Roosevelt Again Tries to Settle the Coal Strike
Washington officials report J Pierpont Morgan met with President Roosevelt to present a operators plan for a commission to settle the coal strike. The plan calls for a presidentially appointed commission with diverse expertise to issue binding findings for at least three years. Wilkes-Barre reports praise and objections while miners debate acceptance amid pressure from their leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Army and Navy
United States Court of the Eastern District
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Roosevelt
Coal Roads
Miners’ Association
Made His Pile West and Went Home
E P Downing returns to his old Nokomis home after 37 years away. He left in 1865 for Colorado and California gold fields, built a fortune, and later settled in Wichita. Now 61, he discovers his parents are dead, reunites with his sister in Chicago, and recalls founding Pana’s only shoe store forty years ago.
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Pana
Ill
E. P. Downing
Nakomis
Colorado
California
Wichita
Knsas
Nokomis
S. P. Turrentine
Chicago
The Play Influenced His Mind and Ended in Tragedy
Harry W. Patton shot his wife and killed himself after being moved by a melodrama titled A Fatal Wedding. Witnesses say the play mirrored his unhappy marriage and prompted him to imitate its climactic ending. Mrs. Patton survived initially and remained in critical condition at German Hospital.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Harry W. Patton
Patton
Needle Removed From Arm Of Cal. Boy
Andrew Hansen aged 12 of Crow Canyon Haywards California had a sewing needle pulled from his arm today after swallowing it years ago. He first ingested the needle ten years earlier and long suffered pains before the object surfaced again and was extracted by pincers.
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Haywards
Cal
Andrew Hansen
Crow Canyon
Faithful Dog Saves Child From House Fire
A Great Dane named Bruno carried three year old Florence Rogers through flames to safety as her parents rushed back to help. The child suffered burn injuries but is expected to recover.
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Marysville
Cal
Yuba
Butte Counties
Florence Rogers
Little Florence
Brano
Rogers
Bruno
Hoochie Coochie to Enter St Louis Fair Midway
Norris B. Gregg the Louisiana Purchase Exposition director of concessions indicates no rule bans the Hoochie Coochie dance on the fairs Midway despite protests from the board of lady managers. The management has not issued a formal ruling and the exhibit is expected to proceed along Skinker road in 1904 with gambling also likely to be permitted.
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ST. Louis
Norris B. Gregg
Gregg
Miss Gould
Fair Management
Skinker Road
Lady Managers
Lady Moralists
Tragedy in Altoona: Mennonite Schoolmaster Kills Seven
A Mennonite teacher Henry Toews at a rural Altoona school shoots seven people during a board dispute. Trustees John Hiebert Abraham Kempt Peter Kehler are fatally or severely wounded. Toews shoots at his pursuers and kills himself at the depot. Kebler and Hiebert children are among the injured.
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Grand Forks
S. D
Northwest
Altoona
Great Northern
Henry Toews
Toews
John Hiebert
Abraham Kempt
Peter Kehler
Kebler
Kempt
Rempet
Hiebert
Human Nature Triumphs Over Law In Custody Case
In St Louis, Judge Ferriss awarded custody of a 3 month old to Mrs Eugene Musier after noting that the mother’s bond and circumstances deserved priority over the common law presumption favoring the father. He stated the human heart should guide the ruling unless the mother is unfit.
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ST. Louis
Ferriss
Eugene Musier
Enterprising Editor Gaught Subscribers in Whisky Offer
Knoxville, Tenn. October 14 A Benton News editor J R Green also known as J W Thomas was indicted for giving a quart bottle of whisky to every new yearly subscriber and previously offered Bibles. The scheme drew many subscribers but violated internal revenue laws and led to his arrest.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Benton News
J. R. Green
J. W. Thomas
Green
East Tennessee
Pollock County
Internal Revenue
Priest Dies After Drinking Suspected Poison Water
Rev. Father W G Pendergast rector of St Mathews Catholic church died this morning after drinking water he thought was mineral water. His servant, housekeeper Miss Pauline Magner, and a package of embalming fluid found at the depot are linked to the incident though the exact cause remains unexplained.
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Mannington
W. Va
W.G. Pendergast
St. Mathew’s Catholic Church
Wheeling
Father Pendergast
B. and O
Pauline Magner
Mexican Dollar and Silver Prices Reported
The report from New York on October 14 notes Mexican dollars at 401 and 412 cents, silver at 50 cents per ounce, copper trading between 11.55 and 11.70, reflecting market quotes and daily ranges.
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New York
Two Kentucky Girls Duel for Love. One Is Dead
In Bryson Kentucky Mary Johnson twenty and Lydia Smith nineteen fought a dawn pistol duel near Jones woods over suitor Samuel Wood. Lydia was fatally wounded. Mary surrendered to authorities. Both were from good families and well educated.
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Young Wood
Jones’ Woods
Lydia Smith
Mary Johnson
The
Suns
New York Park Kiss Ends With Fines in Police Court
In Branch Brook Park Matthew Lepowitz of Newark kissed his sweetheart Rosie Smith amid high coal prices and bad weather. They were fined $20 each by Judge Schalk after Policeman Gilhooly testified the kiss lasted three minutes. The judge warned against public kissing and Lepowitz promised to pay up with help from friends.
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New York
Matthew Lepowitz
Newark
Rosie Smith
Branch Brook Park
Lepowitz
Rosie
Gilhooly
Schalk
Cleopatra
Miss Smith
Fierce Lioness at Lemp’s Park Attacks Trainer
Spitfire the lioness at the St Louis carnival nearly mauled Prof James Dyer inside a steel cage after a whip lash. Dyer sustained multiple lacerations and fainted under the amphitheater tent. Attendants used red hot bars and blank cartridges to distract the animal, allowing his escape. the beast had previously killed keepers on two occasions.
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ST. Louis
Spitfire
Lemp’s Park
James ‘Dyer
Dyer
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Mitchel
Frank P. Sargent
Immigration
Carroll D. Wright
Labor
White House
ST. Louis Fair
the Freak Danges
Gaught
Metal and Money Market
Kentucky
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