Fire Damp Explodes Killing Dozens in European Mine Blast
A series of deadly mine accidents reported from Europe and the United States. In Germany at Kleinrosseln near Foibach a fire damp explosion killed seventy five miners and badly injured twelve, with seventeen missing. In Saarlouis a cage disaster at the Goyhard mine killed twenty five. In Wise County Virginia a gas explosion at the Bond Coal mine left ten entombed, three rescued, seven still inside.
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Associated Press
Foibach
Germany
Kleinrosseln
Tochmond
Wise Courthouse
Bond Coal Company
Greeno
Hand Coal Company
R. P. Bruce
W. H. Bond
Wise
Neenah Bonds Solo Sale of High School Bonds
Neenah Wisconsin March 16 The common council met long after noon hour to approve the sale of the recent levy of 80009 high school bonds to McDonald McCoy and Co Chicago. The firm offered a premium of 1620. The bonds were 4 percent.
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Neenah
Wis
Common Council
McDonald, McCoy & Co
Chicago
Regulation of Railroads Conference Sought by Governor Johnson
Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota calls for a national conference possibly in Chicago to shape how federal and state powers regulate railroads. He aims for harmonized regulation, linking to his past role in the national insurance conference and plans to present the idea to President Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Jonn A Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Three London Warehouses
A fierce morning fire in Finsbury London destroyed three ware houses housing Cox and Co hat makers Maxime wood turners and Green and Co shoe manufacturers. Strong winds drove the flames across Featherstone street. Firemen battled for three hours to control the blaze, with total damages estimated at about one million dollars.
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Associated Press
Yeondon
Finsbury District
London
Featherstone Street
Cox & Co
Maxime Company
Green,and Company
Milwaukee mother of fifteen after triplet birth
A Wisconsin special from Daggett reports Mrs. Joseph Martell, mother of thirteen, gave birth to triplets on Tuesday and now has fifteen living children with only one prior death in the family. The triplet girls are described as strong, all developing well, while the family remains of Feston area ancestry and faces modest circumstances.
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Milhwaukee
Wis
Daggett
Mich
Joseph Martell
Awella Har
Soy Tak
Mrs. Martell
Feston
Children in death by own action pact
In St Louis on March 16 coroner's inquest heard Liebling Slocum ten, and Gertrude Harper ten, made a suicide pact. Gertrude testified she warned her mother of a planned suicide and did not reveal the pact. Liebling had been reproved for truancy and the girls, schoolmates, brooded over dying together. Liebling swallowed carbolic acid yesterday and died last night.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Liebling Slocum
Gertrude Harper
Gertrude
Liebling
Chumse
Rancholy
Leap Into Flood from Warwick Pottery Disaster
March 16 Wheeling West Virginia reports a devastating Warwick pottery works explosion and fire in a wooded Syrian colony. Dozens of residents, mostly children, jumped from burning homes into floodwaters and drowned before rescue. Property damage nears $100,000.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Panie
Warwick Pottery Works
Caris
Rumors Follow Speyer White House Visit
Washington March 16 James Speyer of Speyer and Co New York met with the president at the White House avoiding detail about the talk. Rumors say a letter on railroad policy was discussed but officials could not confirm. The president also conferred with Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts amid talk of railroad finance.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
James Speyer
Speyer & Co
New York
White House
Speyer
Wnen
Mudway Corporation
Teeh
Spever
Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Financial
Areck Exchange
Statie Exchange
Falyre
Gtock Exchange
Ogden Co Thuid
Guilty verdict in graft case against three county officers
Milwaukee March 14 A News special from Ashland reports after twenty hours the jury found state v mike collins vought and mcdonald county officers of bellen guilty of grafimen town orders indicted a year ago and convicted largely on testimony from accomplice peter fishback who turned a late s audence and was discharged the fifth defendant town clerk templin escaped collings prominent in polit
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ashland
Mike Collins
Vought
McDonald
Bellen
Peter Fishback
Templin
Collings
Surgeon’s Scissors Left Inside Patient After Surgery
A pair of fire inch surgical scissors were left in the abdomen of Mrs W I White of Braman Ohio during an operation for a tumor at a Wichita hospital ten days ago. The instrument migrated through the body to her thigh causing excruciating pain and was located with the help of X rays.
