Fire and Gas Trap Smuggler Union Mine in Colorado
Telluride Colorado reports a catastrophic mine fire at the Bullion tunnel mouth of the Smuggler Union mine. Gas and smoke filled the levels trapping workers. 72 dead confirmed with 22 bodies recovered by 1 PM. Rescue efforts and fate of others unclear due to continuing gas.
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Telluride
Colo
Bullion Tunnel
Colorado
Bullion
Smugegler Union
Sheridan
At & O'Clock
August Juanta
Allen Henderson
Cris Maiti
Tortenor Knos
William Warfield
Joan Peterson
William Jones
William Graham
Frank Jadra
Gus Sunberg
Teluride
Ti Smuggler Union Mining Company
Maddox Free Methodists Rally Against Letter Writer
A new settler in Maddox is burned in effigy and hanged in effigy at the Free Methodist church after he wrote home questioning local cattle theft and prosperity. The incident echoes a historic site near the church marking Chief Joseph’s last battle.
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Eat Falls
Lie Church
Free Methodist Church
Maddox
Maddox Methodists
Fort Benton
Vree Methodists
Old States
Montana
Joseph
Nelson A. Miles
Boer roundup by Kitchener forces near Pretoria
London dispatch reports Colonel Branders column rounding up Byers and Badenhearst Boer commandos miles northwest of Pretoria. Three killed and three wounded, 34 captured including two field cornets. Troops seized substantial stock and war munitions.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Branders
Byers
Badenhearst
Holland Court Declines Intervention in South African War
The administrative council of the court of arbitration in The Hague ruled it was incompetent to consider the Boer appeal for intervention in the South African War.
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the Hague
Administrative Council
The
Court of Arbitration
South Africa
Aguinaldo Seeks Talk With Chaffee On Philippines Policy
Aguinaldo asks General Chaffee, military governor, for permission to appear before Congress and press Filipino demands. He requests four companions, four of whom are prisoners, as part of his party. Sixto Lopes, abroad in Europe, seeks exemption from oath for peace work. A federal fund in Manila aims to halt Gen Isidoro Torres’ execution, with several congressmen urged to intervene.
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Manile
Aguinaldo
General Chaffee
Philippines
Congress
Aguipaldo
Inam
Wille
Mauila
Sixto Lopes
United States
Europe
Hongkong
Taft
Federal Party
Manila
Isidoro Torres
Thas
Warrfare
Torres
Catholic University Holds Secret Board Meeting
The annual trustees gathering at the Catholic University opened with a secret session discussing Dr. Henneby’s case after his dismissal from the Gaelic chair. Treasurer reported funds at 876,083 with endowment and cash totals. receipts 160,500 disbursements 157,569 leaving 2,941 on hand. Debts reduced to 205,000 and 10,000 added to endowment. Heneiby not reappointed and Gaelic position to wait for a fully dedicated professor.
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Washington
The
Catholi University
Henneby
Heneby
Foley boy sent to reform school by judge
The Foley boy, who had been jailed at Forsyth for months, broke jail and caused trouble, was committed by Judge Loud to the reform school. He was brought down yesterday by Sheriff Davis.
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The
Standard
Miles City
Foley
Forsyth
Judge Loud
Reform School
Davis
Sales of Sheep Reported from Miles City Market
A special dispatch from Miles City lists recent sheep sales within a day or two. KE C Philbrick of Sabra sold 859 wether lambs at 2 dollars to A C Peck of Glenallen North Dakota. Lyons of Forsyth sold other lots to unspecified buyers.
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Standard
Miles City
C. Philbrick
Sabra
A. C. Peck
Glenallen
N. D
Wether Lambs
R. I, Lyons
Forsyth
Sheep Trade Report From Jamestown Area Markets
J B Smith of Jamestown buys 600 head plus 1 and 2 year old wethers and 200 ewes at 2.70 per hundred. N G Philbrick company of Sabra sells 502 year old wethers to J B Smith at 275 and 200 at 260. Huntington of Sabra sells 1 000 wethers at 2.70 and 2.75 to J B Smith. E C Philbrick of Rosebud sells 1 300 ewes at 2.26 to James Parker.
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J. B. Smith
Jamestown
N. G. Philbrick Company
Sabra
J. KB. Smith
Huntington
E. C. Phitbrick
Rosebud
James Parker
Miles City forms Carnegie free library board
The Miles City council named T. J. Porter as president and W. Butler, W. A. Jordan, C. H. Lund, and J. W. Strewell as trustees to oversee a free public library funded by Andrew Carnegie. Subscriptions totaling 1100 pounds secure an initial site and start, with plans to call for bids within six weeks and construction beginning next spring for a fall completion.
