Tragedy Reveals Secret Bandit Slain in Encounter
A masked highwayman and merchant were killed in a desperate one on one encounter in Columbian, S C. The bandit was later identified as Edward Marshall, a son of a local businessman. Green, a respected merchant aged forty five, was shot dead and his body burned around the heart and side. A roll of greenbacks was burned in two, and evidence suggested an accomplice. Police searched for arrests as the town reacted to the double fatal robbery attempt.
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Washington Post
Columbian
S C
C. B. Green
Edward Marshall
Green
Marshall
Marshell
J. L. Milnaugh
Sach
Standard Oil of Indiana Denies Guilty Plea Hint
Chicago March 10 J Moffett president of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana denied a Washington rumor that officials suggested a plea to the federal indictments on rebates. He said the statement is untrue and the company is not frightened by conviction, trusting in fair court administration for officers and counsel.
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Chicago
J . Moffett
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Washington
Bryan visits Johnson in Cleveland amid secret conference
Special to The Washington Post reports William Jennings Bryan met Mayor Tom L Johnson at Johnson's Euclid Avenue home in Cleveland. Bryan planned an early morning departure, while Johnson refused to reveal the meeting's purpose or permit interviews, hinting only that Bryan and he had private business.
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Cleveland
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
Tom L. Johnson
Euclid Avenue
Mr Bryan
Johnson
Bryan
Jt 8
Threat of Suspension for Rail Post Clerk in West
San Francisco Railway Mail Service Division Superintendent Stephens informed Hugh M Shang a Los Angeles to El Paso run clerk he has three days to show cause why he should not be suspended. Shang led in promoting the Brotherhood of Railway Postal Clerks and pressured many in the local department to join. His conduct is deemed prejudicial to service discipline. Sir Daniel Dixon of North Belfast dies at sixty three. London reports his death.
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San Francisco
Mercw
Hugh M Shang
Los Angeles
el Paso
Stephens
Shang
Brotherhood of
Railway
Lumber King Disappears Amid California Trek
Frederick Weierhauser, renowned Canadian lumber magnate and reputed billionaire, vanishes between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles after passing through San Francisco in cognito. Authorities alert train crews and operators along the route as friends seek any trace of the 73-year-old man.
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Frederick Weierhauser
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Cal
Canada
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Pasadena
Southern Pacific
Weserhauser
Blaze in Frick's Home on Fifth Avenue
A fire alarm at 7:20 p.m. directed a brigade of firemen to the Vanderbilt Frick residence at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-First Street. The blaze, localized in the chimney, was quickly extinguished after Mr Frick and family were dining. Fire officials praised the prompt response and noted no extensive damage to carpets.
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Washington Post
New York
Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Henry C Frick
Fride
Woman Dies with Babies in Bushwick Loft Fire
In a Bushwick tenement fire, Ada Bingalli twenty two dies in a cock loft clutching her three month old daughter and three year old Maria as Pietro Banattro, a wounded youth, is rescued but likely to die. Firefighters perform numerous saves from the front while a priest absolves the dying and the dying mother is laid at the police station.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
Bushwick Avenue
Williamsburg
Ada Bingalli
Langdon
Hook and Ladder T Company
Bingalli
Maria
Mrs. Bingalli
Pietro Banattro
Pietro
Jong Nnes
Three Killed On Crossing In Buffalo Area Tragedy
Michael Bower a wealthy farmer and his two daughters Isabel ten and Rose thirteen were struck and killed at a Lackawanna crossing in Lancaster Buffalo today. The boy watchman failed to warn as a passenger train was detoured and the line was blocked early. Rose died an hour after the crash from injuries.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Michael Bower
Isabel
Lancaster
Bower
Rose
Lackawanna
Erie
Nebraska Railroads Will Contend 2-Cent Fare Law
Omaha report states railroad officials will challenge the recently enacted 2 cent fare law as confiscatory. The governor indicated the measure takes effect immediately, and Nebraska railroads plan to contest its validity in court.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Nebr
Deg
Chicago
SEEK GREAT ESTATE VANISHED IN TWEED'S DAY INTRIGUE AND FRAUD IN HERITAGE CASE
In New York a dramatic fight over Abraham Bassford's estate unfolds as grandchildren Estelle Clayton Evesson and Isabelle Evesson seek lands across New York City, especially the Bronx, with a corporation already formed to pursue the claim. Many principals are dead, some exiled after Tweed era exposures, while surviving relatives and title experts prepare to present evidence of alleged confiscation and fraud. Florine A Evesson may control substantial parcels bought at tax sales, and the case could redraw city records and affect numerous owners and title guarantors.
