Alpine Avalanche Mayday and World News Roundup
May Day parades in Vienna draw ten thousand participants while a Louisville deal tops 10 000 dollars in a grain sale. A Bessemer fire costs 75000 and Chicago grain elevator is burned. Plasterers and plumbers strike in Indianapolis as a London stock move markets US Steel. Racy society items include Bayard Cutting Jr wedding and a boxing win by Terry McGovern in San Francisco.
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Vienna
Hazra
Asiatic
Turkey
Indianapolis
T. P. Hayes
W. T. Shafer
Louisville
F. Hollis
Siam
National Court of Arbitration
Storm Damages Texas Farm Town. One Die at Center Church
A May 7 storm near Marlin Texas smashed a church at Center injuring attendees during a prayer service and caused one death a stranger named J C Owens of McGregor. The wind damaged farms and roofs and crops across a two mile wide track. In Jacksonville relief appeals urged Texas cities to donate to the afflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Texas
Praver
Fort Worth
International and Great Northern
J. C. Owens
McGregor
Severe storm damages Dangerfield and Cameron Texas areas
A severe rain and hail storm struck Dangerfield on May 7 at 6 30 p m causing extensive damage. Connor Bros vehicle warehouse was wrecked and 15 wagons damaged. The Union church foundation was blown out and will be torn down. In Cameron Baileyville and Jones Prairie suffer wind and hail damage with crops severely harmed. Two houses blown down near Rose affects T A Pope farm.
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Dangerfield
Texas
Connor Bros
Union Church
C. Williams
Forsythe
Cameron
Baileyville
Jones Prairie
T. A. Pope
Rose
Bud
Storm Ravages Bremond Texas Crops and Livestock
A severe wind rain and hail storm struck Bremond Texas last night destroying fruit and ruining cotton and corn. The center of the storm left no garden produce and damaged windows. Nesbit reports total crop ruin with calves and pigs killed by hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremond
Texas
Nesbit
Terrible hail storm hits Ennis area with extensive damage
Reports from Ennis Texas describe a severe rain and hail storm near Bristol Union Hill and Palmer eight to ten miles north. The hail damaged corn and cotton crops and stripped leaves and fruit from trees. Birds poultry and rabbits died. hail drifted up to four feet. many windows and shingle roofs were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis
Texas
Bristol Union Hill
Palmer
Severe storm wrecks farms near Cypress Switch Texas
A heavy rain and wind storm swept Pittsburg area last night destroying crops and blowing away ten farm houses near Cypress Switch five miles north. Tom Kimball's home was swept away but all residents escaped unharmed.
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Pittsburg
Texas
Cypress Switch
Tom Kimball
Unrest and Strikes Spread Through Southern Italy
Dispatches from Naples and Foggia describe continual revolts in Mesina Catalina and Syracuse with daily clashes between peasants and police. Sulphur mine regions are unstable as a general strike looms and misery grows in Publia with local payment suspensions and widespread strikes reaching southern Italy.
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Paris
the Patrie Today
Naples
Foggia
Sicily
Italy
Messina
Catalina
Syracuse
Publia
Synodic
Rome
Miners to Harrisburg to Sway Labor Bills
A committee from United States Mine Workers districts 17 and 9 will travel to Harrisburg to learn if the state senate committee plans to delay or reject labor bills. If news is unfavorable, district secretaries will call mass meetings in all towns to prepare mobilization for a Harrisburg invasion.
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Moreh
Shamokin
United States Mine Workers Districts
Harrisburg
Snyder
State Senate
Senate
Claims Against Spain Filed for Maine Survivors and Kin
Washington May 7 A claim was filed with the Spanish claim commission for Harry McCann a Maine seaman injured by the Ha vana harbor explosion seeking 10000 The same panel received a 20000 claim for Catherine Puris whose son a marine was killed by the blast Butler Harwood of New York filed the claims asserting Spain directly or by negligence caused the explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Washington, D. C
Spanish Claim Commission
Harry McCann
Maine
Havana
Catherine Puris
Butler & Harwood
New York
State department pays $20,000 indemnity for 1895 Texas lynching
The Mexican government receives $20,000 as full indemnity to the heirs of Florentino Suaste, a Mexican citizen lynched in La Salle county, Texas in 1895. The payment comes from Congress on humane grounds and does not acknowledge federal liability.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Florentino Suaste
la Salle County
Texas
Congress
Vital Statistics of Manila District, 1908
The War Department division of insular affairs released Manila Washington statistics for last year showing a death rate of 34.47 per thousand. Bubonic plague caused 149 deaths among 271 cases, with comparisons noting higher rates in Mexco City and Bombay.
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Manile
Washington, D. C
Division of Insular Affairs
Manila
Mexco City
Bombay
President in Texas greeted by thousands in Houston stop
President and party shake hands through Texas crowds from Houston to Austin on a rapid rail tour. Governor Sayers and state officials meet the president as he thanks locals in Hempstead Brenham and Elgin. He addresses Black students at Prairie View and urges them to excel in one skill.
