West Virginia Mine Disaster Leaves Dozens Trapped
A catastrophic explosion hit two Consolidated Coal mines near Monongah, West Virginia, killing three workers and injuring four while 493 men remain trapped beneath tons of coal and rubble. Rescue teams work through the night, amid speculation the blast was sparked by black damp and ignited coal dust.
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Monenash
W. Vua
America
Consolidated Coal Company
Muner
West Virginia
Should curb mother love and assert civilized motherhood
Chicago club woman Mrs Harriet Van Devaart head of Neighborhood House told West End Mothers' club that overly intense maternal love is uncivilized. She favors Plato and Shaw views that maternity serves an universal function and warns exclusive affection keeps a woman in a primitive stage.
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Chicago
Harriet van Devaart
Neighborhood House
West End
van Devaart
Plato
G. I. Shaw
Mrs. van Devaart
Farrel Jury Disagrees In Irish Assembly Case
The Dublin jury failed to reach a verdict in the trial of James Farrell, Irish nationalist and North Longford MP, and forty others charged with taking part in an unlawful assembly likely to cause a riot. Across Ireland juries have frequently disagreed in cattle driving and riot cases at the Leinster assizes.
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Takiuchul
James Farrell
North Longford
Dublin
Ireland
Farrell
Leinster Assizes
Ship Guasca sinks after collision off Parangua Brazil
The 550 ton coasting steamer Guasca under Capt Ramos with a crew of thirty is reported sunk off Parangua Brazil after a collision with an unknown vessel. Thirty crew members are drowned.
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Ramos
Parangua
Brazil
River Steamer St Marys Burned At Hallopwing Point
The river steamer St Mary's was burned on the Patuxent River at Hallopwing Point Maryland. No passengers were aboard and the crew of twenty eight had narrow escapes with some leaping into the water in their night clothes.
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Burns
St. Mary's
Hallopwing Point
Patuxent River
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices
Friday quotations show Toy beeves at 5.25 and Top hogs at 4.70 in Sioux City markets.
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Sioux City
Dry Wave Takes Hold in Hlinals Saloons
Districts across fourteen counties implement local option from the last election. Eight counties are totally dry while six permit saloons in limited precincts.
Fire losses hit half million at Cambridge railroad shops
A blaze gutted the Eset Cambridge machine shops and round house of the Boston and Maine railroad Thursday night. The estimated damage reached 508000 dollars, with the fire causing extensive destruction to equipment and facilities.
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Eset
Cambridge
Boston and Maine Railroad
President imposes annual 30 mile marches for officers
The War Department issues a general order extending riding tests to all field officers who must complete daily practice marches of at least thirty miles for three days each year and accompany their commands monthly. The president rejects leniency for staff officers and signals tougher testing, risking retirement of many officers.
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War Department
Enginneers
Crades
Congress
National Bank of Commerce Closes in Kansas City
The National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City Missouri failed to open on Thursday and is under national bank examiner control. Once the city’s largest financial institution it had shown weakness since its August 22 statement revealing near one million dollars owed to the clearing house.
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National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
National Bank Examiner
Clearing House
Great Wealth on Farms Shows Cash End to Strain
Circular letter responses from editors across the nation indicate bulk land products are ample and valuable enough to end financial stringency if turned to cash. Kansas holds about 200 million dollars in grain with 165 million in state bank deposits. Dairy prices stay firm in Iowa from Waterloo reports. Indiana farmers benefit from higher prices despite fewer bushels. South Dakota crops rise by 16 million from 1906 and North Dakota looks stronger. Winnipeg dispatch notes wheat abundance and bank deposits up 14 million.
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C. R. Erwin
Chicago
Erwin
Kansas
Arthur Capper
Mall and Breeze
Sitll
Towa
Waterloo
Indiana
South Dakota
North Dakota
Canada
Winnipeg
Roosevelt orders troops to Goldfield Nevada district
President Roosevelt directed General Funston to send a sufficient force of regular troops to Goldfield Nevada to restore order after a telegraphic request from Nevada Governor. The move follows rising unrest in the mining town and aims to stabilize the area.
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Goldfield
Roosevelt
Gen. Funston
New
Nevada
Couple Suffocated by Gas in Mokena Home
Mr and Mrs Treuter residents of Mokena Illinois were found dead in their home from gas poisoning believed to come from a coal stove. Neighbors discovered the deaths after noticing hours had passed since they were last seen.
French Drive Arabs Back Near Morocco Frontier
French forces push thousands of Bent Nassen tribesmen back into Morocco. The French concentrate on the frontier as the clash continues and the border area remains tense with ongoing hostilities.
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Morocco
Dissolution of Barring and Kidder Partnership
It was announced that the partnership between Barring Co New York representatives of Barring Bros limited of London and Kidder Peabody Co of Boston will be dissolved Jan 1 next.
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Barring & Co
New York
Barring Bros., Limited
London
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Boston
Admiral Gelis Orders Pacific Fleet Move
Rear Admiral Riley K Evans sails flagship Connecticut to Hampton Roads on Thursday to lead battleship fleet toward the Pacific.
