Battle near Pecan Grove plantation leaves three dead
A clash near Pecan Grove in St. Charles parish between a Black group led by white man Pat McGee and a constable posse left three Black people dead and seven or eight wounded. McGee and followers fled to swamps as a search expands and further trouble is feared.
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New Orleans
Pecan Grove Plantation
St. Charles Parish
Pat McGee
McGee
Mississippi Valley Railroad
John Winds
BicGee
Aiden
Russians angered by US opening of Mukden treaty port
New York dispatch reports Russian officials and media decry the United States move to open Mukden for world commerce. Admiral Alexeiev and the Dalny fleet reply that relations with America will remain friendly and deny rumors of forts or troops at Yongampho, while noting unrest near the Manchurian railway and brigand activity.
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New York
United States
Mukden
Chefoc
New York Herald
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Novoe Krai
Russia
China
Manchuria
Dalny
Far East
the Herald
America
Yongampho
Corea
Yorgama
Harbin
Windivostock
Canadians Bitter Over Alaskan Boundary Award
London reports the Alaska Boundary Tribunal largely favors the United States on Portland Canal islands and the boundary line. Canadian commissioners Aylenworth and Jette refuse to sign, vow to record their objections, and a public meeting is canceled. Foster notes U.S. gains include White Pass and Chilkoot passages and western shoreline control, while Pearse and Wales islands losses reduce a Canadian claim.
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London
Alaska
Messrs
Aylenworth
Jette
Mapa
Portland Canal
United States
Kannaghwaut
Sitklan
Portland Channel
Ocean
Port Simpson
Wiles and Pearse Islands
Canada
Yortland Canal
Mount St. Elias
Lynn Canal
Alverstone
Mesars
Foster and
Sifton
Laurier
Phaymnene
Jette and
Ua Ay
Wmannaghunut
Aiklan
Wales
Pearse
Kannaghunut
Tord _ -Alverstone
Sargad
King
Great Britain
Atlin
Yukon
Tondoen
Cape Muzon
Wales Islanda
Tonga Passage
Sitklan Island
Tongas Pass
Salmon
Bear River
Hici Mountains
Mount Whipple
Stikine River
Kates Needle
Devil's Thumb
Washington
Haleday
John W. Foster
Boundary Tribunal
May
Foster
Hay
State Department
Commission
White Pass
Chilkoot Pass
Commissionera
Capa Fairweather
Nlehini River
Department
Scretary Hay
Pearse and
Fort Simpson
Rio Grande Stockholders Reelect Directors and Note Growth
Denver Oct 20 stockholders of the Rio Grande met at headquarters with 783-10 percent represented. All directors were reelected except Charles G. Warner who retires due to ill health and is replaced by Edwin Gould. Gross earnings were 817,504550 and net 6,674,709. The year saw no unpaid vouchers, no floating debt, and $1,335,652 spent on improvements.
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Denver
Rio Grande
Charles G. Warner
St. Louis
Edwin Gould
Cork
North Fork
Delta
Somerset
Colorado
Castle Valley
Salina
Utah
Alamosa
Creede
Colo
Aystem
Cripple Creek
Telluride
Denver and
Inves Asiany
S. M. Wood
Theft in Bank Revealed in Boston Case
Boston newspaper reports an alleged theft of $20 000 from the Boston National Union Tank last November. Elmer E. Leavitt of Boston was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. a hearing set for November 4. The article notes a $5,000 portion of the claim.
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Boston
Boston National Union Tank
Elmer E. Leavitt
Leavitt
Dyas
Democrats Indicted in Naturalization Fraud Scheme
Federal grand jury indicted St. Louis figures including Capt. Samuel J. Boyd former marshal Thomas Barrett Democratic State committee member John Dolan Democratic City Central chair Adolph Fein and Jacob Weissman for naturalization frauds tied to the recent election. Indictments exceed twenty against Barrett Weissman and Dolan with ten thousand dollar bonds.
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St. Louis
Samuel J. Boyd
Thomas B. Barrett
Weissman
Barrett
Dolan
United States District Court
United States
Mersey
Boyd
Federal Building
Farrett
Mother Reunites With Kidnapped Children After Long Search
Mrs Buck, left penniless when her husband abducted their two children aged nine and seven, worked to save 2sind and, with help from the California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, located the family on a Mina New York farm. She traveled east alone, found them at their school, and brought them back to California after evading pursuit.
