Welsh mine disaster leaves hundreds dead in Wattetown
Cardi Wales July 11 explosion in No 2 pit of United National Colliery Company Wattetown Rhondda Valley kills an estimated 120 with sixty eight bodies recovered. Eight hundred feet of shaft blocked air, rescue attempts ongoing as crowds gather and hope fades. The worst South Wales disaster since 1894.
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Cardi
Wales
United National Colliery Company
Wattetown
Rhondda
No. 2
No. B
Maine
South Wales
German Miners Still Entombed Fire Traps Thirty Nine
Dortmund July 11 efforts to free the thirty nine men trapped by a fire in the Borussia coal mine yesterday have not succeeded.
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Dortmund
Prussia
Borussia
Mrs Havemeyer's Ride From Sullivan Wharf To Newport
Mrs Theodore Havemeyer recently operated on for appendicitis was carried from Sullivan's wharf to her sister Mira Anna Bands' home in Newport by the sterty old police ambulance. The arrival drew attention as Newport relied on a patent ambulance for rich and injured, while the regular wagon was under repair. Mr Havemeyer expressed disappointment at the lack of suitable conveyance.
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Newport
Theodore A. Havespeyer
Sullivan's Wharf
Mira Anna Bands
Sterty
Mra Mavemeyer
Sagsmore
Jr. Livingston Beechmas
Havemeyer
Kline
Rockefeller
Mr. Kline
Chiston
Miss Turbell
Kine
Corrigan
Mr. Rockefeller
Patrolman Saves Child From Fast Northbound Car
A three year old girl Milfred Dolan of 242 West 17th Street nearly was fatally struck in a streetcar incident. Patrolman A M Lewin of West 20th Street Station sprang onto the vehicle and grabbed the child from the fender as the car lurched forward. Both were thrown clear with minor injuries and the doll was lost in the mêlée.
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Utth-We
Milfred Dolan
West 17Th At
A.M. Lewin
West 20Th
Senator Elkins Gets Coal Options From Baltimore Firm
Senator Elkins of West Virginia has secured options from the Marine Sanate Cond Company of Baltimore on 9,000 8708 of coal land in Preston County. He controls extensive coal interests around Monard and plans a railroad route through Preston County to connect with West Virginia Ce. The line would connect Chesapeake and Ohio and provide an outlet for BP 281 products, similar to the Wabash case.
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Tis Trenoxr
Batatore
Senator Elkins
West
Mer- Sante Cond Company
Maltimore
Preston County
W. Va
Etkine
Monard
West Virginia
Chesareake
Ohio
Wabash
Jewelry Theft At Newport: Mrs Oelrichs Loses £10,000 Gems
Mrs Charles M Oelrichs reports $10,000 in jewelry stolen from her Kayst cottage Newport while she was out this afternoon. Police and Detective Sergeant McManus of New York surround the house and probe an entry through a south wall window. Duplicate paste jewels untouched. case kept confidential as investigators pursue a lead for an arrest expected tomorrow.
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Taibusk
Newport
Charles M. Oelrichs
Kayst
McManus
New York
Boy Shot by Hunters Near Danby in Fatal Case
Phillip Peternelle eight son of Lomi Peternelle of Danby was mistaken for a deer by hunters in the Danby woods. He was found alive but unable to speak and died before a physician arrived. Nine buckshot were found in his body with one entering beneath the right ear.
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THE
Tribune
Ogdensburg
Phillip Peternelle
Lomi Peternelle
Danby
Midnight Mountain Marriage Near Mayking Kentucky
Why Craft, under seventeen, wed Miss Mary Hall, twenty six, under a moonlit wild spur of the Cumberland Mountains. They crossed Millstone Creek, rode by a Gretnan Green path, and were married at midnight by Archibald Luca, a Fardshell Baptist preacher, after being urged with a license. Two passing strangers witnessed. The couple planned to return home.
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Mayking
Craft
Mary Hall
Cumberland Mountains
Millstone Creek
Wright
Virginia
Archibald Luca
Fardshell
Boston Shoemaker Writes Name With His Toes and Plays Violin
Patrick Cavanaugh of City Point South Boston lost his right arm but uses his toes to hold the bow and play the violin. He writes with his toes better than many with a hand. He invented the auto arch and is a father of eight children. He is a champion jumper and challenges any to the old men’s championship.
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Foston
Patrick Cavanaugh
City Point
Boston
Italy
Dowie Bankruptcy Quashed in U S District Court
Chicago July 11 Judge cleared John Alexander Dowie of all bankruptcy proceedings in the United States District Court. The ruling ends the active case against him as reported from the city desk.
Steamer Sinks Near Dobbs Ferry Believed Drowning
A launch presumed to be the Normandie owned by Mr. Dumont of Brooklyn sank after a collision with a tramp steamer near Dobbs Ferry. Three men from the larger steamer swam ashore. a small yacht was also struck. Missing include the pilot, engineer, and a woman aboard the Normandie, with relatives in Yonkers reporting the incident.
