Deadly mine blast at Pacific Coast slope claims many lives
A catastrophic explosion at Northern Pacific Coal Company mine No 2 devastates three levels. Rescue teams recover initial victims and efforts continue as officials fear all workers in the affected area perished. A provisional list names 40 to 50 men with numerous families awaiting word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Holmes
John Foster
Philip Davies
Thomas Rees
John Rees
Thomas
Will Robinson
Robert Craham
George Moses
A. Pollard
Jack Ferguson
George Brooks
Streator
Ills
Joseph Worth
Joseph Ellsworth
John Laferty
Dan McClelland
Richard Forsythe
Scott Myles
Pruss Laving
Andrew Erlandsen
Charles Palmer
Mitchell Hale
Mitchell Roland
Thomas Breden
Harry Campbell
James Houston
Joseph Bennett
Whiliam Bennett
Joseph Ismay
Roland
Willam Pennhall
Sidney Wright
Thomas Wright
J Ies Morgan
Jack Bone
Catholics seek large exhibit space at Chicago World’s Fair
An application for 50 000 square feet of floor space at the Chicago World’s Fair has been filed with Director General Davis by Maurenan of Memphis for Cardinal Gibbons and the U S Roman Catholic hierarchy. The space would host a Catholic educational exhibit and related church displays. Bishop J L Spalding of Pedria is president of the exhibit. Circulation of inquiry circulars will go to Catholic pastors nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuHican
Davis
Maurenan
Memphis
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Rick Revi
J. L. Spalding
Pedria
Mauregan
He Tells How He Murdered Miss Mathew
Deeming confesses four murder attempts against Emily Mather with details of London first attempt and a second attempt at 3 AM. He fled to a pier at Here and paid a fisher £10 to bury the body. He claims later knowledge of the buried remains and implicates a man named Old Ben in the Rain Hill case.
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Meelbourne
Deeming
Emily Mather
London
Western Australia
Bén
Rain Hill
Cleveland Denounced at New Hampshire Democratic Convention
In Conokp New Hampshire on May 12 the Democratic state convention opened with Oliver E. Branch elected chairman. Urch of Poonth provoked a sensation by denouncing Grover Cleveland and the party leaders, calling for his past administration disloyal and unfaithful to the rank and file. The chair ruled Urch out of order after clashes. resolutions endorsing Cleveland passed. Delegates-at-large were elected almost unanimously: Harry Bingham Frank Jones Alvan W. Sulloway George B. Chandler. The convention adjourned.
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Cleveland
Concokp
N. H
Oliver E. Branch
Urch
Po Onth
Ee Paes
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
Saborn
Wolfboro
Conipere
Arch
David B. Hill
Harry Bingham
Frank Jones
Alvan W. Sulloway
George B. Chandler
Missouri Democrats Meet and Declare for Cleveland
The Missouri Democratic state convention opened with Judge E. H. Norton as temporary chairman and H M Hall as temporary secretary. Resolutions endorse Democratic principles, denounce the Fifty-first Congress economy, McKinley tariff, and Sherman bullion act, call for revenue-only taxation, and favor unit voting for Chicago delegates. They also back Grover Cleveland’s renomination and name delegates at large: William H. Phelps, C. H. Jones and Martin Clarkly.
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SepaLua
Chicago
E. H. Norton
Platte County
H M Hall
Boone County
Committee On
Fifty-first Co
Grover Cleveland
William H Phelps
C. H. Jones
Martin
Larly
Sherman Speaks on Presidential Nomination Prospect
Washington correspondent cites Senator Sherman denying personal ambition while noting Platt sees him as a strong candidate. Sherman says he will not seek the nomination and doubts it will come on the first ballot. if Harrison falters the convention may turn toward Blaine, otherwise his name remains excluded unless Harrison loses.
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Mixotaun
Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer
John Sherman
Platt
Nashville
Ser Sherman
Harrison
Minneapolis
Nulens Volens
Blaine
Dispute Over Delegate Count For Convention
Senator Hill questions the size of the coming Democratic national convention arguing over whether the electoral college will have 444 or 42 members. The debate centers on 900 versus 89 delegates with support from Brice and others in both parties. Hill’s and allies’ plan hinges on seizing seats after the current apportionment.
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Wasuindtos
Senator Hill
Hill
Brice and
New York Cleve land League Calls State Convention
Albany issue: executive committee urges a state convention in Albany on Thursday May 26. Also a local oddity note about an ironclad serpent allegedly killed by bus in Yochem’s area attracting attention at his business.