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Standard
Miles City
Free Public Library
Andrew Carnegie
T. J. Porter
Porter
Miles
Governors Will Confer to Fight Railroad Consolidation
Minnesota Governor Van Sant announced a plan to invite governors of states with anti consolidation laws to join in resisting the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railway merger. A conference may be planned to pursue court action and new legislation to curb the Northern Securities Company.
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Minneapolis
van Sant
West
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Great Railway Trust
Northern Security Company
Nebraska Governor Opposes Rail Road Consolidation
Governor Bavage declared Nebraska will resist any plan to consolidate Union Pacific and Burlington to curb competition. He said Nebraska would join Minnesota and Washington in enforcing anti merger laws, noting the state constitution bars parallel line consolidation and promising action against violations.
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Lincoln
Neb
Union ‘Acutic
Burlington
Bavage
Sald
Nebraska
Minnesota
Washington
Thirty Insurgents Killed in Samar
Major U W T Waller of the marine corps reports a Nov 7 attack on insurgents at Soroton near Basey on Samar. Three camps destroyed four bamboo cannons captured and stores seized. Marines scaled a 20 foot cliff with bamboo ladders and faced hidden pitfalls. Thirty enemy killed. marines lightly wounded.
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Manila
U. W. T. Waller
Marine Corps
Adm
Pel Rodgers
Iz Command
Soroton
Basey
Island
Samar
Major Waller
David PD. Porter
Hirman Bearsa
Rodgers
Waller
Freight wreck near Schuyler injures crew in open switch
An open switch caused a Union Pacific wreck at Benton four miles west of Schuyler Nebraska early today. Fireman CC Hodgson and a tramp named R Heden were seriously injured while five other crew members were bruised. Two engines and five loaded cars were demolished. The Navy and Schuyler locations are noted in the line.
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Schuyler
Neb
Navy
Union Pacific
Benton
Here
BR. Hodgson
R. Heden
Government says mourning expenses not chargeable to U S
Washington November 20 The comptroller of the currency holds that expenses by U S diplomatic and consular officers abroad for draping residences in mourning for the late President McKinley are not legitimate charges against the United States.
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Washington
United States
McKinley
Rebels Capture Colon City After Surprise Attack
Liberal forces surprised Colon at 8 p m taking all public buildings and the town in under three hours. The prefect guardia was captured, several officials killed or wounded, and government troops were outnumbered. The Machias landed marines to guard the railroad. transport across the isthmus continued as trains ran normally.
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Celon
Colombia
Galveston
Cuarta
Colon
Guardia
United States
Machias
Alban
Chorrera
Panama
Patino
Las Cascades
Col
Frederico Barrera
Carta
Senor Jaen
Criminal Court
Senor Muskus
Interior Department
Cast Plandant
Senor Parenez
Gio Mayor
General Pinzon
McCrea
Shaler
Barrera
Larenight
Confusion in Washington Over Colombian Colon Capture
The report of Colon being captured by Colombian liberals stirred officials from the state department and navy. Secretary Long Admiral Crowninshield and Dr. Hill met, then briefed President Roosevelt. Dispatches from Consul Gudger at Panama and Consul Malmros confirmed the event amid naval action.
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Washington
Colon
Long
Crowninshield
Hill
White House
Roosevelt
Admiral Jouett
Panama
United States
General Gudger
Malmros
Sta
Liberals Capture Colon as Colombia Reports
Arturo de Brigard, Colombia’s consul general, says Liberals seized Colon last night with 12 killed and 30 wounded. General Carlos Alban leads troops toward Chorrera for a battle, while Colon’s garrison reduces to 30 policemen. Rail and port operations continue under protection, aiming to curry U.S. favor amid rising tensions.
Treasure hunt expedition heads to Cocos Island
Justin Gilbert, promoter, sails to Seattle to buy a schooner for a buried treasure expedition starting soon. Two Leyland steamers, recently bought by Morgan interests, may join the Northern Pacific line between Victoria and the Orient.
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Victoria
B. C
Justin Gilbert
Cocos Island
Seattle
Leyland Line
Morgan Interests
Northern Pacific Line
Orient
Riotous Students Stir Athens Over Greek Gospel Translation
In Athens on November 2, university students protested a proposal to translate the gospels into modern Greek. The unrest highlights tensions between academic reform and traditional biblical language.
