Train Jumps Track North of Grand Junction Iowa
A Chicago Rock Island and Pacific passenger train bound for Fort Dodge jumped the track two miles north of Grand Junction Iowa. Several passengers were seriously hurt and many more sustained injuries as crews improvised a stretcher and aided the wounded. Doctors from Grand Junction and Des Moines treated the injured, including several named victims.
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Grand Junction
Iowa
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Fort Dodge
George Dowell
Richard
Elise
Celia Webble
Patonia
Mrs. Hall
Stuart
A. M. Mickean
Perry
C. A. Ladleff
Des Moines
W. L. McNeal
David MckKean
Pomeroy
Lee York
W. D. Phillips
E. L. McCool
I. W. Yocum
Joseph Staffer
Tickilwa
Lrs
Fred Bullen
William Ballentire
F. F. Luther
Richard Wiltse
O. B. Grant
Mason City and
Ghostly Visits Plague Widow in Carbondale Home
In Carbondale Pennsylvania Mrs Minnie Kinnie reports two apparitions in her bedroom within a week. She describes a choking grasp leaving marks on her neck and fainting spells as the doctor cites sleep paralysis. Her husband John Kinnie had died a year earlier.
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Carbondale
John Kinnie
Minnie
Smallpox Outbreak Spreads From Appleton to Wrightstown
Emma Jens, a Appleton worker, fell ill with smallpox and escaped to Wrightstown by train exposing many. A local physician diagnosed the disease on arrival and quarantined her parents' home. Earlier, Jackson county reports confirm smallpox with Paul Chapman of Alma Center ill and school closed.
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Wrightstown
Wis
Emma Jens
Appleton
Jackson County
Paul Chapman
Alma Center
Fire Threat Fails to Swallow Minooka
Joliet Illinois March 19 Firemen averted destruction of Minooka by fire confined to the Shepley House owned by Hugh Botton The building and contents were destroyed with losses pegged at 5000 and insured for 2000 The town was saved by heavy fire walls and citizen response The Joliet fire department was not required to respond by train after the emergency appeal.
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Joliet
Ill
Minooka
Shepley
Hugh Botton
Mills Halt in Fall River as Producers Curtail Output
Fall River, March 19 The Chase Robeson Merchants and major mills including Laurel Lake suspend operations under an agreement to cut production. It is expected that most mills in the city will close next week after initial closures yesterday.
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Fall River
Mass
Chase, Robeson
American Linen
Metacomet Cotton Mills
Laurel Lake Mills
City faces taxes rebated after multiple suits filed
Several lawsuits have been filed against the city demanding rebates of taxes levied for special assessments. The legal action challenges the validity of the assessments and seeks financial redress for property owners and taxpayers.
Polygamy Bill Veto Uphheld by Utah Senate
Salt Lake City March 18 Governor Wells veto of the Evans bill for polygamy protection was sustained in the senate by a 9 to 0 vote after no debate. Speakers warned of national backlash while noting the veto removes much of the bill’s sting. The chamber split along religious lines with Gentiles praising the governor and most Mormons opposing.
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Salt Lake City
Well
Senate
Allison
Utah
Howard
Ile
Whitney
Grand jury probes death of Granville Lynton in Indiana
The grand jury investigates Granville Lynton’s death found hanging from a tree with a decomposed body. Dying clues cite a deathbed statement by his daughter about a quarrel and a man who allegedly struck him and disposed of the body by hanging. She reportedly named a brother but stayed silent under pressure from her husband.
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English
Ind
Granville Lynton
Lynton
Explosion of Ol Stove in Cascapedia Kills Six
Six people died when a coal oil heating stove exploded on the stairs at John Gauthier’s home in Little Cascapedia Quebec. Gauthier survived with a broken leg after leaping from a window to find assistance as the house and other buildings burned. His sick wife and five children perished in the flames.
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Little Cascapedia
Que
Quebec
New Brunswick
John Gauthier
Gauthier
Priest Stricken En Route Reaches Chicago Hospital
Father Trian Chill, a Catholic priest from Rensselaer Indiana, suffered paralysis on a train to Chicago. He required police assistance and ambulances were directed to the station before he was admitted to St Elizabeth's Hospital after several hospitals declined treatment.
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Chicago
Trian Chill
Rensselaer
Ind
Harrison Street
St. Elizabeth's
School Board Expels 16 Year Old for Cigarette Use
Menominee Michigan reports the city school board expelled a 16 year old after he became a heavy cigarette user and shared cigarettes with classmates. The board will expel all confirmed cigarette users to deter the habit.
