Many Swept to Death in Floods Fury Throughout Mississippi Valley
Flood conditions in the Mississippi valley show improvement as rescue work continues. Levees hold in the menace district while a relief train from Forest City, Arkansas, returns with 100 refugees. Three river steamers reach Memphis with hundreds of homeless from Arkansas flood areas. a mother refuses to leave without her dead baby aboard a steamer, the body later buried in Memphis.
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Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Mile Post
Helens
Ark
Yeaterday
Forest City
St. Francis
Crittenden
Heth
Arkansas
Modoc
Phillips
Kate Adame
Lee Line
Arkansas County
Here
Regro
New Madrid
Cairo
St. Louis
United States Engineers’ Department
Nokomis
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Fails in Effort to Die Via the Whisky Route
Chicago reports George Carlston a printer who after warning his landlady of a suicide plan bought 30 bottles of whisky and was found unconscious beside eight empty bottles. He was fined $16 for attempting death by own action.
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Chicago
George Carlston
Weather report for Rock Island area with conditions
The forecast covers Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity through 7 PM tomorrow. Tonight and Tuesday are generally fair with warmer conditions. temperatures 7 AM 41 and 7 AM humidity 59 percent. No precipitation and wind 7 mph. Ambient water stage 11 feet. Astronomical note lists Mercury Mars Saturn evening stars and Venus Jupiter morning stars.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Vermilya Jury Deadlocked in Second Trial
In Chicago on April 8 the jury in Louise Vermilya’s murder case reported a hopeless deadlock after eight hours of deliberation. The 7 to conviction poll showed no change since the first ballot. Vermilya fainted en route to the jail and may be released on bail as attorneys seek a new trial within a month.
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Chicago
Louise Vermilya
Richard T. Smith
Denis E. Sullivan
Andrew Smith
Laura Bucholz
Vermilya
Criminal Court
Catches Thief on Fish Hooks in Fargo
In Fargo North Dakota on April 8 a local store owner set a trap by nailing six fish hooks along a concrete coal chute to catch a thief stealing tobacco and cigars. The intruder escaped leaving torn trousers and bent hooks behind. Three hooks vanished with the thief and the proprietor remains confident.
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Fargo
N. D
Thousands flock to a healer at St Elmo
At St Elmo Illinois on April 8 more than 3600 people waited for treatments from William F Billy Smith a healer credited with thousands of cures by laying on of hands. Many patients suffer from tuberculosis cancer paralysis rheumatism and locomotor ataxia.
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St. Elmo
Ill
William F
Billy") Smith
Smith
Billy” Smith
Resuming Work in England Pits
General activity continues in British coal districts as miners in Scotland and North Wales return to work. In England and southern Wales small groups clear roadways while Easter holidays delay a full resumption. Enginemen and surfacemen stall until demands are met, delaying household coal supply for about three weeks.
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London
Great Britain
Scotland
Wales
Southern
Stop Thief Dixon Cay Fraud Plot in Kentucky
An open letter to Taft accuses Roosevelt campaign manager Senator Dixon of aiding thefts in Kentucky. The writer warns the president would be a deliberate receiver of stolen goods if he does not repudiate the action. The message reflects sharp partisan tension during the campaign.
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Washington
Taft
Dixon
Roosevelt
Wilson Robbed in Political Plot Allegations Rise
Chicago April 8 Workers with political ties broke into Governor Woodrow Wilson's Sher man House suite and stole a suitcase of private correspondence and papers from the New Jersey executive It occurred between two and three o clock while Wilson dined at St Mary's rectory with Rev P J O Callaghan and Paulist priests The theft was found at 2 50 o'clock when Wilson returned to his room
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Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
Sherman
New Jersey
St. Mary's Rectory
P. J. O'Callaghan
Wilson
Syracuse
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Niblack
William C. Niblack
Wilson Club of
Illinois
Les
Mount Clemens
Mich
Charles W. Murphy
New York
Murphy
Supreme Court refuses rehearing in patent monopoly memeograph case
The Commerce Commission declines to disturb existing through freight charges on grain. Washington, April 8. The U S Supreme Court refused a rehearing of the case without stating any ground for its action.
