Mitchell Agreement Calls for UMW Convention to End Strike
Wilkesbarre Pa Oct 17 The executive boards of the three anthracite districts of the United Mine Workers in joint session unanimously recommended to a delegate convention the acceptance of the arbitration proposal from the U S president. Mitchell’s adhesion and hopes for coal resumed by next week followed after a wary reception to the plan.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers
United States
Mitchell
Plans for mine resumption after strike outlined
If plans hold, mining will restart about next Thursday after a two day convention and a one day interval. Not all strikers return at once. nonunion workers are kept employed and 16,000 nonunion now at work while 10,000 strikers have left the Scranton area. About 200 of 350 collieries may operate by end of next week to ease the coal shortage.
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Scratton Dispatch
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Delaware and Hudson
The
Temple
Fire
Ontario and Western
Pittston
Hallstead
Duryea
Scranton
Capertry Sparks Unlikely Union Conflict Resolution
Fragmentary text notes that oak capertry is likely to prevent any potential conflict between Union and Sheam union men by ensuring one crowding out the other.
Federal Registration Farce in Puerto Rico Elections
Elections in San Juan and across Puerto Rico were blocked for Federals by a council order placing Republicans on voting boards. Guards blocked access at Vignes polls, protests and disorder spread, with shootings reported in Aguadilla Corozal Vieques and Mayaguez. Dozens arrested and many protests filed despite an extra registration day attempting to remedy the situation.
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San Juan
P. R
Islands
Executive Council
Vignes
Insukd
Cayey
Higher Price for Coal in Indiana Markets
Indiana reports an advance in coal prices as of Wednesday raising Indiana bituminous coal from 2.00 to 3.10 per ton and black coal to 4.00 for Chicago buyers. The move follows bargain market shifts with Chicago buyers undercut by northwest selling, amid expected adjustments to 8.20 or 4.00 in Chicago plus 70 cent freight.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Chicago
Northwest
Peary in Hospital After Arctic Return Amputations Feared
Friends report Commander Peary deteriorating health in Philadelphia after returning from the Arctic. Frostbitten toes required repeated freezing and treatment. He arrived with Mrs. Peary and was admitted to Dr. W. W. Keen's private hospital. One toe and two smaller toes were amputated, with possible further surgery expected.
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Philadelphia
Commander Peary
Arctic
Peary
Pittsburg man held for highway robbery after fatal yard incident
James Cawley elder brother of Charles Cawley the inventor, was held for court on a highway robbery charge. With two companions he allegedly held up two men in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yards. In the escape attempt a victim was struck and killed by a shifting engine.
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Pittsburg
James Cawley
Charles
Baltimore and Ohio
Conductor and motorman blamed for Pittsfield wreck
A coroner's jury holds the car's conductor and motorman responsible for the crash that struck the president's carriage in Pittsfield Massachusetts, killing Secret Service Agent Craig.
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Wpittsfield
Mass
Secret Service
Craig
Boers Arrive in Berlin Amid Royal Welcome
Boers led by General Botha arrive at Tiergarten from Paris and are greeted by crowds at the Hotel of the Four Seasons. General De Wet says the trip is non political and aims to ease suffering. police stand ready as crowds gather for brief balcony address. Subscriptions reportedly total about $2,000.
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Tboer Generale
Tiergarten
Daris
Herr Loeckhelf
Four Seasons
Err Trejan
Kladderadatsch
Botha
de Wet
Paris
Irish MPs clash in London as closure is adopted
Parliament opened with Balfour urging government measures. Irish speakers O'Brien Lloyd George O'Connor Lealy Redmond and O Donnell debated land reform while Irish benches hissed Wyndham. Balfour moved closure. O Donnell refused to yield then was suspended after a scuffle. Votes approved closure and Balfour motion amid Irish disruption.
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London
Balfour
Treland
Liberal Party
O'Brien Lloyd-George
T. P. O'Connor
Lealy
William Redmond
John O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Donnell
O' Donnell
Venezuelan government reports cut telegraph lines in Valencia
Willemstad reports no news from Valencia for three days as telegraph lines to the city are cut. Insurgents attacked Valencia on Monday and Tuesday under General Riera. In Caracas officials say the battle near La Victoria resumed, rebels reportedly losing ground at Cuji, while the government, short of ammunition, sends General Motos with 1500 men to Villa de Cura.
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Willemstad
Valencia
Pureto Cabello
Riera
Caracas
la Victoria
Cuji
Motos
Villa de Cura
Markets Roundup on Hogs Cattle and Grains in Chicago
Chicago market report for Oct 16 shows hog receipts 23,000 with prices from 5.00 to 7.15 per cwt, cattle receipts 10,000 with steers and cows priced up to 18.00 and veal calves 4.75, and sheep lambs receipts 80,000 with ranges to 4.50 native lambs. East Buffalo and Milwaukee quotes include hogs at 7.25 7.50, 7.00 pigs, and wheat at 74c to 78c for No 1-2 northern.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning and Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Milwaukee
Toledo
Ileago
Danger Signals Warn of Digestive Deterioration
A medical advertorial urges recognition of danger signs from poor appetite to fatigue and weak flesh, linking stomach failure to nutrition loss. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure, cites patient Mrs. Josie K. E. Clark of Enterprise Missouri, and ends by recommending Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and biliousness.
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Azure
Dr. Pierce
Josie Ke, Clark
Enterprise
Shelby Co
Varying Dispatches Report Quiet Government Censorship
Dispatches from Caracas describe government censorship while in Green Bay a local suicide note is left by Pred Hollman Jr 26 employed by his father F A Hollman of Jackson Miss the note urges upright living. In Mississippi the Jefferson Davis home Teauvelt transfers to the Confederate Veterans is completed with Mrs Davis receiving 10000 for the home.
