Eleven Dead In Mine Explosion Near Norton Virginia
Eleven men were killed, four seriously injured, and several are missing after a firedamp explosion at Bond & Bruce mine near Norton, Wise County. The blast 1,500 feet underground likely caused by defective fan operation collapsed slate and wrecked parts of the mine. Rescue work began immediately and may extend into tomorrow. Robert P Bruce, owner and a former congressional candidate, is named among the mine's owners.
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Snecal
Washington Post
Bristol
Bond & Bruce
Tacoma
Tvo
Norton
Wise County
Cad Ritchie
Alonzo Ritchie James Snow
Robert Know Domivar Noouncheater
Cleveland Noonchester Adolphus Gibbs
Aret
Wil Kearn
Bank Ross
James Patterson
Robert Ryan
Win Coleman
Colored Kear
Patterson
Abduction Case Tangles Grove Va Telegraph Operator
Special to The Washington Post from Willomsburg Virginia reports night telegraph operator J. Batley was arrested on suspicion of abducting Miss Willis from the Eastern Hospital for the Insane in Richmond. The missing inmate was later found and returned, with evidence considered circumstantial and Batley asserting an alibi.
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Washington Post
Willomsburg
Marci
J. Z. Batley
Grove
Miss Wills
Richmond
Eastern Hospital
Miss Willis
Lee Hall
Batley
Judge rules Brashear must continue support for wife
Richmond March 16 Judge Grinnan of the Chancery Court today ordered Elbert Brashear to continue providing support for his wife Mrs Brashear pending the divorce trial. Brashear formerly a Richmond stock broker now with the Western Union Telegraph Company in Washington claimed he believed their contact had ceased to justify ongoing payments. Attorney J Lang Pollard presented the case. the judge noted lack of evidence supporting the claim.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Grinnan
Chancery Court
Elbert Brashear
Brashear
Sult Brashear
Western Union Telegraph Company
Washington, D. C
J. Lang Follard
Pollard
Shortage Found in Norfolk and Western Clerk Accounts
Roanoke reports a clerk in the Norfolk and Western Railway treasurer office is short several thousand dollars. The shortage spans years and a confession is reported. Bondsmen will cover about 37,000 with no legal action planned. A Hung Jury in Ballard Murder Case nearby in Fredericksburg.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Joseph B Lacey
Elopers Married at Hagerstown
Elopers Jeanle L Dellinger and David Frederick both of Water Rock Warren County Va married today at St Pauls Evangelical parsonage Hagerstown Rev W Lilley. The girls parents opposed the marriage.
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Elopers
Hagerstown
Peels
Washington Post
Jeanle L Dellinger
David Frederick
Water Rock
Warren County
St. Paul's Evangelical Parsonage
W. Lilley
McKay in Jail After Murder Attempt Calls for Nerve
Rockville Md March 16 William H McKay jailed for the murder of his mother in law Mrs Mary Lang shows bruised head and side injuries after a failed suicide attempt. State's Attorney and jailer monitored him overnight with a watchman during the day. McKay's lawyer urged him to maintain nerve. Mrs Elizabeth McKay filed for letters of administration on her mother’s estate valued at about 4000 dollars. Circuit Court action seeks to set aside a deed from Mrs McKay to her husband over a farm near Wheaton, which McKay says was to remain in his wife's name for private reasons.
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Mary Lang
Peter
Trail
McKay
Edward C. Peter
Elizabeth McKay
Mary Lank
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Circuit Court
Mrs McKay
Wheaton
Reception for Strothers in Welch honors acquitted brothers
A Welch McDowell Gun Club reception saluted James A Strother and George French Strother after their Culpeper trial acquittal for Bywater murder. James Strother thanked supporters and claimed Virginia and national sympathy, while club president Moss praised him and county leaders urged sending him to Congress. Applause ran long as toast sparked cheers.
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Welch
W. Va
James A. Strother
George French Strother
McDowell Gun Club
Strother
Culpeper
Bywatera
Philip Shother
Rockefeller
Morgan
C. L. Moss
McDowell County
Berkeim
Congress
Remarkable celery feat at Cross Street Market Baltimore
A Baltimore Cross Street Market stall owner ate a dozen bunches of celery after a $1 bet, with a neighboring dealer supplying the celery and paying the wager. A rival bet saw a young man eat a head of red cabbage, won by the performer. The scene was part of a vivid local notice transmitted from Washington and Richmond.
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Breda
Washington Post
Baltimore
Cross Street Market
Joseph Lanasa
Murder Charge Made Involving Phoenixville Slayings
Alexandria reports allege a man known as George Midgets alias William Johnson tied to the Phoenixville murder of Charles T. Smith and the Elkins bakery killings. Warrant copies name multiple aliases, with a man held in Frederick Va as a suspect. Robinson and others are sought. Local arrests and court actions across Alexandria and nearby towns accompany the unfolding case.
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Charles T. Smith
Max Elkins
Phoenixville
Frank Robingdn
Aleo
Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
John J. Garter
George Midgets
William Johnson
Harrisburg
Virginia
Max Eling
Nathan Levy
Elkins
Fred Wiles
Frank R
Atlas Frank Robinson
Smith
Phoexville
Justice of the Peace
Howell
Phramixville
Frederickshare
Charles Mitchell
William Mitchell
George Mingets
Virginia Obituary notices from Tazewell and surrounding towns
Obituaries from Tazewell Fredericksburg Haymarket and Winchester report deaths of Austi K Geinaes aged about seventy from pneumonia. James B Finckien a 59-year-old business leader in Fredericksburg dies of heart disease. Margaret Wright Demery dies near Haymarket at 77. Lewis M Seal of Winchester dies at 47 after lingering illness. Surviving spouses children and siblings noted.