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Albany
New York State
Cleveland League of Colored Citizens
Lightning Stuns Man As It Strikes Railings In Versailles
In a May 12 storm in Versailles O, Isaiah Hoel stood on an iron railing when a lightning strike struck. Hoel was paralyzed and investigators found holes formed around every nail in his shoes, as if drilled, leaving a puzzling mark and no other explanation given.
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Versailles
Isaiah Hoel
Hoel
Man Sues Lodge Over Alleged Initiation Injury
John Geiger sues Courtney Forge No. 169 LO. O. F. for 225000 damages in Chicago alleging lodge officers forced him to jump into a lake or reveal courage. He claims he was not tossed a bungie but landed on a boat oar and broke his leg in three places.
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Chicago
John Geiger
Courtney Forge No. 169
LO. O. F
Government coal comnhing 18 District Attorney
Fragmentary OCR text referencing government and district attorney roles. Unable to extract a coherent event, names, places, or clear actions from the readable fragments.
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Government Coal
Confederate flag raised for veterans in Charleston
The flag raised to honor Confederate veterans remained in place all day in Charleston, West Virginia, amid bitter sentiment from Union veterans, until the group that erected it removed it in the evening.
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Charleston
W. Va
Unclear historical report on merit and reputation
Fragmentary OCR text references names Laubach Boyd and Xoller Wilson and phrases about merit and reputation. No coherent event or outcomes are discernible. no clear persons, places, dates, or organizations form a usable record.
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Earl Crear
Laubach & Boyd
Xoller
Wilson
Senate Passes Erie Ship Canal Survey Bill and Mint Vote
In Washington on May 12 the Senate passed Senator Quay’s bill to authorize a Lake Erie to Ohio River canal survey with Conneaut Ohio and Erie Pennsylvania as the terminal and a $1000 survey appropriation. The Senate also advanced a monument bill for Princeton and debated the mint site allocation, with Holman’s push to strike the $800,000 Philadelphia mint site paragraph ultimately succeeding.
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Washington
Senate
Quay
Lakeie
Ohio River
Conneaut
Erie
Lake Erie
War Department
McPherson
Prince- Won
N. J
Princeton
Sherman
Bureau of American Republics
International Continental Survey
House
HixaTon
Holman
Committee On Appropriations
Philadelphia
Yeas
Bing
Neil
Pennsylvania
Randall
Blount
Georgia
Bland
Missouri
Pendleton
Wataun
People’s Party
Creorgia
Tillman
South Carolina
Appropriations Committee
Physicians Claim Catarrh Is Constitutional Disease
Dr. Dio Lewis and Prof. Gross argue catarrh is constitutional, needing a constitutional remedy like Hood's Sarsaparilla which is said to cure catarrh. The ad touts Hood's Pills for liver and digestive ailments and Simmons Liver Regulator for general debility. It also mentions a Paris hypnotism incident and a boast about a cat drinking coffee each morning.
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Dio Lewis
Gross
Methodist Conference Debates Episcopal Reforms and Districting
At Omaha on May 12 the Methodist conference discussed proposals by Dr Gray to assign bishops to defined territories for four years and to create as many districts as bishops. Dr Webb urged removing the time limit on pastorates. A lay representation petition and a plan to amalgamate church groups were also considered, with adjournment ending debate on constitutional status of lay delegates.
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Omaha
Gray
Philadelphia
Webb
t+ Ohio
John Field
M. E
Goat
Drt
South
Constitutional Commission
General Conference
Europe
Asia
Seattle
Detroit
Mich
Topeka
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Fort Worth
Women's General Missionary Society Holds Ninth Convention Session
The ninth convention of the Women's General Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church opened with devotions led by Mrs. D. M. Sleeth. Committees were named by president Mrs. J. McCrory as reports highlighted foreign work, new missionaries to Maia and Egypt, and ongoing home efforts. The associate reports note donations, funding, and the association's thirteen year growth with property valued at $42,000 and a $16,000 treasury for a Pittsburg aged care project.
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Philadelphia
Women's General Missionary Society
United Presbyterian Church
D. M. Sleeth
Zanesville
J . McCrory
Pittsburg
Mary Porter
Womens Board
Maia
Egypt
Presbyterian
E. J Sloan
Woman's Fenral Missionary Society
Jean L. Sands
Women's United Presbyterian Association
Associa Hcn
Orphans’ Home
Children's Memorial Hospital
Allegheny
Forty-Three Killed In Roslyn Mine Disaster
Rastys Washington May 12 General Manager Rangely of the Northern Pacific Coal company reports possibly forty three men killed in the Roslyn mine disaster with fourteen bodies recovered. All worked with naked lamps and a gas release is suspected. Mayor Miller began aiding families of the miners as rescue teams entered the tunnel amid smoke and afterdamp.
