Wreck Near Colton Kills Many Italian Laborers
A Southern Pacific express train from New Orleans to San Francisco derailed near Colton California after hitting an open switch. At least 26 people died and over a hundred were injured as fourteen coaches left the track. Most victims were Italian laborers. two Americans died. Pullman cars escaped major damage and the wreck sparked urgent aid from Colton and nearby towns.
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Southern Pacific
New Orleans
San Francisco
Colton
Cal
Pullman
Here
New York
Florence Roberts ‘Theatrical Company
Miss Roberts
San Bernardino
Calton
Prison for Woman Red. Gen Trepoff's Niece Killed Man
In Thun Switzerland on March 2, Leontieff, daughter of Gen Leontieff and niece of Gen Trepoff, was sentenced to four years' solitary confinement and twenty years' expulsion for murdering two Frenchmen in Interlaken last September, mistaking them for former minister M Durnovo. She claimed brutality by magistrates and wardens during the trial.
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Trepoff
Thun
Switzerland
Mller Tatana Leontieff
Muller
Interlaken
M Durnovo
Mite Leontieff
Gen Leontieff
Manchmuria
Gen Trepoff
Francis T Patton Dead After Thirty Years at New York Sun
Francis Theodore Patton longtime New York Sun staffer and news editor died at his home 39 East Tenth Street in his sixty fourth year. Born in Troy he graduated from Talon College at twenty. Florist ad offers violets for Easter and fresh stock for order at 4100 per hundred from Kramer’s Florist.
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New York Sun
Washington Post
New York March
Francis Theodore Patton
East
Tenth Street
Troy
Talon College
La Follette Stricken Ill During Wisconsin Senator's Lecture
Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin is bedridden in Boone Iowa after collapsing following a lecture on Representative Government at the auditorium. His private secretary canceled remaining tour dates until he recovers, as he rests in his hotel and is attended after a previous winter illness.
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Washington Fost Boone
Iowa
Robert M la Follette
Wisconsin
Washington
Capitol
Marvin Deposits 31000 Reward for Return of Kidnapped Boy
Dover Delaware March 28 Dr Marvin father of Horace Marvin four years old missing from home for over two weeks deposited 1000 in gold with a local bank cashier to aid the return of the boy Jersey City New Jersey March 2 William Booth Delaware Lackawanna and Western conductor reported a possible sighting near West Boonton as his train passed through a gypsy camp he saw a child resembling the Marvin boy.
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Dover
Del
Mar
Marvin
Horace Marvin
Jersey City
William Booth
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Marvin Boy
Delaware
Booth
West Boonton
Procter Philanthropist Ends Life On Wife’s Anniversary
William A Procter a renowned philanthropist and Procter Gamble president shot himself in his Glen Dale home. He had suffered deep melancholy after his wife Elizabeth Jackson’s death nearly fifty years ago. Coroner and family say mental and physical illness drove the act. Procter left a lasting charity footprint and a vast soap plant empire.
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Balig
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Williiam
Procter
Procter-Gamble Company
Elizabeth Jackson
Thastuckie
Mr Procter
Cameron
Ohio Senators Meet Over Taft Fight And Primary
Ohio Senators Foraker and Dick held a long conference on the state political situation. They reviewed conditions, said they have nothing to fear from a Taft backed contest, and renewed confidence in the outcome. Dover, secretary of the Republican National Committee, arrived to oversee no direct entry into the Buckeye feud. He urged a home sentiment canvass before committing and warned that Ohio may end with a single presidential candidate. The piece notes no amicable settlement in sight and that Taft supporters intend to push ahead.
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Foraker
Ohio
Republican State Central Committee
Senate
Taft
State Committee
Elmer Dover
Republican National Committee
Hanna
New York
Dover
Buckeye
Mr Faraker
Charles P Taft
Insurance Vorks
Woraker
Senator Dick
Washington
MN Hekimian & Co
Sloan’s
G St
Hekimian
Ham
Census Bu reau reports U S population surge to 33 9 million in 1906
Declares nationwide growth since 1900 with 7 9 million more people in the continental United States and urban expansion. Details cite New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis and Boston as leading cities, plus state tallies and density rising from 26 to 28 people per square mile.
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United States
Census Bureau
New York
Chicago
Continental
Alaska
Mcular
Philadelphia
St Louis
Boston
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Jersey
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyomin
Michigan
Bureau of the Census
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cal
President May May Speak to Avert Railroad Strike
President may break silence on railroads after a White House conference with cabinet and ICC leaders. Illinois business representatives press for a Springfield speech to restore public confidence and ease investor fear amid a looming strike by Western roads workers.
