Welsh Coal Mine Disaster Claims 126 Lives at Wattstown
An explosion at United National Colliery No 2 in Wattstown, Rhondda valley, traps 150 workers and leaves at least 126 dead. Rescue efforts are hampered by foul air and debris as 68 bodies are recovered. panic drives crowds of wives, children, and men to the pit head seeking word.
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Cardiff
Wales
United National Colliery Company
Wattstown
Rhondda
No. 1
No 2
No. 2
Tate
South Wales
Japs Land Many Troops at Cape Notoro
Naval dispatch reports Japanese landings on Sakhalin Island at Karasakovsk and Cape Notoro. Two cruisers and four torpedo boats carried troops to Cape Notoro after bombardment. four prisoners taken. Notoro dominates La Perouse straits facing Cape Soya. over 13,100 Japanese troops already landed on Sakhalin. In Moscow, Major General Count Shouvaloff, prefect of police, assassinated while receiving petitions. assailant dressed as a peasant, fled, identity unrevealed.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Kataoka
Karasakorsk
Cape Notoro
Sakhalin Island
la Perouse Straits
Cape Soya
Karasakovsk
Sakhalin
Moscow
Count Shouvaloff
Ministry of the Interior
Japanese Minister to Visit Oyster Bay for Peace Talks
Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese minister, will call on the president at Oyster Bay next Friday for a conference on peace negotiations. The Japanese mission is expected in New York near the end of July. China’s request to be represented at the conference is not heard here, with diplomats in Japan sympathetic quarters saying the move was urged by Russia.
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Takahira
Oyster Bay
Washington
Kogoro Takahira
New York
China
Japan
Russia
Fears of Another Mutiny Delays Russian Squadron
July 12 from Roumania reports fear of a new mutiny halting the Russian squadron as fifty five sailors from the Kniaz Potemkine await trial on prison ships, provoking intense indignation among crews and delaying sea movement.
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Kustenji
Roumania
Kniaz Potemkine
Fighting In Warsaw Over Rent Strikes Turn Deadly
In Warsaw on July 12 three bloody clashes between troops and striking shoemakers left about twenty dead or wounded as strikers moved house to house demanding a 20 percent rent cut. Fearful proprietors yielded to the demands.
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Warsaw
Poland
Exiles Can Return to France, Paris
The senate passed a government bill granting amnesty to those condemned by the high court over the 1899 revolutionary conspiracy. Paul Deroulede, once a deputy, now in exile in Spain, will be allowed to return to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Senate
High Court
Paul Deroulede
Chamber of Deputies
Spain
Drowns in Manitou Lake near Kenora railway survey
Major Wil Here Sankey and two Grand Trank Pacific surveyors were drowned in Manitou lake about twenty miles north of Kenora while locating the line of a new railway when their boat capsized during the attempt.
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Thres
Manitou Lake
Winnipeg
Man
Wil- Here Sankey
Grand Trank Pacific
Hill
Beauchamp
Kenora
Murder on a Honduran steamer shocks New Orleans
Captain Holm reports a brutal robbery and mass killing aboard the schooner Olympia off Atilla island near Honduras. The assailant, Robert McGill, killed most crew, then attempted to drown or desert additional survivors. Miss Elsie Morgan and Mrs Walter Rose faced peril before rescue. McGill is in custody awaiting fate.
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New Orleans
Holm
Fraiter Bratten
Honduras
Atilla
Honduran
Olympia
Ruatan
Robert McGill
Elsie
Morgan
Walter Rose
Mrs. Rose
Miss Morgan
McGill
Murderers Shot in Kansas After Cedar Vale Hold-up
July 13 Winfield. Kansas City detective C H Calhoun was killed at Cedar Vale by two outlaws who were later shot by a citizen posse at Hewins near the Oklahoma line. Outlaw Ed Madigan of Ponca City was killed. William Chadburn of Winfield was fatally wounded. J M Pope and a woman named Malone were injured in the crossfire. Madigan and Chadburn had just robbed seven travelers at Bretton hotel in Winfield. Salina identifies the dead man found there as N Sexton of St Joseph. officers suspect the same gang killed Sexton and robbed the Winfield group, two members then fought officers at Cedarvale.
