Train Blown Up In Mexico. British Gloom Over Villa Crisis
A federal troop train from Mexico City to Jalapa was destroyed by rebels near Lima station, 140 miles from Vera Cruz, killing all 55 aboard including an English engineer. A following passenger train was fired upon but escaped. In London Sir Edward Grey briefed the House of Commons on Britain’s stance, confirming no U K intervention and promising a thorough inquiry into Villa’s acts.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Jalapa
Lima
Interoceanic Railway
Ino
London
England
Benton
Cecil Spring-Rice
United States
State Department
Washington
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Brgan
Europe
Villa
Sir Edward Grey
Francis Dyke Acland
Great Britain
Renton
Bryan
Vilila
Juarez
John Rees
Mexico
Edward
Foreign Office
Acland
Wealthy Chicagoan Samuel Allerton Dies at 85
Samuel W. Allerton founder of the Union Stock Yards and a key Chicago financier died at his winter home in South Pasadena California. He would have turned eighty six in May and had suffered aging ailments for a year. The funeral will be held in South Pasadena tomorrow.
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W. Allerton
Chicago
Samuel W. Allerton
South Pasadena
Murphy resigns as owner of the Chicago Cubs
Chicago reports Charles Webb Murphy sold his Chicago Cubs stock and resigned as president and director. Charles P. Taft purchased Murphy holdings while a meeting in Cincinnati outlined the sale with National League officials and stockholders. Rumors place buyout near mid six figures to seven figures amid past managerial upheavals.
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Chicago
Charles Webb Murphy
The
Cubs
Charles P. Taft
Murphy
Cincinnati
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
National League
Mr. Taft
Harry Ackerlund
Pittsburgh
John
John Evers
Hank O'Day
Evers
Frank Chance
Train wreck near Arbela Mo injures several on board
A Burlington railway passenger train 40 traversed a bridge over Little Creek at Arbela leading to the the head engine and most of the train plunging into the creek. Engineer Van Diser and his fireman, both from Burlington, were seriously hurt among about 109 passengers on board. Two separate Indiana incident reports follow.
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Keokuk
Hdecatur
Wabash Continental Limited
Depositors to Get Half Amid Raine Scandal
Memphis bank heads claim speculation by C. Hunter Raine led to the fall of Mercantile Bank. An audit shows Raine’s shortage at 1,091,750 dollars and officials say about 50 cents on the dollar may be paid to depositors when assets are liquidated. Raine is jailed awaiting embezzlement charges.
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Memphis
Tenn
C. Hunter Raine
J. A. Omberg
First National Bank
Mercantile Bank
Raine
J. L. Hutton
State Bank
Girl Not Catherine Winters Noted in Arkansas Case
Dr. W A Winters of Newcastle Indiana announced that the girl held in Springdale Arkansas, previously identified as Catherine Winters aged nine and missing about a year, was not his daughter.
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Catherine Winters
Springdale
Ark
W. A. Winters
Newcastle
Ind
Society Girl Dies of Heart Failure in Birmingham
Birmingham reports 22 year old society figure Mary Lou Cobb died at home from heart failure on February 25. She was to wed Lieut. Ralph Holliday of the U S Army.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mike Mary Lou Cobb
Ralph Holliday
U. S. Army
Four Die In Blizzard As Trains Stall Across Indiana
A severe blizzard paralyzed Indiana and central Illinois with 38 mile per hour winds and heavy snow. Four deaths were reported. hundreds of train passengers sought shelter in farm houses and village hotels as rail service stalled in Springfield and Chicago area. Several lines canceled or delayed, with injuries and widespread disruption to streets and schools.
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Chicago
Central West
Springfield
Lil
Ilinois
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
Chicago & Alton
Illinois Central
Chicago, Peoria & St
Divernon
H. M. Craig
Rock Island
Pana, Jr
Taylorville
Cowden
Thomas J. Ward
Litchfield
Indianapolis
Indiana
Seven Drowned in California Floods After Storm
Seven people are dead and property losses may exceed 4.5 million dollars as southern California recovers from a three day storm. Most of the region between the Tehachapi mountains and the Mexican line was flooded, towns isolated, but sun returned and some lines were restored.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Tehachapi Mountains
Mexican Line
Reward Offered for Bandits in Great Northern Train Hold-Up
Railroad officials authorize a reward of 10000 for each of three highway men dead or alive for the Samish train hold-up 15 miles from Bellingham in which three passengers were killed. Bloodhounds were used in the pursuit and the only clue reported is three overcoats left in a car by the suspects.