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China
State Department
A. Spencer
Jennings, Ia
OL Company
Beaumont
Dobbina Keon
Mamou Prairie
Joseph King
Meldin
King
Charles M. Baker
Postal-Telegraph and Cable Company
Bri. J. Nally
Nally
Terry McGovern
Oscar Gardner
San Franciseco
McGovern
Gardiner
Grovernor Sayers
Houston
Lone Star State
Texas
Out of
Dixie
Great Southwest
New Orleans
Bayou Teche
Louisiana
Plains of
Austin
Brazos River
Black Prairie
Lone Star
Sayers
Prairie View
State Normal School
Hempstead
Brenham
Giddings
House of Representatives
Elgin
Three Persons Drowned Near Gore Bay Ontario
The Germanic reports that on May 4 near Gore Bay a tug Tecumseh in tow of the steamer Ger manic sank after being towed out. Two men and a woman were rescued but the captain, his sister, and a Toronto man named Forbes were lost.
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Little Current
Great Manitoulin Island
Gore Bay
Toronto
Forbes
Beeville Plans New Oil Mill After Water and Oil Drilling
Beeville Texas moves to install an oil mill as part of local development. A group led by Dr C F Simmons of St Louis along with Beeville residents has bought a twenty ton mill already located in Luling. The plan is to move the mill to Beeville and set it up immediately to support artesian water and oil work.
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Beeville
Texas
Bee Ville
C. F. Simmons
St. Louis
Live Oak County
Luling
Counsel seeks sale approval of Rogers plant in Paterson
William Pennington counsel for Colonel William Barbour and John Pennington appeared before Vice Chancellor Emery in Newark and obtained an order to show cause why the sale of the Rogers locomotive works plant at Paterson N J should not be confirmed. Purchasers named are Elliott G Smith and Frank P Malone representing a New York syndicate. Price not disclosed.
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Hirch
New York
William Pennington
William Barbour
John Pennington
Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
Emery
Newark
Elliott G. Smith
Frank P. Malone
Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Plans Stock Sale
The Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad board approves a $2,000,000 common stock sale for stockholders to vote at a July 9 meeting. The funds will finance an extension of the line to Amarillo Texas.
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Amarillo
Philadelphia
The
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company
Texas
Devastating Jacksonville Fire Destroys City Blocks
A major blaze in Jacksonville Florida started from a live wire in a mall factory and burned for ten hours. Officials estimate property loss between 10 and 15 million dollars, with about 120 blocks and 1300 houses destroyed. casualties include the fire chief and others. 10,000 to 15,000 residents left homeless.
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Jackonville
Jacksonville
Fla
Two Lynchings Reported Near Shreveport
Reports from Shreveport Louisiana dated May 4 describe two lynchings in Rodessa and Alden Bridge. Felton Brigman a colored man was hanged for assaulting a 16 year old girl Cora Tisen. Grand Johnson a known gambler was strung up after failing to heed warnings to leave.
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Shreveport
Times
Rodessa
Felton Brigman
Cora Tisen
Brigman
Alden Bridge
Trenton
Grand Johnson
Johnson
Parmer Man Hangs Self After Long Plowing Work
Kingsbury Texas May 4 A 70 year old farmer Fritz Dietforth killed himself using a rope after finishing plowing an end of his field His wife found him hanging to a tree and earlier hers saved him from a prior hanging in a barn He owned a good farm and was well liked by neighbors.
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Baltimore
A. F. Stoger
Trinity Evangelial Lutheran Church
A Parmer
Kingsbury
Texas
Fritz Dietforth
Whisky famine looms as dealers claim control of market
Washington May 4 The Herald reports a whisky famine with wholesale dealers saying one large distilling and warehouse company nearly monopolizes supply. Current production is limited by an iron bound agreement and prices may rise without limit. Bath Maine May 4 The torpedo boat Barney built at Bath iron works hit 29.3 knots on preliminary trials surpassing the 28 knot requirement.
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Washington
the Herald
Bath
Maine
Barney
Bath Iron Works
Canal survey targets Richmond area for Colorado to Brazos link
Surveyors in Richmond Texas May 4 report work for Captain Dunovant of Eagle Lake on a canal project from the Colorado to the Brazos rivers. The route crosses the county's northwest side and runs toward the Brazos near Thompson, promising a large regional waterway.
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Richmond
Texas
Dunovant
Eagle Lake
Colorado
Brazos River
Brazos
Thompson
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Alpine
Bessemer
Ala
John J. Badenock
Chicago
Laws
Sons of the American Revolution
Creed Potter
Hoone
Mary Johnson
Jack the Ripper
London
University of Pennsylvania
CC. B. Newbold
London Stock Exchange
United States Steel Corporation
London Exchange
Cincionati
Bayard Cutting, Jr
United States
Sybil Cuffe
Earl of Dysat
All Saints’ Church
Brown
United States Circuit Court
Spencer, Trask & Co
Rio Grande and Western Railroad
Census Bureau
Alaska
Jitne
Lie
Wan
Columbus
Bartholul County
Indlana
Josefh D. Savens
St. Paul
Minn
County Board of Control
McKinley
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