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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1909
Page
28
Fire and heat hinder rescue attempts at the St Paul mine. Experts descend with oxygen gear amid smoke, hoping hundreds may still survive. Officials vow safety measures as crews reopen the main shaft and prepare a third expedition to locate missing workers.
An inquest opens into the St Paul mine disaster after engineer Cowley defied requests to move the cage. Anxious rescuers urged him to raise the cage as signals warned of danger. The last signal from the doomed party indicated the cage should be lowered. The jury resumes testimony to determine if orders or miscommunication caused the deaths.
Ambassador Bryce presided over the Laymen s Missionary Movement closing in Washington with Gifford Pinchot and John R Mott among speakers. A resolution urged spending 100000 for foreign missions in 1910 and calling every church to organize missionary committees and a weekly offering system.
George B Cox, Republican leader of Cincinnati, spoke at the Waldorf Astoria on political conditions. He said Foraker is in good trim after fishing and camping, and Hudson to New York soon. He noted Garfield and 2 or 9 other Republicans as possible nominees for governor. Democrats will renominate Harmon. Cox doubts Harmon can win against a new strong Republican candidate. He added the senatorial question remains unsettled until May. Mention of Old Braddock Maryland rye appears as an aside.
Gov Willson vows to break up Night Rider troubles urging farmers to defend property and resist attacks. Farmers guard homes with weapons including Krag-Jorgesons, repeating rifles, muskets, and revolvers as they prepare to repel any assault. Local guardians report households converted into mustered arsenals in preparation for clashes.
John O'Brien and Daniel Curtain witnessed a man lean from the Brooklyn Bridge tower into the East River near six o clock in the afternoon. The man, about 4 feet 4 inches tall, wore a red hat and dark clothing with a derby. No trace of him was found. witnesses notified a policeman.
Historic bombing in Ahmedabad nearly hit Lord Minto and Lady Minto as their carriage passed. A dragoon sergeant intercepted one bomb, a second bomb failed to explode near the viceroy, while bystanders and a trailing guard reported injuries to a native lieutenant and a dead bystander. Police intensified patrols and banned fireworks as investigators probe the assault amid fears of anti British unrest.
Joseph C Squires a pension office employee and longtime District resident was shot in the breast and died almost instantly in a wooded area near the Fourteenth Street Rhode Island Ave intersection. Police suspect accident. two youths described as bearded, about 16 to 18, in blue shirts and black trousers may be connected. No arrests yet. coroner’s inquest expected. Squires was a veteran, active in A R circles, and left a brother in Philadelphia. Red Cross aid planned for mine disaster victims in Cherry, Illinois.
The Buenos Aires chief of police Senor Falesa and the police secretary were assassinated in Callao Street as a bomb exploded under a carriage. A supposed Russian marksman appeared, then killed himself after throwing the bomb, leaving the attacker’s identity unclear and the wound not fatal for the other officer.
Washington dispatch reports Christian Science circles in New York discussing Mrs Stetson of the First Church facing church trial and possible excommunication in Boston. A small party reportedly left for Boston on the Nov 5 train as charges may proceed. Alfred Farlow denies knowledge of her movements.
Former San Francisco boss Abe Ruef faces possible blindness and deafness as an eye operation is planned for next Wednesday. His health concerns arise during his year in county jail awaiting appeal on a 14 year sentence for involvement with a trolley franchise graft.
Special to The Washington Post reports engineer Thomas Cems of the Seaboard Air Line died in a focal hospital after the crown sheet blew on his engine. He jumped from the cab and a wheel crushed his ankle. The body was taken to Raleigh home. He was unmarried, with a brother and two sisters surviving, and a Norfolk and Western train note lists the family. The Norfolk line service left Washington at 1201 noon, with further information available at the Norfolk office.
The Central Labor Union calls a two week strike by every wage worker in Philadelphia. Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Mor during contempt at court. AFL officers face possible prison. The federation plans to extend the move nationwide with unions urged to refuse work.
Aviator Rams averted collision with a man carrying a baby and crashed his plane into a park fence. Dr William Green, about to alight from a practice flight, steered the machine and left the wreckage unharmed as onlookers cheered.
Ambrose Le pine, Winnipes Man and lieutenant in the Northwest rebellions, died at Storberts south of the city. He was a famed half breed leader in the western United States and was pardoned after Canadian rebellions. Aged, he had been connected to Fenian activities and other colonial-era conflicts.
The body of Frank de Rosa, reportedly kidnapped ten days ago, was found jammed at the top of a chimney in Mast Sixty third Street at his aunt’s house. The coroner believes the boy was strangled and pushed down the chimney after being attacked at his mother’s residence.
La Seyne bound from Java to Singapore sank within two minutes after a collision with the British India Line steamer Onda near Singapore. Fifty to sixty travelers and crew perished or were injured in the disaster as sharks closed in on wreckage while rescue craft battled to save sixty-one survivors. The incident left many European officers and passengers, including baronial and countly names, among the drowned.
Two crew members and about 25 aboard the James Hoyt of Duluth face imminent danger in heavy seas northeast of Bayfield. A Bayfield wrecking crew and another vessel set out to aid, but rough conditions hindered progress and no rescue achieved yet.
A grand Sunday celebration for the golden jubilee of St Lyons Church featured a pontifical mass led by Bishop Augustine Van de Pryor, Cardinal Gibbons and other dignitaries. The ceremony opened with a formal procession from the rectory, with elaborate decorations in papal gold and white, American flags, and civic schools’ streamers. The sermon by Dominican Provincial Father Lawrence J Kearney praised the church as a bulwark against secularism and defender of the home, as attendees marked the dedication anniversary amid a civic parade review by President Patt and church leaders.
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