Land and Sea Tragedies Result in Many Deaths
A string of deadly fires and a ferry disaster claim numerous lives. In Lester West Virginia six per sons died and one injured in a hotel fire. among the dead are Maggie Coughlan Annie Burke Henry Burke and George C Anderson with a child. Robert Long injured. In Dawson Alaska five burned at the Aurora road house. In Glens Falls New York nineteen dead when a ferry capsized during Hudson River dam work. Italian workers lorded over by a boy named Cigarette who triggered the panic. many missing remains.
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Cumberland
Lester
Elkins
W. Va
Maggie Coughlan
Overhill
Annie Burke
Womelsdorf
Seattle
Wash
The
Post Intelligencer
Dawson
Aurora Road
Bunker Creek
Charles Bernsie
Thomas Baird
Government Road
Glens Falls
Spier Falls
Hudson River
Hudson River Power Company
Hudson
Michael Kennedy
Fred Forran
Cigarette
Death Toll Feared After Allan Line Shed Collapse
Four people feared dead as the Allan line shed collapsed during the Montreal steamer fire. About 500 watched from atop the burning structure. One man killed. Dozens treated in Notre Dame and general hospitals. injuries range from skull fractures to spinal damage. The Bertram Shipbuilding Co of Toronto owned the shed and had insured the project. Fatal fire near Dawson City follows.
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Montreal
N. Gioulli
General Hospital
Notre Dame Hospital
Royal Victoria
Western Hospital
Emile Sauve
Leo St. Germin
James N. Waugh
John O'Sullivan
James W. Ray
Colin Campbell
Frank Dufresne
Edmund Defoisse
Russell Grown
W. Flanigan
Bertram Shipbuilding Company
Toronto
Richelieu Company
Dawson City
Cyclone Lifts House. Masslin Family Injured
A destructive windstorm near Hintsville Fort Scott Kansas lifted a Masslin family home about half a mile. The house was wrecked and the Masslin family badly injured with one member likely fatally hurt. A daughter suffered a side injury from flying timbers. Several horses and cattle were killed.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Hintsville
Here
Masslin
Oil Strike Near East St. Louis Sparks Farm Boom
East St. Louis area reacts to a reported oil discovery north of the city. Ford Keller and his son drilled eleven months, bringing oil from a 1400 foot depth in rock overlying Trenton limestone. Farmers rush to lease 10,000 acres and set up four new testing companies amid excitement of a potential large field.
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East St. Louis
Madison County
Ford Keller
Kellers
Trenton Limesone
Pindletop
St. Louis
Keller
Prospector killed by snowslide near Vernon Utah
Salt Lake City March Frank Turns of Salt Lake was killed and John Burns and John W. Taylor injured in a snowslide in Oak Brush canyon near Vernon Utah. The men were workers on a claim and asleep when an avalanche ripped the cabin apart and tumbled down the mountain side.
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Salt Lake City
Frank Turns
Salt Lake
John Burns
John W. Taylor
Oak Brush Canyon
Vernon
Utah
Earthquake Shakes Isle of Dominica
A prolonged quake disrupted Dominica D W I with widespread unease. A fire at Aurora roadhouse on Hanker Creek killed Charles Bernsie his wife and two children and Thomas Baird who managed a government roadhouse. Bernsie family traced to Portland Oregon Baird from Ontario.
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Aurora
Hanker Creek
Charles Bernsie
Thomas Baird
Bernsie
Portland
Ore
Baird
Ontario
Evans Report Blames Deputies in WV Killing Case
Chris Evans reports from Atkinsville findings that deputies opened fire on sleeping residents, killing three colored men and wounding others while none were given a chance to surrender. The coroner’s jury returns felonious killing verdict against Cunningham for Dodson’s death.
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Indianapolis
Chris Evans
West Virginia
Atkinsville
United Mine Workers
Evans
Joseph Hizer
Cunningham
William Dodson
Waterbury Strike Turns Deadly Police Officer Killed
Violence over the Connecticut Railway and Lighting strike in Waterbury escalates to murder. Policeman Paul Mendlesohn is killed at Forest Park after five masked men ambush a trolley car, while motorman John W. Chambers is missing and conductor George Weberndorfer is beaten nearly unconscious.
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Waterbury
Conn
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Paul Mendlesohn
John W. Chambers
George Weberndorfer
Forest Park
North Main Street
Bendlesohn
Armenians' Families Allowed to Enter United States
Constantinople March 9 The United States legation wins a settlement on the naturalized Armenians rights wives and children. They may now leave the empire for the United States without hindrance.
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Constantinople
United States
Girls Sold Like Slaves in Fourth District Case
Grand jury heard testimony revealing a woman made short dresses for trafficking victims in the Fourth police district. Witnesses described dress orders to trap girls, with victims sold for amounts up to 100 dollars and deprived of street clothes to keep them confined. Investigation will proceed to uncover more details.
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St. Louis
Grand Jury
Soviner Brothers
Veteran General William Buel Franklin Dies in Hartford
Major General William Buel Franklin died at his Hartford home after years of poor health. Born February 27, 1823 in Franklin Pennsylvania, he was a classmate of General Ulysses S. Grant and served in the Mexican War and the Civil War, rising to major general of volunteers and brevet major general in the U.S. Army.
