Miners Trapped by Snow Slides Isolated Near Ouray
Six hundred miners within twenty miles of Ouray are cut off by snow slides with feared deaths and up to a million dollars in damage. Camp Bird and Imogene basin are buried under 60 to 300 feet of snow blocking tramways and rescues.
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Camp Bird
Imogene Basin
Telluride
Liberty Bell
August Hellene
Bear Creek
Ophire Station
Ophir Loop
Red Mountain
Former President Grover Cleveland Turns 69 in Florida Trip
Former President Grover Cleveland spent his sixty ninth birthday in Princeton away from home. He has been in Florida with Professor Howard McClenahan for ten days and may remain south another month due to poor health. Mrs. Cleveland says his Florida outing is improving and expects him to get better.
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Florida
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Robbins resigns from role amid ongoing contract talks
Robbins retires from head operator duties during stalled negotiations. The move occurs as unions and management clash over terms, leaving operations in transition while talks continue.
Conference Amid Turbulence Hits Mine Operators
Indianapolis March 19 operators adjourned a crisis crowd with 400 bituminous coal operators meeting behind closed doors to push a unified policy. F L Robbins threatened to bolt the conference while J H Winder was elected to lead in the joint session with miners.
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Indianapolis
Ind
F. L. Robbins
United Mine Workers of America
Langdon
Denver
Colorado
Robbins
J. H. Winder
Ohio
Washington
Washington, D. C
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Typothetae
Francis Named New Ambassador to Austria Hungary
Washington reports Charles S. Francis of Troy New York former American minister to Greece will be sent to the senate as ambassador to Austria Hungary to succeed Bellamy Storer. Storer’s resignation is described as a mystery in official circles with rumors he retired of his own accord. The move follows prior pledges and family ties dating to Theodore Roosevelt era civil service days and McKinley era promises.
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Washington, D. C
Charles S. Francis
Troy
N. Y
Greece
Senate
Austria
Hungary
Bellamy Storer
Austria-Hungary
Storer
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Berlin
McKinley
Roosevelt
Fire in East River Tunnel Baffles Firemen
Fire raged in a Pennsylvania railroad tunnel under the East River in New York disabling air locks and hindering hoses. Several hundred bales of hay and sawdust fed the blaze and one or two firemen were reported dead.
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New York
N. Y
East River
Manager Is Dead in Grand Rapids
Willis Hall Turner general manager of the Grand Rapids Herald died today in Grand Rapids Michigan from paralysis.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Willis Hall Turner
The
Grand Rapids Herald
Drunken Telegraph Operator Sentenced for Train Wreck
Judge McMahon imposes an indeterminate sentence of two to fourteen years on Thomas Bascom of Springfield Illinois, a Baltimore and Ohio telegraph operator, who intoxicated himself and set a switch at Summan causing a disastrous wreck. Bascom is a prominent figure in Springfield.
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la Porte
Ind
McMahon
Thomas Bascom
Springfield
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Summan
Bascom
Taft cites Major Scott aid on Mount Dajo facts
Secretary of War Taft in Washington cites Major Hugh L. Scott as best source for Mount Dajo details. Major General Leonard Wood in Manila says Scott spent eight months trying to move Moros off the mountain without fighting. Wood denies reports of women and children killed and notes sensational cables in Manila and U S papers.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Leonard Wood
Manila
Mount Dajo
Hugh L. Scott
United States
Mindanao
Col. Andrews
Washington
Andrews
Scott
House Panel Outlines Four Points Of Consular Reform
The House committee explains a Senate bill reorganizing the consular service. It calls for redefining consulates, turning all fees into the Treasury, requiring Americans earning $1000 or more to hold citizenship, and creating inspectors to ensure proper duties. The Post Office budget for the next year totals 191 million, up 10 million from last year, while the Gro svenor amendment abolishes the lieutenant general grade. In the Senate, McCreary opens discussion on the railroad rate bill with Bailey to follow.
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Leon Brown
Lewis
House
Senate
Educational Board of Regents
Courtright
Crossley
Washington, D. C
United States Treasury
House Committee On Postoffices
Corbin
MacArthur
Gage Confirms Planned Retirement From United States Trust
New York March 19 Lyman J Gage secretary of the treasury confirmed he would retire as president of the United States Trust company in a few weeks.
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New York
N. Y
Lyman J. Gage
The
Treasury
United States Trust Company
Weiss Appointed Chief Postal Clerk in Cedar Rapids
A. F. Weiss of Chicago has been appointed chief postal clerk in Cedar Rapids to succeed the late A. T. Wilson, announced March 19. Weiss takes over duties as the city’s postal operations adjust after Wilson’s passing.
