Storms Across States Leave Wreckage and Injuries
A sweeping May storm era swept Iowa City and other cities causing $30,000 in damage in fifteen minutes. Stones shattered windows and roofs, injuring several. fatalities reported in some areas with a death near Albis Illinois. Heavy damage to homes, churches, and businesses, with train routes and mines affected in multiple states. A second wave of reports cites storms in Chicago, Scranton, Huntington, Altoona, and Baltimore producing unroofed houses, collapsed mines, and downed trees with injuries and one confirmed death.
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Bt. James
Republican Office
State University
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Pacific Road
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Aurera
Albis
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Sheffield
Tis
Scranton
Lackawanna Valley
Andrew Bennie
Bennie
Baliold
W. Va
Central City
Ohio River Railroad
Round House
H. J. Burkhart
Remarkable craft of William Oldham crosses the ocean
A detailed feature describes William Oldham and his experimental watercraft built with iron pipes, concrete plates, and a bicycle-like brass screw, weighing about 1400 pounds, designed to sail or be pedaled when sails are unusable. Oldham plans to leave Nottingham late May for New York, after first stopping at English seaside resorts.
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William Oldham
Norrascuam
Nottinham
Oldham
Buadt
Nottingham
New York
Nuggets of News items from various incidents
News briefs report a former President visiting Austria and dying at the Hotel Savoy in New York aged 7. A counterfeit ring of well known citizens is unearthed. Fire at William Whitely reaper and mower works in Muncie Indiana causes 245.6 thousand in losses. In Detroit a saloon row ends with bartender Sezgepanik throwing a glass at Lorenz Mister. A piece of Afistur’s skull fragments and fatal brain injury are noted.
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Austria
Hotel Savoy
New York
St. Joseph
William Whitely
The Sut Coal Famine Strains Chicago Markets
Reports from Cairo to Chicago describe a growing soft coal famine with prices rising to 5.50 per ton for small lots. Ohio and Western Pennsylvania operators are accused of storage and deliberate cut triggers to force famine prices, while railroads face shortages and several Illinois towns report coal scarcity. Several mines near St. Louis resume operations as sentiment shifts toward ending the strike.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Curiaco
Chicago
Sinton
Chio
Western Pennsylvania
Wood
Chicago Snd Alton Milroad
Foul Lake
Indiana
Pennsysvania
Pittsburg
Cairo
St. Louis
Alton
Innes
Illisois
Hock Island
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Iowa
Michigan
Elgin
Kankakee
Bloomington
Streator
Galesburg
Decatur
Minera
Simpson
Consolidated Coal Company
Staunton
Hls
Linoia
Vandalia
Weekly tariff debate promises amendments in many schedules
Washington May 1 The week will likely bring developments in the tariff bill with amendments proposed and debated. The armistice ends tomorrow unless extended and a report justifies Republican claims on its numbers. Changes will touch chemical iron and steel agricultural and sugar schedules and affect wool cotton goods and metals. A New Mexico statehood bid and a site purchase for the government printing office are also on the agenda along with naval Indian and agricultural appropriations. An animated clash may arise over recent naval armor plate frauds.
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House
Finance Committee
Senate
New Mexico
Government Printing Office
Kellys navy takes shape on Des Moines river boats
Des Moines May 7 The Kelly expedition builds a makeshift navy along the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers turning lumber into boats. By 5 pm the first craft launched amid cheers while Kelly and two women rode the boat downstream for trial. Most boats nearly finished. sail date doubtful before Wednesday. Indians Tax Travelers and other brief items follow.
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San Francisco
Georgia
Nowa
Kelly
Omaha
Cosmopolitan City Attracts Foreign Visitors To Atlantic City Beach
Atlantic City May 7 A growing influx of foreign visitors from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia Ohio and New York reflects the resorts cosmopolitan character Local efforts aim to place the beach front under municipal control to prevent railways piers and other obstructions and to keep the ocean view public United States Treasurer D N Morgan and Baltimore socialite Mrs Charles J Bonaparte are among notable visitors while Judge J Cosbur Dennis Miss Mary Plum and W H Hastings are seen enjoying the promenade Also reported are a fatal leap from a hotel and a monkey bite incident.
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Virginia
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Kentucky
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United States
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Pennhurst
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Emperor Nepoleon
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Kansas
Miss Plum
Charles Daniels
Daniel Lockwood
Washington
W. H. Hastings
Hastings
Pennsylvania
Peffer
Kaunas
Hestings
Dennis
Baseball Records National League and City Scores
Baseball scores from Saturday and Saturday games across leagues. Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 4-3. Washington defeated Baltimore 3-2. New York edged Boston 5-2. Chicago beat Cincinnati 4-1. rain halted several matches. Pennsylvania State League reports Reading 10 Allentown 3. Harrisburg 14 Altoona 6.
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Pennsyiania State League
Allentown
Peranton
Pottsvius
Altoona
Allentoten
Easton
Hazleton Mulon
Scranton
Readio Ding
Pottsvilie
British Nicaragua Exequator Crisis Tension
Reports from Bluelents relay that Britain demands a Nicaragua withdrawal of Consul Bingham's exequator. Nicaragua resists and Britain may press with further action while US interests and flag are cited. Other dispatches note Zanzibar slave trade pressures, Honolulu unrest, kidnapped children, a wedding attack, tax fraud, Italian emigration warnings, and bank indictments.
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New Oxueass
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Unitist
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Goslin
Cy Bam
Stu
Wilson
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Bhiefeld
Bluff
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Braids
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Washington
England
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