President Mitchell to Meet Miners in Scranton
SCRANTON PA March 16 President Mitchell reached here from Hazelton to confer with Scranton's district leaders about carrying out convention tasks. He told Associated Press he planned to stay several days and hold a meeting Monday at the St Charles Hotel to discuss the program. He said a public statement would likely follow giving the miners' view of the present trouble.
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Scranton
Hazelton
Bight
Scranton Delem
Associated Press
St. Charles
Mitchell
Shirt Factory Fires Kill and Injure Workers in Multiple Cities
Fire destroyed two factories in Joseph Missouri and caused numerous deaths and injuries among young women workers. Louise Essendan believed dead. Florence Terry and Mattie Berry survived net rescue after leaping from height. Fire began in engine room. walls collapsed around 4:10 pm. Losses cited around 1000 dollars. Other fires hit Meinecke Toy Company in Milwaukee and Sieberling Miller in Doylestown. casualties and job losses reported.
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Joseph
Noyesnee Ag
Richardson, & Byrnes
Third
Farson
Vicims
Louise Essendan
Florence Terry
Mattie Berry
Noyes-Norman
John Fryede
Marriage A Tonic In Scarlet Fever Quarantine
Eugene Reynolds and Adelaide Fitzgerald wed at Howard Willett's White Plains residence while quarantined for scarlet fever. Reynolds, initially critical, urged the ceremony as he faced possible death. Father Meany performed the marriage. Doctors later said Reynolds’s condition may improve while Fitzgerald remained able to be up.
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New York
Eugene
Reynolds
Adelaide Fitzgerald
Howard Willett
White Plains
Miss Fitzgerald
Aiken
3. C
Willett
Mr. Reynolds
Father Francis J. Meany
St. John’s Catholic Church
Cubans Concede Isle of Pines to United States
Havana report outlines that a majority of constitutional convention members favor handing over the Isle of Pines to the United States for sanitary measures under Washington control, while the broader Platt amendment terms are rejected. The committee’s extensive report is due next Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Havana
United States
Isle of Pines
Washington
Pickpocket Robs Subtreasury Messenger in Post Office
Philadelphia report says Messenger Dougherty of the U S subtreasury was robbed in the post office corridor of registered mail believed to total over $1.19. The thief escaped unseen and was not detected.
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Philadelphia
Dougherty
United States
Weather forecast for Sunday and Monday in Midwest regions
Washington reports a forecast for Sunday and Monday with generally fair conditions in Ohio and Indiana and Illinois, warmer on Sunday with southerly winds, lighter winds near the lakes, and fair weather on Monday. Expect warmer temperatures and variable wind directions. A comparative March 16 temperature and precipitation summary follows from Local Forecast Official Wappenhans.
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Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Diinois
Thera H
Lineman Electrocuted At Sullivan In 3000 Volt Shock
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Sanford Burkhardt a 26 year old employee of Citizens Electric Power Company was instantly killed at 7 PM when three thousand volts passed through his body while he shook a street lamp and touched a live cable. He was married. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
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Indianapolis
Sullivan
Ind
Sanford Burkhardt
Citizens’ Electric Fight and Power Company
Burkhardt
Indianapolis Journal
Pendleton
John Julp
Union Traction Company
Converse
Marion area notes and local incidents brief
Injured man badly bruised after being thrown from a car amid a dispute over fare and a hat check. No arrests. Marion treasurer H O Heichert resigns due to poor health. Smallpox case reported near Darlington with exposure risk. Special election in Miami County set for April 2 to decide railroad subsidies. Fayette County fines issued to eighty for failing to report dogs for tax lists. Frankfort electric plant head H V Wells resigns. Montpelier arrests for oil well cable theft. Hagerstown men invent a party telephone lockout system. patent potential valued at $5,000.
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Darlington
Montgomery County
Hutchingon
George Potts
Miami County
Peru
Converse
Fayette
H. V. Wells
Frankfort
William Kearney
Sim
Roy Knott
Montpelier
Wells County
Walter Jones
Harry Day
Hagerstown
Geraune
Four Dies As Train Car Burns In Montana Tragedy
A Missoula Missoula bound special car carrying Ed Davis Uncle Tom's Cabin company burned at Olive station. Four performers died: Minnie Hearst of Mitchell Indiana Bert Reed Columbus Kansas Rene Lucasse Kalamazoo Michigan and John Hollmans Parkersburg Iowa. The fire broke out in sleeper berths with others escaping. Coroner and authorities secured the charred remains as investigation begins.
