Worst Wreck in Iowa History Claims Many Lives
Marshalltown Iowa March 22. Monday's wreck is reported as the worst in Iowa railroading history with forty eight dead and many injured. Rock Island officials and state railroad inspectors assess responsibility under a standard detour contract while responders aid survivors and identify victims.
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State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Railroad Company
Marshalltown
W. TI
Given
Des Moines
Milton Parish
Cedarville
May Lewis
Valley Junction
State Railroad Commission
A. C. Ridgeway
W. FF. Tinsman
W. A. Nettleton
Airhart
J. 11
Chicago
W. H. Given
N. 8
Ketchum
Thomas Boylan
Narrow Escape for Train Near Humboldt Trestle
The north bound Minneapolis and St Louis No 3 engine and mail car plunged through a blazing trestle near Humboldt Iowa. Brakeman James Murphy spotted the fire and set brakes preventing a full derailment. Mail clerk H R Chamberlain expressman Edward Storvick and G M Ellenberzer were injured with one expected to recover.
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Fort Dodge
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Humboldt
James Murphy
H. R. Chamberlain
St. Paul
Edward Storvick
Albert Lea
Minn
G. M. Ellenberzer
Trains collide near Richmond kill three injure many
In Kentucky a head on crash on the Louisville and Nashville line near White Station Richmond followed wrong orders from a railroad operator. Three men killed George Devore James Bourke and Walter Sanford all of Paris and several persons were injured. A wrecking crew was en route when the error was discovered.
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Lexington
Borea
Louisville and Nashville
White Station
Richmond
Paris
George Devore
James Bourke
Walter Sanford
Freight Wreck in Kentucky Claims Three Lives Near Berea
In White Station near Berea three railroad workers died and twelve were injured when two freight trains collided on the Kentucky Central division of the Louisville and Nashville railway. Victims were firemen George Deverse of Richmond and Russell Storm of Paris and engineer G. H. Sanford of Paris.
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Berea
Kentucky Central Division
Louisville and Nashville Railway
White Station
Here
George Deverse
Richmond
Russell Storm
Paris
G. H. Sanford
Train wreck near Bismarck injures twenty. two dead
Twenty persons were injured when a Seo passenger train derailed near Bismarck North Dakota. Eight were hospitalized with wounds dressed, ten others were sent to the state penitentiary for further treatment.
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Bismarck
N. D
Seo
State Penitentiary
Labor Trouble Ends In Textile Strike Settlement
Philadelphia report says a general strike by textile and hosiery unions ended at 11 pm as delegates voted to return to work. Leaders Mahon and Murphy plus Transit director Wolf and Senator McNichols met with George H. Earle at his home and neared an agreement to end the walkout. The carmen's nineteen member committee had repudiated Mahon's agreement with Senator Penrose, widening rifts with major labor bodies.
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Philadelphia
William D. Mahon
Murphy
Central Laborator
Committee of Tem
Wolf
Transit Company
McNichots
George H. Earle
Carmen
Mr. Mahon
Senator Penrose
Break in General Strike Marks Bricklayers Return to Work
About 2,200 journeymen bricklayers informed master bricklayers they were ready to return to work. Masters act on the notice today and work is expected to resume Thursday.
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Philadelphia
George C. Lee Sr., Banker, Dies in Beacon Street Home
George C. Lee Sr of Lee Higginson & Co. dies at his Beacon Street residence after a brief illness. His daughter Alice was the first wife of former President Roosevelt. he had been ill for about a month.
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Toston
George C. Lee, Sr
Banking House of Lee, Higginson & Co
Beacon Street
Alice
Roosevelt
Firemen vote to strike on New Haven railroad
The New Haven railroad firemen cast 3,344 ballots with 3,758 in favor and 84 against a strike. Nine percent of train men supported the strike. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen were invited to meet President Mullen of the railroad as a final resort.
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New Haven, Conn
New Haven
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
Mullen
Markets Report From Chicago and Washington City
The market overview shows steady cattle and hog trading with varied receipts and prices. Wheat and corn futures mixed while local Washington prices list hay, flour, and miscellaneous farm goods with scattered gains.
John A. Babcock Case in North American Live Stock
The case concerns John A. Babcock in relation to the North American Live Stock Commission Company and its stock yards in Chicago Illinois. The action involves inquiries into business practices at the Chicago stock yards and related financial dealings. Proceedings focus on accountability of brokerage and commission arrangements within the Chicago livestock market.
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North American Live
Stock Commission Company, C. & Stock Yards
Chicago, Ill
Foss defeats Rep Lovering in New York visit taft news
President Taft toured New York, visited Henry W Taft and Henry Clews, met Otto Barnard and Lloyd Griscom at the New York Press club, and learned of Eugene Foss's anticipated Massachusetts victory over Levering by about 8,000, a reversal from the prior 14,000 margin. He departed for Washington after noon.
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Henry Crews
New York Press Club
Spruce Street
New York
Robert Morris
Republcan Club
A. B. Humphreys
Henry W. Taft
West Forty-Eighth Street
Riverside Crivé
Henry Clews
Taft
Otto T. Barnard
Lloyd C. Griscom
New York County Committee
Griscom
Clarkson
Eugene Foss
W. R. Buchanan
Representative Leavering
Massachusetts
Foss
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Taft Attends Banquet With Notables at Hotel Astor
New York March 23. The American Peace and Arbitration League hosted a dinner for President Taft and about 450 guests at the Hotel Astor. Taft warned war is hell and noted the Lord watches over children, drunkards and lunatics. McCreary presided with guests including Count Bernstorff Mexico's La Barra Fairbanks Port Gaynor Taft Wood and others.
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New York
Hotel Astor
American Peace and Arbitration League
James }. McCreary
The
League
Mr. Taft
McCreary
Capt
Butt
His von Bernstorff
Francisco de la Barra
Mexico
Fairbanks
Port of New Jersey
Gaynor
Henry A. Taft
Leonard Wood
Taft
Herbert Parsons
Garfield Will Criticize Taft In Public Speech
Washington March 23 The plan by Secretary of the Interior Garfield to attack Taft in a public speech has stirred considerable comment. Coupled with Pinchot leaving for Europe to meet Roosevelt the scene hints at the possible Back From Bilbao movement aimed at severing Taft from Roosevelt.
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Washington
Garfield
Interior
Roosevelt
Taft
Pinchot
Europe
Bilba
Softleigh Believed Self Acknowledged by Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript remark labels Softleigh as a man who thoroughly believes in himself and adds a sharp retort calling him gullible. The brief exchange reads as a heated opinion in a newspaper column.
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Softleigh
Boston Transcript
Czar Visits King Ferdinand in St Petersburg
Nicholas II left Tsarskoe-Selo for St Petersburg where he called on King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, signaling diplomatic outreach during a period of regional tension.
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Czar
Ferdinand
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Tsarskoe-Selo Palace
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Force of Habit at the Dance Hall
A terse exchange between a judge and chorus of a crime tale reveals a fleeting confession. The dialogue hints at impulsive action and social consequences in a story about reputations and motives.
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