Fraterville coal mine disaster toll rises in Tennessee
In Coal Creek Tennessee two coal mines Fraterville and Thistle suffered a deadly explosion. Reports say 70 to 30 men were inside, only five bodies recovered with one man alive but dying. Rescue efforts hampered by heat and slate falls as officials estimate up to 152 killed across both mines.
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Associated Preas
Coal Creek
Tenn
Fraterville
George Carp
Knoxville
Sentinel
Coal Creek, Tear
Anderson County
Ten Ee
Coal Creek Coal Company
E. C. Camp
Clty
SFE
Coal Creek District
Coal Creek Belt
Thistle
Pittsburg
Winnebago Street
South Side
Adam Griepp
The Spanish Plot
Madrid police are reticent on the anarchist plot and arrests. Investigations focus on Gabriel Lopez and Francisco Suarez with questions about dynamite purchases and the royal carriage incident. A prudent magistrate handles the case, avoiding sensationalism.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Liberal
Gabriel Lopez
Francisco Suarez
Wilde
Lopez
Hiad
Lopes
Suarez
Illegal fishing cases heard in Justice Bairds court
Samuel Crego pleaded not guilty to illegal fishing for sturgeon using enay hooks and set for trial May 21. T. J. Thompson admitted guilt on two counts including set lines in the Fox river. fine suspended. Wardens Runson and Waite arrested both men. Also noted is a cook school dinner at the high school with praise for the students.
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Neenah
Samuel Crego
Hee
Wheen
Fox River
Thompson
Runson
Winneconne
Waite
Oshkosh
Dades
Kodak Combine Plans Consolidation Of Enterprizes
Associated Press reports details of a proposed Kodak consolidation. The combined ventures total about 20 million dollars in value with a 7.2 percent capital rate. The New Jersey incorporated firm will acquire worldwide properties, including photographic cameras, films, papers, and other materials. Major operations span Rochester Jamestown New Jersey Harrow England and Toronto Canada.
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Associated Press
New York
Kodak
Beecheater
Tribuny
Rochester
Jamestown
N. J Harrow
England
Toronto
Canaa
Plan to curb Negro mortality in New Orleans
The special committee from the recent Negro Race meeting submits a plan to lower the Negro death rate in New Orleans. It recommends regular health sermons in colored churches and hygiene instruction in colored schools to improve public health.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Tragic double murder and suicide near Fiasuniesd
Crazed by unrequited love for eighteen year old Abitha McCullough, William Austin fatally wounded Alettha McCullough and four family members at the Wilkinson home then killed himself. An infant survived. Sheriff and coroner started investigation.
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Associated Press
St. Augustine
Pia
Alettha McCullough
Wiliam Austin
Sutelie
Willan Wikingen
Fiasuniesd
WiHar Wikinton
Mrs. Wikingen
Winkinson
Abitha McCullough
Wikinson
John Kellar
Wilkinson
Austin
Perry
Young Lady Drowns In Lake Winnebago Tragedy
Miss Rose Munter of Menasha drowned when a boat overturned on Lake Winnebago near Brighton Beach. Escort Peter Kelly was rescued and later hospitalized in Appleton in precarious condition. He claims Munter rocked the boat, laughing at him, causing the accident. Searchers continue for Mills Munter’s body as details of the drowning unfold.
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Menasha
Wis
Rose Munter
Lake Winnebago
Brighton Beach
Peter Kelly
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Appleton
Mills Munter
Kelly
Miss Munter
Menisha Wooden Ware
Sabbath Stillness as Coal Strike enters Second Week
Hazleton Pa May 19 marks the second week of a total coal mine shutdown following a deadlock between miners and owners. Townsfolk observe a quiet, desolate scene with only essential workers and repair crews present. Local meetings discuss morale and potential relief if the strike prolongs, with locals adding members but no aid applications reported.
