Miners Walkout Halts 300000 in Bituminous Fields
Three hundred thousand organized miners across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas suspend work at midnight Thursday awaiting new wage scales. United Mine Workers officials call it a suspension not a strike as operators estimate possible one month or longer shut down. President Lewis cites numbers by region and notes a few centers grant a cent per ton rise while fuel supplies remain ample.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iown
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
United Mine Workers of North America
Basil
Ind
Lewis
Western
West Virginia
Ilinola
Tews
Michlean
Texas
Colorado
Kentucky
Herrick Referee Fees Cut In Eleventh Avenue Case
Archibald Watson reduced Cady Herrick’s nine day referee fee from 6000 to 0 dollars after the New York Central railroad had already paid and billed the city. Watson offered a 5000 dollar compromise. the railroad refused. The corporation counsel then limited the bill to ten dollars per day as permitted by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cady Herrick
Eleventh Avenue
City of New York
New York Central Railroad
Archibald Watson
Corporation
Herrick
Watson
Senator Bilbo Testifies on Bribe Allegation in Mississippi
State Senator Theodore Bilbo told an executive session of the Mississippi Senate of accepting a $4465 bribe from planter L C Dulaney to switch his support from former Gov Vardaman to Leroy Percy for U S senator. The tale Bilbo recounted matches the earlier published version DuLaney denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Hilbo
Mississippi Senate
Gu. Vardaman
Leroy Percy
United States
Bilbo
Senate
Dulaney
Explosion Rocks New York Tenement on Thirty Ninth Street
A bomb exploded in the basement of a Thirty Ninth Street tenement in New York on Thursday. The blast shook the building, shattered all windows, and caused mass panic. Police attribute the incident to Black Hand operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-ninth Street
New York
Tasiats Faces Jail Bid After Indictment of Judge Gale
Former probate judge John T. Gale of Columbus was indicted on three counts of bribery involving George F. Woods. Gale, insisting on entering jail himself, appeared at the courthouse to seek admission while stating he would not ask others to share his fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasiats
Jall
John T. Gale
Columbus
George F. Woods
Court House
Foret Fire Blocked as Seafield Faces Worst Blaze
Firefighters push to contain a forest fire near Seafield Wisconsin as more than 400 men battle the flames with bucket brigades and hand tools. No injuries reported and authorities monitor spread in the windy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seafield
Wis
Sioux Olin Live Stock Market Report Thursday
Sioux City market quotes list top beeves at 7.25 dollars and top hoes at 10.70 dollars. The brief notes Thursday session shows live stock prices and prevailing bids in a concise market update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Olin
Sioux City
Nve
Marie Corelli Stricken with Pneumonia at Home
Renowned novelist Marie Corelli of Mason Croft Stratford upon Avon England is seriously ill with pneumonia at her residence. The condition has caused considerable alarm among local residents and literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Corelli
Masoncroft Stratford-upon-Avon
Bngland
Marrying Count Emil von Mueller Sentenced in Jersey City
Emil von Mueller known as the marrying count was sentenced at Jersey City New Jersey on Thursday to eight years imprisonment for bigamy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil von Mueller
Jersey City
New Pact in Porce Aims at Closer Canada US Trade Ties
President Taft seeks to avert a tariff war with Canada by inviting Dominion Minister Fielding to Albany for talks after Canada is declared entitled to Payne Aldrich rate minimums. Secretary Knox notes exchange expresses satisfaction at tariff negotiations end and a possible early settlement of water boundary disputes. The Albany talks signal a path to improved trade between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Taft How
Dominion
Gener BoJnet Ment
Datheas
Knox
Taft
Fielding
Albany
Seize A Diamond Jewelry On Arrival In New York
Through counsel Mrs Cornelia Woolman of Helena Montana surrendered a diamond chain and pendant valued at 5000 to New York authorities on the steamship George Washington. Customs officers seized baggage and worn apparel for failure to declare articles. A Poristhian receipt for the pendant was found. The government values the mounted stones as dutiable at 63 percent, higher than the 10 percent on unmounted diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Cornelia Woodmaan
Helena, Mount
New York
George Washington
Woolman
United States
Paria
Mansfield businessman dies on doorstep after assault
Hugh Metall a wealthy Mansfield businessman was found dying on his doorstep in a night shirt with a deep gash in the head. He had been seen alive about midnight Tuesday placing his car in the garage. detectives could not confirm robbery as the motive. He died without regaining consciousness.
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Chad
Hugh Metall
Mansfield
Metall
Captd Defies A Polsh In Des Canas Rescue
Thomas Foreman 17, son of a San Diego merchant, allegedly eloped with Gertrude Seifert 14 and headed for Death Valley in a car. Snow blocked the road 25 miles east of San Diego at Des Canas, where reports say a battle occurred as a posse closed in.
