Mining Tragedy At Cherry Seals Main Shaft For Night
Rescue explorers descend into the St Paul mine near Cherry after a deadly fire. Three descents fail to find survivors. officials report bearable temperatures and possible oxygen deeper in the shaft. Missing list tops BRK with many foreign born workers among locals likely affected.
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Cherry
St. Paul
BRK
Titines
Streator
Mendota
Ladd
Spring Valley
Lasalle
Ottawa
Porecoefeg
R. V T. Willaems
United States Geological Survey
Mr Williams
James E Webb
University of Mithools
James Head
Henry Smith
Peru
James Taylor
Peoria
Inspector Tevier
Cowley
Williams
Smith
Willems
Williams Crie
Hundred Drowned In Singapore Ship Collision
The La Seyne and the Onds collided in fog off Singapore with La Seyne sinking in two minutes. Seven European passengers including Baron and Baroness Beniczky, the La Seyne’s captain, five European officers, and eighty eight crew and native passengers drowned. Sixty one survivors were rescued by the Onds and brought to Singapore amid shark-attacked wreckage and injuries.
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Singapore
la Seyne
Messageries Maritimes Service
Java
Onds
British India Line
Baron and Baroness Beniczky
Must Leave Town After Village Rumors Hit
Charles Mathes, longtime Little Falls merchant and bank official, has been ordered by a citizen committee to depart Paterson New Jersey by tomorrow night. The move follows sensational stories told by twelve young girls. Mathes intends to leave to wind up his affairs, insisting he is not guilty though admitting possible indiscretions.
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Walter Flint
New York
Matches
Mr. Matches
Cairo Faces Aftermath of Dual Lynching
Cairo under military rule endures a quiet Sunday as preachers condemn lax law enforcement. Judge W Butler plans a December 8 grand jury to pursue lynch leaders while pastors denounce civic lawlessness and urge public reform.
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Cairo
W. Butler
Circuit Court
Putter
George M. Babcock
Church of the Redeemer
Episcopalian
A. S&s Buchanan
Presbyterian Church
Diamondbacks for Mr Taft Terrapin Treats at White House
President Taft’s wish for genuine Louisiana terrapin for the White House family is to be fulfilled as a dozen diamondbacks travel to Washington by fast express from Louisiana. The move follows Taft tasting terrapin at a waterways convention hotel and expressing desire to share the dish with Mrs Taft and the children. State Game and Fish Commissioner Frank M Miller has deputies scouring Southern Louisiana bayous for the best specimens.
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the Tribune
New Orleans
Taft
White House
Louisiana
Washington
Fast Express
State Game and Fish Commission
Ruef Fears Sight and Hearing Deterioration in Jail
Former Boss Abe Ruef, jailed for over a year awaiting his Supreme Court appeal, reports rapid loss of sight and hearing. He blames confinement and lack of exercise for his worsening condition as his fourteen year sentence stands.
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Tribune San Franciso
Abe Ruef
Supreme Court
Ruef
Bomb attack on Lord Minto in Ahmedabad near death
Lord Minto and Lady Minto escaped two bomb attacks in Ahmedabad India as a dragoon intervened to stop the first device. A bystander lost a hand in a related blast while another bomb failed to explode. The assailants fled and no arrests were made.
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Ahmedabad
British India
Lord Minto
India
Minto
Jemadar
Leutenant
Lord Kitchener
Andrew Fraser
Bengal
Barrackpore
Calcutta
William Hutt Curzen Wylite
Cawas Lalaca
Madar Lal Dhiragri
Pentonville Prison
Imperial Institute
Labaca
Sir William
England
Chinagh
Bombay
National strike urged to free jailed labor leaders
The Central Labor Union in Philadelphia votes a two week strike if Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison are jailed for contempt of court over a store boycott. Toronto AFL session asked to extend to a national strike with non union workers joining. Funds urged for prep with quarters of 50 cents weekly and food stocks.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Toronto
H. C. Parker
Cigarmakers’ Union
Parker
Paladino Seance Opens In Lincoln Arcade Test of Spirits
Mme Eusapia Paladino the Italian medium staged a seance in a Lincoln Arcade room on Broadway and Sixth. Rappings moved the table and curtain as observers debated the phenomena while staff and press agents promoted the performance under strict rules and staged lighting.
