Believed Fifty Lives Lost In Canadian Rail Disaster
Reports from Glenogle and Revelstoke detail avalanches on Canadian Pacific lines burying rotary plows and trains. Initial counts cite dozens dead, many missing, with crews and rescuers overwhelmed by snow and wreckage across Rogers and Bow River passes.
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Glenogle
I. C
Bowers Pass
Selkirk Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Rogers Pass
Gold Range
Buckley
Revelstoke
Governor Hay calls militia to aid railroads after avalanche
Olympia reports Governor Hay orders militia to Wellington to clear avalanche debris from two Great Northern trains, with thirty five dead and others missing. Seattle reports six laborers killed by snowslides at the eastern Cascade tunnel, no wire communication.
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Wellington
Scenic
Great Northern
la New
Northwest
Olympia
Hay
Seattle
Cascade Tunnel
Hallinger to testify in his own behalf at hearing
Washington on March 5 Pigchot Wid faced cross examination by Dahlinger's counsel. It was understood Hallinger will testify in his own behalf at the conclusion of Pinchot's testimony.
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Hallinger
Thativy
Washington
Pigchot Wid
Dahlinger
Lornpan Ph ‘A
Malelinger
Hia
Behart
Pinchot
Teatt
Publicity Bureau Criticized Over Forestry Propaganda
Mony and Vertzen attacked Pin Echot for using the forestry service publicity bureau to spread conservation propaganda, despite the appropriation bill prohibiting such actions.
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Mony
Vertzen Today
Pinechot
Publicity Bureau
The
Forestry Service
Emigrants Move as Spring Comes to South Dakota
Mitchell, March 4. The emigration movement to South Dakota has begun from the east with about thirty emigrant cars passing daily through Mitchell bound for the reservation area near Rapid City and beyond or to lands along the Milwaukee extension. Railroad officials expect a doubled rush in a week or ten days as housing and traffic preparations expand. Davison County will see over forty new farming families relocate, signaling one of the state's strongest settlement years.
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Mitchell
South Dakota
Milwaukee
Rapid City
Milwaukee Coast
Davison
Farma
Milwaukee Purchase Rumor Ties Black Hills Line to Wyoming
Mystic March 5 report suggests the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway may buy the Rapid City Black Hills and Western railway from Rapid City to Mystic. Surveyors mapped the line for potential track straightening, signaling plans to extend west to Wyoming coal fields and boost westward traffic.
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Mystic
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Rapid City
Black Hills# & Western railway
Black Hills
Milwaukee Company
Accommodating Husband Ends in Tragedy at Ipswich
John Johnson, the Ipswich madman, shot three times at his wife who lay on the sewing machine floor in a sweltering pool of blood. He set aside the revolver, calmed the two children, and pressed a glass to her lips, ordering her to drink as she cried for help. The tale portrays a mild man capable of upheaval, echoing ancient writer says.
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John Johnson
Ipswich
Will
Johnson
Strong points in Ballinger Pinchot hearing resume
Washington March 4 Pinchot resumes testimony in the Ballinger Pinchot hearing facing cross examination by Vertres who presses for first hand knowledge of Cunningham cases Ballinger’s letter to Taft from November is cited as strong point for Ballinger Pinchot largely refuted prior testimony and details show opposition to conservation efforts Washington March 6 Senate rejects Cunningham amendment to a banking bill allowing investment of bank funds in state or government securities with Idaho’s oral amendment backed. Morah resolution passes 49 to 1.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger
Vertres
Hallingwor
Chueach Forest
Senate
Ha Cumming
Inga
Oral
Idaho
Iowa Negro Oratorical Contest In Mt Vernon
Representatives from Iowa colleges gathered at Mt Veron for the state oratory contest. Notable contender Henry Cole from Sorrell College delivered a piece titled The Philosophy of the Race Problem.
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Lea Moniea
Iowa
Atate
Theodivition
Henry Cole i Woo Wee
Sorrell College
Mt Veron
Philadelphia Strike Fuels Large Scale Labor Action
Secretary Hope of the Central Labor Union reports 60 000 union and 15 000 non union workers out on strike following a Carmen's Union sympathy order. He predicts 150 000 strikers tonight, with 8 000 police mobilized and state troops ready. Among strikers are 2 000 bricklayers and 25 000 Hebrew trades. A man and a boy were shot during a mob attack on a street car. Crowds filled the streets while Mayor Reyburn ordered police to curb gatherings and prepare for widespread disruption. Benefits totaling 700 000 weekly were planned by unions in anticipation of the strike.
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Philadelphia
Hope
Central Labor Union
Carmen
United Hebrew Trades
Reyburn
Powell Held After Street Shooting In Scotland North Carolina
In Scotland North Carolina KE Powell a wealthy merchant is held under double guard pending the injuries of State Senator E L Travis State Representative A P Kitchen and Deputy Sheriff C W Dunn who were shot in the street during an altercation. Powell is accused of the crime.
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Scotland
N. C
KE. K. Powell
E. L. Travis
A. P. Kitchen
C. W. Dunn
Powell
Cherry Mine Disaster Toll Rises With 58 Bodies Found
March 4. Fifty-eight more bodies were recovered from the St. Paul mine with twenty more in sight expected later. Widows and orphans failed to gather for demonstrations as town apathy lingered after the catastrophe.