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Thomas Foreman
San Diego
Cal
Gertrude Seifert
Death Valley
Des Canas
Itla
Froreuit
Vessels Head For Port After Sealing Meet Success
Wireless reports from the sealing meet in the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Grand Banks indicate sailing vessels are meeting with success and have already begun to put into port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Grand Banks
Gerson
Fire at Petersburg factory causes large loss
A fire at the Hoosier Hotel works in Petersburg Indiana destroyed the building a dwelling three cars over 100 yards of track and the upper works of a mine with a loss of about $100 000. The cause attributed to a gas explosion in the furnace room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Hottle Works
Peteraburg
Ind
Baseball Kills Young Boy in Reading
Jamee C. Allen, a 14 year old from Reading Pennsylvania, was struck on the head by a fly ball and died within hours. The incident was reported Tuesday by Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enson
Reading
Wall
Jamee C. Allen
Tragedy as Caravan Drowns in Lake Crossing Near Lua
A caravan of about fifty travelers attempted to cross a lake near Lua when a portion of the group escaped the wreck but most were drowned. Reports indicate men women and children were among the casualties with only a few survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heremouetzicl Lake
Lua
Ruawsla
Greek Parliament Meets After King Read Proclamation
The Greek proclamation convoking the national assembly was read by King George in the chamber on Wednesday, drawing cheers. Queen Olga attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Assembly of
Greece
George
Olga
Destructive Colorado Snow Storm Paralyzes Western States
A severe Colorado snow storm devastates the eastern slope of the Rockies and blasts eastward. Five feet of snow at Limon blocks rail traffic. Genoa station blown away. telegraph lines and telephone wires fail east of Denver. extensive wire outages reach the Pacific coast as trains and communications halt across Colorado Nebraska and beyond.
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Denver
Cala
Kanene City
Santi Bo
N. M
Central
Wyve Mite
Western Union
Limon
Colo
Chicago
Rock Island
Pacific
Genoa
Fort Morgan
Wray
Rockies
Prairies
Lost faith in banks ends with robbery in Dodge City
Frank Linder a retired blacksmith in Dodge City kept his $2,700 in a secret iron box in his basement after vowing never to use banks. Robbers drilled the box and stole the entire amount of TK gold, leaving him penniless and ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Linder
Dodge City
Bar
Bader
Bader 'E Piuninilesa
Lowell argues Mars dying from lack of water
Prof. Percival Lowell, director of the Lowell Observatory, defended his theory at a London meeting. He claimed Martians are intelligent but not human like and that Mars is dying due to water scarcity, amid skepticism from Edward Maunder and others at the Royal Observatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival Lowell
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
British Astronomical Association
London
Mars
Edward W. Maunder
Soil Department
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Lowell
Mountains on Fire Near Winchester Withdraws Relief Efforts
Wildfire grips the Great Northern mountains west of Winchester Virginia on Wednesday. Residents at risk call for help as crews and volunteers from Wardenaville battle the flames. Losses run into thousands of dollars with homes and lives endangered along the slopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Winchester
Wardenaville
New York Man Arrested in Alabama Duel Challenge
John G. Mambrick of New York was arrested in Monteville Alabama on Monday for sending a challenge to fight a duel with John Boenshott of Gurley over a property dispute.
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John G. Mambrick
New York
Monteville
Ala
John Boenshott
Gurley
Rubber Plants Shut Down In Early Spring Shutdown
United States Rubber closed the Alice shot mill in Woonnock and the rubber boot mill in Milville until April 11. The two plants employ about 2,000 workers as operations pause.
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United States Rubber Company
Alice Shot
Woonnocket
Ro 1
Rubber Boot
Milville
Moe
Sheepmen Duel in Wyoming Leaves One Dead One Wounded
Two sheepmen fought a duel on Hinck Mountain Wyoming. One man died at an unknown home. J. H. Bradley was the wounded survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinck Mountain
Wyo
Bradley
Wanted Robber Wrink Mathusle Sought by Bow Street Court
A warrant was issued forWrink Mathusle in Bow Street police court London on Tuesday to answer a robbery charge in St Louis Massachusetts.
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Bow Street
London
Wrink Mathusle
Bt. Louis, Ma
Judge Parker Guests At Luncheon In St Petersburg
In St Petersburg former Judge Alton Ui Parker attended a luncheon hosted by M Kokoveom the Russian minister of dance arrangements. The event brought together notable legal and cultural figures for a formal midday gathering.
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St. Petersburg
Alton Ui. Parker
St. Petersture
M. Kokoveom
Minketer
Dnance
Civil War Relic Found in Wet Point Owner
W M Williams of Wet Point possesesses a Civil War relic a copy of the Dalty Clitixen Vicksburg Miss dated Thursday July 2 1865 printed on the back of a common paper four columns wide it bristles with denunciations of the Yankees and proclaims Confederate vigor. The extracts praise Lee’s march against abolitionists and warn of Maryland Pennsylvania and Ohio in turn while predicting Union collapse. It also notes Ulysses Grant planning a Fourth of July dinner in Vicksburg and jokes that he must enter the city first.
