Blockade Halts Great Northern Passenger Service in Montana
A severe railway blockade disrupts Great Northern traffic across Montana. Westbound trains are stranded near Williston and Minot after a blizzard and washouts cut routes, with freight delays threatening nationwide shortages and merchants fearing losses. Passen gers and cargo are moved by wagon and ferry as crews rush to clear tracks.
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Standard
Great Falls
Great Northern
Montana
St. Paul
Williston
N. D
Northern Pacific
Minot
Dakotas
Havre
Montana Central
Butte
Transcontinental Route Blockade Strands North in Flooded North Dakota
Trans continental traffic on northern routes remains blocked as floods wash out bridges and create a 30 mile by 2 mile lake near McKenzie North Dakota. The Northern Pacific cannot transfer passengers across the flooded area and fuelless boats fail to handle the danger. Freight halted with potential famine risk near Bismarck as some traffic shifts to Burlington at Billings Montana.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific
McKenzie
N. D
North Dakota
Moose River
Minot
Red River
Grand Forks
Bismarck
Burlington
Billings
Mont
Trains 11 and 12 Abandoned After Washouts
Missoula March 20 The Northern Pacific will abandon trains 11 and 12 for a period due to severe North Dakota washouts. No. 11 goes from St Paul tonight while No. 12 leaves Portland in the morning. Nos. 3 and 4 are expected to handle all through business with little long distance travel.
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Standard
Missoula
North Dakota
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Portland
Sterling bridge and track work delays Northern Pacific trains
Jamestown N C March 30 The situation at Sterling on the Northern Pacific is unchanged. No passengers were transferred today across the newly formed lake due to danger. It is estimated three miles of track and a 300 foot bridge must be built before trains can run again.
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Jamestown
N. C
Sterling
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Coast Train Held Up by High West Water
Grand Forks North Carolina March 30 The Great Northern coast train westbound is delayed here due to high water in the West and there is no communication with the coast.
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Grand Forks
N. C
Great Northern Coast
Edna Earl Sunk After Collision in Delaware Bay
The fishing schooner Edna Earl, with 11 crew, was rammed by the Norwegian steamer Romsdal off Reedy Island and sunk in Delaware Bay. Three divers died Nolan Smith and Ford. Surviving crew were rescued by the Romsdal which remained unhurt. Vessel owned by Michael P Howlett of Philadelphia valued at $8 000.
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Philadelphia
Edna Earl
Delaware Bay
Reedy Island
Del
William Smith
Dennis Ford
Iece
Smith
Patrick Nolan
Baltimore
Romsdal
New York
Hirsch
Kate
Nolan
Ford
Michael P. Howlett
Steamer Indian Goes Ashore Off Cuttyhunk Island
A fogbound night mishap sends the Boston and Philadelphia Steamship line steamer Indian ashore at Cuttyhunk Island. Four passengers are landed, life savers reach the wreck as seas ease, a woman among the rescued, with little hope of saving the vessel.
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Wood's Hall
Mass
Philadelphia
Boston
Cuttyhunk Island
Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Company
Iron steamer Indian sails from Wilmington on weekly trips
The Indian, an iron-built vessel of 1133 tons net and 227 feet long, was launched in Wilmington Delaware in 1890. Captain Crowell, its veteran commander, is regarded as an experienced seaman and navigator.
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Wilmington
Del
Crowell
Fatally Burned Woman in Great Falls Fire Attempt
Mrs. George H. Smith suffered severe burns while trying to start a kitchen fire with kerosene in Great Falls. Her husband, a blacksmith, was burned while attempting to aid her. both were taken to Columbus hospital. Doctors could not yet assess Mrs. Smith’s prognosis.
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The
Standard
Great Falls
George H. Smith
Mr. Smith
Mith
Fourth Street
Fire closes Pike opera house in Cincinnati after partial blaze
Fire at the Pike building on Fourth Street, Cincinnati, injures no one and forces evacuation during a matinee of Sag Harbor. The only property burned was a portiere and some scenery. auditorium flooded by water, delaying reopening. Loss pegged at 75,000 dollars as the Pike stock company winds down its season.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Pike
Fourth Street
Vine
Walnut Streets
Pike Opera House
Sag Harbor
Pike Stock Company
Miss Cokier
Byron Dougasa
Fire Department
Detroit
Hunt
Leon Averill
John Patterson
Robert
Mary Patterson
Mary G. Wallace
Averill
Leon
Jamestown
United Presbyterian Church
J. M. Jamison
Noblestown Presbyterian Church
Forest Oil Company
McDonald
Monongahela
Armstrong Cork Company
Phipps Conservatory
Schenley Park
Montana
Idaho
Big Forge
Rankin
Turtle Creek
Mingo Junction
National Steel Company
Belle Vernon
American Window Glass Company
Greensburg
Keeley and Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Washington, Pa
Griffith Tin Plate Company
U. P
Child Accidentally Shoots Girl in California Home
Ten year old Charles Combest took a revolver from a shelf and fired across a room. The resulting shot killed the young girl who stepped into the doorway as the weapon discharged. Authorities describe the tragedy as accidental.
