Darr Mine Disaster Near Connellsville Shocks State
A catastrophic explosion at the Darr mine 17 miles west of Connellsville Pennsylvania traps an estimated 190 to 250 miners. Rescue crews report mutilated bodies, widespread afterdamp, and gas pockets. officials order a full inquiry by mine inspectors to determine causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Canal Company
Connellsville
Darr
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Naomi
Stayette City
Monongah
W. Va
van Meter
Jacobs Creek
Pittsburg
Port Royal Yame
Banning
Wick Haven
Banning No. 1
Patrick Linnaugh
Thomas Williams
Department of Mines
James B. Roderick
Department
Inherits Big Estate From Indian Chief’s Patent
James W. Walcott of Toledo Ohio gains 32 acres within Fort Wayne Indiana under a patent issued to the Indian Chief Little Turue. The land includes valuable parcels, with Fort Wayne values said to reach into the millions. Walcott is a great grandson of Lithhe Turtle, the chief to whom the land was ceded in the 1818 treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Turue
James W. Walcott
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mr. Walcott
Lithhe Turtle
Congress Brings Bills On Mine Death Aid And Roads
Washington reports multiple proposals in the House. Congressman McHenry leads a bill to fund relief for families of men killed in coal mines by creating a Bureau of Mines within Commerce and Labour and financing it with a one cent per ton tax on all coal mined in the U S. Other measures include road improvement aid, federal weights and measures commission, and liquor controls for prohibition states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman McHenry
Washington
Metenry
Pennsylvania
Department of Commerce and Lahor
Bureau of Mines and Mining
United States
Acheson
National Capitol
Cox
Indiana
Department of Deneulinre
Olcott
New York
DeArmond
Missouri
Burton
Ohio
Ansberry
Touvelle
Ir. Divon
Stoessel Accused of Cowardice in Port Arthur Defense
Lieut Gen Stoessel was accused of showing the white feather under fire in a court martial over his defense of Port Arthur. Col Gurko testified that Stoessel ignored Kuropatkin's June 18 1904 order to hand over command and join the Manchurian army. Gurko cited two instances where Stoessel allegedly ordered his staff to retreat. Kuropatkin said he would not intervene after a favorable turn in the fortress defense despite doubts about Stoessel's nerve.
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Stoessel
Gurko
Port Arthuur
Kuropatkin
Smirnoff
Col. Gurko
Gen. Kuropatkin
Cel. Gurka
Gen. Stoessel
Yaqui Indians Kill Mexicans Near Magdalena
News from Nogales Arizona reports 12 men slain by Yaqui Indians 145 miles southeast of Magdalena Sonora. The victims included Mexican workers and one American. 13 men were captured, with the others shot after being stripped. A Yaqui warpath is feared while another item notes a December US Treasury deficit of over 4 million dollars versus 1906 surplus.
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Nogales
Ariz
Magdalena
Sonora
Mexico
Jose Fernandes
Pernandez
Cadye
Merger Project Demands Details On TCI Steel Buyout
A Tennessee representative Garrett introduces a resolution asking the secretary of commerce and labor for all facts about United States Steel Corporation’s November purchase of Tennessee Coal and Iron Company and any similar non controlled firms, seeking comprehensive information for the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett
Tennessee
Commierce and Labor
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Five skaters drown as lake ice fails in two states
Over 160 skaters crowded Onata Lake in Pittsfield Massachusetts when thin ice gave way. Annie Mosenter 20 Henry Ano 20 and Frederick Norris 16 drowned as Norris disappeared. William Suttle 16 was saved by William Zapp. In Toledo Ohio Frank Ballmer 16 and Frank Felix 12 drowned while skating. Ballmer died attempting to rescue Felix.
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Annie Mosenter
Ienry Ano
Frederick Norris
Onata Lake
Pittsfield
Mays
William Suttle
Norris
William Zapp
Suttle
Zapp
White
Ana
Miss Mosenier
Toledo
Frank Ballmer
Frank Felix
Congressional Brawl Between Williams and DeArmond
After adjournment in the House, Representatives John Sharp Williams of Mississippi and David DeArmond of Missouri fought on the chamber floor. The clash left Williams with a gash under his left eye and DeArmond with a swollen nose as colleagues separated them amid shocked spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
David DeArmond
Missouri
Carell
Missoupi
Revenue Officer Slain in Moonshine Bust Shootout
J. W. Hendricks, a United States revenue officer, was shot and killed while destroying a blockade distillery in the Smithtown settlement of Stokes County, North Carolina. The weapon came from a bush. moonshiners are suspected but the murderer is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hendricks
United States Revenue
Smithtown
Stokes County
N. C
Hendricks
Tuberculosis Resolution Stalls in House
An attempt to pass a resolution authorizing the Department of State to invite foreign representatives to the International Tuberculosis Congress in Washington from September 1 to October 12, 1908, failed. Mgr Barchfeld of Pittsburgh urged the measure while Mr Parlette of Georgia objected and it was set aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Department of State
International Tuberculosis Congress
Washington
Gectober
Mgr. Barchfeld
Prittshure
Parllett
Georgia
Decline in Emigration from Fiume to the United States
The article notes a sharp drop in emigrants from Fiume to America. Steamers show emptier steerage with 800 aboard the Carononio and fewer than 50 on the Carpathia, far below the usual 2,000 to 3,000 per voyage.
