15 Nov 1909
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1909
Page
1
Fire in the St Paul mine near Cherry, Illinois, endangers hundreds as rescuers with oxygen gear probe a heat free shaft. Officials report delayed but ongoing efforts. many workers are missing or presumed dead, while families face hunger and hardship in the affected towns.
Proceedings into a mine shaft disaster focus on engineer Cowley who refused to raise the rescue cage amid pleas from rescuers. Testimony cites a late signal and possible orders from Nosbergs, with jurors to hear further testimony on alleged refusals to lift the cage and the fate of the trapped miners.
Washington audience hears Bryce Pinchot and Mott at 320 o clock closing session. Resolution backs 190000 for foreign missions in 1910 with calls for strengthened church canvassing, missionary committees, weekly offerings, and expanded district cooperation.
George B Cox, Republican leader of Cincinnati, said in New York that Foraker is in first class trim after fishing and camping. He discussed Garfield and other Republican possibles for governor, and Democrats renomination of Harmon. He warned a new strong Republican could defeat Harmon, keeping him in contention for the presidential nomination. The dialogue hints at a looming endorsement and the state party’s unsettled race.
Gov Willson vows to break up the Night Rider troubles in Kentucky urging farmers to arm and resist attacks. Farmers fear incursions and globes of rifles and revolvers guard homes. A Lexington report describes a home fortress stocked with Krag rifles and personal guard detail.
Special to The Washington in New York Nov 14. John O'Brien and Daniel Curtain watched a man lean from the Brooklyn tower into the East River at about 6 o clock. he did not surface. No witnesses nearby. They told a policeman. The man was about 4 feet 4 inches tall with a red hat and a dark derby, wearing dark clothes.
The viceroy Lord Minto and Lady Minto escaped injury when bombs were hurled at their carriage in Ahmedabad India. A dragoon sergeant saved them with a saber while a second bomb fell harmlessly. A bystander was wounded and the assailants fled. Police tightened guards and banned fireworks amid fears of wider attacks against British officials.
Joseph C Squires a long-time pension office employee was shot in the chest and died near a woods edge at the Fourteenth Street and Rhode Island Avenue intersection northeast. Police suspect accidental firing by two youths described as beardless, about 15 and 16, one tall about 6 feet 7 inches, the other around 5 feet 6 inches. No arrests by nightfall. Squires had just left home for breakfast at Wine View Club where he kept a horse and buggy. The body lay from 10 am until 3 pm awaiting removal to the morgue. He was a veteran and active in A R circles, survived by a brother in Philadelphia.
In Callao Street Buenos Aires a concealed assailant hurled a bomb under the police carriage killing the chief of police Senor Falesa and the police secretary. The attacker then shot himself and died. the wound to the other official is not expected to be fatal.
Rumors sweep Christian Science circles that Mrs Stetson of the First Church of the city will face trial in Boston with excommunication as the expected outcome. Alfred Farlow says he has no information on her movements or reasons for her to travel to Boston.
Former San Francisco city boss Abe Ruef, jailed for over a year awaiting appeal on a trolley franchise graft case, faces possible blindness and deafness. An eye operation is planned next Wednesday, with success crucial to his overall condition and ongoing legal battle.
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Va Nov 1 Engineer Thomas Cems of the Seaboard Air Line died in a focal hospital after the crown sheet blew on his cab. He applied brakes and jumped but his foot was crushed under wheels. Body taken to Raleigh home. He was unmarried. Surviving are his brother Fennin g of Magh and sisters Mrs Hudgins of Dasville and Mrs A W Bowden of Raleigh. News office asked for information.
Special to The Washington Pass reports that the Central Labor Union authorized a two week strike of all union wage workers in Philadelphia. Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morison are cited for contempt. the AFL federation aims to extend the movement nationally. Ten officers face prison. unions nationwide expected to join through their headquarters in a coordinated protest by refusing to work.
A New York aviator rammed his plane into a fence to avoid a man carrying a baby, crashing but surviving unharmed. Dr William Green escaped the wreck as cheering spectators viewed the incident at Morris Park today during a practice flight.
Amrose Lepine and Louis Miele, noted Riel era lieutenants connected to Northwest rebellions, are referenced with a counter implied death near Storberts south of Winnipes. The item notes prior pardons and later movements, detailing their long association with Fenian and Canadian rebellion histories.
The body of Frank de Rosa aged appears to have been kidnapped ten days earlier. It was found today jammed in the top of a chimney at his aunt's house on Mast Sixty third Street where he had been living with his mother when he disappeared. The coroner suspects he was strangled and forced down the chimney.
A British India Line steamer Onda collided with the French mail liner La Seyne early morning near Java. La Seyne sank in two minutes, killing many European passengers and crew while sharks attacked survivors clinging to wreckage. Sixty-one people were rescued by the Onda and brought to port, some mortally injured.
A small crew of 25 aboard the Duluth steamer James Hoyt faces imminent danger in heavy seas 20 miles northeast of Bayfield. The Wolny Steaming Company has formed a wrecking crew from Duluth to assist, but rough conditions hindered their advance and no aid could reach the vessel.
A grand Pontifical Mass marked St. Loysius Church golden jubilee with Cardinal Gibbons and Bishop Augustine Van de Pryor presiding. Worshipers praised the Church as defender of home life amid a civic parade, flags, and papal emblems. The ceremony featured elaborate decoration, a solemn procession, and a Dominican Provincial sermon stressing enduring church authority.
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