Storm Toll in Indiana and Wide Crash Near Harrisburg
Reports from Indiana detail three deaths seven minor injuries and extensive damage from a violent storm with hail and high winds. Lightning killed Ernest Johnson at Nora and Edward Martin at Union City. Logansport hail knocked one man unconscious. crops and greenhouses damaged. Peru's Fort Wayne line disrupted by a washout. A separate Pennsylvania crash near Harrisburg killed an estimated fifty and injured around two hundred after a runoff of a passenger and a dynamite freight train.
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Nerve Haes Failed Him In Prison Murder Case
Lowenstein in Michigan City prison parlor suffered a convulsion before his confinement for the Henry Stever murder at Muncie, Ind. He recovered to walk and stare vacantly at passersby, raising officers' belief he is feigning insanity.
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Tornado devastates Snyder Oklahoma with mass casualties
A Oklahoma City dispatch reports a tornado hit Snyder causing widespread ruin. Some 800 people are killed or injured and medical staff from surrounding towns have rushed to the scene to aid in evacuation and treatment as officials request more help.
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Alaska Output Predicted At 22 Million This Winter
F A Wing United States assayer cites Alaska and the northwest as sources for a total gold output of 22 million dollars this year. He predicts ten to twelve million from the Klondike and the rest from the American side. Helen Gould to Educate Boy Hero. Miss Gould to fund Leroy Irvine Dixon education after he saved a Rio Grande train from a rock slide last October at Denver offices. Utica Fire Causes 450000 Loss. A blaze at Utica destroys Robert Frazer dry goods, Buckingham & Monk piano and art, and Mansg millinery shops in under two hours.
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Wallace's Circus Tent Struck by Lightning
A lightning strike wrecked Wallace's circus tent in Marietta Ohio. Several people are reported killed while the show headquarters are in Peru Indiana. The traveling company had been on the road briefly this season. Murderer Granted a Stay in Indianapolis Murder case Berkeley Smith a condemned man for wife murder in Indianapolis has received a Supreme Court stay until June 30.
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Roosevelt Arrives in Chicago Amid Crowds and Guard
President Theodore Roosevelt was welcomed in Chicago at Northwestern Station after a West travel, greeted by Mayor Deneen and officials. He rode in a guarded procession to the Auditorium Annex, spent twelve and a half hours in the city, and addressed labor concerns then at the Troquetis Club banquet urging federal supervision of railroads and increased government control of corporations.
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Tornado Devastates Marquette Kansas Town
A deadly tornado swept through Marquette Kansas killing at least twenty four residents and injuring many more. The storm struck the residential district within ten minutes, destroying wooden houses and flinging debris across several blocks. Chimneys collapsed as residents fled or slept, with casualties mounting as the town reeled from the disaster.
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Britain and Japan press France over neutrality in Far East
London editorials urge France to act firmly as Tokyo reports rising Japanese anger at French neutrality guarantees amid Russo Pacific Squadron moves. Reports say France delayed action to aid Rozestvensky, while Japanese officials in London allege French promises were a tactic. A sea story links tension to French ports and Russian ships in French waters. A tornado devastates Marquette Kansas with extensive destruction and civilian casualties as rescue, hospitals, and aid efforts unfold.
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Unusual Hobbies Attract Notables Across Europe
Me Shah of Persia enjoys knitting silk stockings. England's exchequer chaser favors farming. Earl Cawdor runs railroads as first lord of the admiralty. Kaiser Wilhelm reputedly collects neckties, numbering 18. Lord Crawford plans a West Indies scientific cruise. A monument to the late Waldeck-Rousseau will rise in the Twilight Garden of Paris.
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New York Central Unveils Plans for Massive New Station
Plans for a vast New York Central station occupy more than nineteen city blocks from Forty second to Fifty seventh Streets, Madison to Lexington avenues. Suburban trains will be on a lower level than express trains, with a nine track suburban concourse and twenty two express tracks plus baggage and mail lines. The main entrance sits on Forty second Street, and a monumental ticket lobby leads to a grand express concourse 160 by 470 feet, 150 feet high, connected by four wide staircases. The complex includes oversized waiting rooms, a loop at subway level for suburban dispatch, and a potential rapid transit link. Estimated cost ranges from 20 to 25 million dollars.
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Mumbled Belmont and Son Mention Sparks Special Train Fare Escape
Two men told a telegraph operator in Long Island City about Belmont and son and were sent on a special train to Jamaica. The conductor demanded payment for the trip, the men grew irate and fled the town, escaping.
Trade and industry show steady gains amid strikes and steel demand
The report notes firmer bank exchanges and fewer defaults with improving deliveries despite the Teamsters strike. Manufacturing and building activity rise, agriculture remains strong, and wholesale trade holds steady. Rail traffic, grain receipts, and livestock values improve. iron and steel demand remains high while building trades thrive. May trade failures in the US reach 19 percent, with Canada at 29.
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Commodity Price Snapshot Across Cities
The report lists live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and details for wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs potatoes and pork. Prices shown include ranges such as cattle 4 00 to 6 30 in Chicago hogs 4 00 to 5 50 in Chicago wheat No 2 91c to 95c corn No 2 white 48c to 50c oats No 2 white 30c to 32c and pork mess 12 00 in Milwaukee.
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