Two Hundred Entombed In Pennsylvania Mine
Two hundred miners are entombed after an explosion at the Pittsburg-Buffalo company mine in Mariana Washington County near Monongahela City. Rescue efforts face blocked shafts, with air access the only hope. Officials weigh whether gas or powder caused the blast as surface crowds mourn and await word.
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Ittsburg
Pittsburg-Buffalo Company
Mariana
Washington County
Monongahela City
H. Jones
Alo Coal Company
Bat fights for alderman seat in Eighth Ward
Nov 28 report describes lightweight champion World ringside at Chicago event as he sets sights on city hall. The article notes his declared candidacy for alderman in the Eighth Ward, challenging Pat Moynihan.
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Pride of
Chamber of Chicago
Bat
Bcan
Alder the Eighth Ward
Pat Moynihan
Tennessee Pickets Battle Night Riders at Fort Rankin Mill
Tiptonville Tenn Nov 28 A rumor of renewed night rider violence spread as pickets at a saw mill near Fort Rankin came under fire from armed patrols. Fishermen say the clash began about 10 p m and lasted until 3 a m with as many as fifty guns reported. No confirmation yet on injuries or casualties.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Caney Island
Fort Rankin
Lord Minto Faces Strongest Sedition Clamp
London dispatch reports intensified Britain plans to stamp out Indian sedition. The Home Office promises support for drastic measures if control of the situation is achieved. Governor General Lord Minto receives instructions via sources close to Lord Morley. Continued on page six.
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London
Lord Minto
India
Lord Morley
India Office
Lamphere Denies Confession in Arson Case New Trial Sought
Ray Lamphere, held at Michigan City penitentiary, denies making incriminating statements attributed to him. A new trial motion will be filed Monday claiming verdicts violate law and evidence, with an appeal to the state supreme court if denied.
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LA Porte
Ind
Nellie
Ray Lamphere
Michigan City
Lamphere
Helgelein
Supreme Court
Carnegie tariff plan could forge international steel trust
Alfred O. Crozier of Wilmington argues that Carnegie’s retreat from protection paves the way for a global steel monopoly. He warns that abolition of tariffs would invite new entrants, enable overcapitalized trust control, and allow cheap foreign goods to push out rivals while wages rise and prices fall. Crozier cites labor and capital dynamics and recalls his prior campaign letter against the powder trust.
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New York
Alfred 0. Crozier
Wilmington
Delaware
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Carnegie
Steel Trust
Iron and Steel
United States
Wall Street
Crozier
Gen. Dupon
Speakers’ Bureau
Republican National Committee
Powder Trust
Alimony Suit and Playwright Wife in Chicago Tale
Attorney Benjamin M. Shaffner faced a double suit as his wife, a novelist playwright and vaudeville star, sued for divorce while seeking $124 for a gown not paid for. She had been granted $60 monthly alimony and published a novel while performing, culminating in a Thanksgiving dinner of boiled potato after a dramatic struggle.
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Chicago
Benjamin M. Shaffner
Dora McDonald
Pine Grove Avenue
Shaffner
Mr. Shaffner
Hawley May Pitch To Satisfy Lacrosse Friends
Pink Hawley, manager of the local club, discusses potential pitching for next year and says Oshkosh backers want a fighting manager. He notes the team is organized and may pitch or slab for a match against Oshkosh, with his father visiting.
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Hawley
Pink” Hawanager
Rooney
The
Sidetown
Teddy completes party for African hunting trip
Washington, D. C. November 28 The president's African hunting party is complete. Secretary Charles D. Wolcott will announce the personnel and arrange the expedition's scientific portion. Looming possibility the president could lead a small army into South Africa if he wished. Requests arrived from diverse applicants including scientists physicians hunters cooks civilians and soldiers.
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Washington, D. C
Charles D. Wolcott
Smithsonian Institution
Loeb
South Africa
Roaring Rivers Wash Away Town in Honduras
New Orleans nov 28 raging torrents from interior mountain streams virtually washed away the village of Colo at the mouth of the Colo river Spanish Honduras Honduras enduring its greatest rainstorm on record. Dozens of streams overflowed their banks flooding lowlands including banana plantations. bridges washed away and houses carried off.
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New Orleans
Colo
Colo River
Spanish Honduras
Honduras
Hartje Divorce Case Reopened In Pittsburg Court
The Hartje divorce fight is reopened in Judge Frazer’s court amid sensational testimony from past hearings. Mrs. Hartje supports an absolute divorce as she faces bribery charges and claims Augustus Hartje used his wealth to influence witnesses and procure false testimony. The earlier case drew strong public sympathy for Mrs. Hartje after coachman Madine testified for her.
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Pittsburg
Haatje
J. S. Frazer
Hartje
Tilea
Augustus Hartje
Thomas Madine
Madine
Europe
Ireland
Army Defeats Navy In Big Franklin Field Battle
Philadelphia November 28 The Army and Navy fought a fierce annual clash at Franklin Field. Army beat Navy 6 to 4 after a tight first half with both teams trading drives and punts. A late fourth quarter stand by Army sealed the rugged showdown between Annapolis and West Point.
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ARMY
NAVY
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Landlubbers
Annapolis
West Point
Leighton Stearns
R. E
Rifanyder Hyatt
Q. B
Lange Dean
Clay
R.H. B
Dalton Chamberlain
Richardson
Dean
Northcroft
Greble
Lande
Chamberlain
War Preparations and Frontier Troop Movements Spark Crisis
Constantinople reports all Turkey expects war with Austria and swift frontier mobilizations. A Vienna conference note warned that war would be declared unless Turkey ends the boycott, prompting cipher communications and rapid foreign ministry activity. Troops move toward the frontier as England and Russia are said unlikely to permit Austria to dismember the Ottoman realm.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Austria
Vienna
M. Arenthal
Hikmet Bey
Arenthal
Foreign Office
England
Russia
Tax figures through 1908 filed by City Clerk Seiger
City Clerk Seiger completed the tax roll for 1908 showing a total levy of 1,874.87 including 1 million for the park system and a separate tax of 96,332.77 covering assessments for weed destruction snow shoveling sidewalk certificates and sewer certificates.
Weather forecast for La Crosse area and Midwest
Coolest in La Crosse at 30 with 40 in west and wind. Yellowstone Park records 6 above as coldest in U S. River nearly stationary. Lake levels La Crosse 2.4 feet Prairie du Chien 2.7 feet. Wisconsin partly cloudy with late showers, Minnesota partly cloudy, Iowa rain tonight and Sunday. A large high pressure area dominates, with a Texas low bringing rain into Kansas and the Mississippi valley, likely reaching Wisconsin Sunday. Heavy rainfalls reported: Oklahoma 1.40 inches Shreveport 12 inches.
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la Crosse
U. S
Yellowstone Park
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Pacific Slope
Atlantic Coast
Alberta
Lake Superior
Texas
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain
North Atlantic
Oklahoma
Shrevenort
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Pennsylvania
Campany
Nelson City
Billik
Edna Billik
Tennessee
Will
Ures
Danny Scot
Directoire
Teddy
Hyatt
Jones
Dalton
Lange
Pullen
Grehie
Lanso
Reifanyder
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