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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1904
Page
5
A sequence of deadly tornadoes swept Indian Territory and neighboring states. Six killed near Pryor Creek, with multiple homes demolished near Chouteau and Grand River. Other storms killed a child near Muskogee and injured several, while Fairland reported seven dead and many injured as blocks and farms were destroyed.
A series of tornadoes and storms on April 26 caused deaths and injuries in Oklahoma Texas and Kentucky. Bert Delay’s house wrecked with his 12 year old son killed. others injured at Clearwater and Afton. In Mexia Texas Jannie Shanks killed and family hurt. Kentucky towns Paris Carlisle Paducah damaged with large property losses and damaged tobacco barns. Owensboro and Louisville report heavy rain and wind with widespread damage but no confirmed deaths.
A wind and rain storm in eastern Jefferson county caused multiple deaths and extensive property damage, especially in Pastoria and Sherrill. Two people were killed in Pastoria with several injured, including a boy fatally hurt and a woman with serious injuries. In nearby areas houses were leveled and crops damaged as communications failed. Missouri river floods threaten Cedar City with possible citywide inundation.
The Mississippi River rising rapidly in St. Louis prompts flood precautions. The Weather Bureau warns of a probable thirty five foot stage by Thursday, with the river at over twenty eight feet and last year’s high water at thirty eight. East St. Louis prepares dikes and guards them as mayor Silas Cook mobilizes workers for defense. No damage yet reported.
Ceslie M. Shaw tells Syracuse chamber of commerce that nonpartisan policy has built America’s coastwise trade and inland transport. He cites Madison era monopoly, transcontinental railroads, cheap US freight, river and harbor improvements, and a hoped isthmian canal as proof that nonpartisan effort yields prosperity and global standing.
Reston April 28. Democratic conventions across Maryland districts chose delegates to the St. Louis national convention. Olney supporters claim twenty-one pledged or leaning Olney, six for Hearst, one unpledged, plus four state delegates pledged to Olney. Outside the city eleven conventions yielded fifteen Olney delegates and six Hearst. one unpledged. With the four at large, Olney holds a majority and will enforce the unit rule.
In Rome on April 27 President Loubet and a royal cortege visited the pantheon to honor King Emmanuel II and King Humbert. He met veterans, then visited Queen Mother Margherita at Palazzo Margherita. A papal protest over a Catholic head of state visiting the Quirinal is anticipated.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra landed at Kingstown and traveled to Punchestown racecourse. They received a splendid welcome as crowds gathered and addressed the king. He spoke of hopeful signs for agriculture, industry, and the future education as key to social peace and self reliance.
Fort Scott experiences the worst flood in its history with Marmaton and Mill creek rising ten feet in twenty four hours. Hundreds rescued by boat, 300 homeless, $100000 loss in livestock and property, gas works and rail lines submerged, city split into sections and isolated. Chanute floods also surge with the Neosho river reaching inland sea levels and rail traffic paralyzed as rainfall continues.
April 26 reports describe unusually heavy rain and windstorms across western Missouri and eastern to central Kansas with a western Kansas blizzard. Flooding, washed-out bridges, downed telegraph poles, and at least one reported drowning disrupted transport and communications as rivers rose and trains delayed. A tornado near Centralia, Missouri caused property damage but no injuries reported.
In Corvallis on April 26 Elmer Keady is dead after a pistol duel with James Dunn. David A. Osburn is dangerously wounded and ex-chief Dunn is fatally shot in the abdomen. Sheriff Burnett arrives with Dunn. Keady shoots Burnett's party, then is killed by Burnett. Keady, about 18, belonged to a prominent local family.
On April 28 in New York a ferry leaving Grand Street with 600 aboard struck a gulkh eeld at Broadway. Engineer Charles Kelly died of apoplexy before signaling could be answered. The collision wrecked rails and cabins, injured several passengers, and delayed the engine once the landing bridge was damaged. Kelly was found on the floor with his hand on the lever.
