Mass mining disaster toll rises with 113 dead
Mo nongah fatalities climb as 423 miners are rescued or recovered from Nos 6 and 8 tunnels. Seventy-one bodies found by this morning with many unidentified, 19 men recovered later and 112 bodies surface by afternoon. Rescue work continues amid rain and deep mud with officials warning the total dead could rise to around 140.
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Momongah
Martin
Eornic
John Duretz
Monongah
John Hornock
West Monongah
George Tomeo
Paul Provitsky
Ignot Goff
West Monongal
Thomas Duvall
Alvert George
John Krestofitz
Andy Sti
Felix Gasco
Nick Colbet
John Lombardo
John Allen Ringer
Else Watkins
Farmer
Wandomico, JR
Paul Honeck
Mike Wassle
Stall
Sven Wowlik
Benefit Performance for Monongah Sufferers by Chester DeVonde
The Chester DeVonde company will donate all proceeds from Wednesday night’s opera house performance to Telegram relief funds for Monongah mine disaster victims. Tickets cost 50 cents, available via Telegram, city outlets, or Telegram office. The play "Rhaamaalaa" is a seven act Madagascar set production, with elaborate scenery.
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Chester DeVonde Theatrical Company
Opera House
Chester DeVonde Company
Madagascar
Bank Liabilities Far Above Assets in California Trust
A suspended California Safe Deposit & Trust Company statement shows assets possibly totaling seven million dollars against liabilities of nine million dollars. The Associated Press report from San Francisco dated December 10 notes the unusually high liabilities compared with assets for the bank in this financial squeeze.
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Pres SA Fracisco
California Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Vacation Close for City Schools Over Christmas
The city schools will close the evening of December 20 and reopen January 3 for the Christmas holidays.
Oklahoma Elects U S Senators
By Associated Press. Jauruenie Oklahoma December 10. Robert Latham Owen of Muskogee and Thomas Prior Core of Lawton were formally elected to the United States Senate today by the Oklahoma legislature. Both are Democrats.
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Associated Press
Jauruenie
Okla
Robert Latham Owen
Muskogee
Thomas Prior Core
Lawton
United States Senate
Oklahoma
Men dig graves along Monongah mines duty train
A force of forty to fifty trackmen from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad left Clarksburg Tuesday morning on the interurban trolley to Monongah to assist in digging graves for victims from Monongah mines Nos. 6 and 8. They carried picks shovels and other tools and began work at the cemeteries after arriving. The workers had been stationed along the Parkersburg to Clarksburg stretch.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Monongah
Salvation Army Collecting Supplies for Monongah Sufferers
The Salvation Army will call at homes and stores to collect clothing and provisions for the Monongah sufferers and deposit the same at the city council chamber. W. Stuart of West Union was here Tuesday on business.
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Salvation Army
Aind
Stuart
West Union
Missing Spencer teacher Boggs leaves Nolan's Run School
Romeo Boggs, a Spencer area teacher at Nolan's Run School near Lumberport, vanished after last Friday. A week later a letter from St Louis requested his resignation, with clues suggesting he may be en route to Oklahoma. No cause or trouble at the school is known.
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Romeo Boggs
Spencer
Nolan
St.outs
Boggs
Nolan's Run
I OK
Funeral for Mrs Elen Radford Wednesday at 2 P M
The funeral for Mrs Elen Radford widow of Albert Radford will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock at her East Pike Street home between Oak Street and Park Avenue. Burial follows in the IO C F Cemetery. She died Monday afternoon after a lingering illness at age 52. Surviving are three children Albert Maud and Fred Radford. Mr Radford founded the A Radford Pottery Company with a plant in East Clarksburg and was its general manager until his death. He came to Clarksburg from Zanesville Ohio where he was active in the same business.
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Joseph H. McDermott
Morgantown
Dawson
Grafton
Fairmont
Dan Domico
Leonard Domico
Loretta Alexander
Andy Eaton
Andrew Burrough
Marie Bogreous
Coleman Bolanero
Patsy Carvalant
Salva Ferarra
Andrew Shaw
Elen Radford
Albert Radford
East Pike Street
Oak Street
Park Avenue
C. F
Radford
Albert
Maud
Fred Radford
Mr. Radford
Rescue Work In Monongah Mines Faces Horse Carcass Issue
Dec. 10 report notes apprehension that rescue efforts may halt due to numerous horse and mule carcasses in mines No. 6 and 8. Eleven animals in No. 6 and 33 in No. 8 were killed. stench not overpowering workers. Lumberport Gas Company starts third well on F. D. Heldreth farm near Lumberport.
