Miners and Operators Fail to Reach Agreement in Indianapolis Talks
In Indianapolis the United Mine Workers opened its convention while operators from Illinois Indiana and Ohio disputed wage proposals. A planned joint conference was postponed to 2 pm with F L Robbins from Pittsburg holding back on a formal offer. The session adjourned without resolution as Mitchell and Robbins prepared for further talks.
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Indianapolis Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Vners
Claypool
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
F. L. Robbins
Pittsburg
John Mitchell
Hamilton Issued Summons as New York Life Seeks Accounting
Andrew Hamilton was served with a summons in a New York Life Insurance action to recover moneys paid to him by the company's former management. The suit, tied to the Fowler committee findings, seeks $700,000 plus $219,500 jointly with John A. McCall, with service at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
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New York Life
New York
Andrew Hamilton
New York Life Insurance Company
Fifth Avenue
Law Office
Keener & Lewis
Nassau Street
William A. Keener
Fowler
Legislative Bureau
John A. McCall
Premier Morel to resign as cabinet quits
Madrid march 20 premier Morel announced his plan to resign after the judicial reform bill passes and today all cabinet ministers handed in their resignations to him signaling a broad government transition.
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Madrid
Spain
Morel
PIONEER John W. Clark of Johnson County Dies
Iowa City March 20 Coralville resident John W. Clark a pioneer of Johnson county and son of the late Senator Ezekiel Clark died last night.
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Iowa City
John W. Clark
Coralville
Johnson County
Ezekiel Clark
Senate rate bill support grows with party line shifts
Senator Dolliver predicts 31 democratic senators will back the house railroad rate bill after amendments fail. He says about 20 republicans will join to pass it. An influential senator warned the President could trigger panic that would ruin his administration's prestige. Frank J. Stillman.
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Washington, D. C
Dolliver
Frank J. Stillman
Great Battleships Urgently Needed by Navy
Admiral Dewey urged Congress to authorize at once two 18 000 ton battleships with 12 inch guns each. He testified before the house committee on naval affairs in Washington saying heavy ships like the Dreadnaught are the crying need. He also supported ongoing submarine experiments and argued battleships need not be kept in constant commission.
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England
America
Washington, D. C
Admiral Dewey
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Dewey
Robbers Loot Moscow Credit Society Bank Heist
In Moscow on March 20, twenty armed men surrounded the Mutual Credit Society bank as officials locked the doors. The robbers held staff at gunpoint and escaped with 425000 dollars, vanishing after the daring operation.
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Moscow
Mutual Credit Society
Fire destroys Camp Bird mill in Ouray after slide
Fire today destroyed the Camp Bird mill in Ouray Colorado, completing the destruction of the plant which had been wrecked by a snow slide last Sunday. The mill had been erected at a cost of about $500000.
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Camp Bird
Ouray
Col
City schools chief resigns to pursue law career
Superintendent S. K. Stevenson of the city schools and president of the Southeastern Iowa Teachers' Association resigns. He plans to practice law.
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Iowa City
S. K. Stevenson
The
City Schools
Southeastern Iowa Teachers’ Association
Seven Men Murdered in Railroad Labor Dispute
Bristol Tenn March 20 Information from Mann North Carolina reports that in a fight between a foreman and Italian laborers on the South and Western railroad the foreman in defending himself killed seven men with a crowbar.
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Bristol, Tenn
Mann
N. C
South and Western
House Takes Up Legislative Appropriation Bill
Washington March 20 The House opened its session with no preliminary business and moved to amend the legislative appropriation bill under a five minute rule. The fortification appropriation bill was also taken up by the Senate. The statehood bill will be considered in the House tomorrow under special rule and adoption to advance it to the conference committee of Senate and House.
