Sixty Miners Entombed by West Virginia Mine Blast
A January 29 explosion at the Stewart mine near Hinton West Virginia reportedly killed about sixty miners at work. Names of the dead include H S Colbert John O Doyl Frank Light Charles Johnson Walter Blake and others with many unidentified foreigners and white workers. Rescue will be slow. mine owners Samuel Dixon and associates.
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H. S. Colbert
John O’doyle
Frank Light
Charles Johnson
Walter Blake
Henry, Lester
Frank Woving
John Morris
Jack Town
Wack Atkinson
Est Seags
Tom Tonit
Tom Williams
Otto Clendennin
Giles Minner
John Minner
Cecil and
Norman Krouse
William Krouse
Grant Howlett
Sam Whistle
JAMES ESK@LEY
Thomas Orange
William Maclune
Earl Simpson
William Coden
Richard Lewis
Will Cook
John Hamilton
Ison
Jesse Arthur
Silas Davis
Sullivan Machine
John
Andrew
Charles Quack
Mee Eens
James SC
Buck Massey
Richard Lee
Robert McIntyre
Pete Witt
Cecil Lewis
Jas. Bradley
Enos Banks
Boogey Banks
Hall Jones
Tom
Steers
Samuel Dixon and Associates
Thurmond
Parral
Ottie Clendennin
Loving Brothers
Norman
Cecil Krouse
Walter Judgson
Fire destroys section of Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia
A large fire at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia began with an explosion in the paintshop. The targeted five story building 175 by 160 feet housed about 1,000 workers. rapid evacuation occurred with only minor injuries to a fireman and workers. Insurance is expected to cover the estimated 1 million dollar loss as displaced workers move to other departments.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Spring Garden Street
Baldwin Locomotive
United States
Lewistown
John H. Converse
Burnham, Williams & Co
Baldwin
Java revolt in Kediri province sparks Dutch casualties
A serious uprising in Kediri, Java, has 300 natives taking up arms. Many Dutch officials and followers are reported killed or wounded, including the Vice Governor and possibly the Chief of Police. Troops have been dispatched to the area.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Kediri
Java
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
North Dakotans Threaten to Burn Railroad Property
A telegram to the Interstate Commerce Commission from New Rockford North Dakota says residents will burn railroad property for fuel within 48 hours due to severe fuel shortage. It notes no freight or mail for twelve days and criticizes the railroad branch for not acting to relieve the crisis. The ICC forwarded the dispatch to Northern Pacific President Elliott seeking relief.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Rockford
N. C
Elliott
Northern Pacific Company
Northwest snow blockade tightens fuel famine in the Northwest
Special dispatch reports continued snow blockade and fuel shortages in North Dakota and Minnesota. A new snow storm swept the region within the last twenty four hours worsening relief prospects and extending the crisis in the Northwest.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
North Dakota
Minnesota
Longworths Dinner for Ohio Officials in Washington
Representative Nicholas Longworth hosted a social dinner at the Albi Club in Washington for the Ohio Congressional delegation including Speaker Cannon and Secretary Taft. Senators Foraker and Dicks attended along with every Ohio House member in residence, avoiding any political overtones unlike a prior Gridiron Club event.
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Commercial Tribune BuReau
Munsey Building
Wasametown
D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Cannon
Taft
Albi
Foraker
House
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Emerson Ohio Capital Affairs Tangled
Local capital affairs are reported to be badly tangled with unclear governance and competing interests. Officials from Emerson and surrounding regions face scrutiny over management and oversight. Community leaders call for transparency and prompt resolution.
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Emerson Ohus
Investigation opens into Emersons missing funds
Surety Fidelity and Deposit Company agent began examining Clerk Lawson E. Emerson's accounts as discrepancies mount. He vanished en route to Columbus, raising fears his financial shortfall may exceed six thousand dollars and trigger court action.
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Supreme Court
Emerson
Bind Girl and Then or House Near New Cumberland
Nellie Campbell chief operator at the local telephone exchange was found unconscious bound gagged and tied to a chair in her home in New Cumberland West Virginia on January 29. Police suspect burglars attacked her tied gagged and ransacked the house. her condition was not yet stable and investigators sought clues to the assailants.
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Commercial Tribune
New Cumberland
W. Va
Nellie Campbell
7000 Workers Strike for Bonus in Baku Naphtha Plants
Seven thousand employees across four naphtha works in Baku staged a strike on January 29 demanding a year end bonus of 20 to 80 percent of wages. A general strike is being organized to back the action.