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Commerce Commission
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Sioux City Terminal Elevator Company
Milwaukee & St. Paul
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Sioux City
Bureau OF Markets
Department of Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
Wycliffe
Louisiana
Beall
Texas
Postmaster Taft Certificates Alleged in Kentucky Slide
Dixon accuses Kentucky officials of theft over Taft certificate papers amid Roosevelt wins in First District and Carlisle. Wilson calls robbery suspicious and says stolen papers may affect his campaign. Niblack labels it dirty politics. Also notes Jordan’s death and grain rate rulings and a bid for a Bureau of Markets.
Flames imperil twenty in Chicago rescue at Inner Mission
A fire at the Chicago Inner Mission Society house on La Salle avenue caused a gasoline explosion in an adjoining garage. Twenty people narrowly escaped as a wall collapsed. about twenty five thousand dollars in property was valued in the incident. Firefighters faced danger but no injuries were reported.
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Chicago
Inner Mission Society
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
la Salle Avenue
Women Plan to Buy Saloon Licenses to Keep Excelsior Dry
In Excelsior Minnesota after a wet election local women intend to buy saloon licenses if needed to maintain a dry village. Following a temperance rally by Prof Maria L Sanford the plan seeks council opposition to licenses and purchase of licenses themselves. In St Louis two deaths and two critical cases result from suspected poisoning from dyed Easter eggs linked to the Brusz and Steiner families.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Excelsior
Maria L. Sanford
University of Minnesota
St. Louis
Barbara Steiner
Bertha Brusz
Anton Bursz
Erma Brucz
Bastar
Federal Judges Under Fire Over Clerk Dismissal Probes
Senate judiciary committee labels actions of five federal judges as they resist dismissing court clerks amid embezzlement charges. DoJ audit found 12 clerks short in accounts. seven removed or resigned, five kept in place. Taft initially urged impeachment but opted for legislation to empower removal. House bills move forward amid limited attention.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
United States
Taft
Senate
Despondent Chicago policeman takes his own life
Daniel Hartnett a policeman at Fiftieth Street station shot himself at home 949 East Fifty third Street last night. The Hyde Park police listed ill health and the death of his infant son as causes. He had 25 years with the force and was found by his wife and daughter Mary after the shot near his bed.
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Chicago
Daniel Hartnett
Fiftieth Street
East Fifty-third Street
Hyde Park
Hartnett
Mary
Smoot's Grandson Sits In Presidential Chair
President Taft resigns his chair to allow Senator Smoot of Utah to inaugurate his seven months old grandson Reid Smoot Carton behind the presidential desk. Senator Smoot predicts the boy may become president someday as Taft smiles and kisses him.
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Washington
Taft
Senator Smoot
Utah
Reid Smoot Carton
Thousands At White House Easter Egg Roll
Thousands of children and their families crowded the White House grounds for the annual Easter Monday egg roll event. Mothers sisters and nurses assisted as youngsters played on the grass in the public celebration.
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White House
Washington
Burning Steamer Ontario Driven Ashore Off Montauk Point
The Merchants and Miners fine steamer Ontario from Baltimore to Boston with 15 passengers and 40 crew ran onto rocks off Montauk Point as fire broke out at 2 am. Captain Blood steered full speed ashore and wireless distress signals were sent. Lifesavers rescued passengers who were taken to a tug while the crew fought the blaze. by 8:30 am the fire was reported under control.
Chicago to Vote on Woman Suffrage Amid Campaign Close
Chicago voters face a decision on the advisability of woman suffrage as political leaders finalize campaigns across Illinois. Roosevelt and Taft camps wrap up tours while Wilson and Clark conclude Democratic speaking. Deneen travels to vote. Rochester hosts New York Republican event with delegates framed for or against prompt instruction.
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Illinois
Hines
Roosevelt
Cannon
Taft
la Follette
Wilson and Clark
McKinley
Decatur
Court House
Clinton
MekKiedesy
United States
Tawney
Lorimer
Springfield
First Move Made To Save Life Of Richeson
In Boston on April 26 Clarence V. T. Richeson the confessed murderer of Avis Linnell faces execution in the week of May 19. His attorney William A Morse met with state officials to seek a petition referral to the executive council arguing the governor should decide.
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Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
William A. Morse
Hamlin
State House
Foes
Executive Council
Muree
Foss
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