Fea rful Loss of Life in Monongah Mine Disaster
A double explosion at 10 a m in Fairmont Coal Company mines Nos. 6 and 8 in Monongah West Virginia traps 450 to 500 workers. Rescue efforts last 12 hours with only 43 bodies recovered as fire halts operations. Women and families near the site show frantic grief while debris blocks entrances and equipment is torn apart. Charles Honaker, a 15 year old trapper, was blown 400 feet into the Monongahela River. The mines are large, modern installations with electric drills, rope haulage, and substantial power plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont Coal Company
Monongah
Fairmont
W. Va
Ister
Ini
Morvangahela
Aualy
LO No
Awas
Charles Honaker
No. 8
Monongahela
Monongah No. 6
Monongah No. 8
Sion
King of Sweden Dies in Stockholm Palace
King Oscar II of Sweden died Sunday morning at 9 10 in the royal apartment at Stockholm surrounded by royalty and ministers. Crowds outside the palace mourned as the flag dipped to half mast and the nation remembered him as more than a ruler, a friend. His eldest son Gustav Adolph succeeds him as king Gustav V and takes the oath of allegiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar II
Sweden
Stockholm
Hlafantry
Gustave
Tony Asicy
Uneir
Oscar
Oscan Custava Adolphe
Ern
Sidte
Gustave V
Stolen Vandyke Masterpiece From Notre Dame Church
The painting The Erection of the Cross by Van Dyck was cut from its frame and stolen from Notre Dame Church in Central Belgium. Watchmen guarding the church treasures observed nothing, suggesting expert thieves carried out the act. The lake traffic report notes 1907 ore and coal trade highs with little recent movement. The Catholic national convention was called for June 16 1908 in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandyke
Church of Notre Dame
Cenrtral
Belgvium
Bank clearings fall across the nation by nearly a third
A report shows bank clearings in May falling about 29.2 percent from the previous year as the money market disturbance and restricted business curb payments. Nearly all cities report declines with New York and Philadelphia leading the drop while some markets show smaller losses or slight increases in certain states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merkat
Mayember Pan Clearings
Catalaus
Etttes
United States
Dini] & Company
Com. Gil
Pitigburg
New England
Middle Atlantic
Middle South
Central West
South Atlantic
Far West
New York City
Wew York Stock Exchange
Flower
New York
Gaston
Iguadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Ser
Avikah Bane
Congressional Library Shows Vast Size and Growth
The Library of Congress reports over 1.5 million volumes and 900000 other items, ranking among the world's largest libraries. A gain of about 14000 books and pamphlets occurred in the year, highlighted by the Yudin library addition and extensive foreign documents acquisitions. Expenses excluding printing and binding totaled 876000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anntal
Librarian of Congress
Ints
Yudin
Rusia
Siberia
Amprien
Europe
Gutside
Mussia
Japan
Jerof
Asakawa
Yale
Five Die as Passenger Train Strikes Sidetrack Car
A rear end collision on the Baltimore and Ohio line near halethmore Maryland kills five and injures dozens as a passenger train derails into a sidetrack car. Firemen die at the scene and a white crewman and a number of injured are reported. The crash follows a delay caused by a previous incident at Jesups and involved a negro crew member in the smoking compartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Obin
Halthmore
Jésups
Magner
Marwaed
Rural Delivery Growth and Delays Reported
The annual report shows continued extension of rural delivery nationwide but a drop in new route requests. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, 2554 petitions were filed, down 2723 from the prior year, with 1804 accepted for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth
Feslmaister
Conerak
de Kraw
Congress
Panama Canal bonds linked to twenty four million note
Secretary Carletyou announced that the Panama Canal bond issue will be linked to $24,000,000 and issued at four percent to reach $15,000,000. Judge K M Landis quickly verified exceptions sought to be taken to the large fine against Standard Oil of $24,240,000. Deaths in the Alps marked a grim 1907 season with seven lives lost and about two hundred injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carletyou
K. M. Landis
Standard Oil Company
Alps
Clara Bloodgood
Statford
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Coldfield
Nev
Thirkield
Howard University
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Wash Muasay
Augusta
Kings Powder Mills
Lebanon
Mmain
Mason, O
Westinghouse Electric & Manutcluring
Blye
Parny
Flood of Bills In Senate Opens Sixtieth Congress
Senate opens with a flood of over 500 measures on day one as clerks read titles and debates adjoin. Senators Thiairin and Lodge push procedural rules. several measures include rail, banking, and postal reform, plus calls for public deposits and bond allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle Senate
Wibnan
Thiaiin
Tilbana
Cotinger
University of
United States
Vanshreigh
Antworsetag
Chicago
la Fel- Vette UI
Newyome
Davia
Bonitar Lodge
Senate
Congress
Clay
Cutherson
Cla
Secretary of the Treasury
Panavia
Benator la Mollette
Nelson
Waterways Convention Draws National Leaders in Washington
