Mine Disaster in Tennedoe Claims Over 200 Victims
Explosion at the Great Mountain Coal Colliery in Briceville causes extensive loss of life with reports of more than two hundred fatalities. Authorities investigate the cause as rescue operations continue.
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Tennedoe
Great Mountain
Briceville
Morning Journal
Tenn
Great Crom Mountain
Knoxville
Ron Company
United Mine Workers of America
Lee Polsen
Stephenson
The
Iron Company
J. B. Hatmaker
Hie
George J. Sylvester
4 Casualty Company
Ois
Hugh Larue
Larue
Coal Creek
Jellico
Detonation Wrecked Underground Workings at Mountain Mine
Briceville Tennessee December 10 The explosion wrecked the Great Mountain mine trapping twenty seven workers. Rescue teams bratticed seven entries but relief efforts faced delays and chances of survivors grew slim as officials feared all were dead.
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Briceville
Tenn
Great Mountain
Deadly mine blast entombs 207 at Crom Mountain
Briceville Tennessee reports 207 men trapped after a powerful explosion in the Great Crom Mountain coal mine. Three escaped, as rescue teams race to reach the deeper sections amid fire, debris, and dangerous air conditions.
Hyde's Testimony in Arizona Election Case Reads to Jury
The jury in Dr. T. Clarke Hyde's trial heard the direct testimony from Hyde with limited cross examination read just before adjournment. Prosecutor Conkling pushed the cyanide purchase line after adjournment, while excluded testimony on Thomas Hunton's death and Swope family typhoid was not read. Hyde denied all charges, the defense favored his testimony, and the defense hopes to avoid further cross examination.
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Morning Journal
Kansas City
T. Clirke Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Conkling
Supreme Court
Thomas Hunton
Swope
Margaret Swope
Dr. Hydes
Dr. Hyde
Arizona's first advisory vote for two U.S. senators
Arizona's upcoming election will name two U.S. senators by advisory vote for the first time in state history. Marcus A Smith and Henry F. Ashurst lead the Democratic ticket against Ralph H. Cameron and Hoval A. Smith on the Republican side. The governor race features George W. P. Hunt and Edward F. Wells as the main contenders. Keywords include Phoenix Tucson Flagstaff Bisbee and Tombstone with party labels and dates.
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Morning Journal
Phoenis, Ariz
Dee
Arizona
United States
Campaig
Tucson
Congress
Henry F. Ashurst
Prescott
Ralph H. Cameron
Flagstaff
Hoval A. Smith
Bisbee
Smith
Cameron
George W. P. Hunt
Giobe
Edward F. Wells
Prescot
Supreme Court
Wells
Hunt
Carl Hayden
Phoenix
John &. Williams
Tombstone
Sidney P. Osborne
J. Frea Cleveland
Osborne
Cleveland
Railroad detective shot by U S deputy at Centralia
George Lewis a 34 year old Iiness Central special agent died after a pistol duel with Edward Bacon chief of the United States district court at Danville who was in charge of federal deputies guarding strikebreakers at the Centralia shops Bacon surrendered to police claiming self defense after Lewis fired first and Bacon returned fire Two men exchanged words before the shooting occurred in Central shops with federal guards at the scene.
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Centralia
George Lewis
Iiness Central
Edward Bacon
Crief
United States District Court
Danville
United States Marshal
Bacon
Central
Lewis
Avery
Per Capita Wealth Of U S 34 54 In December Report
Washington reports the per capita circulation of money in the United States is 44.54 based on census estimates of 94,679,000 people as of December 1. The last census gave 91,972,266 on April 15, 1910. Total money in circulation is 5,270,582,753 with government assets at 345,943,923, making total money stock 3,616,526,767.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Census Bureau
Day in Congress Senate Meets at 2 P M
Not in session. The Senate will meet at 2 p m Monday. More witnesses for the defense testified in the Lorimer inquiry as lawmakers probe the case.
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Senate
Lorimer
Inquiry adjourns after noon session on pensions and trusts
Meeting adjourned at 6 02 p m to noon Monday as the committee weighs the Sugar Trust inquiry and interior department investigation. Representative Bur gess of Texas criticizes the free raw material doctrine while Representative Graham of Illinois plans a broader look at pensions and agency duties.
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Controller Bay
Sugar Trust
Burgess
Texas
Interior Department
Graham
Ilinois
Sherwood
Weather likely fair for New Mexico Arizona and West Texas
Washington reports by Sunday and Monday the region including New Mexico Arizona and West Texas can expect probably fair weather.
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Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
West Texas
Band of Reistas Annihilates Federals Near Merida
Mexican detachment of 150 troops breaks into battle near Merida Yucatan. Less than a dozen soldiers escape, band of revisitas overpowering the federal company in a sharp clash. Authorities report swift action and scattered survivors.
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Band OF Revistas
Company OF Federals
Merida
Yucatan
Mexican state guards clash with Registas near Merida
About 150 state guards mostly Yaqui Indians fought 400 to 600 Registas near Merida Yucatan. The government troops were routed in a first engagement at Saoniate and Misnolbalan, with a second rebel defeat later. The insurgents reportedly used modern arms and field telephones. a gunboat disembarked 400 federal troops at Mina de Oro to reinforce coast defenses.
