Meridian Miss Wrecked by Wind and Fire Toll Rises
Meridian Mississippi suffered a devastating storm and fire destroying key buildings including Meridian Cotton Oil mills and the Grand Avenue hotel. Official tallies placed dead from 19 to 100 with dozens injured and property losses estimated around 1 to 5 million dollars. Affected figures include former police chief William Nelson and police officer J P Tarry among the identified dead, with many unidentified Negro victims. Fires were subdued by rain half an hour after the tornado passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson
Claude Williams
J. P. Tarry
Ella Singleton
Meridian Cotton Oil Mills
City Electric Power Station
Queen and Crescent
Lyle Grocery Company
Rubush Lumber Yards
Meyer Neville Hardware Company
Grand Avenue
Ogden Hotel
Railroad Y. M. C. A. Elmira
Eye witness account of Mobile tornado damage
F M Strutz arrived from Meridian and described a late afternoon storm in Mobile on March 3. Dark clouds, humidity, and a 6 15 PM cloud formed before a rain downpour and a cyclone struck near the passenger depot along Front street. The electric plant failed, plunging the city into darkness and creating widespread panic. The death toll was surprisingly low, aided by workers in wrecked homes.
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Mobile
Ala
F. M. Strutz
Meridian
Strutz
Front Street
Banks Lift in Important Centers With $10 Million Deposits
Washington March 3 Secretary Shaw announced temporary deposits of $10,000,000 in public banks at key centers New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago St Louis and New Orleans. Deposits are for about four months ending around July 10 and secured by bonds at 90 percent value.
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Washington, D. C
Shaw
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
MISS BUSCH WEDS GERMAN SOLDIER
Pasadena reports Lieut. Baward A Scharrer from Stuttgart Germany to wed Miss Wilhelmina Busch daughter of Adolphus Busch of St Louis in Pasadena this afternoon Hair turns gray triggers Mrs William Thomas suicide near Punxsutawney March 3 Mrs Thomas, a young Matron of Eleanora, due to gray hair, killed herself.
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Pasadena
Cal
Baward A. Scharrer
Stuttgart
Germany
Wilhelmina Busch
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Punxsutawney, Pa
William Thomas
Eleanora
Here
Tornado Sweeps Society Islands Reports Damage
San Francisco March 3 The steamship Mariposa from Tahiti carries word of a destructive tornado that struck the Society Islands on February 7 causing about a million dollars in damage at Tahiti and likely similar losses in the Tuamotu. Papeete flooded, homes and the American consulate destroyed, fear of extensive life losses and heavy shipping impact.
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San Francisco
Tahiti
Society Islands
Tuamotu Islands
Papeete
Free lunch at farm sale sickens crowd in Indiana
Maryville Indiana March 3 about a dozen persons were poisoned yesterday after taking a free lunch at a sale on a nearby farm. All were very sick but no deaths are expected. The cause and tainted portion of the food remain uncertain as investigators work.
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Maryville
Ind
Indicted Newspapers Face Hanging Report Ban
In St. Paul on March 8 the grand jury indicted Pioneer Press Dispatch and News as corporations for reporting the Willam Williams hanging. The John Day Smith law bars details of hangings. violation is a misdemeanor. Case goes to the supreme court to test the ten year old statute.
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St. Paul, Minn
Grant
St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Dispatch
News
Willam Williams
John Day Smith
Supreme Court
Cincinnati banker testifies before state investigating committee
Charles H. Davis president of the Second National bank irked the Drake committee by promising more evidence than offered. He admitted making personal gifts to a treasurer office official but refused to detail bank expenses. He warned the panel that private matters were none of their business while asserting a wish to tell the whole story.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles H. Davis
Second National Bank
Drake
Mr Drake
State Senate
Hamilton County
Davi
al Arms
Davis
Wallace in $50,000 Place
John F Wallace former Panama Canal chief engineer left Washington for New York to join George Westinghouse. He will earn about 50040 a year to help prepare a plan for building many electric railways parallel to steam lines nationwide. The arrangement was made months ago and lured him from the Isthmus.
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Panama
Washington
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
New York
George Westinghouse
Wallace
Westinghouse
Mr. Wallace
Agent Admits Part in Assassination in Steunenberg Case
Boise Idaho March 8 Steve Adans confesses to complicity with Western Federation of Miners officials in the Steunenberg murder. The confession is reported to be more detailed than Orchard’s and Adans remains under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Adams
Boise
Orchard
Idaho
Steve Adans
Steunenberg
S. Adams
Rockefeller in Pittsburg Stopped on Private Car On Way West
Financial circles say John D Rockefeller passed through Pittsburg last night in a private car carried as a dead car on a regular train. He is said to have tarried to complete a transaction with the Standard Oil interests of N B Barnsdall in the oil region.
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Pittsburg
Rockefeller
Standard
N. B. Barnsdall
Senate Fixes Canal Type Before Progress on Isthmian Waterway
Washington reports say no further witnesses will be examined by the senate committee on interoceanic canals until the canal type is determined and necessary information is gathered for the isthmian waterway bill. In other news the senate passed a bill settling affairs of the five civilized tribes after debate over railroads and coal lands led by La Follette, with amendments laid aside and the bill sent to conference.
