India Earthquake Devastates Kangra Valley Towns
Fragmentary reports describe a catastrophic earthquake in the Kangra valley Punjab. Kangra city and Palampur are reported wiped out with hundreds of thousands affected. Missionaries killed and Gurkha battalions hit. relief through Simla is underway as roads and railways fail.
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London
Punjab
India
Lahore
Palampur
Chartu Missionary Society
Society
Kanray
H. F. Rowland
Daueble
Lorbeer
Dharmeala
Dharmsala
Simla
Lady Curzon
Curzon
Calcutta
Four Asphyxiated in Canal Street Flat
Four persons found dead in a Canal Street flat on Sunday night from gas asphyxiation after an open jet released deadly fumes. Victims include Harry Monroe Annie Monroe Mary Monroe and Charles Monroe, a brother of the head of the household, all from the same family and relatives.
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Chicago
Canal Street
Harry Monroe
Annie
Mary
Charlies Monroe
Stock man Charles B Strawn dies from strangulation
Charles B Strawn aged 49 a prominent stock man and livestock breeder in central Illinois died at his Lincoln home from choking on a piece of steak prepared by his wife for a late supper. He was well known as a livestock auctioneer in the region. In Jacksonville Florida the president’s yacht anchored off St Johns bluff with Mrs Roosevelt and children fishing nearby as a fire catch was reported.
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Lincoln
Charles B Strawn
Ilinois
Jacksonville
Fla
St. John’s Bluff
Naval Battle Expected Between Togo and Rojestvensky
London reports the long awaited clash between the Togo and Rojestvensky fleets near certain, to decide control of the sea and Russia’s fate in the war. The Chinese Sea is the likely theater with the Japanese fleet near Singapore and Russian ships counted at about 51 in port. Tokio notes Japan plans a major buildup, with estimates showing military forces possibly exceeding one million by autumn, and an army strength around 700,000 in the field.
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London
Togo
Rojestvensky
Russia
Europe
China Sea
Singapore
Borneo
Horstburg
Tokio
Storm takes three lives as it hits Ohio Indiana and Kentucky
A late Monday storm across Kentucky Indiana and Ohio causes multiple deaths including Wilson Walker in Urbana Ohio George McLee in Batesville Ohio and Charles Murray in Liberty Indiana. A towboat Henry Laurie leaked after a river landing and a Mt. Sterling Kentucky tobacco barn collapsed ruining 25000 pounds of tobacco with losses over 5000. The Lexington area reports further tobacco barn destruction lifting total losses.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Wilson Walker
Urbana
Batesville
George McLee
Charles Murray
Liberty
Ind
Henry Laurie
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Mt. Sterling
Lexington
Blue Grass
Governor orders probe into Zeigler mine disaster
Governor Deneen assigns James Taylor, Zeigler city mine inspector for the Third district, to lead a full investigation into the April 3 explosion that killed 50 people. He places all state mine inspectors at Taylor’s disposal and requires exhaustive inquiry until all sources are explored.
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Zeigier
Taylor
Killing in Kentucky leaves state legislator dead
J. J. C. Howard, representative from the Seventy first district, was shot and killed in a Clay County saloon near his home after a quarrel was believed resolved. Til ford Benge surrendered after firing five shots, three of which killed Howard instantly.
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Kentucky
London
J. J. C. Howard
Clay County
Tilford Benge
Howard
Benge
Five Drowned Near Budzon River Incident Near Poughkeepsie
On Monday night James Malloy a fisherman from Barry town attempted crossing the Budzon river in a rowboat with six Polander passengers. The boat capsized before reaching shore and Malloy along with four Polander men drowned.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James Malloy
Barrytown
Budzon River
Malloy
Shoe Firm Assigns After Fatal Explosion in Brockton
R B Grover and Co of Brockton Mass assigns for creditors after the March 20 boiler explosion at their factory that killed eight and caused about 250000 dollars in property damage.
