Eighty killed in mine disaster at Union Pacific No 1
Fifty eight men are dead after two explosions at Union Pacific Coal company mine No 1 Hanna Wye on March 31. The superintendent Briggs and three foremen were killed along with gas watchers and stable bosses. A rescue party of forty men perished seven hours later, including State Mine Inspector D M Hiie. Five bodies recovered. further search deemed unsafe. The entire official family of the United Mine Workers is among the dead. fire had raged in the colliery for a week.
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Hanna, Wye
Union-Pacific Coal Company
Frome
Briggs
United Mine Workers
D. M. Hiie
Fire Damages Joy Line Pier and Threatens City Bridge
A blaze on the Foy Moe pier in the East River and an adjacent pier injures several firefighters and causes about 150000 dollars in losses. The fire, fed by pitch-coated timbers, jeopardized the Edgemont steamer and scaffolding for the new Manhattan bridge while a high pressure hose burst, wounding more men before crews contained the blaze. Contractors Terry and Tench face about 50000 dollars in damage.
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Joy Line
New York City
New York
Foy Moe
East River
Edgemont
New
Manhattan Bridge
Joss
Terry & Tench Company
New Manhaattan Bridge
Anc
Rewards offered for dynamiters in Telluride case
Telluride Colorado March 31 Rewards offered for the capture of the person or persons who dynamited General Bulkeley Wells Saturday in an effort to Bill him aggregate 10000. Bherry Fitzpatrick said that sufficient evidence to warrant arrests had not yet been obtained. Henry Anker a waiter arrested for incendiary language has been found to have had no connection with the crime. General Wells is suffering from the shock to his nervous system and has joined his family at Colorado Springs for rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telluride
Colo
Gamble Secures Passage of Bill in South Dakota
Senator Gamble of South Dakota won passage of a bill creating an additional land district after Senator Kittredge prevented earlier action. The vote followed Gamble calling up the measure during a Senate session with his colleague absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamble
Washington
South Dakota
Senator Kittredge
Senate
Kittredge
Prison Sentence for Desperate Bigamist Lover
Charles Raymond, posing as E J Williams, courted Maud Bowlsy in Des Moines and was exposed by her friend Emma Raytound. Arrested at the Columbia Hotel, Raymond’s forgery conviction from two years earlier was revealed. In district court he received the maximum fifteen year penitentiary term. He had married Bowlsy four years prior at Fort Dodge as Clayton, later revealing his true identity after meeting her again.
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Maud Bowlsy
E. J. Williams
Des Moines
Emma Ray- Tound
Columbia
Charles Raymond
Raymond
Les Moines
de Graff
Prizon
Clayton County
Fort Dodge
Strayer
Clayton
Teter
Mysterious Spellbinder at Democratic Session Unearths McQuirk
A Davenport lawyer, patient at Mount Pleasant asylum, stood as a mysterious speaker at the Henry County Democratic convention in Mount Pleasant. He delivered a Bryan style oration, eliciting a fierce audience response before slipping away unseen. Earlier inquiries confirmed the speaker as A. T. McQuirk. In Greene, Mrs Henry Steyne died in a house fire while her infant was badly burned. the child is expected to recover after a lamp exploded tipping flames onto the mother’s clothing.
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Henry County
Mawaripleasant
Yermission
Hagan
William Jennings Bryan
A. T. McQuirk
Davenport
Afount Pleasant
Henry Steyne
Greene
Civil War Veteran Dies After Runaway Wagon Incident
Robert B. Williams, inmate at Marshalltown Town soldiers' home, died three hours after being thrown against a telephone hole while trying to stop a runaway team. Earlier injuries were the cause of death. Williams had lived in Eldore before entering the home. Murderer Commits death by own action in Jail. William Battett, who killed his sister in law Mrs Geddes at Frankville on Jan 14, died by his own action in the county jail at Waukon. He was found dead at breakfast, having strangled himself with twine and a broom handle. Woman Burned to Death. Mrs George Yanning of Millersburg burned to death after pouring gasoline on her apron to extinguish flames.
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Robert B. Williams
Marshalltown
Williams
Eldore
William Battett
Inlaw
Geddes
Frankville
Waukon
Simes
George Yanning
Millersburg
Jury acquits Editor A. H. Ball in Logan murder case
The Logan jury acquitted Editor A. H. Ball of murdering E. M. Brindridge. The trial ended with an acquittal after defense arguments challenged the evidence and established reasonable doubt.
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A. H. Ball
E. M. Brindridge
Logan
Saltdefense
Syiff
Oles
Iowa Democrats rally behind Bryan at Cedar Rapids convention
At Cedar Rapids Iowa Democratic delegates cheered William Jennings Bryan and endorsed his Nebraska Omaha platform. Twenty six delegates were instructed to vote for Bryan at the national convention, with Weaver weighing a run for governor on the Prohibition ticket and Porter Sullivan Dunn set for the Senate race.
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Bryan
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska
Omaha
Iowa
Paris
Tor Bryan
Resolutions Committee
Democracy
Toto
Wade
General Weaver
Fred White
C. R. Porter
Centerville
Jerry B. Sullivan
Des Moines
B. J. Dunn
Masde City
C. F. Duncombe
Fort Dodge
Weaver
Prohibition
Sioux “City
Claude H. Porter
Jerry
Sullivan
United States
Two Killed in Sioux City Engine Derailment
At Third and Howard streets in Sioux City a defective switch derailed an Omaha Road engine. Night foreman J. G. Gilfillan was instantly killed while switchman T. J. Blakely suffered fatal injuries. The two rode the engine’s front footboard when it hit the switch. Gilfillan had twenty years with the Omaha road.
