Fatal Wreck Hits Missouri Pacific Train in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas March 24 A northbound Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train collided with logging cars after an open switch at noon. Engineer Woodland and fireman Orr escaped injury while the engineer suffered internal injuries. Passengers including Sam Miller Candy Johnson and Charles Bender were badly hurt with two men possibly dying. About a dozen passengers were shaken but not seriously injured.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Orr
Sam Miller
Mme
Candy Johnson
Charles Bender
Galveston
Pine Land sale shakes Newton county Texas
W Tink of Orange returns from New York with signed deals that transfer 21 000 acres of Newton county pine land to Kirby Land and Lumber Luteher Moore Lumber and Alexander Gilmer Owning firms hold most timber lands in the county Negotiated prices kept private but sale considered favorable A Dallas street car war climaxes with Bishop Marsalis arrested for laying track without permit Officials claim obstruction of public streets during the alleged bid to build an electric line into Fort Worth The incident follows months of conflict among Dallas electric interests and city authorities
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Pine Land
Orange
Texas
W. Tink
New York City
Kountze
Dallas
George T. Bishop
Cleveland
Ohio
T. L. Marsalis
Mort Worth
Meir Effer
van Gikle
Dallas Consolidated Electricies
Bishop
van Ginkle
Bishop and Marsalis
Train Wreck Wreaks Three Parts Near Marthaville
Freight train No 74 on the Texas and Pacific New Orleans division broke into three sections Wednesday night between Marthaville and Robeline Marshall Texas. Conductor Ed McCormick sustained back injuries and both ankles sprained. Several cars damaged and destroyed by fire.
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Marshall
Texas
New Orleans
Texas and Pacific
Marthaville
Robeline
Ed. McCormick
Texarkane Cotton Mill Project Moves Forward in Texarkana
Texarkana Texas March 94. The cotton factory project at this place is beginning to assume definite proper tns. Merchants of the city have asked H. H. Hargrove to lecture upon the project in this city soon.
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Texarkane
Texarkana
Texas
H. H. Hargrove
Richmond Blues Deployed After Lynching Threat in Cotton Case
In Virginia, a black man known as Cotton, who escaped from a Portsmouth death sentence, was captured at Stoney Creek after an all night chase. He confessed to killing Justice of the Peace Saunders and Mr. Welton at Skippers and to robberies. Governor mobilized troops amid lynching fears. posse and police pursued alleged accomplices.
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Virginia
Richmond
Justice of the Peace
Saunders
Mr. Welton
Skippers
Stoney Creek
Sussex County
Welton
Portmouth
Emporia
Greenville
Goodwin
Richmond Blues
Coast Line
Cotton
Situation In Puerto Rico Grows Tense Amid Hunger
Monee Puerto Rico March 24 The situation is more serious than ever since the hurricane. In many areas food supplies are scarce and prices for rice beans and codfish have risen from half to double. Demonstrations against U S government delays flare at Mayaquez Yunce Arecibo Aguadilla Fajardo Juana Diaz Guayama and other towns. Anger at Americans widens and relief lags as wealthy landowners lack cash and many Americans are penniless.
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Puerto Rios
Monee
United States
Mayaguez
Yunce
Arecibo
Aguadilla
Fajardo
Juana Diaz
Guayama
Cattle Shipments Hearings on Interstate Trade Rules
Washington March 24 Senate committee on interstate commerce granted a hearing for Judge H. Cowan of Fort Worth general attorney for the Cattle Raisers association of Texas and T W Tomlinson railroad representative for the Chicago livestock exchange. They urged amendments to curb railway discriminations and undue preferences and supported extending cattle in transit confinement to forty hours.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
H. Cowan
Fort Worth
Texas
Mill Explosion Near Muncle Kills Two as Injuries Rise
Holler Explosion Ind. March 24. The James Nickum saw mill six miles southwest of Muncle was destroyed by an explosion today. Two men are dead Marion Carey a wealthy farmer Thomas Sullivan 46. Injured Clifford Van Buskirk 18 will die Lon Van Buskirk engineer will die James Jagstrom serious James McCreary head cut leg broken injured internally WI Green head split open leg broken.
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Holler
Muncle
Ind
James Nickum
Marion Carey
Thomas Sullivan
Clifford van Buskirk
Lon van Buskirk
James Jagstrom
James McCreary
WI Green
Irish MPs to summon convention for unity in Dublin
At a largely attended meeting of Irish members of parliament John Redmond presiding, it was decided to summon a convention of the Irish people including representatives of the day, public bodies, and nationalist organizations. A committee will arrange the details, with the convention likely to meet at Whitsuntide in Dublin.
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London
John Redmond
Whitsuntide
Dublin
Poisoned at a Charen Fair in Lima Ohio
A Lima report to the Record says about 100 people at a Trinity church Women's Home Missionary society dinner were poisoned. Several are in danger and some may die as chicken salad is traced as the source.
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Chicago
Lima
Ohio
Women's Home Missionary Society of Trinity Church
Railroads Spark Southern Growth Amid Immigration Boom
Chicago March 26 The Times Herald reports a vigorous colonial push by railroads into Southern Texas and surrounding states. Industrial agents predict a record year for immigration and factory location, with boosts in phosphate mining, cotton industries, cassava planting, and new mills and creameries across Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Illinois Central leads the trend, expanding factory sites by about 50 percent, despite historically slow spring months.
