Terrific windstorm sweeps Jewell county. deaths and injuries rise
A tornado like windstorm in Jewell county last night killed one man and injured twenty two, with seven fatally. George Hahn and Mrs Hahn among the injured. Frank Crites and wife each badly hurt. Homes and crops damaged across Jewell Cloud and Clay counties, near Concordia and Clay Center.
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Morning Journal
Topeka
Kas
Jewell County
George Hahn
Frank Crites
John Bowman
Charles Durant
William Appleby
McFarland
Moshen
Appleby
Bowman
Crites
Tornadoes damage farms near Guthrie Oklahoma May 28
Tornadoes swept areas near Hennessy and Cashion causing great crop and farm property damage. No lives reported yet though details are scarce. Telegraph and telephone lines remain in Kingfisher and West Logan counties. A cloudburst hit Seward seven miles south of Guthrie with flood warnings issued and imminent additional inundation. The Cottonwood River rises rapidly.
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Guthrie
Okla
Hennessy
Here
Cashion
Kingfisher
West Logan
Seward
Cottonwood River
Missouri partners in lowlands lose crops to flood
Reports from Maryville Ora Tarkle and other north Missouri towns say thousands of acres of low lands are flooded damaging corn crops. In Noti wy county ten inches of rain fell recently as the Missouri River rises and government dykes near Elwood are threatened. In South St Joseph about one hundred houses are flooded.
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St. Joseph
Ae Porte
Maryville
Ora
Tarkle
Dam disaster floods Port Arthur area in Ontario
High Water struck the Currant river dam near Port Arthur Ontario shortly after midnight washing away the power house the CPR bridge and park pavilion. The railway track sank into a lake and families near the dam are losing their homes and belongings. Men are rescuing people by tug. Traffic on the CPR line will pause for days.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Current River
Port Arthur
Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Arkansas River Flood Swells Submerged Acres Across State
The Arkansas river rises more than two feet above flood stage with thousands of acres inundated downstream. The Mississippi River backs water sixty miles, threatening bottom lands and suggesting levee breaches as the only chance to save crops.
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Little Rock
Ark
Des Moines Faces Rising Flood Threat Across City
Des Moines, Iowa, experiences significant rise in river levels after heavy rains. The Des Moines River is advancing at about one tenth of a foot every twenty minutes, forcing evacuations in low-lying districts as up-river floods reach the city.
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Des Moines
Des
River likely to reach flood level at fourteen feet
It is believed the river will rise to fourteen feet with a danger line at fifteen. At that point there may be little that can be done to stop widespread damage as many acres of corn and garden have already been ruined.
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Moines
Arkansas River Rises After Heavy Rain Fears of Damage Grow
Tulsa Oklahoma May 28 The Arkansas River, which yesterday receded below danger, began rising today as heavy rain falls. Fears mount that the river may again cause damage while railways across the state remain demoralized by the conditions.
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Tulsa
Okla
Arkansas River
Currant River Dam Burst Trains Flood Port Arthur Tragedy
A Currant river dam breach caused a flood near Port Arthur with three dead and losses around 500000 dollars. A Canadian Pacific freight train derailed on submerged track, the engine overturned and engineers Savage and McPridge plus a brakeman died. The railway faces heavy losses as miles of track were washed away.
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Toronto
Ont
Port Arthur
Canadian Pacific
Savage
McPridge
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Gale Hits Chicago as Wind Rips City
A gale surpassing seven year records struck Chicago with 86 mph winds causing injuries from flying debris and lightning strikes on a church and other buildings. An 80 foot iron chimney toppled from an 18 story LaSalle Street building while telegraph and telephone wires were knocked out. The day began with a brutal electrical rainstorm and cloudburst like humidity rose to 76 percent as temperatures climbed amid a midwestern unsettled pattern.
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Chicago
LaSalle Street
Middle West
Woman abducted in Indiana as abductor slain by posse
In Ligonier Indiana on May 28 William Patterson abducted Mrs Sargent from Lake Wawase. Patterson forced Mrs Sargent into his car and fled toward Millersburg. A posse led by Ernest Franka pursued. Patterson was killed by a shot from Franks after being wounded. The brother in law who fired the fatal shot also had been wounded.