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Missoula
Mont
Olive
Ed Davis
Minnie Hearst
Cook
Mitchell
Ind
Bert Reed
Columbus
Kan
Rene Lucasse
Kalamazoo
Mich
John Hollmans
Parkersburg
Hayes
Rene Lucasso
Bollmans
Beall faces trial for assault on rabbit shooter Miller
At midnight in Muncie Indiana a jury received the case of the State versus Archibald Beall a farmer charged with assault with intent to kill Frank Miller after Miller was found shooting rabbits on Beall s farm Beall used stones nearly killing Miller Judge Leffler held a night session to clear the docket for Dr Garrett Leach s Monday trial on complicity in the death of Mary Farwig of Richmond John Dienl a wealthy Anderson manufacturer now imprisoned will be brought to testify In Richmond Indiana on Monday a motion for a new trial is expected in the Robert Futrel murder case Futrel received a life sentence and says he would rather hang than be imprisoned The motion is anticipated to be overruled
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Archibald Beall
Frank Miller
Miller
Beall
Leffler
Garrett Leach
Mary Farwig
Richmond
John Dienl
Anderson
Robert Futrel
Futrell
Schleif
Wagner
J. C. Steven
Henry Alexander
William Coughlin
San Francisco
Chicago
Baker
Omaha
James Callahan
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Baldwin County
Alabama
Crnthin
Washington
Slade
William Hays
Hays
Erie
N. Y
Lake Shore
Felix Johnson
Waterbury
A Woman's Regrets and Double Mourning at Bluffs and Portland
In Bluffton Indiana Mrs Ma Linda Miller aged 35 from Chester township hanged herself in a barn after tying a rope to a rafter. She had left a husband and seven year old daughter and was said to regret breaking a promise not to remarry. In Portland Indiana Fred Garbie aged 22 unmarried used a razor to slit his throat at the well curb, a fatal act with no known reason.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bluffton
Ind
Ma Linda Miller
Chester Township
Portland
Fred Garbrie
Indiana miners and operators fail to meet headway in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana the joint conference of the Indiana miners and operators made little progress as they spent time on contract details. President Van Horn presented a letter from State Mine Inspector Epperson saying he did not oppose the bill to require expert shooters of explosives but viewed a different bill to increase inspector efficiency as more important. The convention debated removing Epperson but decided to invite him to speak before the group while referencing Indianapolis officials McCormack and others.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
van Horn
Epperson
Blatchley
McCormack
Indianapolis
Farmer Pays Loss in Swindle Over Nursery Shares
Baltzer Cook of Pleasant township Iowa nursery swindle paid 1.4 for fifteen shares and signed notes he does not recall. He and his wife say they were hypnotized by the agent. He believes the loss could cost him his farm as three notes remain unfound and others may have been negotiated.
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Wabash, Ind
Baltzer Cook
Pleasant Township
Iowa
Cook
Capitol to Spend $300000 on Repairs and Fireproofing
Washington March 16 about 300000 will be expended on the Capitol during the congressional recess. The architect of the Capitol is to prepare plans for reconstruction and fire proofing of the central portion and renovation of the rotunda. Plans for a new fireproof building near the Capitol for committee rooms storage and power plant are also to be drawn.
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Washington
Capitol
General MacArthur casualty list from the Philippines
Washington report lists soldiers killed or wounded by date and location in the Philippines. Names include George W. Patton killed near Silang Cavite on March 3. Others wounded on March 4 and February dates in Leyte Marinduque Mindanao, with units and injury details.
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Washington
MacArthur
Philippines
Silang
Cavite
Signal Corps
George W. Patton
Bald Hill
Leyte
Forty-third Infantry
John Cremmins
Wm. E. Davies
Gasan
Marinduque
James Burke
Harry Leasher
Mount Masalopot
Thomas Millard
Charles G. Mannert
Jiminez
Mindanao
Fortieth Infantry
Wm. J. Birch
Walter Lawrence
Ernest S. George
Lemuel Woodyard
Transatlantic Steamship Movements Reported Across Ports
March notices from New York Liverpool and other ports list arrivals and sailings of cargo and passenger ships. Cam ania arrived from Liverpool while Statendam Umbria and others sailed to Antwerp Rotterdam Liverpool Glasgow Hamburg London via Boulogne Cherbourg Plymouth and more.