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San Francisco
Huck
New York
Buck
California Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Mina
N.Y
California
Robbers Blow Open Nebraska Bank Vault
In Pleasant Dale near Lincoln Nebraska a gang blasted the bank at an early hour shattering the vault and wrecking the building. The robbers fled before taking any money from a vault containing about $30,000 as a posse closes in on their trail.
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Lincoln, Neb
Pleasant Dale
Neb
Cloakmakers Union Opens Cooperative Factory and Store
New York on October 20 marks the first cooperative venture of the United Brotherhood of Cloakmakers. The New York local of the International Ladies Garment Makers' Union opened a factory and store that will begin operations today.
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New York
United Brotherhood of Cloakmakers
International Ladies Garment Makers’ Union
Steamer South Portland Wrecks Off Oregon Coast
The steamer South Portland was wrecked near Bandon on the Oregon coast with thirty four aboard. Only eight passengers and crew are known to have survived, while seventeen more were aboard the life raft found in the breakers and the rescue effort continues amid dense fog and rough seas.
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Marshfield
Ore
South Portland
Bandon
Oregon
Sesael Attuck
Cook
Blanco Reef
McIntyre
Portland
HW. Weber
J. Watson
S. Benens
Lakeys Re
W. T. Tyrrell
al Bailey
CL Hallenbeck
D. McKay
F. Mooringe
Paul Reinmuth
J. C. Wright
J. Th. McIntyre
Bruce
Raven
Port Oreford
Captain McIntyre
John Reamer
Emanuel Pasomenis
William Wilson
Ta Baker
Guy Bent
Capa Blanco
W. E. Tyrrell
San Francisco
The
Marine Exchange
Astoria
Oregon Coast
Patrick Mahaney Sails to Ireland with Savings
New York dispatch reports Patrick Mahaney of Derby Connecticut sailed for Ireland with 5200 dollars, the savings of 32 years as a farm hand. At twelve dollars a month he worked for only three employers and took six days off. His expenditures totaled 44.90 dollars, mostly on newspapers, and he plans to live comfortably without further work.
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New York
Patrick Mahaney
Derby
Conn
Ireland
Mahaney
Bankers Meet in San Francisco
Three preliminary meetings for the American Bankers Association convention were held in San Francisco on October 20. The trust company section met at the California Theatre with T. A. Peters presiding. P. C. Kaufman of Fidelity in Tacoma read on Northwest trust companies. Clark Williams of New York spoke on Greater New York trust firms. Attendance was light due to distance and Wall Street conditions. The California Bankers Association and Savings Bank section met that afternoon.
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San Francisco
Trust Company
California
T. A. Peters
Frank J. Symmes
P. C. Kaufman
Fidelity Company of
Tacoma
Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Clark Williams
New York
Truat Companies
Greater New York
Becne
Doubtiess
Trust Companis
Wall Street
Californa Dankers* Association
Savings Bank
General Convention
Fort Riley Holds drills and instruction for guardsmen
At Fort Riley Kansas today drills and technical guidance were arranged to rub elbows with regulars and prepare national guardsmen for upcoming maneuvers. The engineers trained guards in entrenchment building under General Hamilton of the British army, expected to direct field maneuvers tomorrow.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Engineer Corps
Hamilton
Street traffic toll in New York rises sharply
Official Board of Health figures show New York street fatalities climbing from 436 in 1901 to 533 in 1902 with 1903 projections near one thousand. A Brooklyn Fifth Avenue crash injured a mother and infant, both with skull fractures and fatal prognosis.
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New York
Board of Health
Mom Han
Catherine Mefnerny
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Steinhart Seeks Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Support
United States Consul General Steinhart arrived in New York from Havana to drum up interest among Cuban business leaders in the reciprocity treaty. He argued the pact will boost U S competition against Europe, expand Cuban imports, and likely double annual trade to about 60 million dollars within six months after passage as Cuban markets grow and prices fall.
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New York
United States
Steinhart
Havana
Cuba
Oakland Arrest Alleges Stammer as Basis for Mistaken Identity
H B Erickson claims the arrest of a man who identified as William George Carthew, a New York bank embezzler, stemmed from a supposed stutter and not from accurate identification. The case centers on mistaken identity and the grounds for the arrest.
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Oakland
H. B. Erickson
Willam George Carthew
New York
Carthew
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POSSE
Admiral Alexies
Devils’ Thumb
White and Taiys
Chilkoot Passes
Mount Fairweather
Chilkoot River
Porcupine
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