Cavern Collapse Kills Six at Cleveland Gaslight Plant
A clay bank at the Main Street plant of the Cleveland Gaslight and Coke Co collapses injuring one and killing six laborers. Names given include Colegero Amati Gul Sepp Lorgozzo Vincenzo Lisuzco Andrew Hain Peter Preast and Edward Lynch. Workmen rescue others as wives and children crowd the scene amid cries.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Gaslight and Coke Company
Colegero Amati
Gul Sepp! Lorgozzo
Vincenzo Lisuzco
Andrew Hain
Peter Preast
Edward Lynch
Ulwa
Mantly
Two Women Die and Injured in City Bicycle Crash
In Eas City on March 26 Katy Clage weed of Erie Kansas was killed instantly and Lydia Schaeffer of Poole was internally injured after a bicycle ridden at high speed knocked them down near fifteenth street and Prospect. The rider was 16 year old Charles Johnson acting with another cyclist.
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Eas City
Katy Clage Weed
Erie
Kan
Lydia Schaeffer
Poole
Fifteenth Street
Charles Johnson
Clage’s neck broken and Schaeffer injured in crash
Clage suffered a broken neck while Schaeffer received serious internal injuries in the crash.
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Clage
Sia¢ Schaeffer
Storm Rips Bayou Quene de Tor Area, Crowley Hit
A great windstorm swept the Bayou Quene de Tor neighborhood twelve miles south of Crowley in Vermilion Parish. Reports indicate three men killed with several others feared dead. Many homes and buildings were demolished and property loss is expected to be heavy.
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Crowley la
Bayou Quene de Tortue
Crowley
Vermillion Parish
Powder mill explosion kills three in Dubois area
An explosion at the Punxsutawney powder mill in Dubois on March 26 killed three workers and injured several others. Four men were inside the building when the blast occurred. the deceased are named Clark Simpson Orrin Bergerstock and Joseph Weiss.
Death by live wire during high school initiation
Parsons Kansas reports 14 year old Lee Watson died after grabbing a live wire during a school society initiation in which the candidate was shocked. Insulation on the wire had worn off causing the fatal shock.
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Parsons
Kan
Lee Watson
Watson
Three Hurt in B&O Collision at Hickman Run
In Pittsburg on March 26 three men were seriously injured and one possibly fatally when a rear end collision occurred at Hickman Run on the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. An open switch is believed to have caused a westbound passenger train to strike a freight engine.
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Pittsburg
Hickman Run
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pioneer James Prown Dies in Salt Lake City at 73
James Prown, aged 73, longtime Mormon church patriarch and member of the Seventies, died at his Salt Lake City home. He rode with Joseph W. Marshall during California's first gold discovery in January 1848 and leaves 21 children and 126 grandchildren.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
James Prown
Joseph W. Marshall
California
Prown
Match Factory in Omaha Destroyed by Fire
A suburb Omaha match plant burned after midnight causing over 50 000 dollars in losses. Machinery valued at about 30 000 dollars was destroyed. The factory had only been in operation in the suburb for two months.
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Omaha
Omaha Match Company
Deportation for Twenty Five Chinamen Departing from Buffalo
Deputy U S Marshal Strum will escort 25 Chinamen sentenced to deportation from Buffalo. They will be sent to Boston by boat to New Orleans by rail to San Francisco.
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Buffalo
United States
Strum
Boston
New Orleans
San Francisco
House Seats Moss Over Rhea In Kentucky Contest
UNS Washington March 26 The house by a 10 vote unseated Mr Rhea Democrat Kentucky and seated J McKenzie Moss formerly a Democrat now aligned with Republicans on key issues The Republican majority stands 43 though some Republicans abstained reducing the margin to 16 The debate concluded with Rhea defending his seat before the house moved to an army appropriation debate and discussions on Southern election laws and the Philippine situation by Scarborough and Gaines.
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Washington
House
Mr. Rhea
Kentucky
J. McKenzie Moss
Hanbury and Vreeland
New York
Rhea
Scarborough
South Carolina
Gaines
Tennessee
Senator Money Attacks Oleomargarine Bill in Senate
In Washington on March 26 Senator Money of Mississippi condemned the pending oleomargarine bill as unconstitutional immoral dishonest and unjust arguing it taxes out of existence one industry to aid another. He urged the senate to reject the measure and warned it would fail on a secret ballot. Hansbrough of North Dakota spoke in favor but yielded the floor.
