Miners Perish in Alabama Afterdamp Explosion Tragedy
The Virginia mine near Birmingham, Alabama, bore the afterdamp disaster on Monday, trapping 160 men 200 feet down. By Tuesday only fifty bodies recovered, with many mangled and indistinguishable, families of about 100 and 800 children left destitute. Union miners from surrounding engines aided rescue efforts amidst scarce safety lamps and heavy debris.
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Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
Alabama
Virginia City
Great Fire Destroys Boston Hoosac Pier Docks
A major blaze in Boston destroyed the large double pier of the Hoosac tunnel docks in Charlestown and damaged the Philadelphia bound Furness-Leyland Line steamer, with three crewmen injured as they fled. Loss nears 1 million dollars. Firefighters battled the flames through the night. despite heavy damage, shipping disruption is limited and insured losses mitigate the impact.
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Boston
Carrington Sentenced to Sixty Years in Manila Case
Maj. Carrington, convicted of falsifying civil government vouchers totaling 1500 dollars, was Tuesday sentenced to sixty years and five days in prison. He faced five counts with twelve years and one day per count and offered little defense. The defendant may appeal the ruling.
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Manila
Maj
Carrington
Socialistic rail rate bill condemned by railroad head
New York president of Delaware Lackawanna and Western calls proposed railway rate legislation extreme and un American. He says it would amount to government confiscation of railroad properties if enacted. Madison Wisconsin supreme court rules for Equitable Life Insurance Society in injunction case over license revocation for doing business. Clinton Reynolds repays a merchant in Indianapolis for a stolen eraser he took as a boy.
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New York
Pritesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Equitable Life Insurance Society
State Insurance Commission
Wisconsin
Small Infantry Attack and Fire News
Yokio reports Marshal Oyama led a small infantry attack on Fang Mountain on Monday with shelling of Papuatus Sunday night. A gas explosion in Akron killed Mrs. Huet Bury and wrecked her house, her children escaping. A fire in Sabetha destroyed the Citizens' State Bank Meyer & Koontz shops and sid Roberts Clothing, loss about 50000. Sioux City stock quotes list Butcher steers 82 600-4.55 and Logs 4.00-4.65.
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Yokio
Marshal Oyama
Ing ‘Uesday
Fang Mountain
Papuatus
Akron
Huet Bury
Kansas
Sabetha, Aum
Citizens’ State Bank
Meyer & Koontz
Sid Roberts Clothing Company
Sioux City
Mueschay
Berea College Fined for Day Act Violation
Berea College was fined 1,000 dollars after a Tuesday ruling for violating the Day Act. The law, passed by the general assembly of Nenmedhy at its hurried session, prohibits coeducation of white and colored races.
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Tichond
Kye
Berea College
General Assembly of
Nenmedhy
Russian Squadron Coaling at Skagen Bay
The third Russian Pacific squadron anchored Tuesday in Skagen bay to coal. The force comprises five ironclads an auxiliary vessel a gunboat and three transports within the group.
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Frederickshaven
Deumark
Skagen Bay
Murderess' Agony Reveals Murder Plan In New Jersey
New York reports Mrs. Elsie Loux attempted to kill her two children in Bloomfield New Jersey by turning gas on and off as she watched them sleep. After several tries she succeeded. She says she killed them to end their suffering from asthma and expresses no remorse, planning to face the penalty rather than asylum.
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New York
Bloomfield
N. J
Elsie Loux
Charlie
Mrs. Loux
Kim
Painy Childen
Cleveland City Bribery Charges Hit Council Members
Mayor Johnson accused Councilmen Dewar and Wilke of taking bribes from the Cleveland Hel illumin ating Company and charged Republican votes were influenced by campaign contributions. The council set up an investigation led by City Solicitor Newton D. Baker, with Democrats and Republicans denying the charges amid written demands for specifics.
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Cleveland, O
Johnson
Dewar
Wilke
Cleveland Hleetrielluminating
Connect
Newton D. Baker
Stabs Wife in Theater as Audience Watches
In Lebanon Pennsylvania George Throstle a theater stage hand stabbed his 17 year old wife with a table knife in the Academy of Music during a Sunday night performance. He fled police after the attack and struck his wife again before being arrested. The assault caused a panic and the woman remains in critical condition.
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Lebanon
George Throstle
Academy of Music
Orchestra Circle
Interstate Commerce Commission session in St Louis crowd
The Interstate Commerce Commission met Monday in the United States court of appeals room to hear St Louis Hay and Grain Co complaints against Mobile and Ohio Burlington Wabash and others over hay reconsignments at St Louis and alleged violations of the Interstate Commerce Act. Judge C A Prouty presided. the crowded courtroom included railroad and commission officials. The hearing was not completed.
