Amount of Early 20th Century Domestic and World News
The coroner's jury in New York found no direct responsibility for the deaths in the September 4 tenement fire on Attorney Street. Other reports note a 1,000 ton earth and ore collapse in Kentucky killing four men, political and legal events, fires, assassinations, and disasters across the U.S. and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Attorney Street
Cartersville
Charles Paterson
Sawyer County
Wis
Parish
United States
George Frisble Hoar
Sleepy Hollow
Concord
Mass
James Mol
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gerrit H. Albers
Michigan Supreme Court
Melendez
Mora County
N.M
Henry Walker
Chicago
Cedar Lake
Ind
Monon
Boston
Bu Feat
Elwell
Milwaukee
San Antonio
Tex
J. M. Chittenden
Texas Cattle King
W. W. Jones
Thomas A. Edison
Postal Department
Thomas A. Edieon Jr. Co
L. F. Loree
The
Rock
Sandusky
Doane
Episcopal Church
National Refining Company
Findlay
Mendota
Charles Saunders
Ella Hammond
Newark
Del
Elkton
Boscowl
Herble Down
Aland
Pacific Ocean
Afer
Political and diplomatic shifts across nations and states
President Roosevelt appoints Julius G. Lay consul general at Canton with Robert M. McWade removed. Ben Ridgely named consul general at Barcelona. William H. Althoff nominated for Congress in Ohio. State and party conventions across Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Indiana. Episcopal and League meetings in Boston and St. Louis. Foreign news covers rail disaster near Llanelly, Port Arthur raids, battles near Mukden, and notable deaths including Bartholdi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Julius G. Lay
Canton
Robert M. McWade
Benjamin H. Ridgely
Nantes
France
Barcelona
Lay
William H. Althoff
News-Democrat
Port Clinton
Ohio
League of American Municipalities
St. Louis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
la Follette
Episcopal Church
United States
Boston
National Republican League of the United States
Indianapolis
Ind
J. Howard Morse
Connecticut
Cornelius Vanderbult
Samuel A. Cook
Wisconsin
Edward Scofield
National Republican
International Peace Congress
Connecticut congress nomination headline in Third district
The Third Connecticut district republican convention renominated Frank B. Brandegey of New London for congress. The report covers global conflicts, economic strains in Manchester, volcanic activity near Martinique, and various incidents from rail to criminal acts, all reflecting a late19th or early20th century newspaper snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Brandegey
New London
Manchester
Eng
Kingstown
St. Vincent
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Twin City Market Update from Minneapolis October 8
Illinoeapolis market notes show wheat prices for northern grades at 1.13 with No 1 northern. Oats and barley quotations listed, butter creamery products near 18 to 19 cents, poultry prices for ducks and fowl, hogs and cattle values including steers at 50 to 50.50, sows around 3.00, sheep and lambs near 1.00 to 3.02, reflecting regional commodity movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinoeapolis
St.lo. Dee
Lili
Fancy
Paul
King Leopold Targeted at Peace Congress Session
At the international peace congress in Boston on Friday and Saturday, King Leopold of Belgium faced sharp accusations over Congo Free State abuses. E T Morell charged royal guilt, while Booker T. Washington condemned Belgian policy. A committee urged an investigation into Congo governance and international law. Separately, Carnegie Steel announced Homestead plant operations would resume Sunday night, adding about 2,000 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leopold
Belgium
Congo Free State
International Peace Congress
E. T. Morell
England
Congo Reform Association
Mr. Morell
George Herbert Head
Cambridge
Congo
W. M. Morrison
Booker T. Washington
Peace Congress
Committee On
Hague Court of Arbitration
International Associaton
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
Trade Review Sees Brightening Business Outlook
R G Nun's Weekly Review of Trade notes crops nearly safe, security prices at highs since 1903, idle mills resuming, and increased confidence for future needs. Pig iron, woolen mills, and dealers in agricultural regions show gains. railway earnings up 3.8 percent in September. imports and exports at port rise vs eight years ago. Readings from Reading cities report improved conditions. U. S. and Canada business failures small. Bradstreet's cites crop yield optimism, improving pig iron, rail purchases, and strong general movement in dry goods and clothing, with heavy transportation and six percent railway earnings gain anticipated for September over 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Nun
Weekly Review of Trade
Thia
Reading
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Mind on Fire at Beaver Hill Coal Mine in Coquille
Miners report an electric spark from a motor on the sixth level caused a Friday afternoon explosion at Beaver Hill mine. Motorman and bucket burned. fire spread through the mine, with losses estimated in the millions if the damage proves this serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coquille City
Ore
Beaver Hill
Russians Brace for Meeting the Japs in Sea War Rumor
Reports from St Petersburg on October 10 describe Kuropatkin strengthening his left flank from Fushan to Tie Pass as Russian forces mass for a possible offensive. A reported naval clash near Port Arthur is deemed imaginative, with experts noting Baltic fleet constraints and no known Japanese ships near Chefoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llanelly
Wales
Port Arthur
Thomas Barclay
Roosevelt
Germany
St. Petersburg
Olka
New Mexico
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Lisoyang
Trepass
Frederic Bartholdi
Paris
East Africa
Stoessel
Crart
Nog
Republican National Committee
la Follette Committee
Wisconsin
Lexington
Spring Valley
Illinois
Wm. V. Ortman
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Freeland
Ind
Grand Trunk Railway
St. Clair Tunnel
St Clair River
Port Huron
Sarnia
Ont
England
Oregon
Newport News
War Office
Chefoo
Vladivostok
Baltic
Count Okuma, Jeader
Japanese Progressive Party
Russia
Japan
Novoe Vremya
Europe
Alsace
Far East
Tokio
Cheliabinsk
Andrejef
Kammura
Gromoboi
Rurik
Policy King to be Released from Sing Sing
Albert Adams long known as the policy king of New York will be freed next Tuesday morning from Sing Sing prison under a commutation for good behavior. He was sentenced to a term between one year and one year nine months, with full term ending in January. Adams is rated a millionaire and reportedly will sail to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuropatkin
New York
University At
Madison
Wis
Traynor
Iowa
Tracy
South St. Joseph
Gerlebeck
Germany
Seattle
Wash
China
St. Louis Fair Grounds
Yellowstone National Park
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Whitehall
New Uim
Minn
Brooklyn
N. Y
Port Arthur
Wm. L. Douglas
Shoeman
Democrats of
Massachusetts
Carrie Nation
Wichita
Kas
Mission Board of the
Episcopal Church
Albert Adam
Sing Sing
Adams
Europe
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Williston
Corénain
Dak
F.M
Hague
Phoenix Line
Antwerp
John Moore
Charleston
W. Va
Frankfort
John A. Stewart
Asheville
N. C
Erma Ewing Palmer
Sherburne
Peter Lewis
Leon
Minnie Harmening
Palatine
Episcopal Convention
Twin City
Abet
Ani Dune
Ushirigh
Walmer Castle
Kent
Madisonville
Tom Carfey
Europatein
Pendleton
Hong Kong
Portland
Tacoma
Oriental Port
Garysburg
Matthew W. Ransom
Mexico
Northampton County
Dessau
Duchy of Anhalt
Leopold Brown
Koethen
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