Prominent officials from federal and state governments, along with senators and representatives, gathered for the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington. About 3,000 delegates attended, urging action on river and harbor improvements though no definite measures were promised, hoping to influence Congress to provide funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Rivers and Harbers Congress
Senate
House
Ameten
Washington
Aldehka
Hawaii
Congress
National Congress
Pacific Express Company Under Scrutiny for Road Use Payments
Indiana road commission probes alleged discrimination by Pacific Express Company. It is claimed to have paid for rights to use the Wabash, Southern Pacific, Missouri Pacific lines, with potential crowding of up to 40,000,000 dollars. Also notes the death of Henry O. Havemeier, president of American Sugar Refining, from indigestion after Thanksgiving dinner in Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Express Company
Indiana
Espress Campuries de Fidana
Prefiie Express Company
Paciti
Missouri
Ifeary O. Havoemeier
Almerlein Sugar Reflining Company
Long Island
Treasury Surplus Report From Secretary Cortelyou
Secretary Cortelyou presents a voluminous 1907 Treasury report showing a surplus of 94,236,496.30 and a national debt around 2.457 billion dollars. Cash in the treasury totals 1.688 billion with reserve funds and trust accounts. For 1908 revenues are estimated at 844,005,081.10 and expenditures at 802,025,081.10, leaving a potential gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Treasury
Cartelyou
OGE Md
Philippine Islands
Congressional Session Aids Treasury and Prohibition Bills
The Senate adjourned after a short session with Frye presiding and Virginia’s Daniel receiving a compliment. House activity included measures on Oklahoma, prohibition in DC, Alaska governance, and a proposal for personal bank notes legal tender along with a call for detailed bank resources. Legislation also touched postal savings and a new currency proposal, all amid ongoing tax and revenue discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nee
Senate
William P. Frye
Inine
Daniel
Virginia
House
Olahoma
United States
Afr
Atheson
Pennsylvania
Gilie M. James
Kentucky
Secretary of the Treasury
District of Columbia
Lamb
Cale
Alaska
Ekipno
William BM. Nitehen
North Oarolina
TRW
Schur Beveridge
AML
Senator Courier
Montana
Kooy
Treasury
Bandits Loot Bank At Their Leisure In Oklahoma
Bandits attacked a bank in Carne, Oklahoma, early morning hours and looted about $4000. Shots fired from two doors as guards and townsfolk sheltered. authorities pursued but no arrests yet. The crime follows a similar Bank of Marshall robbery, prompting local banks to post armed guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Wage talks possible as steel workers seek status
Officials of the union and the steel corporation deliberate over wage adjustments. The document notes no wage cuts are planned for now while leadership reviews the pay scales and production targets amid the ongoing labor dispute.
Mass Governor Guild shooting targets labor leaders in Boston
A man identified as John A. Steele shot at three labor leaders in the Massachusetts State House ante room near Governor Guild. Wounds to Cohen, Driscoll, and Waddell were reported with Cohen in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital. Steele, a Danvers asylum patient, was subdued by Governor Guild’s staff and others nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
Governor Guild
Ldwird Cohen
Lynn
American Federation of Labor
Dennis D. Driscull
Arihuy M. Huddell
Central Labor Union
John A. Steele
Everett
Danvers
Charles S. Groves
J. H. Whitney
Pal
Massachusetts General Hospital
Driscoll
Waddell
Bill to Abolish Trusts Stirs Senate Debate
Senator Jefferson Davis backs a sweeping bill to outlaw trusts in all U S jurisdictions with strict penalties. The measure would ban domestic and foreign corporations from doing business here, impose fines up to five thousand dollars and 5 to 21 year imprisonments per offense, and allow recovery of money from trusts while nullifying credit sales. The plan frames trusts as harmful and aims to destroy them, while noting the Tartar class ship and British turbine incident as contemporaneous items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis
Senate
United States
Davis
New Gas Field Opens West of Cleveland Discovery
A new gas field is reported in Dover township 16 miles west of Cleveland. Control over the district is held by anti-Standard interests which have leased nearly every farm in Dover and Avon townships and are drilling many wells. The Ohio Fuel Supply Company is a Pittsburgh concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Standard
Dover Township
anti-Standard O Interests
Haye
Dover
Avon Townships
Ohio Fuel Supply Company
Plitavurg
Nebraska Ship Reaches 18.88 Knots Under Forced Draught
Word reaches the Navy Department that the Out West Nebraskan on Puget Sound attained 18.88 knots under forced draught for four hours, exceeding its contract speed of 18 knots. An alleged anarchist plot against Emperor Francis Joseph and Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne, has been uncover ed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Navy Department
Wessidp Nebraskan
Ylal
Puget Sound
Francis Joseph
Francis Ferdinand
Central American Peace Conferenc e proposes five-judge tribunal
The Washington session of the American Peace Conference endorsed an international tribunal of five judges from Central American republics to sit in Costa Rica and settle disputes. The accord aims to prevent wars among Central American states. In Michigan, an automobile overturn near Escanaba killed one and injured four others.
