Tornado Ravages South Louisiana and Mississippi Towns
A fierce tornado swept from Alexandria Louisiana across southern Louisiana and into Mississippi, killing several and damaging hundreds of buildings. Alexandria suffered extensive destruction, an insane asylum at Jackson was wrecked, and towns including Pineville Carson and Selma reported fatalities and major property losses along a 300 mile path. Authorities organized relief as officials estimated damages near two million dollars and crews worked to clear debris by daylight.
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New Orleans
Anyi
Lowshia
Mississinp
Birisbyiow
Don Tur
Alexandria
Torning
Mis Blasippi
Jackson
Payou Bara
Lik
Garson
Misi
Syltia
Ala
Rivee
Selma
Mevindria
Pineville
Turner
Shetter
de Clare
Gov Warnehun
Utpon Sara
Natchez
Abe Crothers
Carson
Miss
Mississippi Central Railroad
Albama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pittsburg Brewery Strike Ties Up Major Plants
Pittsburg faces a beer famine as 1,500 workers from 24 breweries walk out on Friday in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburg Brewing Company and the Independent Brewing Company, two of the city's largest, are completely tied up by the stoppage.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Brewing Company
The
Independent Brewing Company
Steamer City of Troy Burns Near Dobbs Ferry
The steamer City of Troy of the Citizany line burned to the water’s edge near Dobbs Ferry New York Friday night. Five women jumped overboard and were rescued by firemen while a crew and passengers were evacuated with no loss of life. Horses on board could not be saved as flames consumed the vessel and its cargo as firemen fought to prevent spread to nearby Mentha Anchor brewery dock.
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Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
City of Troy
Citizany
Edwin Gould
New York
Albany
Troy
Dobba Perry
Ganiu
Theeate Tempt
Mentha Anchor Brewery
Canada to Buy Bison From Pavlov Herd Near Missoula
April 6 report from Howard Eaton in Wall Montana notes the 400 to 600 bison herd owned by Michael Pavlov near Flathead Reservation 35 miles west of Missoula is about to be transferred to the Canadian government if an option had been secured. Roosevelt hoped to preserve the herd, which represents half of the remaining U S bison, but no appropriation was made.
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Deaser
Cot
Howard Eaton
Wall, Mont
Michael Pavlow
Flathead Reservision
Missoula
Mont
PRS
Len
United States
Roosevelt
Waton Gail
San Antonio man arrested for threatening the president
Merces Flores, recently from San Antonio Texas, was arrested in New York on a charge of writing letters to the United States pension department threatening to deal with President Roosevelt unless action was taken on a pension. After a magistrate hearing Flores was committed to Bellevue for sanity examination.
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New York
Merces Flores
San Antonio
Tex
United States Pension Department
Rouge
Flores
Wichita Jobbers Win Point on Freight Rates
Wichita jobbers gain a rate cut in cotton piece goods from Texas to Wichita to 50 cents per 100 pounds. The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the reduction late Friday by Commissioner Pronty, placing Wichita on a more equal footing with Kansas City St Louis Omaha and Chicago in competitive freight terms.
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Wichita
Win Point
Washington
Texas
Kan
Pronty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Calengo
Dayton Mania Indicted in Embezzlement Case
In Dayton Ohio the grand jury returned indictments Friday against George M. Smart former secretary of the Dayton Gas company accused of embezzling 331348.62. Smart and his wife are abroad in the south while the investigation proceeds.
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Dayton
Dayton, O
Grand 'Lucy
George M. Smart
Smart
South
Man Commits Suicide Aboard In San Francisco Hotel
Percy J Wells a civil engineer from Waltham Massachusetts died at the Grand Central hotel in San Francisco after leaping headfirst against a wall as he prepared to sign his will. The shock ended moments later leaving investigators to determine motive and circumstances.
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San Francisco
Percy J Wells
Waltham, Mass
Grand Central Hotel
Seven Die In Collision On Vera Cruz Railway Line
A collision between two trains on the Vera Cruz railway between Rinconada and Temiarindo left seven men dead and halted traffic for 11 hours. The incident occurred on April 6 as trains clashed on the line through Vera Cruz, Mexico.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Rinconida
Temiarindo
Tragedy in Chicago as Rhein shoots family then dies
In Chicago on a Friday afternoon April 6, Rhein shot Iris' father in law and mother in law before killing himself. His wife Minnie, pursuing a divorce, was the chief focus of his frenzy yet escaped unharmed. Adams reported the incident.
