Train Wreck Near Colton Leaves 26 Dead and Dozens Injured
A Southern Pacific express from New Orleans to San Francisco derailed near Colton California after an open switch was not noticed. At least 26 were killed and about 100 more injured many of whom may die. Most victims were Italian laborers with two Americans among the dead. Pullman passengers survived largely unhurt and a large number of rail workers responded to the scene.
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New Orleans
San Francisco
Colton
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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
Sharpless
Mme Butterfly
Buterfy
America
Butterfly
Goro
Germany
Gogerior
Prison for Woman Red in Interlaken Murder Case
Gen Trepoff's niece Leontieff, a Russian woman, was sentenced in Thun Switzerland to four years' solitary confinement and twenty years' expulsion for murdering two Frenchmen in Interlaken in September, mistaken for former minister Durnovo. She is daughter of Gen Leontieff and niece of the late Gen Trepoff, with a suspected link to a prior 1906 attempt on Trepoff's life.
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Switzerland
Mller Tatana Leontieff
Muller
Interlaken
M Durnovo
Mite Leontieff
Gen Leontieff
Manchmuria
Gen Trepoff
Francis T Patton Dead News Editor at New York Sun
Francis Theodore Patton, longtime New York Sun staffer and news editor for 26 years, died at his home in Albany Street and East Tenth Street in his 64th year. Born in Troy, he graduated from Talon College, and his career spanned three decades in journalism. Violets for Easter and florist ad copy appear in the clipping as unrelated notices.
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Washington Post
New York March
Francis Theodore Patton
East
Tenth Street
Troy
Talon College
La Follette Stricken Ill During Wisconsin Tour
Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin is confined to bed in Boone Iowa after a severe illness following a lecture on Representative Government. He canceled remaining dates and will rest for several days, with earlier speech drawing a large audience.
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Iowa
Robert M la Follette
Wisconsin
Washington
Capitol
Marvin Deposits 31000 in Gold for Missing Boy Return
Dover Del March 28 Dr Marvin father of Horace Marvin four years old missing over two weeks deposited 1000 in gold with a local bank cashier to be paid for the boy's return. Jersey City NJ March 2 William Booth a Delaware Lackawanna conductor told police he saw a gypsy camp near West Boonton with a child resembling the Marvin boy.
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Del
Mar
Marvin
Horace Marvin
Jersey City
William Booth
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Marvin Boy
Delaware
Booth
West Boonton
Multimillionaire Philanthropist William Procter Ends Life
The wealthy founder and president of Procter Gamble William Procter, 69, shot himself in his Glen Dale home on the fourth anniversary of his wife Elizabeth Jackson’s death. His nurses and family cited long illness and deep depression as motives. coroner Cameron noted mental and physical illness. Procter, born in Cincinnati in 184, built a vast soap empire and donated generously to charities. He is survived by three daughters and extended family.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Williiam
Procter
Procter-Gamble Company
Elizabeth Jackson
Thastuckie
Mr Procter
Cameron
William Procter
Great Corporation
Proctor & Gamble Company
Ivorydale
William Proctor
Ohio Senators Foraker and Dick Hold Key Meeting on Taft Rivalry
Ohio senators Foraker and Dick conferred on the state’s political future amid the Taft campaign. They expressed confidence that their organization can withstand opposition and discussed the plan for a Republican primary to decide Ohio’s presidential backing, with no clear agreement reached.
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Ohio
Republican State Central Committee
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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
Census Bureau reports continued U S population surge in 1906
The Census Bureau estimates 1906 continental population at 33,941,510, up 7,946,935 since 1900, with density 28 per square mile. Five largest cities in 1908 listed as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St Louis, and Boston. urban growth highlighted alongside state and national totals.
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Census Bureau
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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 speak to avert railroad strike in Illinois
President considering a Springfield speech to reassure small investors and restore confidence amid a looming railroad workers strike. White House conferees pressed for a public address on railroad policy and corporate relations to calm financial unease and revive lending.
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Allway
Westen Roads
Knapp
Inter~state Commerce Commission
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Chica
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bacon
Illinois
West Side maidens seek carnations rule for workers
Special to The Washington Post from Cleveland Ohio on March 28 reports twelve single maids petitioned Mayor Johnson's office to distinguish married Traction Company workers from single men. They urged that married employees wear white carnations and single men red ones, a sincere request found bona fide by Secretary Culver despite initial belief of a joke.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Municipal Traction Company
West Side
Johnson
Culver
Ship with 83 men missing in Atlantic search for Greenland
Newfoundland authorities arrange with underwriters and Portia owners for the steamer to sail at daylight to find the sealing steamer Greenland, with 18 men aboard, believed drifting off the Atlantic. Crew aboard Grand Lake confirms accident data as winds and currents push toward southern ocean routes. hope for sight by transatlantic ships.
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Newfoundland
Jeng
Portia
Greenland
Atlantic
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Grand Lake
Fitzpatrick
Capt Rose
Diana
From riches to penury Yonkers May 2
George B Ward once a Philadelphia contractor and chief backer in Savannah harbor improvements was found by his wife after eight years of poverty. Once wealthy, his failed Fredericksburg and Savannah projects led to loss of fortune and desertion. Now 68, he wandered under an assumed name and sought 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 addressing the United States Military Telegraph Corps reunion at the Manhattan Hotel assails stock gamblers as parasites preying on values. He recalls salary gains and mocks market tumble, calling for business that creates value not gambling. Banquet menu items reflect reforming spelling and Ivy League era tone.
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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, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and nephew of Gen Robert E Lee, died in Colorado Springs of heart failure at age 87. Born in Virginia, he later joined the Union Army and was linked to the Robert E Lee Mine discovery in Leadville. (Note: ad content about florists and Easter displays appears incidental to the obituary)
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Colorado Hot Springs
Colo
Hamlin F Lee
Robert E Lee
Mr Lee
Leadville
Grand Opera Opens Met Season with Puccini Butterfly at Belasco
The Met troupe inaugurates a Belasco Theater season with Puccini's Madame Butterfly in Italian. Caruso voices Farrar shines while Stracciari replaces Scotti. The review notes orchestral foreground, delicate mood shifts, and challenges of Italian in New York audiences.
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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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