Texas Rail Horror Details of Yesterday’s Disaster
A Southern Pacific wreck near Matamoros fifty miles west of San Antonio leaves twelve dead and many injured. The crash occurred at 3 am as a fast train on a rough curve jumped the rails after a broken rail. Fire consumed most cars. private car passengers were spared. Injured were taken to El Paso for treatment. among the dead are several named victims from diverse U.S. states and two engineers.
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Tex
Southern Pacific
Maxon
Ted
Chris Kiel
Price
San Antonio
Tes
Matxoraty
Sanderson
Mart Riddle
Cetopa
Kan
Estavon Contraras
del Rio
Andrew C. Shelly
Anl Chill
Labor
I. E. Hausen
Racine
Wis
White
Manitowoc
Must
el Paso
Hertscholetz
L. A. Boone
Dayline
Chris Keel
W. W. Price
Mary Koehler
San Francisco
Turner
Black Hawk
Miss
E. M. Sheppard
Glenn Mills
J. Buller
Washington
D. C
Antoni Elizo
George Cleators
Lexington
Biscoe Rogriguez
Lulons Morales
Antonio Lonal
Lobert
D. P. Havens
A. E. McKenzie
Safford
A. T
Shehtix
H. J. Todd
Frankfort
Thomas C. Crowder
Houston
William Josephs
San Jose
Cal
J. H. Taylor
Birmingham
Als
Hugh Mills
G. C. Martin
Vecos City
W. B. Bennett
St. Paul
W. Glenn
Silack Hawk
Lex
Annie Wertherst
Nertihe
Thomas Egan
New York City
Prince Henry of Prussia in New York Tour Ends
Prince Henry of Prussia completed a nine day New York visit covering 4358 miles on a special train through 13 states. He rested at the Waldorf Astoria, attended a German society dinner, and thanked aides and the Pennsylvania Railroad official for flawless tour arrangements. He then planned to visit Philadelphia from March 8 to Monday.
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New York
Prince Henry
Egily
Waldorf Astoria
Ogden Mills
Prince Henry ‘of
Prussia
Philadelphia
von Muller
Albany
Hudson River
United States Military Academy
Cripple Creek Chile: Ex-Attorney Gene Engsey Arrested
Eugene Engsey, Colorado’s former attorney general under Waite, was arrested in Cripple Creek on charges of subornation of perjury and released on a $5,000 bond. Marriage license issued in Madison County to 1 year old Andrew Leiling of Saline, Illinois, and Amanda White of St. Louis with the bride aged 65.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Eugene Engsey
Colorado
Waite
Lebaron, Uls
March
Madixon County
Andrew Leiling
Saline, Lils
Amanda Whi
St. Louis
Political Mixup in Village Election Sparks Legal Challenge
A village vote chaos in Abna Mick reveals Republicans and Democrats forming rival caucuses. A Citizens ticket failed legal publishing, while the Republican caucus was deemed lawful, leading to a contested outcome and a push to form a campus committee next year. In other items, ore deposits at Lyon Mountain expand, river navigation opens on St. Marys, and a fatality linked to a wagon accident is noted along with other brief notices.
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Abna
Mick
March
Citizens
Encos
Citizens’ Caucus
Citizens’ Committee
Midnight Fog Sets Stage for Ship Disaster
Passengers aboard the Red Star Waesland face death after a collision with the Harmonides off Holyhead. Forty miles offshore the Waesland sank quickly in dense fog, two passengers including a Kansas steerage traveler and a 12 year old girl drowning. Survivors were rescued by the Harmonides and landed at Liverpool, later to continue to Philadelphia.
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Liverpool
March
Staggard
Harmonides
Atern
Holyhead
Edward Bixerfield
Kansas
Elsie Emmett
A. Eumett
Uae
Waesland
Ailesey
Wild Lingerfield
Dusie Limomett
Ke Ainett
Eloly
Toskar
Anglesey
Red Star
Noordland
Daly bill seeks rail passenger rate cuts in Minnesota
Senator Daly introduced a resolution urging a statewide railroad passenger rate reduction. The measure notes steep evening rates and insists freight costs drop while passenger charges lag. It directs the railroad and house committees to cap first class at 20 cents or less per mile and lower second class, with a report at the next legislature session.
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St Paul
Fire at Lorient Arsenal Destroys Plans and Reports
Paris dispatch reports a great fire at the government arenas in Lorient. Documents, plans, and reports of great importance were destroyed in the blaze.
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France
Paris
Lorient
Bandit uprisings erupt across Kai-Chou region
In Kai-Chou and surrounding areas rebels seize towns, overrun garrisons, and free prisoners. Triad society members reportedly join looting and village burnings as bandit soldiery seize a priest near Jehol, prompting French and Russian pressure and a court order to speed his release to deter foreign troop entry.