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Winfield
Kan
Calhoun
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Cedar Vale
Hewins
Cedarvale
Oklahoma State Line
Ed Madigan
Ponca City
Okla
William Chadburn
J. M. Pope
Malone
Madigan
Chadburn
Bretton
Salina
C. J. Halde
Iron Molders' Union of
Iron Molders' Union of St. Joseph
N. Sexton
St. Joseph
Sexton
Winfield Hotel
Gasoline Water Mix Tragedy Injures Italian Laborers
In Cincinnati on July 13 nearly twenty Italian track laborers were injured in an explosion at Baldwin when gasoline was mistaken for water while preparing spaghetti. Two workers drew gasoline from a tank, causing a first blast, and a second blast occurred while attempting to douse flames with presumed water, injuring most who escaped the initial blast.
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Cincinnati
Baldwin
Government Rest Its Case in Williamson Trial
Portland July 13 the government rested its case after introducing a mass of documentary evidence. Witnesses identified entries of public land the government says benefited Williamson & Gessner, relinquishments filed before indictments against Williamson Gessner and Biggs, and letters of Marion Biggs about entries or relinquishments of public lands.
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Portland
Ore
Williamson
Heney
Williamson & Gessner
Williamson, Gessner and Biggs
Marion Biggs
Western Iron Ore Shipments From Duluth Progress
July 1 report notes a western iron ore contract with northern Minnesota mines and Pueblo smelters. Great Northern will haul 700 tons daily, ore moved through Bicay City to Northwestern and then Burlington at Omaha. Completion of new construction will extend ore routes to the bends of Hill lines toward destination.
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Western
Duluth
Minnesota
Pueblo
Great Northern Railroad
Burlington
Ashland
Web
Bicay City
Northwestern
Omaha
Witte Likely Next Russian Peace Envoy to Japan
Russian leader M. Witte expected to replace Mura vieff as chief peace plenipotentiary in rapid move toward ending hostilities with Japan. Emperor's approval awaited after Lamsdorff audience. commission sailing to Washington remains on schedule. Witte favors ending the war and may back a Russo Japanese alliance though language barriers and health concerns noted.
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St. Petersburg
A. Muraviel
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Japan
Lamsdorff
Russia
Far East
M. Muravieff
Washington
Peace Commission
Mutinous Battleship Kniaz Potemkine Turmoil Affects Naval Officers
The Nasha sShisa reports Rear Admiral Kruger will leave service for alleged incapacity amid mutiny fallout at Odessa and possible court martial. Admiral Avellan’s promotion to the empire council is assured, Bireleft named marine minister, Stoessel reportedly arrested at Tsarskoe Selo, and a French-sourced sword of honor may not be presented. Russia shifts national assembly plans away from Bouligan to class representation.
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St. Petersburg
NashasShisa
Kruger
Kniaz Potemkine
Odessa
Admiralty
Avellan
Council of the Empire
Bireleft
Nashashisa
Stoessel
Tsarskoe Selo
Port Arthur
Rissia
Knlaz Potemkine
Minister Bouligan
Moscow Zemstve Congress
Rush for Japanese Bonds Closes Surging Subscriptions
New York July 18 The Imperial Japanese government 4 percent sterling loan second series closed by Kuhn Loeb National City Bank and National Bank of Commerce and country agents. Oversubscribed US portion 50 million. subscriptions limited to a single day amid heavy demand. No Peaceful Picketing Keokuk Iowa July 13 Judge McPherson rules striking machinists for Fort Madisos Feralywey found in contempt says peaceful picketing cannot exist and urges using courts for relief.