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Morning Journal
Merida
Yucatan
Mexico
Saoniate
Misnolbalan
Mina de Oro
Insurgents Spread From Puebla to Morelos in Mexico
Official reports say attacks in Puebla forced the government to move the Third battalion into the state. Insurgents, likely Registas, seized arms in several villages, led by the large force at Zacatlan. In Morelos raiding of villages and haciendas increased, with Vera Cruz labeling the raiders Vasquistas.
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Puebla
Morelos
Mexico City
Zacatlan
Vera Crug
Reyes Telegraphed Departure From New York for Washington
Alexander Reyes reports a telegram from General Bernardo Reyes in New York stating he will travel to Washington at dawn for a conference with friends and associates.
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Reyes
New York
San Antonio
Tex
Alexander Reyes
Bernardo Reyes
Washington
Father dies saving son in Rio Grande drowning
In Dixon Rio Arriba County New Mexico Margerito Borrego and his 18 year old son were swept away while crossing the Rio Grande. The father plunged in to rescue his boy and both perished. The elder Borrego a longtime Republican county commissioner was recovered downstream. the boy's body remains missing.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
Dee
Dixon
Rio Arriba
Margerito Borrego
Rio Grande
Embudo
Liveryman Dies in Sink Hole on Tide Flats
The body of Har ry T. Traynor, manager of a boarding and livery stable, was found in a sink hole on the tide flats. No marks of violence, appears suffocated in the mud. He was last seen leaving a nearby saloon Wednesday night. Lexington police chief seeks information.
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Seattle
Harry T. Traynor
Traynor
Lexington
Governors Toasted by Philadelphia Manufacturers Club
Western governors touring Philadelphia spent the day visiting city hall and the naval yard with eight battleships present. Nathan T. Folwell served as toastmaster at a dinner where the governors delivered brief speeches before their planned arrival in New York on a special train the next morning.
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Philadelphia
West
Manufacturers’ Club
Nathan T. Folwell
City Hall
Blankenburg
Navy Yard
New York
Holy Ghoster 19 Convicted of Manslaughter
Rev Frank W Sanford found guilty in U S district court of causing six deaths aboard the schooner yacht Coronet during the Holy Ghost and Us movement. Bond set at 16000. sentence due December 18 with possible fines up to 10000 and imprisonment up to ten years. Sanford urged steadfast defiance as verdict delivered.
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Frank W. Sanford
United States District Court
Coronet
Holy Ghost
Us Movement
Sanford
Gog
Will Hold Peace Conference At Wu Chang
Tang Shao Yi Yuan Shikai's representative travels to Wu Chang with officials to negotiate with General Lu and delegates from provinces for a peace settlement. Government confident revolutionists may accept a limited monarchy while Tang Shao Yi holds plenipotentiary power. Imperialists recapture Ta Tung Fu in Shan Si and disperse rebels retreating to Hai Yun Pu.
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Specisl
Pekin
Tang Shao Yi
Yuan Shi Kai
Wu Chang
Ta Tung Fu
Shan Si
Hai Yun Pu
Rebels and Outlaws Pillage Southern Kwang Tung
Revolutionary soldiers and outlaws seize parts of Kwang Tung province with Canton as capital. American Consul General Burgholz reports Limhow and Pakhio areas pillaged and burned. Foreign trade and foreign residents at risk if raiders reach the cities.
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Washington
Dec
China
Kwang Tung
Canton
Burgholz
Ste Department
Limehow
Kwang ‘Tung
Pakhio
Limchow
Two Negroes Die in Georgia Race Riot Clash
In Pave Georgia on December 9 two colored men were killed as blacks and whites dueled after a black man Will Williams shot Marshal Frank Byrd during an arrest at a brothel. A Negro named Frank Mobley fired on whites and was killed. authorities fear another outbreak.
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Georgia
Pave
Will Willams
Frank Byrd
Frank Mobley
Fatal Wreck on Milwaukee Chicago Line at Corliss
One man died and several passengers were shaken when Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger No. 12 struck a light engine at a switch near Corliss Wisconsin. The engineer C. P. Forbush was killed. No passengers seriously hurt.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Chicago, Milwauee & St. Paul
Corliss
Wis
Forbush
Secrecy Attends Removal To San Quentin Of M Namara
Confessed dynamiters started for penitentiary by sheriff without public knowledge. Sheriff transports M Namara in secrecy to San Quentin while authorities keep the movement quiet from the general public.
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San Quentin
M'Namaras
McNamara brothers begin San Quentin sentences after LA Times bombing
James B McNamara and his brother John J McNamara left Los Angeles for San Quentin. James faces life imprisonment for the Times building bombing with twenty one deaths. John J McNamara, a dynamiter and Iron Workers official, receives fifteen years.
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Morning Journal
Los Angeles
James B. McNamara
John J. McNamarra
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
San Quentin Penitentiary
Los Angeles Times
Llewellyn Iron Works
John J. McNamara
Clarence 8S. Darrow
John J
William A. Hammill
Hammill
McNamaras
Robert Brain
Claude Matthewson
Martin Aguirre
State Penitentiary
San Francisco
San Quentin Gates
George Gallagher
Gallagher
San Quentin
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Neill B. Field
Judge Fall
D. Cleveland
Thomas B. Catron
Colonel Prichard
U. S
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Holy Ghoster
Maine
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Shiloh
WU Chung
Joseph Scott
Nant Chen
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