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Morning Journal
Ligonier
Ind
William Patterson
Sargent
Patterson
Dr. Franks
Sargent Patterson
Millersburg
Ernest Franka
Franks
Indemnity Demand For British Poacher Cause
Havana May 28 The British Minister to Cuba A C Chant Dur presented to Governor Magoon a request for direct payment of indemnity to the family of William Harrington a Nassau Bahamas native and member of the crew of the British turtle fishing schooner killed by a cannon shot fired by the Cuban revenue cutter Abeja off Cayo Coco in April The schooner was found fishing in Cuban waters and attempting to escape when the cutter fired.
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Havana
Cuba
AOC
Chant Dur
Magoon
William Harrington
Nassau
Buabana Islands
Abeja
Cayo Coco
Prairie sails with 700 bluejackets from Newport to Colon
The auxiliary cruiser Prairie will sail from Newport I L May 8 to June 12 carrying 700 bluejackets from the naval training station for transfer at Panama to the Buffalo. The Buffalo will then take them to San Francisco for the Pacific Fleet.
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Washington
Prairie
Newport
I.L
Naval Training Station
Colon
Panama
Buffalo
San Francisco
Forest King Shot In Beverly Ends Notable Show Career
Forest King a $15000 chestnut gelding owned by Judge William H Moore of New York was shot in Beverly today. The horse fell and dislocated a shoulder after prizes at many horse shows across the country.
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Beverly
William H Moore
New York
Methodists debate parish amusements and divorce study
Baltimore May 28 The Methodist Episcopal general conference debated paragraph 248 on amusements with attempts to delay discussion and possible burial of the issue. Rev Dr A R R Chase proposed a new divorce paragraph urging uniform laws and residency stays. executions considered bishops assignments and potential Africa missionary cooperation.
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Morning Journal
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
A. RR. Chase
Inter-Church Conference of Protestant Churches
Board of Foreign Missions
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension
J. R. Cooke
New York
Africa
Scott
Liberia
W. H. Blackwell
African Zion Methodist
Methodist Episcopal
Boston
John W. Harnilton
Buenos
Denver
Henry W. Warren Foo Chow
China
Lewis
New Orleans
Thomas
Neely
Daniel A. Goode
Oklahoma City
William A. Quayle
Omaha
Jobn Nuelson
Pekin
James W. Bashford
Philadelphia
Luther Bo Wlleon
Portland
Ore
W. Smith
St. Louis
Henry Spellmeyer
St. Paul
Robert McIntyre
San Francisco
K. W. Hughes
Washington, D. C
Karl Cranston
Zeurich
Switzerland
William Burt
Fishermen Drown Near Sandusky in Severe Bay Storm
A severe storm on Sandusky Bay late today left six Kaleian fishermen and two boys missing after their sailboat, headed homeward from Cedar Point, apparently capsized. No trace has been found as the storm plowed through Erie and Ottawa counties damaging crops and property.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Sandusky Bay
Cedar Point
Erie
Ottawa
Senate Debates Aldrich-Vreeland Currency Bill Reach Vote
Washington May 28 The Senate waited to vote on the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill conference report as heat and lengthy session fatigue shape expectations. Aldrich kept the measure before the body while discussions suggested an adjournment sine die by tomorrow, with few senators likely to filibuster.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Aldrich-Vreeland
Senate
Aldrich
Congress
Teller
Newlands
Owen
Culbereon
LaFollette
Littl
Revolt in Samos as Islanders Rise Against Turkish Authorities
Morning Journal reports on Samos, a Chewk island off Asia Minor, in revolt against Prince Ramos and the governor. Fighting in Vathy for three days leaves many casualties and civilians fleeing to Smyrna. Gendarmie aid to rebels, telegraph office seized, and calls rise for warships to intervene under British and Russian guarantees.
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Morning Journal
Constantinople
Samos
Asia Minor
Prince of
Turkey
Smyrna
Pranece
Great Britain
Russia
Anglo French Entente Deepens After London Visit
Morning Journal reports French Foreign Minister M. Pichon praised the London welcome for President Fallieres as proof the entente cordiale has become a fundamental basis in Anglo French policy. A formal banquet at the French embassy hosted by M. Cambon featured about a hundred guests including Whitelaw Reid and other dignitaries.
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Morning Journal
London
Pichon
Fatheras
France
Great Britain
M. Piehon
Edwards
England
M. Cambon
Fallieres
Edward
Whitelaw Reid
Wrights claim success with aeroplane tested for government use
Wilbur Wright reports to the Associated Press that experiments at Manteo North Carolina were highly successful and that government tests await contract clarifications. He says eight or nine machines are nearly ready and notes the machine is compact at forty by seven feet and can travel 125 miles with two men onboard. Orville is abroad seeking further inquiries, delaying flights until his return.
