Destructive Wisconsin Illinois Tornado Hits Merna and Bloomington
Reports describe a violent tornado sweeping from Wisconsin through central Illinois to Bloomington with Merna suffering three deaths at a town hall dance. In Bloomington severe damage followed as Laurel Iowa was reportedly wiped out and many injured as wires fell. Three young women Lena Jahagam Annie Kelly and Mrs Edward Martin died in Merna where 40 or 50 were hurt as the hall collapsed after patrons crowded the doors.
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Curiaco
Wisconsin
Illinois
Bloomington
Mississippi
Merna
Uil
Laurel
Marshall County
Iowa
Ill
Lena Jahagam
Edward Martin
Annie Kelly
Burlington Hit By Stor m Storm Severs Telegraph Lines
Burlington suffered a severe storm cutting telegraphic service as wires snapped in all directions. The storm caused two hundred thousand feet of lumber to wash away, the steamer Chet broke apart and sank with no loss of life, Rob Roy was damaged and ashore, and barges and boat houses flooded or swept onto the bank.
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BrrumsGtox
Burlington
Chet
Rob Roy
Destructive atsm at Peoria causes heavy loss and rail damage
A destructive at sm at Peoria results in many deaths and extensive property damage. The Rock Island passenger train was buried in a landslide with engine and mail car buried. Rail service delayed. tracks washed away. thousands of acres of corn ruined. One man killed, two injured. Shipping on the river damaged.
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Peoria
Itt
At-Sm
Rock Island
Des Moines Tornado Strikes Central Iowa Towns
Reports state Laurel with 100 residents was destroyed by the tornado while Jordan near Boone suffered heavy damage to key buildings. No lives are reported lost though verification is hindered by downed wires. Oskaloosa also reports substantial damage across central Iowa.
Tornado Hits Kingston Mines Kills Three In Pekin Area
A tornado destroyed one end of Kingston Mines near Pekin killing Mrs. Murray and infant, Willie McElwee, and fatally injuring Patrick McElwee and his wife. Three fatalities and two serious injuries reported. hospitals treating wounded. Homes and barns toppled in Groveland Mineir Dillon Hopedale and Delevan. no deaths in those towns. River overflow near Pekin covered ix thousand acres of corn.
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Pekin
Kingston Mines
Here
Thomas Murray
Willie McElwee
Patrick McElwee
Groveland
Mineir
Dillon
Hopedale
Delevan
New Towns in Choctaw Nation by Dawes Commission
The Dawes commission established new towns along the Fort Smith and Western railway in the Choctaw nation. Stations include Harrington Purnell Garvin Valley City Benn ington New Rockchite Fort Townsend Sopare Boswell City laid out under the May 31 1900 act and Interior Department recommendations.
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Dawes Commission
Fort
Indian Appropriation BIll Allocates Oklahoma Agency Funds
The new Indian bill funds Oklahoma territory agencies including Cheyenne Arapahoe Kiowa Osage Ponca Pawnee Otoe and Oakland Sac and Fox with amounts ranging from 1 500 to 2 200 plus large treaty support sums for Choctaws Osages Pawnees Pottawatomies Quapaws and related tribes. It also provides for Kickapoo Ponca Tonkawa Wichita matters and a six percent land-value payment to attorneys handling tribal title litigation with reimbursement from land sale proceeds.
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Oklahoma Territory
Cheyenne and
Arapahoe
Kiowa
Osage
Ponca
Pawnee
Otoe and
Oakland
Sac and Fox
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Dakota
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Indiana
Court of Claims
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Fixes Amount of Land for Indian Allotments in Bill
The Indian Appropriation Bill limits individual holdings by tribe to 100 acres in the Cherokee nation 160 in Creek 320 for Choctaw and Chickasaw each. This targets excessive land holders many of whom are cattlemen. Penalty is $100 or imprisonment with daily counts.
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Muskogee
Cherokee Nation
United States
Sterling Delegation Seeks Santa Fe Rail Extension
A group of Sterling prominent citizens from Comanche county has traveled to Chicago to meet Santa Fe railroad officials. They aim to persuade the company to extend the system from Lawton to Sterling and onward to Erin Springs, Indian Territory.
