Snowslides Cut Off Ouray Miners As Rescue Effort Grows
Six hundred miners within twenty miles of Ouray Colorado are cut off by snowslides. Up to twenty may be dead, with twenty-five mines isolated and damage around 1.6 million dollars. Camp Bird mine is isolated. 200 miners move to rescue. one body recovered. 60 feet of snow covers the Camp Bird tramway tower. deep snow blocks reconstruction for weeks.
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Ouray
Colo
Camp Bird
Camp Bird Mill
William J. Cressey
Imogene Basin
Snow slides threaten Telluride mines and tramway
A March 20 snow slide at the Liberty Bell mine damages the tramway upper terminal and tailings, recalling the fatal 1902 slide. Miners flee the area as the Liberty Bell mill may close in a day or two. A slide near the Smuggler Union bullion tunnel damages outbuildings. Ophir station line and crew status are unknown as storms block passage.
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Telluride
Colo
Liberty Bell
Bullion
Union
Ophir
Ophir Loop
Red Mountain
Audit figures allege past state auditors owe funds
A special investigation reported to the governor that J. O. Henderson and A. C. Daly, former state auditors, owe the state $91,962.85 and $23,667.74 respectively for illegally retained fees. The governor sent the report to the attorney general to bring suits to recover the money.
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Indianapolis
State Auditor
J. O. Henderson
A.C. Daly
Misappropriation Alleged in Morrison & Snodgrass Suit
Cincinnati March 20 Silas L Snodgrass secretary treasurer of Morrison and Snodgrass is charged with converting to his own use 15020 dollars belonging to the company in a suit in attachment filed in the common pleas court by Andrew Morrison president of the company.
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Cincinnati
Silas L .Snodgrass
Morrison & Snodgrass Company
Common Pleas Court
Andrew Morrison
Forest fires destroy Northwood and threaten Lyndon
March 20 Lyndon Washington Whatcom county reports Northwood four miles north of Lyndon destroyed by forest fires. The Northwood lumber and shingle mill is wiped out and many families are homeless. The fire nears Lyndon with hundreds battling flames and aid sent from Bellingham to protect Lyndon and nearby farms.
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Lyndon
Wash
Northwood
Whatcom County
Hellingham Department
Car Carpenter Arrested in Bribery Case in Racine
Chicago report says Charles M Carpenter of Racine Wisconsin, an agent for Barber Asphalt, was arrested on a charge of bribery of a Racine alderman in 1901. Sheriff Williams of Brown County aided by two local officers made the arrest.
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Chicago
Charles M. Carpenter
Racine
Wis
Barber Asphalt Company
Priber
Williams
Brown County
Carpenter
Mayor Weaver Signs Transit Evolution Pact in Philadelphia
Mayor Weaver met with Philadelphia Rapid Transit officials to seal a three year plan introducing subways and elevated lines. The accord includes city regain of franchises and a move toward competition, with surface line concessions and a Chestnut street subway.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Philadelphia Rapid 18 Company
Rapid Transit Company
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Frankfort
Broad Street
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia and Western Railroad
West Philadelphia
Market Street
Second Joint Conference in Indianapolis Opens
The second joint conference of coal operators and miners for the Central competitive district was convened in Indianapolis with John Mitchell presiding. G W Traer was named permanent chairman and officers include W B Wilson as secretary and C L Scroggs F S Brooks as assistants. The meeting notes a shift in miner faction power with Lewis gaining influence in four of sixteen votes and possibly four more from Pittsburgh. W H Haskins resigns as Ohio miners president effective Thursday.
