Virginia Storm Claims Many Lives in Norfolk Area
A Norfolk dispatch reports a cyclonic Virginia storm that swept the southwest peninsula, leaving at least 15 dead by conservative count and widespread destruction. Many fishermen missing, unidentified bodies, boats wrecked, ships damaged, roofs torn, and property losses rising along the James River and Hampton Roads.
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James
Virginia
James River
Hampton Roads
Seal
Jamestown
Newport News
Chesapeake and Ohio
Patterson Named to Georgia Prison Board by Hoke Smith
Judge Thomas E. Patterson of Griffin, Ga., named to succeed General Clement A Evans on the Georgia prison commission as Evans resigns to become adjutant general. The announcement comes from Gov Hoke Smith’s office. A separate item notes a drowning of a boy and reports two men drowned in Hampton Roads.
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Hoke Smith
Griffin
Prison Board
Thomas E. Patterson
Clement A. Evans
Georgia Prison Commission
Good Hoke Smith
Apical
Hampton Roads
Ral American Rising Probable on Eve of War Movements
A fragment signals tense activity as Ral American Rising appears likely to surge before potential war-like actions. Observers note heightened mobilization and rhetoric amid border tensions and regional escalations.
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Holder for Speaker With Burwell Out of Race
The retirement of William H. Burwell of Hancock County from the Georgia House speakership race leaves John N. Holder of Jackson County likely to be elected unanimously. H. W. Hopkins of Thomas declined formal entry. Holder’s pledges suggest a large majority, with June 22 convening slated. A contest may arise for speaker pro tem between Carl Vinson and M. C. Tarver, while John M. Slaton is set to be re elected president of the senate and A. O. Blalock seeks president pro tem.
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Hancock
William H. Burwell
Hancock County
Georgia
House of Representatives
John N. Holder
Jackson County
H. W. Hopkins
Thomas
Holder
House
Theer
Carl Vinson
Baldwin
M. C. Tarver
Malcontents Active In New Orleans Stirring Central America Plans
A New Orleans dispatch reports a surge of revolutionaries and secret agents in the city. Exiled leaders including Jose Santos Zelaya and Mexican Cientifico party members are alleged to plot upheavals across Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua and possibly El Salvador. Hundreds of exiles gather for conferences amid intensified surveillance by government agents.
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New Orleans
Central America
Weather Bureau
Uncle Sam
Mexico
Panama
Costa Rica
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Cientifico Party of Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Salvador
Senate Passes Borah Direct Elections Resolution
The Senate voted 64 to 24 to approve the Borah resolution for direct election of U.S. senators. Most Southern Democrats opposed the Bristow amendment, Vice President Sherman broke a 44–44 deadlock, and eight Democrats joined Republicans in opposing the measure. The measure heads to the House for concurrence before state ratification.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
United States
Clarke
Arkansas
Congress
Sherman
Bacon and
Terrell
Georgia
House
New York Central Ties With Louisville and Nashville For Gulf Route
New York Central lines entered into a traffic agreement with the Louisville and Nashville railroad, effectively creating a Chicago to gulf navigation link. The move marks a strategic clash among major railroad powers over Gulf traffic following Evansville service initiation and the Panama Canal opening implications.
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New York Central
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Inter-Ocean
Chicago Dispatch
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
Chicago
Evansville
Ind
John R. Walsh
Leavenworth
Kan
Vanderbilts
Harriman
Panama Canal
Walsh
Ohio River
Vanderbilt
Penrose predicts quick approval of reciprocity bill
Washington dispatch reports Chairman Penrose of the senate finance committee in conference with President Taft. Sixty senators are expected to vote for Canadian reciprocity and a vote date should be set within two weeks with the bill to pass without amendment. He notes the wool bill will reach the senate soon and be considered after the tariff board reports next December. The free list bill prompts many requests for hearings, though none were given by the house.
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Washington Dispatch
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Senate
Finance Committee
Tariff Board
House Committee
Worker Falls 31 Floors to Death in New York Building
A steel worker, believed single and about 35, fell 31 stories from the Bankers Trust Company building at Wall and Nassau Streets during lunch hour. Spectators watched as the body descended, with fragments injuring bystanders on Wall Street and New Street.
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Bankers Trust Company
Wall and
Nassau Sts
New York
Wall St
Wall Street
Robert J. Morris
New Street
Tne
Anderson
Announcement clears Mexican political deadlock involving Madero support
General Bernardo Reyes announced from Havana that he would not seek the presidency and urged citizens to back Francisco I. Madero Jr. The Cientifico party reacted with urgency seeking another Diaz-aligned candidate, while Reyes' manifesto surprised observers and altered the election outlook.
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Mexico
Bernardo Reyes
de la Barra
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Cientifico Party
Diaz
Reyes
Havana
Three Women Drowned Near Bandera During Rescue
Tragedy on a creek near Bandera Texas as Mrs Tuttle Noah her daughter and sister Jennie Ellis drown while attempting to rescue Nancy Ellis who had just been saved from drowning by another sister Nancy Ellis swam to shore leaving the others caught in a swift undercurrent.
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Banderba
Tex
Tuttle Noah
Jennie Ellis
Ellis
Nancy Eilis
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