Mine Explosion Kills Many at Lick Branch Switch Back
In Bluefield West Virginia a second explosion at the Lick Branch mine near Switch Back 20 miles away killed many miners. Between fifty and one hundred were dead by 8 20 am with 280 to 300 at work. by afternoon the death toll could exceed 100 as entry remained blocked by heat. Fresh air is being forced into the shaft as officials assess cause, with suspicions of gas ignition from an open lamp after a prior December blast left fifty dead. The Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries mine in the Tug River district had previously been deemed safe after inspections and restart efforts.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Lick Branch
Switch Back
Pocahontas . Consolidated > Collieries Company
Tug River
Ohio Statesman Attacks Roosevelt Over Emergency Fund
Washington January 12 The Senate passed a resolution urging the secretary of the treasury to provide an itemized statement of how the 3 million dollar emergency fund approved March 3 1899 was spent. The fund paid detectives Brown and Baldwin for Brownsville investigation, a point of sharp criticism of the president and Taft by Senator Foraker.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Foraker
Secretary of the Treasury
Brown
Baldwin
Brownsville
Foraker
Taft
Foraker renews attack over Brownsville affair in senate
Senator Foraker reopened the Brownsville dispute in the Senate drawing a large gallery turnout including many negro attendees who supported his defense of the Twenty-first regiment’s actions on August 13 and 14, 1906. The chamber filled with observers as he read his prepared remarks, drawing sharp attention from colleagues and House members present.
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Washington
Senate
Foraker
House
Brownsville
Andica
Judge Augustus A. Chapin Dies After Street Car Accident
Judge Augustus A. Chapin, 77, died at 5 a.m. Sunday at his home after injuries from a street car collision on Wayne Street and Broadway shortly after noon Saturday. The veteran jurist had a long, distinguished career on the bench and at the bar.
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Augustus A. Chapin
West
Wayne Street
Broadway
Chapin
A.A. Chapin
Eminent Early Indiana Lawyer Remembered for Skill
A fragment honors the very oldest Northern Indiana attorney, noting he occupied an eminent place in the legal profession and was regarded as one of Indiana’s great lawyers. The text reflects reverence for his enduring influence in the state’s legal history.
Carmichael Wore Dead Man's Coat in Calamitous Crime
Carthage Illinois January 12 The body of John Haviland Carmichael identified as by his own action and self confessed murderer of Gideon Browning of Battle Run Michigan. A pocket knife and Browning's coat and silver watch tied Carmichael to the victim. The death by own action marks Carthage's second sensation in sixty four years following the Joseph Smith incident.
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Carthage
John Haviland Carmichael
Gideon Browning
Battle Run
Mich
W. B Moore
St. Clair County
Carmichael
Browning
Joseph
Smith
Spies Formed In Senatorship Money Plot In Indiana
Indianapolis Jan 12 Persistent rumors say money is being used in the United States senatorship campaign. Six democratic legislators organized as a secret spy body two weeks ago to trap any inducements offered for votes. The six were chosen to accept money for votes but to report such offers when the money is presented.
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Indianapolis
United States
Earthquake Rescue Continues in Messina
In Messina Italy rescuers press on for buried victims as a man Bennaja emerges after fourteen days entombed in debris. A married couple rescued after thirteen days amid fresh collapses follows a night of tremors and a tempest that swept harbor quays and scattered supplies.
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Messina
Italy
Bensaja
Marshall Named Governor in Simple Inauguration
Marshall assumes office with a modest ceremony as the inaugural event proceeds without spectacle. The absence of gaudy trappings marks a restrained transition of power.
Indiana's new governor Marshall opens with brief inaugural
Indianapolis reports the inaugural of Thomas R. Marshall as Indiana governor in the south corridor of the state capitol. The first Democrat since 1892 vows an honest, economical administration, urging laws backed by moral sentiment and emphasizing simplicity and restraint in ceremony.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Capitol
Marshall
Senate
House of Representatives
Frank J. Hall
Frank S. Roby
Appellate Court
Hugh T. Miller
Hall
Hanly
North Alabama Street
North Penna
State
Judge Roby
Gel. L. McIntosh
Wabash College
Justice Roby
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