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Gelis
R@iley.K. Evans
Fagship
Connecticut
Hampton Roads
Pacific
Harriman Says Recovery Near After Panic
E H Harriman, in a New York interview, states the country is reversing its low mood and entering a rebound with industrial stability and restored credit. He cautions that peak commercial activity may take time due to the upcoming presidential campaign and cautious optimism remains warranted.
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Geare
Bradley to challenge senator will after acquittal
Mrs Annie M Bradley intends to sue to break the will of the late Senator Arthur Brown in Washington. The suit stems from his written acknowledgment that Bradley's two sons are his own, yet his will disavowed paternity and left most of the estate to Max and Alice. The probate case awaits Judge Powers' return for the action to begin.
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Annie M. Bradley
Arthur Brown
Washington
Salt Lake City
Brown
Max
Alice
Judge Powers
Blow at Harvester Trust Suit Gains Important Point
In Kansas the state wins a point in its suit to oust International Harvester. FP. W. Griggs testified that Cyrus McCormick claimed the company owned or controlled 95 percent of money used to manufacture and sell harvesting machinery and aimed to set a uniform sale price. Judge Dana let the evidence stand.
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International Harvester Company
Kansas
FP. W. Griggs
Cyrus McCormick
Kansas City
Presdient McCormick
Dana
Wreck on Baltimore Ends in Deaths and Injuries
A rear-end collision on the Baltimore and Ohio at Hanover Maryland killed three people and injured about twenty as two passenger trains collided while one stood to take on passengers. The rear car collapsed into the next coach after a high speed crash. The dead and many injured were taken to Baltimore area hospitals. The first train had been delayed by a broken rail at Jessups.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Hanover
Baltimore
Jessups
Admits Killing Girl with Club in Vilarde
David Martinez y Sanchez, arrested on suspicion of murdering Miss Jennie Templeton at Vilarde New Mexico, has confessed he killed her with a club while drunk.
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David Martinez Y Sanchez
Jennie Templeton
Vilarde
N. M
Missing Cashier’s Body Found Near Lawton Bank
The body of D. R. Rankin, cashier of Merchants and Farmers Bank at Lawton Oklahoma, who disappeared a month ago, was found in Cache Creek near Lawton on Wednesday.
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D. R. Rankin
Defounct Merchants and Planters’ Bank
Lawton
Okla
Cache Creek
Taft Meets the Czar in Audience at Tsarskoye Selo
Secretary Taft was received by Emperor Nicholas II of Russia at Tsarskoye Selo on a Wednesday audience. The meeting conveyed a frank expression of Russia’s regard for the United States.
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Taft
Taft Wes
Emperor Nicholas
Russia
Tsarkee Helo
United States
Sugar Ming is Dead
Henry O. Havemeyer of New York president of the American Sugar Refining Company died Wednesday afternoon of acute indigestion.
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Sugar Ming
Henry O. Havemeyer
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Wood Stove Defies Crescent School Board by Principal Ward
In Crescent Miss Bella Ward, principal, blocked board efforts to install a coal burner by locking the schoolhouse door. Teachers backed her stance, leading to strikes and heated debate over heating arrangements. The battle left the old wood stove in place while pupils complained of the cold room.
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Crescent
Bella Ward
Miss Ward
Iowa
Ma‘ams
Posse Pursues Fugitive Murder Suspect Near Fairport
Authorities stake out woods near Fairport as a posse of fifty tracks Harry Jones, a suspected killer in the Muscatine double murder of Mr. and Mrs. Will Van Winkle. Westward cities alerted. Rock Island county sheriff searches across the Mississippi for the fugitive tied to another Iowa tragedy. The cases share a night of four deaths caused by a demon using a club. Jones was last seen in Fairport two years before.
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Harry Jones
Will van Winkle
Muscatine
Fairport
Rock Island County
Mississippi River
Iowa
W. Toman
Jones
Toman
Conference on Iowa Guard feud ends without result
Capt Hyatt of Webster City and Capt Rankin of Mason City held a secret conference with Adjt Gen Thrift in Des Moines over charges Rankin filed after losing to Hyatt for major of the Fifty sixth regiment. Rankin alleges irregularities. Myatt led Rankin’s rivals. No immediate settlement emerged.
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Hyatt
Rankin
Owl cars fail to win support in Des Moines
Des Moines street railway department reports 169 passengers on the first owl car trial night. Revenue totaled $16.90 while operating costs reached $50. An city ordinance requires a three month test run with owl cars every hour from midnight to morning, charging two fares and issuing no transfers.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Street Railway Company
Des Moines Burglar Pleads Guilty Amid Coercion Claim
Elmer Johnson pleads guilty to burglarizing Des Moines sub post offices claiming John Hook forced him at gunpoint. Johnson, a reform school graduate, says Hook led a gang of burglars before Johnson’s parole. Hook, a professional cracksman, was arrested days earlier by Des Moines police.