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St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Court of Appeals
St. Louis Hay and Grain Company
Mobile and Ohio
Burlington
Wabash
Louis
C. A. Prouty
Vermont
Indianapolis Fire Damage Fixed at Eleven Hundred Thousand
An early Monday update confirms Sunday night fire losses in Indianapolis wholesale district at 1.1 million dollars with about 800 thousand insured. The Grand Hotel roof caught fire from smoldering sparks at dawn but was quickly controlled with minimal damage. Guests perished in their rooms, yet no injuries occurred.
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Indinaipolis
Ind
Suniliay Uipht
Death by Own Action in Kenosha Expert Accountant Julius Meiswinkel
Julius Meiswinkel a 35 year old expert accountant in Kenosha Wisconsin committed death by own action at his home Monday by drinking carbolic acid. Depression from Domestic difficulties is believed to be the cause.
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Kenosha, Wis
Julius Meiswinkel
Girl Dies While Dancing in Merrill Wisconsin
Miss Bertha Shuman, 18, died Friday night at her wheel's home during dancing when she suddenly collapsed. A physician arrived too late. heart disease was the cause, and the report notes a narrow escape by Detroit firemen at the nearby plant fire with substantial losses and injuries.
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Merrill
Wis
Bertha Shuman
Detroit
Michel Mire
Detroit Steel Casting Company
Michael McNamira
Adams Urges Denial of Capitol Assembly Amid Governor Contest
Denver hearing on former Gov. Peabody’s bid for governor ends Sunday. Briefs to be submitted to a three member GOP-Democrat sub committee by Feb 25, with a March 2 report to Lieut. Gov. McDoneld and a joint assembly decision. Expenditures exceed $60,000. Gov. Adams opposes mass gatherings at the capitol and urges restraint despite constitutional right to meet.
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Adams
Capitol
Denver
Colo
Representative Thomas
Representative Davis
Joint Assembly
Gov
Crades Council
Sevastopol officers branded cowards by Japanese parolees
On the steamer Partar arriving Sunday were Lients Below and Bondy from the Russian cruiser Sevastopol. They accused Gen Stoessel of cowardice and said he hid in a cave. A woman named Mime took command and was killed after defending a water supply point, while false reports misled the garrison about European forces.
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Victoria
Costly Blaze Destroys Indianapolis Wholesale District
A major city fire in Indianapolis Sunday night damaged four hours of the wholesale district. The Farnley & McCrea Millinery Company started the blaze in its warerooms, drawing three alarms and destroying eight buildings including fire hotels. Loss estimated at about 500,000 with a fireman injured by falling walls.
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Indianapolis
Creorgin
Meridian
Jackson Place
Union
Farnley & McCrea Millinery Company
Burned by the Turks in Bulgarian village attack
In Salonika a clash near Kuklíteh, Strimitan, on February 16 left Bulgarians with twenty killed or wounded. Turks burned the village. A commission found in the ruins the charred remains of fourteen people and several children.
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Salonica
Kukliteh
Strimitan
Pusen
Teachers clash with poster on streetcar in Pittsburgh
Miss Myrdle Laughlin and Miss Sarah Wells school teachers attempted Friday morning to tear down an advertising placard on a streetcar in Pittsburgh. They asked the conductor to remove it. refusal led to the women being prevented from destroying the sign as the village of Smithville, isolated by smallpox, faced quarantines and train stoppages with many deaths reported.
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I. Pao Fry
Dewey
Wad
Pittshilte
Pata
Myrdle Laughlin
Sarah Wells
Allegheny
Peoria
Smithville
Six Killed in Lytle Colliery Disaster
Six men were killed and fourteen injured, four seriously, at the Lytle colliery on Saturday when a mine cage ran off track, displacing supports and triggering a rock fall that crushed workers. Rescue efforts followed as officials investigated the accident.
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Titsville
Pact
Lytle
Imine Fia
Top Rock
Red Star dinner steamer grounds off Sandy Hook
While passing out through the channel Saturday afternoon the Red Star dine steamer Kinkind, which sailed Saturday for Antwerp, went aground off Sandy Hook. The steamer was floated without assistance and proceeded to sea.
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New York
Red Star
Kinkind
Antwerp
Sandy Hook
Washington Be tween This Goveruent and Great Britain Treaty
A parcels post treaty between the government and Great Britain was signed Friday and will become effective in April. The announcement notes the accord aims to standardize mail handling and reduce cross Atlantic delays. The exact date and parties remain as reported in the dispatch.
