Middle West Storm Paralyzes Transport and Lands Damages
A massive April storm grips the middle west bringing record cold and snowfall breaking seasonal weather marks. The steamer Lowa ran aground near Racine with fifteen passengers as tugs rush to rescue. lake transport is largely shut down. Lake Superior roars in fury with widespread land damages running into thousands of dollars and few ships on the water.
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Middle West
Lake Superior
Chicago
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Racine
Lowa
Superior
Calumet
Mich
Ape
Blizzard Hexes North Shore From Duluth To Sea
A heavy blizzard with a north wind of 50 miles struck the Kewrenaw peninsula yesterday and peaked near midnight. Snow exceeded six inches with temperatures near 20 degrees, down from morning levels. The storm's reach extends from Duluth to the sea.
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Calumet
Mich
Kewrenaw Peninsula
Duluth
Taggart Announces Candidacy for U S Senate Nomination
Indianapolis April 23 Thomas Taggart democratic national committeeman has formally announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination for the United States Senate. He asserts he can prevent the state delegates from adopting the senatorial selection plan fostered by Governor Morahial.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
United States Senate
Taggart
Morahial
Senators Wilt Push Administration Programs
Washington April 24 The precarious condition of the administration legislative program was discussed today Senator Elkins called and told President Taft he hoped to bring the railroad regulation bid to a vote in the senate next week Brafford Wisconsin was another caller and he said he hoped to present the portal savings bank bill as soon as the railroad bill he disposed of
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Washington
Elkins
Taft
Senate
Brafford
Wisconsin
Portal Savings Bank
Wickersham May Be Called Before Committee
Washington April 28 Attorney General Wickersham may be a witness before the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee It is rumored he will be called as a result of Braines repeater charges that the facts in Wickershams summary of Gravis cane made to the president contained a misstatement of facts
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Washington
Wickersham
Ballinger-Pinchot
Fear Uprising Rumors Spread in Chinese Provinces
London dispatches report ongoing rioting at Changsha and in Hunan province with fears the uprising may spread to other provinces.
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London
Chang Sha
Hunan
Sultan of Turkey Ties the Measles
Constantinople April 2. Sultan Mehmed has the measles a mild eleven day attack but his condition is not serious He is in quarantine to prevent spread and officials fear further cases in and about the court due to exposure
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Constantinople
Sultan Mehmi
Rolling stock attached in settlement of damage
Cottage City Ore April 25 The rolling stock of the Oregon and Southeastern railroad with the exception of one locomotive and mail car was attached today by Sheriff Brown to satisfy Jacoblement in favor of F Hall and W B Foster for damages amounting to ten thousand dollars for injuries from a wreck a year ago. Last week the company funds were attached but only a small amount was obtained. The Oregon and Southeastern is twenty miles long and serves Hine sawmills along the line. A shipment of logs was brought to a stand and the sawmills suspended operations pending settlement of the attachment proceedings.
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Cottage City
Ore
Oregon & Southeastern Railroad
Prize Fighter Landy Dies After Ring Battle
Boston April 23 Mr Landy who fought Joe O'Brien before the Union Athletic club last night died this morning. The men fought to a draw. Authorities investigate cause of Landy's death today. Landy received heavy punishment in the fight. Believed death resulted from heart disease. An autopsy will be held over Landy's body. O'Brien with whom he fought has not been arrested.
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Boston
Mass
Landy
Joe O'Brien
Union Athletic Club
Taindy
Ttis
O'Brien
Roosevelt Delivers First European Lecture Citizenship in a Republic
In Paris on April 24 Former President Theodore Roosevelt opened his European lectures with Citizenship in a Republic addressing money and interest conflicts. He argues property rights are fundamental but human rights prevail when in clear conflict, since property belongs to man and not vice versa.
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Paris
Theodore Roosevelt
Academy of Sorbonne
Republic
Hie Steoch
Roosevelt Buys New Glasses and Rare Books
Purin April 2h Colonel Roosevelt today discarded his famous nose rings and purchased a new pair from a lending ocular here. He also bought a number of rare old books.
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Teddy
Purin
Col. Roosevelt
Gingses
Five Die in Morava Floods Across Kragutiva
Belgrade April 23 report says ninety five people drowned in the last day as floods sweep the Morava river valley. Two hundred others injured. Kragutiva town is reported completely destroyed by the storms and rising waters.
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Belgrade
Servin
Ninty
Morava
Kragutiva
Public Hitching Lot Initiative Moves Forward
At yesterday's board of managers meeting Secretary Ben Hill was named a one person committee to secure a vacant tract for a public hitching lot for farmers. Hill urged better hitching accommodations and will seek vacant parcels near the Catholic church to establish public hitching spots in multiple city districts.
