Cross Mountain mine disaster claims 8 bodies in Tennessee
News recounts the Cross Mountain coal mine explosion near Briceville Tennessee in which 100 miners were entombed. Eight bodies have been recovered and identified as Lee Poulston Parlie Rolen Taylor Ault Charles Kesterson Wil Farm er mine foreman James Foust Herman Sharp.
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Briceville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
Knoxville Tron Company
Lee Poulston
Parlie Rolen
Taylor Ault
Charles Kesterson
Wil! Farmer
James Foust
Herman Sharp
Stephenson
Knoxville Iron Company
Knoxville
Thistle
Middlesborough
Tennessee
Fraterville
Cooler Weather Coming From Northwest Outlook
The weather bureau bulletin says mild temperatures across the eastern half will yield to seasonable warmth in the region by Tuesday or Wednesday. No drastic cold is seen until next Thursday or Friday, when notably colder conditions are expected to spread to the northwestern states.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
James Hana 101, Western Indiana’s oldest man dies
James Hana aged 101, believed the oldest man in western Indiana if not the state, died at his home in Perth Clay County. A farmer, he had been working on his farm daily until a few days before his death.
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Brazil
Ind
James Hana
Indiana
Perth
Clay County
Imperial Ministers Struggle To Obtain China Loan
London December 1 A Pekin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports Chinese finance pressing for a 3,000,000 tael loan as bankers hesitate and await U S backing to overturn a loan ban. Revolt leaders warn such aid would breach neutrality and invite reprisals on Europeans nationwide. The empire from the Amur to Tonquin is described as starving for money.
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London
Pekin
Daily Telegraph
China
Washington
Amur
Tonquin i
Wan Ting Fang Named Envoy to Peace Conference
Shanghai reports Wan Ting Fang former Chinese minister to the United States will represent the revolutionists at the peace conference with imperial government representatives. Yuan Shih Kai proposes provincial autonomy while federating under the current emperor.
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Shanghai
Wan Ting Fang
United States
Yuan Shih Kai
Mrs Vermilya Ill After Arsenic Suspected Poisoning
Chicago December 11 Mrs Louise Vermilya held on murder charges in the death of Arthur Bissonette probationary policeman and tied to other deaths is critically ill in the county jail hospital. Jail physician Dr Thomas Hogan says her illness stems from arsenic reportedly self administered after arrest. He warns recovery will be lengthy but not immediate death.
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Chicago
Louise Vermilya
Arthur Bissonette
Vermilya
Thomas Hogan
Tarantula Bite Causes Death in York Worker
York pa Dec 11 Leo Sharp died within twenty four hours after a tarantula bite while unloading bananas. He sought a doctor but the poison could not be neutralized.
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York
Leo Sharp
McNamara Brothers Begin Long San Quentin Term
James B and J J McNamara arrived from Los Angeles and entered San Quentin after an escorted train and steamer trip. They were handcuffed, checked in, measured and shaved, then housed in cell No 18 and assigned to the jute mill with future varied work ahead.
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San Francisco
James B
J. J McNamara
San Quentin Prison
Los Angeles
Port Costa
Hamill
San Quentin
Bay Shore
McNamaras
James BR. McNamara
Rat disables Wabash power plant in short circuit
A rat, living in the water and light company power house for three months, climbed a wall and crawled behind a switch board causing a short circuit that cut electric lights and power in Wabash for forty five minutes. The rat was cremated by the surge and the plant was restored after the outage.
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Wabash, Ind
Wabash
Water and Light Company
Farmer John Taylor Dies in Middletown Heir Estate News
Middletown New York December 11 John Taylor a well known farmer near the city who learned he was an heir to an estate valued at 180000 has dropped dead.
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Middletown
N. Y
John Taylor
Nine Die As Prest-O-Lite Building Collapses
Indianapolis December 11 nine men are dead after the Prest-O-Lite building collapse last Wednesday afternoon. John Tucker a colored man died at St Vincent's hospital, increasing the fatal roll to nine.
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Indianapolis
John Tucker
St. Vincent's Hospital
Tucker
Fifty Years Ago Today December 11 Highlights
Prince Albert Edward ill with fever in England. Charleston fire destroys over 500 buildings in two days with losses around 7 million dollars. American Federation of Labor formed in Columbus with Samuel Gompers as president. Alonzo King the water walker crossed Niagara Gorge wearing zinc shoes.
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Prince Albert Edward
Queen Victoria
England
Charleston
D. C
Charleston Courier
The
Charleston Mercury
American Federation of Labor
Columbus, O
Samuel Gompers
New York
Alonzo King
Niagara Gorge
Falls
Armour Reappears as Packers Trial Moves Ahead
J Ogden Armour president of Armour and Co appears at the Chicago court session for the Packers trial the second time since the case opened. He greets defendants with a smile and helps handle telegrams during cross examination as jury completion nears in the Sherman anti trust meat price fixing case.
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J. Ogden Armour
Chicago
Carpenter
Armour & Co
Mr. Armour
Talesmen
John Barton Payne
United States
Hocking Valley
Charles V. Eliot
Larverd
Ceylon
Congress
Taft
Hundred
McNamara
Passports Bill Before Duma Omits American Jewish Rights
The December dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the passports bill now before the Duma contains nothing about American Jews in Russia. Novoe Vremya editorial calls US agitation electioneering and argues the Russo American treaty would suffer if the issue persists, warning of mass Jewish emigration from Russia to America.
