Commission Meets to Decide Details of Coal Strike
The coal strike commission opened at the White House with Judge Gray elected president. President Roosevelt read brief instructions to establish just, lasting relations between employers and workers in the anthracite fields. The board planned public sessions and open testimony while avoiding general executive sessions. Two children of John Richman died in Independence when their hair caught fire while cooking potatoes.
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Coal Strike Commission
White House
Roosevelt
Wright
Gray
Clark
Organized Labor
General Wilson
Mitchell
Independence
Wis
John Richman
Traverse Valley
Here
Anthracite Coal Commission Begins Routine Work
Wright's office photographed recommission members in time exposures and group shots before the board, now named The Anthracite Coal Commission, begins routine duties. Judge George Gray is elected president. lawyers may participate. no subpoena power. oath required for all testimony. pending decisions on other details.
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Wright
George Gray
Anthracite Coal Commission
Commssson
Mitchell
Doan's Kidney Pills Proven Remedy for Kidney Ailments
J M Auld of West Seventh street testifies to relief from backache dizziness and urinary weakness after using Doans Kidney Pills bought from Columbia Pharmacy. He states three boxes cured his kidney weakness and back pain. Sold by all dealers 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for US. Remember the name.
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Washington
J. M. Auld
West Seventh Street
Doan
Columbia
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean’s
Witness Sherwell testifies in Evansville murder case
Evansville Ind Oct 25 Ex policeman Sherwell told the court his whereabouts on the night of Mrs Bailey’s murder November 11 denying liquor influence He said he hitched his horse near a street corner attended an opera then went home claiming no meeting with Mrs Bailey or another woman He knew her seven or eight years but had no motive and remained unshaken on cross examination The case likely won’t reach a jury before Monday.
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Evanaville
Ind
Sherwell
Kailey
Wilson Sees Cattle Show at Kansas City Gathering
Secretary James H. Wilson arrived in Kansas City and toured the cattle show, praising its size and quality as a prime school for stock breeders. He told cattlemen such exhibitions advance fine beef production and gave two informal speeches. He later spoke at Angora goat headquarters stressing a market for Angora wool and ongoing government support.
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Kansas City
James HM. Wilson
City
Wilson
Germs to ruin wheat and grasslands studied
Professor F M Webster of the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington surveys Illinois and Indiana wheat and grasslands to destroy rusts and germs. He reports southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana show fewer destructive germs due to crop diversity and grain rotation. A departmental bulletin with results will follow.
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Carbondale
His
F. M. Webster
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Illinois
Indiana
Presbyterian synod of Illinois ends after five days
The Presbyterian synod of Illinois annual meeting in Chicago closes with reports showing 506 ministers, 472 churches, 23 14 members, a net gain of 2 857 in membership, Sunday school enrollment of 77 248, and total church and mission expenditures of 1 254 072 dollars, marking gains over last year.
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Chicago
Presbyterian Synod
Ilinois
Workers abandon union drive at Syracuse plant
In Warsaw Indiana on October 25, all but five of the 100 unskilled laborers who left the Sandusky Portland Cement plant at Syracuse to organize a union against their bosses’ wishes were brought back. The men agreed yesterday to abandon the proposed organization at this time.
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Warsaw
Ind
Sandusky Portland Cement Company
Syracuse
Three Cracksmen Traced in Summit Bank Robbery
On Minneapolis, Oct. 25 the three men who blew open the Bank of Summit safe last Sunday night have been traced to western Minnesota. Twenty Fidelity and Casualty detectives are in pursuit in squads.
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Minneapolis
Bank of Summit
Minnesota
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Meeting Called To Unite Denominations In Washington Fight Liquor
Indianapolis Oct 25 James Wood for the quinquennial friends meeting asks all Christian denominations to assemble in Washington on March 1 1906 to discuss ways and means to combat the liquor question and coordinate action.