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Menominee, Mich
Court adjourns mid trial in smallpox case in Coldwater
Coldwater Michigan March 18 Circuit court closed by Health Officer Turner after exposure to smallpox. The session adjourned in the middle of a $5 000 damage suit brought by John Rive against Philo A Buck for alleged false imprisonment.
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Coldwater
Mich
Turner
John Rive
Philo A. Buck
Bulgarians On Trial At Salonica For Revolutionary Activities
Official dispatches report the trial began March 11 in Salonica of nineteen Bulgarians accused of belonging to a revolutionary committee at Sofia and fomenting disorder in edllinger Monestir and Kossovo. The fragment indicates new cases and ongoing proceedings in town.
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Constantinople
Salonica
Revolutionary Committee
Sofia
Edllinger
Monestir
Kossovo
Town
Durours
Acts of Commission Establish Public Instruction in Islands
The Philippine commission approves a General Department of Public Instruction with central office in Manila. It calls for ten school divisions, English as basis, and salaries for a trained teaching staff from the United States. A normal school and new schools are planned, with religious instruction limited, and leaves with pay defined for civil servants.
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Department of Public Instruction
Manila
Washington
Philippine Commission
War Department
Cable
Islands
United States
Philippine Islands
Army of Navy
Philippine Civil Service
Wood's Cuban conduct praised by Secretary Root
Secretary Root stated the administration has complete confidence in Governor General Wood's handling of Cuban affairs and approved his actions regarding the constitutional convention. A contrasting report claimed some officials doubted Wood's course, but Washington endorsement remained. George W. Briant, 71, pioneer plainsman, stockman, and banker, died in Kansas City after a life freighted on the Santa Fe trail and ties to western leaders.
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Washington
Root
Cuba
General Wood
Kansas City
George W. Briant
Heir to Fortune Goes to Jail
Albert, heir to a fortune, is reported to face jail as details unfold in Michigans legal case. Authorities disclose the dispute centers on alleged financial misconduct and rightful inheritance.
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Meeskeees, Mich
Albert
Muskegon youth Radley returns to county jail after payment
Radley, a Muskegon man already given an $8,500 installment, is again held in the county jail.
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Radley
Muskegon
German meat inspection law provokes German criticism
Washington reports from United States Consul Diedrich at Bremen state that the German meat inspection law banning American corned beef and sausages has drawn sharp opposition. Critics argue it fails to improve public health and raises meat prices, reducing consumption, especially impacting the laboring class.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Diedrich
Bremen
Germany
Jiedrich
Agricultural station planned for Honolulu by USDA
Jared Smith in charge of seed and plant introduction will depart soon to Honolulu to establish an agricultural experiment station. He will teach Hawaiians to grow garden crops, dairy farming, cheese making, and poultry and pig rearing to aid poor families.
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Washington
Jared Smith
Department of Agriculture
Honolulu
San Francisco
Boers Meet 10 Talk Peace In Pietersburg Meeting
A Durban dispatch says Boer commanders meet at Pietersburg to discuss war continuation and peace prospects. Reports say DeWet’s amnesty unlikely and Kitchener would try him for alleged prisoner murders. Also noted: Abel Erasmus captured with family. Parke’s column takes Krugersdorp laager with Boer casualties.
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London
Durban
Natal
Pietersburg
Transvaal
Kitchener
DeWet
the Times
Kaalspruit
Botha
Delarey
Pretoria
Abel Erasmus
Lydenburg
Parke
War Office
Krugersdorp
Botha Rejects British Peace Terms
General Botha rejects the peace terms offered by the British as the war continues. In Indianapolis Mrs Zarelda G. Wallace noted temperance and women's rights worker, stepmother of General Lew Wallace, dies. London reports Joseph Chamberlain announcing Botha’s refusal.
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Mrs. Wallace
Indianapolis
Ind
Zarelda G. Wallace
Lew Walace
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Botha
Admiral Alexieff Loses No Opportunity to Thwart the Bogtish
London dispatch discusses railway disputes as efforts by Admiral Alexieff to provoke trouble and threaten hostilities. The Standard cautions Russia that the British fleet remains strong and Japan seeks to back any move to oppose Manchuria annexation.
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Admiral Alexieff
London
The
Standard
Alexieff
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Mrs Richardson gains bail in murder case at Savannah
In Savannah Missouri on March 18 Mrs Ad die L Richardson was arraigned on a first degree murder charge and pleaded not guilty. A bail motion succeeded with a $20000 bond signed by John D Richardson of the American district company. Trial set for May 27. She intends to remain in Savannah and seeks no venue change.
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Savannah
Addie L. Richardson
Richardson
Burns
Chicago
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