Awful wreck in Montana claims many lives
A east bound freight train of forty one cars carrying lumber and coal near Reid station Montana jumped the track at 6 AM. The engine and most of the train burned with fire. Engineer L D Eterno and Fireman Ed Juliette perished. Brakeman G A Murphy injured and hospitalized. At least twelve crew members aboard, eleven confirmed dead.
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Missoula, Mont
Reid Station
Here
O'Keefe Tresse
L. D. Eterno
Ed Juliette
G. A. Murphy
Thie Cly
Garber
Plan to borrow 200 million with US guarantee for SF rebuilding
San Francisco leaders propose Congressional legislation to have the United States guarantee bonds totaling 200 million dollars. The funds would mortgage the city’s rebuilt properties to attract global investment at about 2 percent. Proponents include James D. Phelan Julius Kahn and local bankers.
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San Francisco
United States
James D. Phelan
Julius Kahn
California
Charles 8. Wheeler
8. G. Murphy
Congressman Kahn
Congress
Services Held in Burned City San Francisco
Scattered congregations were reunited Sunday morning during hours for religious services. Many services were outdoors or in tents due to fire damage. Where churches were only slightly harmed worship continued in halls, school buildings, or temporary shelters. Pastors visited the camps housing hundreds of homeless families.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Reinforcement Cut to 1350 Troops
Washington reports only about 1350 men will be sent to reinforce San Francisco instead of 2500 as planned. The First cavalry from Fort Clark and Fort Sam Houston in Texas plus an infantry regiment from Fort D A Russell Wyoming constitute the relief. A telegram at the War Department Saturday requested the reduced force.
Dowie Speaks at Zion City Tabernacle in Divided Hour
John Alexander Dowie spoke from a shaky stance to about 2600 at Zion City tabernacle. He challenged any accusers to stand and present them before the congregation. Nearby Voliva supporters held a rival meeting at Zion College at the same time.
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Chicago
Zion City
State Constabulary Fires Into The Crowd In Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel Pennsylvania thousands of striking mine workers clashed with a state police detail. Police fired into the crowd injuring about twenty, three likely fatally, after foreigners attacked officers during the coal field disturbance.
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Mount Carmel
Tornado Hits Furnas County Near Oxford Nebraska
A tornado struck Furnas county near Oxford around 6 PM causing widespread damage. Homes and farm buildings including the Reynolda, Hartman, Drew, Toos, and Cook residences were wrecked, several people were injured, and telegraph lines were down. The storm moved northeast leaving limited reports.
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Oxford
Furnas County
John Reynolda
Fred Hartman
Fred Drew
Fred Toos
T. J. Cook
Buffalo
Morning View
Food Shortage Persists After Earthquake Sees 700 Cars Distributed
San Francisco relief officials report 700 carloads of food and supplies distributed since April 18 earthquake. Transportation lines like Southern Pacific and Santa Fe have only 108 cars en route, leaving uncertain near term relief prospects. Mayor Schmits informs committee none expect rapid normalization of conditions.
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San Francisco
Schmits
General Committee
Southern Pacific
Banta Fe
Train wreck injures twenty near Denver on Clear Creek line
Twenty passengers were injured when two coaches detached from the Silver Plume Central City train west of Forks Creek on the Colorado & Southern line. The cars rolled into a ditch after running backward down a grade about a mile. None are fatally hurt.
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Denver
Silver Plume
Clear Creek
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Forks Creek
Thieves Steal Cornerstone From North Pasadena Church
In Pasadena California thieves removed a 200 pound cornerstone from the newly completed North Pasadena Methodist church. Coins and small valuables inside the stone are valued at about ten dollars. The stone was pried out and carried away likely using a vehicle.
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Pasadena
Cal
North Pasadena Methodist Church
Missionary Ridicules Christian Missionaries In KC Sermon
Brahman missionary Marayan Krishna, guest preacher at All Souls Episcopal Church, claimed many Western missionaries are unnecessary and that his people have surplus religion to export. He urged audiences to abandon Christian texts and practices, provoking startled auditors.