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Associated Press
Hazleton
Calfare
Focala
Union
California Shocks Felt in Northern California
A slight earthquake tremor was reported in northern California at around 10 80 as morning light broke, with residents noting a quick jolt and shaking. No damage reported, authorities advised caution and monitoring for aftershocks.
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Associated Press
Ban 2Raneclaco
Cal
California
Hotel Court Checks British Prisoners Amid Uproar
In the Windsor hotel Montreal a courtroom opens in a hotel corridor as John F. Gaynor and Benjamin D. Greene face removal. Police guard the fights over alleged US kidnapping plots while lawyers clash with authorities and the judge.
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Associated Presa
New York
Windsor Hotel
Canada
Court of Justice
Montreal Dispatch
Herald
John F. Gaynor
Benjamin D. Greene
Montreal
Tascchereau
la Fontaine
Gaynor and Greene
United States
St Might
Quebec
Taschereau
Jasl
Lemb
McMahon
Hita
Boats In Collision Report From New York Bay
The Mauch Chunk ferry of the Central Railroad of New Jersey collided with a Baltimore and Ohio ship while near Jersey City. About sixty passengers were aboard the Mauch Chunk and all were removed with no injuries. The Middletown Staten Island ferry also collided with the steam yacht Aileen. one man, J C Atterbury of New Brighton, Staten Island, was killed. The Aileen’s bowsprit damaged the Middletown’s cabin. the yacht proceeded without further issues.
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New York
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Buttery
Middletown
Aileen
Alleen
Richard Stevens
New York Yacht Club
J. C. Atterbury
New Brighton
Staten Island
Ed Msion
Teveadds
Desauch and ruin: Farm hand wrecks homes in Greenvillage
Peter Jineman, 30, a farm hand for Charles Winner near Greenvillage, went on a drunken spree with an ax, wrecking three houses and harming Mrs. Winner. He also damaged two other homes before Sheriff’s posse confronted him. a house owner’s shot felled him and he was jailed. Mrs. Winner is in serious condition.
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Associated Press
New York
Peter Jineman
Charles Winner
Greenvillage
Winner
Baker
Ao Posse
Falen
Mrg
Independent telephones to invade Milwaukee
Madison Wis May 13 The entrance of Independent telephones into Milwaukee now looks like a sure thing with Edwin Reynolds E A Wadhama and P C Winkler as incorporators The capital stock is 50000 dollars
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Northwestern
Madison
Wis
Independent Telephones
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Independent Telephone Company
Edwin Reynolds
E. A. Wadhama
P. C. Winkler
Lumber Pliers Strike On Menominee River
An Evening Wisconsin dispatch from Marinette reports four hundred union lumber pilers walking out on a strike demanding wage increases from 41.75 to 20 per day. The mill men refused, arguing they can hire workers at lower rates. Several mills could not operate due to the strike and bad weather.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Marinette
Menominee River
Missouri mules purchased for South Africa war halted
The British government has halted wholesale purchases of Missouri mules for service in South Africa. Telegrams to agents report large orders from the past week will be shipped to Lathrop Missouri remount station, which will close. The dispatch signals an imminent end to the war and a shortage of horses and mules.
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Burnswootaiel Press
Chicago
Missouri
South Africa
Agenta
Bt. Joseph
Anya
Apeet
Tribune
Lathrop
Death Toll Soars From Mount Pelee Eruption
Relief lists place 28 000 buried in St Pierre with 6 000 saved and 3 000 drowned as estimates rise. Relief ships Cincinnati Sterling Potomac Longfellow French cruiser Suchet and Madina assist, while New York reports flap over unloading supplies. Bodies of American consul Thomas Prentis and British consul James Jupp identified for shipment.
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Associated Press
New York
Mount Pelee
Fort de France
St. Pierre
Cincinnati
Sterling
Potomac
Longfellow
Suchet
Madina
Chamber of Commerce of
Thomas T. Prentis
Canul
James Jupp
A Distinguished Prelate Visited Oshkosh This Week
A report from Rome cites Ix Rev. 8. G. Messmer bishop of Green Bay as a possible archbishop candidate. Messmer, educated at a Catholic university in Washington, is praised as an intellectual, hard worker and respected by all who know him. If appointed, he would serve as American Catholic Church representative in the Philippines and beyond, though he has not sought the role.
