Seventeen Escaped as Mexican Mine Fire Rages On
A Torreon dispatch reports a fire at the Cornethag shaft of the Ternera Bronce mine in Velarde area Duiranes with 107 men at work. seventeen escaped, around thirty bodies recovered, and several others still imprisoned without food. The blaze is blamed on a smoker in an abandoned drift. the fire is described as beyond control.
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Mexico City
Q Kpecls
Torreon
Coachalla
Associated Press
Velarde
Duiranes
My ‘Loo
Gueeenheim
Catao
Street Cars Operated Under Strike Tension
In San Francisco on May 13, fifty street cars ran on two United Railroad lines for the first time since the strike began. About 1,000 passengers, mainly women, used the service with little disorder. The governor warned he would call out militia if rioting occurred, as the past week saw widespread violence and many arrests.
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San Francisco
San
Gil- Se
MSS
Incomplete report notes misconduct within police force
Fragmentary text references misconduct by individuals and overall department actions. It mentions two instances, protection for two tines in operation, and overall adequacy of department response. Names, places, dates, and clear facts are missing or illegible.
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Win
Publisher's Wife Dead from Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Mrs Agnes Barlow Houser, wife of Globe Printing president Daniel M Houser, died from a bullet wound to the right temple. She was found by her husband in her room with a revolver in her hand. Despite medical care, she died after several hours of unconsciousness. Neighbors report a nervous state for months. no clear motive or weapon source is identified.
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St. Louis
Agnes Barlow ‘Howser
Daniel M. Houser
Globe Printing Company
Globe- Democrat
Honser
Metourer
Touxer
Cuba’s Sugar and Tobacco Break Records This Year
Havana reports Cuba’s two great crops sugar and tobacco setting records in -year. Sugar output heads toward about 1,906,000 tons, up from 1,200,000 last year, as grinding continues. Tobacco quality, though the crop is short due to drought, remains exceptionally high with wrappers unmatched since 1902.
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Havana
Cuba
Five Negroes killed in dynamite house blast
In Ruston Louisiana on May 12 unknown persons detonated high explosive under the dwelling of Samuel Cook, a Negro. The blast killed Cook and four other Negroes who were sleeping in a front room. The entire town was shaken and no suspects or clues have been found.
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Ruston
Samuel Cook
Cook
Baseball Scores: AL games and AA results reported
In the American League games at St Louis Washington won 2 to 0 and at Chicago Philadelphia lost 10 to 3. In the American Association Toledo defeated Milwaukee 13 to 2 while Kansas City beat Columbus 5 to 4. Minneapolis edged Louisville 6 to 5 and St Paul topped Indianapolis 6 to 5.
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St. Louis
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
American Association
Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Columbus
Minneapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Conference in London on Canada United States talks
London May 13. A delayed conference at the Foreign Office gathered Sir Edward Grey and Lord Elgin with Canadian premier Laurier to discuss pending questions with Secretary Root seeking understanding. Laurier outlined views while Sir Robert Bond spoke on Newfoundland fisheries and expected progress before leaving England.
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London
Edward Grey
Lord Elgin
Wilfrid Fanrier
United States
Canada
Root
Foreign Office
Laurier
Bryce
Washington
Robert Bond
Newfoundland
England
LOCKED IN HIS OWN JAIL City Jailer of Newport Arrested in Raid
In Newport Kentucky a police raid on a crap game near headquarters led to the arrest of proprietor and about twenty five well known citizens. City Jailer Ben Ploeger was locked in the jail, released on bond after he could free others as bonds were posted.
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Newport
Lickert
Ben Ploeger
Praeger
Telegraphic Brevities of Notable Deaths and Events
Joris Karl Huysmans dies in Paris born 1848. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch wed Princess Anastasia of Montencero. Presbyterian church general assembly to meet in Columbus Ohio for ten days. Secretary Root leaves Washington for New Haven to lecture on Citizenship at Yale. Illinois State Senator Charles H. Hughes dies at Excelsior Springs after a horse accident two weeks earlier.
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Joris Karl Huysmans
Paris
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Russia
Anastasia of Montencero
119Th
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Root
Washington
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Charles H. Hughes
Illinois
Sixcelsior Springs
Hughes
Obedience to Nature Extends Life, Authors Claim
A saying asserts that the more a man follows nature and remains obedient to its laws, the longer he will live. Conversely, drifting away from these laws shortens a man’s existence.