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Manteo
N. C
Orville Wright
Europe
Wright
Wilbur Wright
Brigands menace automobile racers in perilous run
A May dispatch from Nikolsk reports an American car in the New York to Paris race escaping an express train and tumbling 200 feet down a slope after ballast failed. Brigand bands captured recently claim involvement in the perilous journey through the Trans Siberian route.
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Paris
Matin
Nikolsk
New York
Autome
Bilists Hunted by Brigands Amid Wealth Fear
A local report notes bi lists face threats as brigands believe they are rich. A German car signalled the speaker being 60 miles ahead at noon today.
Paper Trust Inquiry Submits Two Reports
A six member house special committee released majority and minority reports on wood pulp and print paper tariffs and a restraint of trade conspiracy. The majority urges no new legislation pending further inquiry, while the minority backs the Stevens bill to place wood pulp and print paper on the free list.
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Washington
House
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Mann
Mlinois
Miller
Kansas
Stafford
Wisconsin
Bannon
Ohio
Sims
Tennessee
Ryan
New York
Stevens
Delegates Pick Bryan–Nominated Supreme Court Hopefuls
At Wheeling West Virginia May 28 the largest state convention in years selected four delegates at large for the national convention at Denver. Three candidates were nominated for the state supreme court of appeals and delegates were instructed for Bryan.
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West Virginia
Bryan
Wheeling
W. Va
Denver
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Jury Declares Snell Will Invalid in May Trial
Clinton NL May 29 The jury in the Snell case after six hours out returns a verdict setting aside Colonel Pam Snell’s will declaring him of unsound mind. This is the second attempt to break the will. the letters signed Baby were read as evidence. Attorney Richard Lemon condemned the letters as vile and shocking.
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Morning Journal
Clinton
Snell
Céise
Pam Snell
Miortaire
Philbrook
Badly Wanted Ticket Thief Seized in Indiana
South Bend Indiana May 28 I A Gaver aged twenty eight arrested yesterday on a charge of burglary today confessed to having robbed railway exchanges in Indiana Michigan Ohio Maine and California of tickets worth 50000 A reward of 10000 was offered for Gav ers arrest F C Donald treasurer and chairman of the Railway Ticket Protective bureau arrived today to take Gaver to Kenton Ohio where he will be tried for rob bing the exchange at Dunkirk Ohio
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South Bend
Ind
I. A. Gaver
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Maine
California
Gaver
F. C. Donald
Railway Ticket Protective Bureau
Kenton
Dunkirk
Ninth week of land fraud trial in federal case
Washington May 28. In the criminal case against Hyde Hensen Dimond and Schielder the court denied defense motions to remove the jury or dismiss the case. The ninth week began as the jury returned after motions were ruled and defense attorneys claimed no irregularity in Oregon land purchases.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Messrs. Hyde
Hensen
Dimond
Schielder
Criminal Court
Justice Stafford
General Steven L D Lee Dies in Vicgsburg Mississippi
General Steven L. D. Lee, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, died at his home in Vicgsburg Mississippi at six o clock this morning.
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Ss. D. Lee
Vicgsburg
Miss
Steven LD. Lee
The
United Confederate Veterans
Nippon Plans to Dominate the Orient
Vancouver report quotes G C Druce former Oxford mayor and botanist who warns Japan aims to expand in Manchuria and Korea. He notes Port Arthur and Dalny fortifications increase, Japan asserts control despite American battleships, while Koreans resent Japanese rule.
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Morning Journal
Vancouver
B. C
G. C. Cruce
Oxford
England
Botanical Society of Great Britain
University of Oxford
Orient
China
Korea
Japan
Far East
Dr. Druce
America
Druce
Manchuria
Pacific
United States
Port Arthur
Dalny
Br. Drace
Mr. Druce
Gibraltar
Self defense plea frees man accused of murder
Fred J. Trumper, a Cleveland civil engineer, acquitted at Clinton Lb assizes in British Columbia for the killing of James Coleman in the wilderness. The defense said the blow with a mallet occurred as Coleman reached for a rifle. The jury accepted the self defense account.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fred J. Trumper
Cleveland
Ohio
Clinton
Truper
James Coleman
British Columbia
J. Stansfield
Coleman
Trumper
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