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Brockton
Mass
R. B. Grover & Co
Tennessee Senate Passes Anti-Trust Bill in Nashville
Nashville April 11 The Tennessee senate Monday passed a bill defining and prohibiting trusts, combinations and conspiracies that restrain trade and fixing penalties for violations.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Senate
Madrid disaster toll soars from collapsed reservoir plant
Madrid reports four hundred killed or injured when a new water reservoir under construction collapsed. Fifty bodies recovered, 236 men in the lower section all killed. Royal officials and troops assist in rescue as crowds mourn and shops close. King Alfonso personally oversees relief amid mass demonstrations. In New York, seventeen meningitis deaths push weekly total to eighty two.
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Madrid
Prince of the Asturias
Alfonso
Carabanchel
Wealthy Farmer Kills Himself in Iowa Barn
In Vinton Iowa on Tuesday evening Elias Goon 66 a retired farmer worth about 50000 died by hanging in his barn Melancholia is suggested as the cause of the act A separate item notes that on April 10 a federal grand jury in Portland Oregon indicted 15 known men from Oregon and Washington on conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands
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Vinton
Elias Goon
Portland
Ore
Federal Grand Jury
Oregon
Washington
Sympathy Strike Paralyzes Chicago Garment Firms
The teamsters union backed by organized labor began a sympathetic strike in Chicago on April 8 against Montgomery Ward & Co. causing severe disruption, riots, and street clashes as nonunion drivers faced police protection. By April 12 Mayor Dunne proposed arbitration to end the standstill while a separate fire in Clarksburg, West Virginia, killed four Maul children.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
United Garment Workers
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Teamsters
Mongomery Ward & Co
Dunne
Montgomery Ward & Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
George T. Maul
West Baltimore Street
Murderer Must Hang In Botta Case Execution Set
Peoria April 10 Judge Green overruled the motion for a new trial in Otis Botta’s wife murder case and scheduled the execution for June 16. Botta received the death sentence with a sneer.
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Peoria
Green
Otis Botta
Botts
Train Kills Two at Ardmore Crossing
Ardmore Oklahoma April 10 Moses Simmons and Miss Mary Pearer young people were killed when their buggy was struck by a freight train at a railway crossing on Subday local authorities reported the tragedy occurring near Ardmore.
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Ardmore
I. T
Moses Simmons
Mary Pearer
Roosevelt hunts wolves and reunites Rough Riders
President Roosevelt travels through Oklahoma and Texas on a hunting trip and Rough Rider reunion tour. In Frederick he establishes hunting camp in a 480000 acre pasture. in San Antonio he attends the Rough Rider reunion and banquet. He later speaks in Austin and Waco to Texas lawmakers and supporters.
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Frederick
Okla
Roosevelt
Big Pasture
Comanche County
Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
John Abernathy
Southwest
Rough Rider
San Antonio
Tex
Theodore Roosevelt
Fort Sam Houston
Alamo Plaza
Rough Riders
Business Men's Club
Texas Legislature
Texas
Alamo
Waco
Austin
Lanham
Neil
State House
Hall of Representatives
Caution to Ministers Warns On Visiting Women
Bishop Joseph F. Berry of Buffalo told Newark Methodist ministers to limit visits to women of the congregation and to conduct pastoral calls in the evening when husbands and children are present. He frowned on afternoon calls when women would be alone.
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Newark
N. J
Joseph F. Berry
Buffalo
The
Methodist Church
Four Die… Tenement Gas Tragedy Kills Three Children
Four people die and an aged woman perishes after gas escapes from a stove in a New York tenement. About six other tenants are rendered unconscious in the same incident on Thursday. authorities investigate the cause and extent of the gas leak. Meanwhile in Washington Mrs. Roosevelt and her three children return from a Florida cruise, resuming residence in the capital.
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New York
Washington
Dyspepsia Cure Claim By Dr Williams Pills
A Detroit woman recounts nine years of chronic dyspepsia and two years of near collapse. After trying a dozen doctors with no relief, she used Dr Williams Pink Pills, feeling better after the first days and fully recovered after three boxes. Her testimony promotes the pills as a radical, lasting cure.
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Nettlie Darvoux
Dr. Williams
Lands for sale in Park of North Central Minnesota
The Central Minnesota Lition Co offers fifty thousand acres of wood lands for sale in the Park of North Central Minnesota. Described as fine soil with easy terms. For information contact W. D. Works, Secretary, 3 Moptato, Minnesota.
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Central Minnesota Ition Co
Minnesota
Chicago Trine
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