Roosevelt intervenes to prevent coal strike
New York letter warns of a possible coal strike and notes President Roosevelt's direct intervention with both miners and bituminous coal operators. The United Mine Workers plan a convention likely in Indianapolis to seek a joint interstate wage agreement. Mitchell confirms Roosevelt's role and cites a February 24 letter urging renewed efforts to avoid a strike.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Ind
Rossvelt
Mitchell
White House
Washington, D. C
John Mitchell
Robbins
Theodore Roosevelt
Trial of a Noted Embezzler Begins
Paris, Feb 26. Jean Galley bank embezzler and his accomplice Mme Valentina Morello went on trial in assizes courts on forgery and embezzlement charges. Galley allegedly diverted patron accounts to branch banks and forged papers to steal about 850000 francs before fleeing on the yacht Catarina with Morello to evade police, later captured in Bahia Brazil on August 24.
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Paris
France
Jean Galley
Mme
Valentino Morello
Assizes
Galley
Madax Morelo
Nafonal Encomp
Aevre
Mme. Morello
Europe
North
South America
Bahal
Brazil
Prize Fighter Saves Three Precious Lives
Battling Nelson the world lightweight champion, while in the Blue Solpbnor mountains near Hoctington West Virginia, saved Mrs Frank Howard and her two children from a runaway horse. He restrained the frightened horse after it bolted toward a train, sustaining injuries but continuing toward his Philadelphia fight preparations.
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Philadelphia
Remarkable Work of a Woman Typist
Miss Mzy Carrington of Springfield Miss broke blindfold typewriting records at a military carnival dictation typing 2690 words in the first hour 2581 in the second totaling 528? words with five deductions per error averaging just over 87 words a minute. The previous record was 8830 words in an hour about 638 wpm set by Paoli Maoter at Madison Square Garden last November.
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Springfield
Miss
Mzy Carrington
Paoli Maoter
Madison Square Garden
Compel Railroads to Furnish Cars Bill Introduced
Wageblogton February 26. Representative James A. Hogher of West Virginia introduced a bill in the house to compel railroads to furnish cars to shippers on request for the transportation of their products. The maximum penalty for violation is a $1000 fine and sixty days imprisonment.
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Wageblogton
James A. Hogher
West Virginia
Two Children Die in Home Fire in Home Trail Area
Two young children perished in a Sunday morning house fire near Home Trail in Eagle district McDowell County. Their mother had left them alone for about an hour before returning to find beth burned to death in the home.
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Trail
Pear Eagle
McDowell County
Beth
Hepburn bill fails to aid West Virginia shippers
Senator Elkins states the Hepburn bill, as written, offers little relief to West Virginia shippers. He argues it does not stop discrimination or rebates, and calls for amendments to curb railroads selling coal and to require trunk lines to add switches and connect with branches. He emphasizes WV’s need for equal rates and infrastructural access to develop the state’s resources.
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Washington
Senator Elkins
West Virginie
Peoryla
Weert
Virginia
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
United States
Hawae
Senate
Over Two Thousand Turks Killed in Yemen Campaign
A British embassy report to the Publishers' Press says Turkey suffered a great disaster in the Yemen campaign. Casualties are alleged to exceed two thousand with General Risa Pasha reported fatally wounded. The Sultan reportedly secured a loan of a million dollars to fund further reinforcements.
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Presa Ie
Turkey
Yemen
Risa Pasha
Scltanban
Imperial Bank
Man Kills Sweetheart Then Leaps Into 60 Foot Well
In Cartersville Georgia Lee Wright shoots his sweetheart Annie McIntyre and her aunt. she later dies. Wright wounds her uncle and flees from a mob. He jumps into a sixty foot well to escape lynching, is shot twice, and saved by the sheriff who pulls him from the well and orders his arrest. Wright claims suicide by drowning to avoid the mob.
