Storm Leaves Apr 27 Toll Rising Across Several Towns
Reported death toll may reach 4450 with about 1200 injured as districts in Mississippi Louisiana Alabama and Georgia endure heavy flood damage. Hattiesburg Mississippi hosts hundreds of injured in a makeshift hospital camp while towns like Alencon La Amite City La and Fort Deposit Ala face fatalities and destruction. Aid efforts organized in New Orleans with relief agencies pledging support and rations distributed.
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Atlanta
Mississippi
Louisiana
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Georgia
Alabama
Hattiesburg
Columbus
Fort. Deposit
Ala
Fort Deposit
Alencon
Amite City
Behrman
Tornado Toll Rises Across Louisiana and Mississippi
Reports from Calhounla Parish Louisiana and Richton Mississippi recount multiple deaths and extensive property damage. Fifteen killed and many injured in Richton area. Territory between Purvis and Ship Island railroad adds to the death toll. Governor Noel accepts Roosevelt aid offer for Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Calhoula Parish
I.a
Richton
Miss
Purvis
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Noel
Roosevelt
Purvis, Miss
Canal Boomers Lay Case Before Committee
A Fort Wayne delegation with Representatives Watson Crumpacker and Gilliam appeared before the house committee on railways and canals to argue for a resolution authorizing surveys for a ship canal from Toledo to Chicago via Fort Wayne. Frank B. Payton was among the speakers.
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Washington
Fort Wayne
Watson, Crumpacker
Gilliams
House Committee On Railways and Canals
Secretary of War
Toledo
Ohio
Chicago
Frank B. Payton
Tornado Toll Rises Across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama
Early daylight to mid afternoon storms ripped through towns from Purvis Mississippi to Amite Louisiana and Bergen Alabama. Officials report over 200 dead and at least 500 injured with Negroes making up most fatalities. Towns including Purvis Amite MecCallum and others suffered severe damage. A farmer saved his family by placing them behind tree stumps as the cyclone struck. a child died when a flying timber struck. A special train with physicians was dispatched to aid the injured.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Purvia
Miss
McCallum
Purvis
Amite
MecCallum
Melarin
Nee
Albertville
Ala
Richland
Lamourie
Wingate
New Augusta
Columbus
Walls
Braxton
Belle Grove
Meton
Lorman
Pine Ridge
Quitmans Landing
Fairchilds Creek
Wahalak
Bergen
Court House
Thinks Dog Better Emblem Than an Elephant
Representative Lake of New Jersey criticized President Roosevelt in a House speech for seeking to extend power via a proxy election. He praised Roosevelt’s ability but said he lacks dignity and poise and proposed changing the Republican emblem from the elephant to a dog to reflect mixed signals.
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Washington
Lake
New Jersey
House Today
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Roosevelt message outlines desired legislation to be enacted
The president's message proposing legislation to be enacted before adjournment was read in the senate after morning business. Many senators followed the reading from printed copies, signaling support and debate to come.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Senator Warner resumes speech on Brownsville affair and Negro troops bill
Senator Warner resumes his senate remarks on the Browns ville affray and supports a bill to restore to duty Negro soldiers discharged without honor if the president believes they were innocent. The speech enters its third day as appropriations bills interrupt proceedings tomorrow’s expected conclusion.
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Washington
Warner
Senate
Brownsville
Murray Takes Oath as Comptroller of the Currency
Lawrence O Murray former assistant secretary of the department of commerce and labor today took the oath of office as comptroller of the currency. He succeeds W B Ridgely recently elected president of the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City.
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Washington
Lawrence O. Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
W. B. Ridgely
National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Centenary of New York Catholic Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral
Crowds fill St Patrick’s Cathedral and surrounding streets as New York marks a century of Catholic progress. Archbishops from major sees lead a solemn procession. Cardinal Gibbons delivers a lengthy sermon detailing the church’s early history in the city. Cardinal Logue presides as celebrant.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
New Yor
Cathedral College
Madison Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Church
America
Ireland
St. Paul
Glennon
St. Louis
Kean
Dubuque
Moeller
Cincinnati
O'Connell
Boston
Blenk
New Orleans
Ryan
Philadelphia
Quigley
Chicago
Jersey Convention Debates Delegate Instructions in N J
The Democratic state convention in Trenton on April 28 is expected to be lively due to a fight between James Smith Jr. and Robert Davis over control. Davis supports W J Bryan and wants instructed delegates, while Smith favors an uninstructed slate. Hudspeth mediates, agreeing Davis may go to Denver as a delegate at large but under unit rule to oppose Bryan. The session opens with temporary chairman George A Wethmann.
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Trenton
N. J
United States
James Smith, Jr
Robert Davis
Smith
Denver
Davis
W. J. Bryan
Howard Carrow
William J. Gourley
State Committee
James Smith
Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr
John Hinchcliffe
Passaic
Robert S. Hudspeth
Hudson
Hudspeth
Bryan
George A. Wethmann
New Brunswick
Vethmann
Quiet Democratic State Convention Opens in New Haven
Delegates to the Democratic state convention began arriving in New Haven as the state central committee meets to hear arguments over contested delegations. The gathering is expected to be unusually quiet with strong opposition to instructing delegates for any presidential candidate, suggesting the platform will refrain from commitments.
