Truthful account of Brownsville massacre by Twenty-fifth Infantry
A Galveston News interview with a discharged soldier presents an impulse driven, not premeditated, account of the Brownsville raid. The testimony claims the assault arose from an alleged white assault, with several soldiers volunteering to avenge past injuries and most of the battalion involved in the city shooting.
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Galveston
Twenty-ifth Infantry
Brownsville
Vex
United States
Tigny
Resignations at Bloomington High School Hit Board Riddle
In Bloomington Indiana on March 1 ten of the eleven high school teachers submitted resignations effective at close of the week. The move followed the boards failure to back Howard Chirk in his probe of fraternities. The board planned a Friday night meeting to act and may hire replacements within a week.
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Bloomington
Ind
Igh
Kridey
Howard Chirk
Snd
Was The Girl Murdered at 23 South Hamilton Street
Zella Runyon, 19, was found dead in her home at 23 South Hamilton Street with two bullet wounds in her temple after a revolver shot was heard. Family members discovered her body. the pistol was in a dresser drawer and the window stood open. Rivals for her affections are mentioned but no evidence links them to the death.
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Zella Runyon
Hamilton Street
Shelbyvilte
Mies
Flood Threat Looms Over Pittsburg After Ice Packed River
Pittsburg reports eighty miles of ice on the Allegheny above Parker and a driving rain could trigger another flood. Last week’s rise faded quickly and mills reopen, but future food could depress business. losses reach 18 million dollars with fatalities estimated but numbers unclear, as coroner records more deaths from surrounding towns.
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Pittaberg
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Parker
Pennsylvania
Pennsylpania
Liberal protest over Taft plan to raise Cuban rural guards
The Liberal party protests to Governor Magoo against Secretary Taft s proposal to increase Cuba s rural guards to 10 000 men. They argue the guards work closely with the people and too large a force would heighten vigilance and risk unrest. They favor shrinking the rural guard and strengthening a 4 000 man regular army with limited garrison duty. They estimate annual maintenance at 4 716 000 dollars.
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Bayona
Liberal Party
Goverrnor Magoo
Taft
Cuba
Mystery of Missing Scissors Endangers Patient Again
In Wichita Kansas on March 18 a pair of French surgeons scissors vanished from a hospital during an operation on a tumor. The instrument reportedly remained in the patient’s abdominal cavity for four years, moving and causing severe pain until finally found with aid of X rays. The report cites W R White of Braman Connecticut and details a long, painful medical saga.
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Berious
Wichite
Kan
Rize
W. R. White
Braman
C. T
Wichita
Flood Covers North Water Street in Westridge
A flood slid a large part of North Water street into the Beaver river at Westridge Pittsburg on March 18 removing houses tram tracks trolley and electric light wires into the river but no injuries were reported.
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Pittsburg
North Water Street
Westridge Water
Beaver River
Pope Piux Appearance Delayed by Tragic Death
In Rome 200 attendees waited in Clementine Hall for Pope Pius XII appearance when an elderly Thuanian woman died from syncope. Moments later the Pope appeared at the audience after the distress.
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Rome
Clementine Hall
Pope Piis
Pope Pius Mae
Deadly fire at Warwick Pottery kills eighteen in Wheeling flood zone
A blaze at the Warwick Pottery plant in Wheeling's floodplain on March 1 resulted in eighteen known deaths including Rosa Bertus and Frank Holmes. Firefighters faced waterlogged streets, rescued about 100 people from boats, and refused rewards for their perilous but heroic efforts.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mareh
Bishteen
Warwick Pottery Company
Flood Lea
Morlowng
Mike Erethes
Rosa Bertus
Ilias Mitchell
Alles Bortas
Frank Holmes
Simion Elie
Moses
Walder Moses
Juliz Moses
Charles Biatthaggs
Wheeling Stamping Company
Reattte
Hercea
Yletima
Fire Destroys Upton Sinclair Helicon Hall in New Jersey
A March 18 fire following an explosion at Helicon Hall near Englewood New Jersey killed one man and seriously injured five others. The blaze trapped residents including Upton Sinclair and his wife, who perished? No, the text states the writer and wife were trapped. Property loss estimated at 35000 dollars with several residents hospitalized for various injuries. Officials plan an inquest led by Mayor Mackay as investigators probe possible incendiary causes amid sensational rumors.