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Monongah
Lumberport Gas Company
F. D. Heldreth
Lumberport
Cuiterc and Flatteners Refuse to Work Under New Scale
Labor unrest grips Adamston and surrounding plants as cutters and flatteners refuse the Amalgamated window glass wage scale. Clarksburg plant to close tonight, Peerless Northview and West Fork near shutdowns unless replacements arrive. Strike spreads amid court case seeking dissolution of the separate organization.
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Amalgumated Window Glass Workers of America
Cleveland
Clarksburg Window Glass Company
Adamston
Elegan
Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America
Nso
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated
Spihe
Te Peerless
Northview
West Fork
West Virginia
Tun
Cleveland Court
Mayor Crile Directs Monongah Mine Relief Funds
Mayor L C Crile announced that all money donated at the council chamber for Monongah mine sufferers will go to the Telegram relief fund with donor credit. Donations and donor lists will be published in the Telegram daily. Many women and children remain in destitute circumstances after the disaster.
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Council Chamber
L. C. Crile
Telegram Relief Fund
Donnor
Battleships Minnesota Kentucky Reach Hampton Roads
Norfolk reports the Pacific bound Atlantic fleet of sixteen ships has assembled in Hampton Roads ahead of a Monday voyage to San Francisco. The Minnesota and Kentucky arrived today by wireless escort, signaling the fleet’s readiness for the voyage.
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Norfolk
Minnesota
Kentucky
San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Youtsey On Stand In Goebel Murder Trial
Harry E Youtsey testifying in the Powers trial described a chat with Dr W R Johnson before Goebel killing and said Johnson bought smokeless cartridges in Cincinnati during the case. The testimony places Youtsey at the center of the homicide investigation as he serves his sentence for complicity.
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Uby Associated Press
Georgetown
Harry E.youtsey
Gobel
Powers
Youtsey
W. R. Johnson
Goebel
Cincinnati
Company at Monongah offers aid after calamity
Prevident C. W. Watson releases a signed statement expressing sympathy to the victims and families. The company pledges to alleviate suffering and urges those affected to present their needs and desires. Work continues, and a personal conference is invited for anyone bearing the burden. Time and patience will be required, but cooperation should help.
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Monongah
Dee
C. W. Watson
Inauguration of Governor Elect Wilson in Frankfort
Under a gloomy sky and in front of a large crowd Governor elect Wilson was inaugurated at noon. The parade stretched nearly a mile with Kentucky Military Institute Millersburg Institute and various marching clubs. Governor Beckham rode with Wilson on the inaugural carriage as ceremonies unfolded before the State buildings.
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Frankfort
Elect Wilson
Kentucky Military Institute
Millersburg Institute
Beckham
Cotton production in 1907 projected at 11,678,000 bales
The Department of Agriculture estimates total cotton output for 1907 at 11,678,000 bales of 500 pounds each in Washington. The report appears in a dispatch from Associated Press with the dateline Washington December 10. Thomas Hawker of Shinston was in the city on Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Thomas Hawker
Shinston
City
Daily Telegram Relief Fund Receives Donations at Merchants Bank
Donations are being received and will be deposited at Merchants National Bank to be forwarded later to the stricken city. The handwritten list mentions Brunnawick Billiard Parlor, Trinity Memorial M. E. church, locals like J. C. Israel and Harry Douds, and various organizations including Bricklayers Union and Modern Maccabees contributing sums.
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Merchants National Bank
Brunawick Billiard Parlor
Trinity Memorial
M. BE
Larksburg Council
Bricklayers Union
J. C. Israel
Modern Maccabees
JL Francis
Harry Douds
Lucius Hoge
Fascene United Woolen Mite
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BH Farrito
George Polonchee
Charles McKane
W. L. Morris
Monnonesh
Hcil Morris
Marion Morris
Mike Moterkee
Pete Moterkee
Joe Bogola
Sam Thompson
John Donko
No.ne
Devonde Company
Telegram
Relief Fund
U. S
Baltimore & Ohio
MicolNg
Ellen Radford
A. Radford
Watson
Pacific Ocean
Caleb Powers
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