying, timbering, and cleaning up, with water and gas largely controlled inside ten days. A student crowd near Diamond colliery clashed with nonunionists, deputies fired, and a Twelfth Regiment unit dispersed the mob. Governor Odell in New York foresees a swift arbitration path and a prompt resumption of work once proposals converge.
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Scranton
Diamond
Winchesters
Twelfth Regiment
No Coal to Evaporate Apples in Western New York
Michael Doyle for the Fruit Growers Association of New York warns Governor O'Dell that without immediate anthracite coal supply western New York fruit growers may lose at least 8 million dollars. Hundreds of thousands of bushels of apples rot in orchards and the evaporating industry stalls.
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Rochester
N. Y
Michael Doyle
Fruit Growers’ Association of New York
O'Dell
New York
Mob Holds Up Two Men in Shamokin
In Shamokin Pennsylvania John Shipman and David Hewitt nonunionists were halted by a mob of about 80 including women and children as they returned from the Henry Clay shaft. They were struck and knocked down several times before escaping as soldiers arrived the crowd then dispersed. In New York a rates committee of the Retail Coal Dealers Association kept anthracite at 20 dollars per ton and cut bituminous coal from 9 to 8 dollars per ton.
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Shamokin
John Shipman
David Hewitt
New York
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association of
Texas mob thwarted. Negro saved from thousands
Sheriff Spradley of Nacogdoches county Texas guided James Buchanan, a self confessed murderer, through a staged escape to avoid a multi thousand strong mob. Deputies forced 25 men to lay down arms as Buchanan was moved toward safety aboard trains.
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Shreveport
John Spracley
Nacogdoches County
Texas
James Buchanan
Hicks
Buchanan
Nacogdoches
Tenaha
Appleby
Matthews
Spratley
al Appleby
Spradley
Logansport
Parish
Texas & Pacific
Shares in million-dollar stock tips dispute
James N. Yeagey of Cincinnati sues Henry Allen & Co seeking his share of a reported $1,000,000 profit from advance stock news tied to the whisky combine dissolution. Courts previously ruled the agreement against public policy and nonsuited Yeagey. The case awaits the New York Court of Appeals ruling on legality of furnishing exclusive advance news.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
James N. Yeagey
Cincinnati
New York City Stock Exchange
Henry Allen & Co
Yeagey
Congressional
Whisky ‘‘Combine
Combine
Steamship Massachusetts Launched by Atlantic Line
Camden news reports the steamship Massachusetts of the Atlantic Transport Company was launched at New York Shipbuilding Company yards. The 17,000 ton vessel measures 36 feet long, 58 feet beam, 35 feet 6 inches depth, with a 27 foot draught and triple expansion engines rated at 5,000 indicated horsepower.
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Camden
N. J
Massachusetts
Atlantic Transport Company
New York Shipbuilding Company
Atlantic Transport Line
Resignation Accepted From Lady Helen Munro Ferguson
A Scottish Women's Liberal Federation meeting in London marked by disorder accepted the resignation of president Lady Helen Munro Ferguson after a sharp clash over allegiance to Campbell Bannerman and Rosebery. The vote ended 133 to 63, with the Countess of Aberdeen elected to chair.
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London
Lord Rosebery
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
Scottish Women's Liberal Federation
Helen Munro-Ferguson
Lord Dufferin
House of Commons
Campbell-Bannerman
Liberal League
Federation
Helen
Lady Helen
Parlament
Countess of Aberdeen
Postal Service Growth Report Shrinks and Soars in Early 1900s
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Postmaster General Payne will estimate year ending June 30, 1903 receipts at about 144 million dollars, a several million rise over the prior fiscal year. The article also recounts a 1792 letter from Timothy Pickering to Secretary Hamilton proposing a house to house his office force and servants with a potential charge of 300 dollars for two rooms and wood cellar space. Whether the request was approved is unknown.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Payne
Postoffice Department
Secretary of the Navy
Moody
Timothy Pickering
Hamilton
Treasury Department
General Post Office
Plan to empower board with staffing and sinking fund control
The proposal would allow cil to set the number and compensation of employees. It would create a Cincinnati public safety board appointed by the Governor, with a fallback that if sinking fund trustees do not appoint within thirty days of the act taking effect the Governor will fill board seats.
