Bodies found after mine gas traps eight men at West Mine
In Bluefield West Virginia the eight men missing since Friday at Pocahontas Collieries West Mine were recovered after a rescue party faced deadly white damp gas. The dead include A W Hurst Bob Oldham and Fritz G Bell. Fire continues in Baby mine and flooding is seen as only solution to extinguish it. Two buildings collapsed in Houston as brick and debris fell late at night damaging Lillenthal Bros hay grain and produce shop and the Converse building.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Mine
Pocahontas Collieries Company
Tug River
A. S. Hurst
Bob Oldham
Fritz G. Bell
Kurst
Houston
Tex
Lillenthal Bros
Main Street
Converge
Walter O'Mally
William Priest
Gastner, Curran & Kullitt Company
Philadelphia
Robert St. Clair
Morris St.Mair
William Oldham
F. G. Bell
Joseph Valdemell
Shamokin Coal and Coke Company
Maybury
West Main
Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
Baby Mine
King
Kfne
Pocahontas
Flat Top
The
Southwestern Virginia Improvement Company
Thorne
Memphis Widow Charged With Poisoning Husband
The grand jury indicted Mrs Georgia Emma Hooks of Memphis Tennessee for the murder of Cerro Gordo Hooks stating the death was caused by poisoning After autopsy led by Dr William Krauss the stomach and organs showed powdered glass and arsenic in large quantities supporting the charge
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Memphis
Tenn
Georgia Emma Hooks
Cerro Gordo Hooks
William Krauss
Krauss
Lynching of a Black Man by Black Mob Near Shreveport
Reports from Herndeen plantation on the Red river reveal a sensational murder and lynching carried out by fellow Black men. The victim was seized from a white officer and executed Saturday night near Bossier parish on the Shreveport side, highlighting a rare intra-racial mob violence event that stunned the region.
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Lynn King
Shreveport
Hlerndeen Plantation
Bossier Parish
Red River
Rioting in Galway After Lynch Victory Celebrations
Riots erupted in Galway after illuminations for Colonel Arthur Lynch's parliamentary win. Nationalists attacked unionist and nationalist homes, destroying windows as police struggled to clear the streets. baton charges and stone showers injured several, with extra constabulary drafted to Galway.
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Gver
Dublin
Galway
Arthur Lynch
Horace Plunkett
Bonded Car Burglary Arrests in San Antonio
Juan Garza and Manuel Vhivares were seized at Sunset freight depot amid a bonded car of silver bullion from Torreon to Newark valued at 150000 dollars. They claimed ignorance, said they rode back from Eagle Pass after bull fights, and faced charges of breaking and entering the bonded car with possible penalties of 1000 dollar fine or five years imprisonment.
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San Antonio
Tex
Juan Garza
Manuel Vhivares
Sunset
Torreon
Mexico
Newark
N. J
Eagle Pass
Messal
United States
Seeligson
Lancaster
Underground Telephone System Planned for Galveston
Colonel E K Baker general manager of Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph company and I Boon right of way agent are in Galveston from Austin. Cables have arrived for the underground system and work to place them will begin next Monday. Delays occurred due to the salt water resistant cable requirement.
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Galveston
Tex
EK. WK. Baker
Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company
I. Boon
Austin
Mining Engineers Visit Beaumont From New York Trip
A 250 member delegation from the American Institute of Mining Engineers will tour Beaumont Texas next week en route to Mexico. The group includes leading mining engineers and local captain A I Lucas aids in arranging a reception and oil field tour for the visitors.
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Beaumont
Tex
American Institute of Mining Engineers
New York
Mexico
A. I. Lucas
Houston Fireman Die From Fire Day Accident
Prank Medlenka a veteran Houston fireman and driver on steamer No 8 died at St Josephs infirmary after injuries from a fire call at McKinney and Chartres streets. He suffered broken legs a broken hip and a severe side wound and died at 11 20 PM after being injured yesterday afternoon.
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Houston
Tex
Medlenka
Fire Department
St. Joseph's Infirmary
McKinney and
Chartres
Tyne
Conspiracy to Seize Klondike Revealed by Yukon Secret Service
A Yukon secret service report says the Klondike seizure plot formed in Dawson and uncovered there in September. The group the Order of the Midnight Sun was founded at Dawson by American Fenians, with a Skagway branch. papers seized at Skagway are held by American officers after the seizure occurred on U S soil. The order’s secretary has fled to Seattle.