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Sterling
Comanche County
Chicago
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Lawton
Erin Springs
I. T
Premature Explosion Kills Two Workers in Oklahoma Rail Camp
J L Cannon of Kansas City track man and N Brooks of Vernon Texas sub contractor were killed instantly at Wildman Oklahoma when a premature blast exploded at a railway camp on the Frisco extension to Vernon. Three others were seriously injured.
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J. L. Cannon
Kanaae City
N. Brooks
Vernon
Texas
Wildman
Okla
Frisco
Rights of Wives Visita Cherokee Enrollment Decision
The United States commission to the Five Civilized Tribes ruled on white wives of Cherokee men, holding that their citizenship status followed their husbands’ admission. The Cherokee nation challenged the decision, arguing wives did not gain citizenship with the husband’s enrollment. The commission’s ruling supports the wives’ entitlement.
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United States Commission
Five Civilized Tribes
Commission
Statehood bill deferred as Senate committee upholds delays
In Washington the Senate committee on territories voted six to four to defer the statehood bill this session. Senator Beveridge's motion to postpone surprised many in the city’s statehood circle. Majority argued time constraints block full debate and disposal at this session, while the minority urged readying the measure for quick consideration at the short session. Friends expect delaying to sharpen the bill for the next session.
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Beveridge
Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On Territories
Pre historic Sea Serpent Found Near Enid Oklahoma
W M Fulton of Enid O T travels to Washington to present a prehistoric sea serpent found ten miles from a railroad in Oklahoma. He describes digging up non petrified dry bones with a large skull and long fin bones, weighing sections and guarding the site before Smithsonian review.
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Kansas City
W. M. Fulton
Enid
O. T
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Oklahoma
E. Logan John Patterson
Delegate representation for Indian Territory in Congress
Senator Beveridge introduced a senate bill to elect a delegate from the Indian Territory to serve in the house for the remainder of the current congress and the next. The bill grants voting rights to all bona fide residents of the territory since September 1, 1901.
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Indian Territory
Washington
Beveridge
Senate Committee On Territories
Senate
Congress
Perkins Arrested in Beanblossom Murder Case
Mort Perkins charged with the murder of Dr Beanblossoms son near Lawton Oklahoma last August is arrested at Muskogee Indian Territory. Governor Ferguson grants a requisition and a $1000 reward is offered. The killing followed an attack on a camping party by outlaws.
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Beanblossom
GutTurik
Mort’’ Perkins
Dr. Beanblossom
Lawton
Okla
Muskogee
I. T
Ferguson
Perkins
Druggist Dies After Accidental Sublimate Ingestion
H K Hatches a Brooken I T druggist died four hours after taking sixty five grains of corrosive sublimate in a tragic accident. He was 45 years old.
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Vinita
H. K. Hatches
Brooken, I. T
Eufaula
Nomination Claims Roil Indian Convention at Tuskahoma
Advices from Tuskahoma report the Indian convention adjourned amid factional claims. Dukes and McCurtain each claim the nomination, with four supporters asserting Dukes’ lead. Both men plan to face the public as the Tuskahoma nominees.
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Tuskahoma
Dukes
McCurtain
Fossils Reported Along North Canadian Gate In Oklahoma
Governor Ferguson notes an abundance of prehistoric bones along the North Canadian river in Blaine and Washita counties. Finds include a thirteen pound tooth near Watonga and large limb bones from animals likely ten to eleven feet tall, with many more fossils exposed by river wash. He urges collectors to organize a territory wide collection.
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North Canadian Gate
North Canadian River
Blaine County
Ferguson
Watonga
Washit
Indian Territory Bar Seeks Bail Reform and Moon Bill Support
The Indian Territory bar association closed its annual session with a banquet and urged Congress to restore bail access during appeals. Members memorialized judiciary committees, backed the Moon bill for immediate statehood action, and debated absorbing Indian Territory after Oklahoma’s admission. Officers named C. L. Jackson as president and F. P. Kellogg as secretary.