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Cherry
St. Paul
Taft Sets Travel and Speech Records in First Year
Washington notes Taft closed his first year with travel totals of 20 638 miles by train and 6000 by automobile plus 348 speeches. Roosevelt’s year record was 242. Taft inaugurated two federal investigations, the beef probe and New York customs frauds and forced Zelaya’s resignation. He also sent eighteen messages to Congress and discharged three federal officers Pinchot Frye and Shaw.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Pinchot, Frye and Shaw
New York
Zelaya
Republicans Endorse Cannon for Re-Election in Danville
Danville March 4 Speaker Cannon was unanimously endorsed by twenty Republican electors in the district. The move follows a Chicago Tribune poll suggesting Republican opposition. The endorsers urged Cannon to run again and also backed President Taft and the Aldrich Payne tariff law.
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Danville
Cannon
Chicago Tribune
Taft
Pastor challenges county attorney in public debate
Helena March 6 County Attorney Hepner calls out Rev Francis R Bateman pastor of St Peter s Episcopal church to public debate after Bateman recent criticism of county law administration. Bateman cited a revolting crime in the city and alleged mishandling of multiple cases. He urged scrutiny of evidence and inconsistent convictions across counties.
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Helena
Hepner
Francis R. Bateman
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
London
East End
Satan
Big Mortgage Filed For Record In Rapid City
A mortgage deed dated May 1 1909 from the Rapid City Black Hills and Western railroad to the Columbia Trust Company of New York for 750000 was filed with the county recorder. The 1600 bonds of 500 each bear 57 percent annual interest and mature November 1 1919, with option to call after that date. The mortgage covers roadbed rights of way and equipment, with 900000 bonds to be paid into the treasury for debt, 50000 for new equipment, and 400000 for new lines.
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Rapid City Journal
Hatley
Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad
Columbia Trust Company of
New York
Notte Mareh Vapor Line Shutdown Sparks Confusion
A garbled report notes a line engine for a vehicle was halted. Officials cite unclear damage from a given source. The fragment mentions a strike and a possible collision, but details remain uncertain and sources are unreadable.
Confessed Murderess Resists Divorce
Marion Indiana March 4 Interest in a sensational Indiana crime will revive next week as William Kraus sues Rae Krauss for divorce in Grant Superior Court. Rae Krauss, serving life for the murder of her stepdaughter Crystal Krauss in Hartford City in 1904, plans to defend and press a counter suit alleging Krauss murdered Crystal. Krauss had planned a $2000 estate share for Rae Krauss, prompting speculation the stepmother killed for the estate. Rae Krauss contends her husband murdered Crystal and coerced her confession, seeking exoneration and potential other charges.
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Marion
Ind
Indiana
William KR. Kraus
Rae M. Krauss
Grant Superior Court
Crystal Krauss
William R. Krauss
Hartford City
Krauss
Manitoba Winter Fair Opens in Brandon with Record Poultry
The Manitoba winter fair and fat stock show opened in Brandon today after a year of preparation. Liberal prizes drew high class exhibits from Manitoba and neighboring provinces. Poultry display is the largest ever seen here. The fair runs through the week with expected attendance records.
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Brandon
Man
Manitoba
Confession of Crime Ends in Execution at Carthage
William Wilson was hanged in Carthage Maine on March 4 for the murder of Minnie Plumb. In his final words he shamed the audience and urged spectators to raise their right hands as witnesses. He confessed to the crime, then died on the scaffold.
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Carthage
William Wilson
Minnie Plumb
Wilson
Governor Wesley 10 Takes Action On Hanging Sentence
Attorney KR C Hayes returned from Pierre after meeting with the pardon board to seek commutation for William Dunn alias Charles Hays. The panel including Judge Harvey, Secretary Polley, and Attorney General Clark recommended commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment. Hayes presented the board's view to Governor Robert Wes Bey for final decision.
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KR. C. Hayes
Pierre
Pardon Board
William Dunn
Charles Hays
Atorney
Harvey
Supreme Court
Polley
Clark
Hayes
Robert 8. Wes- Bey
Commission Knocked Out in Express Rates Case
Judge John E. Carland of the federal court ruled the South Dakota railroad commission had no authority to fix express rates, delivering a complete knockout to the commission. The decision rejects the commission’s attempt to enforce Different Tariff No 1 set to take effect Jan 15 1910 and upholds the express companies’ challenge to the rates.
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Sioux Falls
John E. Carland
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
South Dakota
Commission
Carland
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Mail Service Restored After Washout Delays
San Francisco reports relief as marooned express, mail and freight move again after six days of isolation. The Southern, Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads resume service via detours, restoring communication with eastern destinations.
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San Francisco
Southern
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railroads
Astor Granted Permanent Divorce and Alimony
Mrs. John Jacob Astor today secured a permanent divorce decree and $100,000 in alimony. She also won custody of her daughter and had her maiden name restored to Alva Willing, while the father retained custody of the son.
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White Plains
John Jacob Astor
Alva Willing
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Columbia Trust Co
Bill Dunn
GOV. Wesley
Astor
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