Thirty-Six Dead In Diamondville Mine Fire Probe
A Diamondville No 1 mine fire in Kemmerer Wyoming killed thirty six men and one family, with many Austrians and several Italians or Finns among the victims. Superintendent Sneddon expects body recovery to begin as the fire is controlled. language barriers delayed warnings to some workers.
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Salt Lake City
Tribune
Kemmerer
Wyo
Diamondville No. 1
Damieena Defrancazze
Giuseppe Endrizzi
Siorodono Gabardi
Athleio Ruecel
Giuseppe Transci
Terense Frenzci
Fante Fermelec
Fishvile
Tanano Avany
Thomas Simpson
Frank Dwyer
Thomas Sneddon
Sneddon
Simpson
Diamondville
Alabama
Dwyer
Hudson
Looked Dangerous Charged by New Orleans Police
J S Berger and Daniel Baltimore Chicago men were arrested in New Orleans charged as dangerous and suspicious. They were fined 25 dollars each after a police magistrate found no crime. Berger blamed a whisky drummer friend for the uproar and a saloon keeper alerted the officer. Baltimore says he once served as city photographer under Harrison and state photographer under Altgeld.
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New Orleans
J. S. Berger
Illinois
Chicago
Daniel Baltimore
Lesner
Leslie
Berger
Baltimore
Harrison
Altgeld
Cabinet Resignation Presented to Queen Regent in Madrid
Lieutenant General Azcárraga formally presented the cabinet's resignation to the queen regent. She said she would confer with the president and former presidents of the senate and chamber of deputies and with minority leaders.
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Madrid
Azcarraga
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Beloit Soldier Shane Doyle Killed in Luzon Accident
Beloit Wisconsin February 27 news from Luzon Philippines states that Shane Doyle a Beloit soldier was killed last November by a sentinel in his own regiment the shooting was accidental the sentinel believed Doyle to be an enemy Doyle age 22 was killed in the incident.
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Beloit
Wis
Ben
Luzon
Isindis
Shane Doyle
Tramp Burned in Jail Fire After Lodging Request
In Davenport Iowa a tramp, locked in a wooden Masquokata county jail cell after seeking a night's lodgings, died in a blaze that consumed the jail Monday night. Rescue attempts failed as flames enveloped the building and identity could not be established.
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Davenport
Masquokata County
Brown County builders adopt unprecedented lockout
In Green Bay a local builders association of about forty firms declares a boycotting scheme against master builders. Members will refuse to bid on projects where nonmembers may participate, signaling a bold, new labor action in Brown County.
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Green Bay
Wis
Brown County Contractors’ and Builders’ Association
Brown County
Lynch Horrors in Terre Haute after Murder by Mob
A Black man George Ward who killed Miss Ida Finkelstein is seized by a mob in Terre Haute Ind and hanged on the Wabash bridge. The crowd then burns the body on the riverbank in a public lynching with women among spectators. Ward leaves a widow and two children.
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Terre Haute
Ind
George Ward
Ida Winkelstein
Wabash Bridge
Ward
Lawrence O'Donnell
Cooper
Hessick
le Forge
Circleville
Ida Finkelstein
Mob Spirit Spreads as Lynching Feared in Indiana
In Indianapolis on February 27 reports describe a lynching and burning of a Black man at Terre Haute, fueling public anger after the assault on Dorothy Carter in Irvington. A negro, believed to match the suspect description, was arrested in New Castle as part of the case.
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Quigley
Neewcastle
Irvington
Miss Carter
Oklahoma
Newcastle
Indianapoliay
Indianapolis
Panhandle
Terre Haute
Dorothy Carter
Statesmen in a fury over Louis XVI death reference
Paris session of the chamber of deputies erupted in a riot after Baron Xavier Reille quoted Savary calling Louis XVI death “assassination.” Deputies clashed across factions, an angry Cadenat nearly struck Plichon, ushers intervened, Deschanel rang the bell as pandemonium gripped the chamber.
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Chamber of Deputies
Baron Xavier Reille
Castres
Baron Rellle
Savary
National Convention
Louis Mio
M. Julien Antoine Sim- Yan
Macon
Marshal Soult
Baron Reille
Tribune
M. Bernard Cadenat
Marseilles
M. Jean Phehon
M. Cadenel
M. Plichon
M. Deschanel
French chamber turmoil over treason and revolution
In the French chamber a heated debate over anti clerical policy led to clashes between rightists and leftists. M. Deschanel urged restraint as the session adjourned. The incident followed a vote against the amendment by 365 to 170.
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Savary
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Baron Reille
M. Louis Victor Renou
Seine
National Convention
la Revolution
la Convention Nationale
M. Deschanel
M. Paul Gousey
Gaillac
Louis XVI
M. Augustin Ferdinand de Ramel
Alais
M. Gousey
Chamber
France
Chicago Officer Resigns Over Racial Barrier to Promotion
George Braxton, a colored Chicago policeman, quits his post claiming his race blocks advancement. Tammany's committee of purifiers has disbanded.
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George Braxton
Chicago
Tammany’s Committee of Purifiers
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