Storm Death Toll Rises Across Chicago and Midwest
Chicago report says six killed and fifty injured in last night’s storm, with four deaths tied to the Grand Crossing Tack factory roof collapse. Widespread damage spans Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois. lines down, trains disrupted, and blizzard conditions continue from Wisconsin to the Texas Panhandle with freezing temperatures and snow.
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Chicago
Grand ‘Crossing
Middle West
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Ilinois
Northwest
Illinois Central
Chicago and Alton
Superior
Wisconsis
la Crosse
Wis
Nebraska
North Platte
Panhandle
Texas
Pueblo
Colorado
Dog chased people before police shot and killed it
A dog displaying hydrophobia traits was shot and killed by Patrolman Murphy at Main and Calhoun. The animal chased several people into doorways and nearly bit Henry Schaaf before being subdued with a club. The dog, described as foaming and snapping, died after the officer fired. No owner claimed the animal. its prior condition or whether it bit other dogs remains unclear.
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Murphy
Main
Calhoun
Henry Schaaf
Schaaf
Pers
Record Rainfall Drenches Fort Wayne Amid Flooding
Fort Wayne logged a new rainfall high with 2.77 inches in 24 hours ending this morning as downpours and thunderstorm struck Thursday. Rivers rose rapidly with Maumee at 13.9 feet by dawn, flooding cellars and isolating several homes near High street and St. Marys avenue. D A Sproat survived a lightning strike at his 817 St. Marys address with minor fire damage and injuries to no one else in the family.
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D. A. Sproat
St. Mary's Avenue
Mr. Sproat
Maumee
High Street
St. Mary’s Avenue
Kelly
Harkenrider
Bevelheimer
Wayne Avenue
Columbia Street
No Custom House For The City This Year Fort Wayne
Senator Beveridge writes that no customs house for Fort Wayne can proceed until Congress acts. With Congress focused on tariff and census during the extra session, the project must wait for the regular session. The Commercial Club led by C R Lane had hoped for a quick decision.
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Fort Wayne
Beveridge
Congress
Custom ‘House
Commercial Club
C. R. Lane
Customs House
Sheldon Free of Smallpox After End of Quarantine
Health officials announced Sheldon is free of smallpox after quarantine was moved Friday. The town had suffered with the disease throughout winter, with lingering traces and containment measures now lifted. John Rici led the quarantine action and monitoring.
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Sheldon
Rici
Debunking Postal Savings Measure Faces Strong Opposition
Col D N Foster urged the Fort Wayne Institute of Banking to oppose the postal savings bill, warning it would shift funds to government control, harm state banks and savings institutions, reduce local development funds, raise taxes, invite fraud, and require costly new offices while advantaging national banks in urban centers. Sheriff McCarty and several out of town guests attended.
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D. N. Foster
Fort Wayne
American Institute of Banking
Col. Foster
Congress
Foster
E. N. Detzer
H. K. Scott
Angola
Harry. M. Brown
W. H. Coffinberry
Garrett
Albert. Begley
Grabill
Niblick
C. A. Dugan
Decstur
C. P. ‘Mitchell
Monroeville
Fresh Boston extortion case targets Sharon man
Two men, John W. Wright and Ernest H. Martin, were arrested in Boston on charges of extortion aimed at James Whitla of Sharon Pennsylvania. They allegedly demanded 10 000 dollars to avoid kidnapping Whitla’s son Willie, in a letter printed with red ink and rubber type mailed from Rochester Central post office.
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Boston
James Whitla
Sharon
Willie
South End
John W. Wright
Ernest H. Martin
Wright
Martin
Rochester
Bey
Boyles
Man of Steel
Arthur Howard Brown
Whitla Receives Threatening Letter Demanding 10000
Sharon Pa April 28. James P Whitla and police confirm Boston report of a letter received by Mr Whitla on April 28 demanding $10,000 with threat Willie Whitla would be kidnapped again if not paid. Whitla refused to reveal the letter's contents beyond this.
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Sharon
James P. Whitla
Boston
Whitla
Willie Whitla
Will furnish arches in the city squares
Mayor Hosey and the board of public works conferred last Friday and agreed to erect and maintain four electric light arches in each square where business men desire them. They will provide the current for ten tungsten lights per arch at about $500 a year, paid by subscription. The arches will remain in the city and the globes will be kept up.