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New York
Camania
Liverpool
Western and
Antwerp
Statendam
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Umbria
Astoria
Glasgow
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Minneapolis
London
Lucanta
Cevic
Etruria
Friesland
Bremen
Grosser Kurfurst
Havre
la Gascogne
Two men plead guilty to vote selling in Frankfort justice
George Barnett and William Marshall of Boyles town admitted guilt before Judge Kent in the Circuit Court, receiving $16 fines and ten year disfranchisement each. It is the first conviction of its kind in Clinton County, with about fifteen similar cases awaiting trial. In Anderson, Scott Bennett, an interurban conductor from Elwood, was stabbed twice as his car departed Elwood for Anderson by a member of a crowd.
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Indianapolis Journal
Frankfort
Ind
George Barnett
William Marshall
Boylestown
Kent
Clinten County
Anderson
Scott Bennett
Elwood
Childs Stops Byers In Seventeenth Round In Hot Springs
Frank Childs defeated George Byers by knockout in the seventeenth round of a scheduled twenty in Hot Springs Arkansas. Byers weighed ten to fifteen pounds less and fought with less vigor while Childs controlled the bout, knocking Byers down three times after feigning defense early. Cen and Stitt set for twenty rounds next Friday.
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Hot Springs
Ark
George Byers
Frank Childs
Byers
Childs
Cen
Stitt
Alabama Trial Report Speeds Naval Ship Record
The Navy received from Admiral Evans, president of the trial board, the final trial report of the battleship Alabama. The board found no weakness or defects in hull or mechanism as the ship achieved high speed during trials.
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Washington
Naw Department
Admiral Evans
Alabama
Lackey's Horse Sale Breaks Records in Cambridge City
Cambridge City March 16 The Lackey horse sale ends after a five day run totaling over 450 horses sold and projected total sales exceeding 135000 dollars averaging nearly 300 dollars per head. Many private street sales boosted turnover with an estimated 600 horses changing hands during the week.
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Indianapolis Journal
Cambridge City
Ind
Lackey
B. S. Aline
R. Rush
Chicago
Frank Hill
Madison
Bik G. Hawk
H. Miller
City
Albert Engle
Dayton
S. G. Willie Wilkes
C. Ammon
Gordon
Arthur Nichols
Winton Place
J. A. Denny
Jamestown
O. Whitson
New Burlington
B. S. Gioper Hal
W. S. Vanhorn
Lexington
Enoch
Crawfordsville
Champ
W. W. Herron
Wyoming
B. S. Callinwood
M. Niles
Cincinnati
William Herron
M. Eadna H
George Watson
Indianapolis
Charles Davis
Jacksonburg
Helen D
J. Hilligoss
Homer
M. Bet- Una
Bhiar & Baker
John B. Fletcher
Newport
G. H. Niles
BE. E. Kirk
Spiceland
R. m. Ruth Ashpee
B. Bowman
Battle Creek
Mich
Thomas Harris
Anderson
R. m. Bell
Russia
USA
Stephen Shepherd
New Madison
I. m. Nallie Mathers
Blair & Baker
Co. E. Westover
Mays
B. m. Bessie
B. G. Little Joe
S. A. Watson
J. S. Antrim
B. G
W. C. Peel
Rockford
Fromhelz & German
B. G. Andy
M. W. Edwards
Newtown
New Cuba Accounting System Ordered by War Department
Under Colonel Edwards, chief of the Insular bureau, the War Department has prepared and approved by the secretary an order to implement a new accounting system for Cuba. It creates an auditor and assistant auditor roles to oversee the process.
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Washington
Edwards
Insular Bureau
The
War Department
Cuba
Euditor
Auditor changes outline new systems in Cuba and Philippines
A new accounting system is described with emphasis on efficiency and accuracy. Mr. Lawshe, experienced in Cuba, offered recommendations while Cuba changes are postponed for several weeks. W. W. Karre, currently in the Philippines, will serve as deputy auditor there.
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Philippines
Lawshe
Cuba
W. W. Karre
West Virginia miners strike and new industrial ties
A broad survey notes miners at Lick Fork and Logan mines in West Virginia are on strike. It reports on railroad bridge construction in Marietta, shipbuilding and copper ventures, bank and stock movements, hotel expansion, and looming labor unrest among Pittsburgh building trades.