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Hartford
Conn
William Buel Franklin
W. DU. Franklix
Franklin
U. S. Grant
United States Army
Trapper Saved From Wolves Near Marquette
Arnold, a Kenton veteran living near Marquette, Mich, was attacked by wolves while returning from Trout Creek. Fatigue and an epileptic fit left him in the road as his two dogs raced from the cabin to drive the pack away.
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Marquette, Mich
Arnold
Kenton
Trout Creek
Tnowy
No One Escaping As Police Quizzed Over Burdick Case
Buffalo March 9. Marian W Hutchinson former Burdick office worker was taken to police HQ then released after five hours with no charges found. Writ of habeas corpus obtained by Seth T Paine's attorney to seek her release led to conflicting police and DA statements about whether she was under arrest. The district attorney and police disagreed on who issued a public statement about the incident.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edwin L. Burdick
Marian W. Hutchinson
Burdick
Miss Hutchinson
Florence
London
Ont
Chorch
Philip V. Vennelly
Seth T. Paine
Justice White
Supreme Court
Florence Hutchinson
Marian W Hutchinson
Fennelly
Ellicott Club
District Attorney
Edwin J. Hutchinson
District Attorney’s
Bull
Aeral Ball
Ball
Nationalist Devlin to Succeed Col Lynch in Galway
On March 9 C R Devlin the Irish nationalist and former Canadian commissioner in Ireland was elected without opposition to represent Galway in the house of commons. He succeeds Col Lynch who is serving life imprisonment for high treason in Dublin.
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Devlin
Col. Lynch
C. R. Devlin
Ireland
Galway
House of Commons
Dublin
Snow Plow Crashes Down Incline Into Trolley Car
A snow plow being moved between street railroad sections on a steep incline at Fall River Massachusetts crashed into two passenger cars. Five persons were severely injured and about a dozen more sustained minor injuries.
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Fall River
Mass
Illinois miners avert statewide strike with 6 cent raise
Springfield dispatch reports a 40 000 strong Illinois coal miners strike was averted after a joint conference signed a one year pact starting April 19 203 The agreement raises prices by 6 cents over last year across the state reducing initial demands of 9 and 10 cents above the Indianapolis scale In Peoria and Fulton counties vein scale matters to be sent to joint executive boards if union miners refuse kawkee conditions
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Springfield
Ills
Illinois
Amd
Indianapolis
Williamson County
Peoria
Fulton County
Kewanee
Eitherly County
Alderman John W. Newman Dies by Poison in Alabama
John W. Newman, an Oakland alderman and fugitive from justice, died here yesterday from poison after fleeing three months ago when forged notes were found. A stock dealer, he wielded city council influence and political power in Celest County. His wife and daughters, with Acting Mayor Thomas, witnessed his final minutes as authorities sought him on forgery charges.
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Newman
Thomas
Oakland
Four Injured in Burlington Wreck Near Hyannis
Omaha dispatch reports passenger trains Nos. 42 and 43 on the Burlington line collided head on eight miles west of Hyannis. John Peterson of Hyannis likely fatally crushed. three others seriously hurt but not fatally. All but two injured able to continue. some taken to Hyannis hospital. Engines and baggage cars badly smashed. fire caused $10,000 damage at Stevens & Deal Manufacturing in Rockford, Illinois.
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington Road
Hyannis
John Peterson
Peterson
No. 42
Great Suffering Reported on Mississippi and Ohio
Washington March 9 Hundreds of families below Alton rendered homeless by the rise in the Mississippi. Farmers in the Harrisburg area forced to move as the river rises. Weather Bureau reports heavy rains increasing water volume in Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Danger stages prevail from Cincinnati to New Orleans with more rain foreseen in coming days.
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St. Louis
Alton
Harrisburg
Mississippi
Yea
Washington
the Weather Bureau Today
Ohio
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Cairo
Missouri
Wabash Employes Deny All Charges
Attorneys for the Brotherhood of Trainmen and Firemen filed their answer to the injunction the Wabash Railroad obtained in federal court. The denial rejects any intention to perform unlawful acts by conspiracy. The dispute centers on employee union membership during hiring. Judge Adams set a hearing date for the next morning.
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Adams
Lady Abbess Sentenced to Six Years in Munich
Berlin reports Lady Abbess Elizabeth Von Haenssler from an old woman's asylum was found guilty of attempting to poison servant Emma Wagner. The trial revealed the abbess warned the girl against repeating supposed Bavarian royal slanders, then poisoned her coffee with muriatic acid to forestall disclosure.
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Berlin
Munich
Zabeth von Haenssler
Emma Wagner
Pope Still Able to Receive Visitors
Rome March 9 The pope this morning received Cardinal Perraud in audience countering alarming rumors about his health. The audience confirms the pontiff remains capable of meeting visitors despite speculation.
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Pope
Rome
Cardinal Perraud
Favorable Senate Report on Colombian Canal Treaty
Washington reports the senate committee on foreign relations approved a favorable report on the Colombian canal treaty with no amendments, sending it to the full senate for consideration. The move signals strong backing for the agreement and its potential impact on regional navigation.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
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Trapper
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Stevens & Deal Manufacturing Company
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