Miners Entombed After West Virginia Blast at Red Ash
Fire Creek West Virginia March 7 A huge mine explosion at the Red Ash mine entombs about 60 miners. Ten bodies recovered. rescue work continues with hopes fading for the remaining 40. Rescue parties from far towns and armies of workers clear debris and ventilate the drift amid dangerous conditions. Gov Atkinson and Secretary Boggs arrive to oversee actions.
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Fire Creek
W. Va
New River District
Red Ash
Stene
Ite
Thurmond
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
John Long
Mr. Long
Cara
Min
Jim Crumpton
Atkinson
Boggs Caome
Social Democratic party holds first national convention in Indianapolis
About 50 delegates attended Reichwein Hall as Eugene V Debs and William Manilly were considered for temporary chairmanship. The executive report argued capitalism concentrates wealth and divides society, urging nominations wherever possible. Debs noted support for government ownership of trusts to benefit the masses.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Social Democratic Party
Reichwein
Delegetes
Wesse Cox
Cnnnvention
Eugene V. Debs
Cox
William Manilly
Haverhill
Theodore Debs
Chicago
ROLSG
Eugene ¥. Debs
Mather of the House Alfred C Mariger Dies in Philadelphia
Congress man Alfred C. Mariger longtime Fifth Pennsylvania representative dies at home in Philadelphia after serving since 171st and twice interrupted by breaks. Cause listed as Brights disease. He administered oath to Speaker Henderson before Christmas recess. Remains lie in Germantown. Letter arrives too late in Wisconsin about May 7. William Sheilden heirs receive claim to fortune of $850000. Archbishop Hennessy honors in cathedral in Dubuque. Tenebrae led by Archbishop Ryan in Philadelphia. In Kansas City jury censures railway company over Missouri Pacific wreck. Frankfort: Whittaker held without bail for Goebel murder. Bilas Jones bonded awaiting grand jury.
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Philadelphia
Alfred C. Mariger
House
Pennsylvania
Tursday
Iharmer
Bright
Henderson
Henderson. Jst
Heme
Germantown
Washington
Dubuque
Maree
Hennessy
Ryan
Kansas City
Dphe
Schmidlapp
Cincinnati
Independence
Weld
Goebel
Frankfort
Harlan Whittaker
Butler County
William Goebel
Moore
Bilas Jones
Whitney County
Franklin County
Safe Healthed. Hand Brewing loss and death in Atlanta jail
In Darlington suburb Pawtucket the Hand Brewing Co office safe was blown open early Tuesday. About $3,560 in cash and over $1,500 in revenue stamps and checks were stolen, with $0.50 added to the loss from explosion. In Atlanta Edward J. Flanagan, who killed Ruth Slack and her uncle in 1856, died in jail amid four trials and three death sentences.
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Pawtucket
B. 1
The
Hand Brewing Company
Darlington
Atlanta
Edward J. Flanagan
Ruth Slack
Decatur
Flanagan
Aude
Renomination by Acclamation at Freeport GOP Meet
Robert RB Bite was renominated for Congress by acclamation at the Republican congressional convention in Freeport on Tuesday March 7. The meeting approved Bite for the upcoming election without opposition.
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Freeport
Robert RB. Bite
Congress
Stormberg and Mafeking Relief Reports Stir Britain
London dispatches recount Gen. Gatacre entering Stormberg unopposed and Boer delays at rail junctions. Mafeking is said to be relieved as British forces advance, with Roberts and French forces holding a broad front along the Modder. Kruger signals peace talks. other notes describe Boer positions and British troop dispositions amid ongoing hostilities.
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Sterkstroom
Gatacre
Osfontein
Plumer
Kruger
Brussels
Transvaal
Great Britain
London
Standard
Ostontein
Lord Roberts
Kelly-Kenny
Modder
Tucker
Colville
French
Work of the Storm Stalls Chicago Elevated Trains
An sleet storm tied up Chicago elevated trains for two hours on Monday night, halting service as if the entire operating forces of the three rail lines had quit. Weather disrupted transit, causing delays and commuter disruption across the city.
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Lincago
Maareh
Chicago
Boer Trench Surprise Signals Shift in South Africa War
A Boer trench south of the river shows Boer lines running wide, with kopjes forming a ridge. British plans conceal movement as three armies operate in the Free State Cape Colony and Natal. Roberts aims Pretoria with Bloemfontein and Mafeking relief in view while logistics and rail lines tighten. Severe winter-like storms disrupt northern US travel, and Archbishop Hennessy’s obsequies in Dubuque advance with high church attendance. other items note US troops ordered home from Puerto Rico and an embezzlement arrest in Waterloo.
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Leen
London
South Africa
Free State
Cape Colony
Natal
Roberts
Cayse
Brabant
Clement
Gatacre
Clements
Bloemfontein
Bilabant
Buller
Pretoria
Mafeking
Porto Rican bill amendments extend constitution to island
Washington reports detail Senator Davis of Minnesota offering an amendment to the Porto Rican bill to apply U S tariff laws to foreign imports while granting free trade with Porto Rico and extending core constitutional powers to the island. The measure includes uniform duties, no direct taxes unless census based, and no preferential trade for ports or vessels between Porto Rico and any U S state. The Senate also takes up Spooner’s Philippines bill for post‑insurrection governance and other routine business as Congress debates imprinting authority and finances.
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Davis
United States
Congress
Porto Rico
Union
Philippines
Aldrich
Teller
Challinger
Carter Mont
Senate
M. Ss. Quay
Pennsylvania
Air. Quay
Thomas
California
Perkins
Frye
Phiilippines
Senate Committee On
Spooner
Wisconsin
Lodge
Phat
Philippine Islands
Spain
Paris
The
Otis
Aguinaldo
State Department
Adelbert Hay
Pretoria
Wretoria
Luzon
Laying German American cable to begin in April
A rush of mixed international items fills the page including plans to lay the German American cable in April, reports of violence in San Francisco, opposition to a trade treaty, and war cost headlines from Europe. The notices touch on US politics, finance, and foreign affairs with scattered ship news and legislative notes.
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Bishbinder
San Francisco
America
England
Louisiana
Connon
McKinley
Hrowdview
Divorce Granted to Mrs Frances Wolcott
In Denver on March 6 Judge Alien granted Mrs Frances M Wolcott an absolute divorce from Senator Edward O Wolcott on the ground of desertion. The complaint was filed Monday, Walcott absent and no defense evidence offered.
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Denver
Cole
Alien
District Court
Frances M. Wolcott
Mons
Edward 0. Wolcott
Walcott
Atlanta
Joy Thompson
Guv. Candler
Georgia
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