Marianna Mine Disaster Entombs 275 Men
The Marianna Pennsylvania mine explosion left 275 workers buried beneath 640 feet of coal with rescuers frantically digging at the mouth of the shaft. Most victims are American, with many English miners among them. authorities fear no escape. Rescuers and company officials from Pittsburg and Monongahela rush to the scene as the town reels in shock.
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Marianna
Ita
Pittsburg & Buffalo Coal Company
John H. Johns
Pittsburg
W&o
John H. Jones
Loutit
Kennedy
Mononeehela
Six Die in Oakwood Salt Mine Accident Near Detroit
Six men died four feet underground in the Oakwood salt mine west of Detroit from hydrogen sulphite gas. A rescue party recovered three bodies within an hour. three others remain at the shaft bottom in hard reach.
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Detroit
Mich
Oakwood Salt Mine
Strawghn No Interurban Depot Ordered by Railroad Commission
The State Railroad Commission refused to compel the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern interurban to build or maintain a depot at Straughn Indiana twenty miles west of Richmond. Revenue from freight and passenger fares through November 21 totaled about 82. The commission found depot costs would exceed revenue and create hardship for the company.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Strawghn
Richmond
Terre Haute
Eastern Traction
State Railroad Commission
E. S. Barton
Straughn
Railroad Commission
Willis
Lewisville
Interurban
Judgment Filed In Shaw Company Vs Peterson Case
Wayne circuit court has entered judgment in the case of George A Shaw Company versus Charles Peterson on an account for 90 dollars and 31 cents. The ruling concludes the dispute over the owed amount and formalizes repayment terms.
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Wayne
George A. Shaw Company
Charles Peterson
Indian land payout shared by Morning Star descendants
H O Burden of Richmond receives 3200 dollars from Uncle Sam as part of a government payout to descendants of Chief Morning Star and the Cherokee tribe moved from Alabama to Indian Territory. The total nationwide sum is 19460 dollars divided among six siblings and other relatives in the Burden family.
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HW. O. Burden
East Main Street
Burden
Morning Star
Alabama
Indian Territory
Sam
H. O. Burden
Charles
Clarence III
Richmond
New Paris
Weather summary for Indiana and Ohio shows rain and warmth
The Weather Prophet reports Indiana showers on Sunday with warmer temperatures. In Ohio, rain expected in the south, rain or snow in the north, with a warm trend overall and warmer conditions except in the extreme southwest portion.
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Indiana
Startling Theories Arise In Steinheil Case In Paris
Paris reports new arrests and startling theories in the Steinheil murder mystery. Investigators shift to magistrates Andre and Seydett as France reels from ties rumored between Mme Steinheil and the Faure poisoning. D. Arton defends Mme Steinheil amid family murders, while experts weigh possible mania for lying. The chamber of deputies elevates the case to a national crisis.
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France
Paris
Madame Steinheil
Mme
Steinheil
Mme. Steinheil
President Faure
M. Seydett
M. Andre
Mme. D. Arton
Jeppy
Chamber of Deputies
Acton
Mme. Steinhell
Brewers Divide Threatens Indiana Politics
Indiana brewers plan a meeting next month to map strategy for the senatorial fight and local option battles amid rumored dissension. Albert Lieber and Crawford Fairbanks reportedly oppose Fleming and Hoffman, while Fleming seeks unity to back his political allies. The locals discuss replacing county option with township and ward options, with Wabash County in the spotlight as ministers push a county vote.
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Ellis Searles
Indianapolis
Ind
Brewers
Indiana
Chicago
Albert Lieber
Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Stephen H. Fleming
Port Wayne
Fleming
Edward G. Hoffman
Fort Wayne
Lieber
Fairbanks
Hoffman
John E. Lamb
John W. Kern
Kern
Indiaapolis
Steve
Probaly
Wabash County
Wealthy Accused of Being Railroaded to Asylum in Chicago
F Gardner told the county board committee investigating Dunning asylum abuses that relatives are coercing wealthy individuals into the estate and that dozens have been jailed there. He offered to reveal names and addresses and described threatening letters received since his year-long probe into the deaths of Pieper Witt Groosman Leshinsky Smith Weber Krutt. The panel planned to hear him later as it weighs cruelty claims and pending business-management charges.
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Chicago
Dunning
F. Gardner
Gardner
Gustav Pieper
Karl Witt
Oscar Groosman
Oseph Leshinsky
Anna Smith
Paul Weber
Kalmer Krutt
Battle Over Speaker Cannon Flares In Congress
Washington scene shows insurgent push to oust Cannon and reform House rules, with plans to elect the rules committee and push a tariff bill. Taft undecided, Frank Hitchcock gathering lawmakers to weigh a winning strategy. In Indiana, Governor-elect Marshall pledges home rule and repeal of metropolitan police law.
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Washington
Cannon
Congress
House
Committee On Rules
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Speaker Cannon
Payne
Republican House
Muncie
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Marshall
Army Wins Annual Game From Navy In Tough Victory
Army defeats Navy in a stubbornly fought annual contest as several players retire due to fatigue. Overconfidence among the Navy squad contributed to the loss, with the outcome marking a hard victory for Army.
Army Navy Record at Franklin Field Ends 6 to 4
West Pointers win a bitterly fought Army Navy clash at Franklin Field with six wins each and one tie this season. The crowd numbered over thirty thousand as officials and society leaders attended the historic game. In a fiercely contested first half Army struck first, Navy failed to hold, and the West Pointers pulled ahead to clinch the 6 to 4 victory amid intense rivalry and dramatic plays.
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Philadelphia
Army
Navy
West Pointers
Franklin Field
Uncle Sam
Naval
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ethel
Nicholas Longworth
Capitol
Helen Taft
Bryn Mawr
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Reds
Gotham
Alfred Vanderbilt
Lake E. Wright
H. C. Scott
J. Franklin Bell
Brooke
J. C. Bates
BR. M. Young
George A. Garretson
Horace Porter
Theodore Gibba
Chas. F. Roe
John A. Johnson
George B. Harris
Dupont
Clarence Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Wm. Croster
Ordnance
John A
Wests
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Little City
Burden Happy Man
The
Middies
Army-Navy Record
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