Union Fight in Court Over Mine Workers Dispute in Pennsylvania
In Pillsburg on February 3, a court injunction halted violence as United Mine Workers officials clash with convention delegates led by President Dolan. Dolan, amid calls for his removal, seeks to retain control of meeting books and office, while delegates resist, leading to ongoing disorder in the district convention amid a broader national labor conflict.
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Pillsburg
Dolan
United Mine Workers of America
Neten
Common Pleas Court
Nowhiel
Sessen
Dolan Eten
Chicago
Illinois
Auditorium Hotel
National Scale Committee
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Marriages and Obituaries From Old Virginia and Nearby Areas
Fragmented notices cover marriages and a string of obituaries or memorials in quick succession. Entries mention Hereford Marion and Anna Alder, Nor a Keyser, and several others, with interment details and residence locations in Laurel Maryland, Linnville Virginia and Troy New York among scattered dates in February and references to private services and cemetery plans.
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Hereford K. Marion
Bement, IH
Anna Mo Snarhim Alder
Nora Keyser
Linnville, Va
Porkin
D[ivan
Laurel, Md
Mary Hokey Clement Pollyer
Jennie A Grant
Vtlett
Henriétta J. Bartiets
Joseph D. Harris
Key Tete
Privette
Butler
View Blige Wooltushy
Verrima Ga Tika
Wunerak
Hite Page
Yike
Troy
N.Y
Pitleckdphua
New York
Boston
Wih
James
Sarah Ie Vigla Eelmunds
Luft
Veare Intesal
Tech Street Northwest
Rurntry
Terment
Jac
Troursiay
Vss Rce
West 147Th Street
Conored Jackson
Fibmars
Stecet
Johnny
Saran Potion Jenkins
Tieaid
Wim Catharine Chapman Jenkins
Pennstenia
Notre
Cordelia ML
Kenrick
Root
J. Giurl Mary BE
Om Re. Lous
Jasuis
Melada
Annie A
Charles C. Meads
Pitommanier
Ofelock
William ST. Sl
Health Office Record Fragment Obscure Details
Fragmented health office record lists ages and locations with numerous unreadable names. Mentions hospitals such as Casnalte Hospitsl and Tavern Wash Ast and addresses like 411 Willow Tree al and 071 Dimbartom ave. Entries include ages from 1 year to 84 years and scattered local cellar or ward references.
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Anarestia
Neha
Fenton Nw
Trowa
Sears
Metellus
Regan
Garfield Hospital
Neale
Marriage and death notices inserted in the Washington Post
Notice states they will appear simultaneously in multiple morning newspapers at no extra charge upon application. Papers listed include New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Science Journal Rochester Herald It Solis Republic Syracuse Post Standard Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Washington Post
W York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Scence Journal
Uester Herald
Solis Republic
Syracuse
Post-Standard
Pi Pioneer Press
Minneapolis
Tribun
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati
Enquirer
Miners Warned by Lewis Over Dolan Quarrel
The miners rally around Dolan denying misconduct while warning that removal attempts threaten 20 000 miners interests and a treasury of over 25 000 dollars. National Vice President Lewis urged delegates to remain orderly as the injunctions are served.
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National
Lewis
Wilcox
Delaware and Hudson
Illinois
State House Acts to Probe Pennsylvania Coal Mining by Rails
Harrisburg February 9 The house adopted a resolution directing Attorney General Carson to inquire whether railroad companies in Pennsylvania are engaging in coal mining in violation of the state constitution and to take action if found. The measure passed with slight opposition and moves to the senate Monday night.
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Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Carson
Pennsylvania
Senate
Magic Boot Case Begins In Jefferson Market Court
The Washington Post reports the start of an inquiry into Matthew Helgert and Dr. Albert Whitehouse, who ran a "magic boot" institute claiming cures for locomotor ataxia to tic deloureux. Testimony shows failed cures, with Mrs. Hefva Lubbe recounting her son Henry’s worsening hip and spine issues and seeking restitution.
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Washington Post
New York
Matthew Helgert
Albert Whitehouse
Tic Deloureux
Helgert
Poole
Jefferson Market Court
Dr. Whitehouse
Hefva Lubbe
Henry
Whitehouse
Rockefeller at Key West Yacht Sighted
Viggo Hansen of Racine claims a private yacht with John D. Rockefeller on board was laid up at Key West Florida on February 4. Hansen, traveling in the South, says he sat at the same hotel table as Rockefeller. The yacht’s next stop remains unknown.
