Mexican quake devastates Chilpancingo and Chilapa
Reports from City of Mexico describe two cities and three villages wiped out or badly damaged by a powerful earthquake. Chilpancingo and Chilapa were hardest hit with hundreds dead and many buildings collapsed. An American visitor died in Vera Cruz during the panic that followed the tremor.
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Mexico
Mar
Mexican Republic
Chilpancingo
Chilapa
Conception
Tetililla
Coatepec
Republic
City of
Damian Flores
Guerrero
Ometepec
Flores
Emma Jeannette Dorville
Tiburcio
Vera Cruz
Derville
Aldrich currency bill passes Senate by party lines
The Aldrich currency bill cleared the Senate by 42 to 16 after a separate vote on the Bailey substitute, 42 to 18. The session ran past six, with La Follette voting with Republicans. Aldrich pledged to seek a banking reform investigation while the measure moves forward.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
la Follette
Aldrich
Orchard Won’t Seek Leniency for Murderer in Boise
Harry Chard, a confessed murderer and former Gov. Steunenberg associate, reportedly refused to apply to the pardons board for sentence remission. His attorney plans to ensure the application is filed.
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Orchard
Boise
Idaho
Mar
Harry . Chard
Steunenberg
Hag
Board of Pardons
Ito to Visit Korea. Stevens Death Mourned
Marquis Ito announces he will depart for Korea on April 2 as the death of Durham W. Stevens, advisor to the Korean council, is called a national and personal loss. Stevens, a trusted American ally, aided efforts to shield Koreans from extortion. Tokyo clubs move to erect a national monument to Stevens, with Tsuzuki and Inouye listed among subscribers.
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Tokyo
Marquis Ito
Korea
Thomas J, Otriea
Durham W. Stevens
Korean Council of State
San Francisco
Washington
Marquis Ita
Stevena
Japan
Stevens
America
Yam
Tokyo Club
Marquis Tsuzuki
Marquis Inouye
Riot Sells First Shares of Mining Stock In New York
A riot swept the Broad street curb market as the first sale of shares in a mining property drew more than 300 brokers and messengers. With 90 percent holding buy orders, crowds fought to reach sellers, knocking down and trampling people, halting traffic, and freezing outdoor trading for about an hour before calm returned.
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New York
Broad Street
Congressman Heflin in streetcar shooting injures two
On a Pennsylvania avenue streetcar in Washington a Black man Thom as Lumby and white trainer Thomas McCreary were struck. Lumby is in critical condition while McCreary suffers a leg injury. Heflin is arrested on a charge of incident with intent to cause fatal harm and later released on $5,000 bail.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Thomas Lumby
Thomas McCreary
New York
McCreary
Three Die In Milford Tenement Fire
Milford Mass March 30 three persons died in a tenement house blaze. The dead include Miss Lida Bates 22 Mrs James Forrest of Wrentham and Mrs Forrest’s year old son. A young daughter and Mrs Bates were badly burned and in hospital with two other injuries. Wilson's Shortage Is 129000 Port Huron Mich March 30 W L Wilson secretary of United Home Protectors charged with embezzling from the fraternity and bound over to circuit court for trial.
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Milford
Mass
Milford Hospital
Lida Bates
James Forrest
Wrentham
Forrest
Susan Bates
Well Known Merchant Dies in New London Conn
James H Wilsop, a highly regarded merchant in the state, died at his New London home on Saturday at age 62.
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New London
Conn
James H Wilsop
Fierce storm strikes Illinois Indiana and Michigan area
A massive storm system caused widespread damage across Illinois Indiana and Michigan on March 30 with Pekin and Monmouth sustaining heavy losses. Pekin suffered destroyed homes barns outbuildings and a distillery with $100000 estimated loss as telegraph lines failed. Monmouth reported a tornado damaging residences barns injuring six. Indiana towns Frankfort Peters burg Anderson and South Bend endured roofs wind bursts and downed wires. Michigan saw a Jackson tornado near Blackman Woodville and a Kalamazoo dam failure causing substantial, not yet estimated, damage. Two women died in Howell from a lightning strike in a farmhouse near Hartland amid other injuries and ruin.