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Fiume
Hungary
United States
Carononio
Carpathia
Train Hit Oven Switch Killing Engineer in Tallapoosa Wreck
A double header southbound from Atlanta to Birmingham on the Southern ran into an oven switch at Tallapoosa, derailing two engines. Engineer Downey of Atlanta was killed and two firemen were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Atlanta
Birmingham
Tallapoosa
Downey
Secretary Taft Returns From World Tour
Secretary Taft arrived in Washington on December 20 after a 120 day trip around the world. He appeared vigorous and jolly, fresh from what looked like an Atlantic City outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Taft
Washington
Grain futures trading banned in bill by Kansas rep
Representative Scott of Kansas, newly appointed chair of the agriculture committee, introduced a bill prohibiting dealing in grain futures as part of his policy agenda. The proposal targets speculation in grain markets and seeks to curb perceived market manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Kansas
Committee On Agriculture
Dewey Birthday Dinner Held Early for President
Admiral George Dewey hosted a small dinner December 18 at his Brooklyn home to celebrate the seven tieth birthday anniversary, moved up so the president could attend. The dinner was informal and the actual birth date falls on December 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dewey
BK. Street
Inter Commerce Commission Interprets Rate Law Limitations
The Inter-Commerce Commission issued a key ruling on the two year statute of limitations for railroad rate claims. It directs that claims filed after August 28 1907 be barred and that pre August 28 1907 filings are unaffected by the two year limit. The commission will not recognize waivers or jurisdiction over time barred reparations or damages claims. The law took effect August 28 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Commerce Commission
Cure for insanity through surgery reported by Dr. Owensby
A Baltimore physician at Bayview Insane Asylum reports a surgical cure for dementia praecox previously viewed as 80 percent incurable. From the worst case, operated last July, two months observation with no symptom return followed by dismissal and employment. Four other cases were treated with three regaining intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. Owensby
Bayview Insane Asylum
Baltimore
Owensby
Find Many Bad Cattle
Dr W A Moore of Cornell reports at Tompkins County Medical Society that 16 percent of 1086 cows tested and 16 percent of 2417 animals in 1904 were tuberculous. He blames lack of state animal inspection, calling New York a dumping ground for tuberculosis cattle.
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New York State
Tompkins County
Moore
New York
Oklahoma Depositors Guaranteed By New Fund In 1908
A new banking guaranty fund for Oklahoma starts February 17, 1908. State banks must contribute 1 percent of daily average deposits to the state banking board, with additional assessments as needed. In bank failures, the state bank examiner pays depositors from the fund, which becomes a first lien on the failing bank's assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
State Banking Board
Banking Board
Roosevelt creates Arkansas National Forest in west-central Arkansas
President Roosevelt signed a proclamation establishing the Arkansas National Forest in the west-central region, totaling over 1,000,000 acres. The forest is positioned as the easternmost of the government's forests, marking a significant expansion of federal land preservation.
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Roosevelt
Arkansas National Forest
Arkansas
Great Britain and Kongo Pree State Agree on Railroad Plan
The Petit Bleu reports an accord between Great Britain and the Kongo Pree State to build a railroad from Lado on the Nile's eastern bank in Eastern Sudan to the Kongo frontier.
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Great Britain
Lado
River
Nile
Sudan
Procter Gamble declares quarterly preferred stock dividend
The Proctor & Gamble Company declares a regular quarterly dividend of 2 percent on the preferred stock payable January 15 to stockholders of record December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor & Gamble Couniny
U S Government Finds Mine Dangers Grow Despite Laws
Government experts report 22,840 coal miners died in 17 years due to inadequate laws and unsafe conditions. Fatalities rose as explosions struck Naomi Fayette City Monongah and Alabama sites, with 1906 losses totaling 2,061 deaths and 4,800 injuries.
