Alabama Mine Disaster Leaves Forty-Five Bodies Recovered
At the Virginia mine in Birmingham Alabama rescuers pulled forty five blackened bodies from the wreckage after a dust explosion that trapped about 190 workers. Officials fear most workers cannot be identified and rescue efforts continue through a night filled with horror as crowds await news of missing loved ones.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Virginia
Bessemer
Reed
Canal Commission says Isthmian project advancing faster than expected
New York reports from Canal Commissioners Parsons and Burr after arrival from Colon that the Isthmian canal work is in better condition than forecast with three large American shovels in the Culebra cut and four thousand workers at work. Laying sewer and water pipes in Panama and Colon progresses. yellow fever under control with sanitary measures improving conditions. completion expected sooner than widely believed.
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New York
Wm. Barclay Parsons
W. B. Burr
Alliancia
Colon
Burr
Commission On Engineering of the
Isthnian Canal Commission
Culebra
West Indies
Central America
Washington
Panama
America
Havana
Clash Over Booker T. Washington Speech Draws Uproar
At Mount Olivet Baptist church in New York a large African American audience witnessed Dr. Charles S. Morris denounce Booker T. Washington as a coward. The remark, amid Roosevelt anger, triggered hisses and fainting, with a committee to investigate and an apology demanded.
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Booker T. Washington
New York
Roosevelt
Charles S. Morris
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
West Fifty-third Street
Dr. Morris
James H. Hayes
Richmond
Morris
Washington
White
Sunset Limited Wreck Near Sandy Fork Injures Passengers
The Southern Pacific limited known as the Sunset Limited from New Orleans to San Francisco wrecked near Sandy Fork seventy miles from San Antonio. Five cars left the track. A tramp was killed and several passengers were injured. Grand Duke Paul arrives in Moscow with his children Dimitri and Mary, under care of the late Grand Duke Sergius and Grand Duchess Elizabeth.
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Moscow
Grand Duke
Paul
Dimitri
Mary
Sergius
Elizabeth
San Antonio
Southern Pacific Limited
New Orleans
San Francisco
Sandy Fork
Here
Dentist Offers Crown and Bridge Specialty Nearby
Crown and bridge work described as a specialty with an office upstairs above Burt Norwid's store, inviting local patients to visit.
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Crown
Burt Norwid
Planters Organize to Cut Cotton Acreage in Georgia
Atlanta reports fifteen hundred cotton growers manufacturers and bankers form the Georgia branch of the Southern Cotton Growers association. They pledge 25 percent acreage reduction and to hold surplus cotton for 10 cents. Similar state associations form in Arkansas Alabama and Tennessee with 25 percent reductions.
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Atlanta
Georgia
The
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Little Rock
Montgomery
Southern Gotten Growers’ Association
Memphis
Froze to death near home in McMullen county
George D. Howland a former San Antonio resident died of exposure while driving to his farm in McMullen county. At sixty he was active, left his wagon and horses when his team failed, and collapsed about two hundred yards from his home as extreme cold gripped the area. His body was brought back to San Antonio for burial.
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San Antonio
George D. Howland
McMullen County
Howland
Russian Raiders Damaged Railway in Manchuria Raid
About 300 Russian raiders slightly damaged the railway between Haicheng and Tachenkiao on Monday night and once more violated neutrality west of the Liao river. Chinese soldiers presence not reported. villagers allegedly informed Russians of Japanese troop positions. possible repeat attack on Ninchiatun.
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Blanke
Batavia
United States
Jno, A. Moore Jr
M. Iil
James’ Goods
ITY Drug Store
Bryan
Oliver Typewriter
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
TN Basket
Alon
Nicely
MA. Burr
Commission
Hill’s
Emme & Maloney
E. J. Jenkins
McDougald's Drug Store
W. H. Lawrence
Bryan, Texas
W. C. Fountain
Frote
T.R. Batte Att
J. L. Fountan
Batte
Mangan‘c
Mumford Road
Brazos Bottom
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