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Lick Fork
Logan
West Virginia
Williamstown
Speyer & Co
New York
Mexican National Construction Company
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Produce Exchange
Central Bank of Mexico
Enrique Creel
National Park Bank of New York
Vermilye & Co
Hallgarten & Co
Seaboard
Cocinono Copper Company
Capital
Trenton
N. J
Donald Grant
Faribault, Minn
Lawrence P. Doyle
Chiconn
Thomas F. Noonan, Jr
Bayonne
Edc
House of Lords
England
Mexican National Railway Company
Children’s Home Society of California
California
Colchester Cotton Mills
Burlington
Girard Trust Company
Philadelphia
William J. Latta
Telephone
Anges Aml Cable Company of America
Jersey City
Allied Building Trades
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Crimes of all Degrees in Early 20th Century Notes
Reports from multiple locations describe violent crime and legal actions. In Kentucky, James Humphreys was seriously cut at a Colemansville voting place by an assailant named Brown. In Wichita two masked men robbed a street car and shot the conductor, leaving him in precarious condition. A Kansas City jury could not reach a verdict in the Fred Rechow murder case. Philadelphia native William Edward Bidwell was arrested in Chicago on embezzlement charges in connection with the New York Life Insurance Company’s Philadelphia branch.
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Colemansville
James Humphreys
Brown
Wichita
Kan
Fred Rechow
Kansas City
Hilton Turner
William Edward Bidwell
Philadelphia
New York Life
Telegraph Miscellany Highlights From National and Local News
President Diaz continues to improve in health while N L players sign for season. Toledo convention endorses Mayor Jones the Duchess of Manchester’s relatives sail to Liverpool. Kansas City manager signs Hartman Eyler and Messitt. Cherokee rumor of Haiti San Domingo tensions. Winton plans San Francisco to New York auto record. Democratic HQ kept in Chicago by national committee leaders. Sawmill boiler explosion injures one at Oienstee Florida. Cuban visit by river committee ends in Miami. tour to St Augustine then north. Ohio appoints J C Morris state commissioner.
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President Diaz
Mexico
Kroper Flick
Toledo
Mayor Jones
Golden Rule Fame
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Duchess of
Kansas City
W. Hartman
Toledo Interstate
E. C. Eyler
Denver
Thomas Messitt
Scranton
Garvin
New York
San Domingo
Turk’s Island
Hayti
San Francisco
New York City
Alexander Winton
Paris
J. K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
J. G. Johnson
Kansas
W. J. Stone
Missouri
St. Louis
National Committee
Chicago
Eppinger & Russell Company
Oienstee
Fla
Congressional
Cuba
Miami
Havana
Biscayne Bay
Miami Harbor
St. Augustine
Columbus
Indianapolii
Erday
Nash
Ohio
J. C. Morris
Youngstown
Burton Ale Claims Scientifically Brewed Remedy
An 1900 note from the Interstate Medical Journal page 449 asserts Burton Ale is scientifically brewed and ripened, making it free from avidities sometimes found in similar products. The item labels Burton Ale as a superior, clinically framed beverage feature in a period medical journal.
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Interstate Medical Journal
Agents for Indianapolis Telephone Passes in Missouri House
The Missouri Legislature’s lower chamber passed yesterday a bill to place Agents for Indianapolis Telephone at 134 North Pennsylvania Street. Northwestern University was announced in Chicago as purchasing the Tremont Hotel from the Couch estate for $500,000 to centralize Chicago departments in one building. Dowager Duchess of Manchester Miss Consuelo Yznaga accompanied by Sir John and Laur Lister-Kaye arrived in New York to attend her brother Ferdinand Yenings funeral.
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Missouri
Northwestern University
Chicago
Tremont
Couch
University
Duchess of
Manchester
Consuelo Ysnaga
Campania
New York
Ferdinand Yenings
Sir John
Laur Lister-Kaye
Yznaga
Louisiana
Norfolk Navy Yard
Potomac River
Dixie
Washington
Toledo
National Golfers’ Association
United States Golf Association
Internal Revenue Bureau to Trim Workforce Under New Law
Washington March 16 The Internal Revenue Bureau faces a force reduction as a revenue-cutting act takes effect July 1. Government receipts from internal revenue are estimated to fall about 40 million dollars, prompting a 10 percent cut in the collection appropriation and the dismissal of many employees.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Woman Superintendent of Nurses Named by Secretary Root
Secretary Root appoints Mrs Dita Hopkins Kinney of New York City as superintendent of the female nurse corps under the army reorganization act. Kinney, a widow, has headed nurses at Long Island Hospital Boston and has worked with hospitals in St Paul San Francisco and New Mexico.
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Washington
Root
Dita Hopkins Kinney
New York City
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Winchester
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Preble County
Jacob Haskell
Ashtabula
Col
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Saratoga Hotel
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Burton Ale
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Donald Tousey
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