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Self
Chicago
Iris
Rhein
Minnie
Sod
Wreck off North Carolina Brings Ten Rescues at Sea
The Virginia Carolina coast wreck near Nag's Mead Coast Guard station rescued ten people, including two women, from a schooner bound from New York to Wilmington. A breeches buoy lifted survivors as surf raged with heavy northeast winds. The wreck, Lauri L. Sprague, ran ashore near Crigoke Inlet. Lawson barge adrift 14 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, leaking, towed for safety.
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Norfolk
Tenersony
Duah
Atheridge
Hig
Nag
Mead
Louis Leggare
Achoonwr
New York
Wiguing
Aheseoin
Coastguard
Can
Avhoune
Fletcher
Lauri L. Sprague
Pierce
Marblehead
Mass
Crigoke Inter
N.C
Serourers
Lawson
Old Dominion
Standard Oil
Thomas W. Lawson
Cape Lookout
Stanford OH Company
Tre
York
Oyslane
Batterns
Ner
Gulf Port
Joseph G. Cannon
Congressional
diMculty
Beyer
Treacher
Larsen
Ex-Secretary Treasurer Kennedy Dies After Nervous Collapse
In Terr Halle Indiana J H Kennedy former secretary treasurer of the Indiana Mine Workers dies Sunday night from a nervous collapse after disclosures that led to his removal on a charge of embezzling funds of the organization.
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Terr Halle
Ind
Indiana Mine Workers
Filipino student dies after operation at hospital
Ignatio A. Rosario of Manila, a Filipino student receiving an education at government expense, died at George Washington University Hospital in Washington on Sunday following an operation.
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Washington
Ignatio A. Rosario
Manila
George Washington University Hospital
Train Through a Trestle Injures Two Near Here
A Central line train passed a trestle three miles west Sunday, injuring Engineer George McFarland and Fireman G B Jones. Both were taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
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Christopher
Thetfaeds Central
Here
George McFarland
Jones
J P Morgan Arrives in Rome for Brief Visit
J P Morgan of New York has arrived in Rome for a short visit with local officials and expected meetings during his stay in the Italian capital.
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J. P. Morgan
Rome
S.J. Flerpont Morgan
New York
Busy Man's Corner Wraps From Troubled Lag Russia News
A jumble of items reports strikers in Lag, Russia dismissing ten workers for resuming work and notes political appointments. It also mentions plans for a $10 million Philadelphia art gallery, anti trust actions in Arkansas, and indictments tied to trade restraints. The text mixes political, legal, and cultural items with unclear context.
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Lag
Russia
David Campbell
Illnois
Chicago
Fred ‘Busse
P. A.B. Widener
Philadelphia
Arkansas
Paul Bettis
Central Holiness University of Oskaloossia
John W. Herron
Low
Taft
Brickells Tran Company
Cincinbati
Mrg
Mary Anker G. Eddy
Nands of Trustees
Chris Wan
Wdins, Inc
Gen Barrillas Slain in Mexico City by Youth Assassin
Ex president Manuel Garrillas, former Guatemala leader, was fatally stabbed Sunday evening on Calle Semenario while riding a Guadalupe street car. A 17 year old suspect, named Jose Estrada from Ocos Guatemala, was captured. Body to be autopsied and buried by Guatemalan colony. Garrillas was a key figure tied to Guatemala’s current government.
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City of
Mexico
Manuel Lizandro Garrillas
Guatemala
Calle Semenario
Guadalupe
Josa Estrada
Ocos
Last Stage of Thaw Case in New York Court
New York jurors prepare for the final act of the Thaw case as the commission findings on Harry Thaw’s mental condition are considered. Dr Allan Hamilton may be recalled, Delmas seeks a brief adjournment, and timing shifts push opening, summing up, and jury instruction toward Thursday.
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New York
Junge Fleagersld
Commission
Harry Thaw
Jong
Allan Melane Ylamilton
Jerome
Delmas
Jarome
Pil Rerard
Judge Josiah Turner Dean Obituary and Fire at Norfolk Mills
Owosso Mich April 8 Judge Josiah Turner Dean longtime Seventh circuit judge and six term state supreme bench member aged 56 died at his home Sunday night Born New Haven Illinois helped organize the Republican party in 1854 He served as United States consul at Amherstburg Ontario 1882 1891 and sat in the 1867 state constitutional convention Fire of incendiary origin damaged the Dalay rolling mills Norfolk Va totaling 166000 loss A negress who runs an eating house near the mills told police two white men poured liquid on the building before the blaze.
