Floods and Riots Mark Ohio Valley Crisis
The Weather Bureau reports the second great Ohio river flood rising above flood stages with Pittsburg near 35 feet and Cincinnati Madison Louisville Evansville and Mount Carmel seeing elevated levels. The disaster era brings $19,000,000 in damages over 100,000 idle, and 14 to 20 potential flood deaths amid factory shutdowns. Rioting in Louisville follows a streetcar strike with several cars damaged and police injured. A Cincinnati woman Gertrude Khetish leaps from a Traction Building window to her death. Three drownings occur in Goose Creek floodwaters near Urbana and Muskingum overflow. Two Erie railroad trainmen die when freight No. 72 derails at Meadville.
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Evansville
Wabash
Mount Carmel
Monongahela
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Ohio
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Traction
Gertrude Khetish
Fabio
Askmawan
Erie Railroad
Meadville
Belgrade Factory Clash Leaves Four Dead in Police Shootout
A severe confrontation erupted between police and striking workers at the sugar and leather factories in Belgrade Ser via. Police opened fire, killing four men and wounding twenty others during the incident.
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Belgrade
Servia
Jealous Husband Kills Bride Then Dies in Lorain
Sam Kovates age 29 shot and killed his bride of six months in Lorain Ohio and then shot himself dying instantly. The double tragedy ends a brief marriage and police investigate the domestic dispute turned fatal.
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Sam Kovates
Lorain
Ohio
Wall Street Panic Triggers Broad Fear Across Markets
The Wall Street panic of Wednesday spurred chaos in broker offices and public trading floors as rumors spread about big houses and questionable trading. Analysts saw no broad public buying at prevailing prices with experts blaming stock market manipulation, while officials and Roosevelt’s administration prepared responses to stabilize the economy.
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Hemat
Tedias
Lewis
Roosevelt
Witis
Corteb
Schools and Socialist Influence in Paris and Other Cities
Report highlights teachers forming syndicates allied with labor federations to spread socialist doctrine. Supervisors urge legislation to ban fraternities among pupils. The 1905 U.S. Commissioner of Education annual report notes no shortage of public and private school pupils and lists staff counts, with ongoing funding concerns.
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Paris
General Labor Federation
Pius
Sonn
United States
BK. Brown
Treasury plans aid as market nerves ease in New York
The Treasury confirmed no immediate recall of the $50 million government credits deposited with banks last September, easing Wall Street panic. London saw two failures as the New York scene remained unsettled. Philadelphia plans to convert a public schoolhouse into a neighborhood club with reading and play rooms, lectures, and manual training, funded by the city, open two evenings weekly.
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Wall Street
Met
London
Brown
Philadelphia Board of Education
Seven Years in Jail for Caleb Powers in Goebel Case
Caleb Powers, long confined in Kentucky jails, fights a fourth trial over the Goebel assassination. He has three prior convictions and sentences including life terms and a death sentence. The U S Supreme Court ruled the case back to state courts, while Powers remains hopeful for vindication. His supporters nationwide press for a pardon or acquittal as the case enters new proceedings.
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Caleb Powers
Willian Goebel
Kent
United States
Lis
Supreme Court of the
Georgetown
Jade Robbins
D C. W. Beckham
Powers
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Knox County
Diltredd
Frankfort
William Goebel
State House
Court of Appeals
United States Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Fire destroys Nashua grain elevator at Tilton’s
A three story wooden grain elevator owned by O B Tilton at Nashua New Hampshire burned with a loss of four thousand dollars. Italian officials announce excavations at Herculaneum will be carried out by the Italian government without foreign aid.
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Iivente
O. B. Tilton
Nashua
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Herculaneum
Leading developments indicate extended business activity this week
The week shows expanding bank exchanges with the Herv Marek settlements and rising wholesale demand for spring goods due to favorable weather. Increased imports and exports, rising consumer purchases, and stronger textile and apparel markets boost shipments in the wholesale district. Raw materials remain high while pig iron and rail demand tightens capacity. Building activity and quarry/brick trades stay strong. grain movement rises significantly from last week.
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Herve Marek Settlements Bank
Comerce
Exrops
Mexico
Canal Zone
Chicago
Trade conditions improve with brisk spring demand in New York
New York reports improving trade conditions as country buyers flood large markets and spring wearables lead with dry goods hats and millinery. Factories run near capacity with order books full though deliveries lag. collections are uneven and the money supply remains tight. South business shows more second half demand with No 2 Birmingham at 40.40, while steel and foundry pig iron show fair overall.
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Fitire
Birmingham
Pittsburg
Dradatreet
Grain and Livestock Prices by City Listings
Market table shows cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and Detroit. Prices range for cattle 4.00 to 7.05 per hundredweight hogs 4.00 to 7.10 and wheat around 76 to 78 cents per bushel with corn 46 to 48 cents and oats 40 to 48 cents per bushel.
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Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
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