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Peoria
Til
Illinois
Pekin
Fehrman
Monmouth
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Frankfort
Petersburg
Anderson
South Bend
Electric Power Company
Michigan
Muncie
Joseph Hayden
Detroit
Mich
Jackson
Upper Peninsula
Blackman
Woodville
Kalamazoo
Commonwealth Power Company
Plainwell
Howell
Hartland
Pete North
Carrie Ellis
Ughtning
Toledo Lumber Barons Keep Civic Penalties Under Fire
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled imprisonment must be in county jail, not the work house, prompting 20 Toledo lumber magnates to be resentenced. The list includes Barbour, Campbell, Kelsey, Pack er, Puck, Smith, Trotter, Witker, Arnsman, Goulet, Harris, Washburn, Van Karsen and Hawkinson, all prominent local businessmen.
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Toledo
Supreme Court
Marcus V. Barbour
Rowland Starr
Barbour & Starr
George W. Campbell
James H. Campbell
Campbell Company
Hiram R. Kelsey
George L. Freeman
Kelsey & Freeman
Reuben Kimball
East Side Lumber Company
Clarence H. Packer
Buckeye Lumber and Manufacturing Company
John H. Puck
Western Manufacturing Company
Howard N. Smith
W. H. H. Smith Lumber Company
David Trotter
David & Albert Trotter Company
Frederick E. Witker
William F. Witker
Witker Manufacturing Company
Edward 2. Arnsman
Charles G. Bremer
Arnsman & Bremer
Edward J. Goulet
E. J. Goulet & Co
Charles W. Harris
Edward BE
Washburn
Johnson Declines Active Candidacy for Presidency
St. Paul March 30 Gov Johnson replies to a letter by Swan J Turnblad publisher of the Swedish American Post stating he does not believe any American citizen should be an active candidate for the presidency. He says he appreciates the honor but has avoided public or private expression on his position.
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St. Paul
Minn
Ed A. Stevens
Democratic State Committee
Gov. Johnson
Swan J. Turnablad
Swedish American Post
Minneapolis
Turnblad
Lincoln Memorial Park Planned in Springfield TL
At a county courthouse meeting Friday night, a group formed to set aside four blocks bounded by Capitol avenue Edwards Seventh and Ninth streets for a public park with Lincoln's home at the center. The park would be named Lincoln Memorial Home park.
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Lincoln Memorial Park
Springfield
Mar
Capitol Avenue
Edwards, Seventh and Ninth Streets
Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial Home Park
Hall Milton Named to Florida Senate Seat in U.S. Congress
New Senator Hall Milton of Marianna Florida is chosen to succeed the late Senator Bryan. Milton, 42, is a grandson of former Governor John Milton and is a banker and business man born in Marianna. The appointment was announced in Tallahassee.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Broward Friday
Hall Milton
Marianna
Senator Bryan
United States Senate
Milton
John Milton
Aged Pioneer William Potter Dies at 92
Danville Illinois reports the death of William Potter aged 92 on Saturday. Potter helped build Chicago’s first brick house in 183d, marking a notable early contribution to the city’s development.
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Danville
William Potter
Chicago
Robert Kane Dies At 104 In Bushnell Peoria Mar 30
Robert Kane aged 104 years eight months and three days died at Bushnell in the state. The death occurred in Peoria with the notice dated March 30.
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Peoria
Robert Kane
Bushnell
Assassination Attempt Targets Gen. Burkeley Wells at Pandora
Former adjutant general Burkeley Wells escaped a dynamite blast at his Pandora home near Telluride Colorado. A suspect was arrested and Telluride police and county forces scour the area seeking other explosives or devices. Wells, linked to mining and labor suppression actions, survived with minor injuries and a bandaged head.