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Oy Associated Press
Wichita
Kan
W. I. White
Braman
Ohio
Wichita Hospital
Helicon Hall Fire Kills One Injures Many in Englewood
A gas explosion sparked the Helicon Hall blaze in Englewood New Jersey at dawn. Lester Briggs of Providence Rhode Island died. eight colonists were injured. Writer Grace McGowan Cooke is believed fatally injured. sister Alice McGowan and Leonie Fech tenbere are among the injured. The three story building housed thirty five colony members and staff. financial loss estimated at 45000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Englewood
N. J
Helicon Hall
Upton Sinclair
Lester Briggs
Providence
R. J
Grace McGowan Cooke
Alice McGowan
Leonie Fechtenbere
Quain
Y M C A and Sheboygan Indoor Baseball Clash Monday
Y M C A of this city meets Sheboygan indoor team at Armory B Monday evening for the first time. Sheboygan, strong from outdoor play, schedules Portland Milwaukee Chicago Bryson ton and Plymouth as rivals. The M C A will be reinforced by Alvin Dolan and Edward Jacobs, with James Colling hoped to return from Smodton for the eight o clock start.
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Sheboygan Cnly
Sheboygan Nine
Sheboygan
Milwaukee
Chicago
Byanseton
Plymouth
M.C. A
Alvin Dolan
Oshkosh State Teague
Edward Jacobs
Jacobs Haa
James Colling
Smodton
Mortally Wounded Police Captain Targeted by Revolutionists
St. Petersburg police Captain Radzepuvasky was mortally wounded as he left Yerkhia theater last night. Revolutionists had condemned him to death and searches and arrests proliferated in the Okhta quarter as authorities try to quell the unrest.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Radzepuvasky
Yerkhia Theater
Okhta
Robbers Get Small Sum From Indiana Bank
In Batesville Indiana on March 1 robbers blew the safe at Hirst National Bank but secured only a small amount. Charles Meyer nearby awakened by the blasts fired through a window and exchanged shots with the burglars as they fled.
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Associated Press
Batesville
Ind
Hirst National Bank
Charles Meyer
Mrs Dora McDonald Held for Grand Jury in Murder Case
Chicago March 16 Mrs Dora McDonald wife of Michael McDonald was held to await grand jury action on charges of murdering Webster Guerin on February 21 Judge Newcomer declined to admit the prisoner to bail.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dora McDonald
Michael
McDonald
Webster 3
Guerin
Newcomber
Bell
Quigley Honored At Chicago Church Reception
Archbishop Quixley of Chicago is invited to attend a reception Monday with Sacred College members and church dignitaries to present their guest bishop on the eve of his first retirement in the church setting.
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Associated Press
Quixley
Chicago
Sacred College
CHU Eh
Grogan pleads guilty to petit larceny in town court
Henry Grogan ex convict pleaded guilty in municipal court to stealing several small value articles from 8 J Schuyler on High street. He was fined 10 and given 25 days in the workhouse. He claimed liquor influence. Also noted Friday James Thompson pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disorderly conduct and received a fine and eight days in the workhouse. Thomas Sutton faced a disturbance charge and received a similar penalty.
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Henry Grogan
J. Schuyler
High Street
Grogan
James Thompson
Thomas Sutton
Merritt Street
Governor Folk to Call Special Session on Utilities and Drams
Jefferson City Mo March 16 Governor Folk said he will issue a call for a special session to consider measures regulating public utilities corporations and dram shops. Bills on these subjects favored by the governor were killed by the just-concluded session.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Folk
Fairbanks Case Closed in Steubenville Trial
In Steubenville Ohio on March 16 the indictment against Frederick Fairbanks son of Vice President Fairbanks was not today. The case concerned alleged false swearing to obtain a license on a wagon cart damaged by a car.
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Sy Associated Preaz
Steubenville
Ohio
Frederick Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Hint
Waybills Identified in Federal Court Proofs
Federal court heard witnesses for the prosecution identify numerous waybills from the Chicago and Alton Railroad. Clerk Jo Johnston testified that waybills served as preliminary proof that Standard Office company obtained freight rates on assittments less than the legal tariff.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Joo Chuston
Ginsley
The
Alton Allroad
Steamboat Paul Christened For Oshkosh Firm
A new stern wheel craft named the Paul for Oshkosh Steamboat Company was christened this morning at George Do Ryan shipyards. Capt Le Fever will command, with Mrs Wedge in charge of ceremonies as the vessel slides into the water amid witnesses from the yard, boatmen, and steamboat men. Projected to operate on routes to Whineconne and Bay Boon, the Paul is expected to reach eighteen miles per hour in deep water once engines and boilers are installed.