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Rastys
Wash
Rangely
Northern Pacific Coal Company
Miller
Roslyn
Meadville Editor Convicted of Criminal Libel
In Meadville Pennsylvania on May 13 the jury found R B Brown editor of the Meadville Messenger guilty of criminal libel The case tied to accusations of boodle in poll influence involving W A T Andrews of Atlanta and other local figures The ruling marks a dramatic political press trial outcome in Crawford County.
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Meadville
the Commonwealth
R. B. Brown
Meadville,Messenger
Crawford County
Intif
W. A. T. Andrews
Atlanta
Brown
Drews
Wallace Ater
Hon
Defeat for McCarthy and Taylor measures in Commons
In Ottawa on May 13 the Commons rejected Dalton McCarthy's act to abolish the French language and Roman Catholic separate schools in the northwest by 182 to 33. Several government members voted against the measure, while Taylor's proposal to bar alien labor imports failed without a division.
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Ottawa
Sonse of Commons
Dalton McCarthy
Northwest
Taylor
Four Boilers Explode at Midland Salt and Lumber Mill
Four boilers blew up at the Midland Salt and Lumber mill in MidLane yesterday wrecking the building. Foreman Charles H. Allen, 24, was killed when a boiler piece struck his head and his body was thrown over 200 feet. Steers, wife of another worker, and two daughters were among the injured. About ten others were slightly hurt. Property loss estimated at $5,000.
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Midland Salt and Lumber Company
Charles H. Allen
Steers
N Y
Allen
Bishop Newman Presides at Methodist Conference Adjourns
Bishop Newman of Washington wielded the official gavel as the Omaha Methodist Conference met yesterday W R Halst led devotional exercises The constitutional committee report on lay preparations faced two days of debate and was postponed by a 293 to 190 vote to print in church papers and revisit at the next general conference The announcement of the vote was met with thunderous applause and the conference adjourned.
Indictments Against Representative B F James Nolle Wound
Governor McKinley learned that indictments against Representative B F James and John H James of Mercer county Pennsylvania connected with a fraudulent divorce have been wound. Henry Myers mayor of Upper Sandusky was found dead in bed at his home cause apoplexy he was about 60 and had served Wyandot county sheriff and other offices leaving a large family.
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Coitius
McKinley
B. F. James
John H James
Mercer County
Henry Myers
Upper Sandusky
Wyandot
Missouri Couple Defies Poverty Drowns Self in River
In St Louis on May 13 a dying confession reveals a Warrensburg couple married two years ended their lives after job loss. The wife survived two drownings while attempting to join her husband whose body lay at the morgue.
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St Louis
Oom Williams
Quicre
Willams
Warrensburg
Williams
Featerday
Mississippi River Bridge Opens in Memphis
The new bridge over the Mississippi at Memphis opened yesterday with Senator Voorhees delivering the oration. It spans about a wire and a half and ranks as the third largest in the world with the longest span in the United States. Five spans and six piers rise above the river with dual standard gauge tracks and adjacent roadways.
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Memphiis
Mississippi River
Senator Voorhees
Indiana
America
Firth of Forth
Sealand
Sukker River
India
United States
International Machinists Elect 1898 Executive Members
The Machinists' Convention in Chicago elected James O Connell Oil City Pa D Wilson Birmingham Ala C Speake Washington C Shutte veston GC Goddwin Cheyenne Wy W Cashe Boston and Charles Castleman Chicago to the executive committee. The next convention will convene in Indianapolis the first day in May 1898. After a lengthy debate the nation resolved not to join the International Brotherhood of Machinery Trades.
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Chicago
International Achinists
Executioe
James O'Connell
Oil City
D. Wilson
Birmingham
Ala
Washington
Ohio Red Area Elect Officers
Yesterday the council of the Improved Order of Men of Ohio elected officers for the ensuing year Great sachem End erson Wooster Great senior sagamore John Stanton East Liverpool Junior sagamore John G. Magg Circleville Parent keeper of records Thomas J. Irvin Rin's Ferry Keeper of WVampuma E G Senfer Columbus
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DayTex
Hattie Adams Sentenced Nine Months for Disorderly House
Hattie Adams was convicted of keeping a disorderly house and sentenced yesterday in New York to nine months in the penitentiary without a fine. In Valparaiso Indiana Rev J L Smith aged 82 known as Old Man Eloquent of the Metho distry marries a wealthy Omaha woman. he attends the Omaha conference.
