Death Blast in Steuart Mine Kills Dozens in West Virginia
Charleston reports a catastrophic explosion at the Steuart mine near Fayetteville in Jayette county injuring and entombing around 200 workers. Fifty to sixty dead are confirmed with expectations of more fatalities as rescuers work. A list of identified dead includes H B Colburn and John O Boyle among others. many whites and foreign miners remain unaccounted. The mine sits 568 feet deep in the Bewali seam on White Oak Fuel line near Carlisle, four miles from Fayetteville and seven from Thurman. Rescue efforts continue despite grim prospects.
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Charleston
W. Va
Stewart
Fayetteville
Jayette County
Bewali
White Oak Fuel Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Carlisle
Vayetteville
Thurman
Olburn
Bank
John O. Boyle
Sire
Frank I. Light
Charles Johnson
Walter Blake
Henry
Lester
Frank Loving
John Morris
John Town
John Atkinson
Leet Staggs
Thomas Tony
Thomas Williams
Otto Clendenning
Giles Minner
John Minner
Cecil
Norman Krouse
Grant Howlett
Samuel Histlett
James Eskeley
Thomas Orrnge
William McClune
Karl Simpson
William Haydon
Richard Lewis
William Cook
John Hamilton
Ison
Jesse Arthur
Silas Davis
Sullivan Machine Company
John and
Charles Quick
John Schmidt
William Massey
Richard Lea
Robert McIntyre
Peter Witt
Cecil Lewis
James Bradley
Enos Banks
Geary
Train collision in Crowder City causes two deaths
Eight people were injured in a collision between a Missouri Kansas Texas freight train and a Texas passenger train near Crowder City Oklahoma Territory. Fatalities include freight engineer W B McCarver of Denison Texas and fireman Ed Henderson. Other injured include A F Cooper paralyzed S V Linton head injury and E J Rainey hip injury.
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South McAlester
I. T
Kansas
S. V. Linton
McAlester
E. J. Rainey
H. S. Rhodes
Dreight
Good Year for Beet Sugar In Michigan Campaign
The Michigan Sugar company reports a highly successful beet sugar campaign with 72 million pounds produced by its factories at Carrollton Alvin Bay City Caro Sebewaing and Croswell and 78 million pounds from other Michigan factories totaling 150 million pounds for the year.
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Saginaw, Mich
Michigan Sugar Company
Carrollton
Alvin
Bay City
Caro
Sebewaing
Croswell
Failing Russian Wheat Crop Prompts U S Purchases
Russia, facing a failed low wheat crop, will buy United States wheat this year. The Hardwood Manufacturers Association of the United States holds its fifth annual meeting in Memphis.
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Russia
United States
The
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association of the
Senate to vote on Smoot seat February 20
The senate agreed to vote on the resolution declaring Senator Smoot not entitled to his seat at 4 oclock on February 20. A Thaw murder trial panel of 100 talesmen was ordered in New York with one juror secured, making 10 announced thus far.
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Washington, D. C
The
Evening Journal
Senate Today
Smoot
New York
the Evening Journal
Big Loss for Cattlemen in Severe Western Winter
Minneapolis report quotes J H Howells of Minot North Dakota as predicting cattlemen face losses exceeding 1 million dollars due to a brutal winter. He cites thousands of dead cattle along trail routes through Alberta and Montana and notes North Dakota losses will be less than these regions. Howells recounts a Harve Montana rancher offering 10 000 sheep for 3000 dollars after they were worth 30000 last fall.
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Minneapolis
J. H. Howells
Minot
N. D
United States
Canada
North Dakota
Alberta
Montana
Howells
Hlavre
Mont
James R Roosevelt discovers Brailer ex burglar in stolen furniture case
James R Roosevelt learns that John Brailer, who threatened to sue over the theft of his bride, is an ex burglar. Roosevelt had arranged to recover possession of expensive furniture taken by Brailer and stored by the Terminal company after Brailer’s wife Hattie Mosier left. Roosevelt had paid for the furniture.
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New York
James R. Roosevelt
John Brailer
Brailer
Roosevelt
Hattie Mosier
Governor George R. Carter of Hawaii Named Governor in 1904
George R. Carter, a Honolulu native and Yale graduate of 1888, served three Yale football seasons and two Yale rowing seasons. After business in Seattle, he returned to Hawaii to head the Hawaiian Trust Company and was appointed governor by President Roosevelt in 1904 following a letter request on Hawaii's affairs.
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George R. Carter
Territory of
Hawaii
Honolulu
Yale
Seattle
Carter
Island
Hawaiian Trust Company
Roosevelt
Young Carter
Hiu
Wiley warns on dangers of cold storage and oysters
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley testifies before the House Agriculture Committee on storage times and food deterioration. He notes milk and cream spoil quickly, eggs deteriorate, meat improves for weeks then declines, and fresh quail can be distinguished from year-old by sight and smell. He condemns freezing oysters for shipment and brands bulk oysters risky.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
Chemistry Bureau
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On Agriculture
Dr. Wiley
Wiley
Mine Explosion Wrecks Harrisburg No. 1 Mine
A gas explosion badly wrecked O Gara mine No 1 in Harrisburg. Mine inspector D A Draper died while inspecting before miners descended. Several mules perished. tipple and fanhouse damaged. interior wrecked. Draper, a newly married young man, likely died from gas ignition.
