Treasure Recovered After Lost Shipment Near New Jersey
Silver and lead bullion worth $100000, from Mexican mines via Galveston, lay bottom of Staten Island Sound since September 27. Divers and a dredge recovered about 63 percent, mainly silver, with insurers relieved as the loss diminishes.
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New York
Staten Island Sound
Sewaren
N. J
Galveston
Alas- Jory
East River
American Smelting and Refining Company
Perth Amboy
Harold
Peter Moore
Kill von Kull
Handa
Moore
New Jersey
Insurance Companien
Insurance Company
Derth Amboy
Baxter
Walking Delegates Make Startling Confession in City
Henry Farley a walking delegate awaiting trial for perjury claims a citywide network of walking delegates extorted money from contractors to avoid or end strikes. He cites a $50000 payment from W E D Stokes to halt interference with the Ansonia Hotel project. Farley says perjury arose from a meeting with a prominent lawyer and that a Parks payoff of 200 went to his presence. District Attorney Jerome heard the confession with aides present and may pursue disbarment for other delegates.
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New York
Henry Farley
Hamuel Parks
Farley
W. E. D. Stokes
Ansonia Hotel
73Rd Street
Broadway
Jerome
Parks
Brooklyn
Kansas City
Hhis
Miners Leaving British Yukon Claim Favor US Boundary
A Tacoma dispatch reports American miners are departing British Yukon to seek Alaskan side aid as John McGill Irvay a New York mining engineer urges that no Yukon government is preferable to Canadian control. Juneau and Skagway dispatches note Alaska residents await the boundary commission ruling. Porcupine district miners file claims with British recorders to protect rights if the decision harms the United States.
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Ghicazo
Record Herald
Tacoma
Wash
Baya
British Yukon
Alaskan
John McGillivray
New York
Klondike
Yukon Territory
Junean
Skagway
Alaska
Boundary’ Commission
London
Porcupine District
Territory
United States
Plant Shutdown Forces 2500 Workers Idle in Youngstown
The Carnegie Steel plant in Youngstown Ohio employing about 2500 men will suspend operations tonight for one week and may extend the closure another week if market conditions do not improve.
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Youngstown, C
Ohio
Carnegie Steel Company
Dayton man chokes wife then returns to work
Charles F. Weiffenbach of Dayton strangled his wife after a quarrel in the night. He later ate breakfast, then went to the tobacco warehouse where he was a foreman, gave Jaya work instructions, and surrendered to police, admitting the crime.
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Dayton
Charles F. Weiffenbach
Cooly
Letter Carrier Jailed for Thefts from Mail
Albert Jaerndt, a Chicago letter carrier, is jailed awaiting arraignment on charges of stealing letters containing checks and money. He told Post Office Inspector Stuart he bet on races and, pressed for funds, had stolen for over a year, with losses running into thousands. Jaerndt had served as an officer and twice as a delegate in the National Association of Letter Carriers.
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Chicago
Albert Jaerndt
Jaerndt
Post Office
Stuart
Joemdt
National Association of Letter Carriers
Alaska boundary decision shocks both sides in London report
The Alaska boundary commission privately sided with American contentions except for the Portland canal which goes to Canada. A formal agreement was to be drawn and signed, with the map marking the new boundary to follow. Officials in the United States called it a victory despite uncertainty over the canal. Toronto observers react with disappointment to the ruling.
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London
Alaska Boundary Commission
Portland Canal
Canada
Alaska
United States
Lord Alverstone
Lodge
Hoot
Turner
Alaskan
Tortland Canal
Washington
Associated Press
Boundary Commission
State Department
Pearse Island
Pearse Island 3
Toronto
Ont
Thomas Slodgins
K. C
No Passes For Merchants by Western Railroads
The Chicago Tribune reports that western roads will restrict passes in 1904 with merchants passes entirely discontinued. Exchange passes will be curtailed and annual passes will not be exchanged with roads denying similar favors. Eastern trunk line officers will be excluded from western annual passes. return passes for stock shipments will be cut off next year.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Isany Exchange
Mine Owners Make Charges in Cripple Creek Strike
Colorado Springs Oct 17 C G Hamline secretary of the Cripple Creek District Mine owners and Operators association states there is no ground for compromise with the Western Federation of Miners. He says the strike is over with 1561 men at work and condemns the federation for boycott intimidation crime and un American principles. Col MacNeil of United States Reduction and Refining company refused to confer with President Moyer of the federation on the strike.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
C. CG. Hamline
Cripple Creek District
Cripple Creek
Western Federation of Miners
MacNeil
United States Reduction and
Belgian King Visits Emperor at Vienna Station
Vienna on October 13 reports Belgian King arrived for a brief visit to Emperor Francis Joseph. The two rulers met at the railroad station and later drove to the Hofburg palace for private talks.