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Racine
Wis
John TD. Rockefeller
Key West
Fla
Viggo Hansen
Hansen
Mr. Rockefeller
Theodore Thomas Memorial Fund Opened in Cincinnati
A popular subscription campaign started in Cincinnati with an initial 35 000 dollar gift from A Howard Hinkle former president of the Max Festival Association. The plan calls for a Theodore Thomas memorial statue to be placed at Music Hall and ready for the May festival. A total of 10 000 dollars was raised before bids are invited.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
A. Howard Hinkle
Max Festival Association
Theodore Thomas
Music Hall
Wreckers lodge complaint over Canadian firm in ship salvage
Milwaukee firm Gillen Wrecking Company of Kadine formally complains to Customs Collector W H Devos against Reid Wrecking Company of Sarnia Ontario regarding salvage work on stranded steamers Arig and Whitney in American waters. The move could trigger international tensions with Canada. Sinth Minn reports Reid Wrecking Company has a contract to salvage three US Steel steamers wrecked in the gale last November.
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Milwaukee
Wis
W. H. Devos
Gillen Wrecking Company
Kadine
Reid Wrecking Company
Sarnia
Ontario
Arig and Whitney
Canada
Sinth, Minn
United States Steel Corporation
Reorganization Plan for the French Kongo Proposed
Colonial Minister Clementel presented a plan for political administrative and economic reorganization of the French Kongo at a ministerial council meeting chaired by President Loubet. The announcement appears in Paris on February 3.
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Paris
Clementel
Council of Ministers
Loubet
Bombblast at Russian Cabaret Kills Two Inmates
In St Petersburg a bomb exploded inside Cabaret Schlusselberg-Chaussee injuring eighteen and killing two. Reds clashed with Black Hundreds as troops sealed off the district and arrested many. A female assailant killed Vice Admiral Chouknin before being shot.
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St. Petersburg
Schlusselberg-Chaussee
Nevaky River
Shahs Son Accused Of Misgoverning In Shiraz Province
From St Petersburg reports Persia faces acute cleric versus royal conflict. Southern Persia sees severe misgovernment under the Shah’s favorite son, governor of Shiraz, prompting foreign diplomats to press Teheran for a probe. If the inquiry fails to remove him or ease the crisis, open revolt may follow.
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Shiraz
Persia
St. Petersburg
Shah
Teheran
Gold Medal for Campbell Awarded by Royal Society
London February 9 at Burlington House the Royal Astronomical Society awarded the gold medal for 1905 to Prof. William Wallace Campbell of the Lick Observatory California Ambassador Reid presented the honor praising Campbell for his spectroscopic work advancing knowledge of stellar motions.
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London
Royal Astronomical Society
Burlington House
Ambassador Reid
Society
William Wallace Campbell
Lick Observatory
California
Campbell
King dissolves Parliament in Portugal amid chamber disorder
Lisbon Feb 9 King Charles signed a decree dissolving parliament after recent obstruction and disorder in the chamber of deputies. The council of state is weighing next steps with no further action taken yet.
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Lisbon
Charles
Chamber of Deputies
Council of State
Fifty Five Natives Drowned in Transvaal Mine
Fifty five natives perished when South Rose gold mine flooded in the Transvaal near Johannesburg on February 9. Rescue efforts and inquiries followed as authorities investigated the tragedy and local operators faced scrutiny over mine safety measures.
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Transvaal
Johannesburg
South Rose
Higher Wages in England Increase for Cotton Operatives
London reports mill owners in northern counties have granted a wage rise of 21 2 percent for cotton operatives, starting in May, affecting about 160 000 workers. This marks the first major raise in years.
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England
London
Counties
Count Boni de Castellane Faces Separation Scandal
Special Cable Dispatch to The Washington Post reports Count Boni de Castellane has not appeared in Parliament since his wife's separation suit. A Radical opponent seeks the Basses Alpes seat next election, while pressure grows to convert the separation suit into divorce. Social circles sympathize with the Countess.
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Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Basses Alpes
Countess de Castellane
Boxers Sparing Americans In Changpu Uprising
A report from Peking dated February 9 states the Changpu mob of boxers destroyed English Presbyterian and Roman Catholic missions near Amor, causing $4,000 in damage. American missions were uninsured. details are scarce. Local sentiment toward foreigners is hostile, making the spared Americans notable.
