Roosevelt to Meet Labor Leaders Over Miller Case
Washington date The Miller controversy in the government printing office prompts informal AFL talks with President Roosevelt. Gompers and leaders defer action as Roosevelt plans a return conference to press for labor’s right to work irrespective of union membership.
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Whitmore
Stereotypers’ Union
Government Printing Office
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National Executive Council
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Wild West show manager accuses Cole Younger of embezzlement
Nevada Missouri September 22. Management of a Wild West show cites embezzlement charges against Cole Younger six thousand dollars. Frank James and Younger deny the charge as retaliatory and note prior lawsuits over show equipment and gambling elements following the troupe.
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Cole Younger
Frank James
Younger
Minnesota
James
Baraboo Portage flood abandons roads and crops
Portage Wisconsin September 22 traffic between Baraboo and Portage has been abandoned due to flooding. Roads are submerged under two to six feet of water and levee breaches threaten crops and property with damages around 30000 dollars. Government dike safety remains a concern as water seeps through the bottom in many spots.
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Portage
Wis
Baraboo
Rand Placed On Leave Without Pay From Post Office
Washington dispatch reports H. H. Rand former confidential clerk to the postmaster general and erstwhile assistant superintendent of the salary and allowance division is on leave without pay and has not been at the department for several weeks.
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Washington
H. H. Rand
Ormerly
Post Office Department
Governor Yates denounces mob law at monument unveiling
In Greenville Illinois on September 21 Governor Yates condemned mob rule as rank anarchy during a speech at the Bond county soldiers monument unveiling and pledged to fight it amidst a tense political moment.
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Yates
Bond County
Northcott Wrot
Grovenor Yates
Thor Yates
Helen Reid
Bessie Toms
Greenville
Lifesavers Save Crew After Parker Sinks Off Grand Marais
In a southwest gale on Lake Superior the steamer A. A. Parker, carrying iron ore, foundered four miles north of Grand Marais. The lifesaving crew rescued all eighteen crew members after a three hour effort as two tugs saved the surfboat and towed its exhausted crew to port. The Parker, 240 feet long, 42 feet beam, 1,000 tons, was bound from Superior to Cleveland with cargo worth about $10,000. the ship valued around $45,000 and likely insured.
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Lake Superior
A. A. Parker
Parker
Superior
Cleveland
Adelaide Fairbanks Weds Ensign John W. Timmons
Adelaide Fairbanks daughter of Senator Fairbanks married Ensign John W. Timmons after a ceremony in a palm bower at the bride's home. The couple began a wedding tour. Timmons is her former sweetheart. She had previously married Dr. Allen of Indianapolis and later obtained a divorce to resume her maiden name.
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Washington
Adelaide Fairbanks
Dr. Allen
Indianapolis
Clarke renews debate challenge with Hanna in swing districts
Cleveland dispatch reports Democratic senatorial candidate John A. Clarke renews his call for a series of joint debates with Senator Hanna, insisting the forums occur only in doubtful districts after Republican objections to an informal arrangement.
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John A. Clarke
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Salem
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King Edward Unveils Memorial Busts at Crathie Church
At Crathie parish church near Balmoral Queen Victoria attends as King Edward unveils a bust of Victoria and two rural tablets to honor the late Duke of Edinburgh and Empress Frederick of Germany. The king funded the memorials. A separate item notes P M Crapo, Connecticut Mutual Insurance official and Crapo Park founder, dies in Burlington Iowa.
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Weather forecast for Illinois to Wisconsin tonight
Official forecast tracks up to o'clock tonight for Illinois Indiana Iowa Lower Michigan and Wisconsin. Conditions described as fair with variable wind.
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Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Market quotes from Chicago and East Buffalo livestock markets
Hog prices averaged around 6.80 to 6.15 for packing hogs with steady to higher receipts at Wie Day. Cattle receipts about 25 000 with varied steer and cow quotations, plus sheep values and calves. East Buffalo reports show mixed hogs and steady cattle demand, with lambs and ewes in the mid range and calves strong. Wheat and corn futures at St Louis show softer cash bids and range movements.
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East Buffalo
Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Women Tell Police Murder Was Not An Accident
Three women, Mandie Clark Lillesteen and Minnie Meyers, confessed that Linn Woodall was killed by Joseph Fiske at Linton after a quarrel. Fiske struck Woodall with a club then dragged the body to a track where a passing train mangled it, and he warned the witnesses not to reveal the crime.
Navy bulletin credits Treanor with Indi ana’s inch gun hits
Washington reports a navy department bulletin identifying Henry Ward Treanor as the man operating the battleship Indi ana’s inch gun. He fired four consecutive shots that struck a 17 by 21 foot target at 400 and 1,600 yards during recent practice. Treanor enlisted as a seaman at St. Paul.