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Washington
Richmond Mayor Orders Snow Window Bose Exhibits Removed
Richmond Virginia Mayor McCarthy directs dry goods houses to clear snow window displays of log models used for Bose exhibits. The action targets winter storefronts as part of city safety and aesthetics enforcement.
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Richmond
McCarthy
Bose
Seven business houses burned causing heavy losses
Tyler Pex reports seven business houses burned Monday with estimated losses around ST06,000. The blaze destroyed tinmeted property and may have affected titles worth BS5,000.
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Tyler Pex
Shipment of arms to Bulgaria reported near frontier
Dispatch from Seimlin on the Austro-Servian frontier notes twenty eight consignments of shell tips and other ammunition seized en route to Salta, Bulgarie. The items were loaded Saturday and bound for Bulgaria despite frontier tensions.
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Bulgaria
Vienne
Seimlin
Salta
Bulgierin
Murdered in Revenge Casts Shadow On Minnesota Shop
A butcher named Cristian I Schindeldecker was found dead in a rear room of his meat shop in St. Paul Minnesota. Authorities say the motive was revenge and a suspect involved is an employee, Steven. The case prompts renewed calls for swift justice.
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Criistian I
Schindeldecker
Emis
Thomas case at Des Moines hinges on poison evidence
In Des Moines a key prosecution move hinges on Prof S S Maney testifying that Mabel Schofield’s stomach contained a poison such as chloroform or chloral hydrate. Macy’s earlier testimony was excluded as the stomach sample’s identity was disputed. Other experts argued the autopsy showed no water in the lungs and that the victim likely died before reaching the river.
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Thomas
Des Moines
S&s. R. Maney
Highland Park College
Mabel Schofield
Macy
Prof
Lewis Schwoler
Turing
Hhis
Vaccination feud pits health board against school board
Council Bluffs health board and the board of education clash over enforcing a smallpox vaccination order for students. The school authorities refuse to bear enforcement duties, urging the health board to act. A committee will notify Mayor Macrae about the dispute, with outcome hinging on health board conciliation.
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Council Bluffs Health Board
Council Bluffs City Health Board
Board of Education
Board of Health
Macrae
Health Board
Banks Ready Payouts From State Banks
The banking department in Des Moines reports two of four banks under state supervision that closed last year have paid creditors in full. Only two banks remain unsettled, namely the People's Savings Bank of Pella and the Sigourney Savings Bank, which have yet to complete full payouts.
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Office of the Auditor of State
Des Moines
People's Savings Bank of
Pella
Sigourney Savings Bank
Prof Gifford Found Not Morally Guilty but Insane
Decorah report says Prof Z Gifford after a seventeen day trial was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of neighbor S A Bigelow on November 3 1904. Gifford a Decorah educator and Methodist church leader was committed to an asylum.
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Decorah
Z. Gifford
Gifford
S.A. Bigelow
Methodist Church
Jie
Jury returns verdict for defendant in Berger libel suit
The Webster City Freeman Tribune wins the libel action by Mrs. HK OM Berger. The jury rejected her $10,000 damages claim over an article based on a fortune teller tale.
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HK. OM. Berger
Freeman Tribune
Webster City
Berger
Bee
Maple Valley fire men's meet date to be changed
The Maple Valley firemen will move their meet from the dune T oat Wall Lake due to a clash with the state meet. They do not want to reduce attendance at the state meet and expect the new date to be set for June 1d.
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Maple Valley Firemen
Dune T Oat Wall Lake
Local Shortages Hit Lake City Butter and Eggs
In Lake City and nearby farming county areas a butter shortage has spread from urban centers. Local restaurants and hotels report eggs and omelets unavailable ahead of future supply improvements.
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Lake City
Fure
Milford Cites Fire Limit Ordinance After Blaze
The city council passed a fire limit ordinance following a recent blaze that destroyed property valued at 15 000 dollars. The measure responds to the incident and aims to curb future risks by tightening fire safety rules.
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Councl
Milford
LeMars Jury Returns True Bill Against Kingsley Man
The LeMars jury found a true bill against Trough Walcult of Kingsley for burghivizing the home of Ines Whitwell. No other indictments were announced. The jury was discharged.
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LeMars
Trough Walcult
Kingsley
Ines
Whitwell
Campaigns Rage as Sixth Ward Elimination Roils Marshalltown
Growing out of the Alir shalltown city earnest in eliminating the Sixth ward, the bitter campaign unfolds in Marshalltown. Several ouiss meetings have been held as residents debate the move and its political implications.
