Southern Limited Express Crash Kills Several Crews
A southbound Southern limited express on the Queen and Crescent routes collided head on with a northbound freight at Kewakee Mississippi. The express was wrecked and the freight burned. several railway workers died including engineers and clerks. Officials say no passengers were killed and medical teams operate at the scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
March
Queen & Crescent
Cincinnati
Southern Railway
Kewakee
Mise
Larkin
Firpman Banks
Riggs
Olson
Hinds
Mail Weighter
Casey
Express
Witnesses in Reed Smoot hearings reveal polygamy ties
Mrs. Clara Kennedy testifies she entered plural marriage in Diaz and Juarez under Mormon practice. Charles Merrill, son of Apostle Merrill, confirms polygamy within his family and his own plans to keep multiple wives. Francis Lyman asserts intent to continue polygamous cohabitation despite law and church opposition.
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Ington
Mrs. Kennedy
Worthington
Apostle Young
Burrows
Kennedy
Diaz
Juarez
Mexico
Johnson
Apostle Teasdale
Charlies Merrill
Apostle Merrill
Chloe Hendricks
Lem
Anna Stoddard
Merrill
Senator Hoar
Richmond
Utah
Francis Lyman
Joseph Smith
Church
Hoar
Marquis Ito to Korea on Emperor’s special mission
TOKIO reports Marquis Ito will depart for Korea on March 16 on a special mission for the emperor. The purpose of the mission is not known.
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Tokio
Marquis Ito
Korea
Holt Harvester Works Hit By Citywide Strike
In Stockton California, all but four of the 150 Holt Harvester Works employees struck this morning. The plant is completely tied up as picketing continues in an orderly manner. Other local industries may join the walkout.
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Stockton
Cal
Holt Harvester Works
Holt
Fisherman Reels Up Body Found Near Arlington Dock
A man’s decomposed body was recovered about fifty feet off the Arlington dock. The name Nicholas Rapp is suspected from a letter and initials found, but identity is uncertain. No foul play is evident. death may be a drowning or accidental.
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NichOlas KR. Rapp
Arlington
Nicholas RK. Rapp
Angellina Logging Company
Marysville
Waah
Everett
Entette Clark
Logan Avenue
Duluth
Minn
Sarah D. O Conner
Little Palle
Maren
Oecar Kiamling
Latena
Kiamling
Hoye
Wiltsie
Honney-Watson
Atx
Japan Military College Trains Elite Officers at Tokyo
Special dispatch reports Japan’s military college in Tokyo produces capable officers through strict discipline and a demanding curriculum modeled on West Point. Graduates enter service with provisional ranks and progress to sub lieutenant and higher grades, forming a large portion of the army’s officer corps.
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Tokio
Japan
Military College
Ihs
West Point
United States Army
United States
Apan
Lineman Walter Cooper Electrocuted in Redlands
Walter Cooper, a lineman, was electrocuted at Redlands this morning and fell dead at his wife’s feet. In London, March 8, Grand Trunk shareholders ratified a Canada government pact to build trunk lines to the Pacific.
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Ban Bernardino
Cal
March
Walter Cooper
Redlands
London
Grand Trunk
Pacific
New Spring Suits With Cape Over Shoulder
Beautiful etamine suit in black, brown, and blue with cape over the shoulder. Trimmed with silk bands and buttons, silk lined, pleated skirt, price 22.50. Covert suit in tan and castor with pleated jacket and belt, price 26.00. Large stock of misses’ suits, coats, and skirts, with low prices and latest styles.
Perkins optimistic on Navy yard work at Mare Island
In a letter to the Chamber of Commerce, Perkins states two colliers will be built at Mare Island Navy Yard and a cruiser may be completed. He asserts Pacific coast navy yard work will be ample and prospects are brighter than ever.
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Val
Cal
March
Sefiktor
Perkins
Ber of Commerce
Vo Je Ye
Mare Island
Pacific Coast
Navy Yard
Prominent Banker Hugo Hrendal Suicide After Bank Failure
Berlin reports Hugo Hrendal, a leading banker, took his own life after his house failed following alleged dishonesty by a trusted employee. The event occurred today as the bank faced collapse.
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Berlin
Hugo Hrendal
Election night forecast shows mixed but leaning Republican victory
Republicans expected to sweep the ticket with only a few council posts likely to go to Democrats James Conway, James McNamara, and W H Murphy lead in key wards. Park board charter faces narrow odds as voter turnout nears 15,000 with Kiplinger possibly edging ahead.
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James Conway
James McNamara
W. H. Murphy
J. W. Godwin
H. B. Drees
T. M. Daulton
H. H
Ballinger
Ninth Ward
Murphy
W. K. Merwin
Tucker
Hallinger
E. F. Blaine
Democratic Campaign Committee
Japan admits troops landed in Korea before war, denies control
In Washington March Takahira repeats the government position that Japanese forces entered Korea prior to formal war but insists no claim of control over Korea existed. He rejects the Russian charge of violating international law and notes Koreans repelled a Cossack raid along the Yalu.