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House
Washington, D. C
Senate
Conference Committee
Reports Exaggerated On Mount Dajo Slaughter
Governor General Ide of Manila cabled Secretary Taft that newspaper reports of a wanton slaughter of women and children at Mount Dajo were sensational and false in essential details. He says some women and children were killed and wounded by preliminary shelling at a distance.
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Manila
Washington, D. C
Ide
Taft
Mount Dajo
Senator Shommedieu Drops Niagara Protection Bill
In Albany on March 20 Senator Shommedieu had the senate strike out the enacting clause of his bill to restrict Niagara river water withdrawals above the falls for power. He said he could not find sentiment to protect Niagara Falls and grew tired of attacks on related measures.
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New York
Niagara
Albany
N. Y
Shommedieu
Senate
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Shammedieu
Fire Destroys Fink Property Near Lisbon
Fire in Cedar Rapids area destroys George Fink property near Lisbon valued at 3000 dollars. Twenty horses burn in the blaze with other buildings damaged.
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George Fink
Lisbon
Cedar Rapids
Cotton Crop Bulletin Shows a Falling Off
Washington reports census bureau bulletin showing 1905 cotton crop at 10,697,000 bales versus 13,697,000 in 1904. Analysts note a marked decline in production from the previous year with implications for supply and markets.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Morocco Conference Advances Concessions At Algeciras
Reports from Algeciras March 20 say the Moroccan conference did not convene but delegates discussed French and Austrian police plans. A conciliatory tone emerged though no final agreement. Berlin instructed German reps to yield on Casablanca police HQ if France accepts German views on the Moroccan bank. Russia denies any acceptance of France’s Austrian plan and pledges support for a successful solution with France.
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Algeciras
Berlin
Foreign Office
France
Casablanca
Russia
St. Petersburg
Lamsdorff
Count Cassini
Wreck on Burlington injures workers in Iowa
A fast eastbound Chicago Burlington and Quincy train derailed at Lockridge after a misplaced switch. The dining car sleeping car and observation car crashed into a work train, destroying sidetracked cars. Swan Bloom of Burlington the cook on the work train was killed and eleven others were severely injured. A mail sack struck a switch post, releasing the switch and sidetracking the last three passenger cars.
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Burlington
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Lockridge
Swan Bloom
Family falls unconscious from escaping gas in Glen Osborne
Pittsburg March 20 The entire family of John H Williamson post master and station agent of Glen Osborne on the Fort Wayne railroad was found unconscious from escaping gas this morning. The father mother and three children were affected. Physicians finally succeeded in restoring all to consciousness.
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Pittsburg
John H. Williamson
Glen Osborne
Fort Wayne
Davenport Utility Stock Payout Sparks 200000 Payment
About $200000 was paid to stockholders in Davenport Iowa as the first installment to eastern buyers of the public utilities in three cities. Smaller holders received full payments while larger holders will wait 90 days.
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Davenport
Drobbed Dead Deidrich Blesse in Davenport Resort
Deidrich Blesse, a well known Northwest Davenport resident, collapsed and died last night in a city resort from a hemorrhage before medical help could arrive.
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Deidrich Blesse
Davenport
Standard Oil Takes Over Republic Oil
Indianapolis report states the Republic Oil company has been turned over to Standard Oil. Efforts to confirm the report were unsuccessful.
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Ness of the Republic Oil Company Has
The
Standard Oil
North Loup Fire Destroys Much of Business District
Fire swept through North Loup Nebraska destroying nearly the entire business district. The blaze raced through the town today causing extensive damage and leaving few structures intact.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
North Loup
iNeb
Elkins defends senate on interstate commerce hearing
In a sharp open letter Senator Stephen B. Elkins replies to Governor Albert B. Cummins over alleged misconduct at the Senate committee hearing on rate discrimination. He accuses Cummins of maligning the Senate while detailing the five and a half hour session and refuting his hostile testimony.
