Worst Railroad Disaster Reported with Dozens Dead
Reports from Peuble Colorado and other cities recount a massive railroad accident described as the worst in history. Early tallies place the death toll at thirty six with seventeen bodies identified in morgues and many more believed burned. Names added to the list include Patrick Murphy from Florence Ray Fieldington from Keystone and Mrs Balle Webb from Keystone.
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Peuble
Col
Ipguengrs
Rte Wissienad
Patrick Murphy
Florence
Ray Fieldington
Keystone
Wyoming
Balle Webb
Bowling Congress Opens In Louisville In Record Attendance
Louisville hosts eight to ten thousand enthusiasts for the American Bowling Congress tournament. The event is expected to last about fourteen days as bowlers take over the city. In Caldwell Idaho Judge Smith overruled a motion to strike indictments in the Haywood Pettibone and Moyer cases and took motions for bail under advisement until Tuesday.
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Scripps News Association
Louisville
United States
American Bowling Congress
Scrippa News Association
Boise
District Court
Caldwell
Smith
Haywood
Panama Journal Suppressed by Panama Government
The Panama Journal, official Liberal party organ, has been suppressed by the Panama government amid charges that canal fund millions were misused through irregularities.
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Scripps News Association
Panama
Panama Journal
Liberal Party
Amadore
Canal Fund
Bank Officials Sentenced for Bank Misuse in Ohio
Cleveland reports former National Bank of Conneaut president Charles M. Travef and cashier O C Lillie pleaded guilty to misapplying bank funds. Both received sentences of six years in the Ohio state prison.
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Scripps News Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles M. Travef
National Bank
Conneaut
O. C. Lillie
Sit Yaar
Sheep Loss Big in Idaho After Late Storm
Trainmen report a severe sheep loss in Idaho from the recent storm. One man is said to have lost about 60,000 head, with the late arrival delaying full casualty details and estimates.
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Idaho
Buying American Products in Asia Aid Trade Growth
Agent Crist of the department of commerce and labor returns from a month in Japan and northern China. He notes American trade has grown and will continue, despite packing oddities. He cites Japan’s growing industry and low six percent county investment loans as favorable for U.S. ventures.
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Sqrippa News, Association
Washington
Crist
Department of Commerce and Labor
Japan
China
Tien Tein
America
Hewitt Family Affected By Elgin Railroad Wreck
Dispatches note nine of eleven Hewitt relatives died in the wreck while traveling to Wallowa county. Mr. and Mrs. Ricker of Elgin are identified as Mrs. Hewitt’s parents.
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Hewitt
Faimy
Wallowa County
Ricker
Elgin
Re elected president of Temple Iron Company in Reading
George F. Baer was today re elected president of the Temple Iron Company known as the Coal Trust Company at Reading Pennsylvania on March 17.
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Scripps News Association
Reading
George F. Baer
The
Temple Iron Company
Coal Trust Company
Cassie Chadwick names heir while in prison
Cassie Chadwick, serving a penitentiary term, has named Wilson Emil Hoover her heir. The message notes remittances arrive daily but does not specify the property's valuation or location.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cassie Chadwick
Wilson Emil Hoover
St Patrick Day Celebrations Across Cities
London Dublin New York and Baltimore mark St Patrick’s Day with parades dinners and flags. Irish troops gain leave at the Tower in London while Dublin hosts a parade at the Castle and New York plans a large parade by the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
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London
St. Patrick's Day
Erin
Queen Alexandria
Queen Victoria
Tower
Dublin
Mar
Dublin Castle
Earl and Countess of Aberdeen
New York
Brooklyn
Ancient Order of Hibernians
New York County
Sulzer
Harlem River Park
Madison Squire Garden
Athletic Club
St Patrick Society
Baltimore
Order of Hiberniana
Sympathetic strike shuts down San Francisco horse shoers
Six hundred horse shoers walk out in sympathy with a broader stablemen strike. A few non union shops stay open but total workers available drop to about thirty. Main streets lack horse shodder access as owners resist wage demands of 2.50 dollars per day and limits of twelve hour days and twenty six horses per hostler. Fire department and United Mail service horses may still be shod during the walkout.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fire Department
United Mail Service
Grain markets report from Chicago opening and closing prices
Wheat opened at 78 percent and closed at 78 percent. Corn opened at 42 percent and closed at 45 percent. Oats opened at 29 percent and closed at 29 percent.
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Scrippe News Association
Chicago
Big Egglaying Record at Dundee
Roe Robison reports in the Graphic from Newberg Oregon on a Dundee hen flock achieving 1576 eggs in a year across seven hens. The top layer produced 234 eggs with others at 210 and 161 eggs. The group averages 1966-7 eggs per hen, with four hens over 200.
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Ite
Roe Robison
Newberg
Oregon
Graphic
Kidnap Tale Unfolds as Child Turns Out Girl in Disguise
In Coloma a Filipina passenger arrives with a boy claimed to be Johnny Toso, kidnapped last week. Police hold both, awaiting Colonia sheriff, who learns the child is actually a girl in boys clothing, leaving the mystery to investigators. Later a steamer brings smallpox cases to Williams Head, with 250 aboard quarantined for eighteen days.
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Sanluis
Obispo
Mar
Steamay
Scripps News Asociation
Victoria B.G
Tarter
Williams Head
Panama Canal Inspector Arrives Aboard Paru in San Francisco
The steamer Paru of the Pacific Mail Line docked in San Francisco carrying Edward E. Fleming who was sent by President Roosevelt to Panama to inspect canal work. Fleming refused to discuss his visit or any report to the President. Samuel C. Howe, treasurer of the Northwestern, died suddenly at an elevated station this morning in New York.
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Scripps News Association
San Francisco
Cali
Mar
Paru
Pacific Mail Line
Panama
Edward E. Fleming
Roosevelt
Canal
Fleming
New York
Samuel C. Howe
The
Northwestern
Col Ivanhoe returns from Salem in enterprise case tour
Col Ivanhoe came back from Salem where he appeared for Chas Hall garth and Henry Bader in the Enterprise Hotel case. He says the trip was flying, work hard, and his main adversary is his former law partner Sheahan of Enterprise. Relations with court and bar were cordial and free of sharpness. In Portland his brother Els treated him well and showed him a great time. He is noted as unassuming, approachable, highly regarded in the profession, and popular for fair dealing.
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Col
Ivanhoe
Salem
Chas, Hallgarth
Henry Bader
Enterprise Hotel
Sheahan
Enterprise
Court
Portland
Els
Law and warnings amid national bank fraud concerns
A telegram from President Lawson warns of fraudulent bank use affecting savings and stock gambling schemes. He notes a New York firm tied to a Montana bank swindle called United Nipper and signals forthcoming action to stop the fraud, without naming the house.
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Santa Telegram
New York Stock Exchange
Montana
United Nipper
Warnee
Water Crisis in Visalia Describes Rising Floods and Evacuations
Water continues to rise in Visalia with the business section under water. Breaks in the Santa Fe track worsen flooding, forcing many families to abandon homes. William Slusher reports sheep ranch lambing delayed to March 26 amid cold weather. In Paris, Castellano’s preliminary hearing is postponed due to the Count's influenza illness.
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Visalia, Gul
Santa Fe
William Slusher
E.C
Scripps News Association
Paris
Castellano
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