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Springfield
Allway
Westen Roads
Knapp
Inter~state Commerce Commission
Labor
Chica
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bacon
Illinois
Married and single Traction workers may wear carnations
Twelve West Side maids petitioned Mayor Johnsons secretary in Cleveland to distinguish married from single Municipal Traction Company employees. They propose married men wear white carnations and single men wear red ones to avoid confusion with wives and divorce records. The secretary initially suspected a joke but confirmed the request as bona fide.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Municipal Traction Company
West Side
Johnson
Culver
Ship with 83 Men Missing Sealing Vessel Search Begun
Newfoundland authorities arrange with Portia owners to sail at daylight to seek the Greenland, a sealing steamer with 18 aboard, believed drifting off Atlantic amid blizzard conditions. Captains Knee and Fitzpatrick exchange data as winds push toward ocean liners expected to sight and aid the stranded vessel. A rug sale at Washington Art Galleries closes at 3 pm to recover duties advanced by brokers.
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St Johns
N F
Newfoundland
Jeng
Portia
Greenland
Atlantic
Knee
Grand Lake
Fitzpatrick
Capt Rose
Diana
Washington
Custom House
From Riches to Penury Yonkers May 2
George B Ward once a Philadelphia contractor and chief backer of Savannah harbor improvements vanished after failed projects in 1880s and 1890s. Now 68, he wandered under an assumed name. His wife located him via a pension agency as he seeks Civil War pension.
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Washington Post
Yonkers
George B Ward
Philadelphia
Savannah
Ward
Rappahannock River
Fredericksburg
John Gaynor
Benjamin D Greene
Wards
Gray
Carnegie At Reunion Condemns Stock Gamblers In Speech
Andrew Carnegie, as guest of the United States Military Telegraph Corps at its reunion dinner in Manhattan Hotel, attacked stock gamblers and praised the poor man's life. He voiced disdain for gambling profits, urged boycotting traders who profit without value, and recalled his telegraph pay rise. The event included Gen. Eckert, Col Clowry, and William R Clum, with a reform spelling menu and a wide attendance.
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Washington Post
New York
Andrew Carnegie
United States Military Telegraph Corps
Manhattan Hotel
Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Liing
Washington
Thomas T Eckert
Robert C Clowry
Ameri
Western Union Telegraph Company
William R Clum
Military Telegraph Corps
Manhattan
Laird
Skibo
Wall Street
America
New York City
Stock Gampier
Nephew of Gen. Lee Dead in Colorado Springs
Hamlin F Lee aged eighty seven and a nephew of General Robert E Lee died of heart failure in Colorado Springs. A Virginian by birth he served in the Mexican and Civil Wars and fought for the Union. He helped locate the famed Robert E Lee mine near Leadville. Funeral details not listed.
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Hamlin T. Lee
Colorado Hot Springs
Colo
Hamlin F Lee
Robert E Lee
Mr Lee
Leadville
Madame Butterfly opens Metropolitan Opera season at Belasco
The Belasco Theater hosts the Metropolitan Opera Company's short season with Puccini's Madame Butterfly in Italian. Farrar sings the title role with Caruso, Stracciari joining as the new baritone, while the orchestra dominates acts one and two, delivering dainty violin interludes and powerful dramatic moments.
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Belasco
Metropolitan Opera Company
Puccini
Singere
New York
Belasco Theater
Poccinus Madam Butterfy
Washington
Henry Saages
Conrieds
Riccardo Stracciari
Antonio Scotti
Butterfly
Suzuki
Pinkerton
Buttersfly
Mr Savage
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George L. Sharp
Muntie Ind
Clarence E. Womington
Victor Crebb
Los Angles
WOMAN
Francis T. Patton
LA Follette
William A. Procter
William Procter
Great Corporation
Proctor & Gamble Company
Ivorydale
William Proctor
Kramer's
Baltimore and Reture
Baltimore & Onto R. R
Rosal Limited
Paye
Russia
Alexis
Cantina
Czar
Norfolk
About
Gaynor
Greene
Sludom
Committee On
Mr Carnegies
Mr Carnegie
Gen. Lee
J. H. Small & Sons, Florists
Burtingee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roeviar
Congressional Limited
Madam Butterfly
Farrar
Sharpless
Mme Butterfly
Buterfy
Goro
Germany
Gogerior
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