13 Apr 1911
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Newspaper
West Bend Journal
Location
West Bend, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
1
In Throop near Scranton Pa a major mine disaster traps dozens of workers. Between fifty and sixty men and boys die, with twenty bodies recovered by midnight in a temporary morgue. Thousands gather as women and children wail, some driven to despair at the shaft mouth.
In Lawrenceville Georgia a mob of about 200 masked men stormed the jail before midnight and hanged Charles Hale, an alleged assailant of Mrs. C C Williams, then shot him. Sheriff Garnett was struck from behind during the raid as the mob seized the prisoner and escaped with the keys.
An explosion at a United States marine tank storage area at the Charleston Navy Yard fatally injures Peter Brown a laborer and badly injures William Flood another worker. The incident occurred during tank handling at the yard reported by local authorities.
A deadly pistol fight in a Little Rock office leaves deputy constable Hol Lind Rey dead and Argenta police officer Will Schott wounded. The feud that sparked the clash spans years and promises further trouble as investigators piece together motives and accomplices.
The state announces land sales in Guthrie Oklahoma beginning June 238. Purchasers may buy as many sections as they can pay cash for.
Big tracts of lands in South Dakota and North Dakota totaling more than 4,000,000 acres would be opened to settlement if Senator Gamble of South Dakota succeeds with his proposed bills. The measure targets Washington Indian lands as part of the agricultural allotment program.
Joseph Myers of Peoria believed the Black Hand planned harm and threw himself under a street car, dying. Witnesses said he shouted this is better than the black hand as he leaped. Also reported Unholz knocked out by Tommy Moore in St. Joseph, a divorce case upheld in Albany, and Sioux City live stock prices with top beeves and hogs listed.
Washington April 19 fixed as the marriage date for Ralph Gamble son of Senator and Mrs Gamble of South Dakota and Miss Hither V Nesbit of Port Deposit Maryland.
Stockholm reports Andrew Carnegie donated 230 dollars to a hero fund for Sweden, the sixth such fund he established. Earlier in February he gave 100 dollars for the same purpose to Den-
Carter H. Harrison won Chicago mayoral race by 7 182 plurality with 177 923 votes to Republican Charles H. Merriam's 160 291. Other city posts went Democrat, amid rainy weather and cross-party clashes at polls. Spreads into other cities noting local elections and outcomes.
Theodore Roosevelt addressed a crowd of several thousand at the Reno courthouse steps denouncing Reno's divorce colony. He urged Nevadan residents to rid the area of those seeking divorces and warned against allowing out of state divorce seekers to bring money into the city.
John Trower, reputed as the wealthiest Black man in the United States with a fortune around 1.5 million, died at his Germantown home after a long illness. He was 61, active in church work, and founded a Baptist seminary in Downingtown, Pennsylvania nearby.
Ninety labor unions with 250000 members paid tribute to Washington Place fire victims in a Wednesday march through lower Manhattan. Two parades drew thousands of participants, both men and women, honoring the deceased.
Andrew Carnegie has given $230000 to create a hero fund for Sweden. The pledge was announced here on Wednesday in Stockholm, Sweden.
The White House is weighing a possible ultimatum to Mexico if peace is not restored soon. A commission to Mexico, possibly led by Senator Root, is proposed to placate war factions and restore order. Troop mobilization in Texas aims to protect US and foreign property rights amid tense developments.
A Kansas City widow Mrs Simon B Armour reports the disappearance and sale of stocks and bonds valued around 100000 from a safe deposit box at the New England National Bank. The alleged thief remains confidential, known only to Armour, her lawyers, and bank president J F Downing. Purchases funded by the sale prompted the case to surface.
Chancellor Buchtel expelled the entire junior class after juniors pelted him with lemons onions and cabbages during a campus celebration clash with seniors in cap and gown. Freshmen reinforced, the juniors seized the senior president and stripped him before the auditorium exercises.
In St Petersburg DM Rodzianko of Yekaterinoslav was chosen president after Lishkoff’s resignation. A landowner and former Hussar colonel, Rodzianko is a conservative allied with the Octoberists. His election by a strong majority is seen as marking the virtual end of anti Stolypin agitation in the duma.
Henry Dorsey Gary was found guilty of manslaughter in Hammond Superior Court Tuesday for slashing John Brown's throat after Brown's stepdaughter tossed a puppy at him. He received a life sentence.
Henry F. Dimock II, noted New York railroad and steamship operator, is critically ill at his city home. The financier and magnate, son of a famed industrialist, has long influenced transportation and maritime sectors in the era.
Champ Clark outlines Democratic majority aims in the new Congress. Insurgent Republicans retain a separate working organization during the special session. Cooper of Wisconsin received 16 votes for speaker, Norris one vote, while Clark won 217 to 131 for Mann.
In St Peter's Rome a man believed to be insane attempted to shoot at the pope during service. Pietro Pesanti said he hated the pope and priests and sought to kill ecclesiastics serving under the pope. He wounded a police officer before the shot went wild and he planned since August to gain entry to the Vatican.
In Frankfort Clinton county and Sullivan county readers voted against readmitting saloons. Dry majorities of 185 and 59 respectively kept prohibition in place after last elections. St. Petersburg stamp collector M Stemmer paid 12500 for five duplicates of a presumed unique set and burned them to preserve uniqueness.
Charles Frederic Moberly Bell, managing director of the London Times since 1908, died suddenly in his office of heart disease Wednesday.
United States Judge Hanford quashed indictments against Charles J. Munday Earl B Siegley and Archie Shields on conspiracy to defraud the United States in Alaska coal land dealings The government plans to appeal to the supreme court and seek a ruling that settles the issue for all such cases The defense argued the indictments did not charge a crime Juror No 21 was withdrawn and the remaining jurors were excused with the defendants discharged
In New York Prof. EH A F Seligman of Columbia says administrative inefficiency caused the Triangle Shirtwaist fire that killed over 140 workers. The mass meeting at the Metropolitan Opera House erupted in cheers as Comptroller Prendergast supported the call for reforms. A resolution created a five member committee to pursue permanent safety changes with other groups.
Philadelphia detectives pursue Cornelius Rogers missing a week as postal card from Convict 8 643 Cell 362 claims he is locked in a freight car. The writer, prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Joseph P. Rogers, reportedly served four years in prison and sent the card to aid the search.
About 100000 men and women join two large memorial parades for Triangle Waist Company fire victims. One parade moves from the lower east side with floral funeral cars, the other from Fourth Avenue and Twenty Second Street. The processions converge at Washington Square then proceed up Fifth Avenue. Separate Brownsville parade draws 15000 mourners.
J. W. White, a blind candidate, was elected police magistrate on Tuesday in Arkansas City Kansas. A. H. Moore, the business men's candidate, won the mayoral race and four council seats on the same ticket.
Charles T. Webber aged eighty five one of the oldest painters in the country and the artist who painted The Underground Railway died at his home in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
A Washington Herald piece recounts Senator Dolliver's tale of General Joe Wheeler, a Confederate cavalry leader and later a Spanish-American War general, lobbying for a brigadier general of volunteers. Wheeler's persistence, McKinley's pledge, and Wheeler's swift promotion are described amid reflections on war’s lasting impact and duty to future generations.
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