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Changpu
Peking
Amor
Hasten Funeral of King Christian Proceeds in Denmark
Preparations for King Christian's funeral at Roskilde proceed with feverish haste requiring night and day work. Danes in America send large floral tributes including a huge wreath from New York. By now 1,522 wreaths have arrived. American Minister O'Brien will represent President Roosevelt at the funeral, receiving a wreath of orchids for the coffin.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Slotskerke
Roskilde
America
New York
O'Brien
State Department
Washington
Roosevelt
Insurance Broker Missing In Arrears Sparks Lawsuit
Cincinnati, Feb 9 Louis Runck a longtime local insurance broker is missing for five weeks linked to arrears with Anchor Insurance and alleged stock speculation. Beheible Bros claim Runck collected 273.87 in premiums from Lewis W. Ebnert Paper Co last October then vanished. Ballman and Foster sued by Runck’s wife for 1800 and 2500 alleging losses from speculative dealings.
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Sweetal
Washington Post
Cicinnati
Ohio
Louis F. Runels
Anchor Insurance Company
EB. D. Prentice
Bunck
Cincinnati
Mansfield
Béheible Bros
Dayton
Runck
Lewis W. Ebnert Paper Company
Merchants’ National Bank
Roberta Runck
John W. Ballman
Louis W. Foster
Foster & Co
Stale l
Twenty Rounds To A Draw In California Boxing Bout
The 20 round bout between Kid Hermann of Chicago and Aurelio Herrera of Bakersfield Calif ended in a draw in Bakersfield California on February 9 after a full distance. Both fighters showed stamina and scored no decisive winner in the long scheduled match.
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Hermann-Herrera
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Cal
Kid’ Hermann
Chicago
Aurelio Herrera
Calif
Helen Keller Ordered to Rest by Physician in Massachusetts
Deaf and blind advocate Helen Keller, tied to Radcliffe College workload and public engagements for aid to the blind, has fallen ill. A physician orders a long rest, ending her in hand duties and several upcoming public appearances in support of the blind.
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Wrentham
Mass
Radcliffe College
Helen Kellar
Miss Kellar
Veteran Burned to Death in Cleburne Home
The charred remains of Capt. Jack Ross ex Confederate and pioneer were recovered from his near Cleburne Texas home after a blaze investigators suspect robbers caused. A safe containing about 50 was found with a broken knob, indicating forced entry amid the tragedy. Movements of ocean steamers in New York and nearby ports were reported by wireless telegraph with several ships signaling arrivals and departures from Nantucket Lightship area.
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Capt
Jack Ross
Cleburne
Tex
Flo
New York
Lucania
Iiverpool
Nantucket
Philadelphia
Southampton
Cherbourg
Siasconset
Mass
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Liverpool
Slavonia
Naples
Prinzeas Irene
Palermo
Algeria
Genoa
Brsile
London
Maine
Boston
Caledonian
Livstpool
Plea for World Peace Warned Against Sentiment
Mrs Mead urges that war burdens fuel charity work and urges world organization as the path to peace. The convention discussed reducing dues from 10 to 1 and debated amending the constitution. Baltimore faculty hosted a luncheon for college delegates and the night session focused on municipal government with speakers Adams Foulke and Welch.
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World Organization
Association
Carrie Chapman Catt
Harriet Taylor Upton
Ixate M. Gordon
Anna H. Shaw
E. L. Watson
Baltimore
Mary Arkwright Hutton
Iowa
Meads
Elizabeth J. Hauser
Baltimore Women's College
William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Alfred R. Hussey
First Independent Church
Rudolph Blankenberg
Philadelphia
Frederick Browe
Cleveland
Ohio
Jane Adams
Chicago
Dudley Foulke
Richmond
Daughter to Have Body in Tanski Case Ruling
Special to The Washington Post Cincinnati Feb 9 Judge Smith of the Common Pleas Court rules that next of kin are heirs to the remains of Dr N T Tanski and that his body cannot be willed to another. Ada Tanski daughter wins injunction against Spring Grove Cemetery Association keeping body in the vault as Mrs Artemesia Bigger appeals to Circuit Court.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Tanski
Smith
Ctommon Pleas Court
Ada Tanski
N. T. Tanski
Spring Grove Cemetery Association
Artemesia Bigger
Governor Carter Much Improved But Attending Duties Unlikely
Honolulu reports Gov. Carter’s condition much improved after an aggravated grip attack. Physicians expect he cannot resume duties soon, possibly making Secretary Atkins acting governor. Also noted are several fires causing substantial losses and insurance.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Carter
Atkins
Noted Mission Leader Samuel Hadley Dies in Hospital
The Rev. Samuel Hopkins Hadley, longtime superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Mission on Water Street, died in Presbyterian Hospital after an appendicitis operation. He had planned to take his sick wife to Florida when illness struck. In delirium he spoke of helping his former “bums” and many former wards went on to wealth and respect.
