Gridiron Dinner Sparks Clash Between Roosevelt and Foraker
Washington on January 29 saw a sharp clash at the Gridiron dinner as President Roosevelt attacked Senator Foraker in a charged exchange. Foraker fired back, denying the president’s right to instruct him, with a spirited rebuttal and a tense afterword as the event shortened the remaining courses.
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Washington
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Foraker
Brussels
Senate
Brownsville
Epi ‘Sode
Joe Cannon
Massive mine disaster at Redenpit kills hundreds
A fire-lamp explosion at the Redenpit mine in St Johannon near Saarbruecken traps about 600 workers. Some 300 miners are reported entombed with 164 bodies recovered and 17 injured rescued. Rescuers faced renewed danger as a fire forced them to retreat, while families gathered at the pit mouth sobbing as bodies were identified. The mine is government-owned and death toll may reach 200.
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Saarbruecken
Prussia
St. Johannon
Ghaft
Tragedy On Trestle Ends In Unknown Couple's Death
An unknown young couple fell to death on a Camden Gloucester City traction trestle when struck by a late Atlantic City train. The man’s body was lost in Nawton Creek, the woman’s skull fractured. she wore a red plaid suit a fur boa and a diamond jewelry set with a gold watch. Coroner reports identify the woman as refined but provide no names.
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Philadelphia
Camden
Gloucester City
Atlantic City
John Braden
Pennsylvania Street
James Curtis
Steven Street
Nawton Creek
Burden
Fithian
I. Cc
Remarkable coroner’s verdict in deaths from swallowing brains
Tecatur Illinois coroner’s jury ruled death from swallowing his own brains after brake man George J. Thomas fell into machinery at Hana pumping station. The skull was fractured foaming and brains oozed into his mouth during repeated unconscious episodes.
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Tecatur
George J. Thomas
Illinois Central
Hana
Thomas
Prominent Wilkinsburg Man Dies in Telephone Booth
Pittsburg January 28 Brice O Welsh a well known Wilkinsburg resident collapsed and died in a telephone booth inside E L Sutter drug store on Perrysville avenue while attempting to call a relative about his uncle s death in Baden. He spoke cheerfully to the clerk before he died.
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Pittsburg
Brice O. ‘Welsh
Wilkinsburg
E. L. Sutter
Perrysville Avenue
Welsh
Baden
Stuart Mine Disaster in Fayette County Traps Dozens
A dust explosion at the Stuart mine in Fayette county near Fayetteville West Virginia kills between 60 and 71 workers. The injured and dead lie entombed as rescuers work to brace the shaft and recover bodies while customs and mine officials oversee recovery.
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Charleston
W. Va
Stuart Ming
Fayette County
Stuart
White Oak Fuel Coa
Chesapeaks & Ohio
White Oak
Carlisle
Fayetteville
Glenjean
Theatt
New River Co
Sewell
Sank Dixon
F. F. Dixon
David Bindsay
John T. O'Boyle
Maine
Stuart Te
Paral
Leewee
Toon Ag
Last Euchre Club Meeting at the Sondermann Home
The Euchre Club held its final gathering of the season at Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sondermanns home with ten games and supper. Hubert Beckmann won the first grand prize, a blanket, and Mrs. Beckmann won the ladies prize, a rocker. Other prizes included a china ornament, a Japanese box, a candle set, and a silk muffler. The club hopes to reorganize next winter.
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Euchre Club
J. A. Sondermann
Sondermann
Hubert Beckmann
Wm. R. Sauer
Henry Haake
F. X. Rickelman
Gents
Joe Havlik
Desperate fight ends with Monongahela officer dead
Policeman Josiah Haywood aged 64 died after a clash with four prisoners Connell Higgins and two Hill brothers who fought him as he tried to arrest them in Monongahela City Pa The four men were apprehended and the coroner held them in custody while murder charges were considered The old officer reportedly fought gallantly after being struck and knocked down in the struggle
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Monongahela City
Josiah Haywood
Connell
Higgins
Hill
Omcer Haywood
Dean
Sand Bags Used as New Orleans Levee Rises
In New Orleans sand bags were placed along Canal Street and Jackson Avenue to hold back water as the river rose to the top of the levee. The city reports only an inch above the levee with forecasts of a foot rise in ten days and notes past protection at these points. Separately a note mentions funds being sought to restore the buried church of St Piran in the sand in Cornwall England, a corruption of St Piran Sabulo.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Jackson Avenue
Perran
Zabulee
Cornwall
England
Fran Io Sabulo
Piran
Springfield fire destroys Phelps Publishing Co plant
The Phelps Publishing Co plant in Springfield Massachusetts burned, causing estimated losses near 1 million dollars. Journals including Good Housekeeping American Agriculturist and Farm and Home will be published in other cities as arrangements are made. Fire cited as cause under investigation.
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Springfield
Mass
Phelps Publishing Co
Good Housekeeping
Agriculturist
New England
Soldier Kills Comrade in Roadhouse Near Fort Washington
Washington reports a fatal shooting at a roadhouse near Fort Washington Army post. Private William Wirebarger of the 104th Coast Artillery killed Private Frederick Gosney of the 17th Coast Artillery after a dispute over a woman.
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Washington
Fort Washington
William
104Th Co. Coast Artillery
Frederick Gosney
Collision Between the 20th Century Flyer and Street Car
Eyewitness Henry Beyke of Dayton describes a terrible collision at Third street crossing when street car No. 60 was struck by the Big Four train No. 26, the Twentieth Century Limited. One dead, fifteen injured. bodies along the tracks as crews investigated and passengers were questioned.
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Henry Beyke
Dayton
Ohio
Isne
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Third Street
Big Four
Twentieth Century Limited
Charles Lander
Celia Cody
Lynx Freezes Cub After Snapping Off Limb
In Chambord Junction Quebec trapper Henry Tate found a bay lynx freeing her eight month old cub by severing its leg with her teeth. The mother gnawed the trap chain and carried the cub away while spectators recalled an owl aiding imprisoned birds. Tate spoke of the unusual rescue and related barn owl behavior.
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Chambord Junction
Que
Henry Tate
Tate
Application For Liquor License Ferdinand Indiana
Notice to Ferdinand residents of Dubois County Indiana that a male applicant of twenty one years with good character and ninety day residency will seek a one year license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart. The premises lie in a ground floor room 18 by 20 feet on a two story frame building at Lot 234 Ohio Fayette Street Ferdinand. Ohio Fayette Street runs along the highway with compliance to local liquor laws and luncheon service.
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Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Dubois County
Indiana
Ohio
Fayette
Ferdinand Township
Sta
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