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Des Moines
Elmer Johnson
John Hook
Johnson
Eldora Reform School
Hook
Reform School
New Towa Ball League forms in southwestern Iowa
The Southwestern Iowa Baseball league is organized under FF A Wilson and A Vv Hunt. Clarinda and Villisca each subscribe over $1,500 and fans show strong enthusiasm in the region.
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FF. A. Wilson
A. Vv. Hunt
Clarinda
Villisca
No Work He Ends Life Rack Allen Cedar Rapids
A 50 year old machinist named Rack Allen of Cedar Rapids, out of work and despondent, committed suicide in his room by taking morphine. The death is reported as a self inflicted act in a troubled period.
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Rack" Allen
Cedar Rapids
Wuhcide
Letters Found In Clinton Garbage Box At Busy Street Corner
Street Commissioner Frantz found a pile of letters in a Clinton garbage box at Fifth Avenue and Second Street. The items included lavender envelopes from Clinton high school girls and foreign addresses, some a month delinquent. Post office officials took custody, noting the mix with a fire alarm box and mail box caused the odd discovery.
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Franzing
Fifth Avenue
Second
Clinton
Uncle Sam
Iowa
Illinois
Austria
Italy
Mormons Plan City to City Campaign in Iowa
A Utah Mormon group of sixteen elders led by John M Alleman from Springfield outlines a house to house canvass starting in Burlington and expanding statewide. They sang prayed and exhorted at a public corner drawing attention as they organize the campaign.
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Iowa
Burlington
Utah
John M. Alleman
Springfield
Long search rewarded. Minneapolis woman finds her son in Burlington
Lewis Smith, 22, was located by his mother after ten years apart. J. K. Strause of Minneapolis, his grandfather, revealed his identity at a Burlington hotel where Smith worked as a night clerk. Smith had believed his father had taken him after his parents divorced twenty years ago.
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Minneapolis
Burlington
Lewis Smith
J. K. Strause
Woman Becomes Suspect in Des Moines Store Theft
A woman identified as Mrs. A. C. Herman ordered goods to be delivered to the Kirkwood hotel and vanished with several hundred dollars in merchandise. Des Moines merchants report losses. police suspect she may be from Kansas City and wanted in Merrill Wisconsin for forgery.
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Des Moines
A. C. Herman
Kirkwood Hotel
Kansas City
Merrill
Wis
Omaha man held for forgery in Marshalltown case
F. H. Christian, representing Merchants' Chemical Co of Omaha, hog cholera remedy makers, is jailed in Marshalltown on suspicion of uttering forged instruments. He offered two $20 checks drawn on Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids, both returned. one indorsed by a farmer and cashed at First National Bank, the other at the Stoddart hotel where he stays.
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Omaha
Marshalltown
F. H. Christian
Merchants’ Chemical Company
Hog Cholera Remedy Manufacturers of
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
First National Bank
Stoddart Hotel
Christian
Three Men Arrested in Des Moines Court House Fraud Case
In Des Moines, L. B. Hansen of Lisbon North Dakota J. A. Fike of Omaha and M. J. Schermerhorn of Des Moines were arrested as they entered a district court room to defend a civil suit over a property transfer. An indictment charges conspiracy to defraud. The complainant M. Stewart alleges a deal trading an incubator factory for worthless Dakota lands involved thirty thousand dollars.
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Des Moines Court House
L. B. Hansen
Lisbon
N. D
J. A. Fike
Omaha
M. J. Schermerhorn
Des Moines
District Court Room
M. Stewart
Woman Drinks Lye After Fire Attempt Near Melbourne
Adelia M. Johnson, 30, drank concentrated lye while distressed after attempting to set fire to her parents’ home four miles north of Melbourne. She survived with heroic care and now faces transfer to the Independence insane hospital.
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J. W. Johnson
Melbourne
Adelia M. Johnson
Independence
Economic tone hints at gradual recovery in trade
The report notes improving but cautious business sentiment, with rising shipments and renewed loan renewals signaling solvency yet unfinished liquidation. Industry pace slower, manufacturing steady ahead seven months, leather demand fair while hides decline, building trades cautious amid colder weather and ongoing contracts. Failures in District 23 fall from prior year levels, with several over $5,000.
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Wm.deicag
A. Satis
Beneta
Ils
Tme
Ateady
New York Financial Tone Improves Amid Market Cautiousness
New York reports show accessible improvement in financial affairs with stronger markets and easing currency pressures. The money market loosens, but trade remains slow due to holidays and weather. loans stay restrictive despite some easing. Business failures for the week ending Nov show declines from prior years, with Bradstreet's Commercial Review noting cautious optimism.
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Bradstreet
Historical North American Commodity Prices Snapshot
Reported cattle hog and sheep prices across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and New York markets. Grain and dairy prices for wheat corn oats rye timothy butter eggs cited with varying bid ranges and grade designations.
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Chicago
Prine Herth
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
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