Tornado Toll Rises Across Three States
Relieved reports put tornado deaths at 225 in Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama with hundreds injured. Amite City Arcadia Independence and Bergen Machinery mills and towns suffer extensive destruction as trains carry doctors and state militiamen to aid victims. In South Dakota Valley Springs and Flandreau report property losses in the thousands after a twister hits.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Vic Tims
Purvis
McLaurin
Miss
Amite City
Bergen
Ala
Thomas Sawmills
Meridian
Winchester
Concordia Parish
Adams, Jefferson and
Claiborne Counties
aAlbertville
Richland and
la Mourie
Arcadia
Independence
Belle Grove
Melton
Lorman
Pine Ridge
Quitman Landing
Fairchilds Creek
Lumberton
Dora
Moore
Ingham
Mrec Cully
Albertville
Birmingham
Fromm
Sioux Falls
8. D
Valley Springs
Flandreau
Storm Toll Mounts Across Deep South With Wide Destruction
Reports indicate about 150 killed and 400 injured as violent storms hit Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. Natchez and Amite City report heavy losses with many fatalities and widespread ruin. New Orleans Mobile wire lines down and Georgia sees only rain and wind.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Natchez
Miss
Amite City
McLain
Vidalia
Quitmann Landing
Purviss Landing
New Orleans
Mobile
Georgia
Four Battleships Debate Dominates Senate Session
Washington April 25 Senate debates heavy on naval policy as supporters push four battleships. Senator Piles warns Pacific coast peril from Asiatic tensions while Hale outlines fleet distribution for Pacific and Atlantic needs. Beveridge urges voting for four battleships as a path to peace through buildup. Also Bankhead backs road funding and the Senate approves a Boston to Wilmington inland water route survey of 100000 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Piles
Pacific
Hale
Atlantic
Beveridge
Bankhead
Alabama
Boston
Wilmington
Two Men Arrested After North Coast Limited Holdup Try
Butte Montana April 25 two young men George Long and Fred Anderson boarded a northbound Great Northern train at Woodville with revolvers and a mile. Deputy sheriffs on the train arrested them at Basin a few miles north after an attempted holdup of the North Coast Limited Thursday night east of Butte. They refused to talk as authorities traced the crime to the Woodville stop.
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Butte
Mont
George Long
Fred Anderson
Great Northern
Woodville
Basin
North Coast Limited
Rain Calms Minnesota Fires Threatening Farms
Steady rain in Fergus Falls area eases large wildfires that had been destroying farm buildings and threatening several villages. Reports from northern Minnesota indicate hundreds of men were focused on saving homes as rain ends their firefighting burden.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Sudden Death Overtakes Duke Chaulnes in Paris Honeymoon Ending
Emmanuel de Luynes d Ailly ninth duke of Chaulnes and Picquigny died suddenly from heart embolism in his Hotel Langham apartment in Paris. His bride Theodora Shonts, married February in New York, watched as doctors failed to revive him. The couple had been in Paris a month and had just dined before his collapse. Local reports sparked speculation of drug overdose despite official word of heart failure. Theodore Shonts in New York learned of the bereavement and planned to sail to Paris.
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Paris
Emmanuel Theodore Bernard Marie Albert de Luynes d’ Ailly
Chaulnes
Picquigny
Dangeau
Theodore Shonts
New York
Henri Iscovesco
Bois de Boulogne
Iscovesco
Theodore P. Shonts
Cable
Duc de Chaulnes
Petit Journal
Vandick
Hart Disbarred for Criticizing Minnesota Supreme Court
Captain Francie B. Hart of Minneapolis is suspended from practicing law for six months by a special Minnesota Supreme Court panel. The ruling upholds court decisions criticized in a letter to Chief Justice Start, finding Hart violated his oath of office by attacking the chief justice personally while acting beyond his private citizen rights.