Alibi Harrison Defense Aims to Prove Innocence in Beasley Kidnapping
Special to The Washington Post reporting from Dilzaveth CWY North Carolina March 16. The defense in Joshua Harrison’s trial for kidnapping and murder of Kenneth Beasley presents witnesses claiming Harrison was at home on the day the boy vanished and later evidence of his presence elsewhere. Prosecution rebuttal includes testimony by Beasley’s mother Mrs Beasley noting Harrison’s absence discussed by his wife Mrs Harrison weeks after the disappearance.
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Welhington Post
Dilzaveth
Harrison
Geen
Kenneth Beasley
Mr. Beasley
George W Wilken 64 Dies at Home in Upper Marlboro
Upper Marlboro March 16 George W Wilken died at his home at 6 30 this morning of paralysis aged sixty four He was born in town in 183 and was the eldest son of George W and Mary Wilson His father represented Prince George County in the Maryland legislature 1869 to 1873 He served as a judge of the Orphans Court and as election referee for Marlboro Giatric for about thirteen years He is survived by his wife Miss A Blake Carpenter of Clifton Forge Va two sons and a daughter Baltimore March 16 Dr Alexander Hill longtime chief surgeon of the fire department died yesterday afternoon at 65 East Twenty third street He had been coroner of the Central Fire district since 1895 He aided in unraveling the tiger trunk murder mystery Frederick March 16 John A Delashmutt postmaster at Bunkeystown died suddenly of heart disease aged sixty E B Swink and Miss Annie E Rollins married at Rockville Md Edward B Swink age twenty five and Miss Rollins age twenty one from Great Falls Va were married today at the home of the bride’s sister Bristol Va petitioners ask Bristol court to revoke the local option election set for April 26.
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George W
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Ince George County
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Piret Tand
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Breckenridge
Gang of Dementi
Wilson
Orphans’ Court
Marlboro Giatric
A. Blake Carpenter
Clifton Forge
Baltimore
Mar
Alexander Hill
Fire Department
Patrick L. Scanion
East Twenty-third Street
Hum
Central Mice
Frederick
John A. Delashmutt
Bunkeystown
Thia County
Aged Woman Fights Burglars in Newark Home
Mrs Frances Metz mother of New York City Comptroller Metz, aged seventy seven, woke to burglars packing valuables in her Newark residence. She fired a revolver, chased them outside, and fired three shots as they fled. Police found no suspects. she previously captured a burglar after a craperat struggle years ago.
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Metz
Newark
N. J
Mar
Frances Metz
Mrs. Metz
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Success and Digestion Help
An advertising piece touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims tablets digest 3,000 grains of food, improve appetite, energy, memory, and mood, and lead to happiness and financial success. Offer includes free sample by mail from F A Stuart Co. Stuart Building, Marshall, Michigan.
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Atenla
F. A. Stuart Co
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Mershell
Mie
Past the Century Mark Two Irish Immigrants Turn 100 in Pennsylvania
William H. Winslow of Bristol and Elizabeth Hazleton of Philadelphia near age 100 celebrate birthdays, born 1805 and 1825 respectively. Winslow, a self taught shoemaker and former plumber, remains active, devout, and independent, while Hazleton, arriving from Ireland, reads newspapers daily and follows market news with interest. Hundreds gather tomorrow at the home of her son-in-law to mark the milestone.
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St. Patrick's Day
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Brisol
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Charles Hows
Hidgesessing Avenue
Tila City
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United States
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Gua
Scissors Found In Patient After Four-Year Surgery
A Wichita Kansas hospital reports a surgeon at Braman Oklahoma removed five inch scissors from a patient’s thigh after she was operated on for a tumor four years earlier. The foreign objects lay in the abdominal cavity and pierced through to the thigh. The hidden tools were located with the aid of X rays.
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Wichita
Kans
Mar
W. R. White
Braman
Oklo
Wichita Hospital
Telegraph Operators Strike in New Orleans
About sixty two telegraph employees of the Postal Telegraph Company in New Orleans walked out after learning a 16 percent wage increase would apply only to regular workers, not extra men. The walkout began this morning as both groups joined the strike.
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New Orleans
Mar
Postal Telegraph Company
Sewer Collapse Injures Twenty In Chicago Work Crew
Five men are injured and one seriously as a sewer collapse traps about twenty workers at the intersection of Aypsnion and koesvehues. Rescue crews free those pinned by debris and report most injuries to the head and body with several bruises, while earlier fears of many arrests are dispelled.
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Chicago
Mar
Bartenders for temperance in Minneapolis lodge
Articles filed in Minneapolis announce the Bartenders Bonavaluent and Protective Association will advocate temperance and educate members. Rockefeller to leave his winter home for New York on Monday and not return south this season. Educational contest payrents due by April 1 with catalogues available at publication office.
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St. Paul
Min
Mar
Minneapolis Bartenders’ Bonavolent and Protective Association
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