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Mitchinge
Board of Managers
Ben Hill
Hil
Pendleton Track Team Heads to Garden City Meet
The Pendleton high school track squad will travel to Garden City for the annual Interscholastic Track Meet of the Inland Empire, directed by Whitman College. Representing schools include Baker City, Boise, Colfax, Day ton, Davenport, Ellensburg, Garfield, Ta Grande, Lewiston, North Yakima, Oakesdale, Palouse, Pendleton Academy, Pearson Academy, Pomeroy, Prosser, Riteville, Spokane, Sunnyside, Wallsbore, Wallace, Walla Walla, Wenatchee.
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Mars
Pendleton
Garden City
Inland Empire
Whitman College
Baker City
Boise
Colfax
Dayton
Davenport
Ellensburg
Garfield
Ta Grande
Lewiston
North Yakima
Oakesdale
Palouse
Pendleton Academy
Pearson
Academy
Pomeroy
Prosser
Riteville
Spokane
Sunnyside
Wallsbore
Wallace
Walla Walla
Wenatchee
County Superintendent Receives Over $400 From Four Districts
Welles reports receiving a little more than $400 from four districts that turned over funds to the district boundary board. The law requires a clerk of any district with no school for two years to hand over money to the boundary board.
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Welles
District Boundary Board
Witnesses fall as typhoid fever strikes key prosecutor
Kansas City April 23 Mrs EB Hyde reports another prosecution witness near death from typhoid fever. Undertaker RPD Mitchell who handled Col Swope’s body is seriously ill, following the death of Dr Twyman from appendicitis. The defense now holds crucial testimony.
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Undertaker
Boly
Swope
Twyman Alrady
Deaih
Kansasity
Gol
EB. C. Hyde
Nour
R. PD. Mitchell
Col. Swope
Young Wolter Found Guilty in Electric Chair Case
Jury convicts Roy Wolter of strangling and burning a young girl. Verdict delivered in under two hours, judge sets date for execution. Courtroom scenes show jurors moved as verdict announced. defendant remains emotionless during hearing.
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Roy
Verdist
Daughters of the American Revolution Convention Outcomes
In Washington on April 22 the D A R held final sessions. Regulars and insurgents split elections for officers. Mrs Sarah Kinney was elected honorary vice president general for life. Mrs M T Scott was re-elected president general. Insurgents planned to curb the president general’s power to appoint committees, but the move stalled.
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Washington
National Republican Convention Headed for New York
Officials of the national Republican Teague last Hieht issued mainly for the biennial convention in New York on June 28. The session will last two days with delegates from every section of the country in attendance. Efforts are being made to have former President Roosevelt deliver the opening speech.
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Washington
National Republican Teague
New York
Roosevelt
Record Heat Describes April Day in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on April 2, temperatures soared with only two exceptions the city saw its hottest April day in 32 years. The 4:45 p.m. reading reached 99 degrees and Thursday night stayed unusually hot, hitting 0 at midnight.
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Los Angeles
Wielht
Serious strike in Gijon sparks street fighting in Spain
A strike in Gijon, in the province of Asturias, escalated into serious street fighting with revolutionary overtones. Police and military forces intervened as clashes continued through the day. Affected workers demanded improved conditions and higher wages amid nationwide labor tensions.
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Spain
Madrid
Gijon
Agraria
Figs
Englishman Aims 50000 Prize Flight To Manchester
English aviator Claude White left London at dawn flying a bi plane toward Manchester to claim a $50,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail. He paused at Rugby for breakfast and reached Littlefield, 117 miles, before forced landing due to intense cold. After rest he plans to resume, with allowance for two descents.
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Lodon
England
Farma
Claude White
London
Daily Mail
Manchester
White
Rugby
Littlefield
Three Imprisoned Miners Found Alive in Amsterdam Mine
Amsterdam Ohio April 23 Three miners out of eighteen trapped by Thursday explosion were rescued alive after about thirty hours entombed in a sealed chamber formed by the blast. Thirteen bodies were recovered earlier. Two men remain unaccounted for.
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Amsterdam
Ohio
Prince Ts Tao Visit Sparks Chinatown Outcry
In San Francisco on April 23 Chinese residents protest Prince Ts Tao brother of the Prince Regent for ignoring gifts and welcome. Posters label him as ignorant of country manners, provoking tension in Chinatown until the Six Companies remove the placards.
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San Francisco
Prince Ts
Tao
Chinatown
Oriental
China
Special Train Takes Mark Twain's Body to New York
Redding Conn April 23 Mark Twain's coffin covered was moved in a private car to New York today. The body garbed in white lay in state at the Stormfield villa for several hours before being placed aboard the train. No trace of suffering is on the humorist's face.