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Bt. Paul
Francie B. Hart
Minneapolis
Special Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Frank C. Brooks
Jugtior
Special Court
Hart
Start
Supreme Court
Churchill Defeated in Northwest Manchester Vote
In Manchester Northwest Winston Spencer Churchill Liberal loses his seat by 428 votes to W Joynson-Hicks Unionist amid a three-way contest that also included Irving Socialist. The result shocks Liberal prestige and may influence pending by elections while prompting questions about Asquith's leadership and patronage.
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Manchester
Eng
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Aaquith
W. Joynson-Hicks
Mr. Irving
Churchill
Northwest Division
Asquith
Balfour
Joynson-Hicks
Walter Runciman
Board of Education
Shrewsbury
Mr. Churchill
T A McIntire & Co Placed In Receivership
New York firm T. A. McIntire & Co. a noted NYSE and Cotton Exchange broker was placed in the hands of a receiver C. C. Burlingham after a suspension on the stock exchange The receiver could not estimate liabilities or assets The suspension did not affect the market and the firm’s troubles trace back to last fall’s financial panic with liabilities hoped to be under 1 million dollars according to Walter H Moler the office manager
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New York
T. A. McIntire & Co
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton and Produce Exchanges
Stock Exchange
C. C. Burlingham
United States District Court
Walter H. Moler
Republicans Move to Pass Vreeland Currency Bill in House
Republican leaders and rank and file met at the Capitol to gauge broader support for the Vreeland currency bill. They expect to defeat a Democratic opposition and secure enough GOP votes, while the Senate is prepared to accept the bill with minor amendments. A future Republican conference could set the path, possibly adding a currency commission.
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Washington
House
Capitol
Senate
Business of the House Moves Quickly Amid Roll Calls
Washington April 26 The House pressed ahead at a rapid pace with six roll calls despite opposition. More than 1000 pension bills were approved, the largest batch of the session. A measure protecting life on navigable waters during regattas and parades passed, and the Burleson resolution seeking a Commerce Department report on cotton fluctuations drew no opposition.
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Washington
Burleson
Commissioner of Corporations
Little Arthur Warns Nurse About Sleepy Baby
A young boy, standing beside his baby sister, asks the nurse if the child is nearly unconscious. The nurse nods, continues singing, and he implores her to stop singing lest she harm the infant.
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Little Arthur
Rail wreck kills pilgrims on Mexican line at Gargantan Siding
Forty injured and dead toll rises to twenty eight after collision between freight train and second section of a special excursion train carrying Guadalope shrine pilgrims near Gargantan Siding on the main Mexican railroad.
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City of Mexico
Gargantan Siding
Accidental Shooting Kills Siblings in Springfield
In Springfield HL PS Bates aged fifteen accidentally shot and killed his sister Josephine aged eleven with a revolver at their home in Vercen. Authorities report no foul play suspected and the incident occurred in April. The tragedy leaves the Bates family mourning and prompts investigations by local sheriff offices.
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Springfield, HL
April PS
Bates
Josephine
Vercen
Cleveland Slowly Improves but Not Ready to Leave Lakewood
Grover Cleveland remains in Lakewood New Jersey with a stomach trouble. Dr Joseph D Bryant arrived from New York and stays at the Lakewood hotel with Cleveland. Officials say there is no deterioration and his departure date to Princeton is unsettled.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Joseph D. Bryant
New York
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
Evil counsel is swift in its march Plutarch
A compact quotation notes that wicked advice travels quickly, described as a swift march of evil counsel across actions and outcomes in human affairs.
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Plutarch
Engineer and Fireman Injured in Road Collapse
In St Paul on April 25 engineer C R Williams of the Soo railway is critically burned at St Josephs hospital from a filling collapse on Courtland avenue along the line being built into the city. Fireman George Benepe was badly scarred and his presence of mind in “killing” the engine probably prevented Williams's instant death.
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St. Paul
C. R. Williams
Soo Railway
St. Joseph's Hospital
Courtland Avenue
George Benepe
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