Explosion on French battleship Tena kills hundreds
Boulin France March 12 a powder magazine on the battleship Tena exploded following a compressed air torpedo blast. Casualties estimated 200 to 300 with many seriously burned. debris and shattered windows fill the Mislessy dock as spectators watch a chaotic disaster. Rear Admiral Seeron among the wounded. Penn Railroad announces capital stock rise to 400 million and debt expansion.
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Toulon
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Mob of 200 Held Up Street Car Today
A street car was halted by a mob of about 200 in Louisville on March 12 this morning. After a clash with police aboard, three arrests were made and the vehicle continued with several windows shattered. Suburban service has not yet resumed.
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Louisville
New Haven Road Sells Merchants and Miners Interest
Providence R I March 12 The New York New Haven and Hartford Road has required a half interest in the Merchants and Miners Steamship Line The Winsor Line has been sold and management will be chosen The officers will continue in their positions and a long term change at the Merchants and Miners and its connecting railroads is anticipated
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New York
New Haven
Hartford Road
Mer ‘Ants
Strat Tras
Precdent
Winsor Line
Iscibolits
Bng
Brownsville Tensions Highlight Brownsville Hearing
Washington reports Captain Kilburn of the 26th Infantry testified at the Brownsville hearing that local Brownsville residents disapproved of changes at Fort Brown but warned of threats against colored troops. He cited Tillman’s remark about driving them out and plans to form a posse to protest. Kilburn described local Mexicans dominating police and rough arrest methods. The piece notes rising tension between residents and fort authorities. In D C, a conference among railroad leaders aims to ease public anxiety about government relations with carriers.
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Capain Kilburn
26Th Infantry
Browsville
Senate
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Fort Brown
Kil
Mura
Tillman
Washington
Kilburn
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McCrea
Newman
Mellen
Hughitt
J. Pierpont. Morgan
Morgan
Ex-President Casimir Perier Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of M Casimir Perier ex president of France aged about sixty five. He served briefly in 1894 resigning after six and a half months amid cabinet secrecy and tensions over the Dreyfus affair. His ancestry includes prominent statesmen, with his father interior minister and his grandfather a former premier.
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France
Paris
M. Casimerr
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Louis-Philippe
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Zola
Cassimir Perier
Germany
Dreyfus
Berlin
Casimir Perler
Thaw Trial Proceedings Hinge on Smith Testimony
Legal maneuvering dominated the Thaw trial with Delmas seeking fuller explanation of Jerome's grounds for admitting James C. Smith's testimony. Smith, White’s brother in law, was recalled amid objections over his admissibility as testimony shifted between court sessions. The proceedings touched on delays, venue changes, and the jury’s next steps as the case loomed toward a resumed trial.
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Smith
White
Delmas
James C. Smith
White Delmas
Deimes
Jerome
Tne
H Hartridge
Hartridge
Court of General Sessions
Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
B. F. Howe
Wright
Thaw
Last Sad Rites Over Dowie in Zion City
Funeral services were held for Jean Alexander Dowie attended by followers loyal to the Dowie faction. Deacon Cutler and six assistants led the rites under the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church In Zion. Crowd remained hopeful Dowie will name a successor and urged unity until his will is revealed.
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Chicago
Mareh
Jean Alexander Dowie
Gladstone Dowte
Cutler
Dowle
Zion City
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Zion
Dowie
Bryant
Mursday
Pledges Fulfilled in North Carolina Legislature Pledge Followed
Raleigh reports on Governor Winston remarks praising Democratic pledges fulfilled in the recent session. The assembly enacted 1,525 acts and 17 resolutions, far above the prior session, and planned a $50,000 central heating plant for A M College. A new temple site and a $25,000 Steproot temple project were outlined, with other motions including a fish commission appointment and a grand lodge sale.
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Francis D. Winston
Senate
Glenn
South Carolina
Mattie Williams
Asheville
New Derry
D. C
Ala ‘Society
Rocky Zion Shareh
Thos. S. Meekins
Manteo
Omber
Temple of the
North Carolina’ Grand Lodge of Masons
Correa ‘Masonic Lodge
General Assembly
North Carolina A. & M. College
Haseen
S. E. Maxwell
Seaboard Air Line
Peachland
Maxwell
Three Hundred Men Scour Woods for Negro Suspect
In Cottage, Massachusetts March 32 the nation reels as mob pursuit intensifies. Three hundred men scour the woods chasing a black man accused of a nameless crime against a young schoolteacher Miss Pittman near Oak Grove South Carolina. Authorities report the fugitive captured and escaped toward Latta, with posse activity spreading from Dillon to Chadbourne. The case marks a watershed for Marion county mob law fears.
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Dillon
Latta
N. C
Chad Dourne
Darlington County
Darlington
8. C
Ansel
South Carolina
Marion County
Fayetteville
Mob May Lynch Two Prisoners In Iowa Parade of Vigilante Action
A mob threatened to lynch two bank robbers after a bank explosion in Masonville. State militia, including Company D, guarded the area with orders to shoot. The sheriff sought more aid following the illegal ousting of a grand jury. Separately, Henry Hackett Downes and Mary Louise Royer wed secretly at Baldwinsville, moving on to Auburn for their wedding trip. Downes, a Cornell junior, is in engineering. Royer will not finish music studies. Also noted: Lackey horse sale in Cambridge City and dates for an Atlantic Coast and Gulf Life Savers convention in Norfolk.
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Inornse
Polintehie Bas Marah 12 Ho
Pomnayania Rai Foad Company
Teenie Hontcalaral
Rome
Rennycvanie
Aces
Jerome
James
Smith
Stanford White
Nature
New York City
Uni
Manchester
Iowa
Masonville
Company D
Ownes
Cornell
Syracuse
N. Y
Henry
Hackett Downes
Denton
Mary Louise
Royer
Syracuse Univeriity
Baldinsvile
Downes
Interlaken
Cayuga Lake
F. W. Fuess
Auburn
Norfolk
Atlantic Coast and Gulf Life Savers' Convention
Northwestern Pacific stockholders meet to vote bonds
Northwestern Pacific Railroad stockholders are called to meet at the San Francisco headquarters to vote on issuing 25 million dollars in gold bonds. Part of the issue would retire existing indebtedness. The company was formed by Southern Pacific and Atchison interests to consolidate lines from both systems.
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Northwestern Pacific
San Francisco
Cal
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
Northwestern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific
Atchison
Bot Systems
Onc
Bank Robbery by Safe-Blowers Tracked to Hunnewell
Safe-Blowers wrecked Union State Bank at Hunnewell Kansas with explosions that woke residents. Civic pursuit followed as robbers fled firing, escaping on a handcar. Posse lines are being formed.
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Wichata
Kans
Union State Bank
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