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Cil
Cincinnati
Board of Public Safety
Dynamite Strike Aggressive Toward New York Rail Service
Saratoga Springs reports dynamite used on a trolley line near Mechanicsville as a motor men's strike escalates. Deputies sworn in and national guardsmen warned of arrest risk. potential riot looms. Other U S rail and labor clashes surface in St Louis and Spokane court actions, with recent NY union pressmen settlement and Takahashi restaurant case.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Hudson Valley Railroad
Saratoga Springs
Mechanicsville
South Broadway
Andrews
Second Regiment
Saratoga County
Finnegan
Union
St. Louis
Georgia Railroad
Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union
Takahashi
Foresting Sand Hills in Nebraska Shows Promise for Revenue
The Nebraska Sand Hills, 15 million acres of sandy area, are being studied for tree growth. Plantings of Scotch, Austrian, rock and pack pines in Holt County have thrived, with heights ranging from four to eighteen feet. Foresters predict a future of lumber products, telegraph poles, and railroad ties, boosting regional wealth.
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New York Sun
Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska Geological Survey
Hicks
Theological Survey
Holt County
Division of Forestry
Sand Hills
Progrm Lesson Ends With Whip In Class
A Chicago Tribune report recounts a classroom incident where a teacher corrects a student on pronunciation and then uses a whip when the dictionary cannot be located. The event centers on Willie, the student, and the punitive response in a school setting.
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Chicago Tribune
Willie
Ohio Municipal Code proposed public safety department split
The Columbus conference committee shifted its stance proposing a separate municipal department of public safety distinct from public service. A board for public works would be elected by councils to oversee officers and funds, while a bipartisan public safety board appointed by sinking fund trustees would manage police, fire, and health civil service actions.
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Columbus
Legislative Conference Committee
Department of Public Safety
Board of Public Safety
Fire
Civil Service Commissioners
Police
Health
Coun
Free trial treatment offered by Dr. Lipes promises cures
A scandalous health ad offers a free trial treatment from Dr. Lipes of Indianapolis for a wide range of illnesses from heart and lung disorders to gout and neuralgia. It claims the new method rapidly displaces old cures and invites out of town patients to write in or visit the Stevenson Building office for a free trial with no conditions.
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U. G. Lipes
Dr. Lipes
LA. G. Lipes
Stevenson Building
Indianapolis
Bradford Bigamist Perjurer Case Ties Soldier’s World to Pension Fraud
Chicago dated report details Eugene L Bradford aged 57 of Kingston NL arrested on perjury charges. He allegedly married Maggie E Welch 27 years ago and is accused of bigamy and desertion from a Civil War era marriage. A Knoxville widow claim triggered federal probes and a pension office indictment after Bradford admitted Army ties but denied relations with the reported wife. Separate Beaumont Texas item notes a lightning strike at a negro church during a funeral, killing one and injuring five, with the steeple collapse leaving mourners fleeing.
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Chicago
Eugene L. Bradford
Bradford
Kingston
Maggie E. Welch
Ollie Bradford
Knoxville
Tenn
Elgin Battery
Ilnois Light Artillery
Pension Bureau
Dford
Beaumont
Tex
Wall Street
Insurance Schedule Rejected by Knights of Father Mathew
In Kansas City on October 4 the Supreme Council of the Knights of Father Mathew rejected the proposed new insurance schedule. Rates will stay the same as before. The council voted a one dollar tax on each member to fund the organization as the Supreme Council directs.
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Kansas City
Supreme Council of the Knights of Father Mathew
Kan
Supreme Council
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