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Washington
Navy Department
Henry Ward Treanor
Indiana
Treanor
St. Paul
Man Arrested After Hunting Accident In Tlartington Neb
Augueat Schmidt, while hunting near Tlartington Nebraska, pointed a gun at John Houser and fired fatally wounding him and seriously wounding John’s brother Peter Houser. Schmidt says he believed the gun was empty and is now under arrest.
Burwell Civil War Vet Joseph Burwell Dead at 66
Joseph G Burwell a first cousin of the late President McKinley died in Mankato Minnesota at age 66 He left a wife and six children He was born in Canton Ohio and served in Company H 145th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War His mother and McKinley’s mother were sisters.
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Joseph
Burwell
McKinley
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Company H
One Hundred and Forty-Fifth Ohio Infantry
BASE BALL SCORES AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP
Chicago and national scores reported from games across the American and National leagues. Notable local feature from Lansing, Mich, about Mrs. Tanto seeking parole assistance for son August after prior murder conviction, and new charge against Henry Tanto.
Pine trees for sand hills near Omaha
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson toured Omaha after the irrigation convention and reported success planting pines in Nebraska sand hills. He noted eighty acres of timber thriving on the worst dunes and linked forests at headwaters to flood control and irrigation benefits.
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Omaha
Neb
Wilson
Nebraska
Ohio
Filipinos Allowed to Enter for St Louis Exhibit Work
Washington reports the immigration bureau will admit Filipino carpenters detained over head tax fears to work on the Filipino exhibit for the St Louis exposition. Agents in San Francisco Tacoma and Seattle were instructed to assist and ensure entry of these workers from the Sherman transport.
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War Department
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Sherman
St. Louis Exposition
United States
Frenzy of Venezuela castro involvement in ball controversy
Foreign dignitaries arrive on the steamer Maracaibo with reports from Caracas of renewed hostile press against foreigners and the Mexican commission. Venezuelan anger centers on a planned ball for Mexican leaders, threats over publishing names of Caracas society members, and unpaid umpires.
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Chicago Centenary Plans Advance With Big Invitations
Chicago centennial events begin next Saturday and run six days. Banquet invitations went to mayors. over 8,000 Daughters of the American Revolution invitations issued. A midnight burning reenactment of 1871 will light the city with red flames from tall downtown roofs for thirty minutes.
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Political rivals meet in Wheatlands township campaign clash
Joliet Illinois September 21 John Lambert and backers for the Republican nomination for congress in the Eleventh district confront Howard Snapp and his lieutenants at the Lantz farm Wheatlands township. Thousands of farmers from Will DuPage Grundy Kendall and Kane counties attend the event as the first major clash in the contest between the magnate and his opponent.
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Congress
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Howard Snapp
Wheatlands Township
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Svo
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Kendall
Kane
Lantz
Will County
Plowman Cyrus L. Stork Triumphs in Competition
A local contest crowned Cyrus L. Stork the champion plowman after a tight showing. Stork demonstrated skill and efficiency, earning top honors and praise from judges.
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Cyrus L. Stork
Republican campaign opens with parade and meeting in Chillicothe
A large Republican parade preceded a rally in Yoontonga park where Governor Nash chaired. Speeches were delivered by Senators Foraker and Stunna, Myron P. Kerrick, Warren G. Harding, and Albert Douglas spoke in welcome and introduced Nash as meeting chair.
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Fire on a Steamboat Leaves Victims in St John NB
News brief reports a Star Line steamer David Westen caught fire on the St Joe river with forty passengers and cargo. Three drowned attempting to reach shore, seven or eight injured, passengers rescued by boats. Other items note a murder in Chicago, a tailors’ strike in Cleveland, school smoking expulsions in Kenosha, a fatal back injury case in Charlotte, a school building dedication in Hazleton, a divorce filing in San Diego, and various local incidents through Sept 22.
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St. Joe
Star Line Steamerhip Company
David Westen
Indict the Lynchers Gives Mob Law a Hot Blast
Delaware supreme court Justice Lore urges grand jury to indict lynching in Wilmington murder. He condemns mob violence as a brutal crime and calls for enforced punishment to deter mob law and preserve liberty. He insists obedience to law is essential and urges action to suppress lynching statewide.
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Delaware
Wilmington
Ilot
Tuetice Lore
Delaware Supreme Court
Helen Bishop
George White
White
Lore
Durere
Suicide attempt and arrests reported across several cities
A string of incidents includes Myrtle Bell in Hancock Michigan attempting suicide in jail, rescued by William Anderson. In Racine Charles Bryan faces police action after a near shooting. Steubenville reports seven injured from an air compressor explosion. Kenosha notes Chicago lawyer George F Carroll fined for fishing. Gatien reports Helen Brown losing sight after a curling iron burn.
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Panhandle
Here
Thomas Ford
B. Lemans
Kenosha, Wis
George F. Carroll
Chicago
Salem
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