Gladiator Destruction After Collision With Liner St Paul
London April 27 reports say the cruiser Gladiator total dead and missing rose to twenty eight after collision with the American liner St Paul off the Isle of Wight. Five dead, twenty three missing, six with severe injuries and eight feared missing remain. Divers searched for bodies with no success, while crews acted with discipline and the St Paul sustained heavy damage.
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London
St. Paul
Isle of Wight
Admiralty
Secretary of the Admiralty
Berwick
Great Britain
Publishers Pressure Haste on Wood Pulp Bill Vote
A committee of the American Newspaper Publishers association pressed the House special committee to record a vote on the Stevens wood pulp and paper bill. Publishers accused the leadership of blocking action, urged prompt passage, and threatened a Republican petition to force the bill.
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Washington
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Paper Trust
House
Stevens
Cannon
Congress
Ridder
Notre Dame de Salette slide buries Notre Dame hamlet
A landslide at Notre Dame de Salette, Quebec buries about half the village with at least thirty dead and twenty houses engulfed. Rescue teams report eleven recoveries as the Lievre river swells and blocks aid efforts.
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Buckingham
Notre Dame de Soilette
Lievre
de Salette
Prince and Anna Gould Tour Vesuvius Area
Prince Helle de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould with her children toured near Mount Vesuvius reaching Bos cotrecaz walked lava fields to Ottalano ruins and played games in a hotel garden. They plan to visit Rome Paris with a Florence stop en route.
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Prince
Anna
Vesuvius
Naples
Prince Helle de Sagan
Mme Anna Gould
Boscotrecaz
Mount Vesuvius
Ottalano
Rome
Paris
Florence
Deadly Interurban Train Collision Near Ypsilanti
Two Detroit area interurban trolley cars collided head on near Ypsilanti at about 7 PM. Nine men were killed and about thirty injured as a Motorman Isa Fay died at the scene. The crash followed a schedule change and a missed stop at Harris switch. Survivors reported widespread injuries and a chaotic rescue as passengers crawled from the wreckage.
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Ypsilanti
Midh
Detroit
Detroit, Jackson and Chicago
Isa Fay
Jackson
John Paget
Charles Carmen
Joe Howard
Jack McMullen
Syracuse
Garberina Gronnl
Fay
Harris Switch
Ypelland
Wingrave
Ths
Four Burned In Their Beds In Indiana Farmhouse Fire
In Laporte Indiana four charred bodies were found after a farmhouse blaze. Ray Lamphere, once employed by Mrs Belle Gunnes, was arrested amid mob tensions following the incident. Lamphere collapsed at the jail as the case drew attention to alleged malice and prior insanity filings.
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Laporte
Ind
Ray Lampheré
Belle Gunnes
Lamphere
Six Italians Found Dead from Gas in New York Lodging House
The bodies of six unknown Italians, believed to be Midvale miners, were discovered in a Greenwich Street lodging house third floor room. The gas had been turned on and the door from inside nailed shut with the window sealed, suggesting fear of theft. One man had opened the gas jet but did not fully close it.
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New York
Midvale
Greenwich Street
Warrant for Missing Cashier in St Paul
A warrant was issued for the arrest of Thomas W. Frankham cashier of the St Paul and Western Coal company who has been missing for a week. He is charged with embezzlement and a 10000 shortage in his accounts. Books check may reveal a larger deficit possibly up to 40000 or 75000 with extravagant living given as the cause.
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St. Paul
Thomas W. Frankham
St. Paul and Western Coal Company
Bomb Thrower Dies of His Injuries
New York April 29 Selig Silverstein, the anarchist who tried to throw a bomb at police in Union Square, died from injuries after the bomb exploded prematurely. His companion was killed by the blast.
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New York
Fourteen More Victims of Storm in Hot Springs Tornado Toll
Fourteen more deaths were added to the tornado toll reaching Hot Springs from the territory west of the city. Four victims were white and the remainder were Negro.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Tornado Toll Rises Across Four States Forty-Six Towns Damaged
New Orleans April 27 The death toll from brutal tornadoes across four southern states reaches about 350 with 1 200 injured and thousands homeless. Amite La and Purvis Miss suffer the worst destruction as entire cabins and dwellings are leveled. most fatalities are among Black residents while whites fare somewhat better.
