Burying the Dead at Harwich Mine Disaster
Open air burial services were held for 108 recovered bodies near Pittsburg. Six identified, 18 buried. first funerals conducted by Rev. Graham and Rev. Manellai. Relief fund tops $10,000 as appeals go out to Andrew Carnegie, Roosevelt, Hanna, Rockefeller. State mine inspector cites need for stricter laws, blaming Harrisburg.
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Pittsburg
Harwich Mine
School House
B. Graham
Lutheran Church
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New Kensington
Harwich
Roosevelt
Washington
D C
Hanna
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Herwick
James E. Roderick
Harrisburg
Political riot in Cienfuegos Cuba inflames election tensions
In Cienfuegos on January 29 a riot left sixteen men injured including four seriously after clashes at the Central cafe and near the city hall between Republican Francisco Sanelles Victor Segreran and Liberal Nationalists. Gunfire was reported but no fatalities occurred as residents barred doors and stores amid high political tension.
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Cienfuegos
Cuba
Francisco Sanelles
Victor Segreran
Escaping Gas Kills Three in Erie Home
In Erie on January 29 a gas leak in Glenn Saunders’s house caused the asphyxiation of Mrs. Saunders and her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery of Pittsburgh. Saunders himself may die while his three week old baby and Eva Montgomery remain in serious condition. The family was found unconscious by neighbor Mr. Decker as a fire burned in the stove. The incident carries a cloud of mystery.
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Erie
Glenn Saunders
Saunders
Elizabeth Montgomery
Pittsburg
Eva Montgomery
Decker
Mad dog bites seven in Pennsylvania farm incident
Hubert Igos' bull dog went mad at his Bellwood area farm near Bellwood and bitten seven people. Victims include Robert Shields of Bellwood Mary Wolfman and her playmate Carl Plunkard William Davis near Fostoria Edward Shay and Charles Smith at Fostoria. People attempted to kill the animal but it escaped.
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Altoona
Jan. W
Hubert Igos
Bellwood
Robert Shields
Mary Wolfman
Carl Plunkard
William Davis
Fostoria
Edward Shay
Charles Smith
Bede Urges Democrats to Disband in House Session
J Adam Bede a Minnesota Republican delivered a maiden speech in the house drawing laughter and applause from both sides. He urged the Democrats to disband and join Republicans to back Theodore Roosevelt. He mocked Bryan and Cleveland and predicted a large Roosevelt majority in Minnesota.
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Minnesota
Bede
Roosevelt
Thayer
Mass
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New York
Congress
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Bryan
Cleveland
West
Wall Street
Gorman
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
Santos-Dumont Eyes $100,000 Prize At St Louis Expo
Brazilian aeronaut M. Santos-Dumont tours America and aims to win a $100,000 prize for the swiftest trip across the exposition grounds. He has built ten airships in five years of experimental work.
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M. Santos-Dumont
America
St. Louis Exposition
Exposition
Trolley Collision Injures Six in Bronx Test of Brakes
Three trolley cars of the West Chester avenue line and a heavy steel girders laden truck collided on a dark West Cheater avenue hill. Six passengers were hurt, three seriously, including the motorman and conductor. The wreck caused bystanders to aid victims as a car caught fire, then a third car crashed into the scene.
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New York
West Chester Avenue
Union Railway
Bronx
Lebanon Hospital
West Cheater Avenue
Tintervale Avenue
Patrick Griffin
Three Mafia Members Arrested in Newark Lawyer Office
In Newark New Jersey on January 29 three men claimed by authorities to belong to the Red Cross Society mafia were arrested in a lawyer's office as they waited to receive 1000 dollars. Samuel Russo had earlier refused 32000 and his house was later set on fire.
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N. J
The
Red Cross Society
Samuel Russo
Gabriel Depatto
Petro Roberts
Frank Vaiero
Russo
Four Men Crushed to Death in Briar Hill Mine Shaft
In Brownsville Pennsylvania four foreign workers employed by Samuel Henry of Connellsville were killed when a 400 pound pilot weight failed, sending a lowering bucket to the shaft bottom 685 feet deep. The Briar Hill Coal Company owned by Republic Iron and Steel was sinking the shaft.
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Brownsville
Briar Hill Coal Company
Samuel Henry
Connellsville
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Defense in Postal Trial Arguments of No Conspiracy
In Washington on January 29 the defense for the Groffs opened and planned to prove that George E. Lorenz bought a half interest in the Groff fastener in 1895 for $500. Witnesses contended no conspiracy existed while Mrs Lorenz wept as testimony touched on alleged government cruelty. Ina S Liebhardt testified that Machen's name and initials appeared on hundreds of rural free delivery papers daily, a routine linked to Groff fasteners.
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Maddox
Groffs
George E. Lorenz
Kumler
Lorenz
Machen
Ohio
Free Delivery
Post Office Department
Negro disfranchisement target in Delaware campaign push
Delaware Democratic rally marks eighth anniversary of the Democratic League as Negro disfranchisement is proposed as a campaign slogan. Judge George Gray lauded as a presidential candidate with speakers Willard Saulsbury Josiah Marvel and John G. Gray. Marvel blames venal colored voters for vote trading and urges conditioned franchise. Nan Bryan, sister of W J Bryan, lies critically ill in Lincoln Nebraska with tubercular peritonitis. Bryan expected to travel home soon.
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Judge Gray
Wilmington
Del
George Gray
Democratic League of Delaware
Willard Saulsbury
Josiah Marvel
John G. Gray
Marvel
Bryan
Critically Jr
Lincoln
Neb
Nannie Bryan
W J Bryan
T S Allen
Reiro
Three Cohen children die in city fire. General Carr passes
Three children of Louis Cohen of New York suffocated in a tenement house fire. General Joseph Carr, former chief of staff to General Rosecrans, dies at his Washington home.
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New York
Atenement
Joseph Carr
General Rosecrans
Washington
Russia set to reply to Japan on pacific terms
St. Petersburg January 29 The council of state met under Grand Duke Alexis to draft a Czar approved reply to Japan on the war issue. Lamsdorff Kuropatkin Argellane Abaya Sakharoff and Hartwig attended as pacific assurances were given to preserve peace and end the magotatons. The response is expected to reach Japan tomorrow.
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St. Petersburg
Russie
Council of State
Alexis
Lamsdorff
Kuropatkin
Argellane
Admiralty Department
Abaya
Committee of the
Far East
Sakharoff
M. Hartwig
Asiatic Alltgion Jrand
Japan
Japan awaits Russia note as war fears rise
Jan 29 Tokyo reports anticipation of Russia's reply to its latest note. Baron de Rosen informed. Count Lamedorff and Foreign Minister Lamedorff expect a response within days. If unsatisfactory, Japan may declare war. Tokyo also notes Russia will discuss the czar's decision. Japan pursues a financial program with bond issuance and tax raises amid public approval and criticism of the plan.
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Tokio
Russia
Baron de Rosen
Kurlav
St. Petersburg
Lamedorff
Count Lamedorff
Tzig
Rungsian Imperial Council
Japan
Ultimatum to British Tibet Expedition Pending Return
The British expedition to Tibet under Colonel Younghusband faced a Tibetan ultimatum from a high lama demanding retreat to Guatong. Reinforcements are arriving from Lhasa and Shigasto, with plans to attack the British camp at Tula. Meanwhile road work continues north of Lingmathang as a flying column stands ready if needed.
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Chumbi
British India
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Depon- Iams
Guatong
Lhasa
Shigasto
Tula
Lingmathang
Kyber
Dalai-Lama
McDonald
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