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Baku
Trans-Caucasia
Grocers Tour Lookout Mountain After Houston Convention
One hundred twenty five Cincinnati retail grocers on return from the National Convention of Retail Grocers in Houston Tex visited Lookout Mountain and Chickamauga Park today.
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Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
National Convention of Retail Grocers
Houston
Tex
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga Park
Acquittal in Kleybolte coal contract trial
Rudolph Kleybolte was tried on charges of obtaining $250 under false pretenses connected to a deal between Luhrig Coal and Marmet Coal for supplying city works with coal in 1900. The court acquitted him after prosecutors failed to prove false pretenses.
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Rudolph Kleybolte
Luhrig Coal Company
Marmet Coal Company
Wae
Rulison
Kleybolte
Henry Burkhold
Lathing Coal Company
Burkhold
Mr. Kleybolte
Alexander Cuninghame
A. C
George H. Bishop
Luhing Coal Company
Cuninghame
William Breed
Spiegel
Powder Mill Explosion Kills Two Workers in Fontanet
Dispatch from Fontanet Ind reports Laflin Rand Powder Company press mill destroyed by an explosion this afternoon. Employees Jake Garner 25 and Max Burndt 27 were killed. cause of blast unknown.
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Specia
Commercial Tribune
Fontanet
Ind
Laflin & Rand Powder Company
Jake Garner
Max Burndt
Governor Harris praises McKinley in Tippecanoe Club talk
In Cleveland on McKinley Day Governor Harris honors the late president. He recalls McKinley telegraphing to his wife twice daily and waving from the window at the Neil House. The tribute also notes his horseman skills and staff riding feats and mentions guests Senator-elect William Alden Smith and Speaker Pro Tem Hagleson with toastmaster Former Governor Herrick.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Tippecanoe Club
Harris
Ohio Capitol
Canton
Julius Fleischmann
Cincin
McKinley
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Hagleson
Ohio House of Representatives
Herrick
McKinley Birthday Observed With Carnation Day
Washington marked the sixty fourth anniversary of William McKinley birth. Government officials Congress members and private citizens observed Carnation Day with car nation flowers as the late president's favorite emblem.
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McKinley
Commercial Tribune
Washington
William McKinley
Congress
Canton Public Schools Observe Castination Day
Canton Ohio observed Castnation Day in public schools with teachers and pupils reciting incidents from the life of McKinley.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton, O
Canton
McKinley
Canteen Restored for Dayton Old Soldiers in Budget
The House Appropriations Committee plans to restore the canteen at the National Soldiers' Home in Dayton Ohio and other such homes in the sundry civil bill. Governors and home boards supported restoration to ease hardship on veterans and reduce temptations from nearby groggeries. An on floor amendment to abolish the canteen next year is expected but will be opposed by the committee.
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Dayton
Commercial
Tribune Bureau
Munsey Building
Washington, D. c
Commercial Tribune
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
National Soldiers’ Home
Thomas
Farmer Tony Sain Passes Into Fiery Furnace Tragedy
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on January 29 Tony Sain a farmer ended his life by entering a coke oven naked and head first. Bystanders pulled the severely burned body from the bed of fire after witnesses alerted nearby workers.
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Commercial Tribune
Uniontown
Tony Sain
Oliver No. 1
Governor Mata Leads Surprise Attack in Caracas
Reports from Caracas say Governor Mata, with troops, surprised a secret political meeting in the yard of Vice President Gomez during the night of January 27. In the clash Mata and several others were killed and many wounded, including the troop commander.
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Willemstad
Curacaa
Caracas
Mata
Gomez
Venezuela
Two Thaw jurors excused as new panel added in trial
Justice Fitzgerald allows two jurors to be excused for business reasons. Jurors No. 4 and No. 6, Arthur Campbell and Harold Faire, leave the panel. A new juror, John S. Dennee, from New Orleans, and David H. S. Walker of New York replace them. Thaw shows calm, family members attend, and peremptory challenges rise as testimony is delayed to later in the week.
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Justice Fitzgerald
Jerome
Stanford White
Arthur §. Campbell
Harold R. Faire
Wall Street
District Attorney's Office
District Attorney’s Office
Mr. Campbell
Campbell
Faire
Talesmen
Johns
Dennee
New Orleans
David H.S. Walker
John Brisben Walker
Thaw
Walker
White
William Thaw
Harry Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
J. J. Caine
Boston
Harry K. Thaw
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Outlook
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