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Indian Territory
Congress
McAllister
Indian Territory Bar Association
United States
Arkansas
Judiciary Committees
Oklahoma
W. A. Ledbetter
Ardmore
Washington
C. L. Jackson
Muskogee
J. A. Hale
South McAlester
James E. Humphrey
Purcell
W. P. Thompson
Vinita
P. C. West
F. P. Kellogg
Neely Freed Under Cuban Amnesty Bill
Havana reports that C F W Neely, sentenced March 24 to ten years and 56701 dollars in Cuba’s postal fraud case, is released under a U S amnesty signed by President Palma. The Havana trial also saw W H Reeves get ten years and 35516 dollars and Estes G Rathbone ten years and 5324 dollars. Reeves was pardoned April 22, Rathbone freed on 100000 bail April 21 before a review ordered by President Roosevelt. Rathbone worries the amnesty may deny him a new trial before an unbiased court.
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Havana
C. F. W. Neely
Palma
Cuba
Audiencia Court of
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
Reeves
Wood
Rathbone
Roosevelt
Neely
Woman abandons infant on Santa Fe train in unknown city
A six week old girl was left in a seat when a Santa Fe passenger train arrived in Arkansas. The mother did not appear for the journey, the conductor alerted authorities, and the child was moved to Newkirk then returned. Mrs Emma Hook of Eureka Kansas offered to care for the infant while police search for the mother described as a stylish young woman who boarded at Wichita.
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Arkansas
Santa Fe
Newkirk
Emma Hook
Eureka
Kansas
Wichita
St Louis Exposition to Close Sundays Pact Signed
President Francis of the exposition directors will sign a contract with Leslie M Shaw secretary of the treasury pledging the fair will not operate on Sundays. The move follows a letter from Shaw citing federal act conditions tied to a $5 million appropriation and voucher payment withholding until the contract is signed.
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St. Louis
Francis
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
National Commission
Representative Scott Proposes Five More U S Commissioners
A bill by Representative Scott in the house calls for appointing five additional United States commissioners and five additional constables in the Indian territory to strengthen official presence and enforcement.
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Scott
House
United States
Indian Territory
Mules Priced Up to 200 Dollars in Southern Oklahoma
Good mules are scarce in southern Oklahoma with prices hitting 150 to 200 dollars each. Buyers seek reliable beasts for farm work and freight tasks, reflecting a steady demand despite higher costs.
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Oklahoma
Storage of grain in America elevator system development
Farmers across the United States plant vast crops totaling over eighty million acres and harvest two billion bushels. The text describes the rapid expansion of the elevator system, with district and railroad elevators handling storage from 10 000 to 100 000 bushels and multiple transfers before ships at tidewater.
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United States
America
Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Tidewater
How to Tell a Persian Rug
The article explains that genuine Persian rugs show slight asymmetry in patterns due to hand weaving, with flowers and vines not perfectly aligned. Machine made rugs appear perfectly symmetrical and rigid, making it a reliable way to distinguish originals from imitations.
French Engineer Cited in Divorce Case Over Love Letters
Roache Sampson Bona venture O'Brien a Montreal born engineer for Nar ragansett Electric in Providence learned English via a Ready Letter Writer. He copied love letters for study and from a dish washer named John, sending them to Mrs. Davis his teacher and letter to Mrs. Davis contributed to Mr. Davis filing for divorce.
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Roache Sampson Bonaventure O'Brien
Montreal
Mabel Davis
Davis
O'Brien
Narragan
Ailing Lovers Debate Silk Dress Purchase
In a domestic scene from Stray Stories, Mr Banks vetoes buying a silk dress to match the De Moneys next door, angering his wife who remains irritable. He seeks reconciliation with persistent effort and a playful line about an aching void as they dine, tensions simmering through the day.
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de Moneys
Banks
Quotation Fragments From Chicago Daily News
A fragmented, ill-formed quotation references Chicago Daily News humor about kissing and a blunt moral on aggression. It includes misquoted lines suggesting that a Chicago kiss contains more enjoyment than a Boston interlabial combustion and a maxim about not striking a downed opponent.
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Chicago
Boston
Chicago Daily News
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