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Omaha Road
Sioux City
J. G. Gilfitan
T. J. Blakely
Third
Howard Streets
Gilfillan
Young Whitbeck Arrested in Father's Murder Case
Walter Whitbeck, sought in the slaying of Aldo Whitbeck near West Union, was captured in Duluth, Minnesota as he tried to flee to Canada. He arrived in West Union under Sheriff Culver’s custody and a search found $417 believed taken from his father’s pockets.
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Walter Whitback
Aldo Whitbeck
West Union
Culver
Duluth
Minn
Canada
Young Whitbeck
Bankers Threatened After Farm ers and Drovers Bank Failure
Directors Dr. C. Cover and Frank tlewellsn received threatening letters after the Farmers and Drovers State Bank of Sey tour was closed by a state examiner. Cashier Leroy Ware is in the penitentiary for a $40,000 shortfall. the bank cannot meet obligations. A tornado near Ken Boston derailed twelve freight cars, destroyed a church, and injured several. one balloon cloud was seen along the Santa Fe road. About a score of injuries reported in Iowa and Illinois. property damage in the thousands.
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4. C. Cover
Frank Tlewel
Lsn
Farmers and Drovers
State Bank of Seytour
Leroy Ware
Ware
Ken Boston
Santa Fe
Iowa
Ilinois
Patient Dies of Fright and Farm Accident
Lake City man Bt hogs was bitten fatally before help arrived. Ripley, a Tennessee arrival, worked on a brother’s stock farm. Walter Wycoff, a Massena pioneer, died of fright on the operating table at Creston hospital after witnessing others wheeled away. he collapsed and died of heart failure.
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Lake City
Ripley
Tennessee
Walter Wycoff
Creston Hospital
Dynamite Damage on Steamer W Cowles in St Paul
Explosive blast damaged the steamer W Cowles in St Paul near March 31 injuring no one. The dynamite was placed in the captain’s prepared stateroom, detonating under a door transom and ceiling, destroying three after staterooms, shattering bulkheads, and damaging the galley. Investigators suspect Vindals or related suspects behind the act.
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St. Paul
W. Cowles
St. Paul Road
George Winans
Captain Winans
Hospitals for Union Men in Denver to Open Soon
Denver will have a union labor hospital with 350 to 400 beds within thirty days. The city also serves as headquarters for the National Union Labor Hospital association, which plans hospitals for labor union members in all large cities across the country.
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Denver
Union Labor
National Union Labor Hospital Association
Fatal Fight Near Hemlock Claims Two Lives in Kentucky
In Whiteburg Kentucky on March 31 a battle near Hemlock between the Osborn and Butchell factions left Hiram Mitchell Jr. and Wilbur Geborn dead. A third Osborn faction member was seriously wounded.
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Whiteburg
Hemlock
Osborn-Butchell
Hiram Mitchell, Jr
Wilbur Geborn
Osborn
MARKET QUOTATIONS AND A TRAIN RIDER TALE
Market quotes from Minneapolis, Duluth, St Paul and Chicago show wheat, flax, cattle, hogs, sheep and dairy prices with May and July futures. A humorous anecdote follows about an elderly man on a train who asks a mother to spank her child after the boy eats breakfast, and the mother replies she does not believe in spanking a child on a full stomach.
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Duluth
Artiya
Bard
Northern
Kite
Monument Man Remains A Mystery After Abortive Succession
A fragmentary note quotes Puck pondering a subject and suggests the figure beyond, Mrs. Newwoad, and a phrase gone home as a final, elusive destination. The passage hints at a literary or dramatic context with lingering questions about where the subject truly ends up.
Winning Her Attention
A humorous London Opinion item notes a husband complains his wife never listens, while he jokes that she sometimes does when he talks in his sleep, illustrating domestic banter and city newspaper wit.
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Hine
London
Condition More Encouraging in Philadelphia Report
Physicians treating United States Senator Marehai report an improving condition after ten days. The Senator had a comfortable night, marking the most encouraging medical update in that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Marehai
United State
Ines
Brief Bits of News From The State and World
Governor Guild of Massachusetts remains in same condition. Ablvnch financial bill moves to banking and currency committee. Scottish iron trade group agrees 7 percent wage cut due to weaker demand. Archishop Prospero Maria Alarcon Y Sanchez de la Barquera of Mexico dies at eighty after long illness. Campbell-Bannerman’s coalition stable though diabetes weakens his vigor. Swiss rail tunnel under Lake Zurich near Ricken mountains completed. five miles long, four years in construction.
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Governor Guild of
Massachusetts
Committee On Banking and Currency
Prospero Maria Alarcon Y Sanchez de la Barquera
Mexico
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Switzerland
Ricken Mountains
Lake Zurich
Curious Cipher Code From Prison Strips Unfolds On Pencil
A Kansas City jail cipher tale describes Turner forging a strip cipher that yielded legible text when wrapped around a dragon shaped pencil. Deputies found the long strip fitted to form words after wrapping around the pencil, revealing a clever in-cell coding method. Grinnell won the state championship on the Gein Bell floor with a 32 to 14 score.
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Partis
Kansas City
Turner
Grinnell
Laws
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Luis de Laza
Honduras
Spellbinder
Yound Whitbeck
H. W. Beebe
Prop
Kentucky
Minneapolis
Chicago Union
Chicago
Park
Dairies
Spankan
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