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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1904
Page
1
Five children were killed and six injured near Vienna when a boy found dynamite in a railway storehouse and threw it into a fire. The explosion occurred as twenty youngsters sought shelter from a storm.
Tokyo reports Kin Chow a strategic town north of Port Arthur was stormed and carried by the Japanese. Russian defenses included thirty guns as batteries faced Japanese assault amid rising war tensions across Manchuria.
A London Standard dispatch from a trusted Russian correspondent claims widespread postwar executions in several cities. It notes 600 hanged in Warsaw, others in Cronstadt and Moscow, coffins buried at Moscow in night secrecy, and a paralysed business climate with limited mobilization of reserves for the front.
At Riverview park in Louisville the tow boat Fred Wilson boiler exploded during tie up. Twelve to fifteen men killed and ten seriously injured as divers search for bodies and wreckage sprawls along the riverbank. The boat broke into bits with upper works annihilated and a section hung in a tree two hundred feet from shore.
Chicago police report Herman Haff former auditor of the Corn Exchange National Bank of Chicago was arrested in Mexico after leaving the city a month ago with a seventeen thousand dollar discrepancy in his accounts.
A May 25 tornado swept McPherson county damaging farm homes, depots, stores, the Van Amberg circus tents, and the armory in Lindsborg with heavy hail and a waterspout. No fatalities reported though several were injured and telegraph lines were damaged.
A tornado hit Salina Kansas yesterday afternoon with heavy rain and hail in places. In Marquette two homes were unroofed and several small buildings damaged. Falun reported a waterspout and Dry Creek overflowed, flooding Missouri Pacific tracks and halting all trains. Salina received nearly one inch of rain in under an hour and streets flooded amid light winds.
A Brahman of high caste named Roy is in Sedalia and will play a cornet solo of his own composition during the evening service at the First Christian church Sunday His lecture on The Social Life of India is planned for Monday evening at the same church.
L. P. Fairfax was appointed curator for Earl Wyant, a minor, today.
Eloise Reuss died in the Elgin state asylum after a forty day fast. The Chicago case lists her as a member of the Sun Worshipping cult led by Ottoman Zar Hanish, with a medicine without license charge against him.
A sale offers six exquisite voile dresses with silk linings and tailored trims. Prices range from 23.50 to 55, with brown and black voile suits, green broadcloth accents, and silk-lined etamine options. The dealer promotes radical clearance of surplus as season ends.
Hamburg May 26. The Zionist parliament closed its convention with Dr. Klee outlining a colonization plan. He said Russia would pressure the Sultan to grant land in Palestine for colonization, a line greeted with applause.
Lou Armstrong, captain of the Topeka club, is named new owner and manager of the Fort Scott Giants to replace Jake Bene. Bene returns to St Louis while Armstrong reorganizes the team to regain ground lost, with several good players in sight and expectations of strong results this season.
The Union Pacific overland limited derailed near Hallville Wyoming after a broken rail last night. The locomotive survived but several passengers were severely injured.
In a limited stock sale many suits priced from 7.75, down from 12.50 to 16.50, feature Etamine, cheviot and serge fabrics with braid trim and silk straps. Styles include Eton and short jacket effects with a dozen odd suits available in small sizes.
A local ad notes leather hand bags originally $1.00 now 25c each with red blue and green colors available. Makers sold in small lots and offered several gross at 50c. black bags sold out first. Each bag includes a silk lining and a coin purse or card case.
Chance to buy pretty desirable pillow tops at half or less than usual price. Easy lounging in summer brings pillows for hammock porch or cozy corner while winter off ers less comfort. Many are stamped with outlines of fancy worsteds or silk.
Shoes priced at 75e for all $1.00 shoes sizes 2 to 8, $1.00 for all $1.35 shoes sizes 8 to 2, $1.25 for all $1.75 shoes sizes 1 1 4 to 2, $1.48 for all $2.00 shoes sizes 1 1 4 to 2. Vici kid patent leather box calf with self and patent leather tips. Solid leather soles.
A train loaded with supplies was sent to Yazoo City to aid fire victims. Telegrams of relief poured in as homes were opened to the burned out. Banks opened temporary quarters and strict martial law prevailed in the town.
The Lemp hotel on East Third street will open for business between June 10 and 16 under manager Blochberger. Charles Gardella of Fulton Market has resigned and will join Blochberger as associate.
Los Angeles May 26 S J Harbin was elected editor of the Epworth Herald at the Methodist conference today. The consecration of the new bishops will occur tonight.
J G Dillard rode the Lexington branch line on the afternoon train and gave no clear statement of his purpose. A separate source claimed he was pursuing the Rat Scorcher.
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