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Indianapolis
James Wood
Quinquiennial Friends Meeting
Washington
Iowa Association of Railway Surgeons Elects Officers
Des Moines Iowa October 25 The Iowa Association of Railway Surgeons has elected officers President Dr L M Gardner of Hampton secretary Dr A B Deering of Boone The officers assume duties immediately in the professional organization announced from Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa Association of Railway Surgeons
IL. K. Gardner
Hampton
A. B. Deering
Boone
Lincoln, Neb
Det
Missouri Valley Homeopathic Association
B. F. Bailey
Lincoln
E. B. Woodward
Homing Pigeon Caught in Salem with Silver Band
A cream colored homing pigeon with brown markings was captured in Salem on Wednesday. It wears a silver leg band engraved with "T. GC. 17,775" and may be part of a racing or message-passing program. Des Moines was mentioned in connection with an elite convention of 1008 delegates.
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Des Moines
Salem
Ind
Railways Behind Slow Goods Movement and Steel Demand
Weekly Review of Trade notes inadequate transport facilities despite gains in railway equipment. Coke remains vital in iron and steel, fuel supply faltering, and iron in great demand with large imports likely from Germany. Structural steel strong, irregular wire rods, some weak lines, and 242 US failures versus 240 last year with 22 in Canada.
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New York
G. Don & Coa Weekly
Vie Iron Fe
Germany
United States
Canada
Market Report of Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
Receipts and quotations across markets show cattle buying steady with varied grades from choice to common, hogs moving slowly with mixed weights, and sheep and lambs priced from fair to good. Grain notes list wheat and corn prices in St Louis Toledo and Milwaukee markets with December and May futures.
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Hoge
Goms
Texas
Baltato
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning and Stevens
Live Stock Commission Merchanta
St. Louis
Fred
Toledo Grain
Toledo
Favorite Prescription Restores Health and Looks for Women
A testimonial asserts that female illnesses spoil appearance but Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery restore health and beauty. Mrs Mackrown of Canton, Fulton County, recounts relief from uterine ulceration and displacement after five bottles of Favorite Prescription and three of Golden Medical Discovery, with no relapse in two years.
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Lever
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Butiulo
N.Y
Controversy at Mohonk Hawaii Suffrage Conference
Dr Twombly and Rev Hipnie warned at the Mohonk Indian conference that Hawaii faced dark conditions due to unfettered suffrage. They blamed carpet baggers, adventurers, and corrupt federal appointees for legal and political decay, urging franchise limits to restore honest, economical local government amid colonial policy concerns.
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Hawaii
United States
Douglase Hipnie
Honolulu
Tie
Dr. Twombly
Dark vision of Hawaii islands future and Chinese labor plan
A speaker warned that Hawaii faces ruin unless suffrage is restricted and Chinese labor is allowed on sugar plantations. He claimed island natives are dwindling to 30,000 and will disappear, stressing sugar as the key to future prosperity. He praised Chinese laborers as honest and suited to tropical work, criticized Torro Rican and African labor attempts, and noted gains in Porto Rico under U.S. rule including better schools and education.
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Hawaii
New
Burglary Ends in Fatal Shooting at David City Home
David City Nebraska October 25 Harvey Lillie aged 85 shot early yesterday while in bed burglars entered the house and he heard the noise. He was shot through the head and died. Police found 850 dollars in the house. Lillie owned three bloodhounds two of which were poisoned Thursday night and died. Clarinda Iowa October 25 jury yesterday found William Lucas guilty of Emma Moore's murder May 15 and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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David City
Neb
Tlarvey Lillie
Lillie
Clarinda, la
Oet
William Lucas
Emma Moore
Honors seem about even in Molineux murder trial
The defense claimed an advantage as Emma Miller testified that Roland Molineux did not purchase the poison package’s silver bottle holder. The trial in New York on October 25 focused on who bought the poison and the session included further testimony and discussion.