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Washington, D. C
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Stephen B. Elkins
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senate
Cummins
Elkins
Fort Dodge
United States Senate
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senator Elkins
Governor Cummins
Cullom
Railroad
Ny Railroad
Promised shipping bill aims to equalize British and foreign ships
London March 20 report says the measure to amend the shipping acts to place British and foreign vessels on equal footing was introduced in the House of Commons today. The bill is expected to pass.
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House of Commons
London
Eng
Witte to Resign as Russian Premier Rumor Spreads
In St Petersburg March 20 reports say Count Witte may retire from the premiership with Privy Councillor Kokovsoff as his possible successor. Cabinet divisions emerge over agrarian land finance scheme via peasant banks, while radicals face exclusion and local official pressure grows.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Count Witte
Council of the Empire
Korovsoff
M. Kokovsoff
Alexander Nicholaievitch
General Thayer Dies at 86 After Illness
Civil War veteran General John M. Thayer longtime Nebraska figure dies after a brief illness. He served as U S senator from 1867 to 1871, Wyoming territorial governor in 1875, and Nebraska governor from 1887 for four years. Survived by two awaiting arrival sons, funeral plans pending.
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Lincoln
Neb
John M. Thayer
United States
Nebraska
Thayer
Wyoming
Snowbound Trains in Illinois Snow Drift Battles
A Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton passenger train was stranded in a snow drift six miles east of Decatur all day and night. Fifteen passengers were fed by company baskets and slept in sleeping cars. Another Illinois Central train near Argenta remained stuck with twelve passengers aboard as four engines failed to free it. Farmers supplied food and hot coffee.
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Decatur
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Indianapolis
Illinois Central
Champaign
Argenta
Snow Plow Overturns Killing Three Men Near Dayton
Six miles north of Dayton on the Dayton and Troy traction road a snow plow toppled killing William Humphreys Bert Hoover and Gustavus Nicol who were crushed beneath twelve tons of ballast placed to weigh the machine down.
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Dayton
Ohio
Dayton and
Troy
Here
William Humphreys
Bert Hoover
Gustavus Nicol
Wallace backs sea level canal in Senate hearing
Former Canal Commission chief engineer John F. Wallace argued for a straight sea level canal with ample width and depth. He warned other designs risk permanency and vessel size limitations while favoring faster, cheaper transit and higher revenue akin to Suez. He estimated 10 to 12 years to complete and urged single contracting to speed up the project.
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Washington, D. C
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal Commission
Senate Committee On
Suez Canal
Panama
Suezof
Revolutionists Attack Meeting in Lodz
In Lodz on March 20 revolutionists surrounded a hall where voting methods were debated and fired through windows. Panic ensued as attendees rushed out, with several wounded. Cavalry dispersed the rioters, killing two and wounding seven.
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Lodz
Mines Close as Snow Threat Diverts 5000 Miners to Silverton
Denver reports fear of snow slides forces all mines near Silverton to shut down. About 5,000 miners flee to Silverton for safety as avalanches kill sixteen in three days. Property losses exceed half a million dollars. The Silverton Durango railroad is blocked and famine looms.
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Denver
Colo
Silverton
Durango
First Republican County Convention in State Held at Cummins
Webster City Iowa March 20 the first Republican county convention in the state met this afternoon at Cummins It instructed for Cummins and Conner and endorsed D C Chase for state senator and J H Richard for judge The meeting was harmonious throughout.
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Cummins
Webster City
Conner
D. C. Chase
J. H. Richard
Two Men Cremated After Gas Works Explosion
In Cedar Falls Illinois March 20 August Ruhr and A G Seebert were cremated after an explosion at the gas works. A third man is missing.
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Cedar Falls
Ila
Ruhr
A. G. Seebert
Weather for Iowa Turns Fair Tonight into Rain
Chicago dispatch reports Iowa weather with a fair night and Wednesday rain. Temperature details are unclear. sunrise at 5 56 a m and sunset at 6 02 p m with the moon rising at 3 39 a m.
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Chicago
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