Tornado Toll Mounts Across South and Midwest
A sweeping series of tornadoes across the South and Midwest leaves hundreds dead or missing and millions in damage. Reports from Franklin Tenn to Cassville Mo describe town destruction, ruined farms, and scattered lives as the storm moves from the North to the Lakes region. Eleven killed near Cassville and many injured stand among mounting casualties as relief efforts begin.
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Avlanta
Franklin
Hillsboro
Tenn
Centerville
Pulaski
Cumberland Valley
Ebeneober
Charleston
Hiawasee River
Payetteville
Cuba
Gilestown
Memphis
Horn Lake
Miss
Arkansas
Mammoth Springs
Alabama
Hunteville
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Cassville
Golden
Here
Kings River
North
Chionago
Middle West
Luiengo
Lakes
Summerville
Texas City
Colorado Fights For Fruit Crop Tonight
The Colorado fruit crop worth millions becomes the prize in a night battle between farmers and frost. Densely populated fruit valleys glow with charcoal fires as every available man woman and child aids in fighting cold. Hourly temperature bulletins are dispatched to guide the effort.
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Colorado
Denver
Dickie Rose Prohibition Debate Held at Ogree Auditorium
The scene features Rose arguing against prohibition as too extreme while Dickie-defends civil liberty and a rational middle ground. Rose says prohibition is insufficient and destructive in practice. Dickie frames the liquor issue as a death struggle between liberty and the saloon.
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Ogree Auditorium
Rose
Dickle
Bold Highwaymen Hold Up Train Near Hauser Junction Ida
Northern Pacific train No. 3 was halted last night by two highwaymen three miles east of Hauser Junction Idaho. They boarded the engine and mail car, fired at the fireman, forced the engineer to move on, and used a bandit to operate the firebox as they fled toward Trent and Spokane.
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Hauser Junction
Ida
Northern Pacific
Whittelsey
Hauser
Spokane
Rathdrums
Trent
Yardley
Birth of Princess of Orange Grips Dutch Nation
The Hague reports the birth at 7 o clock of a princess to Queen and the royal house. Workmen and citizens celebrate with decorations and proclamations praising the event and the bonds between Netherlands and the house of Orange.
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Princess OF Orange
Eers
Cithena
The
Hague
Netherlands
House of Orange
Turkish cabinet formed under Tewfik Pasha in Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha finally formed a new cabinet in Constantinople with the grand vizier as Tewfik Pasha and Sheikh Al Selam Zia Eddin Effendi. Ministers named include Interior Ferid Awari Salah Pasha, Finance Rifat Bey, Marine Riza Pasha, Public Works Gabriel Effendi, Agriculture Ce Mavogordato, and Pious Foundations Mahmoud Ekrem Bey. Mehemed V was hailed as he led Friday prayers, signaling a perceived shift to a more lenient rule.
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Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Shiek al Selam
Zia Eddin Effendi
Interior
Ferid
Salah Pasha
Rit Bey
Riza Pasha
Rifaat Pasha
Gabriel Effend
Ce Mavogordato
Pious Founda
Mahmoud Ekrem Bey
Hakka Bey
Mehemed V
Man Acquitted Of Murder Accused Of Crime Flushing
The article recounts the trial related to the Bayside Yacht Club shooting of William Annis by Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. Thornton Jenkins Hains, the defendant’s brother, gave a detailed account of events leading to the float encounter, prompting a courtroom outburst and a reprimand from the judge as Claudia Hains’s alleged confession surfaced.
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Nis
Flushing
William ©. Annis
Bayside Yacht 4 Club
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Thorn
Ton
Thorntom
Claudia Hains
Annis
Sheep Die En Masse From Wyoming Snowstorm
Casper reports a severe northeast storm in Natrona County causing massive sheep losses. At Bucknum shearing pens 700 sheep died after dipping, with many more too weak to survive, as two feet of snow drifts bite into lambing bands without shelter. Several flocks lost 50 to 76 sheep.
