Explosion at Vindicator Mine Kills Two Officials
In Cripple Creek Colorado on November 23 an explosion in the sixth level of the Vindicator mine near the Independence shaft killed Superintendent Charles McCormick and Shift Boss Beck. Sheriff Robertson notes company officials report a deliberate dynamite attack. Mine Owners and Operators association offers $5000 reward for evidence leading to arrest and conviction.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Vindicator
Independence
Here
McCormack
Beck
Sheriff Robertson
Charles McCormick
Mine Owners and Operators’ Association
Fatal Train Wreck Near Gwynned Kills Two
Two people die and about half a dozen injured in a late Saturday wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad near Gwynned. Victims include C. E. B. Custer of Philadelphia and Harry Roderick of Doylestown, a fireman on the work train. Officials say injuries are serious but expected to recover. investigators suspect deliberate wrecking.
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Philadelphia
Gwynned
Philadelphia and Reading
C. EB. Custer
Harry Roderick
Doylestown
Population figures in Oklahoma Territory rise to six hundred fifty thousand
Governor Ferguson reports Oklahoma Territory's population at 650000 and real taxable property near 400 million dollars though 1918 assessors list only 84,134,587. Territorial debt stands at 461,766. Speculators harass lessees on Kiowa Comanche and Caddo lands as mining and timber prospecting threaten school lands. mining laws not recognized by school board. Rules now prohibit hypothecating leases as loan security.
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Washington
Ferguson
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Kiowa
Comanche
Caddo
Cavalry Denies Philippines Homeward Report
In San Francisco on November 23, Colonel William Wallace of the Fifteenth Cavalry rejects as false the claim the unit has departed for an eastward transport to Panama via Presidio. The regiment recently returned from the Philippines and remains at the Presidio awaiting orders.
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San Francisco
Fifteenth Cavalry
Phillippines
Presidio
Anama
William Wallace
Labor report cites 241000 workers with 100 in mine toil
The labor commission estimates 241000 workers in the region with about 100 needed in a mine. Reports from across the country note varied incidents from a Texan murder to a Yale Harvard football score and local accidents.
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Johannesburg
The
Labor Commission
Texan Chosen for Cotton Inspector Post in German East Africa
B G Becker of Hockley Texas is appointed government Inspector of cotton on plantations in German East Africa with headquarters at Dar es Salaam. Becker formerly served as county commissioner. Last season the crop yielded 150 bales under his direction. new plantings are expected to triple this yield. Togoland also produced several hundred bales. railroads into the interior are needed for major growth.
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Hockley
Tex
German East Africa
Dar Es Salaam
Becker
Beoker T. Washingtons
Togoland
Mixed imperial and crime notes from early 1900s
Reports from St Johns and Ossining describe Lodge’s stance on St Pierre and Miquelon, a harsh sentence for C Barhairi at Sing Sing for a 1902 murder, and German wartime weather causing train accidents and a steamer incident with the Hamburg-America line.
Victims of Cupid Age Stats Reported by Professor Bell
Worcester scene notes a Clark university fellow who studied 800 cases over 15 years to map love ages. He finds women reach maturity at 22 and men at 24, asserting no one is safe from Cupid after age three. Also a presidential nomination for postmaster at Roff, Oklahoma Territory is announced in Washington.
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Worcester
Mass
Bell
Clark University
Valparaiso
Ind
Lord Lonsdale Arrives in Berlin for Emperor William Visit
New York dispatch reports Lord Lonsdale has arrived on a return visit to Emperor William in Berlin.
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New York
Lord Lonsdale
William
Berlin
Two Collisions in Austin Injure Several Passengers
A serious collision occurred in Austin on the International and Great Northern line between a switch engine and a passenger train. J. M. L. White suffered a bad bruise and a wounded arm. Judge EB. J. Hammer, his wife, and child from Colorado were bruised with a deep forehead gash to the child. A dense fog or dust hindered visibility. Both engines and cars were damaged with several passengers slightly hurt.
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Austin
International and Great Northern Railway
J. M. L. White
EB. J. Ha&mer
Colorado
Tex
Thrown into River in Colorado River Incident
In Austin on November 23 three masked men of color threw John Hollis, a Black man, from a bridge into the Colorado River about sixty feet. Hollis escaped the water while the assailants robbed him of $1080 and fled. officers were notified of the attack and investigation began.
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Hollis
Austin
John Hollis
Colorado River
Molla
Peace Commission Fails to End San Domingo Siege
President Wes y Gil sends Powell Hau ten and the Spanish consul to negotiate with insurgents near San Domingo. The armistice expires as insurgents demand surrender and resume bombardment until the capital falls. The U S ministerial residence was ruined and panic grips the city.
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San Domingo
Wes Y Gil
United States
Powell
Hautien
Peace Commission
Thanks From General Reyes to Roosevelt and Moody
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports General Reyes special commissioner of the Bogota government sent thanks to President Roosevelt and Secretary Moody for Navy courtesy in Colon. Reyes left for Washington via Port Limon to meet Dr. Amador and seeks amicable ties with Panama commissioners in Washington.
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Coghi
Navy Department
Colon
General Reyes
Bogota
Roosevelt
Navy
Moody
Coghlan
Washington
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Amador
Panama
Reyes
German Emperor Recognizes Republic of Panama
Berlin reports Emperor William directed officials to formally recognize the republic of Panama with an official announcement expected daily. The move marks a significant shift in relations as Panama’s new state gains international acknowledgment.