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Duma
St. Petersburg
United States
Russia
Novoe Vremya
America
Bomb Explosion Injures Thirty in Liege Biograph
A bomb exploded during a film showing at Liege, Belgium, injuring about thirty people seriously. The incident occurred on December 11, with authorities treating it as a major blast and investigating the motives.
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Brussels
Liege
Ante
Hoekin Overtures Immunity in French Lick Dynamite Case
Indianapolis reports indicate H S Hoekin or a confidant sought immunity in exchange for grand jury testimony on the French Lick hotel dynamite bombing. An affidavit ties Hoekin to threats against a nonunion contractor and to instigating an explosion after nonunion labor disputes. Detective Morgan traced the blast to Harry Underwood, who fled after confessing. Underwood remains at large. Walter Drew, Erectors' assn attorney, stays for the federal grand jury probe.
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Indianapolis
United States
Miller
Washington
H.S. Hoekin
Hockin
Hoeckin
John J. McNamara
The
Iron Workers
McNamara Hockin
Tom Taggart
French Lick
Morgan
Harry Underwood
W. S. Hockin
Underwood
Walter Drew
Erectors’ Association
Grand Jury
Chief Cause of Poverty Reassessed in New York City
The New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor reports illness unemployment and low wages as the main causes of poverty in 1910 11, surpassing intemperance and immorality. The group spent 225000 dollars and aided 105008 people in the year.
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New York
New York City
New York Association
Former Gary Timekeeper Pleads Guilty in Grand Larceny
Thomas J. Brooks former chief timekeeper for the Gary United States Steel case admits guilt in Crown Point circuit court. He faces a sentence from two to fourteen years in the Indiana reformatory for payroll frauds that swindled United States Steel out of 150000.
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Gary
Ind
Thomas J. Brooks
United States Steel Corporation
Crown Point
Indiana
Governors and Sights of Gotham in Eastbound Special
Oregon executive aboard alfalfa special visits East as part of a stateside tour. Officials inspect agricultural facilities, discuss crop prices, and meet local leaders to review policy impacts on farmers and regional markets.
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Oregon
Lorimer Probe Hears Alleged Harvester Offer
The Lorimer committee hears Elbridge Hancey defend against claims from Maxwell Edgar that Clarence Darrow offered $10 000 to settle back tax suits against International Harvester. Edgar A Bancroft counters that Edgar proposed a $40 000 to $50 000 payment for favorable valuation changes, while other witnesses discuss Lorimer influence and loans connected to the case.
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Washington
Lorimer
Senate
Elbridge Hancey
International Harvester Company
Maxwell Edgar
Chicago
Illinois Tax Reform. Association
Eegar
Clarence Darrow
Edgar A. Bancroft
Edgar
Harvester Company
John A. Bingham
Vandalia
Joseph S. Clark
Charles H. Simmons
Charles A. White
Lee O'Neil Browne
Bingham
Clark
Simmons
White
Browne
Briggs House
Zion Restorationist Proclaimed as Deposed Leader Crowned
In Zion City New Jersey Elder W D Taylor once Dowies successor is deposed by followers Rupert Devereaux raises his flag and issues a weekly paper Zion Restorationist This week the periodical contains sensational charges against other leaders.
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Zion City
W. D. Taylor
Dowie
Rupert Devereaux
Taylor
Zion Restorationist
Stein Brother Fatal Poisoning at Chicago Home
Isaac Stein aged sixty took poison at his brother Lester Stein's Chicago home where he was visiting after sixteen years apart. He died by his own hand.
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Rochester
Bee
Isaac Stein
Chicago
Lester Stein
Arrive on Alfalfa Special With Western Governors
Colonel Bill Hanley arrives in town leading a party of western governors and officials aboard the Alfalfa Special train. The escort includes governors Hawley Idaho Eberhardt Minnesota Norris Montana Oddie Nevada Burke North Dakota Vessey South Dakota West Oregon Carey Wyoming and representatives from California Colorado Washington. The group tours to promote their states and the Panama Pacific Exposition upon arrival in Jersey City and Manhattan.
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New York
Bil Hanley
Oregon
Bryan
Bill
James H. Hawley
Idaho
Adolph C. Eberhardt
Minnesota
Beb, L. Norris
Montana
T. L Oddie
Nevada
John Burke
North Dakota
Robert Vessey
South Dakota
Oswald West
Joseph M. Carey
Wyoming
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Calvin Brown
San Francisco
Fitzgerald
Colorado
Shafreth
Marion Hay
Washington
J B. Barnes
Brady
Jersey City
Philadelphia
North
Waldo
O'Keefe
Thompson
Edwards
Robert Adamson
Rocky Mountain Club
Manhattan
Waldorf Astoria
The
Mountain Club
John Hays Hammond
Pope seeks longer Rome visit by American cardinals
The pope desires American cardinals to extend their stay in Rome. Other items include Rockefeller and Gates declining to testify at a steel inquiry and over 100 miners reportedly trapped after a blast in Briceville Tennessee.
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Pope
Rome
Rockefeller
Gates
Briceville
Tenn
United States
Centraliaj-T
Chicago
Texas
Britain
Bryan on the Isthmus isthmus lecture tour and tragedy
Panama December 11 William Jennings Bryan arrives from Jamaica to deliver a series of lectures along the isthmus. News comes that M Derosa Prenel vice consul drowned at Colon while bathing.
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Colon
Panama
William Jennings Bryan
Jamaica
M. Derosa
Prenel
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Zion
Elder Taylor
Chicagoan
Self
Bill Hanley
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