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Alirshalltown
Sixth Ward
Marshalltown
WIFE SMOKES CIGARETTES IN DR STAPLES DIVORCE
Dr George Allan Staples of Dubuque, a wealthy Iowa physician, sues Blanche Llancock Staples for divorce amid sensational claims she smoked cigarettes and rose late, aiming to set a bad example for children. Mrs Staples replies that cigarette use is common among fashionable European women and developed during a two year continental tour. She denies being a heavy smoker.
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George Allan Staples
Dubuque
Iowa
Blanche Llancock Staples
Myrs. Staples
Europe
Game Birds Confiscated After Warehouse Breakin
Three Jaw Friday officers invaded the Strange Bros. Hide Company warehouse in Sioux City breaking a lock and seizing fourteen prairie chickens and eleven quail. State law imposes a $30 fine per bird, totaling $900 if collected. Deputy C. B. Kuhl led the investigation, with Constables Frank Dunham and Sin T. Tub er assisting.
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Hoon
Strange Bros. Hide Company
Sioux City
C. B. Kuhl
Frank Dunham
Sin TC. Tuber
Narrow Escape on Northwestern Near Harmshamville
A journal on the engine caused the tender to derail four miles west of Harmshamville on Thursday marsive. The engine was badly damaged. one track line was displaced and steps on one side torn. No injuries, but passengers were frightened as the train halted three rails from Cedar Creek bridge. Pratte was delayed about four hours.
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Harmshamville
Marsive
Cedar Creek
Pratte
Des Moines Police Raid Wine Rooms Highlight Menace to Respectability
Police raided more than a dozen wine rooms and locations next to saloons and small restaurants, arresting only men and women found together while others went free. The crackdown addresses a rapid rise in wine rooms deemed a serious threat to the city's moral standards.
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Des Moines
Lumbermen Unite In Regional Trade Group Merger
Two large chambermen's associations in Iowa and Missouri amalgamated at Burlington after concurrent conventions. About 200 delegates attended from the Southeastern Town and Northern Missouri and Southern Town associations. The merger united closely allied timber interests and aims.
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Burlington
Missouri
Iowa
Biennial elections validity ruling and local cases emerge
Judge W D Evans ruled the biennial elections amendment valid and an appeal to the supreme court will be filed to determine its fate. In Webster City an indictment against County Superintendent 4 N Gerber faced assault charges. A Shell Rock fire destroyed Frank Orvis’s home, six people left homeless in freezing weather. Humboldt County mourns the sudden death of Marland after heart failure. An attempted self harm case near Duciaston ends in tragedy.
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Des Moines
W. D. Evans
Story County
Supreme Court
Lowa
N. Gerber
Webster City
Ford
Prank
Humboldt
Abe
Marland
Dakota City
McWarland
Humboldt County
Mar aidea proposes heating plant in Des Moines city
At the general municipal election in Mareloa voters will see a proposition from the Peterson Tent Light and Water Company of Des Moines. It proposes establishing a heating plant in Muarshathu city.
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Mareloa
Muarshathu
Gamu
Peterson Tent, Light and Water Company
Des Moines
Local man fined for illegal joint operation in Sigourney
In Judge Preston's court at Sigourney on Wednesday Cox was fined for conducting a joint and selling lignanw Wegally. His fee was set at BAGO ad costs.
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Cox
Tedvick
Preston
Sigourney
Bago Ad
Congressional Naval Debate and Swayne Trialdominated Week
The week featured heated discussion on naval appropriations with opposition to adding two battleships, defense of the Philippines, and far eastern naval issues. The Swayne impeachment trial dominated hours of closed sessions, while the House and Senate handled district, canal, and weathered appropriation bills. Memorial services for Senator Quay closed Sunday in special session.
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Philippines
Far East
Ysory
Naval Oil
Senate
District of Columbia
Kyking
Rudd Meral
Asite Framwo Hoys
Swayne
Tundyge Bwayne
Tanase of Representatives
Tre Gued
Dingley Hill
Mrnday
Faolood
Columbia
Morgan
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Commission
Congress
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Ilinois
Miss Willard
Hous
Princes EB Willard
Mesarsoss
Graf
Littlefield
Maine
Rainey
John Boutchood
Pen- Fose
Quay
Pennsylvania
Wen
Hous of Representatives
Mathew Stanley Quay
Mr. Dalzell
National Capital Briefs From The Supreme Court Recess
In Washington the Supreme Court has recessed for three weeks. The judiciary committee reports a bill to require interstate corporations to file manual reports with the Department of Commerce and Labor. Secretary Shaw urges Congress to refund duties on imported wheat used as seed.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Loase Committee On Judiciary
V. Gridley
Dewey
Olympia
Manila Bay
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