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Upton Sinclair
Helicon Hall
Newpork
Iwag
Englewood
N. J
Sarbes
Lester Briggs
Sinclair
Hames
Irs
Grace McGowan
Alice McGowan
Cooke
Leonie Pritchenburg
Henrietta J. Kimball
James Mc- Ni
Haglewood
Lees
Wooster
Upton Sinnai
Helleon Hall
McDonald Mackay
Mines Explosion Claims Seventeen Lives in German Virginia Colliery
An explosion in Greenough mines near Norton Virginia March 18 killed eleven miners and left three missing and four injured. The dead include Dad Ritchie Alonzo Snow James Snow Robert Noonchester Bolivar Noonchester Cleveland Noonchester Adolph Gibbs and four unnamed men buried under slate.
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Germany
Virginia
Norton
Greenough
Tissing
Dad
Alonzo Ritchie
James
Robert Snow
Bolivar
Cleveland Noonchester
Adolph Gibbs
Mining Disaster Report Totals Dozens of Killed in Europe
Reports from Berlin say seventy five miners died in a coal mine explosion at Kieteronselp with twelve others seriously injured. In another incident a cable broke in the Gerhard mine drift, plunging twenty two men in the cage to their deaths.
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Wilton Hearne
Bak Toss
Jan Patternes
Robert Hyan
Wl Ovleman
Begrace
Capeot
Garrack
Bas
Berlin
Perbacheaya
Fwe
Burton Ex Senator In Jail Vows He Is Not Dead
Ex Senator Burton, jailed in Ironton Missouri, says he owes it to his wife and friends to tell Kansas and U.S. citizens that he is not dead. He plans a long public statement upon reaching Abilene and promises to reveal more in a large hall. He maintains his innocence and says he has bright hopes for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
St. Louis
Fast-Dispatch
Ironton
Kansas
United States
Joe Burton
Two Cents A Mile Rule Restated By Nebraska Attorney General
Nebraska Attorney General Thompson declares no passenger fare can exceed two cents per mile for rail service within or between states when using Nebraska routes. The ruling follows a complaint over a Lexington to Sidney trip that crossed Colorado. Also reports four trainmen injured in a flood-related derailment near Pittsburg and a note that Indiana’s governor ends a special legislative session after signing a general appropriation bill.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Thompson
Lexington
Union Pactice
Sidney
Ridney
Colorado
Tale
Indianapolis
Hanly
Mule in a New Role Sparks Central American War Talk
An 1880s Washington dispatch recounts a disputed mule between Nicaragua and Honduras that escalated from a diplomatic spat to open war. The case centers on Salgado and a mule claimed by Honduran citizens, with asylum and nationality debates fueling the tension.
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Washington
Senoe Irene Bal- Fado
Nicaragua
Honduras
Central America
Senor Axusto C. Coello
Senor Jose D. Gomez
Erenio Salgado
Salgado
Setot Gomes
Los Manos
Senor Gomez
Fonda
Sergedo
Seleado
Homdluras
Trenio Balgado
Tejucizalpa
Gnelly
Zelaya
Vice President Fairbanks Visits St Ignatius College
A city celebration honors Vice President Fairbanks with a speech at St Ignatius College and a banquet at the Auditorium. The day includes a massive New York parade of about 20 000 people and a Philadelphia statue unveiling for Commodore Barry.
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Calence
Maeeh Ts Jst
Zanrick Ass Biren
Amis
Freedent Fairbanks
St. Ignatius College
Alomei
Owent
Amd
Ad. Oxens
New York
Philadelphia
Jot Barry
Secret conference between Roosevelt and Deneen discussed unseen subject
Dispatches report a quiet afternoon in Washington with a meeting between President Roosevelt and Governor Deneen of Illinois, plus Attorney General Stead. No party officials disclose the conference topic. A follow up interview with President Wilson is planned for tomorrow.
