City council debates road work and funding
General discussion centered on macadamizing side streets and funding needs. A vote to buy a rock crusher and roller was delayed until after the Good Roads Convention. Bush Street grading and sidewalk were approved for the west side, and funds were transferred among sinking funds. Treasurer’s April report shows receipts totaling 18,043 with 11,508.63 left in treasury.
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Bush Street
Dickson
Sewell
Matlock
Webb
Alta
Court Street
Renn
Gome
Johnson
Bade
General Sinking Fund
General Fund
Hamilton
Prison Fire at San Quentin Prompted by Convict
A blaze swept the Jute mill at San Quentin prison in San Rafael California yesterday causing about $5000 damage. Convict Davis confessed to the warden claiming the fire was planned to create a general escape opportunity. Warden White reported finding his pistol in a convict’s pocket during a search for firearms.
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San Rafael
Cal
San Quertin
Davis
White
Murderer Cranberry sent to insane asylum in Butte
Joseph Cranberry, a 2 miner, was placed in an insane asylum after confessing to one murder from 20 years ago. Alabama authorities confirmed the story. He reportedly brooded over the murder, was arrested a week ago for attempted suicide, and believed news boys shouting murder referred to him as he wounded himself.
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Butte Mont
Joseph Cranberry
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Tima
Butte
Chicago grain markets clear price report May 11
Quotations from Clark Grain Commission Company show wheat opened at 92 and closed at 2% today with little change. Corn finished at 494% and oats at 30% amid light trading.
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Clark Grain Commission Company
East Court Street
Chicago
Whart
Russian Ships Elicit Vague Vladivostok Signals
Two Russian ships from Vladivostok were reported at the Teugern straits on Tuesday. Other reports say they belong to Rojestvensky’s squadron. A Commock officer was assassinated in Nijnl Novgorde, with the killer arrested. In Jitomir riots 120 Jews were killed or injured as martial law failed to stop the unrest. As reports reach from Los Angeles, airship Bullet ascended from Playa Del Rey bound for the city, pilot E. L. Trombly alone.
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Rojestwonsky
Vladivostok
Cusack
Nijnl Novgorde
Howe
Jiponik
Kuda
St. Petersburg
Jitomir
Marshal Law
Koveno and
Smolensky
Los Angeles
Bullet
Playa del Rey
E. L. Trombly
Roosevelt’s Special Arrives and Flies Out in Pittsburg
President Roosevelt’s special train reached Pittsburg at 2 15 p m and departed within ten minutes amid a brief stop. In Bellingham a two story boat house collapsed injuring eight people, none fatally.
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Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Bellingham
Cyclone and Wreck Kill Scores in Snyder Tulsa News Line
A powerful tornado struck Snyder Oklahoma killing and injuring hundreds. Relief trains from Hobart Quanah and Frisco City aided survivors as the town suffered near total destruction. Death toll estimated over 100 with 68 bodies in the morgue and property losses around 300000 dollars.
Death in Harrisburg Three Guises Tragedy on Trains
A freight train on the Pennsylvanian at South Harrisburg burst a hose causing cars to buckle and two dynamite cars to explode. The Cleveland and Cincinnati express was destroyed and about 20 killed with 100 injured. Notable victims among the injured include Mr. and Mrs. Tendell and Mrs. Albert J. Barr. Rescue efforts were hampered by intense heat and fire as bodies were burned.
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Henry McCart
Murphy
Buiser
Ada Wely
A. A. Fast
Beeman
Vanbuskirk
Mr. Williamson
Mr. Biges
Charlee Sturgill
Fred Crump
Henry Orleutt
Donovan
Frisco
Fessenden
Herald Garton
Mia
Ll. C. Jones
Miss Fessenden
George W. Bailey
C. Barnes
George Davis
Johnson
Cook
Fannie Redwich
K. B. Ralston
Mra. Crump
Professor Hubbard
Persns
Harriobure
South Harrisburg
Cleveland & Cincinnati Express
Cedar Street
Tendell
Senator Knox
Albert J. Barr
Pittsburg
New York
Herman Erickson
J. D. Berry
Bedford
Appalling wreck leaves tracks strewn with injured passengers
The Fiet of injured may reach 125, says an appalling spectacle after an explosion on the Pennsylvania line. B Reynolds, Blanche Wealth manager, was thrown from a berth and helped a woman and child to a window before collapsing. He later recovered consciousness and crawled out. Women screamed, children cried, and men fled in panic as naked or badly hurt travelers lay about. Eight miles of freight trains stalled. 1,000 laborers toil to clear the wreckage. Dead include H. S. Witeon, Co Kulman, Victor L. Crabbe, and J. B Philies.