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W. M. Williams
Wet Point
Vicksburg
Mise
Lee
Leo
Ulymers
Grant
Vickabure
Ulysses
Teachers Lacking Authority Over Certification Board Ruling
Joseph Sparks of the State Board declares certificates issued by the defunct state normal board invalid. Principal Crabtree of Peru Normal School is told to have graduates surrender old diplomas and obtain new ones from the current board. The Supreme Court deeming the act unconstitutional, the board is not de facto and its actions are illegal, affecting 176 to 180 teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sparks
State Board of Examiners For
Crabtree
Perue Normal School
State Normal Board
Tonehore
Supreme Court
Ten
Attorneve
Delegates Elected to Seek County Split at Grand Island
At Callaway meeting KR BE Bresa John Moran W T Keyes H M Andrews G H Lafour KE W Rusk Charles Humphrey M B Schneringer and Will M Dunn were chosen as delegates for a county division convention to be held at Grand Island. The plan envisions a five county cut potentially placing Broken Bow with Ansley Merna Oconto and Callaway area with others, creating two new counties and shifting county seats to Sargent Ansley Merna Oconto Callaway according to the draft map.
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Callaway
KR. BE. Bresa
John Moran
W. T. Keyes
H. HM. Andrews
G. H. Lafour
KE. W. Rusk
Charles Humphrey
M. B. Schneringer
Will M. Dunn
Grand Islad
Ansley
Big Ditch Authorized In Pender Drainage Vote
An election in Pender approved forming a drainage district to connect a new ditch from three miles south of Pender with the existing Logan creek project. The plan aims to prevent floods by creating a straighter channel, though fear remains that Indian lands may not share the costs, shifting the burden to landowners in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pender
Wakefield
Logan Creek
Shiteopmn
Rushville Boy Fatally Wounds Classmate in Storefront Fight
Will Westover son of Judge Westover Rushville is shot by Leland Dale after a dispute over prank fruit throwing. Dale drew a 98 caliber revolver as Westover tried to punish him, the bullet injuring Westover including a near heart wound. Dale surrendered to the sheriff and is jailed.
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Will Westover
Leland Dale
Judge Westover
Rushville
Joe Warren
Horace Dale
Westover
Dale
West Point High School Tests Seed Corn for Farmers
The agriculture class at West Point high school will test seed corn for local farmers free of charge and guarantee germination. Superintendent Campbell initiated the effort, designed to help farmers secure reliable seed after last year’s crop proved largely unfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point High School
Campbell
Shults of Curtis Fined for Liquor Violation in District Court
Ren FP Shults of Curtis found guilty on two counts of illegal liquor possession with one count fined $600 and the second suspended. Cronk pleaded guilty to seven counts, fined $400 on the first, with remaining sentences suspended and to be reviewed at the next district court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ren FP. Shults
Curtis
Dees Cronk
Tenet Wee
Expert predicts ample fruit harvest near Meru despite reports
Peru fruit expert Key Heeweltinen says the fruit crop around Meru has not suffered major damage. He notes indicators point to ample fruit in the area, disputing earlier reports of extensive loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heeweltinen
Peru
Meru
Orleans Chronicle Change of Editorship
The Orleans Chronicle changed hands last week with Horace Phepe assuming the editorship replacing F. Albin. The transition marks a new era for the paper as Phepe leads the staff and editorial direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans Chronicle
Horace Phepe
4. F. Albin
Laurel Pioneer Mrs Emil Weber Dies at Home
Mrs Emil Weber a Laurel pioneer was found dead in bed Wednesday morning at her daughter Mrs R L Lathrop in Wayne. Heart trouble is given as the cause. She was aged several years and survived by her husband two daughters and one son B J Holle of the Laurel firm Holle and Ware. The husband a miller was away on business in Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Weber
Laurel
R. L. Lathrop
All Wayne
Holle & Ware
Wayne
Busines
Norfolk pressman dies after machine accident
Frank Kayl of Norfolk, a 28 year old Daily News pressman, was killed when a press started while his head was near the machinery. He had tried to stop the power and had been warned to avoid working around the machine without stopping the motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kayl
Norfolk
Daily News
Kay
Despondent Husband Shoots Wife Then Kills Self
Norfolk man J. A. Custer shot his wife, long invalid, with a 21-enliver rifle and then killed himself. The bullet glanced off her head and she will live, but he died. Custer was 41 and had grown children from previous marriage in Omaha.
