30 Nov 1908
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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1908
Page
1
Rescuers recover bodies from the mine while officials weigh the count, with 25 bodies pulled from an iron bucket by nightfall. Coroners plan a jury as crews face gas, wreckage, and dangerous conditions. experts from PA and WV assist, while many victims are English-speaking Americans.
Pittsburg reports 82 bodies recovered with 30 more found and to be raised today at the Marianna mine of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal Company. Twenty five bodies were removed yesterday from the site, most badly mutilated or dismembered, as the town of Marianna mourns after an explosion that Friday killed many miners and shocked the nation.
Two Japanese steamships collided off Chefoo China on November 30. Details are scarce but reports indicate about 700 sailors drowned in the disaster.
Washington reports the U S Supreme Court upheld a Virginia railroad commission order setting a two cent passenger fare on state business as constitutional, reversing the lower court ruling.
The body of John B. Gedney, owner of the Gedney Pickle company in St Paul, was found under a bridge in Minneapolis yesterday with a fractured skull. Police ponder whether robbery and areal assault caused the death or a tragic accidental fall from the structure.
New York November 20 Walter Benjamin publisher presents a document he says proves Paul Revere did not make the midnight ride. The letter from John Hancock to Elbridge Gerry dated Lexington April 18 1775 at 9 oclock notes sending word along the Concord road and arousing Lexington and Concord. Benjamin argues Hancock’s guarded phrasing reflected danger of mail seizures and would undermine Revere’s alarm cry. The Hancock to Gerry letter was previously published in 1828 with the exact 9 oclock hour omitted.
Fear rebels will seize Port au Prince sparks panic as stores close and residents bar doors. Foreign nationals display flags. markets empty while President Alexis vows to continue the struggle amid insurgent gains and troop mobilization. US offers no intervention, viewing Haiti’s crisis as internal affairs.
Paris authorities seek poison links in the Mme Steinheil murders as the disinterred painter Adolphe Steinheil's body, degraded by decay, yields viscera for chemical testing. Evidence from quarters challenges charges tied to President Faure’s death while Mme Steinheil’s proximity to him remains noted. Meanwhile in Washington the National Rivers and Harbors Congress expects about four thousand attendees for December sessions on waterway development. In Melbourne Australia, Davis Cup contenders clinch victory over Wright and Alexander.
Rome reports Pope Plus X has a slight fever and remains in bed after careful doctors examination. With proper rest they expect no complications and all audiences are suspended for the day.
One man was killed five others seriously injured and many passengers badly shaken when the Chicago Limited on the Pittsburg and Western branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad crashed into a buckled freight train near Valencia Pennsylvania about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh.
Chicago officials relay a call in which two men boasting of fake five dollar bills flood Milwaukee avenue businesses. Peter Dratzburg of the secret service arranges to meet them leading to the federal building where Gustav Bayer and Henry Michaels are seized. The pair admit tired efforts to elude detectives.
The Rock Island system led a shift in postal policy with the second assistant postmaster general announcing monthly payments for mail service starting January 1. The change ends quarterly settlements, affecting railroads nationwide, with annual totals exceeding 48 million dollars, increasing monthly cash flow and contractor payouts.
Fielding H Yost Michigan football coach is named trustee and general manager of the Great Falls River and Power company to run an electric line linking middle and east Tennessee towns between Chattanooga and Nashville. Power to be furnished by the Great Falls near McMinnville Tennessee. Yost plans to assume duties at once.
Bryan's son-in-law W H Leavitt is invited to head an exhibition tour for Societe des Beaux Arts canvases sent to America in 1909. He is finishing The Last Supper and plans to reunite with his wife in Denver after completion.
Springfield public prosecutors aim to finish 35 riot trials in Sangamon county in a plan that broadens the scope of proceedings. The announcement comes as the office contemplates handling multiple cases concurrently to speed justice and reduce delays in the docket.
The Lafayette Trust company, a Brook lyn reorganization of Jenkins Trust, did not open today and will liquidate after refusing a requested capital increase. Officers say failure to obtain the needed capital caused the shutdown, but depositors are promised full 100 cent on the dollar.
Frederick Rustin, victim in the Davis murder case, was described as afflicted with a personal crisis mania for two or three years before his death. Davis' attorneys will offer self defense during the trial, which began amid a crowded Omaha courtroom.
Mrs John T Langosky was killed and her husband and youngest son seriously injured when an express train struck them on the Wisconsin Central bridge over the Wisconsin River near Stevens Point. Three other children escaped. witnesses stood with sightseers amid cyclone ruins. Also, the comptroller of the currency issued a call for national banks to report conditions as of November 27.
Heavy snowstorm blankets eastern Colorado from Saturday night to late yesterday setting new records in places. Denver tramway officials say it was the hardest they have faced, while weather reports show only about three quarters of an inch of precipitation.
Washington November 30 Herbert L Satterlee of New York is reported to be offered the post of assistant secretary of the navy to replace Truman H Newberry who will tomorrow become secretary of the navy Satterlee a Republican lawyer is brother in law of J Pierpont Morgan and has long been connected with naval matters
William Jennings Bryan and companions hunted big game in Chihuahua Mexico. The bear charged Bryan after being shot and ripped his coat, but Bryan struck with a gun butt. The party then killed the bear and several other game creatures while noting Gov. Bernidido sponsored the tale.
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