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United States
Garfield
Naomi
Fayette City
West Virginia
Alabama
Fine Church Dedication in Pittsburg With Elaborate Ceremonies
The Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church on Shady avenue and Walnut street Pittsburg was dedicated in a grand ceremony costing about 550000. Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead led the rites with a large clergy and lay audience. The procession featured the boys choir in surplices and a delegation of 40 visiting clergymen, including Rev. J H McIlvaine and other bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church
Shady Avenue
Walnut Street
Pittsburg
Cortlandt Whitehead
J. H. McIlvaine
D. L. Ferris
Boyd Vincent
G. W. Peterkin
William A. Leonard
Whitehead
Italy Registers Kick and Tobacco Destruction Complaint
The Italian ambassador protested damage to government tobacco stored in Kentucky and urged U S involvement. Secretary of State Root asked the Kentucky governor to intervene. He is investigating. The envoy also cited mistreatment of Italian workers in Mississippi and coercive peonage in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Kentucky
Mississippi
Florida
Stole gems worth 32000 as teen arrested selling loot
William White, 17, confessed thief per police after attempting to sell a 32000 jewelry package from United States Express Company for 3. He was arrested in Jersey City following sale of a 3000 necklace for 24 cents. White was a wagon helper and pocketed the stolen valuables during unloading.
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New York
William White
United States Express Company
Jersey City
Express Company
Missouri for Taft State Republican Committee backs Taft
The Missouri state Republican committee in session at St. Louis adopted a resolution endorsing Secretary of War Taft for the Presidency with only one dissenting vote. February 7 was set for the state convention to choose delegates to the national convention.
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State Republican Committee
Republican State Committee
St. Louis
Taft
Whittier Centenary Observances Honor Poet Across Nation
The one hundredth anniversary of John Greenleaf Whittier birth was marked in schools and literary groups nationwide. In Amesbury Massachusetts hundreds traveled to attend as laurel and bunting adorned the hall while 100 students in the balcony sang Whittier poems. Principal speakers included Former Governor John D Long Booker T Washington and Edwin D Mead with a Roosevelt letter read. Visitors also visited Haverhill, Whittier’s birthplace.
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Hardrad
New England
John Greenleaf Whittier
Amesbury
Masa
Whittier
John D. Long
Booker ’. Washington
Tuskegee
Edwin D. Mead
Boston
Roosevelt
Haverhill
Steel Earnings Reach 200 Million For Year End
Leading steel companies will report net earnings near 200 million dollars for the year, a record figure. Major firms named include United States Steel, Bethlehem, Republic Iron and Steel, Jones and Laughlin, Lackawanna Steel, Tennessee Coal and Iron, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Sloss Sheffield, Pennsylvania Steel, and Maryland Steel. Growth comes from higher production and favorable prices, offset by rising labor and material costs. United States Steel workers will receive Christmas gifts totaling about 10 million dollars under the profit-sharing plan, to be distributed by January 1, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Iron and Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Lackawanna Steel Company
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Colorado Fuel and Tron
Sloss-Sheffield
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Maryland Steel Company
National Tuberculosis Commission Bill Introduced in House
A bill by Representative Smith of Iowa proposes a seven member National Tuberculosis Commission including army and navy surgeons and four TB experts appointed by the president. The panel would study prevention and control methods, recommend unified state and local health standards, and must file a final report within two years before dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tuberculosis Commission
Army
Navy
Bureau of Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
United States
Smith
Iowa
Congress
Boards of Health
Night riders feared in tobacco districts as policies cancelled
Reports indicate insurance firms are cancelling leaf tobacco policies in warehouses across Indiana and Kentucky amid unrest. Admiral Evans fleet reports steady seas 700 miles northeast of St Thomas. A mining camp arrest near Esenada targets William Walker, linked to a New Britain defilement. Government suit reveals New York branch of American Tobacco Co earned $18 million annually and controlled 75 percent of the area trade.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Irving National Exchange Bank of New York
Knox
Tillman
Admiral Evans
Gulf Stream
St. Thomas
Esenada
Cal
William Walker
New Britain
Tobaccg Company
New York
Tobaccco
Yonkers
Destroyer Tartar Sets Record Speeds in Trials
The turbine torpedo boat destroyer Tartar shattered speed records in final trials at Southampton on December 17. She reached 37 037 knots over the official course and logged 233 miles in six hours at an average of 35 303 knots.
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Tartar
Southampton
Noted Scientist Lord Kelvin Dead in Glasgow
Lord Kelvin, born William Thompson in Belfast in 1834, dies in Glasgow on December 17. A famed mathematician and physicist, he held the chair of natural philosophy at Glasgow University from 1846 to 1899, was knighted in 1866, and created Baron Kelvin in 1892.
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Lord Kelvin
Glasgow
Scotland
Newton
Faraday
William Thompson
Belfast
Ireland
Glasgow University
Baron Kelvin
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Dubois
John R. Pratt
Crafton
Joseph Kupper
Phillipsburg
T. D. Willams
Connellaville
Alexander McCauch
Scottdale
Roger Hampson
Punxsutawney
John F. Bell
Dravesburg
F. W. Cunningham
Wilkinsburg
Charles P. McGregor
W. J. Neilson
K. H. Blower
Irwin
Congressional
United States Treasury
Inley Waters
Massachusetts
Dewey
Intép
State
Capital
Hopkinsville
Mayor Des Planches
New Orleans
Chathamville
Treasury Department
National Park Bank
New York City
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Europe
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Whittier Centenary
Destroyer
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