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J. A. Custer
Norfolk
Canter
Tackle
Omahi
Hid
Omaha
Regulars Name Friends of Speaker Cannon to Rules Committee
In Washington the Republican caucus selected six regulars to serve on the committee on rules succeeding the one ousted by the recent House upheaval. The slate includes Boutell Calvell Fassett Smith Lawrence Smith Dalzell, all current Rules members, aligned with Speaker Cannon. Insurgents attended except Gardner. 189 of 216 Republicans were present.
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Washington
Piica
House of Representatives
Henry Sherman Boutell
Minolta
John Calvell
Pennsylvania
J. Slaat Fassett
New York
Walter L Smith
Iowa
George P. Lawrence
Massachusetts
Sylvester C. Smith
Californiia
Hoth Smith
Dalzell
Cannon
Bourell
Chicago
Laws Jenks
Massachusets
Fassett
Smith
California
Gardner
Ness
House
Congress Eyes Raising of USS Maine Wreck
The House passed a bill to raise the ill fated Maine wreck in Havana harbor to recover possible sailors bodies. The plan would place any recovered remains in Arlington Cemetery and erect the ship’s mast at the cemetery. The bill, under Army Engineer Corps oversight with Cuban consent, also requires raising and removal of the wreck to assess its destruction.
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National House of Representatives
Maine
Havana
Senate
Arington
Virginia
Washington
House
Engineer Corps
Army
Republic of Cuba
Sulzer
New York
Girl Accused of Poisoning Sister Pleads Not Guilty
Catherine Mang a one year old girl charged with murdering her sister by strychnine poisoning pleads not guilty and waives preliminary exam. She is jailed in Canton Ohio awaiting grand jury action due in May. She maintains a mysterious man supplied two quinine tablets. Her relatives hire attorneys amid possible lunacy inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Mang
Canton
Ohio
Murray
Lords Abolish Hereditary Seats In Reform Vote
In London the House of Lords voted 175 to 17 to renounce hereditary right to legislate. The division followed Lord Rosebery’s third reform resolution. Reform and reconstitution were deemed necessary and a principle shift toward ending hereditary voting power was endorsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
London
Lord Rosebery
New School at Silver Creek Proposal Passed
A proposal to build an 88000 dollar brick school house in Silver Creek was carried by a vote of 118 to 2. The new building will be financed by tax levy and construction will start soon under local officials supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Chamberlain of Tecumseh Brought to Court in Ipog Failure Case
M Chamberlain of Tecumseh was summoned from the collapse of the Commercial Banking House in Ipog and was examined in Beatrices district court Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ntate “Ene CO
M. Chamberlain
Tecumweh
Ipog
Wan
High License at Kearney City Council Sets 1600 Fee
At a Monday night Kearney city council session the license fee for saloons for the coming year was set at 1600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Mine Explosion Killin Four At Kall Inla Mine
A gas explosion tore through the Kall Inla mine in Cambria Oklahoma killing four men and injuring two others. Rescue crews and investigators responded to the blast scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria
Okla
Twelve Die in Chicago Fire at LL Fish & Co Furniture Store
A blaze at LL Fish & Co Furniture in Chicago killed twelve people and injured one young woman who leaped to escape. Fire started from an alcohol lighter on the fourth floor, trapping occupants on the sixth floor with no fire escapes. The loss is estimated at 260000, with most contents destroyed by water and flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LL Fish & Co
Atore
Chicago
Air
Miner W. Bell
HH. M. Mitchell
Isaac Fish
Iroquois Theater
Tariff Troubles Spoiled by Canada War Fears
Reports suggest a tariff war with Canada is avoided as peace terms are agreed. Promulgation to occur from Ottawa and Washington the day before the U S maximum tariff would auto enforce against Canada. Details are guarded with Taft Knox and Fielding Graham Laurier names linked to the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Washington
United States
Taft
Canadiam
Knox
Iine
Finance
W. S&s. Fielding
Railways
George FP. Graham
Wilfrid Laurier
Dominion
Missouri River Forcing Barney Neb To Move Town
The Missouri River surged toward Barney Nebraska as high floods cut away farms and washed away a railroad track. Residents moved homes to higher ground, dismantled an eighty foot bridge, and planned a new town on the hill beyond the river’s reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney
Neb
Hurlington Rathroad
Missouri
Murder Bribery Case Shocks Court In March
In March in the criminal court at Olle, Henry Auni n pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe witnesses to testify for the defense in a murder case and implicated others including an attorney. The court ordered an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tareas
Couse
Mar
Olle
Henry Auni N
Bhar
Witnessea
Rubber Plant President Killed Inspecting Electric Equipment
George H. Alling, 39, president of a rubber company, was instantly killed at the Barbettes plant when his clothes were caught in live electrical apparatus during an inspection. He was crushed to death, authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Alling
Barbettes
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