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W. J. Hosey
Board of Public Works
Pungsten
Assum
Shively Favored for 1912 Nomination by Indiana Memo
Washington April 28 Senator Shively of Indiana gains backing in Congress as a potential presidential nominee. Four names dominate talks: Shively Marshall Harmon and Johnson with Indiana viewed best for winning a Democratic ticket. Shively, still weak from campaign strain, plans to attend the senate session today as tariff for revenue remains central.
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Washington
W. A. Cullop
Indiana
Shively
Marshall
Harmon
Ohio
Johnson
Minnesota
Senate
National Hotel
Beach Hargis Sentenced to Life in Father’s Death
Irvine Kentucky April 28 The jury found Beach Hargis guilty of killing his father Judge James Hargis and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The trial concluded after the jury received the case late yesterday afternoon.
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Irvine, Ky
Beach Hargis
James Hargis
Girl Slain by Rejected Suitor in Northampton
Porter Smith, a Dartmouth graduate from Chicago, killed Miss Helen Ayer Marden, a Smith College senior, after she refused his marriage proposals. He then shot himself, dying beside her. Marden, daughter of Frank Marden of Somerville, had feared pursuit and left chapel to avoid him.
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Northampton
Mass
Porter Smith
Dartmouth College
Helen Ayer Marden
Smith College
Miss Marden
Frank Marden
Boston Street
Somereville
Smith
Chicago
Girl
Self
Louise
Emiline Smith
Porter Smith Shooting Shocks Chicago Family in Northampton
Porter Smith a traveling salesman for R. P. Smith & Sons shoe makers, killed earlier today in Northampton. His father J. N. Smith died ten years ago, and Porter’s uncles Edward E. and J. D. Smith now run the company. Porter had just returned from a western trip three days earlier. His sister Emiline, a Smith College student, telegrammed the family with the brief news of the shooting.
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Chicago
Evansville Wedding Ties Lost Thief to $4000
Mrs. Sarah Hoffman of Ironton Ohio married F. M. Beard of Owensboro Kentucky after police witnesses to a marriage in Evansville Indiana. Beard, an insurance agent, had allegedly taken four thousand dollars entrusted to him. He disappeared to Nashville then returned a $4000 check from a Henderson Kentucky bank. The bride chose marriage over prosecution.
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Evansville
Ind
Sarah Hoffman
Ironton
Ohio
F. M. Beard
Owensboro
Beard
Henderson
Sultana Survivors Choose Toledo for Next Reunion
Sultana survivors closed their forty fourth annual reunion in Findlay Ohio selecting Toledo as next meeting site. Officers elected include Colonel S H Raudabaugh Fremont Ohio Lieutenant Colonel William Fries Marion Major A W King Defiance adjutant Grace Madden Xenia. Louis Schirmeyer of Fort Wayne is mentioned.
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Toledo
Ohio
Findlay
Sultana
Fremont
William Fries
Marion
A. W
King
Defiance
Grace Madden
Xenia
Pickpocket and Policeman Slain in Loganport Duel
Logansport Indiana April 28 a patrolman Joseph Kroeger and a roaming pickpocket were killed in a revolver duel after a circus performance. Charles Pierce of Scranton Pa was captured six miles north and charged with firing the shot. The killers, travelers with circuses, roamed the crowd robbing on Third Street bridge. Kroeger fired back, then died after being tended. The pickpocket died in St Joseph's hospital. a dying plea elicited a profane curse from him.
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Logansport
Ind
Joseph Kroeger
Charles Pierce
Scranton
Third Street Bridge
Kroeger
St. Joseph's Hospital
Storm Rain Falls One Inch In Fort Wayne Hour
A brief but intense storm drenched Fort Wayne with one inch of rain in about sixty minutes. Hail and thunder accompanied the downpour as streets became rivers and hotel basements flooded. The Anthony hotel basement suffered two inches of water but overall losses were not expected to be extensive. The Home Telephone ring circuit was knocked out briefly, then restored, while streetcar and interurban lines maintained nearly normal service.
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Fort Wayne
Anthony Hotel
Street In Bad Shape Injures Farmer Near Zanesville
Henry Fischer a farmer living near Zanesville was pitched from a wagon on Ohio Street near Eliza Thursday morning when a chuck hole broke the wheel. He suffered painful injuries to the side and hip and needed medical attention before returning home. Subways will be constructed beneath the Lake Shore railroad at two? Line incomplete.
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Henry Fischer
Zanesville
Ohio St
Eliza
Lake Shore
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