Rescue Work At Virginia Mine After Explosion
E T Schuler, Virginia mine official, was told early Tuesday that rescuers were near the entombed miners and one body had been recovered. By noon, reports stated three bodies found, all burnt and disfigured, amid crowding spectators and distressing identifications. The effort continued through the night with help from other district mines as no live survivors were expected due to toxic gases.
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Birmingham
E T. Schuler
Virginia
Complaint filed against San Francisco police chief Wittman
The San Francisco board of police commissioners accuses Chief Wittman of incompetency and neglect of duty for failing to suppress gambling in the Chinese quarter. Wittman acknowledges the charges and seeks a speedy trial.
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San Francisco
Wittman
Board of Police Commissioners
Bayonne Club Pins Flag Salute Method After Debate
Bayonne New Jersey political study club, with forty society women, voted that women should salute the flag by touching the forehead with the right hand, as men do. The group debated the issue, with one elder member arguing women should wait for full citizenship before saluting.
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New York
Bayonne
N. J
Roosevelt
Men Identified as Cody Bank Robbers in Utah jail case
A Vernal Utah report says Albert A Caldwell and David Fraughton jailed on grand larceny charges are identified as Cody bank robbers. Sheriff Horton of Carbon County Wyoming brings witness Watts, who identifies Caldwell as the shooter and Fraughton as the accomplice. They deny the accusation and offer to stand trial.
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Salt Lake City
Herald
Vernal
Utah
Albert A. Caldwell
David Franchton
Cody
Horton
Carbon County
Wyoming
Watts
Caldwell
Fraughton
Snowbound towns cut off as rail service halts
Clarion Pennsylvania area remains isolated due to deep snow. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has not run trains north of Clarion for twelve days. Mail service to towns between here and Kane has ceased for two days, with overland delivery via Tionesta required.
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Clarion
Jane
Tylersburg
Marienville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Here
Kane
Tionesta
Proposed Turkish customs increase approved in principle
Constantinople February 21 reports six great powers accept in principle a rise in Turkish duties. The agreement ties revenue to reforms and Turkey to accept the Austro Russian Macedonia reform scheme.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Macedonia
Tax Bills Progress in Texas Legislature
Austin reports that all tax bills from the house revenue and taxation committee have passed except the Love bill on second reading and the Kennedy bill awaiting second reading. Committees discussed private corporations pipeline measures and Southern Pacific consolidation, with opposition from Judge Dabney and J B Lewright of Victoria. A lottery suppression bill and a law licensing bill were favorably reported, while the Decker pipeline bill faced criticism from Judge Brooks of Beaumont.
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Austin
Kennedy
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
House
House Committee On
House Committee On Common Carriers
Dabney
J. B. Lewright
Victoria
House Committee On Criminal Jurisprudence
Brown
Wharton
Texas
O'Bryan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brooks
Beaumont
President to join bear hunt in East Texas woods
A message from the president to Sloan Simpson confirms plans to travel to Dallas and then hunt bears in the Big Woods of east Texas after the Rough Riders reunion. He will arrive the morning of March 30, accompanied by Cecil A. Lyon, Sloan Simpson, Secretary Loeb, and others.
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Dallas
Sloan Simpson
Roosevelt Rough Riders
Cecil A. Lyon
Loeb
Big Woods
East Texas
Rough Riders
Two Corposes Found Near Bryan Bridge Road
Two men, Dan Cooper and Beverly Price, both Black, were found dead along the Bryan and Jones bridge road south of Bryan Texas. Cooper had traveled from Bryan and was found near his wagon and team. Price lay nearby with the mule from his ride also found on the road. Authorities suspect exposure to cold as the cause.
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Bryan
Tex
Dan Cooper
Burleson County
Bryan and
Jones Bridge
Cooper
Beverly Price
Trinity River Advocate W. Wolf Dies in Dallas Home
Dallas resident W. Wolf died Tuesday morning at 12 25 at 131 Wolf's Trail. A lawyer by profession and early advocate of Trinity River improvement, he earned the nickname Trinity River Hunter Wolf for his persistent promotion of the project.
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Dallas
Wolf's Trail
Indictments for Lottery Scheme In Galveston
Grand jury of Galveston county criminal district court returns indictments against R. K. Lee, Charlies A. Stuart and William Westrup for establishing a lottery known as policy. Indictments arise from a police crackdown on policy joints begun last November.
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Galveston
Galveston County Criminal District Court
R. K. Lee
Charlies A. Stuart
William Westrup
Police Department
Houston physician convicted in murder case
Groveton Texas February 21 Dr Henry Nelson of Houston county was tried in district court for the killing of Mrs Robert Alexander in Houston about a year ago. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree and received a five year penitentiary sentence.
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Groveton, Tex
Henry Nelson
Houston County
Robert Alexander
Houston
Daring Deed in Mukden Raid Diverted Japanese Line
General Rennen kampff's division returned from a reconnaissance raid begun Feb 14. It passed the Japanese left flank and penetrated toward the rear, causing consternation along Japanese communications with insignificant losses. The raid aimed not at Yinkow.
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Mukden
Rennenkampff
Yinkow
Druggists fined for liquor law violation in U S Court
In Ada I T on Feb 21 a pair of well known druggists were fined 300 dollars each and given twelve month jail terms suspended. They were placed under bonds of 2000 dollars each and must forfeit the bonds if they violate the law again within three years.
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Ada, I. T
United States
Maxwell bill creates railway commissioners board
Guthrie February 21 The Maxwell bill to establish a railway commissioners board passed the lower house and is nearly certain to clear the upper chamber as well.
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Guthrie
Maxwell
Board of Railway Commissioners
Students Seize Protest at St. Petersburg University
In St. Petersburg on February 21 a campus meeting led to the campus closing for fall. Students and professors debated governance and liberty, with protesters tearing down an Emperor Nicholas portrait and calling for a constituent assembly, universal suffrage, amnesty, and regional autonomy.
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St. Petersburg
Spenanai
Govrnor
Trepoff
Mirabeaus
Des Moulins
Dantons
Robespierres
Nicholas
First White Man Refuses to Sit on Indian Territory Grand Jury
In Durant Oklahoma Territory on February 21 United States court marked a historic moment as Edger Davis a prominent cattleman refused to serve as juror with a negro and declined the oath citing conscientious scruples. He was jailed and said he would pay any penalty rather than sit with a black juror. Judge Humphrey warned of adjourning to Caddo if housing for negro witnesses could not be arranged. No negro residents have lived there recently leading to a temporary hotel for attendees.
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Davis
Humphrey
United States Court
Caddo
Trial of Kratz begins in Bates county court
Charles Kratz of St. Louis, a former municipal assembly member, stands trial in Butler after a three year delay for allegedly taking a bribe from a street railway agent to pass a bill granting a large franchise. He was arrested in St. Louis, released on bond, fled to Mexico, and extradition followed via a special treaty influenced by President Roosevelt.
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Butler, Mo
Charles Kratz
St. Louis
Bates County
Kratz
Mexico
Roosevelt
Butler
Government to redeem U S certificates for new Philippine currency
Manila February 21 The government decides to redeem a number of certificates of indebtedness held by the United States issued to establish the new Philippine currency in 1903.
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Manila
United States
Composer Albert Larue Dies of Pneumonia in New York
Albert Larue, noted composer and arranger of scores for recent musical comedies, dies at his New York home from pneumonia. In Texas, Sanford Young is fatally shot after his bun was discharged during a hunting accident ten miles from Abilene.
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New York
Albert Larue
Absilene, Tex
Sanford Young
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