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Nature
Tragic Rail Wreck Kills 32 Near Honda California
A Southern Pacific special carrying 115 Shriners from Ismaila temple Buffalo and Rajah temple Reading derailed at Honda California after striking a defective switch. Thirty two died instantly and many more were injured, with bodies recovered in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. The wreck halted along a sand desert scene as rescuers battled flames and chaos amid the disaster. The engine, baggage, diner and Pullman cars collapsed in a tangled wreck, passengers and crew trapped or scalded, while engineers and strangers aided in frantic rescue efforts.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles
Shriners
Ismaila Temple
Buffalo N. Y
Rajah Temple
Reading
Honda
Pacific Beach
Flinders
San Luis Obispo
J. Douglass Hippie
H. K. Gittleman
A. L. Roth
Gilbert Steffe
W. D. Wasson
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Cutler
Binghamton
Charles M. Lowing
C. W. Austin
New York
John Lacey
R. W. Sweeney
William W. Essick
Thomas J. Prunaud
A. Bickford
San Francisco
Charles S. Henry
Lebanon
Here
Frank Champlaine
Parrow
Rajah Temple of Reading
John W. Cutler
Shared profits amid wreck where women endure heroic rescue
In the baggage car crash, online profit sharing phrasing appears as a misfire while survivors face brutal injuries. Mrs Grummond and Miss Young endure severe burns and scalding as rescuers extract them from debris. Courageous acts emerge, including Hagerman’s selfless refusal of help to prioritize others.
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Gouyl
Fred Grummond
Binghamton
Cleveland rescuer saves woman amid railroad wreck fire
Sander Denbald of Cleveland braved flames to free Mrs. William Essick of Reading, Pennsylvania, from wreckage as a Colorado sleeper fire raged. He extinguished burning debris, but Essick died minutes later. Rescue trains and medical teams were dispatched from San Luis Obispo, with twenty five bodies found and more dying as relief arrived.
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Sander Denbald
Cleveland
William Essick
Reading
Deabald
San Luis Obispo
Major Block Fire Destroys Rush City Center
A fire in Rush City Minnesota on May 13 wiped out the Johnson Block and several adjoining buildings, destroying the principal banks and utilities. Estimated losses reach $200,000 with no known fatalities after the blaze, which began late at night and required local departments and citizens to control the flames.
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Rush City
Minn
Johnson Block
Rush City State Bank
First National Bank
City Electric Light Plant
Plot to Kill Orchard Stirs Boise Prison Rumors
Harry Orchard, longtime suspect in Governor Steunenberg’s murder and linked to William Haywood and the Western Federation of Miners, is a guarded prisoner in Boise’s eastern suburb penitentiary. Speculation of a hillside ambush plot to shoot Orchard circulates from Lewiston but lacks confirmation. Prison reports say Orchard will repeat his confession in court and faces the fate his admissions imply.
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Boise
Ida
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
William Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Orchard
Lewiston
Maine Youth Confesses to Fatal Bowdoinham Shooting
Sidney Preble fifteen years old confessed to shooting Morris W. Heath eighteen in Bowdoinham two weeks after a boyish quarrel. Heath was found buried near a swamp by his father M. S. Heath, leading to Preble’s arrest and admission of the crime.
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Brunswick
Sydney Preble
Morris W. Heath
Bowdoinham
M. S. Heath
Preble
Denver to Hear First Colorado Land Fraud Grand Jury
A federal grand jury, the first in Denver in years, will convene on Wednesday to probe land frauds in Colorado over the past six years. Investigators will focus on lumber and coal lands moved to individuals and syndicates, with officials predicting major West and Oregon-like implications. Subpoenas include twenty nine St Louis citizens and several Milwaukee residents amid likely cases of fraud or dummy entries to obtain lands.
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Denver
Colorado
West
Oregon
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Skiff Capsizes in Mississippi. Two Die in Storm
In La Crosse Wisconsin on May 13 a skiff overturned during a 30 mile gale on the Mississippi. V Van Camp and Rosa Wright drowned while E O Ellsworth survived by clinging to the capsized boat until George Miller, former University of Minnesota football star, arrived in a launch and rescued him.