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Washington Post
New York
Samuel Hopkins Hadley
Jerry McAuley
Water Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Florida
Hadley
F. M. Smith
Auckland
New Zealand
Australasia
Oswego
Palm Beach
Fla
John O'Connor
Pittsburg
O'Connor
Drake & Stratton
Washington, D. C
Wedded on Ocean Steamer Aboard Baltic Shipboard Ceremony
An English couple married aboard the White Star liner Baltic after immigration officials required a wedding before landing. Charles Simpson and Edith Johnson, both from Sheffield, planned to wed in New York but proceeded on shipboard with Rev. Dr. Wilson officiating. The ceremony occurred in the second cabin as the ship neared New York, with crew and passengers attending. After the ceremony the couple departed for Chicago.
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Washington Post
New York
Liverpool
Charles Simpson
Edith Johnson
Sheffield
Simpson
Chicago
Miss Johnson
Hev
Wilson
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Wilshire
Miss Gunderson
Hners
Travelers’ Air Society
Explosion in Police Room At Borough Hall
A blast in Brooklyn Borough Hall traffic squad room beneath Borough President Corer s office disturbed nine black powder packages. Polevian Thomas Tierney, 250 pounds, was hurled back but unhurt, as eight other similar packages were collected for examination. The packages included black powder and white pebbles, raising initial fears of dynamite for tunnel blasting nearby.
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New York
Brooklyn
Cole R
Polevian
Thomas Tierney
Tierney
Bureau of Combustibles
East Iver
Tammany Promotes McAvoy To Executive Committee Chair
Thomas McAvoy former deputy commissioner of police under Mayor McClellan was elected chairman of Tammany Hall's executive committee. He also leads the twenty third assembly district, consolidating his district leadership as he assumes the new post in New York. Meanwhile Gov Stokes refused another reprieve for Jerry Rossa and issued a death warrant for his Hackensack execution tomorrow.
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New York
Thomas McAvoy
McClellan
Tammany Hall
McAvoy
Tammany
Twenty-Third Assembly
Trenton
N. J
Stokes
Jerry Rossa
Court of Pardons
Rossa
Hackensack
Freshman Hazed At University For Freshman Privilege Violation
Clarence Howard, a university freshman, was hazed by upperclassmen who shaved his hair and forced him to deliver an outdoor oration on Socrates. The incident followed his appearance in a herbs hat and smoking two cigarettes, privileges mocked as denied to freshmen, with the facility taking up the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aria
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Clarence Howard
Socrates
Howard
Identified as Noted Thief Held for Ohio Requisition
Philadelphia February officers say Lewis Werner, identified as a noted thief with a long criminal record, was caught three weeks ago robbing University of Pennsylvania dormitories. He is wanted by Cleveland authorities and held awaiting Ohio requisition papers. He claimed to be a university student.
Penn Defeats Columbia In Extra Period Thriller
Penn defeats Columbia 17 to 1 in a fast game on Columbia courts. The deciding score came in the extra period after a close second half. The column also notes a Philadelphia Press quote about the working woman and a New York Sun item on Franklin Amended and a proverb about nails shoes horses and an automobile.
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Penn
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Jumbia
Franklin
The
New York Sun
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Mohun
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Fourteenth Street NW
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Ang Embelner
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George P. Zarhorst
East Capitol
David Willcox
Delaware and Hudson Company
John Mitchell
Keebarre
Rockefeller
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Slavo
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Schmidt
de- Eee
Aaflora
Black Sea
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Odessa
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To-Kalon Wine Co
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Count Boni
Woman’s National Suffrage Association
Kansas
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Priscila D. Hackstaff
Lucia Ames Mead
Department of Peace and Arbitration
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Frances Shimer
Mount Carroll
University of Chicago
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John
Harry Swisser
Toledo
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Fil Paso
O. C. Ellison
National Irrigation Congress
Guyimas
Sonora
Mex
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Borhood
Ibsen
Norway
Howe
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Duke of Marlborough
Imperial Yeomanry Hospitals Committee
Tordon
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Aberdeen
John F. Devereaux
St. Louis
Iyan
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OLD Colony CO
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Corner
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Affieck
Pennsylvania Avenue
Eline
Salni
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