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Kansas City
Marayan Krishna
All Souls’ Church
Episcopal
Harvard Instructor Muenter Suspect in Arsenic Case
Cambridge police receive telegram from Eugene Krembs of Chicago claiming evidence to convict Erich Muenter of arsenic poisoning of his sister Mrs Muenter. Krembs demands Muenter be arrested on murder charges in connection with his wife’s death as police already seek him.
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Cambridge
Mass
Eugene Krembs
Chicago
Erich Muenter
Harvard College
Anarchists allegedly smuggle bombs to Paris
Spanish and Swiss anarchists reportedly brought forty bombs into Paris as unrest grows. Police shadow rally organizers while 2,000 troops guard the Grand Palace and other key centers. President Fal Nerles, Premier Sarrien and Interior Minister Clemmenceau hold frequent briefings with military and industry leaders.
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Paris
Grand Palace
Fal- Nerles
Sarrien
Clemmenceau
M .Fallierles
Desperate Oregon bandit shoots down officers in pursuit
In Woodburn Oregon a gunman believed identical to Frank Smith who escaped Portland jail after a Troutdale post office robbery mortally wounded Sheriff J B Shaver of Clackamas and Captain Henderson after wounding Police Officer Hanlon. The fugitive fled into woods near Woodburn, eluding detectives and posing like infamous inmates Tracy and Merrill.
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Woodburn
Ore
Hanlon
Oregon City
Oo. PD. Henderson
J. 8
Shaver
Clackamas County
Salem
Portland
Frank Smith
Troutdale
Henderson
Tracy
Merrill
Washington
Columbia River
Smith
Many Firemen Missing in San Francisco Blaze
San Francisco fire department suffers heavy damage with about 100 members missing after a major blaze. Three dead and one injured, a charred body found in North Beach ruins may be another firefighter. Nineteen companies out of commission. some disbandment expected.
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San Francisco
North Beach
Dougherty
Vesuvius Region Hit by Rain and Landslides
Naples reports disaster in the Vesuvius area as rainstorms and a strong gale trigger mud and ash avalanches over Somma and Santa Anastasia. Bridges are destroyed, roads blocked, homes flooded, and telegraph and rail service interrupted. Troops move to aid victims. inhabitants alarmed by loud roaring sounds. no fatalities reported.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Somma
Santa Anastatia
Famous Blackfoot Reserve to be Opened
The senate, while reviewing the Indian appropriation bill, adopted Senator Clark of Montana s amendment opening the Blackfoot reservation. On motion Senator Carter, the clause was struck out suspending the United States injunction suit against the Conrad Ditch Co. for Birch creek irrigation on the reservation. Senator Clark acquiesced and explained the situation.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Montana
Carter
United States
Conrad Ditch Company
Birch Creek
Paris May Day Threats Prompt Military Readiness
A high prefecture official says police and military are ready for May 1 protests in Paris. About 80,000 workers are idle, with 20,000 deemed disorderly. Troop deployment may reach 42,000 to 456,000 including infantry, cavalry, republican guards, and police to confine demonstrations to Place de la République.
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Paris
Place de la Republica
Philippines adopts new corporation law patterned on US acts
Washington reports the Philippine commission enacts a corporation law based on United States acts. The old Spanish code of commerce, archaic for modern business, is repealed. Investors may now organize and invest under common law principles in the Philippine islands.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
United States
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Leaped Leopard Kills Tamer at Lyons Menagerie
Parla a young tamer Mar tha Lahire dies at Lyons Sunday in a menagerie incident. Recently married to Mr Lahire she had traveled with the family show as principal girl. The leopard, not long under control, lunged as she turned from the cage burying claws in her breast.
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Parla
Martha Lahire
Lyons
Mr. Lahire
Mme. Lahire
Slaughter of Russian Peasants by Cossacks at Diewicza
The April 25 attack at Diewicza in Voronesech Russia left nineteen peasants dead and fifty injured after a crowd of villagers clashed over grain at a municipal war house. Cossacks, reinforced by local guards, fired volleys following the shooting of a woman in the crowd.