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Oshkosh
Aocretey Ix
G. Messmer
Green Bay
Messmer
Catholic University
Washington
Italman
Jie Iu
Rome
Maoulla
Philippines
Tathu
Imposing Catholic Parade Dazzles Oshkosh Crowds
A vast Catholic benevolent societies parade stretched nearly two miles in Oshkosh, with 278 marching band members and 36 societies. Dignitaries including Rt. Rev. Bishop Messmer and Mayor John Muir attended as Arion, Milwaukee, and Green Bay groups led the procession through crowded streets.
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Oshkosh
Oregon Street
St. Vincent de Paul's Church
Twelfth Street
Ninth Street
St. Vincents Hall
Messmer
Green Bay
John Muira
A. Wibbert
St. Vincent's Church
Arion
National Guard
Independent Cadets of
Milwaukee
Knights of St. George
Knights of St. Michaels of
Ciatholic Knights of
Plymouth
Wit
St. Michael's Verein
St. Bonificius Society of
Company’ A
Catholic Knights of Racine
St. Aloysus’ Society of Racine
St. Michael's Verein of
Racine
St. Antonius Society of Calvary
St. Claudius Society of
St. Cloud
Wis
St. Peter's Society of
Steboysan
St. Bonifacius Society of
Sheboygan
Young Men's Society of
Fond Duinc
St. Michael's and
St. Joseph's Society of
Fond du Lac
St. Joseph's Vercin of
Two Rivers
St. Bonifactus Society of
Manitowoc
St. Joseph's Society
Appleton
Maarytown
Kenanskum
St. Jozephat’s Church of Oshkosh
Desert Their Tubs Strike Shuts Paterson Dye Houses
Paterson New Jersey May 19 Every dye house in the city was closed due to a general strike ordered last week Two policemen stood guard at each plant as a precaution with no disorder by noon The strikers plan to lure dye workers from Pennsylvania towns and from Petersburg Virginia to join the union and quit their tubs in sympathy.
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Associated Trees
Paterson
N. J
Geome
Pennsylvania
Ank Skein
Petersburg
Excessive Charges Follow Death of Texas-Bound Youth
Reports detail the death of Harry Hollister and the costly efforts to move his body from Mexico to Texas. A physician and accomplice allegedly arranged to ship the corpse before death. customs and Mexican burial laws would have required payments at numerous cemeteries, potentially totaling around $2,000. The Mexico crossing was staged with deception, including a death on a train and a concealed identity.
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Harry Hollister
P. W. Hollister
Mexico
Hollister
Texas
Silag
el Paso
United States
Nol- Uster
Undertaker Overcharges in Hollister Death Case
Debunked rumors claim Mex authorities found Hollister boy before the border crossing. The bereaved parents faced high costs blamed on an American undertaker in Euso who charged 3700 for a casket said to be worth 850 and 100 for partial embalming, with Oshkosh undertakers contesting the figures.
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Hollister
Mexico
Euso
Buckalaf-Edwards Company
Oshkosh
Death by own action at Fond du Lac Wisconsin
May 19 report cites Miles Jeasie McNeel daughter of Dr J H McNeel health board member who shot herself driven by strain from a serious case. In Kaukauna Miss Helen Hart forty, owner of property, jumped into the canal at 10 80 pm. brothers Charles and Martin Kiilance, locktender sons, rescued her though she fought. The motive remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Fond du Lac
Wis
Miles Jeasie McNeel
J. H. McNeel
State Board of Health
Lilsa McNeel
Chicago
Kaukauna
Northwestern
Kenosha Delegation Seeks Wartime German Catholic Benevolent Convention
A Kenosha group from the German Catholic Benevolent societies attended the meeting at St Vincent's hall to secure the state convention two years ahead. Notable attendees included Matt Schmidt and F C Stemm. Elections of officers and the next convention site were the final items on the agenda.