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New Haven
Conn
Denver
State Central Committee
States swing to Taft at Pueblo convention
The Republican state convention in Pueblo, Colorado, selected an uncontested delegation to the national convention and instructed the delegation to vote for William Howard Taft for president. The full state delegation will head to Chicago as a unit, with the platform praising President Roosevelt.
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Pueblo
Col
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
United States
Republican State Convention Opens in Hot Springs
Large crowd attends the Arkansas Republican state convention in Hot Springs with Capt. C. N. Rix elected temporary chairman. He urges party unity amid factional fights as delegates prepare for possible late nominations. Some leaders favor Taft delegates and oppose a statewide prohibition plank, backing local option instead.
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Hot Springs
Ark
C. N. Rix
Chicago
Taft
Taft Delegates Endorsed by Fifth District Convention
In Montgomery Alabama on April 28 the Fifth district republican convention at Lafayette endorsed Roosevelt's administration and instructed the delegates to vote for Taft.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lafayette
Roosevelt
Taft
Harrisburg Delegates Arrive for State Republican Convention
Delegates began to arrive in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for tomorrow's state Republican convention. The Knox faction is promised a strong platform endorsement, praising the president and governor and stressing the party's keeping of pledges.
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Harrisburg
Knox
No fruit damage from frost in Indiana reports
Reports from across Indiana indicate no frost damage to fruit yet. The past two nights have been cloudy statewide, with no evident impact on crops.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Roosevelt Urges Legislation After Senate Defeat
Washington April 28 The president sent a special message to Congress urging measures he has long favored including financial relief tariff revision and anti monopoly actions. Reception was chilly in both chambers with the house unable to formally receive the message and the senate delaying while finishing naval appropriations.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
House
House of Representatives
American Bride of Duke Is Widowed
The Duke de Chaulnes, married in New York in February to Miss Theodora Shonts, was found dead in his Hotel Langham apartment in Paris. Officials cite embolism as the cause amid lingering mystery and confusing reports about the death and location of the body.
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Paris
Duc de Chaulnes
New York
Theodora Shonts
Theo. P. Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Rail Way Company
Hotel Langham
Rue Loceador
Langham
Langhan
Due
Storm Ravages Wayre Court Area in Walnut Jewel District
Hagerstown Indiana April 28 reports three Sunday storms caused vast damage. Walnut Jewel farming district saw nearly every building damaged or destroyed, with hail breaking south and east windows and heavy crop losses, especially wheat.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Walnut Jewel
Tornado Relief Efforts Grow in Louisiana and Mississippi
New Orleans reports rapid donations of money medicine provisions and clothing for tornado victims in Louisiana and Mississippi. Carloads of aid depart for Amite Purvis and other hard hit towns as workers remove debris and improve sanitation with convicts from Hattiesburg and other areas aiding on site.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Amite
Purvis
Miss
Hattiesburg
Explosion on British Battleship Brittania Injures Several
A wireless dispatch reports a boiler explosion on the British battleship Brittania near Portsmouth injuring several sailors. The ship is expected to arrive in Portsmouth later today and four men are said to be severely injured with one fatally hurt.
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Portsmouth
Princes de Sagen and Mme Gould Plan Rome Departure
Naples dispatch reports Prince Helle de Sagen and Mme Anna Gould with her party will depart Naples tomorrow for Rome where they have rented apartments at the house of Mme Gould.
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Naples
Helle de Sagen
Mme
Anna Gould
Rome
Ube
Mme. Gould
Death of Duc de Chaulnes shocks Theodore Shonts in Paris
The Duc de Chaulnes, son in law of Theodore P. Shonts, died suddenly in Paris while he and Miss Shonts were on a wedding trip. The cable report offered no cause. Mrs. Shonts plans to sail for Paris aboard the St Louis the next day, likely followed by Mr. Shonts.
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Paris
Duc de Chauilnes
Theodore Shonts
Europe
Duc de Chaulnes
France
Shonts
Sudden Death of Duc de Chauines Confirmed
A cablegram received in Chicago dated Paris confirms the sudden death of the Duc de Chauines. The message is addressed to Col. Robert Ree, Mrs. Drake's father, and mentions Mrs. Drake and the Shonts family as relatives.
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Chicago
Duc de Chauines
John A. Drake
Paris
Col
Robert Ree
Woman Confesses Twice in Trunk Crime Case
Watertown police report Mrs. James Farmer has confessed to striking Mrs. Sarah Brennan with an axe while Brennan faced a window. A second confession shifts blame to husband Jim, who allegedly said That’s the end of her. Post mortem found severe head and facial injuries. Mrs. Farmer cares for her eight month old baby in jail cell. Farmer sister says he was at home Thursday, the day Brennan disappeared.
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Watertown
James Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Brownville
Jim
Destructive Pekin Fires Attributed To Rebels
Victoria report cites nine great fires in Pekin at end of March and early April. Dynastic rebels blamed for incendiary plots. Wholesale arrests said to follow. Hankow flood reports via cable noted higher death tolls than earlier indicated.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of India Today
Pekin
Hankow
Acope
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