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New York
Molineux
Emma Miller
Tharry Cornish
Death of Duluth Explorer George Stunts Ends Era of Northern Topography
George KR Stunts, a prominent Duluth explorer and engineer who rose to lead regional exploration since 1832, dies after two years of paralysis. A noted authority on Minnesota and Wisconsin topography, Stunts helped map the Menaba range and northern landforms. In Chicago, Lewin A. Wood of St. Paul sues the Chicago Board of Trade for 100000 dollars over a August expulsion charged as bucket hopping.
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Duluth
Minn
George KR. Stunts
Stunts
Menaba
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chicago
Lewin A. Wood
St. Paul
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Women Leap From Burning Clone Place in Lightning Storm
Grand Rapids Michigan October 25 A lightning strike set a Canal Street house ablaze trapping eight women inside They leaped from windows in heavy clothing to escape The most seriously injured Florence Smith jumped forty feet from the attic Jennie Smith fell to the ground unconscious rescued to Butterworth hospital Marie Franklin Ler Watson jumped from second floor Whitlows Mrs Morrison and her sister escaped with hair and clothing burned The elaborately furnished building was totally wrecked
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Oceue
Mat Morrison
Canal Street
Florence Smith
James
Jennie Smith
Butterworth Hospital
Marie Pranklin
Ler Watson
Whitlows
Morrison
Captured Gun Returned At Civil War Reunion Incident
A dramatic moment at the Second Hines cavalry reunion at the soldiers home featured J. TH. McDowell presenting M. L. Weldman of Palmer City with a carbine captured from Weldman’s father at the Battle of Holly Springs. McDowell, 70, wore a Confederate uniform and lauded the war’s end. Also reported were tax tithe notices in Sturgis and the marriage of Bishop Abram Grad to Mrs. Louisa Armstrong, plus the death of John W. Merrihien, age 100, in Olive Township born 1802 in Ulster County New York.
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Quincey
Tls
Get
Second Hines Cavalry
J. TH. McDowell
Nashville
Tenn
Ballentine
M. L. Weldman
Palmer City
Weldeman
Holly Springs
Second
Sinais Cavalry
Blfp
Maresh
McDowell
Springfield
Ill
Abram Grad
J. D
Indianapolis
Louisa Armstrong
St. Johns
Mich
John W. Merrihien
Olive Township
This County
Olive
Ulster County
N. Y
Michigan
Train held up near Drummond Montana by one man
A Northern Pacific passenger train No 2 from Portland to St Paul was halted near Drummond Montana about forty five miles from Missoula. The robber, described as a single man, shot the engineer who died at the scene and then plundered the express car and robbed the mail. The incident caused intense excitement aboard the train as it stalled and exploded at the scene. Word spread to Drumond and Deer Lodge.
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Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific
Lromsend
Threety
Koegtveer Dan Nell
Mall
Miswoula
Loon Pown
Portland
Cowat Cithes
Drommond
Thean
VY Niell
Chen Procwahel
Reetlae Mall
Drummond
Deer Lodge
Train Robber Still At Large In Northern Plains
A lone bandit killed engineer Don O’Neill and robbed the Northern Pacific train near Drummond. Bloodhounds, a special train, and Coroner accompanied by Warden Conley pursue the suspect. Reward of 5000 dollars posted for the robber dead or alive. The incident follows a prior claim linking the same bandit to a Portland holdup. The mask found on a mountain trail aided the chase.
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Sichertz
Prescott
Don O'Neill
Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Portland
Ore
Drummond
Warden Conley
Deer Lodge Pententiary
O'Neill
Dr Miles Nervine Praise by Marion Pastor
A revival era testimonial from Rev D Alex Holman of Marion Indiana notes sun stroke recovery after two years with shattered nerves. He claims one bottle of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine brought improvement and after a year use stabilizes health enabling preaching without fatigue. Ends with offer to send free nervous and heart diseases book.
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Miles
D. Alex. Holman
U. B. Church
Marion
Ind
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
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