Train collision injures many after Claremont meet
A special USC student train bound home from Claremont collided with the outbound limited No. 3 in Los Angeles. Six killed, seventeen injured, many critically. Engineers and crew exposed. coroner to determine responsibility after inquest. Engineer Kelly says he did not read a stop order before leaving the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Atchison, Topeka and
Senta
Claremont
C. G. Franklin
University of Southern California
A. H. Edwards
J. CG. Gall
Fred Hodson
Ocel Abental College
Fred Walker
H. Beal
A. Grossman
Philadelphia
C. Stuart
Cal
Clarence Jobes
Kelly
Major Penrose Acquitted Of Neglect Of Duty
Major G W Penrose of the Twenty fifth Infantry was found not guilty of neglect of duty in the Brownsville incident. The trial spanned seven weeks and about 2500 pages. He will go to Washington as a witness before the Senate committee investigating the affair.
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Brownsville
San Antonio
Tex
G. W. Penrose
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Roosevelt
Twenty-ffth Infantry
Penrose
Washington
Senate
Whitecaps Beat a Farmer as Mob Metes Out Punishment
In Gallipolis Ohio a mob of whitecaps whipped farmer Moses Shoemaker nearly to death for reportedly mistreating his blind son. Shoemaker in critical condition pleads for mercy as the attackers threaten another killing.
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Ohio
Gallipolis
Moses Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Flood Situation Reported Across California and Washington
The weather bureau said there has been little change in the flood outlook in California. Crest stages over the lower river basins will likely not be reached until tomorrow and flood stages may persist for several days.
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California
Washington
Weather Bureau
Calfornia
Prosecution says bribery cases loom as funds steady
San Francisco grand jury nears closing its probe into alleged bribery of eighteen supervisors by Pacific States and Home Telephone firms. Rudolph Spreckels confirms a 100000 dollar fund, vows the case will not be hampered by money, and reports pledges exceeded. Ruef guards and armed orders to shoot if rescue attempts arise are also cited by investigators.
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Ruef
Forca
San Francisco
Pacific States
Severteen
Rudolph Spreckels
Spreckels
Public Service Corporation
Cribes
Tribers Iy
Abe Ruef
Elliot Biggy
Faree
Peasant Revolt Subside. Disorder Restored in Romania
In Moldavia and Wallachia disturbances ease as peasants repair property and return stolen goods. Reports note killings by troops at Langa and Patulele, ringleaders captured at Galicea, revolts in Huerezant and Tegenl, with troops dispatched. No new riots in districts once troubled. prefects negotiate with landowners to pacify Romania as overall condition improves.
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Bucharest
Putna
Moldavia
Wallachia
Langa
Patulele
Galicea
Huerezant
Tegenl
Vlashka
Covuru
Roman
Palnta
Roumania
22 Killed In S P Wreck At Colton Cal
Los Angeles March 30 The Sunset Express wreck on Southern Pacific lines at Colton left twenty two dead and many injured. Officials dispute exact counts of bodies under debris while hospital casualties linger. Inquest to determine responsibility will proceed with testimony from six witnesses including yard crew. Gruessmeyer blamed for opening the switch and failing to flag the approaching train.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sunset Express
Paciffic
Colton
Cara
H. [. Walters
J. G. Gruessmeyer
Gruessmeyer
Blaze at Griscom Palace in Rome Damages Artwork
American ambassador Lloyd C Griscom and Mrs Griscom observed smoke at the Palazzo del Drago in Rome on Easter. Griscom helped rescue occupants and firemen battled beams and a roof collapse that damaged furniture and paintings including a Roosevelt portrait. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars, insured.
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Rome
Lloyd Cc. Griscom
Roosevelt
Sixteen Girls Die At Imatra Waterfall Suicides
A spate of suicides among teenage girls in Imatra Finland has led to six victims so far. Reports describe hysteria driven deaths as girls sought romantic surroundings. Bodies were pulled from the Wooksen river. some were found mutilated. A Moscow traveler reportedly died trying to jump at the waterfall.
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Viborg
Finland
Imatru
Moscow
Fraudulent Aldine Book Ends In Modern Forgery Ring
A collector paid 1000 for a supposed 1489 Aldus publication but an expert proved the item a highly skilled modern imitation. The report notes widespread fakery as genuine rare works and Dickens chapbooks are forged and sold as originals to unsuspecting buyers.
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Alden
Rainmaking device from ether parachute claimed to cloud-seed far away
A fragmentary item describes an old rainmaking plant in an Indian province using ether released from a tethered parachute to induce condensation. It notes the method as efficacious even with little cloud cover and includes a brief student quip about cuts to his allowance.
Breaking It Gently Captain Says Hat Blown Overboard
A maritime humor scene shows a captain informing a fond mother that her little boy’s hat has blown overboard. The mother laments it was tied with a string, and the captain notes the string did not break, highlighting a playful misunderstanding aboard the steamer Madam.
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Steamer
Correction of a Speech Gaffe in Letters Between Bpooner and Miles Iambe
A garbled exchange shows Miles Iambe correcting Mx Bpooner about stereotypes of other girls. The dialogue reveals frustration and a demand for precise comparisons. The fragment suggests social tension and miscommunication in a dated correspondence.
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Miles Iambe
Early 20th Century Patent Remedies and Advertisements
A jumble of vintage ads and calls to action promotes tonics, laxatives, cough syrups, and digestives. It touts DeWitts pills, Witch Hazel salve, Kennedy’s Laxative Syrup, and Hollister’s tea, with pledge of purity, no opiates, and guaranteed relief, plus a plug for the Weekly Courier-Journal and Houston Dash kodot.
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Kodot
Scu
DeWitt
Scucwurs
Kennedy
Scuvare
Roosevelt Denies Stay On Fence Order For Scab Eradication
Cheyenne March 30 Roosevelt finalizes order requiring all public domain fences removed by April 1. Wyoming cattlemen’s plea to delay to eradicate scab denied. Garfield says to Governor Brooks fences must come down.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Roosevelt
Wyoming
B. Brooks
Interior
Garfield
Murders Plague Alexandropol After Employment Rejection
A knife wielding assailant named Karapetyante fatally wounded his sister, killed her husband, mortally wounded a nephew and niece, killed a neighbor, and mortally wounded the neighbor’s wife and mother after being refused shelter by his sister. Other items note J Pierpont Morgan buying a rare collection and a Moscow student killing two policemen at a revolutionary meeting.
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Alexandropol
Armenia
Karapetyante
Moscow
Fresh Pond Avenue
Andrieff and
Gonthardf
Earthquake Shocks Hit Tacoma Washington
Three distinct shocks of a large earthquake struck Tacoma Washington on March 3. No damage was reported and residents felt strong tremors across the area.
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Washington
Tacoma
Wash
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Smashup
Fleig
Penro'e Acquitted
Whitecaps
Odessa
Odesski Novosti
Bessarabia
Stolypin
Heney
Portland
Ore
The
Oregonian
Francis J. Hensy
Burana
Martie
Blaze Sin Griscon
Somerville Journal
Fapes
Faither
Young’s Magazine
Buukold
Houston Dash
Schultz
Schulez
Unirer-Journal
Weekly
Courier-Journal
Henry Wattersay
Holligter
Homeatake
Deadwood
Ming
New Orleans
Plaquemine Parish
Louisiane
TY Wa
FoeSinile Signature of
New York
Castoria
Ryann Wo
Berk
Maple City
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