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New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
National City Bank
National Bank of Commerce
United States
Keokuk
MeiPherson
United States Court
Banta Feralywey
Fort Madizos
Ila
Elks Elect Grand Officers at Buffalo Reunion
At the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks reunion in Buffalo 1201 delegates elected Robert W. Brown of Louisville as grand exalted ruler and chose officers including G F Tomlinson Winston NC and Charles W. Kaufman Hoboken. The total Elks membership exceeds 200000 with little contest beyond the short term trustee race.
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Robert W. Brown
Louisville
Eyu
Jepevr
Buffalo
Benevolent and Protective Orer of Elks
G. IF. Tomiinsin
Winston
N. C
Charles W. Kaufman
Loboken
Edward McLaughlin
Boston
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
John MK. Tener
Charleroi
W. W. McClelland
Pittsburg
John D. O'Shea
Lynn
Mass
W. Haviland
Butte, Mont
Kaufman
Haviland
Cal L. Kingsley
Waterloo
Charles C. Seckmidt
Wheeling
Grand Lodge
Teck Theater
O’brien
Eirkdom
Elks
Bedford City
Order
Equitable Directors Chosen For Ongoing Business
In New York on July 12, the three trustees of the majority stock selected enough directors to conduct Equitable Life Assurance Society business, though not all vacancies were filled. The identities will be announced after board submission. Odell criticized the published testimony and offered legislative suggestions during the current extra session. Tarbell will remain as Second Vice President Gage E Tarbell, per the chairman. No official testimony copy has reached District Attorney Jerome yet despite efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hendricks
Odell
Newburgh
Gage E. Tarbell
Paul Morton
Jerome
International Retail Clerks Session Opens in Galveston
The twelfth annual session of the International Retail Clerks Protective Association opened in Galveston with about 160 delegates. President John R. O'Brien and Secretary Max Morris presented reports. The key recommendation urges ending the short work day and moving to a fifty four hour week with overtime beyond that.
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Galveston
International Retail Clerks’ Protective Association
John R. O'Brien
Max Morris
Urge National Pure Food Law Convention in Portland
The National Dairy and Food association convention in Portland argued for a national food law. It cited billions spent annually due to deception in food manufacture. R. M. Patterson, assistant state food inspector of Utah, warned that controlling urban milk supplies is the key issue in pure food work.
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Portland
Ore
National Dairy and Food Association
R. M. Patterson
Uthois
World Gathering of Baptists Opens in London
In Exeter Ball London on July 12 the congress of Baptists opened with Judge Willis presiding. Delegates came from every country save Palestine and Java, including about 600 American delegates and nearly 1,000 visiting Americans. Also reported: four deaths and forty-one prostrations from heat in Greater New York despite cooling showers.
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London
Exeter
Congress of Baptists
Palestine
Java
Judge Willis
Baptist Union of
New York
Iowa Delegate Dies in Denver and Other July News
A string of Iowa notices reports Miss Hnattie Hill, Summers, Ia., dying of heart failure in Denver after returning from a mountain excursion. Ella Anderson of Lost Grove township commits suicide by carbolic acid. Univ of Iowa President George J. MacLean suffers blood poisoning while on vacation in Williamsport Mass. Hans Thomson, Davenport cashier, dies from a Fourth of July accidental gunshot. Virgil White, son of Fred White, is found to have a nervous breakdown and will recover at a Nebraska farm. Edward Anderson of St Ansgar dies after being pushed into Willow Creek. Mrs. Jane Martin of Watkins Well dies suddenly of Brights disease, celebrated as central Iowa’s wealthiest woman. a past custody dispute is noted.
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Iowa
Denver
Hnattie Hill
Epworth League
Summers
University of Iowa
Iowa City
George J. MacLean
Williamsport
Mass
White
Webster City
Fred
Virgil White
Nebraska
Mason City
Edward Anderson
St. Ansgar
Willow Creek
Jane Martin
Boone, Ia
Watkins Well
Bright
Dubuque Population Grows. Sioux City Close Behind
The assessor’s census figures show Dubuque with a population of 41,940, a gain of 5,647 in five years. The city now edges past Sioux City by less than 1,000, as Sioux City records over 41,006, making them close rivals for Iowa’s second largest city.
