Tornado devastates Zephyr Texas towns and deaths mount
May 31 Brownwood reports a violent tornado strike on Zephyr in Brown county. Dozens are killed or fatally wounded with many injured and hundreds saved by storm cellars. Destruction includes homes, a lumber yard, and a stone school, as surgeons race to treat the wounded.
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Brownwood
Tex
Zephyr
Brown County
C. A. Cabler
Thad Cabler
Oklahoma City
Okla
Key West
Charles Branon
Depew
J. L. Hart
Six Drown in Boston Harbor
Six men drowned in Boston harbor when a pleasure craft upended. The dead include Raymond von Limburg a cigar maker and two Brockton men whose names are not known. Three others are believed lost near Apple Island. witnesses saw them rowing before the boat was found bottom up with no trace of the men.
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Boston
Raymond von Limburg
Brockton
Night Riders Smoke Out Washburn Tobacco Beds in Kentucky
A masked night riders party visited Dennis Washburn in Claysville Harrison county destroying his tobacco beds and ordering him to plant ground in corm. A year earlier Washburn was abducted from home and beaten by night riders. He has been an independent grower.
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Lexington
Dennis Washburn
Claysville
Harrison County
Washburn
Whipa
Texas Court Orders Additional Payment From Oil Trust
District Judge Wilcox ordered Receiver Beckhardt of Waters-Pierce Oil to pay the state 20000 in addition to the 1800000 fine already received, in the ongoing prosecution of the corporation.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Wilcox
Beck»haardt
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Governor Haskell Indicted in Tulsa Grand Jury
Indictments charging fraud in Muskogee towns were returned by the United States grand jury against Governor James N. Haskell and others including F. B. Severs W. Hutching C. W. Turner A. J. Engh and W. B. Eaton in Tulsa on May 25.
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Haskell
Tulsa
Ola
Muskogee
United States Grand Jury
James N. Haskell
F. B Severs
W. Hutching
C. W. Turner
A. 4. Engsh
W. BR. Eaton
Two Conductors Drown on Lake Chandelson During Boating Accident
In Minneapolis on May 3 W. G. Conley and George Gebbbs, conductors with the St. Paul road, were drowned when their boat capsized on Lake Chandelson. Local divers recovered the bodies.
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Minneapolis
W. G. Conley
George Gebbbs
St. Paul Road
Lake Chandelson
Bank Robbery Hits Benbow City in May Heist
Robbers armed with shotguns held up the People's Bank in Benbow City Illinois and escaped with about $2,500. No injuries were reported as authorities investigated the heist on May 9.
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iWiinple
Benbow City
Ill
People's Bank
Fight in Illinois Senate Ends in Bloodied Senator Clash
In the Illinois senate chamber on May 31, a fight broke out between Senator James A. Henson of Decatur and assistant sergeant at arms Thomas Sheridan. Henson’s face bled as a ring of senators restrained the combatants, and later apologies were offered.
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Blcog
Solon
Arma
Springheld
Ill
Senate
James A. Henson
Decatur
Thomas Sheridan
Lincoln
Henson
Beurgeant-at-Arms
Sheridan
Heard
Quincy
Illnois
Bentor Dalley
Peoria
Revolt in Peru Quelled After Palace Attack
Lima reports that revolutionary bands attacked the palace and Provident Legual, were repelled by government troops, and the president was liberated. Loyal army saved the palace in Bolivar Square. Leaders arrested. Pedro Rivero Fierola killed. Carlos Pierola and Amadeo Pierola wounded. Prenznu editor killed.
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Lima
Peru
Provident Legual
Intervala
Hbous
Segual
Bolivar Square
Pedro Rivero Fierola
Carlos Pierola
Amadeo Pierola
Prenznu
Wife Dead and Husband Held in Chicago Chloroform Case
Mrs Norah Jane Cleminson was found dead from chloroform in bed and her husband Dr Maldane Cleminson, who discovered the body, is in police custody claiming robbers chloroformed them. Cleminson, a 1902 University of Iowa graduate, says he is also affected.
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Clemingson
Chicago
Norah Jane Cleminson
Maldane Cleminson
Cleminson
University of Iowa
Strike at Philadelphia street car service cripples transit
Philadelphia May 31 There is little change in the strike situation as cars run on every line but service is crippled. Strike leaders claim conductors and motormen have not applied for old positions and a complete tie up may come by tonight. Officials say about three fourths of cars will operate with little disturbance.
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Quaker City
Philadelphia
Georgia Strike Settled In Conference as Talks Continue
Officials of the Georgia railroad and the Brotherhood of Firemen spent the day in conference over points in the strike agreement still to be settled. The talks will continue until an agreement is reached or arbitration is chosen. Meantime train service on the Georgia road line returned to normal.
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Georgia
Atlanta
The
Georgia Railroad
Brotherhood of Firemen
Georgia Tot
Trimble Wins Denver Marathon at Mile-High Overland Park
Troy A. Trimble won Denver’s first marathon at Overland Park with a time of 4 hours 16 minutes BE seconds. J B Cameron finished second, about 250 yards behind as 5,000 fans cheered the mile-high race.
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Trimble
Denver
Troy A. Trimble
Son
Overland Park
J. B. Cameron
Centenarian Rebecca Burns Dies in Bellefontaine at 115
Bellefontaine Ohio May 31 Rebecca Burns aged 115 years died here. She claimed long life came from eating onions twice daily, eating onions from her own garden for scores of years. She once said she saw George Washington as a child.
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Oles
Bellefontaine
Rebecca Burns
George Washington
Blind Organist John W. Blechom Dies in Washington
Washington obituary says John W. Blechom the renowned blind organist who lost his sight at age two has died. He was a celebrated figure in Washington musical circles noted for his long career as an organist and his resilient life story amid adversity.
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Washington
John W. Blechom
Monument Dedicates Regular Army Dead at Gettysburg
President Taft unveiled a monument at Gettysburg to regular army soldiers who fell in the 1863 campaign. Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the president, assisted as officials including Secretary of War Dickinson and a special committee oversaw the dedication. The eighty five foot shaft stands near high water mark with inscriptions detailing losses and the Army of the Potomac units. About 2,000 regular army soldiers were ordered to attend from multiple districts and forts.
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Gettysburg
Lincoln
aMicg
William H.taft
Helen Tait
War Department
Dickinson
Oliver
John C. Bates
J. F. Bell
Stafe
Nicholson
Gettysburg National Park Commission
Congress
United States
Pennsylvania
Regular Army
Fifteenth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Ulery
Plattsburg Barracks
Coast Artillery
Artillery District of the
Lincoln Statue Unveiled in Hidgenville Kentucky
The town of Hidgenville Kentucky unveiled a statue of Abraham Lincoln in a simple ceremony. Mrs Ben Hardin Helm of Louisville pulled the cord to drop the drapery and revealed the seated Lincoln with a care worn kind expression.
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Lincoln
Hidgenville
Abraham Lincoln
Ben Hardin Helm
Louisville
Chauffeur Guilty of First Degree Manslaughter
Willam E. Darragh, the New York chauffeur who ran down and killed Ingvaard Trimble, the fourteen year old son of a Kentucky lawyer, was found guilty of first degree manslaughter. The maximum penalty is twenty years in prison.
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New York
Willam E. Darraugh
Ingvaard Trimble
Kentucky
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