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Casper
Bucknum Shearing
David Kil
Stilphen Ranch
New York Box Manufacturer Publishes Weekly Attacks on Police
G M Jur Benson a South Brooklyn box maker was arrested after refusing to move from a doorway viewing a large fire. He now publishes a weekly periodical attacking the police, featuring stories some labeled fiction, to illustrate his point.
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New York
G. M. Jur- Benson
Brooklyn
Rock Island Won’t Fight Fares in Missouri
Rock Island president B L Winchell said 21 2 cent fares in Missouri are settled and the next battle will be in Nebraska. He spoke in Kansas City after returning to Chicago from an inspection trip.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Nebraska
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island System
Winchell
Chicago
New Leader to Shine Across Wyoming This May
The upcoming Leader debuts in May, hailed as a pride for Cheyenne and Wyoming readers. It promises top local news from the Associated Press and the New York Herald, with color printing and strong features, rivaling Denver and western city papers.
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Cheyenne
Ees
Balt Lake
Paeb
Sioux Follé
Leo
Associated Preas
NEW York Herald
Wyoming
Goss
Denver
Weekend Forecast Warm and Pleasant Across Regions
The forecast calls for fair skies and warmer conditions through Saturday with Sunday remaining warmer. Southeast areas expect continued mild temperatures and light winds for the weekend.
Rescue Child From Shame Sparks Legal Clash in Santa Barbara
Detectives raided a Santa Barbara house seeking Shaw's ten year old son Eldridge. Mrs. Shaw accuses her estranged husband of squandering $160,000 of her father’s fortune and vows to fight to prevent the boy’s relocation east, while claiming Shaw will not dare contest custody.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
J. Shaw
Boston
Shaw
Eldridge
Mrs. Shaw
Flood warnings issued for Ohio Valley
Flood warnings were sent out today in the Ohio valley. A stage of twenty five feet, or three feet above the flood stage, is expected tomorrow. Heavy rises are reported along the Allegheny river with about three inches of rain. In Bredford, twelve inch snowfall was followed by a cloud burst and the town is already partially submerged.
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Pittsburg
Ohio Valley
Allegheny River
Bredford
Trial hears sensational evidence in Stock vs Big Five Mining
In Golden Colorado on April 30 Judge McCall barred many Student spectators from the Stock versus Big Five Mining case while jurors viewed Mrs Stock's bathtub demonstration. Her attorney and defense clashed over testimony and a witness’s accident theory as she seeks 25000 dollars for injuries to her right leg.
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Golden
Colo
Omer
Sarah A. Stock
Big Five Mining Company
School of Mines
McCall
Mra Stock
Mra. Stock
Idaho Springs
Mra. Stocks
B. F. Richardson
George S. Reed
James Menecimer
Mra Steck
Brock
Brandenburg sought in New York returns to San Francisco prison
Brandenburg wanted on grand larceny charges over a Grover Cleveland article sale is held in San Francisco city jail awaiting extradition. He received a letter from his wife outlining a plan to recover their boy James Cabammerl l. Authorities plan to return him to St Louis after extradition. He fears release could lead to further danger from enemies.
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Brandenburg
San Francisco
Cal
Broughton Brandenburg
New York
Grover Cleveland
Weimeins
James Cabanunelli
St. Louis
James Cabammer
St. Louke
Black Hand Fire Tragedy Kills Eight in New York Tenement
A five story tenement at 47 Spring Street burned swiftly after blackmailers of the Black Hand Society demanded $44,000. Eight people died, fourteen injured, including children, as kerosene soaked hallways hastened the blaze. Bruck, a grocer, had received threats preceding the arson.
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New York
Spring Street
Black Mand Society
Ullicen
Aeril Bruck
Groenry
Mala Geer
Belice
Petecaial
Black Eland Hives
Black Hand Society
Bruck
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