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Athens
Students Clash With Police Amid Slavic Propaganda Tension
Over two days riotous demonstrations erupted against two newspapers advocating translations. Students fired on police. troops were summoned. A serious clash wounded cavalrymen and several students. The university remains guarded as authorities fear occupation of the buildings.
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Greece
Bodies Disinterred in Davis Case Probe
In Cataumet Massachusetts the Davis couple were dug up for autopsy as part of the state inquiry into Miss Jane Toppan the jailed suspect in a series of deaths. The deaths followed Mrs Gibbs and Mrs Gordon losses with Toppan accused of poisoning.
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Miss Toppan
Jury Secured to Try Mrs Bonine in Ayres Murder Case
Washington Nov. A jury to try Mrs Ida Bonine on the murder charge of James Ayres Jr. was completed just after 3 PM and the court adjourned until 10 AM tomorrow for government presentation. The panel included 39 talesmen with only three accepted, nine held over from yesterday.
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Washington
Ida Bonine
James 8. Ayres, Jr
Douglass
Boniie
Kentucky court ousts Breckenridge in AG contest
The Kentucky Court of Appeals reverses Franklin circuit court, ruling Republican Clifton J. Pratt the legal attorney general over Democrat Robert J. Breckenridge. Breckenridge must retire immediately. The ruling ends post election contests from 1899 with mixed dissents among judges.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Franklin Circuit Court
State Contest Board
Robert J. Breckenridge
Clifton J. Pratt
Hopkins County
Breckenridge
William Goebel
Pratt
W. 8S. Taylor
Luffy
Barnard, Dureese
O’rear
Hobson
Paynter
White
State
Democratic Court of Appeals
Chili May Clash With Argentine Forces
Santiago de Chile reports that Argentine troops have crossed the demarcation line into Chilean territory, signaling a potential clash between the two nations.
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Santiago de Chile
Chile
Switchmen's Strike Quiet at Mott Haven Yards
New York state railroad switchmen at Mott Haven yards of the New York New Haven Hartford report no new forces joining the strike. They received no response to their request for a sympathetic strike and reiterated they would not concede.
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New York
Mott Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
War Order Cuts Free Xmas Gifts to Civil Officers
The secretary of war directs that free admission for Christmas presents in the Philippines and Cuba shall apply only to army officers and men and civilian army employees. Navy personnel are included, but civilian employees of the civil government are excluded.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Philippines
Cuba
Alabama Constitution Carries in Official Count
Montgomery voters backed the constitution by a majority of 26,879 after an official count announced today.
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Alabama Constitution
Montgomery
Ala
Tragic Santa Fe Wreck Near Franconia Kills Seven
A head on collision of Santa Fe trains Nos. 4 and 2 near Franconia Arizona causes seven deaths and multiple injuries. Fire following the crash destroys dining and Pullman cars while crews suffer the worst fate. Relatives in Chicago and Los Angeles await word as relief trains evacuate the injured.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe
Franconia
Ariz
Needles
P. Melligott
Bb. F. Goldsmith
H. E. Barnhardt
Walter Davorgia
W. L. Case
A. H. Armitage
Sam Brown
Joe Morse
R. R. Higgins
J. R. Williams
L. W. Fair
Walter
Bruie
State Street
Chicago
H. H. Webb
Dearborn Street
Os Barse
Cook
Fifth Avenue
Ebony Larsen
Clarke Street
Monte Morton
Twenty Seventh Street
Harry Letcher
State Ette Chicago
Fr. Willams
Thomas H. Owen
la Salle Street
H. Arnold
Twenty-seventh Street
J. W. Bryant
Westbuty Fourth
P. J. Stevenson
Pasadena
W. L. Franklin
San Francisco
H. H. Gibbon
Oakland
Case
Armitage
Cremau
West End
Sceme
Santa Penootemercate
Angeles
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Westhool
Phem
Patling Peau
Fereene
Holland
Mants PO
Destress OF
Leninne
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Gen
Isidore Torres
the Catholic University
the Board of
Trustees
de. Hemneby
Reform
Carnegie
Grea
Pnciflc
Vere Asna
Northwest States
Walter Seule Wigh
Isthmus
Perry
Navy Department
McCrean
Gudger
State Department
Arajona
Herran
Charrera
Mr. Herran
Bogota
Diego de Castro
General Castro
San Clemente
Phinas
Arturo de Dbrigard
Nberals
Brisard
Carlos Alban
Pacific
de ‘Brigard
Pan-American Railroad
Sarriol
West Coast
Flint-Eddy American Trading Company
Salvador
Lombia
Allen Davis
Barnstable
Bonine
Day
Kentucky
Army
Ders
Cres
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