Devastating cyclone rips through Georgia towns
A fierce cyclone near Tocooa and nearby areas devastates buildings and kills Mrs. Miller in Miler residence. Edwards Brothers warehouse collapses, multiple stores wrecked, churches damaged. Similar damage reported in Gainesville, Lavonia, Cartersville, Winder, Marietta, and Elberton as roofs blow off, trees uprooted, and trains delayed.
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Edwards Broa
Simmon
Dance & Kilge
FR. J. McConnell
Ebeneir
Toccoa
Lavonia
Millea
Gainesville
City Council Chamber
Tornado Kills Three In Madisonville Tennessee
A Tennessee tornado damaged Madisonville and Monro County, killing three people and wounding ten or twelve others. Homes and barns were destroyed as telephone lines failed and residents sought shelter. One victim, Jack Moser, died after being carried by the wind for hundreds of yards before his head was severed by a wire, a horrific detail recorded by rescuers.
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Madisonville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Athena
Madlsonville
Monro County
Deh
Jack Moser
Horton
Willa Hrvin
Della Mason
E. L. Horton
L. A. Robinson
Hubert Robinson
Ailis Rodgers
Moser
Charles Kelly
Robinson
Robinson-seeme
W. F. Erwin
Lore Dillon Rogers
Erekina Lowry
Wally
Jack Afosor
Maker
Kipling Shows Slow but Steady Recovery Progress
Bulletin reports Rudyard Kipling improving steadily though with slow convalescence. He slept well through Saturday night and early Sunday, with doctors noting ongoing lung resolution and overall marked improvement. Kipling’s daughters Josephine and Elsie face separate health challenges, with Josephine reportedly in a dangerous relapse while Elsie remains in satisfactory condition.
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New York
Rudyard Kipling
Grenobla
Giping
Pope’s Condition Improves as Bulletins State Normal Pulse
Home March 5. The pope is in good spirits and improving. A bulletin notes a quiet night, normal pulse and temperature, no wound re-examination needed, and resumed solid meals. He rose at 10:30 and read Dante, speaking with physicians, while expecting gradual healing over two to three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iyam
Malou
de Pappine
Train passengers near Cheyenne endure snowbound siege
An urgent relief message from the Cheyenne and Northern railway reports a press of hunger aboard a snowbound train at Iron Mountain. Forty two people on board face extreme shortage as provisions dwindle to beans and coffee amid drifting snows blocking access from nearby ranches.
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Barty-Tyre
Cheyenne
Wyo
Cheyenne and Northern
Iron Mountain
Here
Bel ringer killed by lightning at Plymouth church
William H. Hox aged sixty eight was struck and killed while tolling the bell of the Congregational Church in Chiltonville Plymouth Mass on March 5. The lightning wrecked the tower and damaged the front of the church but did not start a fire.
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Bel
Plymouth
Mass
William H. Hox
Chiltonville
Deserters Gather Near Frontier Refuse Pardon
About two thousand deserters from the Spanish army mass near the French frontier. They refuse to return to Spain despite pardons offered. Reports mention demonstrations at Valencia, but details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Cabitats
Spain
Carlet
Louis Saloons Closed Under Sunday Law Enforcement
In St Louis, the board of police commissioners ordered all saloons shut at midnight Saturday and remain closed until midnight tonight under the Sunday law. The order was carried out across the city, enforcing the law in the Mound City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound City
St. Louis
March
Board of Police Commissioners
Texas House Accepts Return of Indiana Civil War Flag
Austin March 5 The Texas legislature adopted a resolution thanking Indiana for returning the company flag captured from the Texas Rangers during the Civil War. The resolution invites Indiana's governor and legislators to Texas for a public function to honor the flag's return, with the reception to be scheduled when guests arrive.
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Texas Terry Ranger
Austin
Tex
House of the
Texas
Toctios
Texas Perry Rangers
Indiana Regiment
Eee Rangers
Indiana
Cain Vigil
Tyler bank employee found dead in works site morning
The body of Dick Bring, a member of the Tyler Banking Company, was found at the Tyler works this morning. Police and local authorities reported a death believed to be by his own action. The incident occurred in Tyler, Texas, on March 6.