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Chicago
Times-S Herald
Bulding
Texas
Illinois Central Road
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Matt Selleh Killed in North Borneo Uprising Suppressed
News from Tacoma Washington notes that Matt Selleh, a leading arch rebel, was killed in February after a British assault in North Borneo. British gunboats Labuan and naval forces bombarded forts, dispersing Selleh’s followers. Captain Scarrington reported the cabled victory to Singapore and Hongkong.
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Matt Selleh
Tacoma
Wash
Oriental Mail
North
Bonneo
Harrington
Selleh
Labuan
Seileh
Sefleh
Singapore
Hongkong
Scarrington
Novi Borneo
Sellen
Irish Leaders Address Large Liverpool Demonstration
Irish nationalist leader John Redmond and MPs T P O Connor and Timothy Healy spoke at a March 25 demonstration in Liverpool praising Irish reunion after a decade apart. Redmond said speakers stood on shared platforms with O Connor and Healy, while Healy claimed the queen would visit Ireland not by ministers advice but despite them and urged a friendly welcome.
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Liverpool
John Redmond
House of Commons
T. P. O'Connor
Timothy Healy
Redmond
O'Connor
Healy
Beeville Cabbage Shipments Rise Amid Surging Demand
Beeville Texas reports cabbage shipments climbing as demand grows beyond available supply. Growers note steady export interest and local markets struggle to meet the higher prices and volume.
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Beeville
Texas
Narrow Escape From Death
Fireman Thomas Savoy narrowly escaped being crushed when a Southern Pacific high ten wheeler backed away at the depot. He clung to the exhaust pipe as the locomotive dragged him along, slamming into two box cars and smashing the engine tank before Savoy was freed with bruises and scratches.
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Lake Charles
Thomas Savoy
Southern Pacific
Savoy
Laborers Given Share at York Mills in South Carolina
The York cotton mills in Yorkville, South Carolina, announced that next payday will include a 3 percent deduction from the annual dividend and a wage boost for operatives. Some employees recently received a 38 percent wage increase, not included in the latest raise, with management warning that future wages depend on the broader economic mood.
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Charleston
York Cotton Mills
Yorkville
Two Killings Reported Near Rockland Texas
March 26 report from Rockland Texas details two killings. Carl Butler of Chambers' store in Chambersville shot and killed a black man named Wickerson who lived near Palestine as the man attempted to follow him into the store. Another man named John Hicks was killed by unknown assailants across the Neches River after allegedly winning $95 from a party that demanded repayment.
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Rockland
Texas
Carl Butler
Chambers
Chambersville
Wickerson
Palestine
Butler
John Hicks
Neches River
Shot Hicks
Looters Kill Officer and Wound Several Guardsmen
Bloemfontein dispatch says the Loers who rode eight miles beyond camp on the Modder river with one escort killed Lieutenant BE Lygon of the Grenadier Guards and wounded Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe Lieutenant Colonel Codrington and Captain Trotter of the Cold Stream Guards. Wounded were dressed and sent to the British camp in an ambulance. Vienna report notes Mrs Vesta Hogg killed Mrs Clara Gurley in a jealousy killing. Hogg jailed.
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Bloemfontein
Loers
BE. Lygon
Grenadier Guards
Crabbe
Codrington
Trotter
Cold Stream Guards
Modder River
Johannesburg Mounted Police
GLOBE GLEANINGS
Secretary Root returns as Julia Arthur retires and Oklahoma reports 1000 families located in thirty days. The Chicago Baseball club begins spring training in Selma Alabama. A life size Maude Adams statue valued at 187000 to be unveiled in Paris expo. A barber B W Gilchrist assassinated during a customer sharing incident. Admiral Dewey to visit St Louis May 4 5 after Manila victory anniversary. J F Allen buys 1 000 000 Paris expo admission tickets at half price. Earthquake near San Jacinto California swallows 4000 foot mountain. Dr Charles Piazzi Smith, uncle of Col Baden Powell, dies. Philippine army mortality 65 officers 1460 men since 1898. Ex Gov Oates retires from Alabama senate race. Entomologist Andrew Balter dies in Chicago. Frank W Elliott shot in Kansas. Daly theater suit resolved in heirs favor. Mexico Cuernavaca Pacific railroad progress with 2000 workers. Schuetenaco coast term. Mrs Joseph Thompson named Georgia Paris expo commissioner. Chicago man Richard Oliver pleads guilty to mail fraud pays fines. City of Florence nitrate ship grounded near Half Moon Bay. Exile of Constantinople palace ladies and Kiami Bey. Churchill disputes Lady Smith relief link to Roberts. Kansas City clash over election fraud. Berlin Academy marks 200th anniversary. Texas Rio Grande dam bill introduced in U S House.
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Frank W. Elliott
Troy
Kan
Timbes
Grand Island
Daly
London
George Edwards
Edwards
Mexico
Cuernavaca and Pacific Railroad
Pacific
Schuetenaco
Acapulco
Joseph Thompson
Atlanta
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