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Berlin
William
Republic of Panama
Plattsburg Fire Causes $75000 Loss and Other Local Incidents
Plattsburg Missouri reports a $75,000 fire. Coalgate Oklahoma Territory cites about 6000 residents. Gen John C Bates probes Colorado strike conditions. Batson's Prairie Texas lights up from Guffy well oil. Moros killed in Jolo by American troops. J E Feeler's two year old child burned in Killeen Texas. James Smith's two year old dies in Binger Oklahoma from maiches. Jonathan Osborne thirteen killed near Cluster Oklahoma by mule incident. Batsons Prairie tent office space rented for $1 daily. Griscom vs Santa Fe trial yields $10000 to plaintiff in Gainesville Texas. President Green's private car on Texas Midland Railway caught fire near Terrell. James Shuckey of St Louis killed branding cattle on J A George Ranch Beaver County Oklahoma. Vicksburg Mississippi shooting leaves Tony Hume dead and Thomas Nelson fatally wounded. John L Jerome found dead in bed at Buffalo Park Colorado. Katy wreck near Forreston Texas claims two boys sons of Postmaster Hawes. Augustus Doller cremated in Columbus Indiana. mother, eighty, fatally burned by gas explosion. house totally wrecked.
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John C. Bates
Colorado
Batson
Batsons Prairie
Tex
Griscom
The
Santa Fe
Gainesville
President Green
Texas Midland Railway
Terrell
James Shuckey
St. Louis
J. A. George
Beaver County
Oklahoma
John L. Jerome
Denver
Buffalo Park
Katy
Forreston
Waxahachie
Hawes
Augustus Doller
Columbus
Ind
House and land listings near Main Street and town
Property notices describe a six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street with brick cistern priced at 1260 dollars. Nearby half block near Allen academy listed for 500 dollars. About 13 acres south side with new four room house, well and cistern priced at 1000. Four room house with tub cistern boarded well and garden four blocks from courthouse rents nine dollars monthly priced at 650. The Joe B Reed home place quarter block with nine room two story frame dwelling priced at 4260. One half block adjoining the DC DeMaret place priced at 500.
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Main Street
Allen Academy
Courthouse
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret Place
Arrival of foreign ships amid Dominican food shortage
The Italian third class cruiser Liguria and Dutch armored cruiser Deruiter have arrived at San Domingo. The Dominican warship Presidente went to Azua de Compostella Sunday night. San Domingo’s sanitary condition is good, but the poor lack food as prices for provisions soar.
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San Domingo
Liguria
Deruiter
Presidente
Azua de Compostella
Captain Bardin Testimony on Wood Administration Before Senate
Captain W. J. Bardin of the artillery corps testified before the senate committee on military affairs regarding Havana street improvements during General Wood’s governorship in Cuba. His testimony had no important bearing against Wood. A sub committee will travel to Cuba to take testimony.
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Washington
W. J. Bardin
Artillery Corps
Havana
General Wood
Cuba
Senate Committee On
Wood
Senator Carmack urges postoffice department probe
Washington 23 Carmack of Tennessee offered a resolution in the senate to appoint a committee to investigate the postoffice department but the measure went over. New York 23 telegrams say Stromboli activity increases with loud explosions and flashes from Catania Naples. St Louis 23 Jonathan Rice, first VP Rice-Stxury Goods and VP Mercantile Trust, a leader in business and religious circles, died of heart trouble.
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Washington, Navy
Carmack
Tennessee
Senate
Postoffice
New York
Telegrama
Catania
Naples
St. Louis
Jonathan Rice
Rice-Stxury Goods Company
Mercantile Trust Company
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Bart
Exchange Hotel
Bryan and College
Bryan
I.&g.n
Sharp
D.j.price
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Demaret G.P
T.A
L. B. Adams
Omaha,Ark
Statehood
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Vernon
A. M. Johnson
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Fred D. Grant
Hughes
Mexico
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Texas
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Italy
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Okla
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Collin County
Harvey Carmen
Freddie Jackson
Palestine
G. M. Stuart
Anne Arundel County
Maryland
Enoch Yerkey
R. E. Lee
Good Hope
W. Va
Edwards Cotton Mill Company
Augusta
J. M. Pullamn
George M. Pullman
Lynn
Perlestine
Exchange
Gus Marks
Guinn
Blaukt
Thomas Clayton Frost
First National Bank of
San Antonio
Washington, Pa
Rooters
J. B. G. Becker
Africa
B. G. Becker
Senator Lodge
St. Johns, N. F
Lodge
St. Pierre and
Miquelin
Reblic
Pierre
United S
Sing Sing Priso Ossining
N. Y
Barhairi
Sing Sing Piis
Josephine Santa Patro
New York City
Gaimaii
Germany
Sally Torc
Hamarg
Cuxhaven
Kiel
Stettin
Rice
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Louis M. Merritt
Roff, I. T
Plattsburg
Coalgate
I. T
Vicksburg, Miss
Tony Hume
Thomas Nelson
John Wittmann
Fkiilon
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Pacific Coast Express
Cincinnati
Houston, Texas
T. J. Anderson
G.P
J. W. Battsee Estate Cent
Brazos County
Smallow
Price
S. S. Ball
Ravenswood
E. 0. Dewitt & CO
Barden
A. D. McConnico
Agt
Dr. J. L
Fountain
Bryan, Texas
Bryan Street
James’ Drug Store
Jeff OD
Franklin
W. CC. Fountain
Crectaity
Bart Norwood
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