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Charles Combest
California
Would-be Train Wreckers Foiled by Freight Interception
Two 14 year old boys from Trenton Missouri tried to derail an eastbound passenger train No. 12 by piling heavy ties on an embankment five miles east of Trenton. A late freight engine forced the obstruction aside, preventing disaster. Both youths were arrested and one confessed, with dime novels blamed for influence.
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Trenton
Jorge Bunch
George Young
Rock Island & Pacific
Here
Busch
Young
Princeton
Oregon Senator to Present Chinese Exclusion Merit in Senate
Washington reports state that Senator Mitchell of Oregon will present the merits of the Chinese exclusion bill in the Senate with other supporters following. Senate leaders hope to conclude discussion within 16 days, while oleomargarine debates may end by Tuesday. The Philippine government bill likely delayed for weeks.
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Washington
Friends of the
Mitchell
Oregon
Senate
Penrose
House
Revenue Cutter Service
Guthrie Fire Destroys State Capital Plant and Hotels
A $350000 blaze in Guthrie Oklahoma destroyed the State Capital printing plant Hotel Capital St James hotel Cammack livery barns and Richey store. Total loss estimated $350000 with the State Capital plant $270000. fire believed incendiary due to noon basement start and wind-driven spread.
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Guthrie
Okla
State Capital
Hotel Capital
St. James
Cammack
Richey General Merchandise
Frank H. Greer
State Capital Building
Okahoma City
Perry
Kingfisher
Carpenters and Superintendent Reach Union Terms
Missoula dispatch reports the Carpenters union and Trades and Labor union agreeing to reexamine motions. Superintendent Raff of Big Blackfoot Milling agrees to lay off Vanderberg while the union reviews his stance on unionism, with work to resume at Bonner the next morning.
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Raff
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Missoula
Carpenter's Union
Bonner
Carpenters’ Union
The
Trades and Labor Union
Roff
Vanderberg
Garfield Accepts Post as Service Commissioner
James A. Garfield son of the late President Garfield accepts the service commissioner post offered by President Roosevelt. He will replace William A. Rodenberg on April 1, is a Cleveland lawyer with his brother Harry A. Garfield, and is a former Ohio state senator who authored the Garfield election law later repealed. He lives in Mentor, a Cleveland suburb.
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Washington
Jamesa
R. Garfield
Garfield
Cer
Roosevelt
William A. Rodenberg
Harry A. Garfield
Cleveland
Ohio
Secretary of State
Mentor
Trouble Said to Be Coming in Macedonia and Albania
Athens dispatch warns of grave trouble in Macedonia and Albania with M Sarafoff planning a general rising of Christian populations in European Turkey for spring. Despite lack of support in Athens and Belgrade, he persists as powers urge action and Turkey readies military measures amid Russian influence and Berlin treaty tensions.
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London
Athens
The
Times
Macedonia
Albania
M Sarafoff
European
Turkey
Athene
Belgrade
M. Sarafoff
Fire at Barcelona cinema injures women and children
A cinema in Barcelona was destroyed by fire with many women and children wounded while fleeing. Firefighters fought the blaze but could not save the building.
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Barcelona
Montenegro Invader Threat Seen From Cetinje
Daily Mail report from Cetinje Montenegro notes a correspondent believes Montenegro plans to invade Ipek in Albania to aid oppressed Christians. The message cites strategic aims and regional tensions as the motive behind possible action.
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London
Cettinje
Montenegro
Daily Mail
Ipek
Albani
Fire destroys bulk of Hoople business district
Grand Forks North Dakota March 30 Fire today destroyed the greater portion of the business section of Hoople North Dakota with losses estimated at 350000 authorities investigated cause and extent of damage as residents began relief efforts and salvage work by others in the town
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Grand Forks
N. D
Hoople, N. D
Fernwell Block Sold in Spokane Deal
Bird and Coler, ex New York comptroller, is nearly finished selling the Fernwell block to C. D. Bibbins for 130000. The six story brick and stone structure in Spokane’s business district will transfer with Bibbins taking a Bibbins owned building as part payment and assuming a 65000 mortgage. C. B. Hole, Coler’s agent, is closing the transaction.
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Spokane
Wash
Bird &. Coler
New York
C. D. Bibbins
Coler
Bibbins
One Boy Kills Another in Ohio Farm Neighborhood
Danny Rosenbecker aged 13 is arrested for the murder of 11 year old Arthur Shanteau near Toledo. Rosenbecker says during a crawfish hunt Shanteau insulted him and tried to strike him with a club. he says he then used a butcher knife, killing Shanteau and dragging the body into weeds.
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Toledo
Ohio
Danny Rosenbecker
Arthur Shanteau
Rosenbecker
Shanteau
Cholera Strikes Manila as New Cases Rise
Manila reports 10 new cholera cases and four deaths over the past three days. Public health measures are urged as authorities monitor the outbreak and seek to contain spread.
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Manila
Habeas Corpus Granted for Rathbone in Supreme Court
Havana March 30. Fistes G Rathbone will appear tomorrow before the supreme court which has granted him a writ of habeas corpus. Senor Lanuza counsel for Rathbone will seek bail under article 63 of the postal code. Lanuza says the audencia court's reasons for imprisonment without bail do not apply to this case.