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Normandie
Dumont
Brooklyn
Dobbs Ferry
Manila Anchor Brewing Company
New York
Rudd
Yonkers
Peekskill
Rockefeller Reply Denies Tarbell Article On Corrigan Case
In a formal statement through Cleveland attorney Virgil P. Kline, John D. Rockefeller challenges Ida Tarbell’s July feature, calling the Corrigan suit portion partial and misleading. The document outlines Corrigan’s indebtedness to Rockefeller, a 1898 arbitration ruling in Rockefeller’s favor, and notes long‑standing loans and securities involved in the disputed transaction.
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Ida M. Tarbell
John D. Rockefeller
Old Promise Kept The Roosevelt Gift To Engineer Michael White
Denver July 1 0 Roosevelt kept a promise made five years ago to Michael White an engineer on the Union Pacific White helped haul Roosevelt during his 1904 Colorado campaign and was later offered a government position White sought the place and received a prompt favorable reply from the President.
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the Tribune
Denver
Roosevelt
Michael White
Union Pacific
White
Colorado
Anarchist Speech at Homestead Threatens Roosevelt
A man claiming anarchist views spoke at Homestead near Pittsburg saying President Roosevelt would be assassinated within a month. He was captured after a scuffle and turned over to federal authorities who jailed him locally.
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Homestead
Roosevelt
Sold wife for bottle of beer in Colorado divorce auction
Colorado Springs July 11. After a month of courtship J W Bafford of Fountain put his wife up for public auction in a divorce suit brought by Martha F Bafford. The couple married August 9 1964 and the auction sale occurred September 19. Grounds alleged are cruelty.
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Colorado Springs
J. W. Bafford
Fountain
Here
Martha F.bafford
Chairman Morton to Probe Equitable Charges
Archbishop Farley criticises colleges as Glidden automobile tour begins. Preliminary crop conditions report issued while a cotton leak goes to the Attorney General. Officials work to save park trees as AE legislators seek to acquit Hooker amid heat deaths total rising to sixteen.
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Equitable
Farley
Glidden Automobile Tour
Hooker
Advertising solicitor Arraigned in Extortion Case
Charles H Able described as an advertising solicitor for the Society Editors Association was arrested in the Stock Exchange Building on charges of attempted extortion. The complainant, Edwin M Post of Thomas & Post brokers, said Able demanded a 500 subscription to suppress a scandal about Post and produced marked bills when he was arrested. Wayne, editor of the association, claimed no knowledge of the alleged scandal.
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Society Editors’ Association
Stave
Northport
Long Island
Stock Exchange
Flood
Krotel
Able
Edwin M. Post
Thomas & Post
Mr. Post
Tuxedo
Mr. Wayne
Mr. Krotel
Abie
Post
Ahle
Merica
Elzabeth St
Tombslice Court
Wayne
Kroter
Panic on Pennsylvania as insane negro menaces passengers
In Cape Charles a burly insane man named James Monroe boarded the steamer Pennsylvania near New York and Philadelphia and drew two long knives. He swung at passengers including women, while officers failed to subdue him until Patrolman Thomas shot him in the neck. He was wounded, hospitalized, and likely to recover.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Cape Charles
James Monroe
Thomas
Cape Charles Po- Mee
Monroe
Marriages at Bargain Prices Draw Couples to James Edleman
Indianapolis July 11 James Edleman of Henry County offered to marry couples for 5 cents at his home with lodging and meals. The magistrate performed weddings for 50 cents, delivering supper, room, and breakfast, drawing many couples from Henry and nearby counties.
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Indianapolis
James Edleman
Henry County
Heary
Fleet mutiny fears sidetrack Russian squadron at Kustenji
From Kustenji Romania dated July 11 a Russian squadron remains in harbor to avoid a new mutiny. Fifty five sailors from the Knias Potemkine who surrendered are imprisoned aboard various ships awaiting rebellion trials, stirring great anger among crews.
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Kustenji
Rumania
Knias Potemkine
Ron
Prefect Shuvalov Assassinated in Moscow Portrayed Political Crime
Major General Count Shuvalov prefect of police in Moscow was assassinated this morning while receiving petitioners at the Prefecture. An unidentified peasant-dressed gunman fired five shots. Shuvalov, son of Count Shuvaloff and a close confidant of Emperor Nicholas, was a favored official. A requiem was held with Grand Duchess Elizabeth in attendance as crowds mourned.
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Count Shavaloff
Ministry of the Interior
Count Shuvaiof
St. Petersburg
Shuvalov
Peter Shuvaloff
Russia
Berlin
Nicholas
Count Shuvalog
Elizabeth
Sergius
Count Shuvaloff
Martial law at Tiplis as troops occupy streets
The city remains quiet after martial law proclamation. The Official Gazette has resumed publication. Across the Caucasus the situation stays critical with arrests and bombs found in lodgings and an employee's quarters. Business in Patoum stalls as shops and banks close except the Imperial Bank.
Riots in Warsaw as strikers press rent demands
Three violent clashes between troops and striking workers in Warsaw leave about twenty dead or wounded as marchers push from homes to demand lower rents. Many shopkeepers capitulated amid fear. In Byelostok cossacks dispersed crowds in the streets with some shots fired.
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Warsaw
Byelostok
Sharp fighting at Minsk as mutineers fight and strike declared
Minsk hosts heavy clashes between Comacks and voters leaving many wounded as a general strike is declared. St. Petersburg announces Russia will begin regular proceedings to extradite the Potemkine crew.
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Minsk
Russia
St. Petersburg
Kning Potemkine
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