The Storm in the South Rips Through the Region
A storm lash across the southern states unroofed factories churches and homes, flooded streets, and disrupted teledispatch lines. A river steamer sank at Bridgeport Alabama with no loss of life, while Gadsden Guntersville and Carrollton saw extensive damage to churches and residences. One death, engineer R. G. Elwood, occurred near Jackson, Alabama, from a wreck on the Mobile and Birmingham railroad. New Orleans faced partial flooding. Texas frost halted cotton, but fruit survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Ala
H. B. Upchurch
R. G. Elwood
Jackson
Mobile and Birmingham
Gadsden
Guntersville
Chattanooga
Montgomery
New Orleans
Texas
Lake tugmen strike over five dollar wage increase
Cleveland April 19 harbor tug crews under Great Lakes Towing strike immediately to demand a $5 monthly pay raise from $50 to $55. Most ports affected include Cleveland Erie Conneaut Fairport Lorain Hu ron and Ashtabula with up to 200 men impacted. Some tug crews in Buffalo had already agreed to last year’s wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Lakes Towing company
Erie
Conneaut
Fairport
Lorain
Huron
Ashtabuua
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Toledo
Detroit
United States
Tutt's Liver Pills Advertises Health Benefit
Perfect Health and system order promoted by Tutt's Liver Pills. The ad claims the pills regulate the bowels and produce a vigorous body. It lists sick headache malaria biliousness constipation and other diseases as conditions cured by Tutt's Liver Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tutt
Britain’s Big War Loan Budget Sparks Heated Debate
London April 19 crowds packed the house as Sir Michael Hicks Beach outlined a budget for 1901 02 totalling 187 6 million pounds with a deficit and new taxes including a 2 pence increase in income tax and a 1 shilling per ton duty on exported coal The budget faced strong opposition from Liberals and regional coal exporters with warnings of job losses in Wales and higher costs for consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
house of commons
Michset Hicks-Beach
South Africa
Michael Hicks- Beach
Transvaal
David Barbour
Balfour
John Redmond
Michael Hicks-Beach
J. Pierpont Morgan
strangers’ gallery
Wales
England
South Wales
United States
Germany
Wiliam Abraham
Glamorganshire
Welsh Miners’ Federation
Train Hurled by Snowslide Kills Four on Colorado Line
Boulder April 19 A snowslide swept two engines and a passenger train near Ward to Boulder. Four trainmen were killed Engineers Hannon and Fitzgerald Fireman Miller and Conductor Bair. A missing fireman James Marks presumed dead after attempting to film the slide. The slide was about 100 feet wide and six feet deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
Colorado and Northwestern
Ward
Hannon and Fitzgerald
Miller
Bair
James Marks
kodaka
Boonterville
Grand Duchess Helen of Russia in Coburg's Spotlight
The Coburg Grand Duchess Helen of Russia is portrayed as one of the most striking and influential women in Europe. Described as not stunningly beautiful but powerful, she remains steadfastly single to avoid breaking hearts, with her father Grand Duke Vladimir influential near the throne.
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TRussha tedkuy
Diebess
felen
ensgisendt
beke Vladimir
hinself
Strikes Spread Across McKeesport Rail Yard
McKeesport Pennsylvania April 19 strikers from the McKeesport Connecting railroad walk out at 7 30 pm demanding a 46 minute lunch break. Engineers firemen and brakemen from National Tube works Tolling mills and Monongahela plants walk out affecting about 50 in the yards. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen back the demand. A committee member was dismissed and strikes spread, threatening suspension of the plant and 10 000 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeesport
National Tube works
Monongahela
Monongahela steel works
National Tube company
Brotherhood of
Railroad
Capitol Bill Reports From Harrisburg Amid Other Legislation
Harrisburg notes report Kennedy Capitol bill to complete the capitol by 1905 with a commission of top state officials. House and Senate actions include labor, tax, and import rules, plus a severe burglary penalty. Reports from Pittsburg and Cumberland cover a murder gang verdict and a steel strike closing works. Also mentions fiscal tax behavior in the Philippines and Dr. Agnew's Heart Cure testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy Capitol
Harrisburg
house
bil
senate
cnnvicts
lownships
Kennedy
Beaver
United States
Ford
Allegheny
Agnew
Mra Roadhouse
Williscroft
Aenew
A. L. Pearra
Strike Averted As Amalgamated Workers Reach Settlement
Pittsboro April 19 news reports no strike at American Sheet Steel company after a week of tension at the McKeeport area plant. The Amalgamated Association and company officials reached a settlement, reinstating most discharged workers and maintaining a union presence without formal company recognition. The agreement centers on Holloway’s fate and future wage talks, with both sides declaring no victory, tension easing but future scale disputes anticipated. Dr Charles W Dana age 45 perished in a stable fire at the Keeler House barns in Tunkhannock Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
bina Watt
Amalgamated Association
Pittsboro
American Sheet Steel company
Dewees Wood
MctReespot
s srfke
al union iron and steel
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
John Jarrett
Holloway
Jarrett
Laeten
The Commercial Gazette
McKeesport
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel corporation
Col. G. Watson French
Republic Iron and Steel company
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
association of workers
great Morgan company
Tunkhannock
Keeler House
Charles W. Dana
Sudden Death of General Anderson in Sandusky
Gen. Andrew M. Anderson, commandant of the Soldiers' Home in Sandusky, died yesterday from heart disease. He served with the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and had been connected with the home since 1866.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Sandusky
Andrew M. Anderson
Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry
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Tts
usa
Grover Grahan
tle
STEINER BROTHERS
EBERT & SONS
SARGENT GEM FOOD CHOPPERS
Laskes
Boye
Tadies
WILLIAMSON’S
JOHN N. CLARY
East Second Street
Poolesvills
East Fourth
Telegraph Street
West Patrick Street
West Third 7th
Petersville
F. G. Thomas & Son, General Insurance Agents
Frederick, Md
ERNEST HELFENSTEIN
INSURANCE
W. Patrick St. Frederick, Md
IEG
LAKE TUGMEN
Chicago
N. Nagusha
Kentucky
Terman
Whitesburg
Reynolds
Wright
cnres
BRITAIN
Colorado
Roosevelt
Newshayn
New York
Washington
Douglas Robinson
West Side
des
Vancouver
B. C
Sidney
Brisbane
Perth
Dunwich Insane asylum
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
East Wood Landing
Nashville
W. B. Eldridge
Memphis
James A Harris
Harris
Illinois
state board of health
supreme court
Morgan Syndicate
Ironton, O
Alven Beverage
Ashland
Iron railway
Lowes
Niles National bank
John Pruyn
Grand Rapid
Mich
Pruyn
sinning asylum
Michigan
nhuth
Coburg
HELEN OF RUSSIA
San Francisco
Manila
presidio
Philippines
Newark
N. J
board of trade rooms
Passaic
Paterson
the
Oranges
Voorhees
Pittsburg
congress
Trenton
Joseph Gomblesky
Joe Smith
Philadelphia
John J. Clancy
Gomblesky
Clancy
Monsignor
Martinetl
Milwaukee
Milwaukee friends of
Zardetti
South America
Mer. Martinelli
Rome
Victorious Pottery
Syracuse
Onondage Pottery company
Bethe dB
Boppale Danone
PENNSYLVANIA
Wright-Wilcox
Thomas D. Kahney
Pattit Fitzgerald
Biddles
Dorman
Kahney
Jessie Bodine-Biddle
Fitzgerald
division of insular affairs
war department
Northern Luzon
Philippine Islands
Cumberland
Cumberland Steel company
Steel Trust and Amalgamated Association
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