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German Catholic Benevolent Societies
Kenosha
gBtate
Ecliy
Matt. Schmidt
F.C. Stemm
St Vincent's Hall
Funeral of Chief Weisbrod Held by City Police
Funeral services for Chief Weisbrod, longtime police leader, set for Wednesday at 2:30 PM from the Masonic temple with Masons and G A R posts in attendance. A 9:30 AM private family service will precede the public rites, with the police force and city officials marching in the cortege. The city hall and police office display mourning, and officers wear black crepe for 30 days. Weisbrod was known as a steadfast friend and stern, brusque figure.
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Nee Weisbrod
Masonic Temple
Masons
H. Smith
Masonic Order
G. A. KR. Poste
Forco Jong
Police
Welebrod
Death of Miss Finn at 26 in Division Street home
Miss Finn, aged 26, died of consumption at her parents home at 122 Division Street on Sunday. The funeral is set for 2 o'clock Tuesday.
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Diviston Street
Miss Finn
Division Street
Nomination for Delavan Postmaster Barnes sent to Senate
Washington May 19 The president today sent to the senate the nomination of Adel E Barnes to be postmaster at Delavan.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Adel E. Barnes
Delavan
Funeral of James Morrison Arrives from Duluth
The body of James Morrison arrived at 6 19 this morning from Duluth escorted by the deceased’s children. The remains were taken to St Peter's Catholic Church where Father Brody officiated. Pallbearers included Hubert Brand John F Monahan James Masterson William Kelly Thormae Quinn.
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James Morrison
Duluth
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Father Brody
Hubert Brand
John F. Monahan
Monahan
James Masterson
Willama Kelly
Thormae Quinn
Texas Storm Toll Rises With Towns Damaged
A Texas storm and tornado killed about ninety people and injured well over a hundred in Golind and caused extensive property loss. San Antonio and Austin suffered damages, while Minola saw wind and rain uprooting trees and damaging homes. In India a cyclone battered Thane, washing away rail lines and destroying telegraph lines with unknown fatalities.
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Associated Preas
Dallas
Texas
Wine of
San Antonio
Austin
Minola
Willingham
India
Wan Bombay
Thane
Scinde
British India
Attempt on Vilna Governor Stuns European Russia
An unsuccessful assassination attempt targeted the Governor of Vilna in European Russia yesterday evening. Lieutenant General von Wahl, former St. Petersburg chief of police, was noted in records as the alleged agent, amid prior student unrest troubles referenced from years ago.
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Vilna
Russia
Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Bay
Abie
von Wahl
Bishop Taylor Dead at Palo Alto
San Francisco May 19 Bishop William Taylor aged eighty one, a famed Methodist missionary bishop, died after long illness at Palo Alto. Fifty years ago he began evangelistic work spanning the globe, serving as bishop in Africa until age. Chicago matron Helen Wood superintendent of the Erringl Women's refuge died suddenly at seventy, after directing chapel services for twenty one years. Charles Sumner Nichols, forty eight, head of spinal parallels in Chicago, was a newspaper man and magazine writer, former editor of The National Magazine.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Willam Taylor
Methodist’ Church
Palo Alto
Africa
Chicago
Helen Mo
Wood
Charles Sumner, Nichols
Nichols
Chicago Press Club
The
Biks
Chicago To Northwestern Railway
National Magazine
Papal Committee to Handle Philippine Mission Talks
Rome May 13 As the pope cannot lead the effort personally a three cardinals committee will confer with American delegates. Expected members include Martinelli Satolli and Vive Tuto with a Spaniard. Mgr Gasharri named secretary. Bishop O Gorman notes Rt Rev John M Parley could influence arrangements for the late Archbishop Corrigan.
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Martinelli
Satolli
Vive Tuto
Mgr. Gasharri
Bisop Thomas O'Gorman
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