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New Orleans
Fhat
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Amite
Purvis
Miss
Lucerne
Kenmore
Tamourie
Richland
Essie
Pine
Angle
Franklintown
Sheridan
Avard
Eunice
Giles Bend
Churchill
Lorman
Tillman
Melton
Baxterville
Braxton
Sunflower
Wahalak
Wingate
Columbus
Walls
McLaurin
Fairchilds Creek
Quitman's Landing
McCallum
Winchester
Pine Ridge
Chipley
Harris
Catholic Jubilee Opens in New York Archdiocese
In New York on April 27 the archdiocese marked a century of Catholic activity with a week of rejoicing. St Patrick's Cathedral hosted a mass of thanksgiving led by Mgr Lavelle, while Archbishop Farley preached on the church’s history in the city with Cardinal Logue present.
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New York
Archdiocese of New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Mgr. Lavelle
Cardinal Logue
Farley
Colghado Delegates to Taft Nomination Return From Colorado
Six delegates at large to the Republican national convention at Chicago were elected by the Colorado state convention held in Pueblo. Clarence C. Hamlin of Colorado Springs supported Clyde V. Cannon and caused a delegate list change with Horace DeLong dropped and R. H. Breckenridge substituted. Attorney General William Dickson chaired the convention and praised Roosevelt while urging support for his successor in Chicago.
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Pueblo
Colo
Chicago
William H. Taft
Clarence C. Hamlin
Colorado Springs
United States
Clyde VU. Cannon
Canon City
Horace DeLong
Mesa County
R. H. Breckenridge
Hamlin
William Dickson
Roosevelt
Washington
New Jersey Democrats Choose Uninstructed Delegation
The New Jersey Democratic state convention in Trenton selected an uninstructed delegation under the unit rule. A motion to instruct in favor of William J. Bryan failed. James Smith Jr. controlled the convention and defeated Robert Davis of Hudson and James F. Martine of Union, Martine a Bryan ally. Hudson supporters bitter at Davis’s defeat.
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Trenton
N. J
Denver
William J. Bryan
United States
James Smith, Jr
Robert Davis
Hudson County
James F. Martine
Union County
Mr. Bryan
Martine
Bryan
Hudson
Davis
Beef Trust Debate Highlights Ride in Beef Prices
In Washington on April 29 the house discussed the civil bill and the beef trust. Hitchcock of Nebraska criticized the lack of new beef trust data since Garfield's report, noting beef prices rose about 25 percent in lean times. He cited an $8 profit on an $64 live animal versus Garfield's 99 cent packer margin.
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Washington
Beef Trust
House
Hitchcock
Neb
Bureau of Corporations
Congress
Garfield
Priesmeyer Jury Disagrees and Is Discharged
The jury in the bribery case against Fred W. Priesmeyer and Delegate Fred Warner failed to reach a verdict and was discharged. Warner had been previously tried and sentenced to two years in prison.
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Priesmeyer
St. Louis
Fred W. Priesmeyer
House of Delegates
Fred Warner
Warner
Explosion Kills Three at Egyptian Powder Mills
Mariean April 29 three men were killed in an explosion at the Egyptian powder mills five miles from here. The dead are John Clax ton William McClintock and Stephen Upchurch. The blast shattered windows and shook buildings in town.
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Mariean
John Claxton
William McClintock
Stephen Upchurch
Storm-triggered mental illness ends in Marshall man’s death
Robert Williamson of Marshall died after being struck by lightning during a storm. He had suffered mental disturbance for years as thunder and atmospheric disturbances unsettled him, and his body was located four miles from his home.
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Marshall
Mich
Robert Williamson
Murray For Comptroller of the Currency Takes Oath
Lawrence O. Murray former assistant secretary of commerce and labor took the oath as comptroller of the currency in Washington on April 29. He succeeds William B. Ridgely, recently elected president of the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City.
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Washington
Lawrence O. Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mr. Murray
William B. Ridgely
National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Kurds on War Trail Again Report
Reports from April 29 say Kurdish populations in Armenian provinces near Russia have grown aggressive. They are waging disorder and massacre as Armenians flee into Turkish territory.
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Russia
Two Cracksmen Captured Near Joplin Robbery
In Jasper, Missouri, six robbers blew open three safes and secured only two when police fired several shots at them. The captured men refused to divulge their names.
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Joplin
Jasper
Here
Robbers Take $18,000 in West Virginia Hold-Up
Four armed men stopped guards transporting $15,000 from Welch to Dary to pay the employer of the United States Coal and Coke company. Police have no leads on the robbers.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Welch
Dary
United States Coal and Coke Company
Gorman Jr. Starts Senate Campaign with Dinners
In Elllicott City Maryland on April 29 a dinner honored Arthur P. Gorman Jr. and launched his bid for the U S Senate to succeed Leodore P. Rayner at the end of Rayner’s term.
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Arthur P. Gorman, Jr
Elllicott City
Arthur P. Gorman Jr
United States Senate
Leodore P. Rayner
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Hryan
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Men of the Nation
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