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Dubuque
Sioux City
Mutilated Body Found Near Ottumwa Tracks
Unidentified man found along Burlington tracks four miles west of Ottumwa. Body missing head left hand and foot. death suspected during attempted freight train boarding. Newspaper wrapper in clothing bore the name J B Jennings Whiting Indiana.
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Ottumwa
Burlington
J. B. Jennings
Whiting
Ind
Cummins Invited to Speak at Reciprocal Conference
W E Skinner of the Union stock yards Chicago and tied to the national reciprocity conference in Chicago August 15 and 16 visited Des Moines July 8. He personally urged Governor Cummins to attend and deliver an address. The Corn Belt Meat Producers association joins fourteen other groups in the invitation. Cummins assured he would attend and participate.
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Cummins
Des Moines
W. E. Skinner
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Governor Cummins
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Skinner
Bold Holdups Leave Des Moines Man Near Death
Fritz Westbrook, struck by two robbers on University Avenue at Thirteenth Street, was shot in the stomach and is near death per his physician. Police hunt the attackers. Earlier, a pensioned veteran was accosted and forced into a buggy but escaped at his home.
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Des Moines
Fritz Westbrook
Westbrook
University Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Man 72 Gunshot Murder Neighbor Over Gooseberries
Joseph Makinson, 70, an old soldier, is under arrest in Guthrie Center Indiana for the murder of Charles Seeley. Neighbors disputes over a gooseberry patch led to Seeley’s confrontation at Makinson home. after Seeley asked about the berries, Makinson allegedly said he would show what an old soldier would do and fired.
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Guthrie Center
Joseph Makinson
Charles Seeley
Makinson
Seeley
Gasey
Firecracker blaze kills child in Seymour home
In Seymour, Ramuel Squillman's home burned with the four year old neighbor's son George THNard inside. Fire caused by firecrackers destroyed the house, and both youngsters died from their injuries. The tragedy follows other late July incidents across Cedar Rapids and nearby areas, including a railroad worker found dead near a track and a fatal interurban wreck in Iowa City.
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Seymour
Daly G
Ramuel Squillman
George Thnard
Squillman
Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers Run Over Banks
News from Missouri and Sioux City report rivers in flood, residents evacuated, and the Council Oak Boat club house Hooded as water tops levels not seen since 1881.
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Missouri
Sioux City
Big Sioux
Council Oak Boat Club
Eight Men Die In Premature Powder Blast Near New Cumberland
Eight laborers working for P S Kerbaugh & Co on Pennsylvania Railroad improvements near New Cumberland are killed when a powder blast prematurely explodes. Two coworkers are injured as mangled bodies and scattered debris extend over 200 yards. A separate incident reports a fatal shooting in Harrisburg where Antonio Pistillo remains at large after killing Charles Jones in a Military avenue saloon.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Cumberland
P. S. Kerbaugh & Co
Euola
Oto
Willian Hutitzinger
Military Avenue
Charles Jones
Antonio Pistillo
Pistillo
Benson
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Boven Ohety
Kansas
Witte
RIAD
Muravief
Russian Peace Party
Kruger and
Equitable Directors
Morton
Tarbell
Fromall
Gowrie
Albert Lundgrey
Ella Anderson
Lost Grove Township
Davenport
Hans ©. Thomson
Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank
Cedar Rapies
Jogopk Raczek
Rock Island
Sunemit Siding
Cedar Rapids
Charles McCracken
Watkins
AntiSaloon League
Pearl Markham
Eva Moon
Vinton
Union
Emma Neider
Miss Neider
State House
W. W. Woods
Ily
Reuben Hobbrook
Johnson
Henediet
Neanse
Lake City
Josiah M. Pratt
William Persing
Pratt
Kinney
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