Wreck Near Colton Kills Many Italians and Injures Dozens
A Southern Pacific express train from New Orleans to San Francisco derailed near Colton California after hitting an open switch at 40 mph. Ten of fourteen cars derailed with many bodies buried under debris. About eighty Pullman passengers escaped serious injury. Most victims were Italian laborers from New York and New Orleans. only two Americans killed.
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Southern Pacific
New Orleans
San Francisco
Colton
Cal
Pullman
Here
New York
Los Angeles
Presbyterian Church
George L. Sharp
Muntie Ind
Clarence E. Womington
Victor Crebb
Florence Roberts ‘Theatrical Company
Miss Roberts
San Bernardino
Calton
Prison for Woman Red Mistakenly Kills Frenchman in Interlaken
In Thun Switzerland on March 2 1907 Mlle Leontieff daughter of General Leontieff and niece of Gen Trepoff was sentenced to four years solitary confinement and twenty years expulsion for the murder of two Frenchmen at Interlaken in September mistaking one for former Interior Minister M Durnovo. She claimed brutality by magistrate and wardens during 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 News Editor Linked To New York Sun
Francis Theodore Patton a longtime New York Sun staffer and news editor for twenty six years died this evening at his home 39 East Tenth Street in his sixty fourth year He was born in Troy and a Talon College graduate The notice ends with an Easter violet advertisement.
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New York Sun
Washington Post
New York March
Francis Theodore Patton
East
Tenth Street
Troy
Talon College
La Follette Very Ill During Iowa Lecture Tour
Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin fell seriously ill in Boone Iowa while delivering a lecture on Representative Government at the Auditorium. He was unable to leave his hotel bed and canceled remaining dates as aides supported him. the attack echoes a winter episode that required his wife’s Capitol summons.
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Washington Fost Boone
Iowa
Robert M la Follette
Wisconsin
Washington
Capitol
Marvin deposits reward for missing Horace Marvin
Dover Delaware March 28 Dr Marvin father of Horace Marvin four year old missing from home over two weeks deposits one thousand dollars in gold with a local bank cashier for the return of the boy. Jersey City New Jersey March 2 William Booth a Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad conductor reported to police a possible sighting near a Gypsy camp in West Boonton New Jersey of 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 Gamble famed philanthropist William Procter dies by self
Wealthy multimillionaire and Procter-Gamble founder William A Procter ends his life at his Glen Dale home on the fourth anniversary of his wife Elizabeth Jacksons death. Coroner cites mental and physical illness. he had retired from active management recently and left behind generous charitable gifts.
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Balig
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Williiam
Procter
Procter-Gamble Company
Elizabeth Jackson
Thastuckie
Mr Procter
Cameron
Ohio Senators Foraker Dick Meet on Taft Fight and Primary
Senators Foraker and Dick held a long conference on Ohio political tensions regarding a proposed Republican primary to decide support for the presidential nomination and the Senate reelection. They expressed confidence in prevailing against Taft supporters, but offered no final plan and noted lingering factional tensions and doubts about a settlement.
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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
Sta
Jana
Ham
Population Growth in Continental U S 1906 Census Report
The Census Bureau estimates 1906 continental United States population at 33,941,510, up 7,946,935 since 1900, with density 28 per square mile. New York leads among cities at 4,113,013, followed by Chicago and Philadelphia. urban growth and state totals are detailed.
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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 Angees Cal
President May Speaks on Slump to Avert Strike in Railroads
President may break his silence on the railroad question at Springfield to reassure small investors and restore public confidence. White House talks, with Knapp and Neill, pressed for a speech to calm lenders and curb a looming strike by western railroad workers.
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Springfield
Allway
Westen Roads
Knapp
Inter~state Commerce Commission
Labor
Chica
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bacon
Illinois
Want Bachelors Marked. West Side Maids Demand Carnations
Twelve West Side maids petition Mayor Johnsons office in Cleveland to distinguish married from single Municipal Traction Company workers. They suggest married men wear white carnations and single men wear red ones. Secretary Culver initially dismissed it as a joke but soon deemed the request Bona fide.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Municipal Traction Company
West Side
Johnson
Culver
Ship with 83 men missing searches for Greenland steamer
Newfoundland authorities arrange with Portia underwriters to send the steamer at daylight to seek the sealing vessel Greenland, reported missing with 18 crew. Winds and currents may push Greenland south toward trans Atlantic lanes. calm word on the missing ship. A separate notice advertises rug sale at Washington Art Galleries to repay duties.
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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 Savannah harbor backer, vanished into poverty after alleged failed contracts in the 1880s and a Fredericksburg project loss. His wife located him in Yonkers via a pension agency, noting he is now 68, wandering under an assumed name since deserting his wife.
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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 and wall street
Andrew Carnegie addressing the United States Military Telegraph Corps reunion at the Manhattan Hotel denounces stock market gamblers as parasites and calls for business without value creation. He notes his telegraph salary rise and savors reform in the menu and spelling, urging Americans to shun speculation and favor tangible value.
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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 forty year veteran of two wars and nephew of Robert E Lee died in Colorado Springs aged eighty seven of heart failure. A Virginian by birth he served with the Union and in later years discovered the Robert E Lee mine near Leadville. Funeral notices and floral offerings appear in city papers.
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Hamlin T. Lee
Colorado Hot Springs
Colo
Hamlin F Lee
Robert E Lee
Mr Lee
Leadville
Grand Opera Opens With Puccini Butterfly at Belasco
The Metropolitan Opera Company inaugurated a short Belasco season with Puccini s Madama Butterfly in Italian. Caruso and Farrar head a strong cast while Stracciari replaces Scotti, and Washington audiences enjoyed a refined performance with remarkable orchestral color and vocal drama.
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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
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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
Pinkerton
Buttersfly
Mr Savage
Sharpless
Mme Butterfly
Buterfy
Goro
Germany
Savage
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