Four-Story Desplaines Fire Damages Chicago Feather Duster
A blaze on Desplaines Street near Mather, Chicago, destroyed a four-story building housing the Chicago Feather Duster company. Estimated loss is $100,000. Fire chief suspects spontaneous combustion of old stored materials in an adjacent building as the cause.
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Chicago
Desplaines Street
Mather Street
Chicago Feather Duster Company
Plot to Kill the Czar Eluded by Terrorists in Russia
London May 13 The Daily Telegram cites two reliable sources on a failed plot to assassinate Emperor Nicholas. Eighty conspirators planned to attack the Tsarykoe Selo palace in groups, with 34 men arrested at Tsarskoe Selo on Good Friday and documents exposing others in St Petersburg.
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London
Daily Telegram
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Tsarykoe Selo
Tsarskoe Selo
St. Petersburz
Strike May Be Extended To Boston And Philadelphia
Longshoremen's union leader Patrick Connors warned the strike could spread to Boston and Philadelphia if transatlantic steamship companies send vessels to discharge and load there. Steamship officials said they would act if sufficient help cannot be secured locally.
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New York
Patrick Connors
Longshoremen’s Union
Boston
Philadelphia
Freight Train Wreck at Milford Kills Two Men
In Milford Texas on the Missouri Kansas and Texas line a freight wreck crushed to death engineer E J Bevan and Blakeman Lawrence Foley and fatally hurt fireman H B Gardner. The engine overturned on a bridge pinning crew beneath. Fifteen cars wrecked most were empty.
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Denison, Tex
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Milford
Tex
E. J. Bevan
Blakeman
Lawrence Foley
H. 8
Gardner
Distillery Destroyed in Belleville Fire
Belleville Ont May 13 The H Corby company distillery and grist mill were wiped out by fire thought to be from spontaneous combustion A tank held 3700 gallons of whiskey and over 200000 pounds of corn rye and barley were burned The loss estimated at 250000 Madrid May 13 A Republican mob wrecked the Carlist club and the Carlist newspaper office at Victoria Street fighting followed by civil guard intervention.
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Belleville
Ont
H. Corby Company
Madrid
Victoria
Wisconsin Senate Seat Fight Heads Toward Break Moment
Madison May 13 Three weeks of balloting in a joint Wisconsin legislature session fail to yield a clear candidate to succeed John Spooner. Isaac Stephenson leads with 32 votes, followed by William H. Hatten and Duncan McGregor, while Democrat support seems insufficient to advance a solution. The contest remains partisan with La Follette Republicans dominating and a potential break expected next week.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States Senate
John ©. Spooner
Messrs
Lenroot and
Cooper
Isaac Stephenson
Marinette
Joint Assembly
Stephenson
William H. Hatten
New London
Duncan McGregor
Platteville
John J. Esch
la Crosse
Foraker Denies Ohio Deal Pressure in Cox Statement
Washington May 13 Senator Foraker of Ohio issues a statement on the Ohio situation in reply to Representative Burton. He says no effort has been made to bargain or compromise with anyone about anything. He disclaims Cox's statement as not his nor approved by him though he supports party harmony. He will accept convention results if Cox’s recommendations win. He says endorsement and nomination should wait until the next state convention and rejects binding actions by unauthorised individuals. He again calls for county primaries to elect delegates for the next convention.
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Washington
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Burton
Foraker
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Cox
First Minneapolis sunstroke of the year on Herluepin Ave
Daniel Hennessy of 312 Twelfth Street South became the city s first sunstroke case of the year after collapsing on Herluepin Avenue. He was rushed to the city hospital where doctors diagnosed sunstroke. Though initially serious, he rallied and by midnight was out of danger.
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Minneapolis
Daniel Hennessy
Twelfth Street
Hennessy
Herluepin Avenue
City Hospital
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Austin, Minn
HREM
Agnes
Houser
San Lat
Olitepe
Mise Cota Young
Etil
Hagerman
Tam
Minnesota
Wasa
Maine
Mississippi
Czar
Ontario
John C. Spooner
the Golden Eagle
America
Globe & Hockanum Mill
Huddersfield
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