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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1907
Page
3
Four hundred miners are believed dead after a noon explosion at the Darr coal mine near Connellsville. Relief trains head to the town as officials confirm a large toll. By Dec 20 over 250 bodies have been recovered with many headless and mutilated remains reported.
A powerful blast in a Palermo powder factory leveled much of the town this morning. Twenty five people were hired, many injured, and numerous houses burned as a general panic swept through the area.
Pinkerton detective agency reports the capture of a defaulter in Old Mexico near Rusurada and Lars tbria of William Walker, tied to New Bet Seoneet. The bulletin notes surveillance and pursuit across the region with a formal arrest outcome.
A bankers committee in Albany considers readjusting banking laws. They plan to oppose registration of a bank chain and challenge loan underwriting. They also urge cash reserves of percent of deposits and restrictions on loan concealment. Harry Ellsworth expands his assaying plant on Washington Street and plans a furnace-room addition. An advert misprint dispute is noted with a recovered bill.
Yolande Alabama reports a catastrophic mine blast with many dead and dozens more trapped. Rescue teams struggle as interior gasses hamper efforts amid continuing recoveries. By December 18 eighty bodies removed, with forty-five more casualties identified yesterday and today.
James Oliphant, a wealthy New York Stock Exchange member, was fatally shot in his office by Charles Geiger, described as insane. Geiger, a physician to the sultan, then killed himself and died shortly after.
Idaho observes strict blue laws with only drug stores open and telegraph offices closed for the first time in state history. The measure, reported by The Daily Gateway in Boise, was in effect nationwide on Sunday December 16.
Secretary Taft arrived from a global trip declaring Japan eager for amicable relations with the United States and refusing to discuss the Atlantic fleet. A social note reports Miss Hulda Werner and Mr. Gunnar Boe wed at the bride’s brother’s home. Discovery of papyrus rolls on Elephantine dates helps illuminate Jewish-Aramaic-Egyptian calendar sworn statements.
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