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Washington
Exch
Costa Rica
French village unearthed by Panama Canal engineers
The Isthmian Canal Commission reports finding a French occupation village at Caimito Mulato buried by 20 years of jungle growth. It contains nine married quarters, 22 bar racks, meal halls, a small machine shop, and usable machinery slated for overhaul. Nearby tabernilla site reveals a 250 foot bridge and excavator. Proposals will compare contract versus day labor costs for a new commission type quarter using site materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Hulle Ln
Isonnus
Caimito Mulato
Farea
Chadivigion
Tabernilla
Isthmian Canal Commission
Commission
Asia
GRAFT IN SAN FRANCISCO GRAND JURY REPORTS INDICTMENTS
San Francisco grand jury, after 110 days of investigation, returns 441 indictments against 47 persons for graft. The report notes corruption ranging from former Mayor Schmitz involvement to disorderly house trusts and police connivance, claiming widespread robbery of property holders after the great fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
San Francisco
Schmitz
Huma Trust
Ttig
Temperance Vote Grows Across Cities in Melisetts
Municipal elections in 18 of 33 Melisetts cities show gains for no license as Haverhill chooses licensing by a decade long battle and Fitchburg authorizes liquor sale by a small vote. Taunton narrows license support to eight votes while last year’s margin was 953. totals for 1906 and 1907 compare yes and no tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melisetts
Haverhill
Fitchburg
Hallor
Cites
Taunton
Mrs Bradley Acquitted in Utah Senator Murder Case
Jury verdict finds Mrs Annie E Bradley not guilty of murdering former Senator Arthur Brown of Utah at a Washington hotel in December. Report notes plans for a new Rosyth Scotland naval base with quay facilities for 22 warships, work to start early 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Annie E. Bradley
Arthur Brown
Utah
Washington City
Naval Base
Rosyth
Scotland
Orly
Finance and Trade Show Mixed Recovery Signs
Improvement remains confined to financial matters with easier call money and some lift in time loans. Bond and stock prices rise while currency premia fall after a sudden advance. General trade is quiet and industrial activity below normal, though pockets of renewed orders and retail demand for winter goods appear in the northeast and south. Banks show improvement despite two large interior failures, and cities report widespread clearing or emergency currency payments as money moves toward the till. Pig iron interest grows for future delivery, though prices are down and furnace production stays curtailed, with many Mahoning and Shenango furnaces expected out of blast mid month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning
Shenango
Baptist minister offered new post in Utica
Ray Dr Joh Snape, pastor of Mist Baptist Church of New Castle, was contacted by Tabernacle Baptist Church of Utica N Y with an offer of an $8,500 salary a stenographer and a city missionary role to resist him if he accepts he has not yet decided
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Joh Snape
the Mist Baptist Church
New Castle
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Utica
Twin eats medicine and dies from poisoned tablets
Mrs. Platel Higes of Jim Grove left her two young twins, a B-year-old girl and her brother, moments alone in a kitchen. Martha climbed to the medicine chest, swallowed tablets from one bottle, and gave her brother the other bottle’s contents. The girl died from strychnine tablets, while the boy survived.
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Great Lake
New
Congressional Library
Gould
Fives
California
Congressional
Massachusetts
Gil Re Sevdy
Escanaba
Mich
Aoki
Istrict
Jerome
Supreme Court
International Trust Company
North Carolin
Long
Southern Railway Company
Pittsburg
Ehollud
Wees
Boyd Brown
Elgin Creamery
Uow
Hona
Nor Ib
Ohio
Regan
Roninor
Union Stock Yards
Pittaburg
Yorkavs
Reeser
Prine Wollte
Calves
von Galyon
Tot
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