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Estelle Clayton Evesson
Isabelle Evesson
New York City
Bronx
Abraham Bessford
Iasside
Harlem River
Abraham Baseford
Abraham Bassford
Thape Ad
Tweed
Ita
Tweed Administration
Abraham Baesford
Brony
Florine A. Eveston
Basaford
England
Abby Catherine Kipp
Knickerbocker
Henge Florine A. Evesson
Womean
Estelle
Bassford
Tweed Ring
Soul Weighs an Ounce in Massachusetts Claim
Boston physicians report they weighed dying patients on special scales and found a weight loss of from a half to a full ounce after death, claiming this proves the soul’s existence as a material entity. The six year secret study, conducted at a sanitarium, names a small group of top doctors as the testers.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Entertainment funds at Tuskegee under Roosevelt visit questioned
Montgomery March 10. The Tuskegee Institute inquiry focused on Booker T. Washington spending 5000 dollars on President Roosevelt's entertainment last summer. Report praised Washington for prudent use of funds and clean bookkeeping though some legislators question the amount. The tax-exemption bill for the school may not advance.
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Tuskegee
Washington Post
Montgomery
Ala
Booker T. Washington
Roosevelt
Washington
Capt. F. 8. White
Veiled Woman Lures Doctor In Highway Robbery
Dr William B Cook of 515 Lexington avenue severely beaten Friday night while returning from a call at West 146th street. He woke minutes later to find his gold watch valued at 500, wallet 125, and diamond Knights Templar charm stolen. Police suspect a veiled woman, fashionably dressed, aided the robbery as part of the scheme.
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Washington Post
New York
Wiliam B. Cook
Lexington Avenue
West 146Th Street
Knights Templar
Poison in Their Salad Heads to Bellevue Hospital
Special to The Washing on Fest New York March 10 Three people were rushed to Bellevue Hospital tonight with ptomaine poisoning They are Frank Luter Chick 33 his wife Metta 29 and Mary Kovolica 39 all residents of 277 First Avenue Chick a chef invited neighbors to dinner and served a chicken salad made with olive oil from a nearby delicatessen The oil is suspected of causing the illness About nine o clock Chick and Mrs Kovolica were stricken later Mrs Drica fell ill and was cared for at home The two men and Mrs Kovolica were hospitalized while Mrs Drica remained with relatives
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Bellevue Hospital
Frank Luter Chick
Metta
Mary Kovolica
First Avenue
Chick
Marvin
Bay Meadows
Witts Hummock
Hawlans
Sioux City
Dr. Marvin
Chicago Shipbuilders Defy National Strike Call
The Chicago local of the Shipbuilders and Boiler Makers Union voted to ignore the national strike order. Business agent Martin Kipps said Chicago men see no sufficient cause to strike now and are satisfied with wages and the nine hour day. They expect to settle differences with the company. Prof John Kromrees of Columbia University astronomy chair and observatory director died at Summit New Jersey aged fifty one.
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Chicago
Mar
Cleveland
Martin Kipps
John Kromtees
New York
John Kromrees
Columbia University
Summit
IS. J
Carnegie
Mrs Baker recounts Eddy biographical details in refuting magazine tale
Tilton New Hampshire March 10 Mrs Martha D Baker sister in law of Mrs Mary Baker G Holden says Christian Science readers visited to challenge a magazine story about Mrs Eddy. Alfred Farlow and Irving Tomlinson questioned her about the life, noting Mrs Eddy’s father and temperaments. Baker recalls giving her son to Mrs Cheney and that a check for 100 dollars from Calvin Frye arrived after a long silence from Pleasant View.
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Tilton
N. H
Martha D. Baker
Mary Baker G. Holdy
Christian Science
Christian Science “Cabinet
Mrs Eddy
Mrs. Eddy
Dead prophet revised fight for body of Dowie
Three funeral services will be held for John Alexander Dowie after a split in his followers. Deacon Cutler and the Restoration Host support a service without Dowie's body, while Shiloh Tabernacle plans hold the real burial with Judge V. V Barnes officiating. Dowie’s followers at Zion City urge unity though leaders defend Dowie’s legacy.
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Apedal
Washington
Chicago
John Alexander Dowls
Mrd. Dowls
Gladstone Dowie
J. C. Cutler
Dowie
Shiloh Tabernacle
V. V Barnes
Shiloh House
Deacon Cutler
Zion College
Ieader
Cutler
Lost boy in Rankin search as police hunt Italians
Pittsburg detectives raid Rankin Pa six miles east of here seeking two Italians believed to hold Dr Horace N Marvin’s four year old son from Kitts Hummock Del The father pleads for a general search warrant while Sheriff Hartnett limits action to specific houses amid local distrust and speculation about wealth and motive
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Rankin
Here
Horace N. Marvin
Kitts Hummock
Del
Marvin
Monongahela Valley
Dover
Mar
Horace N Marvin
Sheri Hartnett
Kent County
Kitts Hummorck
Hartnett
Charles Woodall
Woodall
Harry Virdin
F Place
Bay Meadows
Frank Butler
John Caldwell
Caldwell
Butler
Ruth
Delaware
Bartnett
Two Vessels Foundered in North Sea Gale
A Berlin dispatch reports the loss of thirty four lives as two ships the German cargo steamer Gorge Wettern and a trawler foundered in a heavy North Sea gale off Cuxhaven. Details are scarce but it is believed all aboard perished.
