Tremendous Texas cyclone leaves dozens dead
A devastating cyclone hit Laredo and nearby areas causing extensive damage. Reports from Austin say over 100 killed and hundreds injured, with 35 hotel guests killed and multiple rail cars blown away. Communications failed as wires and the Laredo exchange were destroyed. Governor Lanham sought aid.
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Laredo
Rio Grande
International
Great Northern
Mexican National
Lanham
Educators in Wreck Aboard Ogden Educational Party
A special train carrying the Robert C Ogden educational party collided with a freight train near Greenville South Carolina. The engine baggage car and three cars were damaged and the fireman was killed. Professor Henry W B Farnum of Yale had his arm broken and Mrs Farnum was bruised. Noted passengers included St Clair McKelway and Rev Arthur B Kinsolving. The party later decided to return to New York.
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Greenville
S. C
Robert C. Ogden
Henry W. B. Farnum
Yale University
St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn Eagle
R. M. Ogden
R. C. Ogden
J. ©. Thorpe
Cambridge
Mass
Hunter
Thorpe
Longfellow
New York
Charles B. Aycock
North Carolina
A. S. Draper
New York State
Dwight Kellogg
Arthur B. Kinsolving
Seth Lowe
Robert Treat Payne
George Foster Peabody
Bubonic Plague Ravages Pisagua Chile
Express report from Mazatlan details bubonic plague in Pisagua Chile with daily deaths from ten to thirty. Burials were uncontrollable and corpses lay in streets while authorities fought to contain contagion and guard efforts amid evacuations and panic.
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San Antonio
Mazatlan
Pisagua
Chile
Flood delays strand Santa Fe passengers near Las Vegas
Flood conditions on the Santa Fe railway were practically unchanged Saturday near Las Vegas New Mexico. About 1000 passengers bound east were detained as trains remained stalled and service limited.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Santa Fe
Fridell Passes Physical for Naval Academy Admission
Annapolis April 29. D. J. Fridell of Arkansas passed the physical examination for admission to the naval academy.
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Annapolis
D. J. Fridell
Arkansas
Naval Academy
Southern states join Washington held industrial parliament
Ten southern states accepted invitations to participate in the Southern industrial parliament to be held in Washington beginning May 23.
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Washington
Explosion in Dubois Mine Kills Sixteen Men
An explosion at the Eleanora shaft near Big Run in Dubois Pennsylvania wipes out sixteen workers and leaves one seriously injured or dying. The mine, operated by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company, had opened only two years ago. all but one man inside the shaft perished.
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Dubois
Eleanora
Big Run
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal Company
Injunction Issued In Chicago Teamsters Strike
The United States government becomes a party to Chicago labor unrest as Judge Kohlstraat issues a federal injunction on behalf of the Employers' Teaming association. The order bans picketing and interference with wagons, cites 12 arrests, and triggers a broad service of notices to labor leaders. The injunction calms streets amid a storm and a teamsters counterorder urges restraint.
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Chicago
American Railway Union
United States
Teamsters
Kohl- Saat
United States Circuit Court
Employers’ Teaming Association
West Virginia
Union League Club
Jackson Boulevard
James
Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Committee
Tulane Wins Unanimous Debate Over Texas in City Government Topic
New Orleans April 29 Tulane University defeated the University of Texas in the fifth annual debate on the question of whether independent political action is more effective than reform within existing parties for securing good city government. Texas spoke first with J. P. Simpson and Charles Mayes. Tulane, A. G. Levy and Sol Weiss. judges included Rev. Henry Wilder Foote F. S. Shields and Victor Levy. Alex Ficklen presided at Newcomb hall.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
University of Texas
United States
Texas
Tulane
J. P. Simpson
Charles Mayes
A. G. Levy
Sol Weiss
Newcomb Hall
Henry Wilder Foote
F. S. Shields
Victor Levy
Alex Ficklen
Prosecution and Defense Rest in Nan Patterson Trial
After a day of developments both sides rested the Nan Patterson case in New York. The prosecution finished its case before adjournment and defense counsel announced no defense would be offered, arguing the state failed to prove any case. The plan was decided at a conference with Patterson and her father, signaling a speedy conclusion of her third trial.
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New York
Nan Patterson
O’reilley
Netal Incident Involving Bed Discharge And Sweetie Andersen
A netal fel out of a bed in the ytation. It was discharged and Sweetie Andersen, a Nettie gir.
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Sweetie Andersen
Nettie
Wisconsin Trust takes possession of Bigelow homestead
Milwaukee reports the Wisconsin Trust and Security company, as receiver of the Bigelow estate, has seized the 675 Astor street homestead. Gordon Bigelow and family move in with a son while he prepares a supplementary asset list with attorney Charles P. Spooner. Other notes include leadership changes and regional infrastructure moves.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Trust and Security Company
Bigelow
Astor Street
Gordon Bigelow
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