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Tyler
Tex
Dick Bring
The
Army Bill Says Regular Force To Be Cut to About 30 000
Washington March 6 Special News outlines that the army bill now law reduces the regular force to about 30,000 men on July 1, with an artillery increase to seven regiments adding over 2,000. The plan mixes temporary and permanent increases, sparking debate over funding, reorganization, and officer gains.
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Gormen
Jon
Washington
Naaonally
Missouri
Hay
Virainle
Messares
Bryen W
Army of
United States
War Department
Senate
House
Io Eopand
Camara Declines Marine Post in Madrid Political Shuffle
Madrid reports Admiral Camara declined the minister of marine post. Admiral Gomez Ima accepted it after the offer. Sener Duran is named minister of justice, a Catalan protectionist. Sener Dato, new interior minister, is a young deputy and barrister noted for anti corruption campaigns.
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Madrid
March
Camara
Enor Silvela
Gomez Ima
Sener Duran
Sener Dato
Ias
Cuban Press Condemns American Methods in Cuba
Santiago de Cuba March 5 reports hostile Havana orders total provincial admin spending to 10000 dollars. Hunger drives men to banditry as U S authorities, Wood, and jealousy blamed for unrest. Fourth Immune regiment arrived to receive horses but may stay a week. John Williams case in San Luis murder inquiry proceeds with eye witnesses and perjury concerns.
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Presa
Santiago de Cuba
el Forventry
Havana
United States
Wood
Independencia
el] Cubano
Santiago Harald
Immune
Manzanile
Fast Train Wreck Slays Two on Pennsylvania Line
Huntingdon Pa March 5 The fast newspaper train running from New York to Pittsburgh was wrecked one mile east of Huntingdon after a landslide caused by heavy rains overnight. Engineer Robert McCutchin and Fireman J C True of Hartsburg were killed. Expressman J O Matter and several freight cars were uninjured. Trackwalker Long reportedly warned in time but could not avert disaster.
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Huntingdon
Robert McCutchin
J.C. True
Hartsburg
McCutchin
Banner of the Jasper Blues to Georgia for return
The Jasper Blues flag, carried home by Maine cavalry in 1865 and later kept in Bucksport, will be sent to Jasper County Georgia. A Georgia visitor identified the unit from Civil War roots, and the only surviving officer confirmed the details of the company formed October 15, 1861.
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Georgia
Heston, Maia, March
Maine Cavalry
Bucksport
Aida
Jasper Blues
Jasper County
Atlanta Constitution
Savanagh
Joseph B. Brown
M. Phillips
W. D. Cornwell
W. H. Key
W. P. Parsons
Reverend Hawthorne Resigns From First Baptist Church
Nashville March 6 Special Rev J B Hawthorne pastor of the First Baptist church resigns to take effect as health permits His friends propose him for the presidency of the theological seminary at Louisville but no steps have been taken to pursue that possibility The resignation is announced as due to his continued illness and health concerns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
J. B. Hawthornn
First Baptist Church
Hawthorne
Theological Seminary
Louieville
Marie Henriette III Faces Relapse During Pneumonia Battle
Brunels March 5 Queen Marie Henriette, daughter of the late Archduke of Austria, is in danger as bronchopneumonia threatens her. Doctors were constant at her side this afternoon and evening, a bulletin said. The latest update offered Hope of recovery, but the patient remains seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Brunels
Marie Henriette
Eproy
Billion Dollar Congress Record Least Up To Now Broken
Fragmentary note reports a breakup claim involving a royal family. It mentions Princess Stephanie’s marriage to Archduke Rudolph of Austria who died by his own hand on June 20 1589 and states a third daughter Princess Clementine is twenty seven, with a note about a mentally deranged ex spouse.
