News Roundup of Explosions Strikes and Labor Fights
Earl Bush and Frank Anspaugh were killed by a nitroglycerin blast near Lima. Detroit coal conference gathers delegates from 60 cities, 16 states and D C. Roosevelt reviews G A R parade in Washington. Miners vote to continue strike until concessions. Garield Burley Curtis Brown lynched in Newbern Tennessee.
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Earl Bush
Frank Anspaugh
Lima
Detroit
States
District of Columbia
Washington
Roosevelt
Garfield Burley
Curtis Brown
Newbern
Tenn
Mitchell Wilkesbarre
W York
Arunette
Wis
Perrysville
Nebraska Supreme Court
Cuba
Ef] Dorado
Ark
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coalanthra
J. J. Prince
Pole Watson
Henderson
Watson
New Orleans
Western Federation of Miners
Mitchell
United States
Canada
New York
Pleasant Pruitt
Indianapolis
Pruitt
Grand Army
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Adjutant General
Henry Haubens
Omaha
Neb
Henry Welsh
Downington, Mich
Welsh
James Lane
Yates Opens Republican Campaign in Anna
Rhode Island Republicans nominate Charles Dean Kimball for governor and endorse Roosevelt for renomination. Democrats in the Eighteenth New York district nominate Joseph A. Goulden for Congress.
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Gov. Yates
Anna
Rhode Island
Charles Dean Kimball
President Roosevelt
Joseph A. Goulden
Congress
New York
Kaiser Wilhelm Abandons Boer Generals Audience Plan
A proposal to grant Kaiser Wilhelm a formal audience with Boer generals was abandoned, ending the planned diplomatic gesture. The decision removes a potential symbolic meeting between German leadership and Boer military leaders.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Miners in Need as Strikes and Marchers Surge Across Regions
Hazleton reports miners dire for aid with several walking 30 miles to Wilkes-Barre. Northwestern Fuel Co. workers strike in Duluth seeking to buy one ton each. A 19 year old shoemaker Evangelo Derigo killed Alphonso Salgrone and wounded Carmelo Salgrone and Joseph Dirute in Rockville Centre. Prohibitive coal prices trigger sidewalk and paving block raids in Chicago prompting police action. Navy notes Guam earthquake inquiries with no casualties. Philadelphia Readings Railway holds annual stockholders meeting with Baer and directors reelected. A one pound seven ounce boy born in incubator at Bellevue and New York Post Grad hospitals. Maj. John F. O'Brien, 62, dies in Louisville. West Point appointee, Confederate veteran built Charleston battery. In Los Angeles detectives arrest three men for post office robberies. $800 reward offered for captives' return.
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Hazleton
Wilkesbarre
Duluth
Joseph Dirute
Rockville Centre
Chicago
Navy Department
Guam
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co
Philadelphia
Baer
Bellevue
New York Post
John F. O'Brien
Louisville
Military Academy
West Point
Jefferson Davis
Charleston
S. C
Los Angeles
Cal
William Eller
J. ‘Melville
M. E. Vinson
California
United States
Toledo
Minor News Items Bulk from a Confused Ledger
The English church school property valued at 100 million dollars. Rome necropolis graves unearthed. Corbin, Young and Wood dined with King Edward in London. Miners Federation pledges 5 thousand dollars to Pennsylvania anthracite relief. Grand Duke Nicholas meets the Turkish sultan over Donia order. Isaac Weymouth, a Cedarville murderer, kills marshal then hangs in Springfield. Independent cigar firms plan a 3 million capital supply firm to challenge trusts. Lincoln mayor and residents forest three acres for fuel. 300 workers cut timber. Frank Higgins, killer of Willie Doherty, sentenced to hang December 11 at St. John. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul stock rises 25 million in common stock for western expansion. 500 Porto Rican emigrants in Hawaii seek aid from cruelty by planters. Arlington cemetery honors General Wright with a formal monument. Shoe trade shifts westward from east. Boston yearly trade down 387 thousand cases. Chicago and St Louis up 16 percent. New York bank clearings total 1.435 trillion since founding 49 years ago, enabling grandiose world-debt fantasies.
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Rome
Corbin, Young and Wood
King Edwardham Palace
London
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Pennsylvania
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Turkey
Isia
M Donia
Isaac Weymouth
Marshal Harris
Cedarville
Springfield
Drake
Lincoln
N. J
Frank Higgins
Willie Doherty
Rockwood Park
N. B
St. John
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Sixth Army Corps
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Alabama
Stewart elected chief of Grand Army encampment
The Grand Army of the Republic met in Washington with about 1,000 delegates. Gen. Thomas J. Stewart of Pennsylvania was elected Commander in Chief, William M. Olin of Massachusetts as vice commander, and James M. Averill of Georgia as junior vice commander. The session also addressed pension bureau criticism and membership figures.
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Washington
Grand Army
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Inchief
William M. Olin
Massachusetts
James M. Averill
Georgia
Grand Army of the Republic
First Congregational Church
Torrance
J. B. Starkey
Pittsburg
McKinley
Roosevelt
Adjt
Silas 4. Towler
Minneapolis
Adjutant General
Pension Committee
Pension Bureau
T. J. Stewart
The
New Orleans Street Car Strike Deepens
The New Orleans street car strike grows more grave as Gov. Heard tours the situation. He consults with several men while business leaders urge a peaceful settlement without state troops. The city fears impending trouble with two camps pressing for different courses.
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New Orleans
Heard
Fatal Highland Division collision at Sandy Hook station
One dead and over a score injured after an excursion train of 14 cars rear ended a westbound regular train in front of Sandy Hook station. Mamie Quinlan of Naugatuck, 22, died minutes after the crash while passengers were being evacuated.
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Danbury
Forest Fires Ravage Michigan Wisconsin Region
Forest fires sweep across northern Michigan and Wisconsin with the Menominee river bridge between Dickinson and Florence destroyed. The Niagara paper mill loses nine thousand cords of wood and other losses total about $65,000 with additional damages estimated at Kell Mid and Armstrong.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
Michigan
Wisconsin
Menominee River
Dickinson
Florence
Niagara Paper Mill
Kell. Mid
Armstrong
Remembered Society Beauty at the Monkey Party
A Chicago Tribune snippet recalls a social scene where a colonel and a society beauty discuss memory and recognition after a noted gathering described as a monkey party, hinting at social intrigue.
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Chicago Tribune
Dean's Ointment Promises Quick Relief and Cure
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as providing instant relief and a permanent cure for itching piles at 50 cents. The ad warns against excessive white in Daily News printing and promotes Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil for cuts and burns.
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Dean
Dr. Thomas
Doan's Kidney Pills Proven To Cure Kidney Trouble
John J. Scharschug of Aurora Illinois testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his backache and kidney issues three years ago and have not recurred. The ad promises a free trial by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and lists 50 cents per box through druggists.
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Bright
Dean
John J. Scharschug
Concord St
Aurora
Ills
Doan
Scharschug
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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