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Victoria
B. C
United States
The
Order
Seattle
International Live Stock Show slated for Chicago week after next
Officials of the International Live Stock show at the stock yards expect half a million visitors to attend. On December 2 Secretary Wilson will speak, followed by a talk on December 3 before the National Live Stock Association. Chairman Madden announces committees and arrangements nearly complete.
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Chicago
Stock Yards
Citizens’ Committee
Wilson
National Live Stock Association
Martin B Madden
Chinese Customs Refuse Temporary Tariff Plan
Dispatch from Hong Kong notes disappointment in Can ton and China over customs authorities rejecting the bankers' committee temporary tariff schedule. The committee's proposals are approved by good authorities though.
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China
Panzers
New York
Hong Kong
London Times
New York Times
Canton
Bankers’ Committee
Health Officials Seize the Cow in Brooklyn Tuberculosis Experiment
Dr. George D. Barney faced opposition after inoculating a young woman with tuberculosis and claimed transmission from a cow. Dr. Robert A. Black seized the diseased cow and her stable before an autopsy could occur, sending the animal to the public pound for destruction.
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New York
George D. Barney
Brooklyn
Robert A. Black
Board of Health
Barney
Koch
Black
Standard Oil seals bulk oil carrier contracts
Philadelphia reports Standard Oil has closed major contracts with ship builders for bulk oil carriers to serve the Transatlantic trade. Cramp company wins one contract while others go to Richmond Virginia and elsewhere. Vessels will be about 350 feet long with at least 1.5 million gallons capacity each. This marks Cramp’s first bulk oil carrier contract.
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Philadelphia
Standard Oil Company
Cramp Company
Richmond
Cramps
Irreparable Loss to the Liberals in Colombia
The Herald correspondent reports that General Patino and General Cortissoz died when their small boat capsized on the river near Gatung. Patino, wounded in the arm, tried to save Cortissoz who could not swim, and both perished, seen as a major blow to the liberal party.
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New York
Colon
Colombia
Herald
Patino
Barrera
Cortissoz
Gatung
Liberal Party
Rain and cold snap hit North Texas cotton areas
Nov 23 reports describe a heavy rainfall and hail in Denison with a following cold wave. The rain benefits winter wheat but cotton yields have failed with widespread damage feared across a 100 mile radius near Texarkana and surrounding districts.
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Texas
Denison
Texarkana
Arrests Shake Venezuela as Castro Targets War Minister
President Castro ordered the arrest at Puerto Cabello of Ramon Guerra minister of war amid a claimed coup plot. He also detained several Guerra partisans in Caracas including Monta Uban a self described French citizen. The moves created wide sensational reaction throughout the country.
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Venezuela
Caracas
Castro
Puerto Cabello
Ramon Guerra
Guerra
Monta Uban
Nelson Convicted of Murder in Paris Case
Renzo Nelson is found guilty of the murder of Jack Overtin and sentenced to twenty five years in the penitentiary.
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Paris
Renzo Nelson
Jack Overtin
Wo or haw and a Parisian punch line
A collection of light anecdotes includes a Native American name for California emigrants derived from a driver’s shout to oxen and witty exchanges involving Oliver Goldsmith, James Boewell, President Diaz, and Ambassador Joseph Choate.
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California
Oliver Goldsmith
James Boewell
Johnson
Tom Davis
Diaz
Puebla
Bunker Hill
New York
London
Joseph Choate
Choate
Parana and Amazon Rivers Highlight South American Geography
Items of interest note Brazil's Parana spans 2200 miles, second only to the Amazon as the continent's longest river. Evelyn Abbott, Greek historian and Balch College fellow, dies at fifty eight after paralysis confined him to bed. Eleanor C Reed writes five farm life stories, with strong rural color and a tragic feud tale opening the collection.
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Parana
Brazil
Argentine
Amazon
South America
New York Times
Evelyn Abbott
Balch College, Oxford
Eleanor C. Reed
Chicago
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G.W. Blackburn
L. N. Halbert
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