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Stephanie
Rudolph of Austria
Clementine
Mrs Sarah Stevenson Dies at 90 in Bloomington Home
Mrs Sarah Stevenson mother of former vice president Adlai E Stevenson died at her Bloomington home after several weeks illness. She was ninety years old. Funeral arrangements not listed in the message.
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Peoria
Til
Herald
Bloomington
Ill
Bays
Sarah Stevenson
Adial E. Stevenson
Shea
Troops Ordered to Manila Leave Train for Fort Leavenworth
The Third Battalion of the Sixteenth Infantry was boarding a train for Fort Leavenworth Kansas when ordered to San Francisco to take a transport for Manila. The battalion postponed its departure until tomorrow in Alsheim, Alabama, on March 5 Special.
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Sixteenth Infantry
Auntsville
Ale
Fort Levenworth
Kas
San Francisco
Manila
Hunter’s History Praises United States Colonization Stance
Sir William Wilson Hunter, in the forthcoming Introduction to a new history of British India, lauds America as entering Asiatic rule with vast resources and moral duty. He compares past European powers and argues the United States will act as a political conscience in the nineteenth century, shaping imperial influence in Asia.
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William Wilson Hunter
London
Mitch B
British India
Indian Legislative Council
Indian Legislative Commission
United States
America
Chriarendom
Barlopeda
Asia
Better Feeling At Mantwa Amid Firing Continues
In Manila and beyond a noticeable improvement in Manila due to American reenforcements. streets crowded and business rising. Outside, desultory firing persists with sharpshooters annoying San Pedro Macati positions. Rebels fortify and suffer shelling by Sixth Artillery. Mauser rifles outrange locals. Assistant Engineer Winship wounded. Ei Cane reports quiet Holbe and brisk trade, natives taxing interior supplies and hindering plantations.
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Manila
Luneta
San Pedro Macat
Washington
Sixth
Public sale of vast Union Pacific lands begins in Omaha
Tomorrow morning at the courthouse Union Pacific Railway starts a major public land sale totaling about 6 000 000 acres. Lands span Nebraska Wyoming Colorado and Utah held under a mortgage to Union Trust Company New York trustees. Sale aims to resolve pre takeover financial difficulties and attract settlers to the four states.
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Union Pacific Railway
Omaha
Neb
Union Peele Railway Company
Union Trust Company
New York
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Union-Pacific Company
Transport Reaches Manila and Washington War Dispatch
Manila reports the transport arrival via General Otis dispatches. The transport includes Private Overton of Company G Twenty second Infantry, with noted spinal meningitis case. In Wilmington a Republican leader assembly committee faces senatorial deadlock. a plantation manager named Kelly was shot and killed by Matt Cairo amid unrest.
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Manila
Washington
Genfal Otis
Mania
Overton
Twenty-second Infantry
Sinatation
Eilied
Pais Merch
Kelly
Ben Mist
Ted
Matt Cairo
Mae
Xemult
Tee
Record of Fifty-Fifth Congress Disbursements Cited
Washington reports a Cannon statement detailing the fifty fifth congress total appropriations at about 1 6859 0102 with 973 655 400 in the latest session including war costs. It notes a rise in pensions postal service rivers harbors naval spending and new buildings with future contracts totaling around 70 million. Dockery of Missouri adds that the current congress surpasses prior totals and may yield a treasury deficiency in the coming year.
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Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Spain
Postal Service
Navy
Department of Justice
Paris
Herbore
Dockery
Missouri
House
Bastar
Wih & War
Mpato
James Tt Ja
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
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Southcoat
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Tosco
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J. A. Stover
M. H. Gilreath
Jones Livery Stable
Winder
George"t. Arnold
W. D. Sins
Marietta
F. J. Freyer
Marlette Journal
Journal
Elberton
Tennessee
Kipling
Pheybicians
Thatk
Bulletin
Pope
LOUIS
Pee
Texas Bankes
Bryan
Cockrell
Silvela
Gagusta
Liberal Party
Santiago
Banner OF
DR. Hawthorne
USEN
Marie Henriette III
Cannon
Cocker
Democra
Sarah Stevenegow
Wilmington
Del
Roth
Rothing
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