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Caracas
Green Bay
Wic
Jackson, Mise
Teauvelt
Jefferson Davis
Mra. Davis
Mississippi Division
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Control of Water Power Trial in Will County
In Joliet Illinois October 17 attorneys for Robert Gaylord and Chicago sanitary district begin several days of court actions before Judge Ulitscher over control of water power from the drainage canal bow. The district seeks to disuse Gaylord’s petition to build a dam and grist mill under an old law while arguing no need for a direct permit and challenging the law’s constitutionality as witnesses test grain production in the area.
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Joliet
Ile
Robert Gaylord
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Will County
Ulitscher
Gaylord
They caught her stealing in Robinson's dry goods store
A 58 year old woman, described as a supposedly respectable local, stole lace, thread and other small items from Robinson's dry goods store in Battle Creek. She admitted taking them but said she would have paid. A 6 cent fine plus costs was imposed.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Robinson
British newspapers hail U.S. coal strike arbitration triumph
London observers report satisfaction at the apparent favorable outcome of the U S coal strike, noting it benefits both Britain and the United States. The Westminster Gazette calls it a notable personal triumph for the president in securing roosters to arbitrate.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Westminster Gazette
Hopkins Hospital to Host Leading Orthopedic Surgeon Visit
Baltimore authorities report Professor Adolph Lorenz of Vienna, the noted orthopedic surgeon then active in Chicago, has accepted an invitation to visit Johns Hopkins Hospital and perform operations on several difficult cases.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Adolph Lorenz
Vienna
Chicago
State tax board challenged by Saginaw officials
Kalamazoo Mich October 17 Executing Attorney Sheridan F Master tells the board of supervisors he doubts the power of the state tax commission to force a final tax roll. He says supervisors may fight the commission’s figures and that no court can compel a high roll when officials believe it unjust. In Saginaw nearly 2,000,000 more is added to real estate tax roll. Buena Vista supervisor complains about inflated assessments near city lines versus inside limits.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Sheridan PF
Board of Supervisors
State Tax Commission
Muster
Tate
Saginaw
Qet
Buena Vista
Hulling Questions Wholesale Price Widening Steel Duty
New York, concerns over wholesale price rules for German steel billets under import duties stir nerves among U S steel interests. Philadelphia collector refines appraised value using German domestic quotes, raising duty from 6 72 to 8 96 per ton, provoking potential political backlash.
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Germany
Philadelphia
Strenuous Courtship and Flight From Mattoon to St Louis
Two women eloped from Mattoon driven by threats of bodily injury. Mrs Clyde Empson left her husband with Oliver Heath. Chas Valandingham and Mise Della Hildebrand of Newton accompanied them to Gay’s station then boarded a Big Four train to St Louis. Empson found a note claiming threats to kill them if they did not run away.
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Mattoon
Ile
Clyde Empeon
Oliver Heath
Chas, Valand Ingham
Mise Della Hildebrand
Newton
Gay's
Here
St. Louis
Empson
Heath
Valandingham
Hildebrand
Duty ruling on German billets sparks national steel tensions
The Philadelphia decision on duties provokes consternation among independent steel firms across many states as German billets potentially raise costs by about 450 000 dollars. Major players like Republic Iron and Steel Alleghen Steel Deering Harvester Laughlin Nail face indirect hits while dozens of wire and wire nail firms from Rhode Island to Ohio brace for impact. The row ties to Dominion Steel of Nova Scotia and shifts in US Steel’s orders and wire prices, signaling a broader international and domestic competition issue.
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Philadelphia
Republic Tron and Steel Company
Alle Chalmers Company
Deering Harvester Company
Laughlin Nail Company
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Alabama
New York
Ohio
Dominion Tron and Steel Company
Nova Scotia
Dominion of Canada
Germany
United States Steel Corporation
American Steel and Wire Company
Bride drinks laudanum bow tie after quarrel
Grand Rapids report states Tille Hopkins, married less than a week, consumed laudanum from a bow tie in a family dispute. A physician intervened and saved her life, with no further details on condition or outcome.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Tille Hopkins
Rev Father Murphy robbed at St Marys Chicago
Rev Father Murphy, pastor at St Marys Roman Catholic church in Chicago, was waylaid and relieved of 85. The crown prince of Simm will visit the University of Chicago on Thursday, Nov 6. Mrs Minnie Smith died in Columbus Ohio after a dentist extractor removed twenty teeth in fifty seconds.
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Father Murphy
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Chicago
Crown Prince of Simm
University of Chicago
Minnie Smith
Columbus, O
If Women Only Knew Backache From Kidneys
An advertisement urges Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache and kidney distress. Mrs Bell of the eastern town reports relief after using the remedy at Columbia Pharmacy, noting the saying a stitch in time saves nine. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY is named as US agents. Remember the brand Doan's.
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Dean
Washington
Br. V. Bell
Columbia
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan
Austrian revenue and Danish armament orders reported
The Austrian revenue for 1903 is estimated at $3,344,828,652 and the expenditure at $45,245,087. Denmark was ordered from the Essen works 128 Krupp field guns and 192 ammunition wagons. Miss Beatrice Blaine, niece of James G. Blaine, was married to Charles Francis Byrne in Washington. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company has voluntarily raised the wages of its miners. Ten thousand men are affected.
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Denmark
Essen
Beatrice Blaine
Jas. G. Blaine
Charles Francis Byrne
Washington
Colorado Fuel and
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