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Washington
Leeb
White House
Deneen
Stead
Watt
Robody
Roosevelt
Goreenor Doeneen
Aastington
New York
New
Ilinois
Bellen
Brave New Jersey woman fires on burglars in home raid
Mrs Frances Metz of Newark, 18 7 years old, awakened by a noise, seized a revolver and fired as burglars fled through a window. She pursued them through the yard, firing three shots, but police found no trace of the robbers. In a separate item a Minnesota jury found Gito Weberg guilty of first degree murder in the death of Anna Engatrud, with a life sentence. Also reports of Albert P Ryan wanted in multiple states, and naval reserve exercises and Japanese laborers arriving for Iowa rail work.
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Newark
N.J
Frances Metz
Meta
New York City
Ana
Grand Forks
N.D
Gito Weberg
Grafton
Anna Engatrud
Weberg
Hin
Multiple World Events Tumble From Cuba to London
Fire at the Confinente sugar plantation in Guantanamo Cuba caused 409000 dollars in losses. Ex ambassador Robert McCormick arrives in New York from Europe. Porto Rican delegates adopt a seai government demand. Ed Ruelbach sides with the Chicago Cub. A stevedore strike in Nantes France ends with a bystander shot. Smallpox alarms northern France. Italian chamber backs petroleum duty cut. Duke of Abruzzi commands cruiser Varese for Jamestown expo. Lambert CT bank safe dynamited. money stolen. Four horses kill one thousand dollars in London. Cambridge wins Putney to Mortlake boat race by four and a half lengths. James R Keenan of Young’s hotel Atlantic City dies aged 48. Grover Cleveland turns 70 today.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Robert 8. McCormick
France
New York
Europe
Hag
Seai
Ed Ruelbach
Nintes
Duke of the Abrozdi
Varese
Farmer's Bank
Lambert
C.T
London
Oxford
Cambridge
James R. Keenan
Young's Hotel
Atlantic City
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Five Hurt as Freight Train Plows into Open Switch
A Grand Trunk line collision occurred near Bancroft Michigan when a freight train ran into an open switch. Five people were seriously injured and possibly fatally harmed. Injured include engineer Schram and fireman Frank Cowan of Battle Creek Michigan and several others with broken limbs and severe injuries.
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Grand Trunk
Detroit
Grand Tank
Allway
Bancroft
Mich
Durend
Schram
Frank Cowan
Battle Creek
Mgch
I. F. Smith
Pawan
Lansing
Halph B. Batten
Chicago
J. Taylor
Port
Illinois Central East Bound Trains Schedule Fragment
A fragmented timetable details north and south bound trains including connections at Waterloo Dubuque Fort Dodge and Chicago with multiple train numbers and times. It notes daily service with some marked exceptions and mentions a Chicago sleeper leaving Waterloo and arriving in Chicago next morning.
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East Bom
Debugee
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Brock
West Sound
Omede
Bronx City
Fort
Albert Lea Pas
Albert Lea and
St Paul
St.Paul
Albert Lea
St. Paul
Waterloo
Right Road Rail Schedule Cedar Rapids to Twin City
Cedar Rapids division announces a passenger timetable with eastbound and westbound trains to Chicago St Louis Twin City routes. Services include limited stops at important points daily with various express and freight connections and early morning to late night departures.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Omenhca
St. Louis
Dekeyer
Memphis
Colorado Springs
Peoria
Fort Worth
St Toeph
St Paul
Kanang City
Minneapolis
St Louis
Burtington
Sun
Twin City Limited
Twin City
Rockford Pass
San
Train Connections At Denver Jet And Waverly
The article outlines rail connections at Denver Jet and Waverly with the C. GW. Ry. for routes between Denver Jet and Omaha and between Waverly and Omaha. Nos. 42 44 and 45 link at Waverly with the C. GW. for western destinations while No. 41 and 42 connect at Denver Jet for eastward travel to Delwein.
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Jar Falla
Waterloo
Denver
C. GW. Ry
Denver Jet
Omaha
Waverly
Sand
Delwein
C. GW
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Democraic City Convention
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Mackintosh
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Wabash College
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Siang Inera
Illinois Central
C.R.L.P. Railway
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