Six dainty Japanese women traveling from the north to St Louis refused to walk through mud after a railroad slide near New Sharon Iowa. Passengers carried them around the obstruction, mud splashing the rescuers while the ladies thanked them through an interpreter with ornate praise for the heroic act.
William Clark a New York fireman and life saver became a hero after he climbed to a top floor window ledge at Manhattan hospital and overpowered Robert Hindman who had escaped from the building. Hindman raved after an operation and held police and onlookers at bay until Clark pushed him back inside to safety.
Washington April 28 resolutions were adopted by the house seeking details on the department of justice investigation of the coal trust. They also ask if any criminal prosecutions were brought against individuals found guilty of anti trust violations related to the merger decision.
The President sent to the Senate nominations for Charles Fr. McKenna of Pennsylvania as U.S. district judge for the district of Porto Rico. Postmasters listed for Iowa towns. War appointments include Henry P. McCain as assistant adjutant general, John Tweedale as assistant chief of record and pension office, Henry A. Barber, and Valery Havard as deputy surgeon general with ranks ranging from lieutenant colonel to colonel.
Washington April 26 President Roosevelt signed the Rosebud bill opening 416 000 acres of the Rosebud Indian reservation in Gregory county South Dakota Preparations for the opening are not yet complete but likely by July 1 Entries will follow the Oklahoma Kiowa and Comanche plan with a public drawing to determine entry lots About 2 000 quarter sections will be released attracting many prospective settlers.
Congressman Hepburn of Iowa criticized a fellow member for denouncing the president as a barometer of barbarism in the South. He argued the president should not let such views affect civil service relations and maintained the president’s stance on public service remains independent of personal opinions.
Andrew Dahlquist, a veteran sewer expert, faces a rising underground river struck fifty eight feet below street level on Fourth Street near First Avenue. He has four 6 inch holes through rock to drain water while workers blast and dig twenty more feet through sandstone to reach the tunnel. A steel smokestack and concrete dam will control flows for bricklaying to the surface. Water is believed to come from Lakes Calhoun Harriet and the Isles.
Philadelphia April 26. John D. Rockefeller issues a defense through a new volume The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company by Gilbert Holland Montague published by Harper Brothers. The work claims to justify the rapid growth of Rockefeller’s enterprise and notes that every one of the nations 140000 ministers will receive a free copy as part of an effort to win church support.
New York bank statement shows increases in loans 200 and deposits 12,256,000. Circulation and legal tender rise, with specie and reserve gains. Overall surplus reaches 4,899,100, while deposits climb to 6,006,050.
The weekly crop summary notes cooler than normal temperatures hampering germination in many areas from the west gulf coast to the Rocky Mountain slope. Freezes and frosts hit central valleys and the lake region, with heavy rains in the Missouri Valley disrupting work. Planting is delayed in several states while winter wheat prospects improve in Nebraska and Kansas. Oats progress slowly in the central valleys and northern states, with seeding not yet general in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Miss Amieurestret A Haley, president of the Chicago Teachers federation, spoke at Mott Memorial Hall under the Women’s Henry George League. She described Chicago's defeat of the Harper bill and warned that the University of Chicago seeks to control city schools, endangering independence and turning education into a factory system. She urged free speech for teachers and called for strong public demand for educational freedom.
English anarchist John Turner told a Turner Hall audience that a general strike is inevitable though may take decades. He warned such a strike would be a general revolution with dreadful consequences and blamed organized capital and party politics for driving workers toward a lockout.
Indianapolis delegates nominate state ticket and adopt platform endorsing Roosevelt administration. Platform supports gold standard with possible currency and revenue law revisions. Providence delegates also elected to national convention urging Roosevelt support.
The Pine Brook breaker in Scranton owned by NYO&W Rail way caught fire. At the time 800 men and boys were in the mine but all are believed to have escaped. The incident occurred on April 26.
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