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Hattie Adams
New York
Parkhurst
Valparaiso
Ind
J.L. Smith
D. D
Omaha
Sulphur Bittery Testimonials and Odd Mirth
A garbled column of testimonials praises a Sulphur Bittery cure claiming broad approval from many professions. The text mocks pharmacy claims and includes scattered, nonsensical phrases about education, biliousness, and liberty quotes.
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STEAM
Critchwield
Critchfield, JR
Critchfield
Cringe Field
Attorneys-At-L
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Neatside
Publiequel Wooster
W. C. Yost
Ofice
Ross W. Funck
Ones
Harding & Co S
Benjamin Eason
Olce
Zimmerman’s
Duding, Wooster Ohio
W. F. Kean
Dver McClarran & Guakey’s Grocery
Iron Block
West Liberty + Wooster
Ohio
Traac Jounaon
Jah, B. Tailor
Johnson & Taylor
At-Law, Wooster, Ohto
Nice Bock
A A Ingram
Arney
H. R. Smith
Sou
John P. Jeffries
Aiyl
ARB
Wclure
Martin L. Amyber
McClure & Smyler
Aitorneys-At-Law
Wooster Ohio
Oee
Merchant's Emporium
Sitt
E. W. Newkirk
Wooster
Flice Over Quinby's Shoe
Emporium
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John C. McClarran
LAW- Omceover M'cléllaoa
East Liberty Street
Woos
Tyman R. Critcofield
Jonns
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MarberSn
B&m
J. £. Barrett
John A. Gank
North Market Street
H. A. Hart
New Lutherat Church
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N Yu
Bar Institute
J. H. Jodd
West Liberty Street
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Drs. Stoll & Ryall
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North County
Dr. Stollopp
N. Market
J. G. Micoy
Akes
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Woos' Vo
Toms
C. L. Kean
Laubach & Tay Ding
Spink Street
Dafys
Percy
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Nature
Perdy
Board OF School
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Cleveland, O
Departmey
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Taennie
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Gayweee
Leo Day
Dearborn Street
Chicaco, Ill
the Republican
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Republican
Pew
N.Y
Tribune
Creverann
University OF Wooster
Olabses
J G. Blackk
Clifton Price
W.h.levers &Co
Buckeye Street
U. P
Massillon
Steadiest
York
Dora Einietlor Jons
Paria
Charles i Uaich
Vane County National Bank
Hasinace
Jacob Ricx
Overholt
Frost
Cesitetsue
Ashier
W.t. Heomrnpaien
Ene
J. C. Belgen
James Rooney
Pastor Koenig
Indy
Abd
Ime
Araland Hamelin
Webser’s
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Wyott
Marbara A Hickman
Plaiout
Francis _Bradléey
Jane E. Mann
Solomon Vi¢kmat
Pierrie Sharp
Francis McVay
Jennie
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George Rex
Frank McBride
Chas McBride
Isaac Syphers
William Syphers
Stevenson
Jesse Syphers
Susan Brock
John Syphers
Jacob & Ers
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C. Harford Golden
Lucy G. Hall
Hallman Michael Jee A
Fannie Franks
Cha Wnw Christley
Walter Christley
Bula V. Baugh
Dr. Anderson
Cross
Solomon Hickman
I Jefferson
Green County
Frack H Bradley
Jefferson
Iheb
Jennie K. McVay
P. McBride
Chas
Meg Isaac Syphers
el Salem
Oregon
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Fairmont
West Va
J Town
Jacob Syphers
Lucy G Hall
Labettes County
P Colo
Burton
Charles W.W. Christley
Barbara A. Hickman
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Theisaid
Miol J. Carroll
Barbara A. Hickmah
McClure
Pacific
Pacificslope
Betwen
Miss Mathew
Concord
Ghia
Leon TirFin
J. W. Yochem
Mr. Yochem
Yachem
Odd Fellows‘ Lodge
Bradfield
Erie Ship Canal
Whiitelaw Reid
France
England
Dare Devil Silver Spur
Maryland
Joseph A. Schooley
Rose Tennant
Eau Claire
Dominion
Abbott
Maury. McDowell
Toronto
Hood
Paris
Middleford
Lane
Methodist Conference
L. P. Church
Roslyn Mine
Jules Verne
Phileas Fogg
Phileas
Dr. Pierce
Bishop Newman
B. F. James Nolle
St. Louis
Machinists’ Convention
Red Area
Sankers
Tase Simmons Liver Regulator
Rpia
Prizon
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