Nine Men Killed In Stone Powder Works Blast
An explosion at the Keystone Powder works in Emporium Pennsylvania on Monday destroyed the mixing house, killing nine workers and injuring several. The dead are James Boyce John Butler James Campbell John Hamilton Thomas Whish James Murphy Frank Harrington John Bessie and William Spring. Injured include Joseph Gainey Walter Palmer David Parker John Van Wert the works superintendent and others. The body of Spring was the only one recovered, with top of head and leg blown away, searchers finding other bodies in small pieces. No damage to the town.
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Emporium
Keyston
James Boyce
John Butler
James Campbell
John Hamilton
Thomas Whish
James Murphy
Frank Harrington
John Bessie
William Spring
Joseph Gainey
Walter Palmer
David Parker
John van Wert
Spring
Davis-Dinsmore Affair: Arkansas Governor Accused
Charles Jacobsen, secretary to Governor Davis, says the governor wired from Fayetteville that former Congressman Hugh Dinsmore and Jack Walker assaulted him in his hotel room with drawn revolvers. Davis allegedly struck Dinsmore with a cane after being struck over the head. Reports note Davis and Dinsmore, both tied to Senator Berry’s re-election bid, remain at odds as politics swirl.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Charles Jacobsen
Davis
Fayetteville
Hugh Dinsmore
Jack Walker
Dinsmore
United States
Berry
Death of Marshall Field Jr In Chicago After Gun Accident
Marshall Field Jr died at Mercy hospital after being accidentally shot on November 22 while examining a new revolver. The bullet pierced the liver and spleen and injured the spinal cord. surgeons removed the bullet but he never recovered. He was 28 or 30 years old.
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Chicago
Marshall Field, Jr
Mercy Hospital
Field
Marshall Feld
Collision At Baker's Bridge Station Claims Sixteen Lives
After a day of wrecking work and an official inquiry, state authorities and railroad officials confirm sixteen fatalities from the rear end collision between the Montreal Express and the Marlboro Local on the Fitchburg division near Baker's Bridge Station. Twelve are seriously injured and a score are cut or bruised.
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Lincoln
Mass
Baker’s Bridge
Fitchburg
Boston and Maine Railroad
Montreal Express
Fire kills one at South End hotel interior
In East St. Louis on November 28 a blaze ripped through the South End hotel interior. Patrick Mesner, fifty, a steel mill puddler, was found dead in the ruins. Howard Rheinfrank, nineteen, one of the owners, was badly burned. his mother suffered severe burns and bruises. Four others had minor injuries from jumping to escape.
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East St. Louis
Ill
South End
Patrick Mesner
Howard Rheinfrank
Severe Lake Superior storm disrupts Duluth harbor
A violent storm hit Duluth on Monday night with a fifty mile an hour gale and heavy snow. Mariners were warned to keep boats from clearing the harbor as a tremendous sea surged on the western end of Lake Superior and the weather remained mild for the season.
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Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Threat of Another General Strike Amidst Starvation in St Petersburg
The Workmen's Council threatens a new nationwide strike to force employers in St. Petersburg to reopen after 70,000 lockouts. Destitution grows as some workers pawn clothing and endure hunger, with some cases of starvation and even nakedness reported as leaders dispatch agents inland.
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St. Petersburg
del Bates
Wen
Bishop questions canal zone import reports and urges aid
New York dispatch reports Bishop Thomas B. Heely of the Methodist church disputing claims of importing negro women from Jamaica and Martinique to the canal zone for immoral work. He calls for Roosevelt investigation, more preachers, workers, and funds for social uplift of Americans there.
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New York
Thomas B. Heely
Methodist Church
South America
Jamaica
Martinique
Canal Zone
Roosevelt
Fate of Plumber Hoetzel in Detroit Robbery Slaying
The body of Frank W. Hoetzel a 28 year old deaf plumber was found near the Myrtle street crossing of the Michigan Central railroad with his jugular vein severed and neck broken. He had gone out to collect a $200 bill Monday night and was likely attacked by someone known to him aiming to rob him.
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Detroit
Frank W. Hoetzel
Myrtle Street
Michigan Central Railroad
Hoetbel
Pitched Battle in Cave Ends With Death in Tennessee
Jasper telegram reports a cave fight known as The Giz zard near Nashville. In the shooting at Plummer's house one Headrick is dead and Mrs Plummer is badly wounded. The Headricks pursued Sam Plummer over an assault claim.
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Nashville
Jasper
Tenn
Spree Violence In Hastings Leaves Three Injured
A drunken brawl at the Owl saloon in Hastings Oklahoma left three men seriously hurt with one expected to die. An Irish oil worker, paid 206 dollars, sparked the spree, prompting a local law and order club to form and report to the county attorney as two arrests were made.
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Hastings
Okla
Owl
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Heinz
Howell Brothers
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Mahe No
Postoffice
Bryan
Oliver Typewriter
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Workmen's Council
Sheriff's Posse and Headricks Family
Grand Opera House
Stevenson Machine
Holiday Cgoods
E. J. Jenkins
Sou
Sitzas B. Johnson Parker
Montreal
EF. Rohde
Bryan Steam Laundry
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