Wreck and Fire Kill Dozens on Rio Grande Train Collision
A head on crash four miles east of Florence Colorado on the Denver and Rio Grande line left many dead and burned after a curve miscue. Officials list twenty two injured and conservative dead at thirty five with seventeen bodies identified in Pueblo.
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Pueblo
Col
Ede
Denver & Rio Grande
Florence
Hia Areman
William Hollis
Walter Coselett
Sudduth
Edward EE. Baird
Denver
Archibald Whitney
Canon City
Baird
William Burnside
Kansas
A. N. Barkie
Salida
Misa Grace Barkle
Enos McParland
Express Messenger
Taylor Hewitt
Lebo
Kan
Lillian Hewitt
Pearl Hewitt
Catherine Hewitt
Ed Cowley
Fred Jones
Fred
Adobe
F. Lively
Swallows
Lively
Strick
Peruna Promoted by U S Army Lieutenant in Washington
Av. B. Davidson, late lieutenant, praises Peruna as a remedy for catarrh and system ailments. He endorses the product through the Pension Office and directs readers to Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio for guidance and free advice.
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Av. B. Davidson
U. S. Army
Washington, D.C
Care
Pension Office
Davidson
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Trainwreck Flames Kill Deputy Sheriff and Prisoner
A westbound collision and sheet of fire trap many in the forward coach as foreigners perish. two bankers and a deputy sheriff are killed. The prisoner Archibald Whitney perishes in the No 23 smoker with handcuffs on his hands. The incident ends with rescuers pulling survivors from other cars while a line of patients seeks Foley's Honey and Tar.
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No. 23
E. E. Baird
Denver
Archibald Whitney
Two Policemen Sentenced at Hard Labor in Kazan
Kazan authorities report two city policemen were sentenced to one year in prison at hard labor for maltreating a woman. The ruling, dated March 17, reflects a rare public punishment of law officers amid local misconduct concerns.
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Kazan
Russia
Europeans Hope for Moroccan Accord at Conference
At Algeciras on March 17 delegates note postponement of the Moroccan reform conference to March 20 raises hopes Germany and France will find a mutual basis. Neutral powers led by Americans and Italians push concessions while both sides seek an inspector with real authority, aiming for a satisfactory settlement at the next meeting.
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Algeciras
Germany
France
Russian police cruelty case stirs outrage over child prisoners
Report from St. Petersburg describes a teenager condemned to death then life imprisonment after a failed murder plot. Mile. Spiridonove and Mile. Izmailovich allegedly describe brutal treatment by police including beating and stripping. The same paper cites 397 executions in Russia in January.
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St. Petersburg
Generil
Nalsoviet
Mile
Spiridonove
M. Lutshenoffsky
Secret Police
Tamboff
Mile. Izmailovich
Minsk
van Kultkiff
Russia
Taft declines Supreme Court offer amid 1908 presidential bid
Secretary of War William H. Taft of Ohio refused President Roosevelts offer to fill Justice Browns seat. The White House statement notes Brown wont retire until June and the court will vacation from October, delaying any vacancy decision. Tafts rejection signals possible 1908 Republican presidential run.
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Washington
William H. Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Justice Brown
Taft
White House
Justice
Brown
Wife’s Strange Story In Divorce Case
In Findlay Ohio on March 17 Jennie Duncan testified in her divorce suit against Alfred Duncan that about a year ago her husband confessed to being a member of the Jesse James gang and that he used the alias Frank Shoemaker. She said he described robberies and how shares were divided. Duncan, 68, is a prisoner.
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Findlay. O
Alfred Duncan
Jennie Duncan
Jesse James
Frank Shoemaker
Duncan
James Boys
Charcoal Lozenges Promoted as Health Booster
An advertisement extols Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges for internal cleansing and improved breath, complexion, and digestion. It claims charcoal absorbs gases in the stomach and bowels, disinfects mouth and throat, and offers health benefits with daily use. A Buffalo doctor endorses them for gas relief and liver benefits at twenty five cents per box.
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Stuart
Buffalo
Y M C A Notes Highlight Youth Drive and Events
The Y M C A campaigns aims for 400 members by April with boys aged ten to sixteen urged to attend a meeting at the German Evangelical church. H Hamilton of Louisville speaks on Sowing and Reaping, Highland Male Quartet performs, and Prof Chas A Prosser leads a talk on a young man’s vocation. A supper honors Mr Helm of Tokio, Japan, and his stereopticon talk on Japan in War and Peace follows at First Presbyterian. A New Albany picked basketball team lost 87 to earlier opponents on Louisville floor. another game may be arranged on home court.
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Thia
Highland
Louisville
Association
Atady
Chas A. Prosser
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Helm
Tokio
Japan
First Presbyterian Church
Capt Wregge
New Albany
University
Dynamiters Still At Work Near Wallace Idaho
A dynamite bomb found yesterday on the south fork of the Coeur d Alene river behind the fire hall in Wallace shows ongoing sabotage after a failed attempt three weeks earlier to blow up the Stanned mill three miles west of Wallace. The device is a sheet lead encased cylinder about 12 to 14 inches long with over 20 pounds of dynamite.
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Spokane
Wash
Wallace
Fee
Coen D'Alene
Atallor
Peace to Modify Demands on Anthracite Scales After Heated Meeting
Indianapolis March 17 The anthracite scale committee will reply to operators refusal to meet miners demands after a two hour closed session led by President John Mitchell and T D Nichols. Conservatives prevailed but the committee will draft a detailed reply to present at Indianapolis and New York conferences aimed at avoiding a strike.
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Indianapolis
Anthracite Miners’ Scale Committee
John Mitchell
T. D. Nichols
Scranton
Wikesbarre
Mitchell and Nichols
New York City
Miners’ National Convention
Yoo
Miners and Rob bins Seek Quick Bituminous Pact
Indianapolis March 17 F L Robbins of Pittsburg Coal company and President Mitchell of the miners pursue a rapid settlement of soft coal disputes within ten days. Robbins cites optimism but denounces reports of pressuring other districts. Mitchell and leaders may accept the 1903 scale, abandoning the demand for a 12 1/2 percent increase.
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Indianapolis
F. L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Mitchell
Robbins
United States Steel Company
Steel Trust
Pat Dolan
Gosia
Sutherlin Murder Trial Details Rope Evidence
Testimony described a domestic strife filled household and a hanging death. Witnesses detailed rope placement, neck marks, and a large woman’s features while jurors heard about nervous trouble and possible postmortem blood gathering. The defense signaled more expert testimony and court adjourned to Monday morning.
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Laura Whittinghill
Morton Avenue
Sutherlin
Charlestown
Silver Creek Township
Clark County
S+llereburg
Geneva Scheller
Schellers
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Colorado
F. S. Bavidsen
la Grippe
Foley
Enoefel
Frince
Supreme Bench
O. D. Knosfel
Iituminous Field
Silver Grove
Satherlin
McLean
Indiana
Boyden
Jng
Mr. Satherlin
Frong
Mr. Sutherlin
Parlor
Isome Male
George D. Jackson
Park Christian Church
Sui
F. McBride
Setherlin
Jay
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