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Senate Committee
la Follette
Washington
Senate Committee On
Tion
Senate
Indian Territory
LaFollette
Indian Committee
Five Civilized Tribes
Walsh Faces Federal Charge Over Bank's Missing Funds
John R Walsh president of the defunct Chicago National Bank was arraigned on a federal warrant for false returns to the controller of currency and alleged misappropriation of 3 million dollars. Bonds set at 50 thousand dollars. Walsh claimed he has evidence to vindicate his conduct. Prairie fire in New Mexico scorches over a million acres east of Portalis, causing about 1 million dollars in losses and feeding theft from ranches.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Chicago Ntional Bank
Walsh
John M. Smythe
William Best
Rosewell, N. M
Portalis
N. M
Epitome of Congressional Doings Yesterday
Washington records show the Senate approving a bill to settle the five civilized tribes’ affairs while debating La Follette’s railroad amendment to the Indian bill. the measure and related amendments were tabled. Executive session followed, adjourning at 5:40 to Monday. The House held its first private claims session, passing 25 small‑amount bills, with several stalled by lack of a quorum at adjournment.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
la Follette
HOUSE
Kansas Lines Change Plans as to Oil Rates
Topeka Kansas March 3 The railroad traffic men in Kansas City decided to abandon a plan to raise freight charges on all goods and will seek legislative relief next winter. They will argue that rates under the current law are confiscatory and ask for amendments, a move prompted by Santa Fe’s refusal to join the defiance of the law.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Lincoln Home charge and bank report dispute
Lincoln Home claims as bank president he signed a report to the controller in a cashier’s absence. He asserts the contested report was correct and will be proven by Department of Justice evidence and a books comparison, arguing the department’s action is unfounded and unsustainable.
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Department of Justice
Department
Wellman Starts In May For Polar Airship Test
Walter Wellman sailed from Havre aboard the steamship La Lorraine. The polar dirigible balloon will be completed in May, then the expedition moves to Spitzbergen for trial trips ahead of departure for the North Pole.
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Spitzbergen
Paris
Walter Wellman
Havre
la Lorraine
Pole
WOUNDED BRAKEMAN DIES IN RIOTS AT SPRINGFIELD
Mark M. Davis the brakeman shot by two Negroes died early this morning amid riots sparked by the incident in Springfield Ohio. The violence followed the Wednesday and Thursday nights unrest. Other brief notices include Jacob Schneller dying during his golden wedding celebration in Mendota Illinois and former Governor James Hogg of Texas dying in Houston. Senator Romero Esteprene of Madrid and Weyler party leader also reported dead in Madrid.
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Mark Davis
Springfield
Ohio
Mark M. Davis
Mendota
Jacob Schneller
Hogg
Texas
Houston
James H. Hogg
Millions for Cossacks Reward for Slaying
The latest dispatches report severe blizzards across the plains with Nebraska trains stalled and snow depths rising. Duluth faces its worst blizzard of winter as conditions worsen. Lincoln reports the storm reaching western Nebraska. Rail service disruptions ripple to Denver and Hastings, while other reports note arsonists arrested in St. Petersburg and armored cars prepared for potential riots in Russia.
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Duluth
Minn
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Denver Flyer
Burington
Hell
Hastings
Rock Island Plains
Denver
Cal
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Codicil to Will Forgery Jury Rules Estate Case
A San Francisco jury in the Supreme Court ruled the codicil to the will of Samuel S. Davis a forgery. The Davis estate is estimated between 1 and 3 million dollars. In London Marguerite Letter births a son at Charlton Park, Malmesbury, the family seat.
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Samuel S. Davis
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Chicago
London
Marguerite
Suffolk
Berkshire
L. Z. Letter
Curzon of
Goveror Deneen cites Logan county asylum scandal
An Illinois grand jury in Logan county faced testimony on the Lincoln asylum for feeble minded children. Gov. Deneen called the stenographer's notes revealing strong indictable evidence. Reports claim the jury did not act amid graft and rebate allegations involving flour and beef contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Illinois
Logan County
Governor Pattison Relapses Again in Ohio
Gov. Pattison suffers his fourth relapse since taking office, prompted by worry over Springfield riots. Mrs. Pattison cancels social engagements and stays out of society until his condition improves. He could not sign bills yesterday, leaving state departments without funds and salaries delayed for at least two weeks.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pattison
Springfield
Run Trains on Sunday Fined Seven B&O Workers
Seven Baltimore and Ohio railroad engineers and conductors were fined $4 and costs each by Justice John Boyle for violating the Sunday law by running trains through Uniontown. Eleven additional warrants are planned to be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
John Boyle
Great Death List Among Fishermen in Norways Storm
Christiania reports a disaster for a fishing fleet after a violent storm. Several steamers were sent to Gjaes and Ingerna islands to assist. Crews total 1,200 to 1,400 men, with many seen floating keel upward.
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Christiania
Norway
Gjaes
Ingerna
Treasurer Goes Wrong in Colorado Shortage Report
Colorado man Charles H Brickenstein resigned as treasurer of Conejos county and confessed to a 62000 shortage. Of this, 19000 was on deposit in a defunct bank. the rest is unaccounted for. Bondsmen will cover the deficit. Also, Denver orders ban on boxing and glove contests following the fire and police board directive to Chief Delaney.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
Charles H. Brickenstein
Concrose County
Alamosa Bank
Denver Fire and Police Board
Michael Delaney
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Wellman
Madrid
Senier Romero Eseprenee
Weyler Party
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