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Yalu
Wiwon
Takahira
Korea
Japan
Prominent Official Rejects Russia Mediation Demand
An official dismisses reports that Russia seeks mediation from powers. He calls the project preposterous until Russia gains brilliant sea successes, then shifts focus to land victory to restore national prestige and save the caste of the nation before the world.
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ST. Petersburg
March
Russia
Japan’s Moves Narrowly Buoyant in Pacific View
From St Petersburg dated March 8 reports say Japan only maneuvered Mon and no bombardment occurred as Paris claimed. Possible Japanese aim to possess Saghalien tied to Russia’s northern food fisheries. The czar rejects 40,000 Buryat petitions against Russian administration in Trans Baikal. Admiral Stark’s wife arrives from Port Arthur denying rumors of officers ashore at a ball during the first attack.
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ST. Petersburg
Vladivostoik
Paris
Japan
Saghalten
Russia
Russian ambulance chief disbands unit at Harbin
Dr. Kynart, head of the Russian ambulance corps in Manchuria, had to disband his men upon arriving in Harbin due to drunkenness. Separately, 5,000 refugees from Port Arthur and Vladi vostok are stranded on sidings for days as trains pass east, suffering from cold and hunger. The Frankfurter Zeitung reports Minister Von Plehve ordered local authorities to extort funds from Jews for field hospitals.
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Berlin
March
The
Tage- Dlatt
Kynart
Manchuria
Harbin
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Manchurian
Frankfurter Zeitung
von Plehve
Ice floods sweep away Bellne Grove steel bridge
AYU WILKEBBARRE Pa March at 3 o clock this afternoon the Pennsylvania Railways huge steel bridge at Bellne Grove was swept away by the ice gorge fed by the flood. The Wyoming valley and the lowlands of the Susquehanna river forty miles below the city are flooded. 700 families are temporarily homeless as high bridges are carried away. Westmoor Catamisi en Firwood towns inundated. Losses will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Wilkebbarre
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Bellne Grove
Wyomine
Busquehanna River
Westmoor
Catamisen
Firwood
Lewses
Jury Unable to Agree in Bernardino Case
The Boxall Jury in Bernardino California was dismissed this morning after being out since 2 PM yesterday without reaching a verdict.
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Ban Bernardino
Cal
Boxall
Last of the Black River Indians Mrs Olley Dies
An elderly woman known as Mrs Olley dies in Renton at a likely age. She lived in the Black River valley for nearly a century and was cared for by Jim Mosea. A funeral is planned for tomorrow at 2 PM in Renton. Early King County pioneers who never knew her are noted.
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Mra. Olley
Renton
Black River
King County
Olley
Death of LB Wiley noted Seattle cigar salesman
Former Seattle resident LB Wiley widely known as Pacific Coast cigar salesman was found dead in his San Francisco apartment at 41 Octavia Street. Authorities consider it a self-inflicted death rather than an accident. Wiley helped found the Fraternal Order of Eagles chapter in Seattle and later traveled for a liquor wholesaler.
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B. Wiley
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Octavia Street
San Francisco
Lou Wiley
Beattie Lodge
Elka No
Order of Eagles
Wiley
Beattie
Public Health Seeks Removal of Disease Ponds Citywide
Health Officer Ladiow requests board action to remove multiple disease-breeding ponds across the city caused by new grade filing. He notes two typhoid cases at 314 Sixth Avenue North and cites stagnant-water ponds at Union Street, 1320 Terry Avenue, Eleven Avenue and Madison Street, and 1 Twenty-second Avenue.
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Ladiow
Board of Public Works
Sixth Avenue
Union and Streets
Terry Avenue
Eleven Avenue
Madison Street
Twenty-second Avenue
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City Rer
Ark
Iyi
Southern Limited Express
Scripps News Ass'n
Mormon Merrill
Washington, D. C
Clara Mariel Kennedy
Sevier County
Reed Smoot
Senate Committee On Privileges
James Francis Johnson
Taylor
Young
Foraker
Ther Young
Mesa
Ariz
Senator Foraker
Ito
Chemulpo
Port AR
Nicholas AR. Rapp
THOR
Will H. Brill
Commis
Sioner
Asso
Far East
Newspaper Enterprise
Asa‘n
New York
Jacob Perl
Second Ave
Pike St
Humes
McGilvra
Kiplinger
Hhe
Moe Namara
Johnson Workers
Cole
Godwin
Ayu
LB Wiley
Ogn
McCarthy Dry Goods and Ave. and Company Sess
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