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Owosso
Mich
Josiah Turner
Seventh Judicial Circuit
State Supreme Bench
Turner
New Haven
Jackson
Republican Party
United States
Amherstburg
Ont
Norfolk
Dalay Rolling Mills
Water Street
Paris Bread and Provision Trades Plan Strike in April
A meeting of the Allied Provisioner Trades council including butchers bakers and grocers decided on a generalized strike with no fixed start date but expected to begin around April 11. The committee warned of a possible nationwide action to pressure supply concerns.
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Paris
Allied Provisione Trades Watin
William Hamilton Dies at 71 Clerk of Island Queen in Civil War
William Hamilton, aged 71, died Sunday. He served as clerk of the Island Queen and during the Civil War helped prevent the release of 700 Confederate prisoners held on Johnson's Island.
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Wlliam Hamilton
Island Queen
Johnson's Island
Cannon Returns From Holiday and Canal Progress
President Roosevelt era notes report Joseph G Cannon returning from a month in the West Indies Venezuela and Panama viewing canal work with McKinley supporters. he dodges Harriman controversy and speaks on prices and policy while noting Wall Street mood and asserting confidence in American production and commerce.
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New York
Joseph G. Can Ton
House of Representatives
Bieneker
West Indies
Venezuela
Panayia
Willy
Caunon
William 8. McKinley
Illinois
Panama Canal
Cannon
Waldorf Astoria
Washington
Sherman
United States
Congress
Euel
Wall Street
Ileré
National Civic Federation Sets Chicago for Trust Conference
New York April 8 The National Civic Federation executive council chose Chicago as the conference site and set May 28 to 31 for the national meeting on combinations and trusts. Invitations will be mailed to governors and presidents of major commercial manufacturing agricultural financial and legal associations to appoint delegates. The aim is to study trust and combination issues and consider any possible amendment to the Sherman anti trust act.
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New York
National Civic Federation
Chicago
Combinations and Trusts
Wich
Jealous Man Strikes Fatal Blow in Houston
Houston police report Sonny Jones, described as a jealous Black man, struck his wife Bear Wharton late Saturday evening causing her mortal injuries. He then fatally injured her mother God Higging before fleeing the scene.
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Houston
Tex
Sonny Jones
Bear Wharton
Harry Higging
Wreckers Sought After Train Sabotage in Ohio Area
Pittsburgh reports say a $2,500 reward, plus another $2,500 if captured within 24 hours, is offered for the wreckers who attempted to derail the Cleveland and Pittsburgh line near Hudson Saturday night. Summit, Portage, and Cuyahoga sheriffs, deputies, and Cleveland police chief coordinate pursuit. An investigation notes wreckers can loosen spikes and bend rails in minutes in darkness. railroad officials vow full effort to capture culprits.
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Pittsbury
Pennsylvania Lines
Cleveland & Pitsbergy
Hudson
Summit
Portage
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Aayight
Pennsylvania Railroad
Report Warns Pittsburg At Risk From Ice Gorges
United States engineer Arras reports to the government that Pittsburgh faces potential disaster similar to Johnstown from ice chokepoints on the Monongahela and Allegheny. A breakup could strand debris, topple bridges, devastate property, and kill thousands without warning.
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Pittsburg
We Arras
United States Engineering Corps
Ohio
Allegheny
Qouemuggh
Arras
Monongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eleventh Street
STOP BIG RISK FRAUD IN NEW YORK ELECTIONS
The International Policy Holders' Committee announces plans to pursue legal action to overturn last fall's election. It seeks criminal prosecutions for all involved in forged ballots and fictitious names and alleges collusion with inspectors from the state Insurance department and ties to Ulite and Mutual Life Insurance companies.
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New York
Apell S
New York Ulite
Mutual Life Insurance
State Insurance Department
International Policy Holders’ Committee
Woman burned to death in Columbus boarding house room
Mrs Helen ONeill, recently from Denver, Colo, was burned to death Sunday in her West Main Street boarding house room. Fire sparked when an epileptic fit caused her clothing to catch from a gas stove.
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Columbus
Helen Oneill
Denver
Col
West Mainshreet
Death of Richard M. Waite in Denver Sunday
Richard M. Waite, assistant to the president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, died here Sunday from diabetes. He was aged years.
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Richard M. Waite
Denver
Col
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
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Harriman
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