Tragedy in White Pine County Nevada at Keystone mine
A January 7 Salt Lake Tribune special reports twelve miners at the New York and Nevada Copper Mining office in Keystone near Ely confronted manager J A Traylor to drive him out of town. He fought back, fired his pistol, killing three and wounding three as a strike over pay cuts from fifty cents to one half a dollar per day escalated into deadly violence. The incident sparked widespread excitement and fear of further trouble amid ongoing labor unrest.
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Crove
Provo
Richfield
Btah Mining
Utah
William Broadhead
Mant
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake Tribune
Hureka
Nevada
White Pine County
New York & Nevada Copper Mining Company
Keystone
Ely
Bosily
J. A. Traylor
Traylor
Thle
Venezuelan arbitration notes pace diplomatic exchange
The powers replied to Castro's acceptance, sending a joint note to the U S ambassador in Berlin and London. They maintain reservations from their original proposal and say war state remains unchanged. Berlin reports deny German financiers seek to block the Isthmian canal and say Germany hopes the U S builds the canal promptly.
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Castro
United States
Berlin
London
Washington
Germany
Governor urges compulsory arbitration to curb strikes
Governor Stone asks Pennsylvania lawmakers to back a compulsory arbitration law to settle labor disputes before harm occurs. He calls the anthracite strike the most significant in state history, noting costs could top $1,000,000 and arguing strikes threaten public peace and property.
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Pennsylvania
Stone
Train Wreck at Cochrane Station Claims Seven Lives
A passenger train collided with the rear of a freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Cochrane Station Pennsylvania. Seven men were killed or fatally injured and five more hurt. Officials blamed rear brakeman Patrick Quinn for not warning that the freight train was fully tailed. Three victims appeared dead, two were burned beyond recognition, and two died en route to hospital.
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Cochrane Station
Pennsylvania
Patrick
Quinn
United States Steel declares quarterly dividend and earnings
The United States Steel directors declare a 1 percent common and 14 percent preferred quarterly dividend. A calendar year financial statement shows net earnings of 152,662,000 with December estimates. The quarter ended December 31 earned 31,930,615, up 1,579,700 from the prior year period.
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United States Steel Corporation
Silver Coinage of Hawaii Passes After Brief Debate
The house session lasted just over two hours while a senate bill to redeem and recoin the silver coinage of Hawaii into United States coins was debated for an hour. The measure allows redemption of Hawaiian silver coins by acceptance in Hawaii or the United States for debts, and US standard silver coins may be exchanged for Hawaiian coins at face value.
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House
Senate
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Hawaii
US Aims for Guan tanamo Coaling Station in Cuba
United States intends to establish a coaling station at Guan tanamo Cuba while the Navy Department prefers two others at Cienfuegos and Bahle Honda. Bahle Honda appears chosen over Nipo for the northern coast port near Havana. Cuba’s government has been informed and the matter will be discussed soon.
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United States
Cuba
Guantanamo
Navy Department
Cienfuegos
Bahle Honda
Nipo
Havana
Wisches
Vapor Bath Accident Leaves Miss Eveline Burden Burned
Miss Eveline Burden suffered serious burns to her limbs in a fire at her New York City home while using a vapor bath when an amp upset. She was carried to Mrs Iselin’s nearby residence for care. A maid Garda Fager was severely burned while aiding Burden. Two maids on the upper floor were rescued by firefighters. The four story brownstone mansion sustained substantial damage.
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Andrew Nielsen
James Graham
Royal Reid
Mant
Della McIntire
Rabbit Valley
Wayne County
Eveline Burden
New York City
Miss Burden
Iselin
Garda Fager Atrest
Woman uses mail fraud to seek husbands and extort funds
Laura Stackhorne alias Laura Miller alias Marion Monselle of Marietta Ohio was arrested for using the mails to solicit would be husbands and extort fees. She confessed detailing a nationwide scam that collected thousands of dollars from applicants. Nearby, flooding reports note about a score of Austrian deaths from ice breakups and wrecks in Progen and Jorkasi with several fatalities and injuries.
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Laura Stackhorne
Laura Miller
Marion Monselle
Marietta
United States
Tragedy in Seattle Ends With Fatal Shooting at Yesler Way
In Seattle at 622 Yesler Way, about 3:30 AM Tuesday, Tregedy in Seattle was shot and killed as Annie Lewis and her brother George Pigestt, present in the room, offer conflicting stories. Police and coroner's office weigh a theory that Annie Lewis shot him after a quarrel.
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Mans Lewis
Bio
Yesler Way
Seattle
Wash
Annie Lewis
George Pigestt
Coroner’s Office
Lewis
Fatally Prank Incident Ends Tragedy in Denver
Leona Whitehouse aged 17 was fatally injured when neighbor William Massey accidentally fired a revolver during a prank. Two other girls, Mie Whitehouse and others, wore boys clothing and rang bells around the South Ninth Street and West Tenth Avenue area. A hat blown into a pan and led to the mistaken shooting as a man fired at what he believed to be a chicken thief.
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Leona Whitehouse
William Massey
Denver
Mie Whitehouse
South Ninth Street
West Tenth Avenue
Meniy
Poison in whiskey sparks murder mystery near Pike's Peak
Mrs J E Bailey, wife of Colo Springs coachman George Kilborne, was saved from strychnine poisoning after drinking from a whisky bottle her husband had earlier emptied. Kilborne died at midnight in agony. Coroner and police investigate a deliberate poisoning case amid revelations from Mrs Batley that the New Year's gift bottle may be involved.
