Destruction of Property Enormous After Wind Storms
Louisville reports a massive wave of destruction from a May day wind storm across the South. Officials struggle to tally casualties as reports spread from Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia with dozens dead and many injured in towns such as Marianna Hot Springs Palestine Bee Branch Heber Somerville Bolivar Dechard Clarksville and others amid widespread damage and blurred wire reports.
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Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Guthrie
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Kentucky
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Marianna
Hot Springs
Palestine
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Heber
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Wheatley
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Marion
Zebulon
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Dechard
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Whiteville
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Destructive tornado tally climbs with 106 dead
Memphis reports 106 killed and double that number injured so far as Arkansas western Tennessee and northern Mississippi dispatches arrive. The storm covers a wide area with Horn Lake Mississippi listing eighteen dead and fifty injured, many severely. Caddo Gap Arkansas also reports similar losses and Fayetteville Tennessee shows fatalities.
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Tenn
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Horn Lake
Miss
Worn Lake
Caddo Gap
Ark
Fayetteville
Find Chet Jorder Guilty of Death of His Wife
Chester S. Jordan formerly of Indianapolis was found guilty in the first degree of murdering his wife in Middlesex superior court Cambridge. The jury deliberated over nineteen hours. The body was found dismembered in a trunk Jordan had taken to a Boston lodging house. Defense claimed epileptic insanity. Penalty for first degree murder is death by electrocution. Trial began April 20.
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Mass
Chester S. Jordan
Indianapolis
Middlesex Superior Court
Jordan
Somerville
Boston
Indianapolis Vaudeville actor Chester Jordan on road
Chester Jordan, formerly from Indianapolis, pursued vaudeville acting journey on the road. One sister is married to a wealthy cotton broker, and the family spent extensively in his defense. City sources note the tale centers on his career and family finances.
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Ind
Chester ‘Jordan
Rom
Memphis Storm Sweeps Three States Causing Deaths and Damage
A night of violent storms across portions of three states near Memphis inflicted many fatalities, widespread damage, and telegraph and telephone outages. Tornado-like winds from Arkansas near the Brinkley area cut a half mile wide path through West Marion and Weakley, isolating communities as communications fail.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Brinkley
West Marion
Weakley
Tornado Toll Rises Across Southern States
In the Atlanta area report, between twenty and thirty people are dead across Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas with numerous injuries from a series of tornadoes. Fatalities listed include Youngs Crossing Tennessee Medina Tennessee Hornlake Mississippi Forest City Arkansas West Marion Arkansas. Telegraphed lines went down along the South and Mississippi rivers as storms swept the region causing widespread isolation at night.
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Atlanta
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Youngs Crossing
Tenn
Medina
Hornlake
Miss
Forest City
Ark
West Marion
South Atlantic
Tornado Kills Several Near Franklin and Hillsboro
Louisville reports indicate multiple fatalities near Franklin Tennessee and Hillsboro, with Centerville and nearby towns sustaining heavy damage. Advices to 9 am show no deaths in Louisville or Kentucky from last night’s storm, though extensive property loss and communication disruptions persist statewide.
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Franklin
Tenn
Hillsboro
Centerville
Kentucky
Violent Wind Storm Damages Latonia Track and Town
A wind storm swept across Kentucky at 1 a.m. damaging Latonia race track and surrounding areas. Estimated losses range from 10,000 to 15,000 dollars, with substantial damage reported to the town and vicinity. Local authorities assess the impact and begin preliminary damage surveys.
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Latonia
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Bodies Found in Barn Fire in Indiana Murder Suspicion
Middlebury Indiana May 4 Mr and Mrs Samuel Hoover were burned to death in a straw barn fire on the Hoover farm at 7 30 this morning Officials from Elkhart county arrived to investigate The blaze is thought to conceal a murder with bodies placed in the barn and the building set afire Neighbors fought the flames and found the couple's bodies about an hour later The scene Sugges t murder and arson continuation on page three
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Ind
Samuel Hoover
Hoover Farm
Elkhart County
Hoover
Hoovers
Lets Contract For Big Gas Line Southward
The Indiana Lighting company awards the Fort Wayne to Bluffton Decatur gas pipeline project to Oscar J Current Construction of Red Key. General Manager S E Mulholland says the job will cost about 100000 dollars. Construction starts Thursday with pipe already staged over the route. A four inch line will be buried two feet deep along the path from this city to Bluffton with a branch to Decatur.
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Red Key
Fort Wayne
Bluffton
Decatur
S& E. Mulholland
Kingsland
Denunciation of Hamilton Statue Sparks Senate Fight in DC
Washington May 3 Senator Johnson of North Dakota denounced plans to erect a Hamilton statue in a public square near the White House and introduced a resolution to repeal the memorial. He called Hamilton a contemptible rake and warned the statue would be dynamited within a century. He criticized his political and financial policies and said wealthy interests would control government.
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Johnson
North Dakota
Alexander Hamilton
Senator Johnson
Hamilton
White House
New York City
Senate
Treasury
Alexander Hamilton Association
Theodore Roosevelt Kills Lion on Safari Expedition
Theodore Roosevelt bagged another lion at Wami near Kapiti, tallying three lions and one lioness on the current expedition. He also succeeded in bringing down a cheetah as hunting excitement mounted for the two marksmen.
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B. EB
Theodore Roosevelt
Wami
Kapiti
Kermit. Roosevelt
Dolliver Blazes At Tariff Bill In Heated Speech
Senator Dolliver of Iowa attacked the wool and cotton schedules of the pending tariff bill, charging deceptive provisions and higher duties on items with little wool content. His remarks, directed at Aldrich, drew packed galleries and strong attendance from senators eager to hear the remarks as the tariff revision proceeds.
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Washington
Dolliver
Iowa
Senate
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Building Work Restarts After Wage Dispute
A general resumption of brick building work resumed Tuesday morning after a conference the night before. Bricklayers withdrew demands for a 62.5 cent an hour wage raise in exchange for contractors agreeing to hire only one apprentice every four years. The settlement avoids a lockout or walkout that could hinder city construction, with both sides now on mutual terms.
Massacre of Christians in Adana Province Described
A dispatch from Adana via Cyprus reports a brutal wave of killings and looting against Christians. An estimated 6,500 deaths in Adana city and 35,000 homeless refugees fill the vilayet, with foreign missions and schools at risk. Soldiers terrorize, burn, and abduct women as part of a wider extermination campaign. The piece details mass shootings, arson, and the systematic destruction of Armenian and other Christian communities, including slaveholding and the trafficking of women.
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Adana
Larnaca
Cyprus
Vilayet
Valip
Harjin
Tarsus
Atrocities Reported in Tarsus Province
Reports arriving in Tarsus via Constantinople recount mass killings by fanatical Mohammedans in villages and farms. Claimed toll ranges from 10,000 to 25,000 dead in Osmanieh and nearby locales, with further details deemed too graphic to publish.
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Tarsus
Turkey
Constantinople
Osmanieh
Spezsche
Supreme Court Upholds Hepburn Railways Clause
Washington May 3 The Supreme Court declares the Commodities Clause of the Hepburn Act constitutional and directs enforcement as construed The decision reverses a circuit ruling and favors railroads on stock ownership issues while allowing transportation of commodities if ownership is transferred before transport The ruling relates to several major lines including Delaware and Lackawanna Erie New Jersey Central Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley and references the anthracite coal dispute and interstate commerce implications
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Supreme Court of the United States
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