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Havana
Fistes G. Rathbone
Supreme Court
Senor Lanuza
Rathbone
Lanuza
Audencia
Pathbone
Wind Plays Havoc With Churches of Storm Is Wrecked
A severe storm wrecked churches causing structural damage and disrupted services across the region. Local authorities reported fallen trees and power outages while relief efforts organized to assist affected congregations and residents.
Devastating Windstorm Blasts Pittsburgh Area
A violent windstorm struck Pittsburgh and nearby towns causing widespread damage and numerous injuries. Structures unroofed, trees toppled, and communications wires downed with several churches struck by debris. Dozens injured, some fatally, as fires and plant damage disrupted industry and rail lines.
Severe Wind and Rainstorm Hits Detroit
An extremely severe wind and rainstorm swept Detroit causing minor damage to wires signs and fences with wind speeds reaching 48 miles per hour.
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Detroit
Mich
Child Clara Wilson Shot Near Butteville
An Oregonian dispatch from Salem reports 2% year old Clara Wilson was shot and killed near Butteville yesterday. Authorities pursued leads as investigators review the case and search for a suspect.
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Portland
Oregonian
Salem
Clara Wilson
Butteville
Imperial Tobacco to open shops to crush small dealers
London report says the Imperial Tobacco company through Salmon and Glucksten limited plans to open multiple retail tobacco shops in London and the provinces aiming to crush small dealers who refuse its terms.
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London
Imperial Tobacco Company
Mesars, Salmon & Glucksten, Limited
Tornado Strikes Isbell Destroys Churches and Homes
A Friday tornado wrecked Isbell Florida blowing down buildings including the Methodist and Baptist churches and unroofing several residences. Local reports describe extensive damage with structures scattered and streets cluttered by debris. No injuries are listed in the brief dispatch.
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Isbell
Fla
Storm wrecks Franklin Methodist Church. two dead
A Wellsburg West Virginia report says a Ohio valley storm destroyed the Franklin Methodist church four miles east of Pittsburg. The pastor Rev Allshouse was injured as the gable collapsed during the sermon. Estella Brady 16 was killed instantly and Robert Gist 19 died on the way home. Others, including Melville Harvey and Russel Gist, were wounded.
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Pittsburg
Wellsburg
W. Va
Ohio Valley
Franklin Methodist Church
Allshouse
Estella Brady
Robert Gist
Wind Storm Damages Buffalo Suburbs
A wind storm swept eastern Buffalo suburbs causing major damage. Trolley poles twisted and broken, sidewalks torn up and hurled, and small trees uprooted.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Gale Strikes Lake Erie. Tug Lamb Swamped Near Put-in-Bay
A heavy southwest gale on Lake Erie during March 30 at Toledo raised a large sea and dropped harbor water nearly four feet. The tug Lamb, operating for fishing near Put-in-bay, was swamped in the storm. It marks one of several severe storms in recent years.
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Toledo
Ohio
Lake Erie
Lamb
Put-in-bay
Thunderstorm Claims Two Zolfo Residents In Florida
In Zolfo Florida during a severe thunderstorm on March 30 Peter Low and Whidden two well known locals were instantly killed.
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Zolfo
Fla
Peter Low
Whidden
Throat cut corpse found in cave north of Salt Lake
The naked body of Samuel Collins with a throat wound was discovered by boys in a cave north of Salt Lake. Police deem it death by self harm, while others suspect murder and disposal in the cave. Collins, about 65, once wealthy, died after stock losses. he has a brother in New York.
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Salt Lake
Samuel Collins
Collins
New York
San Francisco
Student arrests and a shooting at St Petersburg school
In Moscow on the previous Wednesday twenty six people mostly students were arrested for defying the governor general's regulations and jailed for one to three months. St. Petersburg university students estimate twenty five peers have been sent to Siberia. A preparatory school teacher near St. Petersburg was shot by a student who claimed an unfair grade.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Siberia
Russia Briefs Open Door Policy Amid Open Order Talks
Vienna dispatch reports that Ri in response to U S inquiries shows reluctance to evaluate until strong guarantees for order are provided yet she will respect the open door principle.
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Vienna
Lever Meine Zeitung
United States
Duria
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North Coast
Lake At McKenzie
Massachusetts
Great Falls Home
George Smith
Portiere
Railroad
Guthrie’s
Great
Rodenberg
Civil Service Board
Honda
Danny Rosenbacker
Presbyterian Church
Knoxville
R. Phillips
Curtis Ray McKnight
Clarence McNulty
Fletcher Byron
David Smith
Joseph Adams
John Meyer
Albert Schmidt
Thomas Mechlin
Evans Jones
Rachel Schutz
Belle McGowan
Ohio River
Jones & Laughlin's
J. W. Englich
Robinson Run U. P
Robert Patterson
Lake Michigan
Traverse City
Manistee
Ludington
Boy
Girl
Grand Rapids, Mich
W.va
Rev. Allshouse
Melville Harvey
Russel Gist
Bia Gale
Samuel Col
Lins
Salt Lake City
Russia
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