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J. E. Bailey
George N. Kilborne
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
Batley
Flood Cleaves Wilkeson Town With Raging Water
Wilkeson Wash floods after a mountain wall of water roared through the town. Logs and driftwood jam the creek as an angry torrent moved through the streets, leaving 80 feet long trees several feet in diameter on the main road. The surge flooded mine tunnels for miles, displaced buildings, and swept away about 1,200 feet of track. The day shift miners had not yet begun work, preventing greater loss of life. The scene is a mining village in upheaval as pumps and repairs are awaited.
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Wilkeson
Wash
Crocker
Floods Endanger South Seattle District
Floods in Sound Country persist as waters rise south of Seattle. On the Northern Pacific line near O'Brien between Seattle and Tacoma two rescue workers, Martin Cummings and F Shaughnessy, were killed when a boat capsized during a second story window rescue.
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Seattle
O'Brien
Northern Pacific
Tacoma
Martin Cummings
F. Shaughnessy
Opposition to Indianola Post Office Closure
The community obstacles grow as Indianola Mississippi loses its post office. A private mail distribution office runs from Heathmann and Greenville, causing congestion at remaining facilities. Senator McLaurin and Postmaster General Payne discuss reopening, contingent on absence of postmaster intimidation.
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Indianola
Miss
Heathmann
Greenville
Senator McLaurin
Mischsetpp
Payne
Midianola
McLaurin
Death of former premier Sagasta in Madrid
Senor Sagasta dies at 6:20 p m Monday in Madrid from bronchitis and gastric trouble. Family stayed at his deathbed as former wartime leaders and royal officials gathered. King Alfonso expressed profound regret as Madrid mourns its former premier whose intellect waned only in his final hours.
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Sagasta
Madrid
Senor Sagnata
The
Tablet
Alfonso
Senor Sagasta
Spectator Ice Debris Kills Boy At Hartford Bridge Event
A large Hartford crowd watched a dynamiting test on a temporary Connecticut river bridge. A fragment of ice hurled into the air at 10 o clock struck 11 year old Frank Staveio on the head, leaving him severely injured as rescuers worked to aid him.
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Connecticut River
Hartford
Conn
Frank Staveio
Moorish Sultan Reconciles Brother as Fez Security Returns
News from Tangier says the Moorish sultan moved to bring his brother Murat Mohammed to Fez and the plan succeeded. The pretender Bohammars has fled, tribes desert him, Mulai Mohammed is welcomed as Fez governor, and public order returns with routes to the coast open. The sultan prepares a large expedition to crush remaining rebels.
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Tangier
Morocco
Fea
Murat Mohammed
Tila
Lava
Bohammars
Mula Mohammed
Multan
Mulal Mohammed
Fez
Pultan
Mulai Mohammed
Fex
Bubammara
Financial Panic In Caracas Strikes Bank of Venezuela
A Caracas panic erupted Saturday afternoon as many email traders and private depositors flooded the Bank of Venezuela to exchange notes for cash. The bank capped redemptions at $2 per person and closed at 4 o clock. Bank-issued bills now trade at 8 percent of fair value as leading Caracas firms, despite the crisis, have not presented notes for redemption, backing the bank.
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Caracas
Bank of Venezuela
Qaracas
Witch Killers Sentences in United States Penitentiary
United States Marathel Shoup arrived in Seattle from Juneau with three Hoonah Alaska Indians and sentenced each to four years' imprisonment on McNell's Island for the death of Indian Isaac whom they claimed was a witch. They starved Isaac for eight days before he died.
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United States
Marathel Shoup
Seattle
Juneau
McNell’s Island
Isaac
Tsaac
Robbers Attempt to Loot Arta Jewel Room in Delhi
A Pathan group tried in daylight Friday to attack the guard and seize gems valued at $1,250,000 at the Arta exhibition jewel room. Police and jewelers intervened, foiling the attempt. access to the jewel room is now more difficult.
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Delhi
London Daily Mall Sage
Pathons
Firecracker Explosion Harms Bryantsville Boy
William Pettus, a Bryantsville Kentucky boy of uncertain age, found a cannon firecracker, put it in his mouth and lit the fuse. The blast split his mouth from ear to ear and drove the butt into his throat, yet his tongue remained undamaged. Physicians expect his recovery.
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William Pettus
Geofgea Pettus
Bryantsville
Train Derailment Near Weems Station Kills Engineer
A Southern Railway train from Atlanta to Birmingham derailed Sunday night near Weems station. The baggage and mail cars slid down a embankment, demolished. Engineer White was killed. his body found under the locomotive. Twenty seven passengers were slightly injured and a relief train transported the wounded to Birmingham.
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Southern Railway
Atlanta
Birmingham
Weems Station
White
How Babe Got into Furnace Mystery at Denver Hotel
Investigators conclude the burned body in the Brown hotel furnace on December 16 was a stillborn child. Dr Holmquist admitted placing the body in the furnace at the parents’ request, who paid funeral expenses. No arrest for the doctor. fireman Hugo Hughes faces prosecution.
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Brown Hotel
Denver
W. 3. Holmquist
Himo
Armstrong
Willem ©. Hugnes
Who
Will Bol
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