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Mme
Eusapia Paladino
Europe
Lincoln Arcade
6Th Street
Broadway
Mme. Paladino
Hereward H. L. Carrington
Carrington
James A. Morrissey
William A. Brady
Brady
Grace George
Genevieve Allen
Hyslop
Fire Kills Three at Polish Lodging House in Pittsburgh
An early morning blaze at a riverfront Polish lodging house in Pittsburgh killed three unidentified foreign laborers and injured twelve others. Firemen saved women and children, but the three burned men were found later under a stairway. Damages exceed $10,000 as police probe the blaze’s mysterious origin.
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Pitteburg
Mayor Magee Smashed Red Lights in Pittsburg Hill District
Mayor William A Magee toured Pittsburg's hill district in a bold probe of vice. With the Director of Public Safety and the Police Superintendent, he smashed red lights at resorts serving both black and white patrons. The district quieted after his visit and the gambling syndicate HQ reportedly closed.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
William A Magee
Hill
Red Light
Aviator Steers Plane Into Fence to Save Baby
Dr. William Green piloting a private plane at Morris Park veered to avoid a man carrying a baby, crashing into a fence. The biplane was damaged but Green escaped unharmed, while spectators cheered and the baby remained safely in the father's arms.
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Morris Park
William Green
Leo Stevens
Pr. Green
Wellesley Student Killed in Auto Crash After Game
Miss Myra L. Swift, 19, a Wellesley College student, died at Somerville Hospital from a brain concussion after being thrown from a car returning from a Harvard Dartmouth game. She was engaged to Percy A. Hall. he was lightly injured in the collision with a wagon.
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Boston
Myra L. Swaft
Wellesley College
Somerville Hospital
Miss Swift
Richard Swift
Medford
Percy A. Hall
New American Cardinal Plan Abandoned Amid Vatican Deliberations
Rome reports the next Consistory will not occur before Easter and the plan to create a new American cardinal has been dropped. Latin America and Canada opposed it, and finding an American prelate acceptable to the majority proved difficult.
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Rome
Latin America
Canada
Her husband a woman divorce granted in novelty case
Dr. Alice Bush of Oakland won a divorce on fraud grounds after discovering her spouse from New York City, R K Morgan, was a woman. Morgan was much younger, married in 1905, and has since disappeared. The suit reveals Morgan’s sex, but Dr. Bush remains silent on the matter.
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Alice Bush
San Francisco
the Tribune
Oakland
R K. Morgan
Morgan
Rush
Morgan to be Printers' Host in New York Visit
J Pierpont Morgan will host fifty Boston printers next Tuesday inviting them to his private New York library. The visit includes the Lenox Library Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Public Library and other sites as Morgan’s guests. They will also tour the American Type Founders Jersey City foundry and the Players and Grolier Club in NYC.
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the Tribune
Boston
J. Pierpont Morgan
Boston Society of Printers
New York
Mr. Morgan
Boston Printers
Lenox Library
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Public Library
California's richest ore from Sixteen To One mine
Nevada City November 14 sixty sacks of jewelry ore produced 400.4 in gold after two days of milling at Oustamah mill under guard. The ore clogged amalgam and stamps requiring frequent cleaning and lifting with block and tackle. The mine is owned by several men and stock not for sale.
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the Tribune
Nevada City
Cal
Oustamah
California
Libel Suit Filed Against Priest Over Sermon Claim
Thomas Hasset of Wallingford, coal merchant and head of the borough’s school board, sues Father John Carroll in New Haven for 104 dollars. The suit alleges the September 12 sermon attacked the Cottage School with a harsh description, accusing the priest of presenting a repugnant duty to his parishioners.
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Telegraph
The
Tribune
New Haven
Thomas Hasset
Wallingford
Echeo Board
Hasset
John Carroll
Buenos Ayres Police Chief and Secretary Killed in Bombing
In Callao street Buenos Ayres the Chief of Police Sefior Falcon and the police secretary were killed when a bomb exploded under their carriage. A Russian anarchist suspect fled, then shot himself. his life is not expected to be saved.