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Vienna
Eine Teoneld
Francis Joseph
Hofburg
Fifteen Die and Forty Injured in Train Collision Near Washington Crossing
In Trenton on October 17 a work train carrying laborers to Washington Crossing collided with a gravel train on the Pennsylvania road. Fifteen were killed and about forty injured, mostly Italian laborers and a few colored men. The wreck involved four cars and two flat cars, with bodies taken to the morgue for identification. Police aided by a Trenton relief train contained crowds and injuries as investigators considered signals and rear clearance.
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Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania Road
Washington Crossing
Saloon Fight Over Politics in Harlem
In Harlem a saloon shooting followed a bitter argument over Tammany Hall. Thomas Kenney, a laborer, lies dying after being struck with chairs and shot with revolvers. James Hennessy is held to await charges as the alleged assailant. A general brawl erupted when police entered.
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New York
WarAs
Tammany Hall
Thomas Kenney
James Hennesey
Harlem
Kenney
Baresh
Rentey
Hennessey
Fred
Unknown girl commits suicide at Lincoln church
A freshman student at the university died after taking a large dose of carbolic acid outside St. Marys cathedral in Lincoln Nebraska. She staggered into the church and died while attempting to kneel in prayer. Reports say she told a priest at confessions she was the banker’s daughter but gave no name.
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Lincoln, Neb
St. Mary's Cathedral
Two Self Destruction Attempts In San Francisco Lodging
In San Francisco on October 17 a man renting a room on Kearney Street shot himself in the breast and died. At the same hour an inmate of the same lodging left for the waterfront and killed himself with a bullet to the left breast. The first man’s name appeared as Swalker and resembled a railroad laborer about forty five. The second, Tarry Gasper, a stevedore at Pupeleployes, said he was tired of life and likely will die.
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San Francisco
Kearney Street
Swalker
Tarry Gasper
Puelaployes
Monster Whale Battles Steamer Humber Off Cape Spear
The whaling steamer Humber, returning to New York for repairs, endured a 29 hour duel with a monster whale off Cape Spear, claimed by the crew to be 110 feet long. The whale towed the vessel at seven miles per hour after harpooning, nearly sinking the ship as it fought to dive under the water. The captain twice faced cutting the line, but the windlass held and the whale ultimately released the struggle.
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New York
Humber
St. Johna
N. FE
Cape Spear
N. F
Irish Have the Power to Free Their Country
A Dublin dispatch reports William J. Redmond speaking at Bailborough during the Robert Emmet Centennary honoring Emmet. Redmond said if Treland’s people had the power today to follow Emmet and gain freedom as Americans did, they would do so. He noted Irish MPs worked in British Parliament rather than in Ireland’s fields, using the only weapons at hand.
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New York
Get
Bailborough
Robert Emmet
Desatch
Dublin
Times
William I
Redmond
Trelant
Mr. Redmond
Ireland
War preparations still bring renewed tensions in Far East
Berlin reports stalled negotiations between Japan and Russia as both powers refuse concessions. Japan demands a clear division of spheres of influence and rejects drift toward Russian dominance in Corea. Russia readies forces in the Far East while Japan accelerates war material shipments via Germany.
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Berlin
Japan
Russia
Corea
Tokio
Far East
Germany
Essen
Fprines
Adelbert
William
Bandits Hold Up North Coast Limited Operator
Two masked men on horseback threatened 20 year old operator F K Law at Welch's Spur station near Butte Montana. They forced him inside and stopped the next train by signaling, then fled at daylight after the North Coast Limited passed at speed. Law wired Homestake to warn the conductor not to stop.
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Butte
Mont
Welch's Spur
North Coast Limited
Crack Flyer
Northern Pacific
F. K. Law
Homestake
Welch
Possel
Beirut Christians Deeply Impressed by European Inaction
In Beirut on Oct 17 Christians lament European indifference to recent Mohammedan unrest while Muslims celebrate potential European intervention. The attack on Christians preceded the arrival of US warships and the governor sought instructions from Constantinople. A Telegram from the Sultan’s chamberlain urges non interference and return to Constantinople.
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Beirut
Constantinople
Yildiz
Aberdeen Fire Fallout Prompts Citywide Building Plan
Aberdeen officials report outside help declined as Olympia and Torland offered aid. Merchants assess losses at over 760000 with insurers valuing damage under 500000 and about 150000 insured. Three confirmed deaths with rumors of a fourth. a mass meeting plans a fire limit ordinance and a rebuilding association.
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Tacoma
Uct
Newa
Aberdeen
West
Olympia
Torland
Montesano
Hoquiam
Fie
Rail stocks slump as industry faces retrenchment
New York stock summaries show sharp declines in industrial securities as railroad layoffs fuel fears of broader cutbacks. Reports cite weaker railroad equipment firms, tighter credit, and rising pressures from Pittsburgh lending sources amid a fragile market for collateral.
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The
Yukon
Claim the Western Federation of Miners
European
Bertha
Genoa
Italy
Hamburg
Yokohama
Ito
Corean
Manchuria
Corey
To~kin Eay’s
Port Arthur
Paris
Mediterranean
Tme
Lape Ol
Montana
Weee’s Stock Market
Hart Equipment Companies
Pittsburg
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