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Mra Hilmira Erickson
New York
Miles Gordon
A. G. Cope
Pittsburg
Robert Daugherty
Philadelphia
Jacob F. Silverman
Bridgeton
N. J
Hartsburg Hospital
B. Reynolds
Blanche Wealth
Pennsylvania
Witeon
Clearfield
Co.Kulman
Altoona
Victor L. Crabbe
J. B Philies
Pittaburg
Tornadoes Strike Streator Illinois Causing Damage
A tornado moved through Streator from the southwest after 11 today causing thousands in damage. Roofs were torn from houses and trees uprooted. Several people were slightly injured in the town of Streator May 11.
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Streator, I
Streator
Ocean liner Champlain missing with 1500 aboard
Halifax May 11 reports the Canadian Pacific steamer Champlain carrying 1500 passengers left Liverpool April 25 for Montreal and is six days overdue. The liner was last sighted Friday some 45 miles southeast of Cape Race by the steamer Bleamer Bruce as other ships in the ice reached destinations. Grave fears are felt for the Champlain.
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Halifax
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake Cham Plain
Liverpool
Montreal
Bleamer Bruce
Champlain
Fce
Cape Race
Operator drops match sparks West Virginia oil tank blast
In Downa West Virginia May 11 a careless operator dropping a match started a fire at a Standard Oil tank containing 12 000 gallons of oil. The blaze destroyed several houses in the neighborhood and the fire will damage the Standard Oil Company nearly 1 000 000 dollars.
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Downa
W. Va
Robbery at San Pedro Post Office Reported
Los Angeles May 11 The post office at San Pedro was robbed last night. The safe was opened with dynamite. The robbers got 1900 in stamps and $700 in cash.
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Los Angeles
San Pedro
Athena to Have New Waterworks for Athena
City prepares a new water system with springs unified to a 69 000 gallon reservoir two miles from Athena. Water will flow to a 150 foot fall into the city, delivering ample supply. project estimated at 14 000 to 15 000 dollars and set for completion by July 1. G M Miller and H F Shultz lead the construction with plans for Colfax and Corvallis expansions.
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H. F. Shultz
Pendon
Athena
Shultz
Aire
Bystrem Aire
Gallaher Place
G. M. Miller
Oregon
Washington
Miller
Colfax
Wash
Corvallis
Employers Stand Fast in Chicago Teamsters Strike
In Chicago on May 11 President Roosevelt spoke to the Merchants' club, defending a strong navy and the nation's aims. Employers insist they will concede nothing to the strikers, warning stores may close if needed. The Illinois Manufacturing Association plans action to deliver groceries to all homes, while gauge wagons are dispatched.
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Eiaw
Lwre
Chicago
Cimell
Jaium
Daaiyeer
Merchants’ Club
Cam
Resi Dent
Club
Aim
Chicako
Aft
Roosevelt
Dunne
Teamsters
Employers Association
Presidentum
Iltnole Manufacturing Iseration
Ome Ployere
Tragedy at Rupert. young man dies in elevator shaft accident
At Minidoka Rupert yesterday a young man named Heeg Mitchell died when lowering gear inside a shaft gave way. The party had reached about 20 feet when he cried for help and slipped, plunging about 40 feet to the bottom. He was killed instantly.
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Minidoka
Rupert
Heeg Mitchell
Mitchell
Hardayr
Chinese Masons Wu Wong Laid To Rest In Seattle
Wu Wong and a prominent Chinese Mason buried in Seattle with Masonic honors yesterday. Funeral services included a Highland funeral rite and a Chinese ceremony attended by about 100 Chinese mourners.
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Wu Wong
Alaska
Seattle
Surveyors Map Rail Line From Moncton to Winnipeg
Surveyors report the planned Moncton to Winnipeg railway would average a grade of four tenths of one percent.
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Moncton
New
Winnipeg
Chicago Storm Center Hits City With Deluge and Lightning
Chicago officials report a severe storm sweeping the city with lightning strikes flooding basements and destroying trees. Hail and 2.5 inches of rain in 1.5 hours caused at least 50,000 dollars in damage as fire engines pump water from basements in downtown districts. The system extends across Illinois with widespread damage.
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Chicago
Lea
Illinois
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Sadge Goott
Chicago Grain Markets
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Capuiin Gronhour
Commck
Aesasda
Snyder
Amuck
Oklahoma
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Hobart
Oklahoma City
Quanah
Texas
Frisco City
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Lawa
K. W. Balsley
J. H. Donovan
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Lawton
Altue
Vernon
Quinlan
Mrx
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Sople
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Leon
Tapeelal
Wnlow
Ho Kk. Thomas
Ro OR. Dickey
Illenots
Athena FO
Rooseveese
Panama Canal
Henry Mitchell
Eeepert, Idaho
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