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George J. Roan
Oshkosh Steamboat Company
Pan
Paul le
Wedge
Paul
Wis
George Do Ryan
Radford Bros. & Co
W. E. Hodge
Hodge
Yarda
Coma Leander Chonie
Charles Ro Clarke
W. W. LeFever
Cint Paul LeFever
Captam le Fever
W. W. le Fever
Atrame
LeFever
Samay
Pariles
Antnber
Whineconne
Bay Boon
Tusten
Bulldera
Filter Wandrey Wedding Unites Madison Man and Local Bride
William J. Filter of Madison and Mrs Bertha Wandrey were married at two in the afternoon at St Pauls German Evangelical church corner North Park avenue and Evans street in a private ceremony officiated by Rev Theodore Trion. The couple will reside in Madison after the Chicago and Northwestern train departure this afternoon. Mrs Filter widow of the late Howard Wandrey is daughter of Mr and Mrs Roman Braudenraus of 273 North Park avenue.
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Madison
Bertha Wandrey
North Park Avenue
Evans Street
Theodore Trion
Foster
Chicago & Northwestern
Filter
Howard Wandrey
Roman Braudenraus
Prices Rally on Wall Street Amid Mixed Market Signals
New York traders watched the market rebound after two days of volatility as the stock exchanges steadied. Thomas Ryan and Morton Viust reportedly invested nearly $4 million in securities, while reactions to the bank statement and the bear squeeze pushed various rails and industrials upward before profit taking cooled gains. Merged reports note broad participation across unions and brokers with cautious optimism about a durable recovery.
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Hartiman
Albers
Reikefalers
Po Pn
Thomas Po Rysw
Morton Viust
Ryan
Harriman
Pholst
Pilecy
Shorts
Bears
Profi
Union Pacific
Hill Stocka
Southern Paelic
St. Paul Pennsylvania
United States Steel
Amalgamated Copper
Bulla
Hearing Continued in Charing Steinert vs Oshkosh Electric
In Oshkosh a court ordered the hearing on the case of Charing Steinert by his guardian ad litem against Oshkosh Electric Light and Power company continued to March 28. The order also restrained Sheriff from selling property once owned by Edgar P Sawyer linked to the company. Other cases discussed include Frederick L. Yockey v Roemheld Gallery denying a new trial and setting a $1,100 damages verdict, and National Union Bank of Oshkosh v John O Maxey with unclear remption.
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Sumuluans
Suganna Sanders
Albert Saniary
Ty Font du Lac
Llot
James Weleh
State of Wirconsia
John Handiob
Charles Barber
Wredinger
John W
Witten
Jessie Ontiman
Frank Orton
Kasta Dodsen
Pml
Thea
Cinecana
Tn Efrent
Cruse
Charing Steinert
Hia Guardian
Ad Htem
Oshkosh Electric Light and Power Company
Burnell
Tihyner
Sheriff's
Edgar P Sawyer
Steinert
National Union Bankef Gankooh Ve
John O. Maxey
Ashle
Death notices and funeral plans in local city paper
Mrs Amanda Mo Dena wife of the late A W Dean and mother of Dr Stella Nelson died at noon today at 43 Division Street during a temporary stay with Mrs William Roberts. She was ninety years old with general debility. Funeral arrangements pending with services at 20 East Street and Liverside Cemetery. Mrs Wilhelmina Pfeil died at 72 of general debility at 159 Vine Street. No funeral details yet.
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Amanda Mo Dena
A. W. Dean
Stella
Nelson
Thia City
William Roberts
Division Street
Dean Belng
Eighteanth
Oregon
Stofvenberg
Fromany
Dumers
Wille
Otlock
Walker Wintstlat
Mre Frermey Walker
Madison Street
Trity Church
Hev. Z. W. Gremswood
Peail
Wilhelmina Pfeil
Vine Street
Leishman Presses Issue at Constantinople
Constantinople March 16 The audience with American ambassador Leishman centered on recognizing American schools and missions in the Turkish Empire. The issue seems close to a satisfactory solution.
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Associated Forass
Constantinople
Leishman
Water to Be Analyzed by City Mayor’s Order
Mayor John Ranier announces immediate steps to test Oshkosh Water Works supply for purity after numerous citizen complaints and fears typhoid linked to drinking water. He will arrange analyses to determine exact condition and address concerns.
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John Ranieroh
Oshkosh Water Works Company
Great Flood Over and Havoc Laid Bare
The Associated Press reports Pittsburgh and surrounding areas suffer vast flood damage as rivers recede from record levels. Health officers begin cleanup while measures aim to prevent epidemics. dozens dead and many missing amid paralysis of mills and railways.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Alegheny
Health Department
J. F. Edwards
Louisville
Ohio
Barth
Board of Public Qrafety
Mass Street
Fourth Street
Poole
Ely
Trent Street
Portsmouth
Dancer
Parkers
Parkersburg
Mairey
Aldfret
Weither
Howe
Stan Tenal
Panera
KRY
Western Telephone Company
Trenton
Marek
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