Ninety-Five Bodies Lifted From Harwick Mine Disaster
Pittsburg reports ninety five bodies recovered from the Allegheny Harwick mine with about thirty more at the bottom of the shaft and possibly fifty others inside. Inspector Cunningham says fire damp caused the deaths as rescue crews work through the mine all night and plan graves at a Lutheran cemetery plot for miners without families.
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Allegheny Company
Harwick
W. F. Cunningham
Lutheran Cemetery
Here
Springdale
Four Men Die as Pilot Weight Breaks in Briar Hill Mine
Brownsville Pennsylvania January 29 four foreign workers died when a 400 pound pilot weight broke while the men were being lowered in a bucket in a Briar Hill Coal shaft. The shaft reached GSS feet deep and contractor Samuel Henry of Connellsville sank the shaft. Officials blame failure to remove the weight from the lever before descent.
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Brownsville
Briar Hill Coal Company
Samuel Henry
Connellsville
Briar Hill Company
The
Republic Troy and Steel Company
Fire Claims Three Children in Tenement Blaze on Madison Street
In New York on January 20 a fire in a six story tenement on Madison Street suffocated three children of Louis Collen. The tragedy underscores the dangerous conditions in crowded urban housing.
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New York
Louis Collen
Madison Street
Typhoid Epidemic Hits Columbus as Water Contaminated
Fever chaos reported since January with 560 typhoid cases and nineteen deaths in Columbus Ohio. Health officials link outbreak to contamination from a sewer leak at the west side pumping station drawing water from the Scioto river. Largest daily count reached forty eight cases amid concern over western district supplies.
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Columbus
Columbus, O
Scioto River
West Side
Columbus State Hospital
Massacre Feared After Indian Hostilities in Greenleaf Mountains
Reports say Snake and Werehoota Indians surrounded settlers for five days, raising fears of a massacre. Captain West with a company of Indian police rushed to the area as tensions rise. The tribes threaten to exterminate whites and mixed-race residents, with bitter violence toward halfbreeds.
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Greenleaf Mountains
Captain West
Moody lays out two naval plans for expansion
Secretary Moody testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee with two Navy General Board plans. One proposes an $84 million program adding one battleship one armored cruiser three protected cruisers four scout cruisers two squadron colliers and two submarine boats. The other cuts to $30 million replacing the scout cruisers. Members seek a fleet by 1919 totaling forty eight battleships and about twenty four armored cruisers with proportional auxiliaries.
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Washington
Moody
House Committee On Naval Affairs
General Board of the Navy
Indicted ex Alderman Kopp returns home after six weeks
Chris Kopp former Kansas City Kansas alderman under indictment for bribery by a special grand jury reappears at his home in Kansas City after an absence of six weeks. Local reports confirm his arrival and disclose no new details about the case.
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Kopp
Kansas City, Kan
Kansas City
Chris Kopp
Wan
Man convicted of murder to be hanged in March
Frank Dawson has been found guilty of killing Anna Hartman after a broken engagement in Paris Missouri. He faces a hanging scheduled for March 17. Dawson, from a prominent Monroe County family, killed Hartman at a dance six weeks ago. Chicago reports Alderman John Brennan and Charles McCarle denied habeas corpus and returned to jail.
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Frank Dawson
Anna Trartman
Dawson
Miss Hartman
Munroe County
Chicago
John J. Brennan
Charles A. McCarle
Troubled Times in Tangier Over New Copper Coins
In Tangier on January 20, riots erupted as the government tried to force circulation of new unpopular copper coins with artificial value. Business stalled, provisions grew scarce, and a mob attacked the Christian cemetery, desecrated graves, exhumed bodies, and paraded with heads on poles. The crowd then moved toward the Jewish quarter but was repelled by guards.
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Tangier
Morocco
Indictment Fight Echoes Across States and Weather Impacts
Kopp plans surrender in Indiana after denying a Wyandotte grand jury indictment based on enemy testimony. Most indicted by the grand jury have been arrested or surrendered. Separate notes report Iowa legislators naming committees on tariffs and mutual insurance for factory towns. Also reports heavy snow in Mississippi and Alabama with travel disruption.
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Kopp
Indian Territory
Jeffersonville
Ind
Charles M. Bowles
Wyandotte
Irish leader Dillon Leaves Ireland to Seek Rest in Italy
Dublin January 29 John Dillon travels to the south of Italy under doctor’s orders and will abstain from return or politics for four months. In a farewell letter to John Redmond he says the Irish party will keep Irish freedom at the forefront above other political questions.
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Dublin
John Dillon
Italy
Ireland
John Redmond
Dillon
Engineers thank Roosevelt for Webster appointment
Albany January 29 legislative committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers adopts a resolution thanking President Roosevelt for appointing W. H. H. Webster of Buffalo as United States something.
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Albany
N. Y
Legislative Committee of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Roosevelt
W. H. H. Webster
Buffalo
United States
Rioters Loot Jeweler Shops in Anti-Jewish Disturbance
The rabble looted jewelers shops, robbed and wounded many Jews. The governor was stoned and sought refuge in the palace before authorities convinced rioters to withdraw by promising temporary withdrawal of the obnoxious coinage.
Second Wedding Ceremony After Thirty Eight Years
Colonel Andrew J. Morgan, 70, and Nancy Pickle, 71, wed in Virginia after decades of separation. The tale follows Nancy Hutchings and Burdette Pickle's 1861 marriage, Pickle’s later disappearance amid Civil War service, and Mrs Morgan's divorce suit over desertion. The case notes a son William from Nancy’s first marriage and a Jacksonville connection.
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Virginia
Andrew J. Morgan
Nancy Pickle
Nancy Hutchings
Burdette Pickle
Pickle
Andrew Morgan
Morgan
William Pickle
Jacksonville
William
Enoch Arden
Republican state central committee sets Springfield as site for May convention
The Republican state central committee fixed May 12 as the date for the state convention choosing Springfield over Perth after a 21 to 9% vote.
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Springfield
Lil
Republican State Central Committee
Perth
Suicide verdict in Wright inquest prompts obituary note
In Westminster a coroner's jury ruled Whitaker Wright's death a deliberate suicide by cyanide poisoning after a failure to secure an acquittal. The article details his preparations, the poison and whisky method, his son’s presence, and reactions of witnesses and sureties. Also covered are Chicago cases and a Minnesota baggage-box incident.
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Whitaker Wright
Wright
Westminster
Tie
George Lewis, Jr
Jiplerthy
Lewis
Eyre
Waters
London and Globe Corporation
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