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Harrisburg
O’gara
D. A. Draper
Draper
Dynamite Blast Destroys Oyster Bay Grocery Store
An explosion at Crank Carome's Italian owned grocery in Oyster Bay Long Island demolished the store. Carome and his family were bruised and a man in a room above the shop was seriously injured. The blast is linked to a feud among Italian workers of local contractors.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Crank Carome
Carome
Coroner’s Jury Finds Death From Swallowing Brains
In Decatur Illinois on January 30 a coroner's jury ruled that George B. Thomas an Illinois Central brakeman died from swallowing his own brains after a fall into pumping machinery. The skull base was fractured and brain tissue entered his throat, with death occurring after most of the brain had oozed through the opening.
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Decatur
George B. Thomas
Illinois Central
Thomas
Oysters Questioned for Interstate Trade by Dr. Wiley
Dr. Wiley testified that oysters opened and shipped in buckets are dead after an hour and should be barred from interstate commerce due to spoilage and loss of flavor. He answered Has questions on the issue during the inquiry.
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Dr. Wiley
Has
Farmer on trial for alleged murder in beating
John A. Gleichman a wealthy Evansville farmer stands trial after neighbors allegedly beat Oliver Bryant a coal miner to death with fence pickets last summer for allegedly catching him assaulting his wife.
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Evansville
Ind
John A. Gleichman
Gleichman
Oliver Bryant
Senate sessions and bills move forward in Washington
The senate opened with Hale criticizing excess talk and pledging work. It passed the diplomatic consular and fortifications bills while Beveridge pushed his child labor measure. House approved the customs appraisers boost for New York and a Florida school ground conveyance plan. The agricultural appropriation bill retained the free seed feature as its drafting continued.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Beveridge
House
Board of Customs
New York
St. Augustine
Fla
McCumber Pension Bill Cleared by House Committee
Washington report notes the House committee on pensions and invalid pensions, acting as one, favorably reported the McCumber service pension bill. The bill grants Mexican War and Civil War veterans monthly pensions based on age with $12 at 62, $15 at 70, and $20 for those over 70.
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Washington
House Committee On
House
Trials of Vollmer family dwarf ordinary misfortune
Columbus Indiana January 30 1920s report details the Vollmer family woes. Christopher Vollmer former marshal and merchant endures the death of his 10 year old son a crippled daughter from a fall and injuries that left his wife and himself nearly blind from a blow and a splinter respectively.
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Columbus
Ind
Job
Christopher Vollmer
Vollmer
Vollmer family in legal woes and reform school placements
A Vollmer family story recounts a son in Jeffersonville reformatory for highway robbery and another in Plainfield reform school for boys. A third is in a home for feeble minded. A woman, Vollmer, has begun divorce proceedings after a prior acquittal for shooting and wounding her sweetheart Otto Judd.
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Duemeliters
Ee Yen
Otto Judd
Vollmer Sons
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Plainfield Reform School
Vollter
Aged Lady Dies of Grief After San Francisco Disaster
Kalumaveo Michigan January 80. Mia John Souser aged 64 dies at home from grief over the presumed death of her son William and his wife in the San Francisco earthquake and fire last April. The son had gone to the coast to become an engineer and the couple arrived three days before the disaster. No word had reached them since the day before the catastrophe, and the mother, after weeks of waiting, collapsed and has kept to bed, crying for her son.
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Kalumaveo
Mich
Mia
John Souser
William
San Francisco
Simmer
Spanish premier dissolves cortes and schedules election
Prime Minister Maura orders the dissolution of the cortes and calls a general election. Rhode Island lawmakers remain deadlocked on a U S Senate choice. Jefferson Davis, serving as sex governor, is elected senator from Arkansas. United States Steel declares a quarterly dividend of 0.5 percent on common stock and 1 percent on preferred.
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Maura
Cortes
Rhode Island
United States
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago live stock market mixed receipts and steady to strong
Chicago markets report heavy receipts of hogs and cattle with mixed packers and shipping grades. Hog prices range from 66.60 to 86.90, cattle and calves show steady to strong demand, and sheep and lambs are steady with varied quotations across grades.
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Texas
John A. Babcock Receives Note Promising 4 Square Deal
A terse message to John A. Babcock promises a four square deal and hints at a straightforward arrangement. The note emphasizes a simple, direct bargain without extra conditions.
Strenuous Senate Protest Over Federal Intervention in California Schools
California senators debate a minority resolution denouncing federal interference in state school policy regarding Japanese children. The majority resolution condemns federal action and urges governor and attorney general to protect state rights, with strong language about safeguarding sovereignty.
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Sacramento
Cal
Senate
California
United States
Uncle Sam
Assembly
State of
Aett
Bret Harte Daughter Inmate Of Portland Poorhouse
Mrs Jeaste Steele, Bret Harte's daughter, is an inmate of Portland poorhouse. Believed mentally unbalanced, she spends days in a sunny room writing on pads and plans to earn money for the stage. Her husband Luther Steele is being sought to determine maintenance responsibility. he had sent $15 weekly but stopped.
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Portland
Jeaste Steele
Bret Harte
Luther Steele
West
Woman in Elgin Takes Life After Sleepless Illness
Mrs. Fred Merritt of Elgin area committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid after two weeks of insomnia caused by her children’s illness. Relatives noted her odd behavior during the final days of vigils. She leaves a husband and four ill children.
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Elgin, II
Fred Merritt
Elgin
Mouse Causes Panic During Fledermaus at Royal Theater
In Vienna at the Royal theater in Josefstadt a mouse ran across the auditorium during Fledermaus. Some women stood on seats and screamed triggering a panic as the audience waited twenty minutes before order returned. The mouse escaped.
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Vienna
Royal Theater
Josefstadt
Two Cent Fare Bill Passed by Senate in Arkansas
In Little Rock Arkansas the senate approved a 2 cent railroad rate bill with an amendment setting its effect sixty days after passage. The next step is House concurrence and then the governor's signature.
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Little Rock
Ark
Senate
House
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