Past and Present From Around the World News
A mixed digest reports a Peruvian Indiana child dying of hydrophobia after dog bites and attacks on parents, a deadly Hungarian coal mine explosion entombing many with some rescued, the wreck of the Sybil Marston off California with two drowned, a Moro rebellion in the Philippines, heirs pursuing Washington land claims, Carmichael insanity ruling, a lynching and shooting of a Black man in Mississippi, a deadly Everett hotel fire, and the death of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky in Russia.
Blast Kills Over 100 in Bluefield WV Mine Disaster
A massive explosion at the Pocahontas Consol mining complex near Bluefield West Virginia traps and kills more than 100 workers, many American, amid lingering doubts about safety after a previous December blast that killed fifty. Rescue efforts fail due to toxic gases and ongoing fire.
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Lick Branch Nile
Biuefield
W. Va
Bower
Robert Smith
Holliday
Volunteers Take Christ Like March Across Cleveland
Thousands of Cleveland volunteers join a citywide two week test to live as Jesus would. Beginning with 1800 youths, the effort has grown to about 10000 participants and is drawing interest from city officials and critics alike.
Prison term and fines for Ensigns in bank embezzlement case
William Ensign and Charles Ensign, father and son, operated a bank at Northeast, Pa. They were convicted of receiving deposits knowing the bank was about to fail. The penalty included a $2,000 fine, return of embezzled property or its value, and one year in the penitentiary.
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WilliamtAs Engign
Charles Ensign
Bon
Northeast
Anaign
Records of Seven Days Events Across Nations
A collage of terse items reports on Misa Julia Colemin killed by gas in Brooklyn. US battleships under Rear Admiral Scprry head to Naples for relief in Talina earthquake aftermath. The Rosebud Club in Chicago appeals for wives for men in a reservation. An explosion in a Leiter Coal mine at A cg ler Illinois kills twenty four. Earthquake shocks hit six states in Washington. A French guillotine joyful exceution. Naval Affairs panel backs two new battleships. Illinois back tax case. Harvester sued. Rev Carmichael dies awaiting confession. Tillman defends land purchases. Roosevelt praised. New governors inaugurated. Indiana and Missouri weigh in. Banks in NYC appoint presidents. Bluefield mine disaster echoes. Attorney General Bonaparte denies Tillman claims. Ohio elects Burton as senator. Shively nominated. Cuban congress considers cockfighting and lottery. Harvard picks Abbott Lowell to replace Eliot. Roosevelt rides ninety digit miles amid storm. Italy hit by intense quake. Carmichael linked to Michigan church murder. Tennessee night riders sentenced for Captain Ranken murder.
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Misa
Julia Colemin
National
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
Scprry
Naples
Mossipa Fa
Rosebud Club of
Chicago
Wassington
France
Trouxe Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
International Harvester Company
Illinois ‘Ax Reform Association
John Tl. Carmichael
Battle Run
Mich
Carthage
Lil
Tillman
Senator Foraker
Roosevelt
Brownsville
New York City
Francis E. Vine
First National
Frank A. Vanderlip
Bluefield
W. Va
Bonaparte
Senator Tillman
Ohio
Burton
Foraker
Benjamin FV. Shively
South Bend
Tndiana Democratic Caucus
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Charles W. Eliot
GOTHAM HAS TEN MILLIONAIRES
The 1909 tax list shows four male NYC millionaires left and six wealthy women. The top earners include Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and Brokaw among men. women include Sage and multiple Vanderbilts and Gilbert. Other high assessments include Yerkes, Morgan, Astor, Huntingtons, and Murphy.
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Whey
New York City
Andrew Carnegie
William K. Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Clifford V. Brokaw
Ida Fingler
Lilla Gilbert
Margaret O. Sage
Florence G. Latterwhite
Alice G. Vanderbilt
Gladys Vanderbilt
Mary
Adelaide Yerkes
J. Pierpont Morgan
John Jacob Astor
Arabella Huntington
Archer M. Huntington
Charles F. Murphy
Double Murder Mystery Reported in Kansas City
The deaths of W. G. Brault a salesman from St Louis and his wife were found in bed at their Kansas City room. Police noted a distinct chloroform odor but no other evidence of drug use. The coroner suspects the wife killed her husband before dying.
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Kansas City
W. G. Brault
Lower Grove Avenue
St.Louis
Breit KkiHedie
Western Milling elevator fire at Calgary causes vast loss
Fire destroys the Western Milling Company elevator in Calgary Alberta with damage estimated at 75000 dollars. The report also notes budget approval in France exceeding four billion francs and a Chinese imperial edict removing Yuan Shikai from office with Na Tung replacing him.
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Western Milling Company
Calgary
Alberta
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
China
Yuan Shi Kani
Na Tung
Manitoba
Manila
United States
Arnold
Philippine Islands
Six Men From Reel Foot Lake Sentenced to Hang
Six men from Reel Foot Lake face death by hanging for their roles in the killing of Captain Quentin Rauken at Walnut Log. In Union City Tennessee Judge Jones overruled a motion for a new trial, with Garret Johnson Sam Applewhite Tid Burton Roy Ransom Arthur Clear and Fred Pinton receiving the death sentence for first degree murder.
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Reelfoot Lake
Union City
Tenn
Quentin Rauken
Walnut Log
Jones
Garret Johnson
Sam Applewhite
Tid Burton
Roy Ransom
Arthur Clear
Fred‘ Pinton
Tragic double tragedy in Mankato area family
Eldest daughter Ida finds four siblings dead after knife attacks in the home near Mankato Minnesota. The father then hanged himself in the woodshed, the rope breaking and his body falling to the floor. It appears to be a murderous rampage followed by suicide.
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Mankato
Mina
Brad
Mankatos
Ida
Didi
Ier
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Port Huron Mich
Gideon Browning
J. H. Carmichael
Town Progressives
John H. Carmichael
Michigan
Tennessee
Captain Ranken
Gotham
Costa Rica
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