Vreeland Report on Hazing at Naval Academy Set for Action
Congress to act soon on the Vreeland hazing report. It details four hazing forms including physical exertion and ratess and notes 281 cadets under charges. It also cites a fatal incident involving Meriwether and Branch, and recommends increased officer oversight to curb hazing. The piece also covers Senator Rayner highlighting railway rate discrimination and civil pension bills for government clerks.
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Washington
Vreeland
New York
Naval Academy
House
Academy
Meriwether
Branch
Mounties Guard Coal Camp As Alberta Strike Unfolds
In Great Falls Montana on March 18, readers learn the Northwest Mounted Police guard the Alberta coal town of Lethbridge amid a strike involving over 500 unionized workers. Snowball and stone volleys greet miners at work under police protection as a dynamite blast occurs nearby.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Dominion
Northwest Mounted Police
F. H. Sherman
British Columbia
Cripple Creek Crystalling on Murder Suspect and Border Moves
Detective Thiel reports the Oakley detainee is not L. J. Simpkins, linked to ex Governor Stellenberg’s murder. Simpkins allegedly travels north. border crossing possible. Also, Cossack repression grows as depression and violence rise in Trans Caucasus amid railroad strike fears and Moscow factory guard actions.
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Boise
Ida
Thiel
Oakley
L. J. Simpkins
Stellenberg Thiel
Simpkins
Swain
Spokane
Canada
Park City Miner Involved in Noted Crimes and Conspiracy Claims
Salt Lake City dispatch reports Steve Adams alias Adam Stevens, once linked to the Steunenberg case, lived in Park City last June and worked as a miner. He faced house breaking charges after removing furniture from Arthur Hooper’s home, paid a $25 fine, and left town. He boasted of Cripple Creek activity and alleged court plot involvement. Two labor meetings denounced prosecutions and alleged conspiracies to strip defendants of constitutional rights.
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Utah
Mar
Tribune
Park City
Steve Adams
Adam Stevens
Steunenberg
Daily West
Arthur Hooper
Salt Lake City
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Hooper
Cripple Creek
Union
Supreme Court of Colorado
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Bell
McCormick
Beck
Idaho
Th Western Federation of Minera
Penounch
Gove Toing
Hes
Charlies H Moyer
William D. Haywood
Washington Enton Men Protest Arrest Over Miner Leaders
A mass meeting of Washington workers and unions denounced the arrest of Moyer Harwood and Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners in Idaho as a trumped up conspiracy charge. Small donations were raised for their defense. A second note from Vinita reports no trace of the Wickecliffe Indian outlaws and mentions heavy rain hindering pursuit.
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Washeington Enton
Washington
Moyer, Harwoot and Pettibone
Weesters Federation of Miners
Idaho
Martial Law Enforced in Sukhum and Kutais
Sukhum Trans-Caucasia March 18 reports General Alikinoff crushing the Kutais revolution by razing towns executing ringleaders and driving sympathizers to the hills. Martial law is proclaimed and enforced with terrible rigor. revolutionaries and armed individuals are shot on sight.
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Sukhum
Trans-Caucasia
Mar
Alikinoff
Kutais
Altkinoff
Miners and Shootings Spark Turbulence in Pueblo and Pittsburg
A corrupted report from Pueblo details John Gehr, ex United Mine Workers organizer, shooting John Thomas in Tarradine's saloon as Tom Thomas is wounded. In Pittsburg, forty five coal operators head to Indianapolis to decide on a wage advance for miners with nine operators predicting a five percent raise.
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United Mine Workers of America
Ryan
Samuel Gompere
American Federation of Labour
Federation For Todal
Washington
Mose
Pueblo
Mar
Piorence
John Gehr
John Thomas
Tom Thomas
Tarradine
Gebr
Gelr
Gehr
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Congo steamship Roldesbelges lost with all hands
Antwerp reports a Congo basin disaster as the steamship Roldesbelges sinks in upper Congo waters. All aboard are feared dead including Europeans and native crew and passengers.
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Antwerp
Mar
Roldesbelges
Upper Congo
Insolvency petition filed against Parnell mill creditors appoint receiver
In Providence on March 18 a petition in insolvency was filed in the United States circuit court against the extensive Parnell mill by creditors. A receiver, James Lister of this city, was named. Liabilities are estimated at 404 600 with nominal assets in excess of that amount.
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RB. L
United States Circuit Court
James Lister
Sheepmen to cross state lines in defiance of orders
Utah and Nevada sheepmen plan to gather at Tecoma Nevada on March 20 and move flocks across the Idaho line despite Governor Gooding's orders. They cite an Agriculture Department opinion backing flockmasters rights to move herds across states when animals are free from husbandry constraints.
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Tdato Palt Lake
Utah
the Tribune
Nevada
Tecoma
Idaho Line
Gooding
Wilson
Assan
Submarine Plans Sold to Foreign Agents Stirs Ministry Scandal
In St. Petersburg a business scandal erupts in the ministry of marine after it is discovered that plans for constructing Russian submarines were sold to agents of a foreign power. The revelation implicates officials and threatens national security.
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St. Petersburg
Mars
Ministry of Marine
Morning Journal asks readers without paper to follow up
The Morning Journal notes the paper spans ten pages and asks readers who do not receive it to promptly confer with the office for follow up. The notice emphasizes improving distribution and asks for timely contact.
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Morning Journal
Democrats Talk Rate Bill Divide At Newlands Luncheon
Senator Newlands hosted seventeen Democratic colleagues at a Nevada luncheon to discuss the rate bill before the senate. Talks centered on suspension or nonsuspension of rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission, with most present leaning toward nonsuspension as the issue advances. The gathering signaled the party will treat the bill as a partisan matter. Attendees included Batley Blackburn Clay Culbertson Dubois Foster Frazier Pettus Rayner Simmons TWiman Latimer McCreary Martin Overman Patterson. Oklahoma appeals for Statehood prompts mass telegrams to President Roosevelt and Congress from across the territory.