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Indianapolis
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
G. W. Traer
Chicago
W. B. Wilson
C. L. Scroggs
F.S. Brooks
Columbus
Mitchell
Lewis
Pittsburg
W. H. Haskins
The
Ohio Miners
Officials Interfere in Russian Elections Arrest Free Expression
Report from St. Petersburg dated March 20 notes growing evidence of radical exclusion from voting and the national assembly losing character. The proletariat organization denies its authority while local officials use duress in districts to bar peasants and force appointment of priests and village elders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
National Assembly
Miller Wins The Oratorical At Huron College
Charles R. Miller won the eighth annual Huron College oratorical contest held in the opera house on Friday night and will represent the college in the state contest in May. Miriam Crawford placed second. other speakers included Earl D. Cook Monte Appel Cora Matousek Beulah Jenks Roy Rifenbark and Abraham Lincoln as the final subject. A college girls glee club performance accompanied the judging by a panel of professors judges and local officials with a prize of 25 offered by F H Kent for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Miller
Huron College
Opera House
Miller
Miriam Crawford
Huron
Hans Walder
J. P Anderson
Earl D. Cook
Japan
Napoleon Bonaparte
Beulah Jenks
Roy Rifenbark
Cora Matousek
Poland
Abraham Lincoln
Grand Jury Dismissed After Indictments In City Jail Inquiry
The grand jury was dismissed Friday afternoon after returning two indictments No 6 and No 7 against Myron Guynn and L H Parkhurst for running houses of ill fame. The jury found no bill on Dunston for assault with a dangerous weapon. They reported the city and county jails in good sanitary condition and heard testimony in a suit by Mrs Neisteadt against the city for injuries from an open ditch. The court adjourned until Monday.
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Myron Guynn
L. H. Parkhurst
Dunston
Vindication for Dr Pierce in libel suit against Ladies' Home Journal
A verdict ruled in favor of Dr. R V Pierce in the libel suit brought by the World's Dispensary Medical Association against Curtis Publishing Co. over false statements about Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription in the May 1904 Ladies' Home Journal. The trial claimed the medicine contained alcohol. Pierce contends it is a vegetable preparation with no deleterious ingredients. The association’s vice president testified the ingredients claimed were sourced from roots including Golden Ovary Slip and Glacier...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies” Home Journal
Curtis Publishing Co
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Dr. R. V. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Ladies’ Home Journal
Edward Bok
Repressive Measures Amid Rail and Telegraph Strike Tensions
From St. Petersburg March 20 the government uses severe tactics to quell railway and telegraph labor agitation. A Rostoff meeting was surrounded by Cossacks who fired into the crowd, killing two and wounding eight. Moscow sees troops guarding railway stations and factories including Abrikosoff works with restive workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Rostoff-on-Don
Moscow
Abrikosoff Works
Great Northern surveyors head toward Warroad line
In Duluth on March 20 it is understood the Great Northern surveyors, once said to mark a Hibbing to International Falls line, are now reported moving from Dewey Lake to Warroad on the Canadian Northern route toward Winnipeg.
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Duluth
Great Northern
Hibbing
International Falls
Dewey Lake
Warroad
Canadian Northern
Winnipeg
Burnhaus Testifies After Four Years of Cure Claim
Carlisle Center New York resident G B Burnhaus testifies that after four years he remains free of kidney disease symptoms following Foley's Kidney Cure. He states brick dust sediment and pain disappeared after using less than two bottles and urges others with kidney or bladder trouble to try the remedy.
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G. B. Burhaus
Carlisle Center
Foley
C. H. Longstaff
J. L. Sankey
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar Cough Syrup Promoted
A historical notice touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims the syrup moves the bowels and cleans throat and lungs and notes it is sold by Holland Wheeler.
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Kennedy
Holland Wheeler
Nickel Plate Road offers daily through trains eastbound
Passengers from Buffalo to New York City and points east are urged to choose the Nickel Plate Road. Three through trains run daily with day coaches to New York City and modern Pullman sleeping cars to final destinations. Dining car service offers meals from 35 cents to one dollar. Tickets available at Chicago depot La Salle and Van Buren, and at the Chicago City Ticket Office 111 Adams St. For details contact John Y Calahan, General Agent.
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Buffalo
Fort Wayne
Findlay
Fostoria
Cleveland
New York City
Beaton
Advanta
Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago Depot
la Salle
van Buren Streets
Chiago City
Adame St
John Y. Calahan
Girs
Aedivms
Mount Dajo fight details disputed in cables from Manila
Secretary Taft received two wires from Major General Wood in Manila about Mount Dajo. One says Major Hugh L. Scott should be consulted for detailed facts, and notes Scott’s eight months in the effort to remove the people from the mountain. The other clears sensational cables as Manila-made and confirms no reports of killing women and children in Mindanao.