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Mississippi
Washington
Senate
Money
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Expands to Five Midwest States
The Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co reports service now reaches over 1700 cities and towns across Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin North Dakota and South Dakota. The expansion improves rural and urban connectivity through newly added exchanges and lines.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
North and
South Dakota
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co
Controlling Interest Secured in Colorado and Southern Railway
Edwin Hawley and associates gain a controlling stake in the Colorado and Southern Railway through open market stock purchases. Hawley, now president of the Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Iowa Central, recently left the Southern Pacific. The Journal of Commerce notes owners act for themselves, not for external interests, with related holdings in Fort Worth and Denver City and Colorado Midland. The railway covers about 1140 miles of owned and leased track.
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New York
The
Journal of Commerce
Edwin Hawley
Colorado and Southern Railway Company
Hawley
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company
Iowa Central
Southern Pacific
Colorado and Southern
UN Pacific
Denver and Gulf
Nver
Leadville
Gunnison
Fort Worth
Denver
Colorado and Midland
Enrolled Harris bill lost delaying Kentucky Voter Certificates
In Frankfort, Kentucky, the Harris bill requiring registration certificates for voters was not signed into law because the enrolled copy was lost or stolen. Governor Beckham reports no record of the bill in the enrollment, an investigation will proceed before the grand jury, and penalties for mutilation of enrolled bills include state prison confinement.
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Frankfort
Farris
Kentucky
General Assembly
State Executive Department
Beckham
Senate
Commonwealth
Franklin
Hanna to preside as unions and operators meet to avert strike
Senator Mark Hanna arrived in New York and will preside at the National Civic Federation concili ation committee meeting. Representatives of the public and employers include Bishop Potter Oscar Strauss Franklin McVeagh Charles Moore Marcus Marks William Pfahler and John Mitchell to discuss the miners operators dispute with labor delegates F P Sargent and James Duncan also attending. Hanna aims to foster amicable relations though he cites no specifics of the current conflict.
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New York
Mark Hanna
Washington
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
Federation
Bishop Potter
Oscar C. Strauss
Franklin McVeagh
Charles A. Moore
Marcus M. Marks
William H. Pfahler
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
F. P. Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
James Duncan
National Granite Cutters’ Union
Hanna
Cuban post office fraud defendants plan Cuba Supreme Court appeal
Official Havana sources say Rathbone Neely and Reeves will appeal their 10 year sentences and heavy fines to Cuba’s supreme court. The appeal will stress points of law and procedure, with findings of fact not reviewable. Fines total 127536 dollars for shortages in general and surcharged stamp accounts. The court’s verdict on embezzlement and conspiracy was unanimous.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
General Posts of
Havana
Rathbone
Neely
Reeves
Supreme Court of Cuba
Ready for the Water Yacht Nears Trials for Seawanhaka Cup
Oshkosh Wisconsin reports a near ready first Eastern ordered yacht for the Seawanhaka cup. A Bridgeport Connecticut syndicate will race her in trials to select the cup challenger on Lake St Louis, with initial Bridgeport tests starting June 30. Dutch emigrants from Zeeland sell cottages to pursue beet growing prospects in the United States amid Holland’s waning profitability.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Bridgepor
Conn
Bridgeport
Lake St. Louis
the Hague
Zeeland
United States
Holland
Wyoming Blizzard Grips Southeastern Counties
A 24 hour snow storm in Southeastern Wyoming escalates into a blizzard with high winds and heavy drifting. Temperatures fall as forecasters warn the storm may become severe.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
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Missouri
Northern Pacific Railroad Co
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Ryles
R.R. Murphy
Austin, Minn
Cleve
Louisiana
Match Factory Burns
Uns
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Colorado and Southern Railway
Civic Federation
Supreme Court
Oshkosh, W
Blizzzard
EH. Smith
Land & Loan
Austin. Minn
N. P. R. R. ‘Lands
Chicago Department Store
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