Devastating gas explosion traps hundreds at Darr mine
Telegraphic notice reports 250 miners entombed at the Darr mine of Pittsburg Coal Company in Jacob's Creek Pennsylvania. Rescue workers find mutilated bodies and wrecked buildings, marking a third disaster this month in western Pennsylvania and nearby West Virginia. Victims range between 550 and 600 dead in nineteen days from mine gas incidents.
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Darr
Pittsburg Coal Company
Jacob's Creek
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Naomi
Fayette City
Monongah
W. Va
Parkersburg Mill Company Plant Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed the Parkersburg Mill Company plant in Parkersburg West Virginia, one of the town’s largest industrial facilities. The loss is estimated at $100,000 and fully covered by insurance. About 300 workers are now unemployed. The firm produced interior woodwork. The fire’s cause remains unknown.
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Italy
Palermo
Parkersburg Mill Company
Parkersburg
W. Va
King Oscar Buried in Riddarholm Church Ceremony
The body of King Oscar of Sweden, who died December 8, was laid to rest in Riddarholm church Stockholm. The ceremony was simple yet impressive with widespread signs of public mourning.
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Oscar
Sweden
Riddarholm
Stockholm
Boy Shoots Little Sister Near Rushville Indiana
Walter Oldham a 13 year old son of a prominent Rushville area farmer shot his 7 year old sister on the way to school with an old pistol. The bullet lodged in her back and may prove fatal as they planned to use the pistol in a Christmas exercise. In London a dispatch reports Lord Kelvin will be buried in Westminster Abbey per the Royal Society. The last scientist buried there was Darwin in 1883.
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Walter Oldham
Rushville
Ind
London
Eng
Royal Society
Lord Kelvin
Westminster Abbey
Charles Darwin
Lord Mallow
Mabel
Rorie
Mariel
Jersey
Les Tourelles
Lady Mabel
Rome
Kansas
Oklahoma Senators Sworn In After Lot Draw
Two Oklahoma senators were sworn into office with terms drawn by lot. Owen received the six year term and Gore the two year term.
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Oklahoma
Owen
Gore
Pecan crop in Texas valued at a million dollars
A Dallas area correspondent notes experts estimate the Texas pecan export value around one million dollars with 500 cars of crop in sight in the region and 200 plus more cars from elsewhere. Prices range five to twelve cents per pound depending on grade. rapid growth of groves continues as demand in New York and Chicago rises.
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Texas
San Antonio
New York
Chicago
United States
Taste of Her Own Medicine and Immigration Strains Europe
The piece notes a surge of American immigration impacting Italy Austria Germany Sweden and Norway. It argues industrial pressures in the United States worsen conditions abroad and that returning migrants exhaust their funds within weeks. Italy faces the harshest situation with penniless returnees. Germans are comparatively better off. Sweden and Norway endure deep distress as winter approaches.
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Italy
Austria
Germany
Sweden
Norway
United States of America
Global unions report wide reach across trades and nations
A survey notes roofers in Lynn mass and brickmakers in New South Wales among growing unions. It records wage changes for tinsmiths in Calgary and metal trades among German women workers, plus strikes and wage deals in Vienna and Australia. It cites benefit totals from the Iron Molders and union membership milestones, with convention plans in Louisville and affiliations in Adelaide and Reesla clothing trades.
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Lynn
Mass
New South Wales
Canada
United States
Baggage Union
Fall River Textile Council
Dominion of Canada
Retail Clerks’ International Protective Association
Louisville
Adelaide
Australia
Trade and Labor Council
Reesla
Senate session reviews bills and committee referrals
The Senate opened with debate on department heads sending bills for passage and referred the issue to the rules committee. Oklahoma’s new Senators were sworn in and inland waterways bills discussed. The House was in and out briefly with many new bills and committee appointments announced.
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Senate
Committee On Rules
Cortelyos
Frye
House
Tillman
Culberson
Oklahoma
Cannon
Committee On Appropriations
National Capital Notes and Legislative Snippets
Representative Coudrey of Missouri introduces a bill to make false advertising a penitentiary offense. Chicago commerce group seeks better postal service through Senator Cullom. War Dept cabled Gay Maccoon to push quarantine against Cuban ports this month. Hopkins bills aim at new federal buildings in Daquain and Murphysboro TH. Grimshaw nominated U.S. marshal for Minnesota. Leupp reports two Special Officer Johnson men and one posse member killed by bootleggers in Indiana Territory. ten liquor-law violators killed in similar skirmishes.
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Coudrey
Missouri
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago
Cullom
War Department
Gay. Mac Goon
Hopkins
Daquain
Murphysboro
Roosevelt
Senate
Williaa U. Grimshaw
United States
District of
Minnesota
Indian Affairs
Leupp
Johson
Indiana
Machines for Caring Liars and Mind Reading Inventions
Professor Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard University showcases devices to reveal emotions and detect deceit. The atomantograph records involuntary muscle motion, the pneumograph tracks breathing changes, and the sphygmograph monitors heart activity during interrogation of Harry Orchard in the Maywood trial.
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Hugo Munsterberg
Pharvard University
Munsterberg
Harry Orchard
Maywood
Powder Trust Denial Sparks Federal Court Answers
In Wilmington, 38 of 43 defendants named by the government in charges of conspiracy and trade restraint under the powder trust have filed answers in the U S district court.
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Powder: Trust
Powder Trust
Wilmingchief
Love and marriage loom in Braddon melodrama
In a refined social garden scene Lord Mallow vents a bleak view of marriage as a loss of current bonds. Lady Mabel and her fiancé Mr Vandrey move between banter and unease, while Vandrey jokes about workmen and pipe fittings before they head to tea with the duchess.
Jersey earrings reveal old flame at a garden party
Lady Mabel and Lord Mallow share a quiet moment in the conservatory as Home Rule looms. A Jersey postmark reveals violet Temptest sent ear rings from a former playmate, hinting at a possible past romance before the wedding.
Island exile shapes Vixen awaiting Vandrey wedding
Vixen endures a year in Jersey in a dreary exile to stay hidden from Hamp shire life and the August 1 wedding of Roderick Vandrey. Mrs. Carmichael keeps her informed of Kensington events as she bears the loneliness until she reaches independence.
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Jersey
Hampshire
Queen Ann House
Kensington
Roderick Vandrey
A Lace Tale and Wedding Plans Across Vignettes
The narrator muses over lace origins in Buckinghamshire, Norwegian tour costumes, and an impending Briarwood wedding. Violet Violet contemplates past loves and future prospects as families, houses, and alliances shift amid a sultry summer garden scene.
Reformed Robber Turns to Crime and Repentance
A Kansas tale recounts a former thief who describes his downfall after a farmer spared him. The farmer confronted the robber with charity and prayer, then robbed him of $300 before releasing him and urging transformation. The narrator reflects on that encounter and its impact.
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Mabel Vandrey
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