Forty two dead in Rock Island train wreck in Marshalltown
Reports from Des Moines and Marshalltown chronicled a catastrophic wreck of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line near Green Mountain and Marshalltown. Death toll ranged from thirty two to forty two with many injured as physicians rushed to the scene and passengers named including Cedar Rapids crew and Mrs Patterson Nora Wilcox and Dr Newman among the injured. The disaster occurred after a bridge washout forced a detour combining two trains Twin City Express from Chicago and St Louis.
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Associated Prensa
Des Moines
Mar
F. W. Cherry
Princeton
Rock Island
Green Mountain
Cherry
Marshalltown
St. Paul-Waterloo
Chicago, Rock Inland & Pacific
Great Western
Drakeman
Porter
Cedar Rapids
R. Patterson
Louisiana
Nora Wilcox
D. W. Newman
Mount Vernon
Chicago
St. Louis
Peary Lectures in Atlanta Amid Brown Feud
Commander Peary spoke in Atlanta after Governor Brown called him a faker and declined to introduce him. The small audience at the Auditorium heard Peary defend his work and decline further discussion of the matter. Exitor F L Seeley of the Atlanta Georgian introduced him.
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Atlanta
Brown
Georgia
Peary
Perry
Amatta
Mr. Peary
Aulanile
Commander Peary
F. L. Seeley
Anti Prohibition Meeting Prompts Candidate Questions
Oklahoma City March meeting centers on local option high license and constitutional referendum. Mayors Scaler Shawnee Reilly Enid ex Senator Stanford and others will present writings and speeches on prohibition, farmer issues, and the twenty one year clause in the constitution.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Mar
Thin City
Scaler
Broarne
Shawnee
Reilly
EB Reno
Stanford
Legislature in Oklahoma Set to Adjourn at Noon
The Oklahoma house advanced the Russell bill to third reading, redrawing judicial districts to reduce total judges to eighteen. Amendments shift districts among Ottawa Craig Nowata and others, with new judges added in several districts. Critics call the bill corrupt and partisan as both chambers vote to adjourn sine die at noon today March 14.
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Guthrie
Okio
Mar
House
Senate
Washington
Orage
Ottawa
Craig
Nowata
Bowers
Mayes
Osage
Uskogee
Mclntosh
Pittburg
Atoka
Bryan
Johnston
Marshal
Aleo
Oklahoma
Cleveland
McClain
Garvin
Murray
Carter
Love
Blaine County
Kiowa
Washita
Custer
Cook
Muskogee
Maria
Graham
Charges Filed Against Kiowa Comanche Apache Agency Official
The Indian Rights Association in Washington with Commissioner Valentine cites multiple counts against Lieut. Ernest Stecker of Anadarko over alleged cruelty financial improprieties and double pay. An Inspector may be sent to investigate, with War Department scrutiny of Stecker’s duties and salaries at Kiowa Comanche Apache agency and Fort Sttt.
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Washington, D. C
The
Indian Rights Association
Washington
W Brastus
Valentine
Indian Affairs
Ernest Stecker
Anadarko
Valenting
Stecker
Gronkendas
Leutenant
Strecker
Louis Mee Knight
United Sates
Lawton
Lieut
Brocker
Coney
Meitnight
War Department
Elletta
Ideut. Stecker
Kiowa
Cominote
Tvee
Fort
Charges His Son With Theft Of Hidden Money
In Cherokee Oklahoma March 21 a district court trial involved Carl Lower accusing his son Frank Loeser of stealing $1,080. After the 1907 panic the elder, a wealthy German living north of town, withdrew $4,000 to $5,000 and buried it on his farm. A missing deposit was found in an old sofa near a window. defense argued the screen was off. The son was acquitted. The case drew considerable local interest.
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Oklo
Mar
Carl Lower
Frank Loeser
Carl Loeser
Here
Governor Haskell condemns partisan caucusing in Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma March 18 Governor Haskell denounces partisan caucus pressure in legislative hearings and urges a criminal statute to punish threats or intimations aimed at jurors or committee members. He argues the public officer's conduct must be protected to preserve Oklahoma's reputation and calls for penalties equal to other crimes.
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Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Oklahoma
State of
Haskell Exonerated by Special Committee
Governor Hackell was exonerated on charges of misappropriation of state funds by a house committee report. It found no misappropriation where services were performed, though vouchers were drawn against funds for other purposes. The two Republican members alleged constitutional violation in employing W. B. Anthony and his private secretary.
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Associated Press
Guthrie
Oklo
Mar
Hackell
House
Taft
Smith
Haskell
W. B. Anthony
Three Men Die in Mine Explosion Near Pittsburg Kane
Three miners were killed early today in an explosion at mine number two of the sev Coal company near Pittsburg Kane. The dead are George Sinkford, John Overman, and Charles Dideen. Rescuers moved quickly to the scene and brought out the remaining workers, all of whom were uninjured. The victims died from black damp rather than fire.
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Pittsburg
Kane
Mar
Sev Coal Company
George Sinkford
John Overman
Charles Dideen
New Salary Law May Go Ten Courts
Guthrie Okla Mar 18 Virtually certain the constitutionality of the new fee and salary law adopted by the special session will be attacked in the courts and knocked out The main object two months work would be nullified. Republican senators protest the conference bill was a new measure not read or printed and the journal record was altered by order of Senator Graham. the house and senate rewrote the bill through a conferees committee without showing specific amendments.
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Graham
Senate
C. G. Jones
Curd
RT. Potter
Conference
Drouth Hurts Planting In Okmulgee Area
Drouth in Okmulgee Henryette and Oklo during March raises stock water costs at A& premium and cripples spring planting. Ground can be plowed but moisture is insufficient to sprout seed after four months with no rain. Potatoes rot as farmers await rain before planting.
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Henryette
Oklo
Mar
Drouth
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C. C. Heidtman
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Vinita, Orla
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