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Buenos Ayres
Sefior Falcon
Callao Street
Falcon
Jewelry Firm Partner Injured in Brooklyn Runabout Crash
Sidney T. White a senior member of White and Young at 6 Nassau Street Manhattan was fatally injured when his runabout overturned in Prospect Park Brooklyn after a car sped past frightening the horses. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries and was taken by ambulance to Seeney Hospital after initial care at Riding and Driving Club. White 61, unmarried, resided at 146 Willow Street.
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Sidney T. White
White & Young
Nassau Street
Manhattan
East Drive
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue
Mr. White
W. J. Sweeney
Seeney Hospital
Willow Street
Priest In Girl Chase On East 133th Street
In the Bronx two girls Jeanette Brown fourteen and Eva Turner twelve fled from home pursued by a crowd of about five hundred. The chase lasted eleven blocks ending near Alexander Avenue where they were caught and taken to the Alexander Avenue police station. They had been missing since Monday night and said to have left home over family disagreements.
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Bronx
East 133Th Street
Fullery
Jeanette Brown
Eva Turner
West 125Th Street
A. B. Lester
West 144Th Street
Miss Lester
St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church
138Th Street
Father Philip McGrath
St. Veronica's Church
Father McGrath
Alexander Avenue
MISS ILLINGTON WEDS AGAIN IN RENO WEDDING
Miss Margaret Illington former actress and ex wife of Daniel Frohman wed Edward J Bowes Tacoma real estate tycoon. The ceremony was private in Reno and the couple left for Tacoma immediately. Illington said she would build a home with her husband for domestic happiness.
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Reno
Margaret Ilington
Daniel Frohman
New York
Edward J. Bowes
Tacoma
Miss Illington
Miss Wington
I. H Light
Bloomington
Ill
Football spectators lose possessions in rush at Elton
Waterbury report notes Mrs Henry Evans and companions in football tourist crowds at the Elton finding a scrub girl had taken a nine dollar diamond, Frank E Emerson loses a two hundred dollar ring left on a washstand returned by an honest porter, and Mrs Selina Benson’s ten dollar brooch left under a pillow found after a long return trip as maids remained busy with cleaning.
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the Tribune
Waterbury, Conn
Henry Evans
New York
T. F. Terry
Elton
Frank E. Emerson
New Haven
Selina Benson
Mother's Arduous Quest to Find Son's Grave in Venezuela
Mrs. A. Milliken, widow of a millionaire steel and paint ore man, leaves Pottsville for Venezuela to locate the grave of her son Dr. Joshua Rhodes Milliken. The Penn graduate died of the black fever and was buried in the jungle during an 108 expedition. Her route includes Trinidad and the Orinoco, aiming to become the first white woman to travel inland.
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Tribune
Pottsville
Penn
A. Milliken
Venezuela
Joshua Rhodes Milliken
University of Pennsylvania
Trinidad
Orinoco
Venez
Robbers Blow Up Safe In Broadway Shoe Store
A select party of burglars drilled, blew, and pried open the Regal shoe store on Broadway at 27th Street in a midnight heist. They used nitroglycerine to blast a three ton safe and carried off more than $4,000 after two hours of heavy labor. Police found a single steel drill as a clue.
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Broadway
27Th Street
Regal Shoe Store
37Th Street
William Samson
L. L. Lanter
Regal
Lanier
Burglars Loot Lafrance Chiorogene Factory Fire Follows
Burglars entered the Lafrance Chiorogene Company factory at 03 Westth Street for the fifth time in six years. A three or more man crew removed a 70 pound office safe to a rear freight elevator, brought it to the top floor, and forced it open with a sledge hammer. They escaped with few papers of little value. a cigarette caused a small fire causing no noted damage. Similar break in Memorial Day led to prior thefts with safes opened and money taken.
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Lafrance Chiorogene Company
Westth Street
Amedee Castaing
Bullet wound ends street dispute in Bayonne
A Bayonne clash between Salvato and Joseph Doria led to a gunshot when Doria allegedly stepped close and fired at Salvato. The bullet struck Salvato’s heel, passing through his tooth, which he then removed and threw back at Doria while shouting a taunt.
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Salvato
Joseph Doria
Bayonne
Joseph
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