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Voronesech
Russia
Diewicza
A& Woman
Trains Move Refugees From San Francisco Area
Between 6 pm on Wednesday, April 18, and Sunday night, the Southern Pacific ran 129 trains with over 900 cars toward the main line and local and eastern points carrying free refugees from San Francisco. Oakland suburban runs totaled 610 trains with 4,880 cars, for 739 trains and 6,783 cars overall. About fifty trains with 600 cars operated from Third and Townsend streets and Ocean View to the south.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Oakland Pier
Third
Townsend Streets
Ocean View
Odessa Police Chief and Officer Shot in Broad Daylight
In Odessa revolutionaries assassinated the police chief and a policeman in broad daylight. The plot targeted Assistant Chief Poltavtchenko and several other officers. A young girl named Jerebizova threw a bomb at Poltavtchenko as he rode to visit a wounded officer.
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Odessa
Poltavtchenko
Jerebizova
Oil firms sued over secret trade pact in Toledo court
Lucas county Prosecutor L. W. Wachheimer files in district court alleging Standard Oil and seventeen affiliates conspire to control oil and gas production and transport. He seeks charter revocation and dissolution of the illegal agreement with several other corporations named as defendants.
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Toledo
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
L. W. Wachenheimer
Lucas County
Eclrcult
Standard
France plans mighty ship canal to bypass Gibraltar
France aims to build a deep sea canal across the lower land from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, enlarging the Bordeaux Narbonne system. The project would enable rapid fleet redeployment, reduce dependence on Gibraltar, and shift trade routes, with estimates ranging from 160 to 250 million dollars and about 300,000 workers.
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France
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Bordeaux-Narbonne
Arcachon
Agen
Garonne
Pyrenees
Toulouse
Castelnandry
Languedoc
Clara Ward
Ocean
Riquet
Great Britain
Ital
Norway
Cherbourg
Orient
Genoa
Ushant
Bordeaux
Nantes
Malta
Calf-Run Vehicle Fine Sparks Street Tale
In a humorous exchange from Chicago Daily News style chatter, Clarence Callow warns of an automobile incident where a calf was struck and the chauffeur paid a $50 fine. Miss Tabasco quips about social missteps and near misses with a lamp post while teasing Clarence.
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Clarence Callow
Tabasco
St. Clarence
Chicago Daily News
Tramps arraigned before police magistrate
Two desperate looking tramps were arraigned before a police magistrate. One says he has no residence while the other explains he lives on the floor above him.
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Royal Magazine
Sugar Beet Production Progress in West Reports
President Roosevelt sent Congress a 1905 progress report by Charles F. Saylor on beet sugar development. Colorado leads growth with twelve plants and 9 200 tons daily capacity, while Utah Idaho and Wyoming show rapid expansion and potential prominence in western sugar production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Charles F. Saylor
Agricultural Department
Colorado
Brush
Fort Morgan
Swinch
Utah
Lehi
Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Nampa
Payette
Wyoming
Daily Earthquake Shocks Sicken Salinas Region
A Salinas telegram reports three heavy shocks felt Thursday night and Friday morning after the April 18 quake. Shocks lasted about four seconds each with no reported damage. Salinas damages exceed $1,000,000 with the Salinas River sunk ten to twelve feet and bridges condemned and to be rebuilt. Earthquake shocks have been felt daily since April 18.
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Los Angeles
Salinas
San Francisco
Newa
San Francisco Disaster Report From Secretary Metcalf
Secretary Metcalf wired the president a summary of the San Francisco situation estimating up to 100 lives lost and about 1000 injured The government building losses are lighter than initial reports and industrial and commercial losses are described as appalling by the secretary
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Washington
Metcalf
San Francisco
Woman Takes Poison by Accident at Hotel Bellelaire
Identified as Mrs Edgar Rt. Dumont wife of the junior partner at Taylor and Dumont rubber firm. Friends believe the drug was swallowed accidentally at the hotel Thursday night and her condition is hopeful for recovery.
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New York
Bellelaire
Edgar Rt. Dumont
Taylor & Dumont
New Orleans
Taylor
Britain Deploys Minerva to El Arish Over Turkish Frontiers
The British cabinet, after a lengthy session, ordered the second class cruiser Minerva to El Arish to investigate reports that Turkish frontier pillars were removed at Rafah and El Arish. Negotiations with Constantinople continue, but Britain remains fixed on removing Turkish troops from Egyptian territory.
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London
Turkey
Tarbah
Minerva
el Arish
Rafanear
Constantinople
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