Miners Trapped as Fire Reopens Chaos at St Paul Mine
Reports from St Paul mine detail 210 trapped, 20 rescued, 150 believed alive, 101 bodies recovered, 159 unaccounted. Fire returns in the second gallery threatening the main shaft while rescue teams halt to fight flames. Letters from miners reveal fear, faith, and a sole pencil enabling final messages.
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Qherry
St. Paul Ming
Bt Paui
Eset
Connolly
Taft
Washington
Watchera
Taylor
Cherry
Pigati Brothers
Joe
Salvatore
Ohice
John Lorimer
Sadie
Wavelock
Scotland
Walter Waite
Waite
Lorimer
Walczinski
Electrically executed killer Rizzo in Auburn prison
Theodore Rizzo was put to death in the electric chair at Auburn prison for the September 12 Utica murders of seven year old Theresa Proco pio and two and a half year old Freddy Infusino. He confessed to the crime and expressed remorse.
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Totsto
Auburn
Theodore Rizzo
Theresa Procopio
Freddy Infusino
Utica
Rizzo
Tornado wrecks Missouri town injures residents
Reports from Dexter Missouri say a tornado struck a town in Stoddard County wrecking thirty five houses and injuring several people. The town has a population around two thousand.
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Missouri
St Louis
Speowle
Dexter
Stoddard County
Duchess of Manchester Dies in London
Conacelo, dowager duchess of Manchester, died in London from heart failure on November 20.
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Duchess of Manchester
London
Conacelo
Dowager Duchess of Manchester
Chicago Doctor Guilty in Wife Murder
Dr Haldane Cleminson was found guilty of murdering his wife Nora in Judge McBurley's court. The jury fixed the sentence at imprisonment for life, with one juror keeping him from the gallows after hours of deliberation and four ballots.
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Chicago
Haldane Cleminson
Nora Cleminson
Nalla
Cleminnon
Roosevelt expedition bags elephants and trophies in Africa
Reports from the American hunting party in British East Africa say Colonel Roosevelt Kermit Roosevelt and Carl E. Akeley are well and will return to London. They killed four elephants for the American Museum of Natural History and plan to donate one elephant to the University of California. The party also collected five horned giraffes and several other game including a leopard oryx and kob.
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Roosevelt
Nairobi
British East Africa
Londoniana
Ingushin Plateau
Kermit Roosevelt
Chicagoan
Carl E. Akeley
American Museum of Natural History
New York
University of California
Glavis Testifies in Cunningham Coal Land Inquiry
In Seattle on November 22 D Br Glavis former chief of field work for the general land office testified in the government inquiry into Cunningham Alaska coal land claims. The government continued introducing evidence that 5280 acres near Katila valued around 50 million dollars were filed by 33 claimants to consolidate the claims and mine coal through a single company.
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Cunningham
Seattle
D. BR. Glavis
General Land Office
Ballinger
Alaska
Katila
Reward Offered in Linda Girl Murder Case in Milwaukee
Milwaukee authorities announce a five thousand dollar reward for information leading to the capture of the murderer of Hattie Linda a fourteen year old girl whose body was found in an abandoned building on the north side last Wednesday.
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Milwaukee
Hattie Linda
Moonshiners Bound Over After River Ward Standoff
Cape Girardeau Missouri November 23 three alleged moonshiners arrested by federal revenue officers after a long trip through Ripley county were bound over by a United States commissioner to the next federal grand jury. The still, the first captured in Missouri in five years, had a capacity of twenty barrels of whisky a week.
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Cape Girardeau
Federal
Ripley County
United States
Missouri
Goulds Invite Vanderbilt to Missouri Pacific Board
New York November 20 announcement that Cornelius Vanderbilt has been invited by George J. Gould to join the Missouri Pacific Railway board of directors and executive committee, and that Vanderbilt has accepted the invitation.
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Gould
Vanderbilts
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Mr. Vanderbilt
Chicago Grain and Provisions Closing Quotations
Chicago market shows gains in wheat with final quotes Dec wheat 1.09 May 1.06. Corn Dec 68c May 61 2.5c? Oats Dec 38 1/2c May 41 1/2c. Provisions: Pork Jan 20.82 to 24, Lard Jan 11.02 to 11.42, Ribs Jan 10.62 to 10.45. Cash prices: No 2 hard wheat 1.10 to 1.12, No 2 corn 68 1/4c, No 2 white oats 41 1/4c.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Decree Not Dissolution Says Elliott
Mortimer F. Elliott Standard Oil general counsel says the circuit court order does not dissolve the company but requires distribution of stock in subsidiaries to stockholders on a pro rata basis. Henry Wellman terms the ruling a theoretical victory with limited practical effect and predicts possible appeals to the supreme court.
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Federal Circuit Court
Henry Wellman
New York
Mortimer F. Elliott
Standard Ol Company
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Elliott
United States Cirenit Court
Wellman
Missouri
Supreme Court
Nicaragua to seek reparations for Grace and Cannon deaths
Secretary Knox said after a White House conference that facts presented to the state department are verified and the United States will demand reparations from Nicaragua for the deaths of Grace and Cannon. Orders were dispatched to the transport Buffalo to sail for Panama after refueling.
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Washington
White House
Knox
State Department
Buffalo
Pacific Coast
Panama
South Omaha Market Report November Cattle Hogs and Sheep
South Omaha livestock totals show cattle receipts around 6 500 with prices from 2.25 to 8.50 for varied classes. Hogs receipts near 4 500 with value ranges from 7 50 to 8 50. Sheep at 9 100 with yearlings 5 25 to 6 25 and lambs 6 75 to 7 50, with market softening.
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago live stock prices and receipts show cattle at 40,000 head with lower bids. Texas steers 4.70 to 4.70, Western steers 4.00 to 4.25, stockers and feeders 2.10 to 6.25, cows and heifers 2.00 to 5.60, calves around zero. Hog receipts 40,000 with bids of 6.0 to 8.15, bulk at 7.99 to 8.10. Sheep and lambs 42,000 with waterlogged farm conditions depressing sales and top lambs about 7.00, many sheep near 4.50.
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South Omaha
Chicago
Texas
Astor's Yacht Nourmahal Safe After Hurricane Alert
News from Willemstad Curacao reports John Jacob Astor's yacht Nourmahal safe at San Juan Puerto Rico on November 15 after a derelict sighting north of Cuba sparked anxiety. Trustees Douglas Robinson and Nieh lag Biddle notified Mrs Astor who left for Europe on the Luvliin in divorce proceedings amid fears for Colonel Astor and their son Vincent.
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New York
Willemstad
Curacao
John Jacopn Astor
San Juan
P. R
Cuba
Astor
Douglas Robinson
Niehlag Biddle
Astor Es
Biddle
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Rose C. Herman
Jos. Skala
Jake H. Herman
Louis Skala
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Wm. C. Herman
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