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Cartersville
Gla
Lee Wright
Wright
Annie Mcintyre
Ardle
Eleot
Talbott Matriarch Known For Bountiful Tramp Aid
Baltimore Maryland February 26 Mrs Temperace Ellen Talbott mother of Congressman J Fred Talbott died at ninety one celebrated for charity The Talbott estate near Lutherville Baltimore county offered food shelter and beds to tramps for nearly forty years Barns rented out with straw for hobos and mornings began with breakfast and often a hot lunch The season’s end showed no theft or damage from the visitors
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Baltimore
Temperace Ellen Talbott
J. Fred Talbott
Lutherville
Baltimore County
Knights of the Road
Wesry
Breskraet
Street Car Funeral for Dead Priest in Chicago
Rev. Martin Van Delaer of St. Patrick’s Church South Chicago died Thursday night. Per his will he requested a street car funeral to avoid extravagant traditional services. After services at the church, his body rode in a street car to the burial place with mourners following in similar conveyances.
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Chicago
Martin van Delaer
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church
Insane Man Wanders Richmond Street Founding Delusions
A clean shaven well dressed man about fifty named John Th ston was found wandering near Richmond artests late at night. He claimed Spartanburg D C as his location and said he had a wife there. He believed he was in Spartanburg and said he possessed 150 dollars. He had 17 dollars when taken to the hospital. Attempts were made to reach his relatives in South Carolina.
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Richmond
John Th.ston
Spartanburg
D. C
South Carolina
Postmaster at Martinsburg Named Postmaster at Martinsburg
Washington February 26 The president named Alexander Clopan postmaster at Martinsburg West Virginia The rest of the item lists rink hours and beer advertisements with prices and sale notes from local merchants.
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Martinsburg
Washington
Alexander Clopan
Senate
W. Ve
Aged Murderers From Moondeville Moved to Weston Asylum
Four convicts from Moondeville state prison cried insane and were sent to Weston Asylum in Wheeling West Virginia. The youngest inmate is sixty, three of them jailed for killing men they suspected of intimacy with their wives. Brown Lipscomb Church Combs Jackson Jeffries and John Shay are listed as the West Virginia prisoners in this riot. Various causes are named for their insanity.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Moondeville
Weston Asylum
Model
Church Combs
Jackson Jeffries
John Shay
West Virginia
Enjoyable Dance at Bluefield Inn
The G I A to the B of L E hosted a well attended dance at the Bluefield Inn last night. The Indies program was performed smoothly and the event was a grand success with the committees in charge praised for their arrangements.
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Bluefield Inn
B. of L. E
Bluefeld Inn
Founder of Red Cross Society Nearing Death
Geneve Switzerland February 26 Mr Davant founder of the Red Cross Society lies at his home near Lake Constance and is very poor. The Nobel Prize award he recently received has been spent to pay part of his debts.
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Geneve
Switzerland
Davant
The
Red Cross Society
Lake Constance
Dapnant
Red Cross
David B Henderson Former House Speaker Dies in Mercy Hospital
Dubuque Iowa February 26 David B Henderson longtime speaker of the national house of representatives died yesterday afternoon at Mercy Hospital following a nine month battle with a paci stroke. He sank Friday afternoon rallied Saturday morning but lapsed and died with family at his bedside except one son in California. Funeral set for Thursday at the Episcopal church with Grand Army ceremonies and a eulogy by George D Perkins of Sioux City. Washington also notes Henderson's long party service and two terms as speaker ending after a failed bid for re election plans.
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Dubuque
Iowa
David B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
Mercy Hospital
Paci
Henderson
California
Pareera
Episcopal Church
Ans
Grand Army
George D Perkins
Sioux City
Atete
Washington
Dubogie
Congress
Reed
Rece
Carada
Embezzler Edward Shelley Dies After Arrest in Brooklyn
Edward J. Shelley, treasurer of the New York Photographers Engravers' Union No 1, died after a warrant for misappropriation of 1854.73 dollars was served. He collapsed at the doorway as officers prepared to take him for arrest. a doctor attributed death to an epileptic fit.
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New York
Edward J. Shelley
Ninth Street
Brooklyn
New York Photographers Engravers’ Union
Union
Shelley
Shelley Wes
Wedding Dress Disaster Sparks Warrant in West Virginia
In Parkersburg West Virginia on February 25 Ed Hensel and Ella Barnhart swore out a warrant for Clifford Kelley accused of malicious destruction of property. The bridal gown was torn into shreds and the marriage certificate destroyed the front door kicked in and furniture smashed. The couple found the wedding gown missing on arrival and afterward the dress was returned in fragments.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ed Hensel
Sietereville
Clifford Kelley
Hone
Mies Ella Barnhart
Kelley
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