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Great Northern
Bellingham
Walsh
Samish
Hart Named to District of Columbia Committee Seat
Representative Hart of New Jersey was elected by the Ways and Means Committee to fill the District of Columbia committee vacancy caused by Bremner's death. The move was announced from Washington on February 26.
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Hart
Ways and Means
Washington
New Jersey
House
District of Columbia
Bremner
Taft Denies Lafayette College Presidency Offer
New Haven Conn Feb 25 Professor William Howard Taft says he was not offered the presidency of Lafayette College and declines further discussion saying he knows nothing about the report.
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Taft
New Haven
Conn
William Howard Taft
Lafayette College
Bandits Hold Up and Rob Train of $40 000
Three masked robbers halted Queen & Crescent passenger train No 1 between Attala and Irondale near Birmingham at 10 45 PM. They took four sacks of registered mail containing over 40000 dollars, stabbed the chief clerk, and fled. Police with bloodhounds pursued, an express car spared.
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Birmingham
Ala
Queen & Crescent
New York
New Orleans
Here
Attala
Irondale
Sulzer Seeks Return to Governorship in Court
William Sul zer filed before Justice Alden Chester in the New York Supreme Court to regain the governorship after his October removal. Comptroller Lohmer was ordered to show cause why a writ of mandamus to pay full salary should not be issued. Attorney General Carmody opposed the writ, with the court signaling it may deny on legal grounds, citing impeachment action already taken.
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Supreme Court
Albany
N. Y
William Sulzer
Alden Chester
Lohmer
Carmody
Chester
Three Slain in Train Hold Up Near Bellingham
Three Great Northern passengers were killed when bandits boarded a day coach nine miles south of Bellingham Washington en route to Vancouver British Columbia. Victims include Thomas H. Wadsworth Canadian Pacific conductor and M B McElhoe traveling salesman both from Vancouver. bandits fled after the assault.
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Great Northern
Bellingham
Wash
Vancouver
Rf. C
Here
Thomas H. Wadsworth
Canadian Pacific
L, Lee
Bremerton
M. B. McElhoee
H. C
Solon HITS thaw action criticizes attorney general
Albany Feb 25 Assemblyman Golden introduced a resolution criticizing the attorney general for seeking to extradite Harry Kendall Thaw to New York. The measure asks the governor and attorney general to halt extradition proceedings and incur no further expense. Also Lord Wimberna dies in London at 79, owner of 835209 acres.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Harry Kendall Thaw
New York State
Assemblyman Golden
Waya and Means Committee
London
L Lord Wimberna
England
Canford
Three Die In Dynamite Blast At Michigan Quarry
Three men were killed and two others seriously hurt by a premature dynamite explosion at the Michigan Alkali company quarry near Alpena Michigan. The victims were foreigners.
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Alpena
Mich
Michigan Alkali Company
Vicims
Wolgast Knocks Out Lepper in Fourth Round
In Ionia Michigan February 24 Ad Wolgast the comeback lightweight delivered a knockout blow in the fourth round against Jack Lepper of Milwaukee. The win came early and established Wolgast’s dominance in the bout.
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Wolgast
Ionia
Mich
Ad Wolgast
Jack Lepper
Milwaukee
Health Board Reports 27 Condemned Food Establishments
Indiana state health board reports 27 food handling places condemned last month amid 1,253 inspections. Eleven establishments rated excellent. 87 good. 551 fair. 84 poor. 20 bad. The list includes 26 restaurants and 13 groceries among others.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Indiana
H. E. Barnard
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Spencer E. Ball
A. D. Irvin
Rushville
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Stone
New State
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Mary Vrbovec
Elkhart
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Jimison
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Indiana Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
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