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Washington
Taft
Leonard Wood
Manila
Mount Dajo
Hugh L. Scott
Scott
Wood
United States
Mindanao
Colonel Andrews
Fire wrecks Haverhill school annexes endangering 150 pupils
A blaze at the Haverhill manual training school and high school annex on March 20 imperiled more than 150 students. Teachers coordinated evacuations with success, though some pupils suffered burns and a girl injured her leg leaping from a second story window. Instructor John Bourne escaped by leaping to a second floor window after his exit was blocked. He had earlier sustained burns on the head and hands. The three story frame buildings, once a factory, fed the flames.
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Haverhill
Mass
Grave disorders feared as miners strike at Lethbridge
Great Falls Montana reports the Lethbridge Alberta coal miners strike has prompted Dominion government intervention. Northwest Mounted Police take control and martial law prevails. About 500 union men strike while 100 work under police protection amid daily volleys of snowballs and stones.
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Great Falls
Mont
Lethbridge
Alberta
Can
Dominion
Northwest Mounted Police
Wheat Quotation Report From Minneapolis Market
Market notes from Minneapolis dated March 20 show May wheat at 76 1/2 cents, July at 79 1/2, and September at 77 1/2. Track prices list on track No 1 hard at 77 1/2, No 1 Northern at 77 1/2, and No 2 Northern at 15 1/2 cents.
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Minneapolis
Market Report St Paul Cattle Hogs And Sheep Prices
St Paul market notes show cattle prices from good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50, cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.75, yearlings 2.00 to 5.25, hogs 6.05 to 6.25, yearling wethers 5.25 to 6.00, and good to choice lambs 6.00 to 6.50.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices on track for Duluth market
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 1 Northern at 76 1 2 cents No 2 Northern 74 3 4 cents May 77 3 4 cents July 79 cents Sept 78 cents Flax to arrive and on track with May 1 12 1 2 dollars per bushel May 1 14 dollars July 1 15 dollars Sept 1 14 dollars
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Duluth
Northern
Market quotes from Chicago futures report
Wheat May 78 3/4 cents and July 77 3/4. Corn May 44. July 44 1/4. Oats May 30 1/4 and July 29 1/4. Pork May 16.27 and July 16.22. Butter Dairy 16 26 1/2. dairies 15 22. Eggs 12 3/4. Poultry Turkeys 12 1/4. chickens and springs 12 1/4 cents.
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Chicago
Cattle and Hogs Market Report from Chicago
Chicago market data lists cattle and hog prices for March 20. Cattle categories include cows and heifers, stockers and feeders, Texans with varied bid ranges. Hogs show mixed and butcher items at a price around 4.15.
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Chicago
City Officials and Ward Aldermen Election Notice
Public notice outlines city officers and aldermen by ward as well as a retail question on the ballot. It lists polling places 7 in total with judge assignments and election hours starting at eight.
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General Cit
Panene
Dakota Rouse
J. W. M. D. Wheeler
James Jensen
Bee Wees
J. B. Geddis
James Stewart
Demaree
Suds Oka
I van Winkle
Poe
Neo Henk
Aedall
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Rado
Will
Mayor Weaver
Paul
Monte Appel
College Girls’ Glee Club
A. KE. Adams
J. M. Lawson
Aberdeen
R. V. Lyman
University of Wisconsin
A. W. Morris
Redfield
W. H. Warren
DeSmet
L. L. Smythe
Volga
F. H. Kent
Jeeael Ri
Sh Cook
Earl D See Tee
Crawford
Miriam
Tifent Bark
Matouaek
Cora
Curtis Publishing Company
Supreme Court of the State
G. B. Burnhaus
Haverhill, Mass
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Stata
South Dakota
E. Youma
Beadle County
Mareh
Ummons
Beadle
Ninth Judicial Circuit
A.T. Benson
American-Mexico Mining and Deving Company
American-Mexico Mining
Comny
W. S. Phillips
H. BE. Graham
4. T. Grove
Mare
George V. Penwell
Mark W
A. L. Sollenberger
Walter Y Ts
Sours Igh
Sine Pest
George Dle Oa
Eleanor Tor
Villa Walk Walt
Marien Walt
Pisinlle
George Cowley
Lax Ponewares A
Cota
Promiass Deve
Ea Brace Spon
the Sents
Kuren
Pesehanmy
Charles Peek
Cwaeiis K.pom
Cort Fea A
Operati
Aidras
Borpon & Co
Mperia
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