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New York
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Gulf Pointe
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Chicacco
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Associated Press
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McCreery
Kentucky
Elkins
Spooner
Lodge Foster
McLaurin
Interstate Commercee Commission
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Lodge
Knox
United States Circuit Courts
Commission
Tillman Ia
National House of Representatives
Algeciras
France
Alget
Washington
Mar
Newlands
Nevada
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Blackburn
Clay
Culberteen
Dubois
Foster
Frazier
Pettus
Simmons Stone
Twiman
Latimer
McCreary
Martin
Overman
Patterson
Koenigin Luise Arrives With Steering Gear Disabled
The North German Lloyd steamer Koenigin Luise arrived after steering gear failure and a broken rudder during a winter Mediterranean cruise from New York. About 150 first cabin passengers may be moved to another vessel and sent back to New York if repairs take time.
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North Doorman Liegel
Koenigin Luise
New York
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Genoa
Mediterranean
Steamer Atlanta Burns Near Port Washington Rescue
The steamer Atlanta of the Goolrichine line burned to the water’s edge ten miles north of Port Washington. Smith Brothers of Port Washington led a rescue with the tug Tester arriving in time to lift passengers and crew into the Georgia. One man drowned in the incident.
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Milwaukee
Atlanta
Port Washington
Smith Brothers
Georgia
Goldrich Line
New Canadian Railway Plan Connecting Montreal to Toronto
Senator Domville announced from England that 26 million pounds British capital will back a Canada Central railway. Investors include H Moseley and other British financiers. The line runs 770 miles from Montreal to Ottawa then west, breaking the land between the Canada Atlantic system and the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific routes toward Toronto.
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New Canadian Railway
Montreal
Domville
England
Canada Central Railway
H. Moseley
Ottawa
Canada Atlantic
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Bt Lawrence Valley
Lake Ontario
Toronto
Ortila
Deadlock at Majorcan conference delays Franco German talks
Algeciras dispatch reports continued optimistic tone among delegates while no progress is seen. Neutral powers hold separate talks with French and German delegates, each side awaiting concessions from the other. The stalemate is expected to persist until Paris and Berne provide new directions.
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Algeciras
Mar
France
Germany
Paris
Bertin
Baron's Wife Von Dem Busche Hadden-Sanson Suicide at Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas March 1 Baron Von Dem Busche Hadden Hanson's divorced wife Caro line Von Dem Busche-Hadden-Mausen shot herself at Fort Leavenworth. She had lived with her son Lt Carl Frederick Von Dem Busche of the 11th Infantry in his room. Her previous illness was treated in Denver.
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Kae
Caroline von Then Moeche
Baron von Dem Buache-Hadden-Mausen
Berlin
Carl Frederick von Dem-Husehs
11Th Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
von Dem-Busche
Freiherr von Dem- Busche-Hadden-Hanson
Washington
Fort
van Dem-Bueche
Denver
Desmaehe
Rumor of Triple Alliance Plot Shakes Europe
London reports spread of a wild conjecture that King Edward VI plans a Montenegro visit in April to spark a coup in Serbia and install Prince Mirko as king. The tale warns of a broken Triple Alliance and broader Balkan upheaval with Britain seeking a European peace through bold, Machiavellian maneuvers.
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London
Vienna
Edward
Antivari
Montenegro
Mirko
Peter of
Servia
Mornte
Austria
Italy
Germany
Abarzin
Balkans
Great Britain
England
League of Peace
Thone
Europe
Miners Strike Brings Tense France to Standstill
In Lens and surrounding towns Courrierres Dourges and Ostrigourt miners proclaimed a general strike following a deadly fire damp explosion last Saturday that killed 1 000 or more. They demand higher wages and fear rioting may erupt.
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Lens
France
Courrierres
Dourges
Ostrigourt
Ohio to Deploy to Shanghai and Manila
The battleship Ohio under Rear Admiral Train will sail immediately for Shanghai to join the cruisers Raleigh and Cincinnati. The Wisconsin is currently at Oleongaon.
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Ohio
Shanghai
Manila
Train
Shangahai
Raleigh
Cincinnati
Wisconsin
Oleongaon
Nova Scotia Lt Governor Jones Dies Suddenly
Halifax reports the death of Marth A. Jones lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia from apoplexy. The sudden illness occurred during a mourning period in Halifax.
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Halifax
Marth.a. Jones
Nova Scotia
Two Hundred Miners Buried by Avalanche in Colorado
A severe Colorado blizzard and two snowslides at Camp Bird Mine near Ouray trap 200 to 254 miners underground as rescue teams race to supply food and reach the tunnel. One man is dead and several injured as power and communications fail across multiple mines and lines.
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Pueblo
Cole
Ouray
Camp Bird Mining Company
William Cressey
William Waybright
Stickney
Camp Bird
Smith
Uray
Bankers’ National
Atlas
Ban Pedro
Animas
Telluricy
San Pedro
Unusual March Storm Halts Transit in Kansas City Area
A heavy southwest storm with a strong northwest wind disrupts streetcar service and delays trains across Kansas City and neighboring regions. Coal-led fuel shortages and frigid weeks worsen hardship, but officials expect warming and rapid recovery within a day.
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Keane City
Kansas
Kamas City
Moisture On Wheat Prompts State Weather Advisory In Kansas
Topeka March 18 The state faces a general weather threat with varying snowfall depths from four to six inches and no strong winds. Officials urge caution as moisture affects crops and transportation across Kansas.
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