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Triadsret Society
Peking
Dehol
Jehol
Maiyakwith
Rev J B Wolfe Guilty in Immorality Case at Ashland
The Beardstown Methodist pastor Rev J B Wolfe was found guilty by ministers after a trial at Ashland. They ruled he engaged with a woman near his wife, used a hotel with her, and misrepresented his wife’s stay as his mother-in-law. He faces suspension from ministerial and church privileges until the annual conference. The accuser was John McGraw of the Lee hotel. Wolfe, 50, is a well known minister.
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Springfield
Lls
J. B. Wolfe
Ehurch
Beardstown
Ashland
Wolfe
John McGraw
Lee Hotel
Is Granted New Trial In Topeka Murder Case
The Kansas Supreme Court granted a new trial today for the man convicted in the second day of murder for killing Mrs. Cla Castle in Eldorado about a year ago. Other items note a hypnotism demonstration collapse in Howard City, burglars failing to steal dynamite in Nemaha, and a Kalamazoo child fatally burnt by a red hot poker.
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Topeka
Kas
Cla Castle
Eldorado
Supreme Court
Howard City
Mich
Kalamazoo, Mich
Arthur Maginnis
Harry Maginnis
President Admonishes His Talkative Advisers
Washington reports show President Roosevelt urged cabinet members not to speak with newspaper correspondents about meetings. He signed a census bureau bill and outlined plans to limit civil service reform impacts. Treasury and interior departments prepare to adjust duties and appointments under new rules.
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Washington
Marcel
Roosevelt
Abe
Hitchcpeck
Interior Department
Knox
Permanent Census Bureau
Civil Service Act
Joliet Scandal Charges Convict Labor Lobbying
Joliet Illinois March 5 Warden Murphy and two Joliet prison commissioners refused to meet investigators over charges against prison managers. Allegations claim false contract settings in September for Brainard Martin chair making and routine lobbying against labor unions and anti labor legislation. Specifics to be forwarded to Gov Yates for action.
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Joliet, Til
F .Murphy
Joliet
W. M. Cochrane
Rlewlar
Garden
Washington
Springfield
Gov. Yates
Pension Car Men New York Railway Pension Plan
President Vreeland announces a pension plan for New York street railway employees. The system, the first of its kind for the Metropolitan system, covers superannuated workers aged 60 to 70 with 25 years of service, or those in related companies, and will take effect on or before July 1.
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New York
Vreeland
Aenapa 111 Eee
Mantistan
Compan
Vreelands
Natal leg adopts resolutions for compulsory service
Pietermaritzburg reports in March that the Natal legislature adopted resolutions endorsing compulsory military service, signaling a policy shift and potential draft framework for the region.
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Natal
Pietermaritzburg
Lake strike brewing eases last year’s tug trouble
In St Joseph Michigan March reports say a confrontation looms between the Tugmen protection association and the Great Lakes Towing association likely surpassing last year’s engineer strike. No captains or engineers have been hired by the tug trust while owners request port access without tugs amid arbitration talks in Cleveland. Meanwhile in South Bend Indiana signs point to settlement at Singer Sewing Machine works where 1800 workers in a two week strike gain access for all employees to wage negotiations with state labor officials brokering a settlement.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Tugmen’s Protective Association
Great Lakes Towing Association
Tug Trust
Men's Association
Ilair
Trust
Cleveland
Cyrus L
South Bend
Ind
Singer Sewing Machine Works
McCormack
Schmid
Governor Yates and Staff Leave for South by Special Train
Governor Yates and staff depart by special train from Nilton with United GOV. YATES. nilton clubs join, heading to Cherieston, South Carolina. The M aquette club opts out as a body due to a telegram from Lieut. Gov. Till wanting Roosevelt to withdraw an invitation to the president for a participation in the world presentation to Maj. Jenkins.
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Yates
South
Maquette Club
Till
Roosevelt
Maj
Jenkins
Fort Des Moines Named After Roosevelt Era
Omaha dispatch reports Fort Des Moines will be the name of the new post at Des Moines as ordered by President Roosevelt to honor the city's heritage. In Omaha Gen Bates assumes command of both Missouri and lakes departments temporarily as Gen MacArthur's posting shifts. The piece also notes a fire in Muncie causing an estimated $20,000 loss, insured.
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Omaha
Neb
John C. Bates
Department of
Fort Des Moines
Citf
Department of the
M Sour
Muncie
Ind
C. Ss. Wachtell & Son
Public Square
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