France faces ministerial crisis and Morocco issues
Paris reports the Rouvier ministry quits amid church separation protests as France weighs a new cabinet and the Algeciras conference implications. Gossip points to Poincare or Millerand as potential successors while the crisis shocks European diplomacy and risks derailing peace efforts.
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Morocco
Delcasse
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M. Bouvier
M. Poincare
M. Millerand
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M. Bourgeois
Boeschope
Department du Nord
Three Propositions Offered at Conference on Moroccan Police
Algeciras March 8 The conference resumed the Moroccan police question with three propositions. One from the Austrian delegation embodying German ideas, another from the French, and a Moroccan mission proposal. The Moroccan plan would place the sultan supreme.
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Algeciras
Wrecks Kill Three Italians in Greensburg Rail Crash
A collision near Radebaugh and a separate train wrecks cause multiple deaths and injuries. An Italian rail crew tragedy near Greensburg leaves many dead or wounded, as trains collide and rescue efforts are disrupted by panicked crowds.
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Saratoga Springs
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Delaware & Hudson
Roosevelt Removes Mangum Land Office Trio
President Roosevelt has ousted John D. Oliphant J A TroTer and J J Chapman from the Mangum Oklahoma land office for irregularities in office conduct. In Norway a snow avalanche at Lofeten islands buried fishermen huts with 21 dead and 29 injured rescued so far.
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Roosevelt
John D. Oliphant
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J. A. Trotter
J. J. Chapman
Mangum
Okla
Trondhjem
Norway
Lofeten Islands
Graft in St Louis Police Draws Pending Charges
St Louis March 8 two sergeants and eight patrolmen were suspended from the police department pending charges to be brought before the police board. The nine men served in the central district at the heart of the grand jury grafting investigation.
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Police Department
Central District
Grand Jury
Death of John D. King Civil Service official at Capital
John D. King chairman of the rural carriers examination board of the civil service commission and a railway postal service veteran of 45 years died in Washington today of nervous paralysis. He began his postal career as a clerk in Janesville Wisconsin where the body will be interred.
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From Death to Health in a Day Schwab on Train
Charles M. Schwab travels by Rock Island train reporting illness minor and improving. Early dispatches claimed danger and death, then later notes from Los Angeles and New Mexico indicate he is feeling better and reports of health improve as the journey continues.
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Steel Trust
Rock Island
Topeka
Kans
New Mexico
Texas
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Heatherington
Sanita Rosa
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Los Angeles
Santa Rosa
N. M
el Paso
Tex
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Tucuneari
Gompers Promises AFL Backing to Mitchell in Coal Talks
In New York on March 8 Samuel Gompers said after a conference with John Mitchell that he had promised Mitchell all possible support from the American Federation of Labor. The talks centered on ongoing negotiations between hard and soft coal operators and the miners.
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New York
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John Mitchell
Gompers
Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Washington March 8 A brief resume from official records of yesterday in both houses. Senate featured two speeches on the railroad rate bill Scott opposed Clapp supported statehood discussions Perkins Spooner Anskeckidye Reasiontaken m and 5 senate adjourned until today House debated Indian appropriation bill Burke praised Indian prosperity Kline urged fiscal reforms Brantley opposed federal pilot licenses Haughen Ganiner urged immigration limits Gaines defended Henry Clay from charge of being a standpatter Indian bill to be amended Fuel relief for Nome via government coal sale at Fort Davis Alaska adjourned until today
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M Perkins
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Pennsylvania
Brantley
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Haughen
Ganiner
Massachusetts
Gaines
Tennessee
Henry Clay
Nome
Fort Davis
Alaska
Emperor of China Calls For Doctors In Pekin
Pekin March 8 The emperor Tsai-Tien is ill and telegrams have been sent to all the vice to send their best physicians to Pekin Palace physicians report the illness serious but not alarming Gen Corbin with wife and staff arrives in San Francisco from Manila
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Charles M. Schwab
Scwab
Pekin
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Tsai-Tien
Corbin
Frisco
San Francisco
Army In the
Philippines
Manila
Green Not Guilty in Post Office Conspiracy Case
Washington March 8 The case of former State Senator George E Green charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with the purchase of supplies for the post office department went to the jury this morning The jury found Green not guilty Ohio Operators Firm Cleveland March 8 At a meeting today of the Ohio coal operators it was decided not to concede to demands of the miners for an increase of wages This action it is believed makes a strike of Ohio miners very probable.
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George E. Green
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Green
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Cleveland
March
Ohio Coal Operators
Ohio
National conference adopts reform resolution on election laws
New York March 8 The national conference for reform of primary and election laws concluded its sessions with a resolution to create a permanent department of the national civic federation to oversee the subject. Another resolution protests the adequacy of criminal law on vote buying and urges publication of campaign expenditures and other restraints. The conference did not favor direct nominations via primary, deferring the issue to the civic federation by a 16 to 11 vote.
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In Memory of Henderson Eulogies Mark Iowa Assembly
Iowa Legislature meets in joint session to honor ex Speaker Henderson. Speaker Clarke Senator Dunham and friends deliver eulogies followed by a memorial address from Representative Nate Kendall.
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Des Moines
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Clarke
George C. Dunham
Nate Kendall
First Degree Murder Verdict in Missouri Prison Mutiny
Vaughan and Raymond, convicts linked to the state penitentiary mutiny last November, were found guilty of murder in the first degree. In Minneapolis Minnesota, prohibitionists nominated C. W. Dorsett for governor and Prof Ole Lookensgaard for lieutenant governor.
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Vaughan
Ryan
Raymond
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Minn
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Trust Busting Program Hits Moline Elevator Trust
President Roosevelt directs a Sherman act case against a 27-company elevator combine led by Otis, mainly affecting California and western states. The suit seeks a perpetual injunction to end the cartel and restore competition, with the Moline Elevator Co. among defendants in the ongoing Department of Justice investigation.
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Washington
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Moody
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Ninth District
California
Rocky Mountains
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Ted
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Smuggling Arms to China Stopped on Ocean Vessel
In San Francisco on March 8 authorities seized twenty two modern rifles and 10 000 rounds of ammunition from the Chinese crew aboard the Pacific main steamer Manchuria. A further search located two boxes of rifles in the assistant engineer’s room. The guns were bought in the city and hidden aboard the vessel before it sails for the Orient.
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Manchuria
Western railroads set voluntary rate cuts across large region
Western railroads move to cut freight charges about 15 percent across six classes from the Atlantic to the Missouri River. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul leads with a prepaxition, Burlington and Quincy supports it, and a next meeting with Missouri river jobbers is planned to fix seaboard to Missouri rates before extending cuts to New York to Chicago. The action, though voluntary, follows pressure from Missouri river jobbers for lower rates.
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March
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Missouri River
Western Railroads
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
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Mississippi
New York
Consolidation Planned for Chicago and Alton Railways
Chicago March 8 A special stockholders meeting of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and the Chicago and Alton Railway voted to merge under the name Chicago and Alton Railroad. Existing securities will be exchanged for those of the new company, with an estimated reduction of about 22 million dollars in outstanding indebtedness.
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Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Chicago & Alton Railway Company
Mutiny on Ship Ends in Death on Brooklyn Dock
A mutiny aboard the steamer Massachusetts at the Brooklyn dock led to one fatal shot. Fireman James Slocum was killed during a revolver clash with officers and crew. The mutiny stemmed from food disputes and the crew was arrested.
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Brooklyn
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