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Redding
Conn
Mark Twain
Clower
New York
Stormfield Villa
Wolter Convicted of Murder Jokes Amid Sentencing Hope
In New York Albert Wolter, found guilty of murdering Ruth Wheeler, was reported to have slept soundly in his cell at the Tombs while toying with guards. He faces sentence on Wednesday and will then be transferred to Sing Sing to await execution by electrocution.
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New York
Albert Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Tollay
Wolter
Electric chair to die for Ruth Wheeler murder in New York
Albert Walter nineteen and described as a degenerate youth was found guilty of first degree murder in the case of Ruth Wheeler a fifteen year old stenographer whose body was burned after being placed in a fireplace Walter’s trial moved swiftly with horror testimony and a verdict returned at 10 30 last night He will be sentenced Wednesday The jurors showed emotion as they announced the verdict based on testimony that Walter strangled Wheeler and disposed of her body in the fireplace and yard Taxicabs have displaced the hansom cabs of London to a great extent.
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New York
Albert Walter
Ruth Wheeler
Spedind Sesaione
Walter
Tria
Willam
Atl Cyer
Trian
Blind Girls Take Stand In Railroad Injury Suit
A $20,000 damage suit against the Co. R. and N. remains in progress as testimony continues. Three blind girls Myrtle Bugan Belle Buzan and Mabel Templeton testified they felt no train jerk when Clarence Kearney fell. Doctor Williamson questioned the possibility of neurasthenia while other physicians argued Kearney's symptoms showed nervous trouble rather than weakness.
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Clarence Kearney
Myrtle Bugan
Belle Buzan
Mabel Templeton
Ira Hughes
H. C. Gard
Charles Johnson
Kearney
Dr. Williams
Pendleton Dog License Boom Shifts City Revenue
Dog licenses flood Pendleton city offices as fees climb, with 40 dogs in the pound and a systematic hunt for unlicensed canines. Officials note 1902 set record highs and vow enforcement to compel all owners to pay, while many handlers settle up voluntarily.
Aged Pedestrian Falls Ill During Final Lap
Albany April 23 Edward Payson Weston on his last lap of the Pacific to Atlantic walk was taken ill near Chattenango today. He was forced to bed but said the illness will not be serious and he expects to finish the trek.
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Albany
Edward Payson Weston
Pacific
Atlantic
Chattenango
Hermanns Condition Unchanged in Roseburg Report
Roseburg Oregon April 23 The condition of Binger Hermann is practically unchanged today. His pulse and temperature are the same as yesterday. Dr Miller says by Sunday morning there will be a greater change and his condition will either grow worse or better.
Superintendent Welles Upheld in Contested Election Case
County Superintendent Frank K Welles has been notified that the decision rendered in the contested election case from district No. 67 has been upheld by State Superintendent Ackerman. The county superintendent’s ruling was appealed by the losing side.
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Welles
Frank K Welles
Ackerman
Belief Without Examination Cited by Bacon
Quote attributed to Francis Bacon on belief without examination, warning against natural indolence and urging critical thinking. The line emphasizes the mind's duty to scrutinize ideas rather than accept them unexamined.
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Bacon
Deaf and Dumb Girl Run Down by Touring Car in Seattle
Dorothy Waterers, a 15 year old deaf and dumb girl, was killed when a touring car driven by Whitlam Lyons 20 struck her at 17th Avenue and East Union Street as she ran to meet her father alighting from a street car. Lyons a nephew of a prominent physician, was taken to police headquarters and held without bail pending coroner and prosecuting attorney investigation.
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Seattle
Dorothy Waterers
Whitlam Lyons
17Th Avenue
East Union Street
Lyons
Strikers Cheer Waywood Speech At Pittsburg Meeting
In Pittsburg on April 22 strikers at the Pressed Steel Car plant who had not yet returned to work attended a meeting last night. W D Harwood of the Western Federation of Miners spoke urging unity and praised skilled American workers as crafters while Haywood energized the foreign element and stirred enthusiasm.
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Pittsburg
W.D. Harwood
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Shake-Up in Frisco Police Announced
San Francisco April 22 A conference between Harry Flannery chair of the police commission and Chief Martin led to sweeping changes in the police department. The move follows Mayor McCarthy announcing a report of rising crime and criticism of the administration over the so called open town.
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San Francisco
Harry Flannery
Police Commission
Martin
McCarthy
Albany Grants Franchise to Oregon Prectrecraft Way
Albany Oregon voters approved a franchise ordinance by unanimous vote in a Wednesday session. The ordinance, amended in several particulars, grants entry rights to a company named Oregon Prectrecraft Way. The measure awaits mayoral approval to become effective.
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Albany
Ore
Oregon Prectrecraft Way
Court expected night session to reach jury
Late this afternoon it seemed probable a night session of the court would be held to move the case to the jury this evening. The railroad company's witness was on the stand and it was not believed any rebuttal testimony would be offered.
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Ra Iroa
Asf
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