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Telluride
Col. May
Adjt
Burkeley Wells
Gen. Wells
Gen
Wells
Western Federation of Miners
Boise
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Steve Adams
Union
Pandora
Select Bank Officers in Kansas City National Bank of Commerce
The reorganized National Bank of Commerce board of directors chose officers: William B. Ridgely as president, George T. Cutts as vice president, and Edward Ridgely as cashier.
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Kansas City
Reorganized National Bank of Commerce
William B.B. Ridgely
George T. Cutts
Edward Ridgely
Morgan Hobnobs with King in Private Audience
King Victor Emmanuel received J. Pierpont Morgan in private audience in Rome on March 30. The monarch discussed American affairs with Morgan and showed keen interest in the approaching United States presidential campaign.
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Morgan
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Prepare for Coal Strike in Leavenworth
Local miners in Leavenworth Kansas mobilize for an imminent coal strike. All mine mules are up for sale amid preparations that could affect about 1,000 workers and their families.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Two Men Killed by Train Near Hurley Wisconsin
Two unidentified men were struck and killed by a Northwestern train west of Hurley Wisconsin. They were found by the excursion crew on Saturday with no identifiable marks.
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Hurley
Wis
Mar
Here
Telegraphic Briefities of Public Life
Physicians hope Senator Penrose will uncover. Arthur Lathrip of Elgin Ill drowned in Bayou Temn Florida while fording the stream. Mrs George Yanning of Millersburg Ind mistook gasoline for water and burned her apron fatally. Andrew Carnegie addressing New York students said more failures came from drink than anything else. He said he did not smoke because he could not afford to. George Ade at a New York college dinner said he is known as a farm er in Indiana and as a playwright in New York.
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Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Arthur Lathrip
Elgin
Bayou Temn
Florida
George Yanning
Millersburg
Andrew Carnegie
New York
George Ade
Indiana
Pole shift theory ties climate to boundary disputes
Victoria March 30. Mose B. Cosworth of York England argues the north pole is shifting warming North America while cooling Siberia. He cites evidence from Alaska on his way to England as a cause for potential eastern Canada United States boundary issues. He suggests marking boundaries with permanent monuments as latitudes drift.
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Victoria
B. C
North Pole
Asia
Mose B. Cosworth
York
England
Alaska
Eingland
Canada
United States
Arctic Circle
Sibera
North America
Europe
Siberia
Six Prisoners Escape From Fairmont Jail
Six inmates escaped from a Fairmont West Virginia jail on a Saturday night. Authorities learned of the flight six hours later as a posse and bloodhounds began the search. Kay Eyerton later returned to serve out his sentence.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Kay Eyerton
Unknown woman's murder found in Arlington cemetery pit
Arlington Mass March 30 The body of an unknown woman with a throat wound was found in a pit in St Pauls Cemetery by two boys on Saturday. The corpse appeared to have been dead for several hours.
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Arlington
Mass
St. Paul's Cemetery
Miners Vote to Close Pittsburg Coals 60 Days
Pittsburg Kansas reports that all coal mines in the district will shut down on Tuesday by mutual consent of miners and operators. The 60 day closure follows expiration of the contract between the miners and operators.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Grain and flour markets show strength and weakness in March trade
Chicago flour markets stay firm with strong spring wheat and patent lard prices. Wheat and corn drift, May wheat around 93 94, July near 93 97. Butter, eggs, potatoes, and live poultry also show varied spot ranges, while New York notes slow flour trading and mixed wheat tones amid rain expectations.
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Chicago
Mar
Minneapolis
New York
Minnesota
Western
Live Stock Markets in Omaha and Unlca go March 2
Livestock price listings from Chicago and Omaha report cattle hogs and sheep with ranges for steers cows yearlings and calves in Chicago markets and Omaha sales. Specific figures include native western and Texas cattle ranges and hogs with prices for packing sows barrows and pigs and sheep outlines.
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Unlcago
Mar
Omaha
Neb
Texas
Weary
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Cal
Beulah Hawkins
Francis J. Wellman
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Palicy
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Heflin
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Stl
Johnson
Dynamiter
Pole
Arctic
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