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Cedar Rapids
A. F. Weiss
Chicago
A. T. Wilson
Louisa County Opposes Cummins in Local Race
Report from Wapello describes Louisa county Republicans opposing Governor Cummins allied candidates. Carpenter declares he stands with the old district machinery and not with Cummins, urging leaders not to connect him to the Cummins bid. The piece notes local figures promoting Cummins and a divided view within the party.
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Columbus Junction
Register
Leader
Carpenter
Congress
Cummins
First Congressional District
Register and Leader
J. R. Smith
Wapello
Arthur Springer
Springer
Polk County
Formosa Earthquake Devastates Kagi City in Taiwan
Reports from Tokio dated March 19 describe a catastrophic Formosan quake Saturday afternoon that killed or injured 8000 as Kagi, a key Japanese administrative center, suffered partial destruction. Japanese medical teams from Taipei assist the injured amid widespread distress.
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Tokio
Japan
Kagi
Formosa
Taipei
LYNCHED A NEGRO IN LOUISIANA COW THEFT KILLING
In Plaquemine Louisiana March 19 a mob of thirty five masked men overpowered Constable Marionneaux and a citizen named W M Patureau and hanged William Carr a negro accused of stealing and killing a cow. The lynching occurred near a railroad bridge over the plantation canal. Judge Schwing calls grand jury for extra session to investigate the act. Carr had a long history of thefts and prior court appearances.
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Plaquemine
William Carr
Marionneaux
W. M. Patureau
Plantation Canal
Schwing
Carr
Fire at Haverhill Training School Sparks Injuries
Fire at the Haverhill manual training school spreads to the Whittier annex of the high school. Several children are reported hurt due to jumps on stairways while escaping. No fatalities reported as flames reach nearby houses.
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Haverhill
Mass
Whittier
Cook fatally shot in Grace Hotel room
Nicholas J. Dickhoff a 23 year old Cincinnati cook was shot and killed early today in a Grace hotel room. Jacob W. Young 18 also of Cincinnati along with Mrs Amann and Mrs Friel were arrested in connection with the shooting.
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Chicago
Nicholas J. Dickhoff
Cincinnati
Jacob W. Young
Mikifred Amann
Grace Hotel
Young
Amann
Mable Friel
Troops Deployed in Lens as Miners Strike Rages
Lens France March 19. Troops arrived to avert trouble as 46 000 miners on strike parade the town with red flags. Units prepared for any emergencies amid the dispute between miners and authorities.
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Lens
France
Wreck on Illinois Central Kills Switchman in Fort Dodge
E. J. Hodgman, a switchman, died after a collision wrecked seven freight cars at Fort Dodge Iowa on Saturday night. A 39-car loaded train split in two on a steep grade toward Tara, causing a ten hour traffic delay.
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Fort Dodge
E. J. Hodgman
Illinois Central
Tara
Tariff dispute between Austria and Servia ends
Belgrade reports the Austro Servian tariff dispute has collapsed with orders to admit Austrian merchandise into Servia starting today on the prewar terms.
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Austria
Servia
Belgrade
Forest fires threaten Lyndon area in Washington
Forest fires rage near Lyndon Washington with Northwood four miles north destroyed. Homes loss reported and many families left homeless as the blaze closes in on the town. Authorities warn of continuing danger as they battle the flames.
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Lyndon
Washington
Northwood
Here
Presidential Possibilities Loom In Taft and Roosevelts Shadow
From reliable sources the retirement of Secretary Taft from the war department is not entirely voluntary. Taft would prefer to stay in the cabinet, but the canal project and friction with Shantz push him toward other roles. Possible successors include Fairbanks, Shaw, and Root, with La Follette, Dolliver, and Cortelyou also noted as watched figures.
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Frank J. Stillman
Taft
War Department
Philippines
Shantz
Canal Commission
Drake
Iowa
Clover Leaf Railroad
Secretary Root
Supreme
Fairbanks
Shaw
Root
Cortelyou
Dolliver
Washington
New York
Roosevelt
la Follette
United States
Senate
Fair
Weather for Iowa Report From Chicago Bureau
The dispatch notes fair skies tonight and Tuesday with colder conditions in the east and central areas. Temperatures rise Tuesday as the sun rises at 5 58 and sets at 6 01 with the moon rising at 2 52.
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