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Berlin
Cuxthaven
North Sea
Threat of Secession From Confederation Proposed by Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown reports Prince Edward Island may seek secession from Canada, arguing the island endures broken mail and passenger service since 1873, high freight rates, and a cable monopoly. The letter cites pledged Dominion communication failures and government wireless as insufficient.
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Charlottetown
B. L
Prince Edward
Maritime Provinces of Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Princes to Make World Tour In Naval Battle Fleet
London report states Prince Edward and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales' eldest sons, will embark on a world tour in due course aboard the battleship. Edward is slated for the army and Albert for the navy.
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London
Mar. W
Prince Edward
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Toy Navies May Clash In Central American Tangle
Special to The Washington Fort reports Nicaragua and the United States edging toward trouble over Samuel Weil’s concession money dispute. A Honduran arms shipment aboard the Norwegian steamer Inge stirred gunboat activity off Cape Gracias a Dios as Nicaragua’s gunboat Omatipe and Honduras’ Tatumbla prepare for possible engagement. Weil claims $50,000 in gold was owed after Zelaya canceled his wine concession and paid in local currency instead of gold. British steamer Shearwater heads to South America to safeguard interests amid the war. Secretary Root met the President and spoke of ongoing talks with U S Minister Merry in Costa Rica.
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Esther
Weasela
Cape Gracias
Honduras
Tatumbla
Puerto Cortez
Samuel Weil
Nicaragua
Weil
Bluefields
Gelaya
Department of Zelaya
Mosquito Reservation
Zelaya
Victoria
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Shearwater
Esquimalt
South America
Ruef Appeals as Trial to Proceed Tomorrow
In San Francisco on March 10, Abraham Ruef’s lawyers prepared to block Judge Dunne from proceeding with Ruef’s extortion trial. They planned to file a writ of prohibition with the U.S. Supreme Court, while a habeas corpus ruling by Judge De Haven was awaited. Elisor Biggy was ordered to bring Ruef to court, and Mayor Schmitz was to appear with a date set for his trial on five extortion counts.
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Dunne
San Francisco
Mar
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
United States’ Supreme Court
Washington
United States
de Haven
Five Women Bull Fighters Injured in Juarez Ring Farewell
In Paso, five women bull fighters met injuries during their farewell appearance at Juarez Plaza del Toros. All were gored or tossed by bulls. Senorita Herrera suffered the only serious injuries though not fatal. About five thousand spectators saw the event.
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Paso
Tex
Juarez Plaza del Toros
Senorita Herrera
Wave Floods liner 1,000 as ship drifts eight hours
The French liner La Savoie carrying over 1,000 passengers endured a monster fifty foot wave that swept the main deck tearing the grand staircase and flooding cabins and state rooms. Passengers were confined to quarters for two days as Capt. Tournier struggled to resume the voyage. State Senator A Houghton of Boston was knocked from his feet in his cabin and nearly drowned.
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New York
Mar
la Savoie
Haire
Tournier
A. Houghton
Boston
la Savoie Est Havre
Threat by Steel Trust Forces Mills to Expand Armor Plate Demand
James Gayley, first vice president of United States Steel Corporation, warned in Baltimore that government armor plate orders must rise to sustain mills and thousands of skilled workers. He cited Midvale Steel Company as a price underbidder and competitor, urging action to maintain profitability and plant operation amid high demand and long forward-booked orders.
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Washington
Midvale Steel Company
Peculiar Mishap Delays Chicago Pullman Train at Pittsburg
The Chicago special on the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York reached Pittsburg at 6 52 p m after leaving New York at 7 55 a m and arriving seventy minutes late due to an accident east of the city. A Pullman car's springs broke causing the car to contact fast wheels. Passengers were jarred and bruised but no serious injuries occurred. The car was cut from the train and sent on to Chicago.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Nowe
Japanese interest in Oceanic liners sparks trans Pacific link
San Francisco reports indicate agents from a major Japanese steamship firm, Shosen Kuisha of Osaka, seek to buy three Oceanic Steamship Company liners Ventura Sonoma and Sierra. The move suggests establishing a new San Francisco Orient route potentially tied to the Western Pacific Railroad.
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Shosen Kuisha
Osaka
Oceanic Steamship Company
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Sonoma
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Orient
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